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Posted on 2021-07-07 18:09:04
The July event launches on July 8th at 00:00am LDT, and will end on July 31st at 11:59pm LDT. All unused event currency will be stored on your account until next year. In future years, it will start right away on July 1st at 00:00 LDT. Previous July Event InformationAs had been mentioned within the July event news for 2020, all mechanics relating to July's past storylines and quests have been retired. The Firefly Shop is retired, and the Firefly currency is retired as well. We are debating on creating a conversion system to convert Fireflies to Silver Beetles. If one is added, we will announce it this weekend. All items that we could shuffle have been moved from one shop to another, and all previous storyline items were added to Tefnut's Temple (now Tefnut's Memories). We listed some items in July 2021's development update, but here's an extra list. * The following items have been relocated from the Firefly Shop to Tefnut's Memories: Abaddon Skies, all sets of "Celestial Wings", Apollyon's Grace, Menhit. * All items that were removed from Tefnut's Memories (listed in the July 2021 development update) have been added to the new Draco Demiurge Exchange: Celestial Horn Crown, all "Celestials" decors, all Shard Growths, Interstellar Wing Bands. * The Frivolous Apedemak decor has been relocated from the Oasis to Tefnut's Memories and is now available for the duration of July at a price of 4000 SB. * All generic Celestial-themed backgrounds and decors from the Firefly Shop have been relocated to the Draco Demiurge Exchange. Any backgrounds and decors left from the Firefly Shop that are African-themed will be introduced to the game through other sources within the next development update. * All future special items and unique applicators will appear in the Draco Demiurge Exchange instead of Tefnut's Memories. July Event - PremiseThis year, we're laying down the foundations for the new Celestial event. You can still gather Meteorite Shards while you explore the African lands. These Meteorite Shards become a new special form of "energy". Starting immediately on July 1st at 00:00am LDT in future years, you will be able to access Celestial Explore, where you can use the charged Meteorite Shards to move across the space-time. A new map will open, which we will expand upon every year or so to add in new zones. This year, you will be able to access the world of the Draco Demiurge - the Draco Constellation. Celestial Explore is not affected by Earth's day and night cycles, nor is it affected by dry and wet seasons. Each explore step in Celestial Explore costs 5 Meteorite Shards. You can battle and encounter alien beings native to this zone in order to collect a new currency, Axion Cores. Battles use normal energy and do not deplete your Meteorite Shards. Speaking of battles, there's something a little special this month. Each normal alien enemy that you encounter in Celestial Explore can count towards a hidden bar. When you defeat and win against 10 alien enemies, you will then encounter a boss enemy. This boss enemy cannot be skipped—even if you click past them, the next enemy encounter you get in Celestial Explore will always be a boss. You can use Lucky Feet on normal alien enemies, but not boss enemies. The bosses are powerful, but they do give out better rewards. Whether you win or lose against a boss, the counter will restart again. You can build this counter up and cycle through it endlessly throughout the duration of the event. The battles do not have to be sequential, either. If you win against a normal enemy, then lose, then win again, your counter will still go up and will not be interrupted or affected by your loss. You do not have to win 10 battles in a row to encounter a boss. Going back to the new currency, Axion Cores can be spent in the Draco Demiurge Exchange shop, which also unlocks upon reaching Tier 1 of the Meteorite Shards collected bar. This currency is also necessary to enter the Celestial Raffle, which is available when the Meteorite Shards collected bar reaches Tier 2. There is no new lore or storyline this year. We needed to introduce new mechanics and refresh the event's premise first. We will slowly build upon this world each year, like we used to do in the old days of Lioden. July Event - Tiers of the Meteorite Shards BarThe bar is a global collective of all players gathering them on the site. Tier 0As soon as the July event starts, Celestial Explore is unlocked, which is available on the Event page.Tier 1Tier 1 unlocks the Draco Demiurge Exchange, which can also be found through the Event page. This new shop contains both new and old backgrounds and decors. There are no tiers to this shop, everything is available to purchase as soon as it unlocks.Tier 2Tier 2 unlocks the Celestial Raffle, which is unchanged from last year. The mechanics are identical to previous years.Every 12 hours, a new lioness will appear with a base, eye colour, and a marking that are unique to this month! You can pay 5 Axion Cores for a chance to impress her. There will be a 50/50 rotation of Type 1 and Type 2 Celestial lionesses. There is no set order, it is random which type will be generated. Type 1 will have the Dawn base (new for 2021), Stellar eyes (new for 2021), and a random Celestial, Leonid, Sidereal, Skyward, or Sunset marking in any slot. Type 2 will have the Celestial, Leonid, Sidereal, Skyward, Stratosphere, Sunrise, or Sunset base, Dawn, Draconid, Galaxy, Starshine, or Sunglow eyes, and a random Stratosphere marking (new for 2021). Dawn is a Red Light Countershaded Special base and is tied to Dusky skin. It is from this suggestion—it fits the subtle Celestial lioness theme as well as the new colour palette of the Draco Constellation. Thank you, Dal 1st Gen Heavy F1-F9 (#149529), for the design! Stellar eyes are a new Celestial Raffle eye colour. They have been added as a factor for Cosmic eyes, on the same side as Dawn (so to get Cosmic, you must breed a Cosmic/Galaxy/Jasper-eyed lion to a Cosmic/Dawn/Draconid/Starshine/Stellar/Sunglow-eyed lion). Stellar Genetics: 50% Stellar, 20% Sapphire, 10% Saffron, 10% Tyrian, 5% Dawn, 5% Galaxy Stratosphere markings are the new Celestial Raffle marking set. The shapes are as follows! * Stratosphere Feline (4) * Stratosphere Lycaon (Heavy Inverted) * Stratosphere Undertone * Stratosphere Vitiligo (5) Tier 3Tier 3 unlocks the "Murder Stone"—or, as we will call it from now on, the One-Way Portal. Mechanic-wise, it is unchanged from last year, and is identical to previous years.When you give up a lion, you will receive a wonderful reward for sending the lion to the Celestial world. Rewards are the same as they have been, and are randomised as usual. Remember that we cannot bring back a lion you've sent on accident. There are many confirmations, though. It's best to give special names to lions that you intend to send through the portal. To send a lion through the portal, they cannot be pregnant, nursing cubs, in a reverse breeding, set as a broodmother, offered in a trade, offered in a raffle, on a trade cooldown, cannot be frozen, cannot be secured, cannot be hunting, and cannot be patrolling. Cubs cannot be given up. Even if you chase a lioness's cubs, the mother is still considered as nursing until 5 days of cooldown pass. The One-Way Portal does not affect your pride leader's karma. General and Extra Event-Related ContentNew in the Oasis The new background in the Oasis this year is M87* Supermassive Black Hole, inspired by the recent data flow. Crafting and Gems Under Decor Crafting in Monkey Business, crafting will be available right away. This month's favoured gems are Celestite, Jasper, Labradorite, Meteorite, Moonstone, and Peridot. We have not expanded on gem crafting in 2021 due to the event rehaul workload. We will focus on this area next year, with a new base, eye colour, mane colour, and new decors based on the new gems (Howlite and Star Ruby). The new Comet Shard, Prismatic Scale, and Space Rock items will be craftable next year. For now, you can sell them for SB to Monkey Business, or just collect them! Wiki Information Our Wiki Team will be updating the July event wiki page with all new content and information as soon as possible. The Wiki Team has also created a new Retired Events page, which hosts a link to the retired July event, if any newcomers or older players alike would like to reminisce on older times. This is your yearly reminder that the Pulsar base can be bred again! What's unique about Pulsar is that it can ONLY be bred during the month of July, with the following factor bases. Base Factor 1: Arctic, Pulsar Base Factor 2: Anjeer, Blazing, Inferno, Prune, Pulsar Outside of July, you can only breed Pulsar x Pulsar to produce more Pulsar lions. Keep in mind that Pulsar is not technically affected by or tied to the event. Whether you participate in the event or not, you can breed for Pulsar using its factors starting immediately on July 1st at 00:00am LDT up until July 31st at 11:59pm LDT. Again, outside of this timeframe, you can only achieve Pulsar by breeding Pulsar x Pulsar, or using Crunchy Worms on Pulsar lionesses. As a reminder, the Interstellar base is applied using the Interstellar Remnants applicator. This applicator can be found while exploring in normal African biomes, and only if you come across a successful Meteorite Shard encounter. It is a very rare drop, so if you find it, congratulations! You can also earn this applicator by completing the Journey to Vredefort Crater. This epic quest can only be taken during the month of July via the Adventuring page within Crossroads. Once you take this quest, you can finish it at any time of the year. There is no time limit for finishing the quest. However, once you complete the quest, that's it—you cannot take it again, it is once per account. Check out the Journey to Vredefort Crater guide on our official Lioden wiki! Extra InformationIn the following days, we will upload the Dawn base mutation files and fix various art bugs, including the new Draconid eye files that seem to have been overwritten with the old version for various stages. We will include that list of fixes in the August news post as a summary, but the work will be done this week. 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 08/07/21 @ 04:27:39 by a Moderator |
⚡️Bear⚡️ (#97728)
Lone Wanderer View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 22:30:22 |
Kazoo (2x Ros Witch) (#220340)
Deathlord of the Jungle View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 22:53:23 |
those high prices for the bases are wack af new players don't just have 15-10k sb sitting around. makes me upset tbh 0 players like this post! Like? |
🍁Nikagu (#183123)
View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:02:09 |
I love this event decors, new base and shop! The one thing is the app prices, some of us spent meorite shards on explore and now prices are back in them, making it little weird. As for me, I collected enough SB to buy app and now prices are back is meteorite shards Also, its really sad than we can only gain one Axion Core from defeating an enemy, we need to spend 5 ms on one step... 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 08/07/21 @ 04:44:03 by 🕊️Snowy [G1] (#183123) |
pluto [side] (#58766)
Harbinger View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:08:35 |
Hey there, like how a lot of other people are saying, the SB prices are too much. I figured I'd like to weigh in on this. I am not really a veteran player, despite the date on my profile (I took a break from LD for literal years), but I've been playing since last August. I'm fine with grinding quite a bit for event apps, but this is really just unachievable for many players. There's a lot to cover with these issues, but here I go. - There's already a demand for SB that has lowered the GB prices. We're coming out of pride month, where there's pride decors for SB at Monkey business. People have to spend SB to begin the Demiurge's quest. Spending SB was an option to help open Tefnut's Temple. Not to mention, SB gets used on a number of other basic things on site--skipping GE quests, buying items/lions for projects, reclaiming lions, buying amusement/food, etc. This next point is connected heavily to my first point. - If people are spending SB on site shops, that currency is taken out of the market and no longer circulating. This should make the price of GB/SB continue to drop. Yes, there are ways to generate new SB--i.e. selling at MB, the daily raffle, other such games, and explore--but these things most likely aren't enough to allow individual players to buy these applicators. I don't think that the SB generation can keep up with the amount of SB that will be going off the market. - There was 0 warning beforehand for both the switch to SB and for the price hike, especially the price hike because it wasn't in the actual news post. If the prices were going to switch to an entirely different currency, why were we allowed to open the Temple before they were implemented? People most likely began making plans based on the prices presented when it was first opened. Switching it over like this most likely messed up some peoples plans. I know it messed with at least mine. - From what I've gathered in this news post, the price hike was because one person said that it should be higher, which seems incredibly inappropriate. If there is going to be community opinion involved, the entire community's voice should be heard. I may have missed some other posts agreeing with this, but to see the price be changed after a single opinion with no other people saying it on a news post is very disheartening. Other people may have expressed this opinion in other places, but I'm going off of the information available to me, so I may not be right on this point. And finally: - This is incredibly unfriendly to most players. Not just casual or new, but anyone who didn't already have tons of SB on hand. People who don't have kings who get consistent stud requests, people who spend SB on breeding projects or heirs, to newer people who haven't yet gotten a handle on how to gain SB. Newer players will definitely have it rougher than anyone else though, since applicators and other such items gained through events are the easiest way to obtain nice looking kings or lions or currency to really kickstart your pride. People don't have to participate in this event of course, but these things shouldn't be completely inaccessible to these players. Whew, that was a long post. But I hope that this helps you seriously reconsider these prices. Thank you for the update overall, the new eyes are really pretty, and I'm excited for this years Celestial Lionesses. 0 players like this post! Like? |
🐈⬛Sage(g2 Blazing Uneven) (#151815) Toxic View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:11:40 |
pluto [side] (#58766) WOOO well said. I hope they seriously consider the dozens of feedback posts. Good job Pluto!!!! 0 players like this post! Like? |
🦭 | puppy (#232555)
Confused View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:11:46 |
✿Moom | Ubaste G2 x3ros✿ (#214274) Sapphic View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:13:07 |
Agreed, Pluto!!! Thank you for taking the time to write all of that :D Thank you for the clean post as well hehe 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 07/07/21 @ 23:14:56 by ❤ ✿ Moom ✿ ❤ (#214274) |
Seabunny (#114144)
Lone Wanderer View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:17:51 |
Kat In Time (#78155)
Usual View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:20:42 |
I've been on lioden for a few years and July was one of my favorite events. I'm sad that the choice was made to retire it, but I do look forward to see how this new event turns out. Everything looks visually beautiful. I genuinely like the new explore feature for it however the cost per step is concerning considering shards aren't that easy to gather unless you grind. I am a casual player because of rl and would most definitely struggle to attain shards to explore. I believe the cost should be lowered or maybe have it cost a specified amount to enter the area and then it use the regular energy bar instead. In regards to the Tefnut's Memories Shop, I have to say it is so discouraging to see such high prices for applicators. I myself could play everyday and maybe make 15k in a few months if I was lucky simply because of my play style. I think the prices need to be adjusted to something that could be more attainable to even a new player with some work. I truly hope the team listens to the players and can find a happy median. 0 players like this post! Like? |
beepo (project) (#117209)
Heavenly View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:24:49 |
Rikers (#89629)
Lone Wanderer View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:27:52 |
Dusk | G1 3X ROS Ennedi (#158229) Cold-Blooded View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:28:43 |
This new update for the ms to sb is really upsetting, considering I have never had over 3000 sb at once- how am I going to get 15k sb and just for an app that you cant even choose the marking of? I don't think prices should've been put even higher because a single person said so, and I see a lot of other people upset w/ this sudden change. I got so close to being able to buy the base apps just for it to be changed. I barely have any sb at the moment because I usually convert it to gb, Currently only have 200 sb, and have yet to see how I'm going to get 30k sb because of my past plans to get 2 marking apps 0 players like this post! Like? |
Rikers (#89629)
Lone Wanderer View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:35:58 |
The main problem is that one person said "there are 30+ gb applicators in there for 6k sb" I mean, yeah but all applicators are kinda cheap during events then prices go up further in the year since there's more demand for something that isn't available at that time of year, sure 6k SB may be pushing it a lil low but 15k is say too high 0 players like this post! Like? |
Dusk | G1 3X ROS Ennedi (#158229) Cold-Blooded View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:37:27 |
I don't think I'd be able to get 6k sb either lmao, I wish it was meteor shards again 0 players like this post! Like? |
TrollBerserker[PFM] ⚡ (#110675) Astral View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-07 23:43:21 |