admin
Let's answer a few of the most common questions up front! These are some that we know you are interested in. Please don't
duplicate the questions listed below as the answers we have given are as complete as we can make them at this time.
Can we opt out of announcements?
The long and short answer to this one is: No. Announcements and staff notices are the best way we currently have to get info
about events and sales out to you. While we may look at alternative communication methods in the future, right now we have no
plans to change this system. The sales of announcements are how we keep this site up and running- so a big thank you to the
Gaian's who read those and take advantage of the sales they offer!
Can you update shop navigation? (ex. Better tabs, tags, and shopping cart?)
This has been on our radar for awhile now! Definitely a strong possibility for the future!
Where did zOMG items go in the shop?
As we are currently fixing some critical issues with zOMG!, the items have been removed from shops while we work on it! This
is so that no one makes a purchase they can't use.
Why are there so many GCash items and are the prices going up?
GCash is how we support this site. When a Gaian is generous enough to make a purchase from us- it helps everyone. Without
these purchases we couldn't afford to keep this place free and fun for everyone. So, of course, we put a lot of priority on
making sure we have quality items in our GCash stores for these Gaians to buy. It's not just an effort to make money, it's an
effort to keep our community going. Just like any other store, we constantly strive to strike a balance with our pricing that
is enticing to our customers but profitable to our company. Items in our store range from 99 cents to $80, so there should be
something for everyone at every price point!
Can you fix Loyal's counter so that it works?
Yes, we actually want to change completely how that part functions so more people can get access.
Can we have more outfit slots?
Yes!
Inventory arranger update?
Was on hold for a very long time but currently being worked on. No set launch date.
What are you doing to help new and existing Gaian's keep up with inflation?
New Gaian's:
We are in the process of improving the Gaian experience for new and old players alike. Currently, we are working on
balancing existing systems to make Gaia even more newbie friendly than it is now.
Existing Gaian's:
We are aware of the inflation issue on Gaia, and are doing everything we can to address and resolve this important issue.
Although we are unable to remove Gold Chance Items completely from La Victoire, we've taken steps to lessen the amount of
Gold Chance CIs in the shop at once, as well as re-balancing the items.
Our long term goal is simple: we plan on revamping existing systems such as GoFusion and some of the mini games (e.g.
Smashblox) to enable Gaians to use their gold to obtain exclusive items available only in these features. These features,
once completely revamped, will allow Gaians to either use Gold or Gaia Cash to participate. Our main priority is to focus on
our economy and address it accordingly, so that will work in tandem with gold generators.
Are you going to update the mobile app?
We absolutely must. It's where the world is going.
bluealaris
Kid Jak
Hello!
If Item layering and glitches are usually handled by the artist who make an item.
What do you do for items Who's artist has left Gaia?
specificaly for things like Ninja Headbands and fish helms.
When might we get to trade in our fish for Paws items?
Besides Rufus, Jet, and Carl, will we get a Paws shopkeeper?
Was there a set number of Citrine Tickets in Project Old School?
Are there any tickets left in Loyal's Bazaar that can be Won?
If Item layering and glitches are usually handled by the artist who make an item.
What do you do for items Who's artist has left Gaia?
specificaly for things like Ninja Headbands and fish helms.
When might we get to trade in our fish for Paws items?
Besides Rufus, Jet, and Carl, will we get a Paws shopkeeper?
Was there a set number of Citrine Tickets in Project Old School?
Are there any tickets left in Loyal's Bazaar that can be Won?
Hi Jak! Let me answer your questions as best I can.
Item Glitches: Older items many times have been layered or made incorrectly. We can look into fixing them- it usually ends up
either being an easy fix or a monolithic spiderweb of fixes that goes thousands of items deep.
Fish for Paws: Maybe!
Citrine Tickets: Yes, there are still Citrine Tickets in Project Old School!
Zero Omega
Ren Orenji Doragon
Hello AtS! I have a couple of questions from a friend of mine regarding Paws
stuff. smile
As for my own little questions and/or feedback:
Oh, and I wanted to thank you guys for bringing us some form of feedback session after AtA was axed. heart heart heart
stuff. smile
Quote:
Question 1: Can you give a rough estimate on when the winners of the Best in Show contest will be announced?
Question 2: The prices for Paw CS items have come down considerably but there are several furs in Skin Tyte with steep
pricetags. Can you consider lowering their price as well and reimburse the difference to people who already bought them for
the current price?
Question 2: The prices for Paw CS items have come down considerably but there are several furs in Skin Tyte with steep
pricetags. Can you consider lowering their price as well and reimburse the difference to people who already bought them for
the current price?
As for my own little questions and/or feedback:
- 3. Orange/Yellow/Purple/Pink Lizardman? lol Orange especially. wink
4. Is Going Postal still open? o3o I know sisky posted a blog entry
about it a couple of years ago, but I haven't seen much since then. :C
5. Speaking of sisky, she also ran a couple of Tumblr blogs centered around avis and artwork... any chance those will
ever be active again? emotion_kirakira
- Blogs in question: http://gaiaonlineavatars.tumblr.com/ http://creativegaians.tumblr.com/
Oh, and I wanted to thank you guys for bringing us some form of feedback session after AtA was axed. heart heart heart
Best in Show: We'll have them announced this week!
Going Postal: We haven't updated it, but we can look into it!
Tumblrs: We can look into updating these also in the future!
Princess Angelishia
screamtastic
I remember you guys use to promote a game like Dragon Ball Z, Dynasty
Warriors, Street Fighter, and Etc. I was hoping would you guys promote Persona Q? Or is it too much time and trouble to
promote a game?
Warriors, Street Fighter, and Etc. I was hoping would you guys promote Persona Q? Or is it too much time and trouble to
promote a game?
Hello there!
While we don't currently have any new sponsorships planned, they are not out of the question for the future! It all depends
on who approaches us.
Princess Angelishia
Narumi Misuhara
Parexus
I missed having these AtA, glad you guys have brought them back.
Only question I have is regarding future events. Any plans on having more NPC interaction during the events, such as talking
in the forums or discussing the plot that is currently happening with said event?
Also any chance we can get more music items made? Such as guitars, basses, electronic keyboards, drums, etc?
Only question I have is regarding future events. Any plans on having more NPC interaction during the events, such as talking
in the forums or discussing the plot that is currently happening with said event?
Also any chance we can get more music items made? Such as guitars, basses, electronic keyboards, drums, etc?
Absolutely, I myself love this and I believe it adds a lot more character (pun intended) to events!
bluealaris
Magus
Question about the chance items that drop tickets: Aside from when they go x2 - x5
chances, has Gaia ever (past or present) adjusted the drop rates without telling us?
PS: Thanks for starting this up again.
chances, has Gaia ever (past or present) adjusted the drop rates without telling us?
PS: Thanks for starting this up again.
Hi Magus! You look sharp as always. As far as I've ever been here at Gaia- drop rates for tickets have only been adjusted to
increase (like 2x or 5x) and then advertised immediately to give users a better chance at winning. We may have had situations
(like Project Couture 2.0) where there has been a glitch and something rare was dropped en masse and we've had to adjust the
rate then as well- in this case we try to pull the RIG while we fix it. In general balancing is actually a pretty delicate
process and we don't like to change it on the fly unless there is a serious issue.
Princess Angelishia
Lizzie Andrew Borden
I was just wondering how you go about choosing/deciding on what
items are to get a recolor? Do you decide? Do you look at our posts requesting these recolors? Also if one made a request for
an item or a group of items to be recolored, and gave image examples, would you consider?
items are to get a recolor? Do you decide? Do you look at our posts requesting these recolors? Also if one made a request for
an item or a group of items to be recolored, and gave image examples, would you consider?
Hello!
We base our decision off of lots of things: user requests, what colors have been popular in the past, and items that we think
are too good only to exist in one color!
Yes, we absolutely would consider a user request for a specific item and color, though we can't make any guarantees!
Princess Angelishia
Zero Omega
Yuekazehime
Greetings staff~
It's too sunny in San Jose today. But then again walking to/from the light rail in a black insulated hoodie wasn't
smart...
Here are some questions~ I know they aren't all the charge of the same department, so anyone who can answer any of these
is great heart
gaia_nitemareleft I'd imagine CrossStitch contests may face some modifications (entry limits, new requirements?), but
will they make a comeback?
gaia_angelleft Can philosopher caches be made multi-openable? (Or the refreshing of the page non-existent? When I
sell items in the marketplace or donate things from my inventory, the constant, time-consuming refreshing doesn't occur)
gaia_nitemareleft Can the marketplace graphs be changed to more clearly show numbers above 9,999,999,999?
10 billion and above currently cut off at the side, so abbreviations to 10 B or even 10000 M would help~
gaia_angelleft Could we have GST back in the header for those outside the PST time zone?
I'm PST, but the time conversions aren't convenient for others at times.
gaia_nitemareleft How are the tiers for Kickstarters decided?
gaia_angelleft Could someone tweak the code on for bugs in Towns 2 to let all types be found?
Towns 1 lets you find rare bugs, but towns 2 doesn't (or at least not all the rare ones), and they're needed for alchemy.
gaia_nitemareleft Are there still plans in the works for letting us spend our achievement points?
(Do you hate my overuse of parenthetical statements? gonk )
gaia_angelleft How is ramen irl? What is the taste and texture and smell and experience?
I've always seen it in pictures and in anime, but haven't gotten to taste the proper stuff (Maru-chan doesn't count here).
And I know at least one person in the office must have had some...
Thank you for reopening this platform~
(I'm going to try to link any answered questions into this post as well. Hypehypehype)
It's too sunny in San Jose today. But then again walking to/from the light rail in a black insulated hoodie wasn't
smart...
Here are some questions~ I know they aren't all the charge of the same department, so anyone who can answer any of these
is great heart
gaia_nitemareleft I'd imagine CrossStitch contests may face some modifications (entry limits, new requirements?), but
will they make a comeback?
gaia_angelleft Can philosopher caches be made multi-openable? (Or the refreshing of the page non-existent? When I
sell items in the marketplace or donate things from my inventory, the constant, time-consuming refreshing doesn't occur)
gaia_nitemareleft Can the marketplace graphs be changed to more clearly show numbers above 9,999,999,999?
10 billion and above currently cut off at the side, so abbreviations to 10 B or even 10000 M would help~
gaia_angelleft Could we have GST back in the header for those outside the PST time zone?
I'm PST, but the time conversions aren't convenient for others at times.
gaia_nitemareleft How are the tiers for Kickstarters decided?
gaia_angelleft Could someone tweak the code on for bugs in Towns 2 to let all types be found?
Towns 1 lets you find rare bugs, but towns 2 doesn't (or at least not all the rare ones), and they're needed for alchemy.
gaia_nitemareleft Are there still plans in the works for letting us spend our achievement points?
(Do you hate my overuse of parenthetical statements? gonk )
gaia_angelleft How is ramen irl? What is the taste and texture and smell and experience?
I've always seen it in pictures and in anime, but haven't gotten to taste the proper stuff (Maru-chan doesn't count here).
And I know at least one person in the office must have had some...
Thank you for reopening this platform~
(I'm going to try to link any answered questions into this post as well. Hypehypehype)
Kickstarter Tiers: We try to set tiers to what we believe is obtainable by users and how much gold we would like to actually
sink for a particular event and how big the event leading up to it will be.
Narumi Misuhara
Darc Nightgale
I really happy that you guys are doin' this again. So thank you very much.
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1st. Achievements, as of lately there only seems to be achievements for kickstarters. I wanted to know if there are goin' to
be other achievements, or is it just goin' to be given up on. I know that there are some achievement hunters that have some
really good ideas for new achievements. I really hope that Gaia does continue with achievements, and please ones where we
don't have to spend real life money to get.
2nd. Alchemy. It's gettin' harder and harder to work on makin' the back wings due to lack of formulas, bugs, rare fish, and
inks. I wonder if there is a chance that maybe they could sell the formulas agaian. And maybe put some of those inks, rare
bugs and fish into the daily rewards. Or even have some put into rigs. You could also make it where we could make it so we
have an option to make some of them through GoFusion.
Again thank you for takin' the time to read my post. 3nodding
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1st. Achievements, as of lately there only seems to be achievements for kickstarters. I wanted to know if there are goin' to
be other achievements, or is it just goin' to be given up on. I know that there are some achievement hunters that have some
really good ideas for new achievements. I really hope that Gaia does continue with achievements, and please ones where we
don't have to spend real life money to get.
2nd. Alchemy. It's gettin' harder and harder to work on makin' the back wings due to lack of formulas, bugs, rare fish, and
inks. I wonder if there is a chance that maybe they could sell the formulas agaian. And maybe put some of those inks, rare
bugs and fish into the daily rewards. Or even have some put into rigs. You could also make it where we could make it so we
have an option to make some of them through GoFusion.
Again thank you for takin' the time to read my post. 3nodding
1. Of course, We have a bunch of achievements coming up for the event!
2. This isn't set in stone yet but Alchemy may be retired in favor of GoFusion. However, please post feedback about the two
features in SF. We of course don't want to make any decisions blindly as to what features you guys want. What we can do for
now however, is add some of these things to Flynn's Plunder!
bluealaris
Deazy
bluealaris
xx I met my fate xx
The Avatar Arenas have been ignored for a very long time now. Many users still enjoy using them. Why not use this to your advantage Gaia? An alternative and more inclusive means to promoting your new items and possibly generating the sales that you desire, particularly your LQI's. Raise the prize amounts for winners and host a contest each week that must feature a certain LQI, or whatever random item you wish to promote. Bring life back to the Arena's, generate more interest and, dare I say, "need" for your items and utilize what you have available to you, rather than introducing something new?
I've been wanting to work with the Avatar Arena for quite a while. I would like to work on updating the prizes for the Arena to begin with, at least to make them cohesive with the current economy- then work with users to come up with more contests afterwards.
I don't think raising prize amounts is the answer, most people don't enter for the gold but for the kudos.
Now raising awareness of the Arena (and maybe the gold for voting and commenting) - that is more important and re-adding the 4 votes per IP. Adding the winners to the featured avatars would be a start.
I see your point- I'll look into ways that we can feature great Avatars that gets users a lot more kudos. For instance - maybe a weekly announcement that features the winners?
Princess Angelishia
UneGothNoire
I was wondering if there have been problems with the auto cash and paypal,
or is it just me?
or is it just me?
Hi there,
Yes, unfortunately we've been having some problems there. Our devs are working hard to fix them as we speak! If they have
affected you personally, please file a billing ticket through our
help center so an
admin can assist you!
So sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you!
Princess Angelishia
Zero Omega
Magnificent Moonbeam
Hello,everyone. I hope you all are well and I am wondering very much about
the art in the kickstarter? Are they all just new NPCs or some existing ones? I know I'm jumping the gun on this a bit since
one of them looks familiar to me.
Edit: I also want to say thanks for making a new version of Ask the Admin. It was well needed.
the art in the kickstarter? Are they all just new NPCs or some existing ones? I know I'm jumping the gun on this a bit since
one of them looks familiar to me.
Edit: I also want to say thanks for making a new version of Ask the Admin. It was well needed.
Let's just say some old favorites will be making a come back. ninja
Narumi Misuhara
gataka
Oh yeah, welcome back!
What are the issues you're trying to fix in zOMG! ?
What are the issues you're trying to fix in zOMG! ?
I can't disclose everything, but some very important server security updates and code version updates.
Princess Angelishia
Castiel Lover
Will you please release more Ruby tickets? Only two were ever won - one
has been used and the other was bought for use.
If your artists are spread too thin, maybe spam the cash shop a little less and put more tickets out? No one would be upset
about a few less items and announcements a week.
has been used and the other was bought for use.
If your artists are spread too thin, maybe spam the cash shop a little less and put more tickets out? No one would be upset
about a few less items and announcements a week.
Hey there,
We'll certainly consider releasing more ruby tickets! However, we have to allocate our artists' time to what we believe will
make the most amount of Gaians happy and help support our website.
Princess Angelishia
Narumi Misuhara
Arlette Mori
First of all, Thank you staff for listening to the user's concerns with the
lack of Ask the Admin. I am very happy to see it return as Ask the Staff. We are slowly rebuilding the communication gap
between users and staff. ATA was what helped make our community felt unique in my humble opinion. I'm glad to see this
feature back. I hope it continues! <3
First question - Narumi posted on Twitter months ago that the possible return to the Gaia Blog. Is there any update on this
feature returning?
Second question - I would like to know what the general plans are for the plot. I know it will be continuing, but I would
like to know if there is some sort of timeframe you are looking at?
Third question - Do you watch the Blacklist? If SO: Do you think Red is Lizzie's dad? razz
lack of Ask the Admin. I am very happy to see it return as Ask the Staff. We are slowly rebuilding the communication gap
between users and staff. ATA was what helped make our community felt unique in my humble opinion. I'm glad to see this
feature back. I hope it continues! <3
First question - Narumi posted on Twitter months ago that the possible return to the Gaia Blog. Is there any update on this
feature returning?
Second question - I would like to know what the general plans are for the plot. I know it will be continuing, but I would
like to know if there is some sort of timeframe you are looking at?
Third question - Do you watch the Blacklist? If SO: Do you think Red is Lizzie's dad? razz
1. Not really, I wanted to bring this back but needed people around the office to volunteer to continue to make posts to keep
it active. Sadly I wasn't able to gain enough support to make it worthwhile. However, that was a long time ago. It's worth
looking at again. How do you guys feel about it? How many of you would read our blog if it was active? Would you want it in
our forum version? ...or Wordpress version?
Princess Angelishia
TazzyC123
Back when you introduced the story writing competition when the project EI
ticket came out it was somewhat implied that this could be a way to get a ticket from Gaia. Was this just badly worded and
you mean't other gaians might be so generous?
P.s. great to see this back and at that hour earlier for those in different time zones.
ticket came out it was somewhat implied that this could be a way to get a ticket from Gaia. Was this just badly worded and
you mean't other gaians might be so generous?
P.s. great to see this back and at that hour earlier for those in different time zones.
Hello there!
That thread was just meant for fun, sorry! However we may consider that kind of prize in the future!
Princess Angelishia
Zero Omega
EbeleRoderick
Hello, staff. While I appreciate this form of
communication back, we've needed it for a while, so I hope you're prepared to properly answer some of the serious questions
from the users in here. I feel that in order for the ATS threads to work, there needs to be honest responses that don't
undermine the issues we're concerned about. I've bolded my own questions and put my thoughts on them underneath, the
latter being because I still care about the site and only wish for it to get better than it is now. I hope that my post gets
a proper answer, or at least acknowledged.
1.) Will there be better payouts for games in the future?
I know about the gold generators and your enjoyment of them, but a lot of us don’t like them and still want to be able to
afford items on this free-to-play site. Some of us have very limited ways of earning gold and would really appreciate it if
we were able to earn the items we want if you updated the game payouts. They currently don’t offer enough gold to keep up
with the economy at all.
2.) Have you guys considered making a sales page for the items you sell on a daily basis?
I've mentioned in the previous question that the community announcements are hijacked and I’ll stand by that statement as
long as we continue to be bombarded with items. A lot of us have requested to disable announcements is for this reason –
they do not hold a lot of community-related contact anymore and we're getting smothered by items. I, as well as other
users, have supported this sales page idea in hopes that you'd tone down with the aggressive marketing approach and give us
some breathing room. It would be like the summer/black sale pages you’ve done in the past, only more informative – all the
items up for sale for that day/week would be in one place, everyone would know how much time they would have to get these
items, and events/gold shop updates/etc. would be more noticeable in the community announcements.
3.) Can there be a better way of responding to some of the feedback in the Site Feedback forum (and others) in the
future?
I'm concerned about some past staff responses to pressing issues that users have had throughout the year, and I personally
felt that they were patronizing towards the community as a whole with how passive and out-of-touch they were. I remember a
staff member stating before that you guys do read through Site Feedback, but I don't feel that the forum is relevant when
there's not many staff members showing more presence there. I think a beneficial way to handle feedback is to have more staff
members who work on specific features come in to answer concerns and willing to create compromises where it’s due.
4.) How often do you look at suggestions made for the gold shops?
Particularly in the GCD/SF/Petition forums. There are great ideas for items in there that could be used for future gold shop
updates. I personally made two petitions for bag accessories and
housing items in the past, and while I haven't been active in them,
I'd still like to see the gold shops updated with these items.
5.) In the near future, can we please have larger gold shop updates?
Because they need more love and they could have so much potential if they were updated with the items we'd wish to see in
there. The gold shops are my favorite features of the site and I want to be able to enjoy them to the fullest.
communication back, we've needed it for a while, so I hope you're prepared to properly answer some of the serious questions
from the users in here. I feel that in order for the ATS threads to work, there needs to be honest responses that don't
undermine the issues we're concerned about. I've bolded my own questions and put my thoughts on them underneath, the
latter being because I still care about the site and only wish for it to get better than it is now. I hope that my post gets
a proper answer, or at least acknowledged.
1.) Will there be better payouts for games in the future?
I know about the gold generators and your enjoyment of them, but a lot of us don’t like them and still want to be able to
afford items on this free-to-play site. Some of us have very limited ways of earning gold and would really appreciate it if
we were able to earn the items we want if you updated the game payouts. They currently don’t offer enough gold to keep up
with the economy at all.
2.) Have you guys considered making a sales page for the items you sell on a daily basis?
I've mentioned in the previous question that the community announcements are hijacked and I’ll stand by that statement as
long as we continue to be bombarded with items. A lot of us have requested to disable announcements is for this reason –
they do not hold a lot of community-related contact anymore and we're getting smothered by items. I, as well as other
users, have supported this sales page idea in hopes that you'd tone down with the aggressive marketing approach and give us
some breathing room. It would be like the summer/black sale pages you’ve done in the past, only more informative – all the
items up for sale for that day/week would be in one place, everyone would know how much time they would have to get these
items, and events/gold shop updates/etc. would be more noticeable in the community announcements.
3.) Can there be a better way of responding to some of the feedback in the Site Feedback forum (and others) in the
future?
I'm concerned about some past staff responses to pressing issues that users have had throughout the year, and I personally
felt that they were patronizing towards the community as a whole with how passive and out-of-touch they were. I remember a
staff member stating before that you guys do read through Site Feedback, but I don't feel that the forum is relevant when
there's not many staff members showing more presence there. I think a beneficial way to handle feedback is to have more staff
members who work on specific features come in to answer concerns and willing to create compromises where it’s due.
4.) How often do you look at suggestions made for the gold shops?
Particularly in the GCD/SF/Petition forums. There are great ideas for items in there that could be used for future gold shop
updates. I personally made two petitions for bag accessories and
housing items in the past, and while I haven't been active in them,
I'd still like to see the gold shops updated with these items.
5.) In the near future, can we please have larger gold shop updates?
Because they need more love and they could have so much potential if they were updated with the items we'd wish to see in
there. The gold shops are my favorite features of the site and I want to be able to enjoy them to the fullest.
Site Feedback: We definitely don't want users to feel like we're patronizing them, that is not the case at all. We can
definitely take a look into how we reply to SF and other threads to ensure that we're doing our best to answer any
concerns/feedback without leaving you feeling like we aren't taking the issue seriously.
bluealaris
Slick Southpaw
I have some plot burning questions!!!
➨Is Ivan's time-traveling plot a one-off storyline, or can we hope for more events exploring Gaia's past while the Airship
Saga continues?
➨How likely are we to have an event that actually ties into the plot ever again?
➨Will we ever use the battle system developed for last Halloween again? It was awesome and I want to be able to use it.
➨Is Ivan's time-traveling plot a one-off storyline, or can we hope for more events exploring Gaia's past while the Airship
Saga continues?
➨How likely are we to have an event that actually ties into the plot ever again?
➨Will we ever use the battle system developed for last Halloween again? It was awesome and I want to be able to use it.
Ivan's time-traveling storyline is an event storyline that won't be mentioned in the Manga, however it will include backstory
for some of the oldest citizens.
Very likely! Chances are 50/50- We don't want to alter the plot in anyway to wrap around an event so we need the right moment
in the storyline to have Gaians participate.
We have been revisiting elements from the old Battle System, but we will be using new code moving forward!
Zero Omega
Madorka
Good Evening Gaia Staff
Thanks for letting us know about getting more outfit slot's it was needed for a long time I wonder when will the chance take
effect.
A few questions I wanna ask you guy's this week.
1.Is Towns 2 gonna be involved in the Halloween event this year?
2.Can we do something about towns 2 troll's they seem to be getting wroser and some spam which make the server lag horribly.
3.Is go fusion gonna have any updates for halloween?
Thanks for letting us know about getting more outfit slot's it was needed for a long time I wonder when will the chance take
effect.
A few questions I wanna ask you guy's this week.
1.Is Towns 2 gonna be involved in the Halloween event this year?
2.Can we do something about towns 2 troll's they seem to be getting wroser and some spam which make the server lag horribly.
3.Is go fusion gonna have any updates for halloween?
2. Trolls, yeah, trolls suck. We can take a closer look into what we can do to try and proactively combat trolls even
further. We do have some amazing tools that we have for Towns 2 to currently take care of the offenders to keep them from
disrupting you!
Narumi Misuhara
Shadey Kitty
Good evening smile
I was pleasantly surprised when I learned that the ATA has returned. Thank you for restoring this feature and giving us a
chance to interact with you out in the open.
What I would like to address with you tonight is the neglect of Aquariums. I attempted to bring this to your attention in the
Feedback
Forum but as of this writing, there has been no official response.
Events here on Gaia use to include a broad range of areas including not only forums but shops, Towns and zOMG too. Special
mini games were developed for the events as well. Events were a pretty big deal around here and a lot of people knew that and
looked forward to them eagerly. In September of 2008, Aquariums came to Gaia and in October of 2008, tanks were inlcuded in
the Halloween event.
If tank owners had the Creepy Phonograph in their tanks
and chose the "Calm Water" song, the tank would get really dirty, turn black and then when it appeared again, all fish in the
tank were skeletons.
(this did not affect the tank's health in any way, AFAIK) Screen shot
* Note: This was only enabled for the duration of the Halloween event and no longer works.
Tank owners continued to enjoy having Aquariums be included in the special events for just a little over 1 year in 2009.
(You can see a list of events that have included Aquariums here if you like) Sadly, December of 2009, 5
years ago was the last time.
Through all of the nerfs, the neglect (remember your other cash shop, Phin Phang?) and even the unpleasant
(putting it nicely) changes Gaia has made within just the past year, there are still quite a few tank owners trying to hold
on and keeping their tanks full even though it is (most likely) no longer possible for them to break even on the price of
doing so.
I think that at this point, some attention to Aquariums and some appreciation for those tank owners who are still with you in
spite of yourself is way overdue. How about at the very least recycling those Aquarium holiday effects ? It
seems such a small thing to ask.
The base for the effects is already in place. (isn't it?)
Doing so would not add the the inflation problem.
This would go a long way towards giving some cheer to the tank owners.
As one person stated in my thread in your Feedback forum (linked in the 2nd paragraph above) :
Thank you in advance for reading my note.
I was pleasantly surprised when I learned that the ATA has returned. Thank you for restoring this feature and giving us a
chance to interact with you out in the open.
What I would like to address with you tonight is the neglect of Aquariums. I attempted to bring this to your attention in the
Feedback
Forum but as of this writing, there has been no official response.
Events here on Gaia use to include a broad range of areas including not only forums but shops, Towns and zOMG too. Special
mini games were developed for the events as well. Events were a pretty big deal around here and a lot of people knew that and
looked forward to them eagerly. In September of 2008, Aquariums came to Gaia and in October of 2008, tanks were inlcuded in
the Halloween event.
If tank owners had the Creepy Phonograph in their tanks
and chose the "Calm Water" song, the tank would get really dirty, turn black and then when it appeared again, all fish in the
tank were skeletons.
(this did not affect the tank's health in any way, AFAIK) Screen shot
* Note: This was only enabled for the duration of the Halloween event and no longer works.
Tank owners continued to enjoy having Aquariums be included in the special events for just a little over 1 year in 2009.
(You can see a list of events that have included Aquariums here if you like) Sadly, December of 2009, 5
years ago was the last time.
Through all of the nerfs, the neglect (remember your other cash shop, Phin Phang?) and even the unpleasant
(putting it nicely) changes Gaia has made within just the past year, there are still quite a few tank owners trying to hold
on and keeping their tanks full even though it is (most likely) no longer possible for them to break even on the price of
doing so.
I think that at this point, some attention to Aquariums and some appreciation for those tank owners who are still with you in
spite of yourself is way overdue. How about at the very least recycling those Aquarium holiday effects ? It
seems such a small thing to ask.
The base for the effects is already in place. (isn't it?)
Doing so would not add the the inflation problem.
This would go a long way towards giving some cheer to the tank owners.
As one person stated in my thread in your Feedback forum (linked in the 2nd paragraph above) :
Quote:
give a little gaia, intead of taking thanks!
Thank you in advance for reading my note.
I saw the thread in SF last week about this. I sent a request to the dev who worked on Aquariums to try to turn that on. He
said he would take a look but as he no longer is assigned to Gaia tasks couldn't guarantee his time to do so. I can check
back with this person and see if he made some progress on it.
Princess Angelishia
Flint Jakobs
Hi there! Saw you answered a question about the Ruby ticket, but I wanted
to ask a bit more of a general question in that regard. Are there plans to re-release some of those, or are some of these
tickets (Golden and Emerald, mostly) generally done being released at this stage?
I'm sure it's been a lot of work for the artists involved, so I can understand wanting to hold off releasing them with too
much frequency, but I do like the concept of community creations, so I wanted to know if that'd be an ongoing thing in the
future as well.
Thanks! :]
to ask a bit more of a general question in that regard. Are there plans to re-release some of those, or are some of these
tickets (Golden and Emerald, mostly) generally done being released at this stage?
I'm sure it's been a lot of work for the artists involved, so I can understand wanting to hold off releasing them with too
much frequency, but I do like the concept of community creations, so I wanted to know if that'd be an ongoing thing in the
future as well.
Thanks! :]
You guessed it- these tickets are a lot of work for our artists so we do have to release them sparingly!
However, we will certainly be re-releasing them during special occasions in the future! They just won't be constantly in the
store.
Princess Angelishia
Zero Omega
Lizzie Andrew Borden
Oh also will you be getting more and new videos and offers for us? I mean
like for every, I dunno, Youtube channel we subscribe to we get 5 or whatever gcash? And for every video we Like we get more
than 1 or 2 gcash? I mean let us change up the payouts for these vids and offers.
like for every, I dunno, Youtube channel we subscribe to we get 5 or whatever gcash? And for every video we Like we get more
than 1 or 2 gcash? I mean let us change up the payouts for these vids and offers.
That's controlled by our video offer providers, when they have more offers to give us then they'll provide them.
Princess Angelishia
Snorlax says NO
I know it was asked about a while ago, but I believe it was Princess
Angelishia that said the marriage system was being considered as a new feature.
Have you looked more into that system or is it thrown to the wayside and forgotten completely? ^^;
Angelishia that said the marriage system was being considered as a new feature.
Have you looked more into that system or is it thrown to the wayside and forgotten completely? ^^;
Hi there!
This is a project I personally love- and is still being considered as a project. However right now it is not slated for
release any time soon.
Princess Angelishia
Zero Omega
dragonmonkey
You may have noticed I'm wearing a Gaia T-Shirt.
The war in the kickstarter sounds like it's at the focal point of the Halloween plot. Why was it set at a far-stretched tier?
This is to raise awareness to the:
Save Our Plot Movement.
It's a huge thing that we want to add and we believe that Gaians will be about to hit it!
Princess Angelishia
Calelith
Are we going to see a re-release of the Sapphire and the Pearl tickets?
They both currently have no tickets in existence.
Hi there!
Yes, we will probably be releasing those tickets again in the future! We just have to do it sparingly because they require a
lot of work from our artists.
Princess Angelishia
Narumi Misuhara
One of You
Thank you admin and staff for bringing this back! It feels nice to be able to
communicate with you once again. emotion_hug
Are there currently any plans to re-vamp Booty Grab and up the payouts to keep up with the current market?
communicate with you once again. emotion_hug
Are there currently any plans to re-vamp Booty Grab and up the payouts to keep up with the current market?
No plans, but we can definitely have a look.
Zero Omega
Strife Dragneel
01) About this Halloween kickstarter we have right now:
Do you already have a lot of stuff planned for the Halloween event, and all of this stuff in the global tiers just extra
prizes/games/achievements that are unnecessary to add?
Or, Because we can't seem to make it to third tier, even after almost 2 weeks, are we going to miss out on a lot of the
content that was planned for the event, but now we are not going to get because we can't donate enough?
02) Also, in regards to kickstarters in general:
Do you think it maybe possible to stop having them for major gaia events like Halloween, Christmas, Easter, ect. please? Some
of us have gotten into the habit of hoarding our gold for the events themselves since they have become a bit of a gold sinks
in their own right.
Minor events like saving Louie and H.R. Wesley are okay.
Or, at least, give us a chance to recover gold in between kickstarters, please?
Do you already have a lot of stuff planned for the Halloween event, and all of this stuff in the global tiers just extra
prizes/games/achievements that are unnecessary to add?
Or, Because we can't seem to make it to third tier, even after almost 2 weeks, are we going to miss out on a lot of the
content that was planned for the event, but now we are not going to get because we can't donate enough?
02) Also, in regards to kickstarters in general:
Do you think it maybe possible to stop having them for major gaia events like Halloween, Christmas, Easter, ect. please? Some
of us have gotten into the habit of hoarding our gold for the events themselves since they have become a bit of a gold sinks
in their own right.
Minor events like saving Louie and H.R. Wesley are okay.
Or, at least, give us a chance to recover gold in between kickstarters, please?
We have the event planned out with extra things users can unlock by hitting the global tiers. We believe that users will be
able to hit all the tiers, even the gold sinks that had slow starts eventually got hit.
We probably won't stop doing these gold sink events for major events as it allows us to provide you guys awesome things for
events while helping us sink gold in the economy.
Zero Omega
Pwnder
Welcome back, nice to see you all again, Admin/Staff heart
The problem of caches in our inventories has become quite an issue since the introduction of Caches for gold, and 10x more so
since the introduction of Heart Charms into the caches. Many people are opening bulk quantities for the charms and have no
use for the caches. This results in them finding their way into Dumpster Dive as one of the few ways to rid them or letting
them rot away in our inventories under several pages (Special Tab).
Caches are used solely as game items, via alchemy needs or GoFusion needs.
Could we get a fix that will give us the ability to bulk/stack trade, sell and list them in the MP.
Could they stack like game items and under the "Game"
items tab?
The problem of caches in our inventories has become quite an issue since the introduction of Caches for gold, and 10x more so
since the introduction of Heart Charms into the caches. Many people are opening bulk quantities for the charms and have no
use for the caches. This results in them finding their way into Dumpster Dive as one of the few ways to rid them or letting
them rot away in our inventories under several pages (Special Tab).
Caches are used solely as game items, via alchemy needs or GoFusion needs.
Could we get a fix that will give us the ability to bulk/stack trade, sell and list them in the MP.
Could they stack like game items and under the "Game"
items tab?
Due to how stacking items like bugs (game items) work it would not be possible for use to convert caches into game items.
Princess Angelishia
La Skullette
I had a question concerning Club Verge. Is it possible to lower the
prices? Since the individuals who are members of Club Verge have contributed to Gaia by making purchases over $99, the perk
was to be part of an exclusive group which honestly doesn't seem to be that exclusive. Prices are really high and other than
being the only ones to purchase the items, I see no other perks. I know people still purchase the items, but from what I
understood more people would buy from Club Verge if the prices were a bit lower. Thanks for reading! Thank you for bringing
this back. It really shows Gaia is more willing to listen. Much Love heart
prices? Since the individuals who are members of Club Verge have contributed to Gaia by making purchases over $99, the perk
was to be part of an exclusive group which honestly doesn't seem to be that exclusive. Prices are really high and other than
being the only ones to purchase the items, I see no other perks. I know people still purchase the items, but from what I
understood more people would buy from Club Verge if the prices were a bit lower. Thanks for reading! Thank you for bringing
this back. It really shows Gaia is more willing to listen. Much Love heart
Hi there!
We try to offer a variety of price points and generally Club Verge is our super premium store. However, we can certainly
consider adding a few lower price points into that store if it will make our Club Vergers happy! c:
Princess Angelishia
Narumi Misuhara
EbeleRoderick
Hello, staff. While I appreciate this form of communication back, we've
needed it for a while, so I hope you're prepared to properly answer some of the serious questions from the users in here.
I feel that in order for the ATS threads to work, there needs to be honest responses that don't undermine the issues we're
concerned about. I've bolded my own questions and put my thoughts on them underneath, the latter being because I still
care about the site and only wish for it to get better than it is now. I hope that my post gets a proper answer, or at least
acknowledged.
1.) Will there be better payouts for games in the future?
I know about the gold generators and your enjoyment of them, but a lot of us don’t like them and still want to be able to
afford items on this free-to-play site. Some of us have very limited ways of earning gold and would really appreciate it if
we were able to earn the items we want if you updated the game payouts. They currently don’t offer enough gold to keep up
with the economy at all.
2.) Have you guys considered making a sales page for the items you sell on a daily basis?
I've mentioned in the previous question that the community announcements are hijacked and I’ll stand by that statement as
long as we continue to be bombarded with items. A lot of us have requested to disable announcements is for this reason –
they do not hold a lot of community-related contact anymore and we're getting smothered by items. I, as well as other
users, have supported this sales page idea in hopes that you'd tone down with the aggressive marketing approach and give us
some breathing room. It would be like the summer/black sale pages you’ve done in the past, only more informative – all the
items up for sale for that day/week would be in one place, everyone would know how much time they would have to get these
items, and events/gold shop updates/etc. would be more noticeable in the community announcements.
3.) Can there be a better way of responding to some of the feedback in the Site Feedback forum (and others) in the
future?
I'm concerned about some past staff responses to pressing issues that users have had throughout the year, and I personally
felt that they were patronizing towards the community as a whole with how passive and out-of-touch they were. I remember a
staff member stating before that you guys do read through Site Feedback, but I don't feel that the forum is relevant when
there's not many staff members showing more presence there. I think a beneficial way to handle feedback is to have more staff
members who work on specific features come in to answer concerns and willing to create compromises where it’s due.
4.) How often do you look at suggestions made for the gold shops?
Particularly in the GCD/SF/Petition forums. There are great ideas for items in there that could be used for future gold shop
updates. I personally made two petitions for bag accessories and
housing items in the past, and while I haven't been active in them,
I'd still like to see the gold shops updated with these items.
5.) In the near future, can we please have larger gold shop updates?
Because they need more love and they could have so much potential if they were updated with the items we'd wish to see in
there. The gold shops are my favorite features of the site and I want to be able to enjoy them to the fullest.
needed it for a while, so I hope you're prepared to properly answer some of the serious questions from the users in here.
I feel that in order for the ATS threads to work, there needs to be honest responses that don't undermine the issues we're
concerned about. I've bolded my own questions and put my thoughts on them underneath, the latter being because I still
care about the site and only wish for it to get better than it is now. I hope that my post gets a proper answer, or at least
acknowledged.
1.) Will there be better payouts for games in the future?
I know about the gold generators and your enjoyment of them, but a lot of us don’t like them and still want to be able to
afford items on this free-to-play site. Some of us have very limited ways of earning gold and would really appreciate it if
we were able to earn the items we want if you updated the game payouts. They currently don’t offer enough gold to keep up
with the economy at all.
2.) Have you guys considered making a sales page for the items you sell on a daily basis?
I've mentioned in the previous question that the community announcements are hijacked and I’ll stand by that statement as
long as we continue to be bombarded with items. A lot of us have requested to disable announcements is for this reason –
they do not hold a lot of community-related contact anymore and we're getting smothered by items. I, as well as other
users, have supported this sales page idea in hopes that you'd tone down with the aggressive marketing approach and give us
some breathing room. It would be like the summer/black sale pages you’ve done in the past, only more informative – all the
items up for sale for that day/week would be in one place, everyone would know how much time they would have to get these
items, and events/gold shop updates/etc. would be more noticeable in the community announcements.
3.) Can there be a better way of responding to some of the feedback in the Site Feedback forum (and others) in the
future?
I'm concerned about some past staff responses to pressing issues that users have had throughout the year, and I personally
felt that they were patronizing towards the community as a whole with how passive and out-of-touch they were. I remember a
staff member stating before that you guys do read through Site Feedback, but I don't feel that the forum is relevant when
there's not many staff members showing more presence there. I think a beneficial way to handle feedback is to have more staff
members who work on specific features come in to answer concerns and willing to create compromises where it’s due.
4.) How often do you look at suggestions made for the gold shops?
Particularly in the GCD/SF/Petition forums. There are great ideas for items in there that could be used for future gold shop
updates. I personally made two petitions for bag accessories and
housing items in the past, and while I haven't been active in them,
I'd still like to see the gold shops updated with these items.
5.) In the near future, can we please have larger gold shop updates?
Because they need more love and they could have so much potential if they were updated with the items we'd wish to see in
there. The gold shops are my favorite features of the site and I want to be able to enjoy them to the fullest.
1. Yes
2. Interesting idea. Will bring it up with others.
3. Answered by Zero
4. Pretty frequently!
5. I can't promise it but we can try to squeeze it in. smile
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