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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 |
🦋Alo/G1 RoseGold RLC (#225297) Mean View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 09:07:48 |
Guys playing got easier! Much better with gaining MS!! And easier to battle for axions! Happy camper here! 0 players like this post! Like? |
Pan! {Sutekh Ferus} (#15435)
Buzzkill View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 09:09:34 |
It would be comforting to have some clarity on what currency we'll need for the applicators (and other high tier items coming with the event). Right now I know I'm personally unwilling to do anything with this event until I know how to reach my end goal. Edit: It would also be a comfort I'm sure to many others to just be upfront about what staff are leaning towards in advance, and to be about it as quickly as possible, as this repeated shuffle seems to be costing people their actual money, as well as time (after reading some of the above). 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 08/07/21 @ 09:10:56 by Panda! {Par Ferus} (#15435) |
TetraTwinkle ─★ (side) (#133795) View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 09:12:28 |
I completely agree. I bought GB with irl money to exchange to SB specifically for the apps. I return from work, and have no chance of buying them and I also have no option to refund my money. It's a bit of a waste... edit : sorry - didnt see your edit but wholeheartedly agree nontheless XD 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 08/07/21 @ 09:13:00 by lil pika 🐭 (#133795) |
Rhaegar - The Raven King (#25467) Maneater View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 09:15:21 |
Kinda scared to do or spend anything now... Things keep changing by the hour! Now the apps have completely disappeared and I have a sinking feeling they're gonna come back for the new Axion Cores. Think I'm going to wait until the end of the event before I spend anything. Still mixed feelings about this change, sorry. I know you're working hard and trying to keep us happy but after looking forward to today I just feel a bit let down. 0 players like this post! Like? |
Eve |G2 Croupe Senagel project (#217746) Divine View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 09:39:27 |
Thanks for making changes Lioden team! I really appreciate that you listen to the community. Just wondering if we might be able to get a heads up on what currency the applicators will cost when you know? That way those of us, who would like to purchase them, know what currency to to try to grind for (even if don’t know the cost of the apps). I’m just a little worried about spending any event currency cause I don’t know what I will need in the end. Though I’m very encouraged by others love of the art in the new explore! I really do appreciate that you are listening. 0 players like this post! Like? |
Tigon Daze (#192313)
View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 09:40:09 |
Hey devs! I adore the event so far! I love space and especially space dragons! I'm sure you have a laundry list of concerns so I won't add more, which are probably on the list anyway. Just wanted to tell you guys how much I appreciate your work and I'll wait while you guys iron out the wrinkles. 0 players like this post! Like? |
Quantas (#114368)
Malicious View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 09:40:21 |
Honestly I’m just gonna give up on those apps, ik they’re coming back but ugh this is such a pain to have stuff keep changing. 0 players like this post! Like? |
🍩Donut🍩G2Maroo nLilac (#90432) Dreamboat of Ladies View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 09:42:05 |
Thanks staff, i think there's still stuff to be worked out, but things are definitely much better so far!! 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 08/07/21 @ 10:53:58 by 🍩Donut🍩G2MaroonLilac (#90432) |
Adi [12 BO scoundrel] (#6104) Lone Wanderer View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 10:45:51 |
Over 450 meteorite shards - all I had managed to save up over 7 days of exploring (editing to add, I also used a bunch of level ups I had hoarded) - and only have 41 cores. Not to mention, there will be no way to purchase the applicators since they require thousands of shards and it's so hard to get them. MS drops are very uncommon in normal explore and you spend more than you ever make in the celestial explore. I barely got any shards for 2 FULL energy bars today. How am I supposed to participate in the event when I can't access it? While I like the premise it doesn't seem feasible unless drops for MS are sharply increased, again. I'm also still having way too much trouble with the NPCs. 69 battles today, 33 won. 50/50 seems steep to me, given how hard it is to get shards and how many you have to use to explore. Some of them are harder to defeat than the "bosses". Kind of impossible to battle something and win when it can hit you 5 times in a row, every time you battle it. I would also like to add my voice to those saying this is uncomfortably close to the Wolvden mechanics (which I personally have completely lost interest in due to the amount of grind). The story we had was engaging before, and I enjoyed daily tasks, but this just feels like a grind. Grind to even be able to access the event, then even more grinding to be able to get anything. That coupled with the uncertainty and my disappointment regarding currency I'm feeling very discouraged. I imagine it is worse for more casual players who do not have reserves of currency built up for celestial explore. 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 08/07/21 @ 10:58:48 by Adi [G2 ptl clone DF] (#6104) |
RedRarebit (#33862)
Aztec Knight View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 10:58:24 |
Have to agree with some others here - I'm not keen to spend event currency, which is scarce enough as it is and takes away from what I can buy in the store, to take a single step in another version of Explore which doesn't really give anything to be worth spending the MS on for me. I don't want to spend this years event bulking up for next years, and at the moment that looks to be the only point to it, as a weird sort of MS > AC exchange thats hidden behind the scenes. I think I'll just stick to normal explore and not bother with the space one, since the rewards for doing so aren't worth the uncertainty of what I might be able to buy later. EDIT to add: That said, I am impressed with the Admin/Mods taking time to reexamine things! Its always good to be heard, even if one player making things more expensive for everyone else was taken as the sole mouthpiece for a bit there, lmao XD 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 08/07/21 @ 10:59:14 by Rarebit (#33862) |
Corvus[Clean G2|Demiurge| NSR] (#101790) Astral View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 11:14:13 |
I only just now logged in and noticed all the new changes... Great to see that the 15k SB price is gone, I probably would have managed to get 1 or at most 2 apps with this :'D But honestly, I really enjoyed the story quests much more than what we have now. The July characters were one of my favourites. Now it's a Wolfden copy. Get event currency so that you can use this to get another event currency. Because of this grinding I lost interest in playing Wolfden.... And I'm not sure which currency I better collect, SB, MS or Axiom? But it's really good to see that you try to listen to the community and are open to changing things. Though please, don't change something again, big like hiking the price because ONE person mentioned it.... 0 players like this post! Like? |
Dies Jovis [G1 Fringe] (#228938) Interstellar View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 11:33:53 |
My opinion is that keeping it exclusionary to people who pay to play is a bit unfair though so honestly I do welcome the change back from SB to MS, however I and it looks like quite a few others did spend IRL money to exchange for SB so I wish there’d been a heads up before changing it back for those of us who did so. :/ I also personally think the MS price for the apps was far too expensive, and if we use MS for “energy” to explore, how will we even be able to save up to buy anything? It just doesn’t feel like it makes much sense now either. Maybe make the apps 1000 MS instead? Of course it’s just a suggestion. I will say I understand and totally share the concerns with this being too similar to Wolvden, though. As someone who partakes in both I do enjoy Lioden vastly more because it feels so much more balanced in every way and the economy isn’t completely skewed. My biggest issue though is the storyline. I was excited to experience it for the first time as I’ve heard so many lovely stories about this month’s characters and as someone with a space themed den I am a bit biased, lol. But it would appear others share the same sentiment...it just feels a bit sad and lonely without any NPCs to interact with. They’re so charming and I always get so attached to them! I feel like I am not alone in my disappointment with the issues I addressed judging from other comments here. Just a few things to consider. Thank you for making the shop more accessible to users who can’t spend money on GB though. That was a thoughtful change. The art is beautiful and I trust you guys will make the right adjustments ♥️ 0 players like this post! Like? Edited on 08/07/21 @ 11:52:04 by Kyoto (#228938) |
JHamm • Primal G2 • 13/15 (#103364) Usual View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 11:36:05 |
Don't care for the backgrounds costing Axiom cores, which I have to go through the trouble of getting meteorites for. Also, the fact the normally people would be able to get like what? 100+ meteorites a day was TAKEN away (No menhit, apedemak/apollyon), but you still set meteorite prices the same in shops (but also require them to get cores??? like what). It just doesn't make any sense. 0 players like this post! Like? |
Dante (#200112)
King of the Jungle View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 11:37:47 |
I...somehow completely forgot that daily questing was one of the best sources of meteorite shards. That makes this even worse. 0 players like this post! Like? |
JHamm • Primal G2 • 13/15 (#103364) Usual View Forum Posts Posted on 2021-07-08 11:41:42 |
Yeah lmfao They took away the quest, didn't replace it with anything, and even WITH the quests you couldn't get everything you wanted until you choose Apedemak. Now we've got nobody lol 0 players like this post! Like? |