-LOCKED - Community Update #114!
Posted on 2021-07-16 15:01:39

Community Update
As we mentioned before, aside from event news and the 2nd Friday of the month being focused on coding/art updates all at once, all other Fridays are centered around the community!


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Official Lioden Raffle


LINK - This is our official community update raffle. Everyone gets a chance to win a rare prize, plus something extra for any runner ups. These raffles have a very minimal ticket price, and there is a limit of 1 ticket per account to make it fair! Good luck!
This raffle will automatically end on 2021-07-23 00:00:00.


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Survey Results


Some of you were interested in seeing the results of the July event survey we published in last week's Community Update, and we're happy to share the feedback we've received!

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From the results shown above, we can see that launching without a storyline for July was unfortunate. We have always planned to have one, and it will be coming next year. We have decided to make a small link between the previous storyline and the new one after many of you have expressed that you're sad to see the old characters go. Whilst we won't be seeing the old characters again, there will be something that links them, so 'homage' will be paid. It was absolutely time for the previous July event to be retired. Rewriting the storyline wouldn't have erased how existing players felt about the characters from playing the storyline as it was, and it was just time for it to come to a close. This new event is still based on the existing celestial theme and does fit within the lore of the previous event. There is unfortunately not enough time for us to release the full storyline this year that will better explain things.

We think the storyline and coming expansion next year will really tie it all together and make it make sense. We're very sorry it's not ready now.

We really appreciate all of the useful feedback so many of you have given and will take this into account to make sure it delivers as well as possible next year!

* Per the feedback and survey results, the base, mane colour, and marking applicators are now available to purchase for Axion Cores within the Draco Demiurge Exchange.

* We have added in a 'Firefly to Silver Beetle' exchange tool within Tefnut's Memories. If you have Fireflies available on your account, you can exchange them for Silver Beetles at a rate of 1 Firefly to 5 Silver Beetles.


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Raffle Lioness


Congrats debris2 (#140481)! You have won last week's Madagascar lady, woo!
A new Pulsar lady with Stratosphere Undertone, White Indri (NEW!), and the fourteenth Lake Tanganyika background is up for impressing in the Special Lioness area linked here!

Marking Note: Clay Indri is now possible to apply via RMAs/Total Shuffle!

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Tags!
Shad has added 36 new tags this month in the Breeding and Event ➜ July categories! Most older July tags have been relocated to the new Retired category.

Poll Results - A poll was not published last week, so no results are in!

NEW POLL - There are eight genetics categories that do not currently have a combo base. Which genetics category should we focus on for our next combo base?


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Next Development Update: August 13th!


Friday goofy doodle comic:


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Calen_Erferil (#229679)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 19:02:41
the new special lioness is cooler than most I've seen recently, imo



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Temporal (#134112)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 19:25:57
Thank you so much for the update <3



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[△] Nadir (#108458)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 19:35:45
I'm happy to see the apps in the store for cores, and the acknowledgment of the poll results. But I have to echo other users about how the players having issue with the mechanics weren't addressed at all and are still a huge issue for players new and old.

That said, thank you for keeping the app prices both something you have to grind for, but reasonable. This seems to mirror February's pricing pretty closely which is nice.

I'm just worried about how hard it is to win explore battles. As a 3.2k stat king, I shouldn't be having this much issue, I would think. Even when fighting correctly, I can miss once or twice and that's it, I lose.



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dre [g3 3k ebony
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Posted on
2021-07-16 19:55:49
Omfg the comic 😂



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Seabunny (#114144)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 19:57:14
I appreciate you guys taking the time to listen to player’s thoughts. I’m looking forward to seeing how the event evolves next year, I can already tell that a lot of time and care was put into it. I think my fav part is honestly the changing BG’s with each “step”. It’s something I would have never thought of and is very aesthetically pleasing.



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🐧Laurel [G1
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Posted on
2021-07-16 19:58:20
I'm glad you are listening about the link to old characters it would be a shame to have them completely disappear from everything altogether. I just really hope we can keep the Apedemak cavalry explore from December lol. And it would be great to tie the new story in like somehow connected in some way.



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Adi [Cimmerian 👑] (#195501)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 20:03:12
Transparency is awesome! But a huge portion of players - almost half - noted that currency drops need work and that wasn't even addressed. Only 33% of people didn't like the storyline, and the whole thing was scrapped. Yet 46% say that currency drops need to be altered - 46% is more than 33% - and they aren't.

None of that makes any kind of sense to me, and honestly it feels like y'all are selectively ignoring certain types of player feedback about the event.



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Eridan (#231459)

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2021-07-16 20:17:15
you guys did really well with the feedback! im glad to see improvement in the pricin department, and im lookin forwards to the storyline next year. also, thanks for handlin criticism so professionally! good job guys :)



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Edited on 16/07/21 @ 20:19:54 by Eridan (#231459)

Garlic (#235741)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 20:36:38
Nice!



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💰Green1Chaos (#32339)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 20:40:25
While I do enjoy this game, there are certain events that can't be ignored. One of the last updates, I was not able to post. Personally, taking out the Celestial, Skyward, and other element was very sad news to hear. The new event does feel more like the Luna event that happens on Wolveden. More repetitive, a story line is lacking too. Good job and effort, but something like "Choosing a side," is needed to get this new event going.



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Unknown (#225860)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 20:45:34
Has there been a storyline character with dwarfism yet?



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H0X (#73136)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 21:33:31
Honestly something that might help the grindy feeling of this event is to eliminate the 2 step system that's in place to get axion cores. Add the celestial place in as another event area at night or something. Then it's like may or October, where we have battles that are more suited for the lioden system. The lioden system doesnt mesh well with the wolvden system. You explore like usual in a new area, without using the meteorite shards or whatever.

That way it doesnt feel so grindy, theres already a precedent in place for the feel of game balance, and it's not a copy of wolvden.

It seems like theres a decent overlap between the people who play lioden and people who like the lioden mechanics more than wolvdens, so try to appeal to that and make it more familiar and obtainable? Another dartboard throw here as an idea



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Edited on 16/07/21 @ 21:35:56 by Bluie(9vit dawn divine mott) (#73136)

Jay:Starry dense
colorbomb (#194641)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 21:50:18
The event is pretty much as broken as can be. The only way to get axion cores is the explore, MS are now almost useless except as explore fodder and even getting and axion core pretty much requires either a lucky foot or to be RNGesus’ next chosen one.

I hate the battle heavy component and how crazy unbalanced it is. Like I get that a mortal lion is fighting space dragons (for whatever reason) but they pretty much two shot you every time. Not cool dragons, not cool.

Overall it’s unplayable and I’ve given up for this year



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❄️ Icey ❄️ (#44765)

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Posted on
2021-07-16 22:50:31
Rewriting the storyline wouldn't have erased how existing players felt about the characters from playing the storyline as it was, and it was just time for it to come to a close.
^ Except most comments and suggestions I had seen around were saying the exact opposite, but I didn't really expect this to be changed. It never has in the past. Sorta stick to my comment about the storyline being extremely boring, and the mechanics needing some heavy work. Besides, not nearly enough MS able to be collected in explore after all the event content was removed. Maybe some non-fightey dragon events in explore, idk. A suggestion would also be bringing the "cloud forest" back.

I would like to give a bit of critique about the survey itself though, because I feel like the questions themselves were a bit... idk if "biased" is the word I'm looking for. While the "positives" were well written, NOT adding a section/questions about the previous event is essentially ignoring the main issue players had with the storyline. for example, "I miss having a storyline" can and will be interpreted by you guys as "we should make a new storyline", but does the playerbase miss a storyline or the previous worldbuilding and characters of the old one?

Imo, the survey needed a section about "I miss the old characters. I miss the old storyline." for people to choose, and in the "positives"/suggestions: "I want a new storyline with the old characters". You're claiming the playerbase does NOT want Apedemak, Menhit, Tefnut and Apollyon back, but you literally did not ask the playerbase that. It makes the entire survey moot because you are not addressing the actual issues the playerbase has with the new content.

From what I've seen, most players decided to give the devs the benefit of the doubt, but the devs didnt really allow the players to ACTUALLY voice their concerns with this survey storyline-wise. It can kind of come across as pretending to listen to them but without actually listening. "But we did a survey!" Yes, but the survey is useless if it doesnt address the complaints the community had.

I heard several players claim the devs had begun to listen to them more and so they were hopeful that they would listen here, but well, I havent been playing lately so that was after my time, so i didnt expect actual changes to happen ^^' Glad we'll get at least SOME connection, but will probably just end up skipping July, bc I hate the June event with a passion already, I find fighting enemies the most boring type of event. Oh well, I hope at least some people can enjoy this new event!

Anyway, I just wanted to give some feedback on the survey itself, something to keep in mind when addressing future issues with the playerbase <3

PS: as a suggestion, since people have complained about using ms as currency to explore, maybe have a daily "fee" you pay to enter the draco constellation instead of paying for every step? And the fee gets higher depending on the zone? Or a fee that allows X amount of steps in the constellation zone? Kinda like how the old Zimbabwe used to work?

pps: ok but can Xy like. Release that apollyon battle drawing (the one we could fight for 30ms) as a translucent jelly decor. pretty pls with a cherry on top
(actually would be neat if we could get a decor featuring all 4 characters in a way you could actually arrange together, bc the current decors cant be stacked in a way that works OTL)



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Edited on 16/07/21 @ 23:21:46 by ❄️ Icey ❄️ (#44765)

Amaya (She/Xe/It)
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Posted on
2021-07-16 23:31:42
The comic is kind of relatable???



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