Maintenance Delayed

I logged on my test server today. Everything was on fire.

Actually, bugs are everywhere.  I need some more time to test all the events and NPC's and such, so there will not be any maintenance Thursday morning.  I'll keep everyone updated as to when it will be.  Should be soon, though.

- Etchel

Scheduled Maintenance and New Stuff :D

First off, remember that our second WoE is this Thursday at 17:00 Server time!

Scheduled Maintenance will follow the next morning, around 6:00 Server time.  I'll be trying to run maintenance at really early times because many of our players enjoy playing through the night and don't want to be interrupted with maintenance.  Early mornings have the lowest population, so I guess I'll wake my ass up early to do the maintenance haha.

Nothing is certain, but here are some things you can look forward to:

• Fully updated eAthena, fixing numerous bugs and glitches.
• Slightly updated WoE castle drops.
• Aproximately 12 new, scripted events.  Yes, twelve.
• Some thought out, story driven events thrown by the staff.  We think you guys deserve it, and it can be a lot of fun!  If you have suggestions for huge, server wide story driven events, let us know in the suggestion forums!

Update aside, I plan on completely revamping the TCG aspect of Rapture.  I'll be changing the currency to act more like pennies instead of dollars. Events will reward multiples, and the exchanger will also have it's prices multiplied.  This allows us to have a better variance in rewards across different events.  We can't give out half a TCG card, nor can we give out 2.5 TCG cards, so it was sort of annoying.

We'll probably have an NPC exchange all TCG cards into the new currency (at a relative rate).  There will also be new items added to the TCG rewards list.  With more opportunities to get them, we hope it becomes a bigger part of the server.

Thanks for all the continued support

-Etchel

Full Installer Ready To Go!

That's right, we have a full installer!  If you follow the instructions shown when you open it up, you will be able to install Rapture error free!  No problems, no workarounds!

Get it here: RaptureRO Full Installer

We've also updated the WoE information page with the set times and drops.  Look forward to our RO guides, hitting the website soon.

- Etchy

Scheduled Maintenance and WoE Times

We have some news!  Thursday night (at 1:00 AM) will be a scheduled maintenance.  During this time, we will be updating a lot of our item and mob databases to bring us closer to full Ash Vacuum implementation.  The client is also going to be updated, which should fix the display on a lot of the new items.  As with any update, there will be numerous bug fixes too.

Our WoE schedule is released as well.  It may seem a  little complicated to some, but we feel a lot of guilds, both casual and hardcore, will enjoy it.  Take the time to familiarize yourself with the schedule.  Prize information has not been released yet.

Saturday 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM Server Time (PST) [ 3:00 - 4:00 PM EST ] [ 9:00ish - 10:00ish PM Euro ]

• Kriemhild (bottom left)
• Swanhild (bottom right)

Saturday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Server Time (PST) [ 4:00 - 5:00 PM EST ] [ 10:00ish - 11:00ish PM Euro ]

• Fadhgrindh (center)

Thursday 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Server Time (PST) [ 8:00 - 9:00 PM EST ] [ 1:00ish - 2:00ish AM Euro ]

• Skoegul (top left)
• Gondul (top right)

It may seem a little confusing, but here is how it works: One hour Thursday with the rear two Prontera Castles.  Saturday (our big WoE) we will start out with an hour WoE for the first two castles in the front.  Then, a five minute break, and the center castle opens up for the second hour.  This last castle (Fadhgrindh) will have slightly better drops than the other four.

Good luck to everyone, and remember, the Guild Mastery event is still going on!

Changes To The Team

A few members of our staff are moving around in the coming days.  Medic, one of our trial GMs will be moving up to be a permanent member of our staff. Congratulations to him!

We will be letting Callie go from the staff.  We feel it is in the best interest of the server and community to let her go, but we greatly appreciate all the work she has done for us.

Thanks everyone for the continued support.

- Etchel

Scheduled Maintenance Tonight

Server will be down for approximately 10 minutes, starting at 1:00 AM Server Time.  This is Pacific Standard Time for those not in-game.  We will be fixing NUMEROUS warp problems, a few bugs with the Novice Versus Zombie event, some quest problems, the Rachel Sanctuary Donation issue, and a few other things as well.  A complete list of patch notes will be available in the patcher during the maintenance.

We have our donations finally set up! The list is far from complete, and we will be adding many different things as time passes.  Images will also be up shortly.  Please refrain from donating until after the server maintenance.

Keepin' It Real -

- Etchel

MEEEDDDICCC!!!!

Of our two trial staff members, one has gone strong and one has fallen off.  Blinzer will continue to work on Rapture and will be joined by Medic, our newest member of staff.  Let's give em' a warm welcome!  Medic has experience running a server so they should be able to give you some deep insight on any questions or problems you may have.

We'll see how it goes!

-Etchel the Cow Plant

First WoE? Vote for Credits? Donations?

Hey! A quick update.  We have the vote for credits system online on the Control Panel.  The NPC is not in-game yet, and the redeemable items list has not yet been released, but I highly encourage you to start voting and saving up the points now.  It should help boost our population!  The donations page will be set up and completely done tonight.  Look forward to seeing that!  Remember, we won't have any custom wings or overpowered donations.  Merely aesthetic headgears and items to help assist bigger guilds party and level.  It's a token of appreciation for helping us stay alive.

And guess what? We have a tentative release for our first WoE!  We plan on having it Friday, the 29th of January.  None of this information is final, and the time is not official yet, but plan on it being somewhere around that date.

Stay tuned for more updates tonight.

-Etchel <3

New Stuff For Everyone <3

For a full list of changes this update, check out this link to our forums:  http://rapturero.com/forums/index.php?/topic/155-scheduled-maintanence/

Congratulations to Balthazar and Remia!

Balthazar has hit first 99 Transcendent as a Sniper.  Congratulations to him!  Remia is the winner of our treasure hunter event, which involved gathering a few rare drop items and quest items in the world.  Congratulations!

That just leaves one event left: The Guild Mastery Event.  We don't know when WoE will be starting, but it may be within a few weeks.  We are still working on a few main features we want to implement, like Anti-Bot and the new Dyes, and there are a few guilds still developing.  It should be an amazing first WoE.  Look forward to it soon.

Also, there will be scheduled maintanence tonight (actually Saturday morning), between 2:00 and 3:00 am Server Time Saturday. Please be aware.

- Etchelz