August 1st

[NPC] Gaia Staff
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Welcome Back!

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Games: zOMG!

Has any progress been made towards fixing reset quests in zOMG?

Not at the moment, sorry!

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Features

When moving things around in inventory I get this message

We were unable to move your items: something went wrong when updating item to new slotnot all serials could be updated in IIO #0: 4146912680

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We're working on the back end in anticipation for new features for mobile.

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GAMES LAKE KINDRED and the new currency

This is about how the new system might effect gold find amulets. I have 6% gold finds on most of my active kin.

A lot of gold awards while farming in stage 5 wilds is 100,000,000 gold. With a 6% gold find, it adds up to 106,000,000. With how they're rounding platinum, that 100,000,000 gold would be 10 P. that 106,000,000 g would be 10 P. The gain from the gold find is lost. That amount gets awarded enough to add an extra few billion gold per hour to the total, so it's not inconsequential.

Would the amounts less than 1 P or 10 million g be added once more than 1 P was earned? So that the amounts from 10P awards would be eventually added back in?

There would probably be an issue with Platinum, so until then we'd recommend playing in Gold Mode instead of Platinum Mode if you're going to use Gold Find.

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Features

Hi! Recently we've noticed the stripping of BBCode from gifting.

What's currently been done to disable it is when you send a present with a code like so:
Hello!

Once sent to a recipient, it'll look like this:
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{color=red]Hello!{/color]

By turning the start of any opening bracket into an opening curling brace, in effect disabling it.

We understand why you've done it, but could you please consider the following, so that we could perhaps have at least some harmless BBCode still? Some of us like a bit of fancy and color in the messages, you see, to brighten it up.

Allow italic tags, color tags, size tags, alignment tags and bold tags. These are mostly harmless as they don't embed any media.

Disabling video tags remains. That means turning any tag with video in it to one with curly braces. It'll disable videos from being embedded.

Disabling url tags remains. (these are the ones used for phishing) A gifter can just use the site address if they want to link out, so users know what site it really is. It'll be quite alright to change the url tags into tags with curly braces.

Enable img tags, but only for white-listed sites. This would ensure images can still work, but mostly filtered/clean ones as dictated by the white-listed site's modding. imgur and Photobucket have heavy filtering and moderation I was told, which was why they were white-listed. So, if you checked within the img tags and saw that they weren't imgur or Photobucket urls in them, you could opt to just turn those tags into curly braces, or strip part of their url so they won't appear?

Thanks again, if you've read this and considered!

That seems like something we could probably do. We can't currently do that for white-listed sites with regards to images though.

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Items

Can items be tagged with their release date and/or if they were a usermade recolor, Gaia recolor, tier exclusive, pass, or bundle exclusive? A lot of items that get asked to be rereleased are often times unknowingly exclusives but you can't really tell. For example, this is a pass exclusive item , but there's no indication.

Threads like these that require release dates / item restrictions are kind of difficult~

We currently don't have the manpower at the moment. But it is definitely something we'd like to do!


Lanzer
Ren Orenji Doragon
Features

Accounts, I guess...

Will Kamila ever be given a [NPC] account? emotion_kirakira I could use some more dark-skinned vampire babes in my Gaian life.


No plans yet, maybe if we think of some new quest involving her, then maybe.


codemonkey37179
Sahri
codemonkey37179
Sahri
Games

With the planned demise of Flash on December 31st 2020, what are your plans for Gaia's Flash games such as zOMG!? Will we be getting HTML5 versions of Fishing, Slots, Cards etc?


I plan to write new html5 versions of everything I can. zOMG? Not sure.
You guys must be brainstorming how to tackle the zOMG issue then. Maybe run it as a stand-alone game then where you log in with your Gaia account?

It is keeping us up at night!


Zero Omega
The Nephilim Rosier
Merch Tickets

Could we please get an update on what's happening with these, and how much longer will those of us who want Genkimix credit have to wait?

We will have an update in the next week about this as we wrap up the last of the tickets.


Zero Omega
Arowan
Features Angel Subscriptions

Speaking of subscriptions, you know what'd be neat? An "edit your billing information" button.

I know Zero Omega said one would come, eventually. But I needed to update my billing information sooner than that, so I temporarily canceled my subscription to do so. Now I can't resubscribe because the buttons are missing gonk Will they reappear anytime soon?

Long story short: an "Edit Information" button would have saved me a lot of headaches.

The resubscribe buttons should reappear once your billing cycle is over, but there are definitely improvements we still want to make to that page.


Lanzer
ElegantlyLuminous
Games -- Lake Kindred

Could we pretty please have some more interaction with and communication from the staff members working on LK? I know that lionheart is busy with the economy project and that maybe he'll be more active with us now that it's coming to fruition. I get that, I do. But with the way that the settings button was recently added in (i.e., without any notification whatsoever), I'm just a little concerned that all updates are going to be made silently and/or secretively like that. Don't get me wrong- I'm both thrilled and grateful to see an update and I can certainly understand any hesitation after the Sycamorte nerf blowout. It's just... I don't know. The radio silence about LK leads some of us to start putting on tinfoil hats and speculating about when or how the game will end. (Let's be honest: the tinfoil hats are not attractive.) Some simple interaction, whether it be updating the Official LK Update Thread or posting in one of the casual chat threads like the ones asking about your favorite kin, would go a long way towards restoring some faith.

Side note: thanks for adding the settings option! As someone who deals with chronic migraines, I'm adoring the auto-mute.


Sorry but not all developers and artists on Gaia are as talkative as me and others who frequent ATS. He still loves putting in time to update the game, and supporting LK players, and I forward questions for him to answer as often as I can. Communication is a completely different skillset that some enjoy more than others.


Zero Omega
Twisted Lady
Events-Achievements

Any word on when users who participated in the livestream and filled out the form will receive their Conventioneer achievement?

We're getting some assistance on getting these out because there are a lot of users to grant them to. @_@ No ETA at the moment but we still know that we need to do it.


Lanzer
Memoirii
Items

In response to my previous question:

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Items

Can items be tagged with their release date and/or if they were a usermade recolor, Gaia recolor, tier exclusive, pass, or bundle exclusive? A lot of items that get asked to be rereleased are often times unknowingly exclusives but you can't really tell. For example, this is a pass exclusive item , but there's no indication.

Threads like these that require release dates / item restrictions are kind of difficult~


Is this something that can be done moving forward with the release of items rather than a retroactive process? Just a simple tag could suffice. User Image


With the new feature we're building all Gaians can help add tags that they see fit, including recolors, exclusive and such.


codemonkey37179
Jisen Meizuki
Event

So we know that Summer event is coming soon... What do I need to prepare myself for it?


The summer event will contain math. However, there will be not an essay question.


Lanzer
Lost into you
Features

Do you guys have a exact day when the new currency is gonna be on?


Just going through some last minute bug fixing and what not. Any day now.


Zero Omega
Pwnder
Flynn's Plunder

Thanks for the, somewhat, regular updates to Flynn's Plunder. If we can get another vend from her soon, could it contain something different this time? The last 5 times Flynn's Plunder was updated it was the same set of items, each time. stare stare
Uncool stare

The reason why you're seeing these same five items is because these are items that are currently exclusive to Flynn and CIs, so it's giving people a chance to pick them up and get new items out of them.


Takuya Kanbara
Arowan
Features Angel Subscriptions

So... how's that first-of-the-month new item coming? ninja Those previews sure looked nifty...


soon™ ninja Apologies for the delay, it will be in the shop today!


Zero Omega
Yuekazehime
Merch Tickets

Is there a planned date for when box-related achievements will be granted? I have gotten my super black friday box (thanks!) and am curious if there's a fixed time the achievements will all be done.

Yeah, we want to get in the last bit of orders from everyone so we can do a clean sweep of all the achievements and try to not leave anyone out. Sorry that it's taken so long!


Zero Omega
Razer
Zero Omega
Razer
Features
Will you ever bring back Gaia Personals?
I made friends from that feature that still login sometimes.
It really came in handy long ago.

For my and the mod team's sanity I hope not... gonk
How come? Just curious.

It was primarily being used as a place for users to find cyber sex partners and was a massive pain to moderate.


Lanzer
Hypothecate
misc

you ever gonna update flying giftboxes


Whoops that's one of the things I wanted to update. Let me ping the art team again.


codemonkey37179
NocteTheKirin
Games
I remember there being an airship game that had us looking for a Demigod or something. Would there ever be a chance of getting that back or perhaps a new version of that game? I had fun playing it back when it was relevant to the story. A new updated one that has us looking for treasure or something would be fun.


You are thinking of frontier skies! That would be nice to make if I can find the time. We saved some of it for Thanksgiving, in the form of Gobble Gobble Bang Bang!


Lanzer
Jisen Meizuki
Game

So I notice there are two new potions for Lake Kindred called Re-roll Potions. I will admit I don't know what the function does the potion do but where do they come from?


LionHeart: They will be available in the Kindred store once released, it's a new project that will be released later.


codemonkey37179
demoneque
Features - Inventory

Hi staff!

Question: So each time i try to organize my inventory and save the changes, all the other items get automatically re-arranged and send to different pages. Is this a bug caused solely by having too many items (i have 18.5K) or is it widespread? Thankfully i haven't had items disappear suddenly from my invo yet.


I'm not sure. Hopefully, the new inventory system will help you organize better. 18.5k is a lot of items! I'm testing on a 60k test inventory, so it should hold up!


Lanzer
-I- Sudden Abyss -I-
Go Fusion

Will there be any updates on this?


Probably not, I think the team is trying to roll Go Fusion back to Alchemy.


Zero Omega
Tenshimaru Kensei
Features - Angel Subscription

Question: Any news on when the PayPal option will be fixed?
I'd really rather have my only transactions go through my PayPal account, for security purposes.

How is it broken for you? Is this the white page or 500 error when you try?


Zero Omega
F e a r c r o w z
Events

When will the Summer NPC art contest winners be announced? We've been told "two days" and "tomorrow" and nothing has come up for it.

They got announced!


Zero Omega
Amai_Neiko
Feature
So zero you ever look into that https://ko-fi.com/ and decide whether we can put links in our signatures/profiles etc. after all?

I didn't, apologies, it's something we'll still look at.


Lanzer
Pwnder
Platinum Currency

How can we expect the new platinum currency feature to affect inflation over time?
Is this feature designed to have any effect at all or is it designed as a simple convenience to reduce digits?


The meat of the system is a new global granting system that grants a much more fair amount of platinum for all features across Gaia. The platinum currency is designed for convenience, and to handle inflation by it's simple nature of reducing the digits.


Lanzer
Banditkitty85
Features

Really not sure but Accounts?

Will the issue with ads still appearing even though enough money has been spent be resolved any time soon? (yes i have the box checkmarked and save on purchase history. and yes i have filed a ticket over 10 days ago)?


Sorry I thought Narumi fixed it a few days ago. let me check on it again.


Takuya Kanbara
StrawberryBeetle
Items

Can we please get a re-release all the Vault items or a new bundle to include Golden Vault? Maybe make them create-able with Formulas or through GoFusion?


I'm afraid that Golden Vault was a tier exclusive and is ineligible for re-release sweatdrop We can look into re-releasing some of the others, though!


Zero Omega
Breadist
Features

Like others, I am very happy to hear that the new currency project is set to be released soon, to combat inflation. However, I am very concerned that with the new currency necessitating re-pricing of all items on the site, this will be an opportunity for a ton of scamming and con-artistry by people who know the market and don't shy away from doing anything to earn currency that won't get them banned.

Has the staff foreseen this, and if so, what do you guys think can be done to prevent people from getting ripped off while the markets stabilize after the introduction of the new currency?

We have an idea for how we want to handle this, at least on the Marketplace. The MP is the only place where anything can be proactively done due to its automated nature.


Zero Omega
D e l i r i o u s
Zero Omega
StarIore
Features

Could Gaia add an "Other" or simply another option to the reporting page?

Sometimes when I report I come across issues that don't fit into the existing categories but they are clearly violations of either the ToS or the rules of individual forum sections. I usually end up filing them under inappropriate content as a last resort but even that category doesn't feel applicable in some instances.

The actual report page(s) or the Help Center?

The actual report page(s).

We could look into that.


Zero Omega
Ren Orenji Doragon
lugsby
Events

I went to the AX 2017 gaia
panel with some friends at the
start of the month and the
gold cards we got with the
conventioneer achievement
don't work when we try to redeem
the codes at gaiaonline.com/redeem
any info on that? or should i just
send a help ticket? wasn't sure where
to ask about this one...
This is a weird predicament.

I, too, got a Conventioneer card from both the panel and the Genkimix booth at AX2017. The one I got from the Genkimix booth did not work, however the card from the panel absolutely worked...

I get the feeling that either the codes are really finicky or... something fishy is going on... confused

Yeah we figured out the problem, some of the cards have an "I" in them and the system doesn't accept "I." We're working on fixing that so you guys can redeem them. Keep your hands on 'em and we'll let you know when they're fixed.


Zero Omega
lugsby
Features

I understand why the signature character limit is there,
but can it be bumped up if only slightly?
512 has been such a menacing number for me when it comes
down to "your sig is too big, you used 514 characters sorry!"
...i already shorten my links as much as possible, but the bbcode
being included in the character count really makes a dent
into it. maybe keep the links counted but take out the
tags? like [ align = whatever ] / [ align ] etc

We can take a look into this.


Lanzer
imuurmi
Feature? maybe

I have a question about the new currency and the marketplace:

So when you are looking at marketplace listings will everything be dual-listed (gold and platinum) or will you only see listings for the currency you've chosen or will you see listings for both and if you want to buy in the opposite listing will you have to go to your account settings and switch over to make the purchase?


You'll see all listing no matter what currency the seller posted in, and they'll be displayed in the currency that you've chosen.


Lanzer
StrawberryBeetle
Features?

Can we please have an option to hide all Lake Kindred Pets? Similar to the option to hide Astras/Animated Items.


I'll ask LionHeart about it.


Takuya Kanbara
LadyThornRose
Games - Lake Kindred

Could we see some kin re-released to the cash shop that have a low marketplace presence and haven't been re-released in a while/ever? Such as Casanova the Skunk, Silver Filligris, Teruchan, Gweenee the Dragon, etc?


We can definitely look into it!


Zero Omega
Deus F
Gaia

Can you do something about people who are banned like 200 times and just keep making accounts?

It's a pretty difficult problem to solve, the reason being is that IP bans are basically ineffective. We have some methods of handling things like this, but have a permanent way of blocking these users is a much larger problem than it seems. It's a difficult battle for any massive community.


Lanzer
Rethwing
Is Gaia moving towards a, dare I say, socialized economy, with lanzer's proposed gold grant system that will determine how much gold to grant via how accessible prices are in the marketplace?

Or, in short, is Gaia going to have control over value?


Yup. No free healthcare though.


Zero Omega
Umbrane Purpura
*features* (I guess)

Do you think it would be possible to lift the paws only restriction in the paw forum? its really dead in there and could use the extra traffic (also its annoying to have to switch back and forth when all you wanna do is read a reply or something)

How many people in the forum would agree with this, you think?


Takuya Kanbara
AngryAshleyBear
Just wondering when August's Angel Item will be released and put into the shop?


Very soon! It will be later today, and apologies for the delay.


Jak Bauer
Akari Yui
Items

Soooo.... the Angel Subscriber item, it was released in a "box" last month for those who subscribed. Will the box be updated to add future items (including this months) or was it a one shot deal?


Hi there,

Yes, going forward each month Subscribers will be granted a Sealed Angel Item each month, with the item released inside of it.
Zero Omega
Akari Yui
Takuya Kanbara
This month's item is already inside the box ninja
Oh, wow.... It's really nice but...

Um I didn't use the box last month so no last month's item?

I think you might want to give users a heads up on that. sweatdrop

We'll make sure to get some communication out about this and we'll have a way for you to go ahead and get the item you're owed.
Zero Omega
Akari Yui
Zero Omega
[Zero's original answer, that he didn't edit quite fast enough:]
Go ahead and file a billing ticket about this, we'll make sure that you get your item. We'll make sure to get some wording out about that.

Ok, that's good to know, kinda weird the way that worked.

We're actually going to come up with a way for you to do it automatically so you won't have to file a ticket for it. We'll have an update later this week on it.


Lanzer
heavens exiled
Features - Avatar Builder (Ghosting)

Would it be possible to have a 'friends only' setting for ghosting? Like allowing only friends to ghost? Currently ignored users are still allowed to ghost and this might be something I'd be interested in. If people I ignore are not allowed to see my posts or threads, they should not be allowed to ghost me or my inventory. Is that possible to do?


Unfortunately avatar display is much harder to block, as once an avatar is saved, it is stored on another server and served much like any other images on Gaia. Besides, it's not that hard to create a new account to check out somebody...


Jak Bauer
its only chemical
Jak Bauer
its only chemical
When do Angel Subscribers get their GC/item? Is it on the 15th or the 1st?


Hi there,

You get it on your subscription date. So if you subscribed on July 2, sometime tomorrow you would be granted the item. Please note, it is not necessarily granted at midnight, so if it's not there in the morning just wait, you will get it later in the day.

awesome, thank you! (now I just gotta remember what day I did that...)


Hi there,

Go to your Subscription page, it will tell you what the date is there.


Lanzer
TalkSickWaist
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Features

When moving things around in inventory I get this message

We were unable to move your items: something went wrong when updating item to new slotnot all serials could be updated in IIO #0: 4146912680

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Has Gaia considered that inventory issues are due to the added cooldown period?

Because I personally have notice that the inventory issues when moving inventory items started since the cooldown period was implemented. Personally, I think the cooldown period should be removed [and all my reasons can be listed here]. I'm sure that there are many, including myself, that would like to see Gaia finally get around to fixing ALL inventory errors, both when moving items and when opening RIGs/CIs/caches/gifts.


The two issues are not related, and we're actually re-writing a lot of the backend with the aim to rid of the item moving errors that you're seeing right now. We will not be removing the cooldown as it's not linked to inventory issues, and we don't want the site to crash anymore. Although some of the changes that we're making for the release of Gaia Mobile might have, and it's something that we're working hard in sorting out.


Lanzer
I Noticed You
features?
The display inventory posting action thing is broken. Can it be fixed?


When was this broken? I can probably go back and check what was changed.