Agenda

• Nexus Reloaded project (presented by Ulukyn)
• "New reward system & new rewards" (presented by Ulukyn)

• Ranger Gameplay balance (news)
• Ryzom Wiki (news)
  

First I'll talk about the new wheel of fortune.
Our goal in redoing the wheel was not just to add new items (although there are); Our primary goal is to create a unique reward that is easy to give and then reward players.
Indeed, the current wheel is very badly made, not motivating, boring etc... So it has been completely redone with completely new mechanisms, a token system with several qualities (basic, fine, xl, sup) and especially rewards that can be either items or effects, Everything is possible.

The main new features are:

• Quality tokens;
• The possibility to increase your chances by playing several tokens at once (max 5);
• The possibility to play 10 games in 1 click.
• A dilemma or sometimes you will have to choose between better quality tokens or prizes won.

We wanted the wheel to be fun to play (because we hope it will be used often), fun, (we try to avoid bots by offering a simple way to play several games) and motivating (prizes will be put into play each month).
I will say no more, I let you discover all this very soon.

The following concerns the Game Design team freshly formed a few weeks ago.
We entrusted him with the task of working on the "Nexus Reloaded" project. This is a medium-term project that will restore interest in the area. First because there will be a camp of vile marauders very close and then because we will put back some lvl 200 sup (with a light different to what existed at the beginning)
We wanted to make the area interesting for players by giving it a larger PvP dimension.
Will have sup mats of each nation according to the season.

Q: It stays in PVP zone? And materials in different spots?
A: Full PVP. At the start we'll try half random, then fully random.
At the start we'll have spots and we'll mix the mats: where a season zun spawns on a spot, on other season could be sap.

However, adding extra and leaving the PVP zone will not be enough to make it THE conflict zone for all lovers of combat. That's why the GD team has made many proposals to add PVP gameplay. So much so that we had to sort them out and put several aside, all very interesting ideas.
The idea retained is that of the Drop Zones. We will make involving the players in 2 phases of playing. A long sentence where players will have to go periodically during short periods of games in the Nexus in order to make actions that will supply the Drop Zones of their choice with resources. Then a second phase, very short, when the players will have to recover these resources in order to gain points while the others will try to prevent them from them.
The idea of the two phases being to allow everyone to participate, either periodically, without forcing them to go there every day in the first place. And in a second time, as a punctual event, the motivated to go all to Nexus for an epic fight.
I can't say any more because the GD team is now working on the further design of each phase.

I'm merging the wiki Forge + Lore with the Encyclopatys, and I'm trying to harmonize the 5 languages (template, presentation and categorization).
it's a long-term job and I won't be done tomorrow, but I'd be happy to see you bring it all back to life.
Ex: https://fr.wiki.ryzom.com/wiki/Portail:Faune

You can link to other languages, and at the bottom to any main portal of the Encyclopatys.
it's the same in FR, EN, ES, DE and RU.
We can merge Lore in a specific portal, Forge too (in game portal) and Chronicles.

Agenda

• August OOC events
• Ryzom Wiki
• New system rewards & New rewards
• Ranger gameplay balance
• Marauder gameplay fix & improvement
• Exploit & bug fixes
• Gameplay changes and improvements
• Future content in test

Lately, I've been working hard on the wiki with several objectives and I will give you as much as possible a brief overview of these missions and their progress.
First, data migration from Ryzom Forge and Ryzom Lore to the wikis of the five languages and Ryzom Commons. The project is progressing well: I have completed the migration of major pages like the "Fyros" ones.This is a time-consuming task but not so hard because the source information is the same for each language. Thus "Forge" and "Lore" are gradually taking their place in the global wiki.
But now I have another task. For those who don't know, the three original wikis (DE, EN and FR) have each evolved on their own. So I am setting up a system standardizing the templates and categories by trying not to favour one or the other language and not to alter the data of old or current users. I can say that we have reached a status that I think is fairly operational and welcoming for everyone: contributors and readers.
I was thinking of motivating players to use it by making this wiki a RP extension. I portrayed it as a library of researchers.
Here's my summary. I give Tamarea the talking stick.

We will be holding on a regular basis short OOC events throughout August, starting in a few days.
Examples of OOC events: find the thimble, mini-boss.
The rewards for attending will be new tokens to use in new Wheel of Fortune (that a patch will add next week). With these tokens, maybe you'll win one of the fabulous new prizes!

Will be part of the patch next week:

• New Wheel of Fortune (for all, including Marauders, in their Camp);
• New prizes to win with the Wheel of Fortune: new mount, new companion, new plushes, wigs.

The OOC events mentioned above will probably start before the patch, so try to get your fill of tokens before the new Wheel arrives!

Following your feedback on the gameplay Ranger's current playability, we are balancing it. This will most certainly be done in several steps: the main modifications will be added during next week's patch, then adjusted if necessary during a subsequent patch (which may also contain new modifications if necessary).

• Safety Zone Addition of "Safety Zones" at the extremities of the Ranger Paths.
• Damage Significant decrease in the % risk that Rangers will suffer damage when they travel along a known Path and their map is up to date. If there is any damage, its % is also greatly decreased, and based on the current number of hit points, not the maximum one.
• Access to Almati Wood The Almati Wood karavan transporter now sells teleportation pacts to the Rangers.
• Faster Path travel Rangers no longer needs, to pursue their way, to reactivate their amber if they resume the Path they have just left. In addition, their map opens automatically so that they only have to click on the next destination.
• Death on a Path Dying on a Path becomes impossible if the Path is known and the map up to date.

Bugs fixed by next week's patch:

• Neutral PvP equipment can be worn again by Rangers.
• Passage on the Paths impossible if the Ranger is invulnerable, PvP tagged, seated, swimming or riding mount.

Player requests under consideration :

• Possibility for Rangers to respawn at entrances of the Paths.
• After the one made in the Elusive Forest, change of position of a Path because of aggros in the Void region.
• Other requests not listed here.

(Zorroargh points https://en.wiki.ryzom.com/wiki/Portal:Rangers.)

Added by next week's patch :
[list]
[*]Marauder Fame This is the prerequisite for the other improvements planned: the Marauder's fame is now displayed in the Fame window and automatically evolves according to the fame acquired from the various Civilizations and Powers
[*]Access to Almati Wood A new Marauder teleport is implanted in Almati Wood.
Bugs fixed by next week's patch:

• Teleportation impossible if the Marauder is invulnerable, seated or swimming.
• Fix of Marauder Rite (if completed on time).

There's still a lot of work to do on Marauder gameplay, we're only at the beginning. We have a long list of points to validate, correct, balance, improve and I will regularly report at Ryzom Forge meetings our progress on Marauder gameplay (as well as those on the game Ranger gameplay).
(Zorrargh points https://en.wiki.ryzom.com/wiki/Portal:Marauders.)

Fixes (and improvement) part of next week's patch:

• Fix of several exploits.
• Installer under Linux (no error 0 anymore). Already existing installations will update automatically.
• Named Kiban "Naka" spawned too close to the Ancient Dryads tribe. So its spawn location has been moved 100m away.
• Fix of crash when opening WebIG (Shift + W).
• Mouse wheel now scroll target object instead of scrolling bar.
• Fix of overlapping parts in UI windows Fame / Buy / Resell.
• Fix of bad credit for self regen 26. WARNING : self regen action 26 costs now 260 credits instead of 250. Your already existing plans that so have now more costs than time credits [/b]will be auto deleted[/b] on your first login after the patch.
• "Leave Silan" mission does not give two free TP pacts back to Silan anymore. Only one is given when the player finishes the Welcomer mission in a capital.
• Lots of emotes now have an animation.

After next week's patch, the Kamis and Karavan altars of Almati Wood will sell teleportation pacts to everyone but Marauders.
Thus, all players will have direct access to Almati: Neutral, Rangers and Karavaniers via the Karavan altar, Kamists via the Kamis altar, and Marauders via a Zinuakeen.

It's already late (21:43 UTC) so I won't go into the last topic that was supposed to deal with the various improvements made by the next patch... But you'll find them on the patchnote.

Agenda

• Ryzom Wiki: questions & answers
• August OOC Events: feedbacks
• Last patch: feedbacks
• In development: infos

Avant tout, j'aimerais dire que Kervala a trouvé un bogue de messagerie qui m'empêchais de communiquer avec les autres et de donner la possibilité de créer des comptes. Il l'a corrigé alors même qu'il était occupé à plein temps par le client Ryzom. Les Encyclopatistes lui doivent donc un grand merci !
Maintenant, pour ce qui concerne le Wiki, je continue à homogénéiser les structures tout en patrouillant (« patrouiller » est le terme utilisé dans le monde des wikis pour indiquer qu'on examine le contenu des articles).
Et je suis très content de voir que je ne suis plus seul : il y a de nombreux Encyclopatystes (nouveaux venus ou anciens de retour) qui participent désormais à l'amélioration de son contenu.

Quels sont vos retours et questions à propos des évènements HRP proposés ce mois d'août ?
Les appréciez-vous tous quatre (mini Roi, course, dés et cache-tampon) également ?

Quels sont vos retours et questions à propos du dernier patch appliqué ?

Bogues corrigés

• Les clients Steam sont en principe réparés depuis hier.
• La trop grande taille d'une icône s'affichant dans le sac Spécial a été corrigée.
• Les objets peuplant les appartements sont de retour ! (RyzHome)
• La revente fonctionne maintenant, à ceci près : il reste à mettre à jour le code pour que les joueurs puissent aussi revendre des objets PvP endommagés, et que leur nouveau prix tienne compte de la dégradation qu'ils ont subie.

Bogues à corriger

• Client Mac sur Apple Store Nous attendons la validation de l'Apple Store, et nous espérons qu'il sera disponible dans 2 à 5 jours.
• Bogues des boutiques JcJ Le travail est en cours.
• Bogues des TP Maraudeurs Il est impossible aux Maraudeurs d'utiliser un TP lorsque il sont morts ; aucun TP lors de la dernière recharge de cristal n'a donc besoin de marcher jusqu'au Camp. Aucun message d'erreur lors d'une tentative de TP sous invulnérabilité.
• Effet étrange lors du changement de bijoux ou d'armure Lorsqu'on équipe, par exemple un bijou à bonus vie en lieu et place d'un bijou à bonus concentration, tous les autres bijoux équipés changent de bonus mais pas de qualité. Il y a un effet similaire avec l'armure. Ce sera corrigé avec le prochain patch client.
• Le navigateur IG ignore style="text-decoration: none ;" pour les balises <a> (liens). Ce problème sera corrigé avec le prochain patch client.

Nous travaillons actuellement sur d'autres améliorations pour le prochain patch :

• Ajout de points de resurrection pour les Rangers sur toutes les Voies (y compris les Voies des Primes).
• Ajout d'une Voie vers le Point du Milieu.
• Rapprochement des Voies des capitales du TP d'une Puissance.

Des questions ou des retours ?

Nous travaillons actuellement à la création d'une nouvelle carte pour les Maraudeurs. Cette carte constituera une zone PvP et un grand camp Maraudeur (ou ville, ou citadelle - détails inconnus pour lors, mais vous avez l'idée) y sera implanté.
Ainsi la carte d'Atys s'enrichira d'une nouvelle région, clairement désignée comme territoire Maraudeur, visible par tous.
Cette nouvelle région sera implantée à proximité du Nexus, pour lequel nous avons un nouveau projet : Nexus reloaded (voir https://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/28116/2 6#26 pour en savoir plus).

Agenda

• Ryzom Wiki (infos, questions & answers)
• Wheel of Fortune, tokens, Atys Points and rewards (infos, questions & answers)
• Jena Year's Seasons (infos, questions & answers)

• Purple Gubani event and future contamined cratcha boss (infos, questions & answers)

• CSR recruitment is opened! (infos, questions & answers)
  

The wiki is reaching a good maturity in my opinion. I have more or less managed to see how to align the categories, templates, etc. between the different wikis, so that we can all talk about almost the same topics.
Well, it will still take me a long time!
As for the life of the wiki, I am happy to see that we have more and more very dynamic contributors…. Unfortunately, mainly in the FR group. I hope others will come (DE, EN, ES), because they are the ones who make the wiki live, not me.
Lastly, I was planning to create a RP meeting (in Almati Wood for instance) so that we could discuss the wiki freely and at length (excluding technical: content, look, etc.). Let me know by izam what you think, please.

JYS
The principle of the JYS (Jena Year Seasons) is to apply a patch of content at regular intervals, as it happens all the new years of Jena. Therefore, there will be additions every 2.5 months or so.
Among these additions will be, for sure, wigs, new zigs (small pets), plush toys and, why not, other mounts. As for wigs, the idea is first to make the hairstyles of other nations available, then to add new ones.
We will provide tutorials and have opened a bitbucket repository (https://bitbucket.org/ryzom/ryzomdatas) containing all the graphic additions we have made and will make. So we hope that more people will be able to participate.
But the JYS will also be an opportunity to implement new gameplay contents. Some are already under study and others will be soon.
As the JYS are set on the Atysian New Years, the next patch of this type will be applied in November or December (to be calculated). More information will be given to you later... Or maybe not, so as not to spoil your enjoyment of the surprise.

Wheel of Fortune Tokens
There will be basic ones to convert (one old against one new) and basic ones to buy (up to 500 per day).
Fine tokens will also be available for purchase, but at a variable price. Initially very high, their price will decrease over time but will increase with each purchase. This means that the more tokens players buy, the higher their price will be. Conversely, the less tokens players buy, the lower their price will be.
Tokens other than basic or fine tokens will not be available for purchase. But don't worry: little additions will allow you to regularly win tokens.

Wheel of Fortune Prizes
Each JYS, as you will have understood, will bring its own set of new prizes for the Wheel.
Not to mention special tokens given for OOC events such as Atysoël, Anlor Winn, etc. that will help you win no less special prizes.

Points Atys
As for Atys Points, it's more complicated. They will allow you to buy items that reward participation in events and we would like to reward players as fairly as possible.
But we would also also like the purchasing system to be nice: that one can't get everything too easily, but that those who don't participate much in events can buy what they like. And, of course, we have to imagine kind and funny rewards.
We have a lot of ideas (homina and homin dolls, for example), some of them really original, but like the Wheel of Fortune, we prefer to take the time to think things through.
So be patient! It will come. Especially since the tools for the sale are online and in the process of being debugged.

Purple Gubani
The last part of the "Purple Gubani" sequence of events started at the Void, with Goo fumes modified so as not to penalize the gameplay (less lagss and much less damage).
The sequence will end with the introduction of a new contaminated Cratcha Boss.

Schedule of events
From now on, roleplay events will take place either on Friday or Sunday because these are the evenings when more players can participate.
They will be announced as far in advance as possible on the WebIG calendar, so that those who organize outpost battles can be informed of free evenings.
On the other days, OOC events (such as mini-bosses) may take place several times a month.
During the RL holiday periods, we will continue to offer permanent OOC events.

A: Kitin invasions, different from the old ones, are under development, yes.
These will be dynamic events, i.e. the extent of an invasion will depend on how quickly you will deal with it.
It will be up to you to detect the spawn of domes disgorging kitins before it is too late!
I don't know yet if there will be Exterminators (the kitin bosses of the old invasions) among the invaders.
Other dynamic events are also in preparation. Example: A NPC in a city leaves her/his post to ask for help, and any player can agree to be of service to her/him.

The Support team is recruiting!
For more information, please see: https://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/22047/1

Agenda

• Status of projects (by Dev Ulukyn): creation of maps, wheel of fortune, boss in a box, Game Design Team projects (Outpost refactoring, Nexus reload, ranged weapons)

• Graphics repository

• Ryzom Wiki

• Recruitment