May 8th

[NPC] Gaia Staff
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Welcome Back!

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Question
I was wondering if the Fish Tanks are ever going to start giving Platinum instead of gold.

Yes fish tanks will be fixed soon to give platinum

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Features

Would you consider updating the the PM messages system, so that
it doesn't require a drop-down list to navigate? It will also make it easier for touch-screen users.

We can change the UI in PM for better navigation for touchscreen users.

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Features

I know that we can calculate inventory worth but can we get a feature that shows our most expensive items or atleast like the top 10 or 20?

Tek tek used to have that feature and I think its something people would enjoy/use a lot if it existed again. It makes selling things a lot easier when looking to sell a pricier item when you have a lot of items to sort through.

We will look into having a feature that tells you the worth of a selected list of items in inventory. Probably in the new inventory system.

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Items

Vivid Appalachian Bow is still broken in Mecha Neko.
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This should be fixed now!

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Events/Features?

Will we see an item-sink again soon? It's Spring Cleaning time!

We'll keep item sink ideas in mind for upcoming events


Lanzer
Hello everyone!

I spent a wonderful week in Italy last month, but came back with a horrible flu! gonk

Finally recovering and able to sit straight. sweatdrop

How is everyone doing?


Zero Omega
Tiny Chibis
Any plans to attend anime expo in july in LA?
You guys usually are there for a panel So I hope you guys are there this year too!

We did formally apply for a panel for Anime-Expo! We'll let Gaians know if we get approved and when it will be.
Lanzer
We just received word that we will be attending Anime Expo this year, though the exact date haven't been confirmed yet! So ignore what I've said. whee


Lanzer
Aerdian
Features: Spinami
Hiya!
Just wanted to check that there is awareness of new bugs since the April 18th patch. I do not know if there were any patches since then to lower the window of affected days, but there have been issues reported in the Bug Forum as recently as yesterday [May 7th].

I haven't seen enough data to tell if these issues are a pair or can occur separately, but symptoms seem to be:
-Missing some loot from the outerwheel selectors.
-Inner wheel does not visually spin, nor display the inner wheel item as a loot won. However loot is [maybe?] awarded from an inner wheel spin [found when the inventory is checked].

Also the 2nd refund tool [for the April 2nd thru 18th bug] was never posted publicly in a staff notice yet, but had seemed functional.


I thought I've squashed every bug related to Spinami, but will visit the thread and see what could be causing more problems.


Lanzer
Athearn
games
monster galaxy

a update when we can play?


Which version?

We're currently working on new games, not a MoGa update though.


Lanzer
ArgenSomnium
Games

Are there any plans to update zOMG! in the future? Anything from access to other areas like Durem or Aekea or even the original plan of connecting Buccaneer's Boardwalk to the Isle de Gambino. Just something to give the old players something to do and potential new players something to look forward too.


zOMG was developed in Flash and unfortunately having to create more assets such as towns in Flash is very unlikely. We're looking into the potential for porting to other systems but haven't found a good way to do so.


Lanzer
rheostatic
Features

HEY RUCE! About that header... Do we have an eta about when "down the line" is? No rush! Just curious if it will eventually be a thing I can try out again!


Oh yeah, I love the new header, too bad it performed badly on some of the other browsers outside of Chrome. My dream is to move the rest of the Gaia pages to the new framework, then we can have quick loading pages and the header would not need reloading between pages too.


Lanzer
Memoirii
Features

Hi staff User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.

Can gold/plat be adjusted so we earn the same amount doing LK, zOMG, daily chance, etc. no matter which one we use? If not, is there going to be a push for strictly plat sometime in the future?


The platinum system is made to help bridge the gap between the different games, and we will be making more adjustments for all the features to have more similar payout.


Lanzer
YaMainBinch
Question Category

Question: Can old event items like SIN skin, Overseer skin, etc be made unsoulbound? ovo I know a lot of users have them locked on old accs or plain just want to trash them, while others who want them can't get them.... It just seems kind of random since there haven't been soulbound event items released in years.


We can look into that, it has been a while since they were given out.


Lanzer
Twisted Lady
Items

It's been twenty one months since Hero's Journey has been updated. We were told in March that a new artist had been assigned to work on it, but nothing's come from that yet. Will we ever see our item finished?


Sorry, I know that we had asked the art team to continue on the item, and I'm hoping that we would get an update as soon as possible as it's been a long time.


codemonkey37179
MingSao
codemonkey37179
MingSao
Inventory Arranger

Will only Inventory 2 Beta be getting improvements moving forward? Or are you still open to improving the old-new inventory arranger we have currently?

[And thanks for fixing Vivid Appalachian Bow!]


Good question. Not sure. What did you have in mind?


Something comparable to the box system in I2 Beta? Or at least something that would let us add private tags (not viewable to all of Gaia) that would help us sort items. It's just so much more convenient for me to see my inventory with the less mobile friendly inventory, so it would be nice to be able to sort somehow.

Forgive for hasty Paint edit... but something like this maybe?

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I'm not sure we could add private tags in either system. I'm trying to code it in my head as I type this. The boxes were designed for you to be able to organize by category. I will keep it in mind.


Lanzer
cozy necromancy
does gaia have a web style guide available to the public?


Not at the moment. We stopped following our outdated one but haven't created a new set. Our new UI designer did come up with some nice design for places like the payment page last week that we'll start to adopt moving forward.


Zero Omega
vanillea
Features

What happened to Flynn's Plunder?

We'll update it soon!


Lanzer
bit390
Games

Do you have any plans to add more monsters in Monster Galaxy?


Not at the immediate moment, though we have a lot of ideas and would love to make the next installment.


Lanzer
bit390
Shops
Hi, Do you have any plans to add more items to the store Prize&Joy??
(like a bundle)


We're trying to figure out which flash games to revamp and convert to HTML 5, it might be a little while but we'll eventually update the casino games including Prize & Joy.


Lanzer
Albern Puppy
Forums

Can someone look into the Tip Jar feature? It seems to take much, much longer for it to load whenever I click on it.


That's odd, I'm not seeing longer load times on our end. Can you try loading the tip jar with the browser's developer tool's network log and see which call took the longest to respond?


Jak Bauer
jenru
Staff question:

Does it get old to get asked the same questions every week, or does it remind you of something you forgot?

trying to figure out if asking a question again after a few weeks has any value.


Hi there,

If we can answer it, asking again sure does help. But sometimes there are questions we just do not have an answer for unfortunately.

[Note from Platonix - a post at the start of each Ask the Staff lists a few different reasons why Staff might not have an answer for a question. If they don't answer a question, though, they don't bother telling us which reason applied, and at least one of the reasons allows for the possibility that they'll have an answer next week. So, ask away! -Platonix]
Zero Omega
There are definitely times it helps me remember something that I forgot.


Lanzer
jenru
It's possible to gift almost anything that you can purchase with CG except closet outfit slots.
Can this become a thing?


Sorry the current system is not a virtual item. Though you can purchase a GC gift card for the person.


Lanzer
Nathylia
Any plans on fixing the broken quests in zOMG, as in the ones where you go to the NPC and you can't talk to them for whatever reason? I recall one of them was the "Finding Elizabeth" quest in Village Greens.


I can look into the quest reset feature, it should be able to reset the quest for you so you can start over.


Lanzer
Nyota_Spock
Features

Can we please get more staff responces to concerns on the Avatar Item Glitch & Not Released Report Thread?  Only one or two errors are being addressed an the others overlooked.


I'll ask the art team to spend more time on the report thread. Any particular problem you're hoping to have fixed?


Lanzer
Vigilia
Features

A while back, probably like, last year, I had asked about updates to Guilds and Lanzer had said it was on the list.
Are there still plans to update Guilds at all?

Sometimes I have come across issues in guilds, but when i bug report it, it gets no attention. I'm hoping that Guilds aren't going to get ignored completely, since I still use them and I think updates can help them become a more user-friendly and well used feature of the site.


A complete update to the guild system is a lot of work, and is not slated until much later, but anytime there is a bug or problem please point me to the problem as I might have missed it.