Updates!
Posted by
Kaelizilla (#5) on Jun 15, 2012
Good evening, lovelies!
I have a couple things I want to talk to you about tonight :>
First and foremost, many of you realized that rare items in the monthly shop have gone to bone-only. Many people have pointed out to me that these were previously available for both Bones and Cash purchase. I want to let you all know that this was a mistake. It was probably on my part—I got overzealous pricing things in the monthly shop. I truly apologize to everyone that was caught off guard by this change. Rare items, with an exception of a very few, were always supposed to be bone-only purchases. Please forgive me for my blunder. As, such, we will be removing some items from the Cash Boutique, as they were supposed to be purchased for Bones only. If you fear that something you want in the Boutique might be removed, make your purchases quickly.
The second thing I wanted to bring up is that we’re reworking the search page! We will soon be able to search dogs based on the coat color and their eye color. We’re still working the kinks out in this search feature, so please bear with us. I know you’ll all love it once we get it going!
The final update for tonight is that we’ll be hosting another Custom Marking Auction, although this will be a bit different than the previous versions. It will be hosted as a true auction and you all can buy tickets, as with previous site auctions, to win the custom marking! Tickets will be sold in both Bones and Cash currencies. I will post another news update when we have the raffle page open again :>
Also, thank you ALL for being amazing members! You truly are what makes Alacrity great!
<33
I have a couple things I want to talk to you about tonight :>
First and foremost, many of you realized that rare items in the monthly shop have gone to bone-only. Many people have pointed out to me that these were previously available for both Bones and Cash purchase. I want to let you all know that this was a mistake. It was probably on my part—I got overzealous pricing things in the monthly shop. I truly apologize to everyone that was caught off guard by this change. Rare items, with an exception of a very few, were always supposed to be bone-only purchases. Please forgive me for my blunder. As, such, we will be removing some items from the Cash Boutique, as they were supposed to be purchased for Bones only. If you fear that something you want in the Boutique might be removed, make your purchases quickly.
The second thing I wanted to bring up is that we’re reworking the search page! We will soon be able to search dogs based on the coat color and their eye color. We’re still working the kinks out in this search feature, so please bear with us. I know you’ll all love it once we get it going!
The final update for tonight is that we’ll be hosting another Custom Marking Auction, although this will be a bit different than the previous versions. It will be hosted as a true auction and you all can buy tickets, as with previous site auctions, to win the custom marking! Tickets will be sold in both Bones and Cash currencies. I will post another news update when we have the raffle page open again :>
Also, thank you ALL for being amazing members! You truly are what makes Alacrity great!
<33
Oh, I don't -mind- the change, Carni. I'm with you about the rarest of rares being for bones only and not being stocked 24/7. It's how the news posts let us know about these changes that upsets me. This isn't the first time that I've logged on to see such an update that tells one to hurry when it's already too late. I wouldn't have been so upset had we been given time to adapt and prepare. Even 24 hours would've been more fair than the 5 minutes after which the change was already made. I never had the chance to buy myself a couple lockets because I live in Europe and was asleep at the time, and because I don't spend every minute of my life staring at Ala in case of updates, just in case of these situations. Really, it's not the first time this has happened, Ala just likes to do this. Many times I've seen people complain about this, not being given a fair warning and the chance to participate still. Some other sites I'm on give you a few days before they remove certain items from the stores like this, and to be honest.. Ala might just be the first site for me that does such changes without warning. It wasn't always like this.
Posted on 06-18-2012 at 2:57 AM
The restock was not intentional, it was automated by the code in the system. This has been rectified.
We do apologize to those who are upset, but certain items never should have been released for cash prices. You will see that the cash boutique does still have some of the more minor magical items, as well as the scholar collar available. However, what has been removed from the cash shop will not be re-released for cash prices. When I first joined Alacrity almost 2 years ago, such items were for bones-only and we must return them to this method of pricing. The items were never meant to be so easily and readily available. They're termed "rare" for a reason.
At most, in the future, there is the possibility of holding cash auctions for these rare items, but I can't promise this. It will have to be deliberated between the admins before any official guarantee could be made. Again, I'm truly sorry to those this change has upset. There's a great deal in store for the future, and we will have other things to provide our community with that will serve as cash-drains to help stabilize the economy. :}
We do apologize to those who are upset, but certain items never should have been released for cash prices. You will see that the cash boutique does still have some of the more minor magical items, as well as the scholar collar available. However, what has been removed from the cash shop will not be re-released for cash prices. When I first joined Alacrity almost 2 years ago, such items were for bones-only and we must return them to this method of pricing. The items were never meant to be so easily and readily available. They're termed "rare" for a reason.
At most, in the future, there is the possibility of holding cash auctions for these rare items, but I can't promise this. It will have to be deliberated between the admins before any official guarantee could be made. Again, I'm truly sorry to those this change has upset. There's a great deal in store for the future, and we will have other things to provide our community with that will serve as cash-drains to help stabilize the economy. :}
Posted on 06-17-2012 at 11:57 PM
However, for changes in the future not based on a mistake like this, such as if we have to change a dynamic of the game or will be introducing new things, we do intend to give everyone advanced notice. :) At the moment, we have lots of things planned to add to the game over the coming months that will help the economy as well as make gameplay more immersive/realistic, and we're excited to be working toward making Alacrity more balanced and fun! <3