July 14th

[NPC] Gaia Staff
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Welcome Back!

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Events/Manga

Will there ever be another event tied to the current Airship Saga in the manga?

We're taking it down as a suggestion! You never know what might happen!

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game

Are you guys planning to put a new game out?

We have something in the works for an upcoming event. Keep an eye out. ninja

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features
Can newbies get more gold from welcoming fairy, please?

3000g seems a bit small for today's inflation... Especially when you consider that the new gold shop items are in the millions...

We're in the process of revamping the Welcoming Fairy actually, so you may see some more gold!

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Art

This is highly trivial but...can Monsieur Loyal change his face or is his shop image truly backwards in comparison to how he is represented in his RIG appearances?

Who is to say that you aren't looking at him in a mirror?

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ITEMS?....
My question is regarding the recent problem with adobe flash ......If there is a workaround and gaia has knowledge of it...can they share it with the rest of us? (besides turning off flash because you can play bootygrab if you turn off flash)

This is actually an overall problem with Adobe and something that they have to patch, we don't have a way to work around it, sorry.


KingMemphis
Flint Jakobs
Items:

Can has Golden Fragment formula? emotion_kirakira


Can has not Golden Fragment for you


KingMemphis
Woo Mee
Misc

Just curious if staff would ever consider going to an overseas convention again? I remember DJ Helsing coming over to the UK con a few times before and it would be cool if you could come over again!


Over the last year, we've been going to a lot more cons. There is a possibly that Gaia can attend overseas Cons if demand is high enough.


Zero Omega
Sheshira
Misc

What is the name of the university/academy that the Dean is the dean of?

I actually forgot, to be honest. Maybe we'll find out... IN THE FUTURE!


Narumi Misuhara
bluecherry
Features

Avatar builder. Are you currently working on adding a color sorting feature?


Yes, it will be part of the new tagging system.


Zero Omega
Nenanah
Misc

This sticky about the lite fish is a bit outdated. Since the lite fish are fairly established here on Gaia, can we get rid of that sticky?

Question is originally by Nenanah.

*waves hand* This is not the sticky you are looking for.


KingMemphis
St V-Starr
Features/Alchemy

In a past AtS, we were told that there was a formula in the works for golden fragments. How much longer must we wait for it?! We're all itching for an alternative route to grab golden fragments other than luck and lots of extra cash on hand and can't wait!


We are currently working on new alchemy formulas, and can be potentially released soon.


pepper-tea
The Great Bill
Items

Are there any plans to release the Platinum Ticket dolls that were recolored with a Rainbow Ticket similar to the way the Gaian Trunk was added with other Rainbow recolors.


I don't know if there are any plans, but they can be!


KingMemphis
Shaded Penumbra
Features

Is it possible to make a search function for item storage in the future?
I know I'm not the only person with a bunch of items in there.


We can definitely look into getting this function working for you Gaians. Let us discuss internally with our engineers to see what is required and we can get back to you.


Zero Omega
Sheshira
Misc

When will Paparazzi's zine be featured on the Gaia blog? I'm waiting with bated breath to read it. surprised

It may be there now... Or it may not... You'll never know until you check!


pepper-tea
Zanethemayor
Items

As usual, would like to know if the White Ranger Castor has any plans to be getting items! After all in my poll for the Bunny Rangers, I learned Castor is just as well liked as many of the other Rangers so, it would only be fair! wink


No plans at the moment, but that is always a possibility! Thanks for the suggestion!


KingMemphis
XonyMudd
looks like someone already asked one of my questions oh well

next question

Events
With summer already half over, how long will the actual event last?


We are currently creating a lot of features for the new summer event in hopes that we can continue to add to it.


Zero Omega
Nenanah
Misc

The aquarium feedback thread is fairly outdated, Sisky isn't an admin anymore and the last post was sometime 2014... Can we get an updated version of this thread? It doesn't really make any sense that we are giving feedback to someone who isn't with the staff anymore. sweatdrop

Question is originally by Nenanah.

Archived this one, we'll have to see if we want to do an updated one or just have the feedback get passed along into SF. For the time being, SF would be the place to go to post the feedback.


pepper-tea
HM04
Items:

TRANSFORMERS PRIME ITEMS PLEASE
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Thanks for the suggestion!


KingMemphis
Nenanah
Features

Since you made it to where we could buy things in the MP with Gaia Cash, the gold generated from using cash is it being taxed like regular gold sales? I looked on the FAQ but I didn't see this mentioned.

Question is asked by Nenanah.


Yes, gold should still be taxed through the Market place. When a Gaian purchases the gold through the MP, and the gold gets transferred to the seller, the seller should incur a tax


KingMemphis
Rhea Byrne
Shops

Will we ever see a return of the Golden Kicopot in Back Alley Bargains? We've seen both the Bronze and Silver return


It's a possibility that the Golden Kicopot will return, but we are still working having a perfect balance for these specific items moving forward. Each new item can / will have different payouts.


pepper-tea
himecchi
Items

Is there a possibility of converting Digi Daemon for Paws?

Word on the street is that it has 0 chance since paws have the Boom Bubble Item.........................But Digi Daemon is so fantastic....... ;;;


They look pretty different to me...
I don't know of any plans to convert that at the moment, but it could always happen in the future!
Thanks for the suggestion.


Zero Omega
Piano Penguin
Is this still active? >>#axattendee
I went to the gaiaonline panel at Anime Expo and I'm not sure what to do to receive credit for this?? I feel like it's a bit too late?? sweatdrop

Go ahead and file a billing ticket with us at our Help Center.


KingMemphis
Nenanah
Items

Can we get a new item for completing free cash offers? The Seraphique Vest item has been there forever and most of us that do free cash offers has already earned it. sweatdrop Maybe you could rotate it out with the other Seraphique items since there are hardly any listings for them in the MP.

Question is asked by Nenanah.


Yes, we are currently thinking of new items that we can potentially give our Gaians for completing offers. Potentially a CI wink

Please also remember, that you do get free Gaia cash for completing the offers smile


KingMemphis
Vannequin
Items

Can we get a formula for Club Verge Custom Gaian SDPlus boxes soon? emotion_kirakira


The last time the boxes were released was during the month long tier, and it was stated that Gaia will not sell directly or be used in tier for the rest of 2015.


Narumi Misuhara
Platonix
Narumi Misuhara
impuuuu
Features
On the marketplace, how is the average buy price calculated? That and the % increase or decrease that you see?

With inflation it becomes impossible to read the graphs; so buyers and sellers must depend on this average more than ever. Just wondering what I need to take into consideration when reading these averages and whether I should be wary of price manipulation ^^


It's an average but it is saved for a long period of time. If I remember right about once a day but I'm not 100% on that. Someone has asked before if we can shorten the time, which I agree we should do so it's a little more representative of the changes in the economy.


The Graphs in the Marketplace have days as the x-axis. If you update the ABP more often than once a day, what would that do to the graphs?


Whatever the new update interval would be would have to be what the graph gets updated to, or we could potentially have 2 different graphs which you could choose to see, almost like a "day trading" graph and an "long term investment" graph.


KingMemphis
Flux
Games

With the recent announcement about Codemonkey (although he will still work on some projects here) some of us are concerned about how this will affect the upcoming (hopefully) Fishing updates that were set to come out after the Summer Event.

Are the updates still planned? If so, is it possible it will be delayed further?


With Codemonkey leaving, he will still be doing contract work for Gaia regarding things that he was working on while he was here


Zero Omega
Red Rose Demons
features
its about your ads... i dont really mind them, but the flash video ads are making your site very frustrating to use lately. the ad will take forever to load and make whatever page i happen to be on freeze up. sometimes i have to keep reloading the page until an ad that isnt a video comes up just so i can do anything.

Sorry about the problem with the flash video ads. It's been especially cumbersome lately because Adobe is currently having problems with flash. :c It probably isn't something that we're actually going to be able to address as Adobe needs to patch Flash.


Narumi Misuhara
Alice_Blackburn
Games


Could you please make word bump easier? I need credits for alchemy but I'm so terrible at it and it takes so long to get to the higher levels. Or make a different way to get credits? It would be a huge help.


Sorry but there are currently not plans or intentions to do so. sad


KingMemphis
OokamixHime
Items
Is there any chance of Golden Vault being released again sometime in the future? emotion_kirakira


Golden Vault, when released was a LQT, and it will follow the same LQT rules that items are following.


KingMemphis
The Muse of Life
Shops
Should we expect to see most future gold shop items at a bil+, or will we still get reasonable 100k+ updates? A bil for one pose is a tad high for most users. Gold sinks are great but they don't work if no one is happy with the price and many can't afford to pay the price.


You should expect more gold shop updates with a various amount of gold needed. Gold can / will be ranging from 100k up to billions.


pepper-tea
Roy Seals the Deal
Items

I know this may seem odd, but is there any chance of different avi bases? What I mean by that is could we possibly get a skinnier male base and a buffer/butcher looking female base? That'd be really nice!


Different shaped bases don't tend to play well with our items, unfortunately. That isn't to say it won't ever happen, but I would say it is unlikely any time soon. However, we now have a wide variety of body mods that can help you achieve a different shape! If you want something specific, your fellow Gaians in Avatar Talk can help you find what we have!


Zero Omega
Symphoniess
Zero Omega
Symphoniess
Events

Question:

I'm curious. Does the staff ever take user-suggested events into consideration? If so, hear me out.

I've noticed how many amazing artists are on Gaia, yet their work is hardly out of the shadows. would you guys ever consider having a weekly spotlight for artists, possibly even user-ran (weekly threads, where a staff member tallies which artist's piece gets the most votes)?

I'm totally down for having something like this, even better if it's user-run. If a user runs it then we can help promote it via the blog.


Of course, I'm just another member, but I could help with it if user-ran.

Alright. What would it take to get this going then? Just an announcement and maybe a thread? Can it be looked forward to?

Well for user-run, you'd definitely want to do it yourself, or find a group of users to help. When you have an idea of what you want to do and how you want your thread set up, send an e-mail to gaiablog@gaiaonline.com and we'll help you out from there!


KingMemphis
XonyMudd
Misc/Project Tickets & Golden Fragments
Difficult question time! I simplified it in a too long, didn't read format. Does a user who spends 100 USD a week have more opportunity to obtain a ticket or ticket fragment than a user who uses gold only?

Note: This isn't merely a questions of how likely any user will obtain either a ticket or fragment from the opening of a single RIG containing one, it is a question of if user A has more opportunity to obtain a ticket/fragment than user B within a certain quantifiable period of hypothetical time assuming that user A spends hundreds of dollars a month purchasing RIGs and using coupons while user B earns the maximum amount of gold every day for 12 hours to purchase either the RIGs or tickets/fragments directly from the MP.


No. If a Gaian who is proficient enough to use the MP can potentially be worth more than a Gaian who spends.


Narumi Misuhara
BKWM06
Features

Is there going to be an update to CHAT soon?
There are a number of issues that have been brought up in the forums, but I haven't seen anything about it since it was released.
First time making the ATA! emotion_kirakira


Welcome to Ask the Staff!!!

At the moment there are no updates in the works however that could easily change. smile


KingMemphis
Myrielle
Shops

Club Verge

You guys don't really include the duration or date of leaving for your items. It's hard to time your sales and sometimes I'm afraid I won't be able to raise the money in case I want to buy one of those expensive items without certain details. 1499GC is a bit steep as well especially for recolors.
Don't CV items reappear in LV any longer after 1 week?


Are there specific items you were looking at that doesn't have an end date? Most of the time, when verge items are announced, they should have an end date, unless it's meant to stay there permanently.


Zero Omega
Alice_Blackburn
Games

Concerning Dumpster Dive, thanks to the admin who dumps papers into it, but could you possibly dump fish instead? Paper and bugs are currently obtainable thru towns, but fish aren't and lots of alchemy recipes require fish.

It's something we can possibly consider while fishing is down. ninja


pepper-tea
Kid Jak
Items

LQI's can be recolored after six months by a rainbow Ticket.

Can LQI's be changed using Azure Paw ticket after the 6th month mark?


Seems like that would be ok!


KingMemphis
Shicala
items
A while back I asked about PAW items being added to User ImageParcel Present

so it was worth us paws to open it... you guys told me it was a high possibility but still only human based items keep getting added. Will we see paw items in near future added to this box.


Yes, we can def. add some paw items in the next couple weeks. We plan on rotating items out of this parcel present soon, and adding new ones to keep it fresh.


Zero Omega
himecchi
Features/Misc?

Is there any possibility of cleaning out usernames that have not been logged into in X amount of years?
Like, even if you send out an email to the email attached to the accounts first and give a warning that they'll be deleted after X amount of days if not logged into.

The amount of unused accounts is amazing.

Right now the way to do it would be filling a ticket with your username request and we can see if it's possible to get you the name. We haven't considered a username sweep in a while so we're not sure if it's something that we'd be doing anytime soon, if ever.


pepper-tea
Druddigon
Items

Question: Will we see the Pearl ticket pop up again in a future project? Nobody seem to have won one and its a shame it's been the only ticket which never got won by somebody.


That ticket was won by a Gaian, but it expired (pay attention to those expiration dates!)
There are no plans to re-release it, but there is always the possibility!


KingMemphis
Castiel Lover
Features

Can we reuse the item kickstarter, but this time no point system. Every item from 1g junk up is 1 item recycled (trashed). 1000 recycled items gets you an item. And every 1000 more gets you another until you reach 5000 for the grand prize reward. This would really help us get rid of a lot of junk on the site and in our inventories. It wouldn't be about how much gold you have, but how much work you put into the event, that earns you the prizes.


It's definitely possible, and we will keep this suggestion for future events


Narumi Misuhara
Renaissance
Stuff

when will HRW finally call Louie Louie and not Edmund


...when his new name-tag finally gets in.


pepper-tea
touhou projects
ITEMS

Would there be any possibility of items being created that are inspired by the Touhou series? It could pose a lot of wonderful ideas for wardrobes, and such.


Our artists are fans of a wide variety of things, so it is always a possibility. Thanks for the suggestion!


Narumi Misuhara
Renaissance
Features
Can we get the option to turn off images in peoples MP stores


There are currently no plans to do so. sad


Zero Omega
MirasteIIa
ITEMS

In regards to my Unreleased Item Leaks thread, I heard that one of the top staff member posting in the Instant Chat concerning about the risks of **Not Released** items. After that, I try to keep it safe with the rules. Is my thread breaking the rules?

It is not. In general we prefer users to not discuss or link **Not Released** items because they may not be finished or ready for release, if they ever are released. The thread, however, is fine (we would have removed it by now if it wasn't).


pepper-tea
lVleIody
Items

If we end up getting a rainbow ticket are we allowed to recolor the user made march items?

If you get permission from the original Gaian, and send a screen cap of it!


Zero Omega
Jisen Meizuki
Events

Today is School Clique Day for Gaia's Spirit Week, is there a small chance we may encounter Surl E. Dean this evening or tonight? ninja

Sore wa himitsu desu


pepper-tea
Xashowd
Items

One of the ideas I've had in my head in the unlikely event I got a Golden Ticket was a batch of Scythes centered around different themes. But I'm uncertain if one of those themes would be allowed, so I'm asking here: Can Ticket Holders base their item or an aspect of the item off of the Manga? I wanna know if it'd be possible to make a Scythe based on the Airship Saga someday.


That seems fine! But keep in mind anything Gaianmade would not be considered canon.


pepper-tea
Hipstatchet Vivi
Misc

Will we see anymore of NPC Ace or will she go the way of Shelly, never to be seen or heard from again?
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Either one could come back in the future! We don't have every CI, event, and NPC appearance planned out for forever 3nodding


Narumi Misuhara
Moonracer
Features

Will you be correcting the glitch that is causing people's shop links to not show up in the drop down box under the avi's?


Yes.


pepper-tea
sailornorthstar
Art

I hope that the bunny charms that I gave the host of the Gaia online panel at AX got to the office safely?
I wondered if you liked the diedrich ones?


Yup! bluealaris was showing them off heart


pepper-tea
MingSao
Items

Any chance of getting Cutie Spector Shoujo's thumbnail to match the rest of the Spector Shoujo set?

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Haha! I wonder how that happened? I'll alert someone to it. Thanks for letting me know!


pepper-tea
Red Rose Demons
games?
first off... why do we still have ZOMG tabs in our inventories?!
but my real question is... most of the old ZOMG rings/stuff can be sold or gotten rid of, except the "Supercharger" ring/spell. its still soulbound in my inventory and i cant get rid of it. can this be fixed???


No guarantees, but I'll look into it!


pepper-tea
TtheHero
Items

Just curious; I noticed a couple of the items that had the 'memoop' tag in the Marketplace, and the little critter himself is somewhat adorable.

Would it ever be possible for Paws to get a 'fur' based on this Memoop fellow?


It seems like that is possible. Thanks for the suggestion!