July 28th

[NPC] Gaia Staff
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Welcome Back!

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Features/Events

So far there has only been speculation about Lake Kindred based on wording in announcements and features introduced to it in the shop, by voting, the grants...

Can you just state for us clearly if this feature is here to stay?

We would also like it to be permanent. ninja

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Items/Shops

A couple of weeks back you said that you'd be bringing the Loyal's Fish Bundle Pack back to Loyal's Bazzar. I just wanted to ask if this was still happening, as I haven't seen in in there. Was there an issue with bringing it back or just something that slipped your minds?

It's in there now!

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Event/Feature

I have to say that the pet battle system is pretty good. However, I do have a question to ask.

Can we have the option to remove or "free" the kin in the battle system?

I have an extra Wilicroak and I prefer to have one of a kind.

We are working on ways to remove excess Kindred from your inventory if you don't want them.

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ITEMS

Was wondering if Gaia will eventually allow alchemy formulas to include use of the items like emotes, eyeballs, blox & the like (which are relatively useless items)?

Most Gaians here have a plethora of these items & no use for them.
If we could use these items in alchemy formulas, it would make these relatively 'useless' items useful!

Yes, we are and thank you for the suggestions!

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Items

It was promised sometime ago that pegacorn fluffs would one day be usuable in the pet system. Now that the pet system is Kindreds, will we have an alchemy recipe or some other way to transfer the pegacorns into usuable kindreds? Been holding out hope so long....

We will be doing this. Just hold on tight to those adorable fluffs.


pepper-tea
sup-qt
Features/Items

Towns 2.0 is lots of fun I love it. I love that I can choose to live in Durem and support my favourite town.
BUT you know what would be cooler?
Town coloured furniture! It doesn't even had to be new stuff >> Even the old items jsut recoloured for towns!
And Maybe some crests or flags or pictures for our walls?
I think that would be cool <3


I don't know of any plans to update housing for the moment, but you never know! Thank you for the suggestion. We'll keep it in mind!


pepper-tea
sup-qt
Features/NPC's

It would be awesome to see some of the older NPC's get some time in the spotlight! We haven't seen or heard about Russell Or Jinx in ages!
I think a cool thing that could (maybe I dunno how hard it would be) be done, is actually add the Casino in Gambino in Towns 2.0! We could walk into first floor and we could be greeted by Jinx and Russell who would ask if we want to play slots or cards (and then there could be a link to use or something, that would take us to the games!)
Thus, expanding Towns 2.0, bringing old NPC's to the light and making handy links in town to some of our games!


There aren't any plans to update towns at the moment, but we can keep this in mind for the future! Thanks for the suggestion.


Zero Omega
Geminai The Baby Paw
Feature?

Earlier today there was a very rare instance of a GC sale being 50% or more off (I spotted 55% off). I'm not the only user who saw this and jumped at purchasing for the price.

A few minutes later, the sale ended and suddenly we have been left to worry if the sale was intended. Some users who bought cash during the short timeframe are scared to spend their GC (or Coupon Rewards) right away now.

Is it safe for the users to spend their cash, who bought cash during this short-lived sale today?
(was it really intended, as we bought the Cash in good faith... it really seemed like an amazing sale to time with the tickets entering the Cash Shop again).

Thanks for your time!

It was a glitch as we ended up accidentally doubling the GC discounts. If you bought the GC when it happened, don't worry, you just happened to get a good deal (like buying a 50-inch TV for $1 thanks to Wal-Mart) and nothing will happen to your account.


pepper-tea
Black Death Goddess
Items: I would like to have solair items made available to Paws please. I would also ask that Solair, Godina, Junos Lace, Counterfeit, and Aether be recolored in dusk grey/gray tones.


Thanks for the suggestion!


bluealaris
The Iron Magus
Games

Greetings, staff! Is Lake Kindred the pet-based MMO that was hinted at in the past? Or is it more a proof of concept for just the battle system for this MMO? I ask because although the monsters are well-designed, and the game aesthetically pleasing, it seems to lack several features of a true MMO, such as exploration, player interaction, etc. In fact, it's just a bare-bones battle system.
Will it be developed further, or... is this it?


Greetings! Our Lake Kindred is a simple system and the start of a larger, potentially more interactive game. Ideally we would like to release updates on a regular basis including features that allow Gaians to fight each other, explore and much more. Of course, Gaia is no longer able to have teams of creatives and engineers spending 2+ years on a feature before its released like ZOMG or MOGA, so while initial releases aren't as full, we are taking user feedback seriously and addressing bugs and game design constantly.


bluealaris
sup-qt
Events
Would you possibly do more Towns v Towns events? Like the Summer water fight? We could have a winter snowball fight!


Its definitely something we'll consider- we've been getting a lot of requests for events like those and there are a number of house themed items out for users to swag up in now as well.


Zero Omega
Zanethemayor
Events

Hello everyone! I was wondering how the NPC appears would be handled? Since I know from the kick starter there are going to be at least 2 NPCs making an appearance! So, will it be as a forum post or in a thread? (I know the chance of it being the Bunny Rangers is low!)

Also thank you having Haldus appear in my thread!

You will have to wait and see. ninja


bluealaris
The Iron Magus
Games

I love the designs on the new Kindred, but I notice you're re-using some older designs as well. With that in mind, is there any chance you can turn some of the animated into Kindred? I'd love to have an OMG fight by my side.
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You've got too many great monster designs from zOMG to let them go to waste!


Yes, we have some ZOMG monsters already itching for a Lake Kindred appearance.


pepper-tea
Chive It Up
Manga

Can we please get the Manga organized in some kind of.. chronological order or something? Or at least have them stamped in the order of which the mangas were produced? It's so confusing to try and reread stuff... it's all thrown together.


Unfortunately there are currently no plans to update the manga page layout, but we can keep this idea in mind!
Thanks for the suggestion!


pepper-tea
Serene Rainstorm
Items

Any plans on making a Solar Space Camp Cadet in the future, with a yellow sun pillow?
I mean we already have a Lunar one with a moon pillow, why not a solar one next?


Thanks for the suggestion!


bluealaris
Lavens
Items

We have 2 leaked melty kiss items from announcements now, a lavender mint Garage Band and a human version of the Punky Marionette Restrung, can we expect those to be released soon? ;/////;


M-Maybe. ninja


Zero Omega
Soul of Kyr
Items(I think)
Is there some way for you to let those of us stuck with certain old Zomg power-up items, to get rid of them or something?? Because due to having not fully used up certain power-ups before Zomg went down, we are stuck with them cluttering up and taking up space in our inventories. We would love to get rid of them, if at all possible....especially since they are of no use anymore.

We're still taking a look into this, sorry for the delay with this!


pepper-tea
TtheHero
Items

I've been quite captivated by some of these items especially the ones that come in the two shades of green, tea green and that more emerald-y hue.

I am also a staunch advocate of using the reversible earrings, bar necklaces, hairpins, and bracelets to accentuate these outfits with their little dashes of color. What I'm aiming at here is this; is there any way we can get these reversible thingies in these new shades of colors? The colors such as:

*the tea/emerald-y green I mentioned. (Example: seen in Viridescent Eclipse)

*That purple/lavender-y color scheme, often tagged as 'velvetine in the MP (Example: seen in
L'Ere de Mephiste

*The Checkmate color scheme (Navy/vivid blue)

*dusty pink and periwinkle

And any other manner of cool colors that could be represented?


That is a cute idea, thank you for the suggestion!


bluealaris
~ Aki - Fairy ~
Items/Shops

Back a month or so ago when the [Animal] Swirl Ponytails had mysteriously vacated the shop, so too did the OMGs, AFKs, Halos and pillows ([Animal] for sure for all, I can admit I don't pay much attention to the availability of human items typically). Will they all be returning ever?


Yes, we'll make sure they go back in. 3nodding


bluealaris
Blippeh
Games

The zOMG summon items, any chance of converting them into kindred?


Indeed! There is a Pegacorn Fluff Kindred on its way to start.


bluealaris
Dana C Scott
Question Games

Question

Is it possible to make the coins dropped by the fish in Booty Grab worth more individually? That way players could earn more in game. The increase percentage was great, yes, but it's still easier to make a million gold in Daily Chance or Switchem than in Booty Grab. It's just an idea. Please let us know how feasible, or not, it would be. smile Cheers.


I can talk with the devs and see if this can be increased! Thank you for the suggestions.


Zero Omega
~ Aki - Fairy ~
Items - and/or shops or features or something (and it's a bit of a multiple questions around one thing situation so I hope it's okay)

Loyalty Crowns

I noticed when my Gaiaversary came and went a week and a half ago that I didn't get my Loyalty Crown Bundle (on my original account; she does have access to the shop); I filed a ticket last week and am still waiting on it (not the issue here), but was just kind of wondering if it's something that's affecting everybody or if I was just unlucky?
If it is everybody, and isn't fixed by then, when it gets to my other mule's Gaiaversary (I think sometime within the next month or so) do I have to file the ticket from that account or can I file it from this one? (and if I can file it from this one can I just wait until December so as to file for both?)
-I asked this second part of questions in the ticket I filed, but if it's a common issue for them not to grant since the access requirements change it's nice to have that forum-visible answer-

Looks like this may be a bug, we'll go ahead and pass it along to be looked into and also make sure that you get your crown bundle!


Jak Bauer
bluealaris
Plumpest Panda
Events / Games

Any way you guys are going to make the Lake Kindred game more balanced so everyone has a more equal chance at actually getting egg drops. I know of so many people, including myself, that is a higher level that has never gotten one egg drop at all, while some get multiple within their first few levels.

It's not fair to those who can't even get a chance to get anything but their starter and Lucky at level 10, without paying GC, when everyone wants a Stagony.


Currently everyone has the same chances to get eggs. Its all a matter of luck- they are simply balanced to appear randomly so in effect some users can win eggs very early in the game and others take a while. Anyone who has played a dungeon raid knows the frustration of rare drops. mrgreen


Bam!


Zero Omega
~ Aki - Fairy ~
Forums-ish

Quote-summoning Staff

This question specifically came to mind mostly in regards to the Avatar Item Glitch Report Thread, but could apply to other areas of the forums as well..
What's the staffs' take on being (intentionally) quote-summoned to a thread or specific post? (in regards to Avatar Glitch, quoting the artist who made the item with the filled out form of what's wrong; in other forums, like Q&A/Bug Report or GCD, summoning a staff to answer a question/provide a potentially more elaborate -or at least accepted- explanation)

It's up to the individual staff member, some like it, some don't, some don't care. Ultimately it's not the appropriate way to get your concern addressed and you should be doing it through the appropriate channels. There is no guarantee that quote-summoning a staff member is going to get the issue addressed, and some staff members may even ignore it or have their quote notifications turned off.


bluealaris
Zemalia
Shops

First of all, thanks for giving semi-regular updates to Loyal's Bazaar.

The items that have been LQI in LB lately have been rather high priced. I understand that this is used as a gold sink but many users don't have access to funds in the 30-90 Billion gold range. Can we expect to see some lower price LQIs in the future that are more accessible to the user base in the 5-10 Billion gold range or even lower?


Thank you, Loyal's Bazaar has been getting some more enticing and premium LQIs in the the recent past, but we will be trying to put in more price variation as well as releases in general in the future.


bluealaris
sweetkittycupcake
Items/Shops

When you run out of philosopher's caches it says do you want to buy more - the "go to shop" leads you to the cash shop not the Bifrost! Can this be fixed please?~
yum_cupcake


This is an issue with the code itself, we'll talk to the devs about re-routing it.


Zero Omega
XonyMudd
Features

Currently we have a kickstarter to pick the next Gaian creature to be converted into a kin. Are you considering perhaps making a Kin Ticket or having a contest where users can design (at least name and art) kin?

Oh wow, must have missed that announcement xD guess I better edit that question

BAM!


bluealaris
XonyMudd
Features

Currently we have a kickstarter to pick the next Gaian creature to be converted into a kin. We also have the Opal Ticket, but how about a contest where Gaians submit art for an original kin with maybe a grand prize of 1 lucky Gaian getting their kin converted into the game, or perhaps just other prizes with the possibility of all the winners seeing their kin added to the game in the future, but not a guarantee?

Question rephrased ftw xD


That's a very cute idea - could be a revised Cross-Stitch of sorts. ^ u ^


pepper-tea
Tall Dark and Snarky
Items

I've noticed with the somewhat returning Velvetine colour scheme that sometimes, there are items that are tagged "Velvetine," and then other times, there are items tagged "Velveteen."
Is this a mistake in the tagging? Which one is correct?


Sorry, I don't know myself, but I can alert someone so that it may be more standardized in the future. Since both are there, I suggest checking both when you want items of that color, for now -- just to be sure you see them all.


bluealaris
Ariellati
Shops/Items

I bought GC when Bake a Cake came out. Unfortunately it left the shop without notice. Is there a possibility it may come back soon?


Bake a Cake is currently retired for the time being, but we will release announcements for it if it does get another pass in our Cash Shop! Thanks for letting us know that you are interested in seeing it again.


Zero Omega
Hanister
events/games:
Hi! ; v ;
I haven't been able to play the new pet game for almost 2 days now, I've already posted in the glitch report thread for it, but to recap, i'm having either lag problems, loading problems, or button problems on three different browsers and on two different computers.
I was just wondering when can I expect an update to the game? So I don't keep trying relentlessly to get the game to work.

We're still actively working on bugs and fixes for the game, sorry that you're having problems accessing it, we are going through the bug report thread to address problems.


bluealaris
Twisted Lady
Events

What's up with the wing stickers? I've only been able to collect them every other day. Is there a glitch with it, or are stickers only available for certain days? If so, this needs to be explained better, considering evey other event had them daily. Also, why put them in a thread in the forum instead of directly on the event page like in the past?


The wing stickers should be a daily grant. They are not up on the event page because they were not added to the UI in time for our devs to slap them on, and since we did not make sticker/charm items for this event they were not as high of a priority to be placed on there.


pepper-tea
Tall Dark and Snarky
Items

Lastly, I was wondering: for any ticket that allows you to choose the name and item description when created, does this naming process tend to come right after ticket confirmation/acceptance, or does this tend to come after the item has been made?
emotion_sweatdrop

Because of some weird circumstances revolving around my ticket, it had to be handled on Gaia and not via emails, so I never actually got an email in return with the usual "congrats! here's how long you'll wait! here are extra details!" OTL So I'm kind of left in the dark with what to expect.
Maybe I'm just being a worrywart? x o x


I remember all of this! Sorry I have only been relaying messages, and don't actually know what is going on. Alsooooo, the person in charge of those particular tickets is changing temporarily. I will make sure to bring all of this up with the new person so that they can make sure it is all straightened out!


bluealaris
`Hydro
Items

The Coffin RIG flash sale....

I'm hoping that isn't the first. Please consider releasing those recolored Kin so more users can enjoy them. Please.

I think you've heard enough complaints about it, so I'll leave my two cent out of it.


We will be releasing the nocturnal Kin again, as well as providing more ways to earn them.


bluealaris
AngelBabis
Games

Are we going to be able to sell the Kin we win as drops? It's a little annoying to have 3 of the same kin we are not going to use.. At least if we can't sell them we should be able to remove them.


We are currently working on ways for users to release Kin they don't want or putting sellback values on them to dispose of extras. 3nodding


bluealaris
Soul of Kyr
Items/Games/Events(I think)
When we get Kin Eggs for the new Game/Event/Etc. The Kins show up in our Kin Lineup, in game. This is fine. My beef is with how Kins NOT in our Battle party move our Battle Party Kins to other pages(oince you get past the one page of course). This makes it annoying to try and find them to make them sleep, use items on them, etc.
The Question is....Why can not our Battle Party Kins STAY on the first page of the Line up or at least can be moved there by us??
I would think that since they are in the Battle Party, that it would make sense that all Battle Party members when in the Battle Party, would automatically show up in the first 5 spaces of the Kin Lineup.


This is very relevant to several fixes were are currently working on in the game and I recommend adding it to the Kindred suggestion thread in Site Feedback or in Bug Fixes on the event forum!


Zero Omega
Reginald Orius
Misc

How many different AtSs can I ask the same question without being banned from AtS?
lol

You are now banned.

But realistically, if we haven't answered your question, it's probably because we don't have an answer for it, are not willing to answer it, or it has already been answered.


pepper-tea
LucidaAnseris IV
Items

Will we be seeing more anime/magical girl references with items? emotion_kirakira

Sorry if I posted too many questions. Got here kinda late and was really curious. ><


I expect that those themes will always be popping up in items, here and there.


pepper-tea
Akari Yui
Items

More food/colorful related items for paws please. Like the splatoon inspired items and waffles please!


Thanks for the suggestion!


pepper-tea
sup-qt
Items
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I am in love with this colour scheme, and would love more in it. But would we be able to get a tag for it to make it easy to search? Anything at all. x]


I'll bring up that suggestion with the team!
pepper-tea
I asked, there should be one already, though it comes up with other stuff too. Try searching "ace"


bluealaris
Renaissance
Kindred

Summons are summons going to be graphically able to be used in the new kindred game.


We won't be using the same art for summons in ZOMG in Lake Kindred since ZOMG was in flash and based in vector illustration, whereas Lake Kindred is all pixel! However, we are re-interpreting a lot of classic ZOMG monsters and summons and remaking them in the pixel style.


bluealaris
SnowLuva
Features: Alchemy

Hello, me and others are stuck on completing our alchemy backwing
formulas because of the really expensive items like White Body Dye
and Diamondback Lion. We will never be able to afford those prices.
Can you make items like those more available and easier to get?
I suggest maybe alchemy formulas or in GoFusion? Or maybe in
new Caches and new RIGs? We would be happy if you make new
possible and affordable ways to get them.


The Diamondback Lion is available in a RIG through GoFusion and White Body Dye is craftable - you just have to catch bugs in towns in order to make it. These are supposed to be hard to get since the backwing formula is the ultimate crafting quest!


bluealaris
Th0tday
Games

Will there be continuous updates to Lake Kindred?

I would hate for it to just be released and forgotten about, especially when many users have had wonderful suggestions for the game.


We have continuous updates and bug fixes planned. As well as story updated and gameplay updates. 3nodding


bluealaris
Geminai The Baby Paw
Items

Is there a chance that the Cash Shop will be treated to another late night visit soon (Haunting Coffin RIG)?

And maybe the visit might happen a couple of hours earlier because Ivan's delivery service loves East Coast (EST) Taxpayers not having to stay up until 3am emotion_kirakira


Yes! Also, for the East Coasters - the Haunted Coffin is scheduled to leave at 9am PST, so it should be in until noon your time. ^ _ ^


pepper-tea
Akari Yui
Items

Will the single pose items from the in game kins like the oppo and croaks be made for paws? Especially the oppo hat.


They might -- keep an eye out!