State of Elanthia - May Update 04/30/2020 04:08 PM CDT
As "it's gonna be May," it's time for a State of Elanthia update!

Our GS2020SPRING promo has brought back nearly 700 people, and we've been routinely seeing over 800 people logged into the game! Let's shoot for over 1000 logged into the game in May!

We will be tallying up the RP contest numbers and announcing the winners during the first full week of May. Winners will receive a violet RPA orb, a 50-pack of Duskruin vouchers, and a unique title to this event. It's been amazing to see all the nominations. ROLEPLAY NOMINATE will continue to function to alert staff to standout roleplaying, so keep up the nominations beyond this contest!

We have two more GIFTBOXes planned for May on the 6th and 20th. Make sure you claim your April 22nd GIFTBOX before the new one hits production!

We are extending the Mobile Smithy visits until the end of May.
- May 2nd and 3rd: Mist Harbor
- May 9th and 10th: Zul Logoth
- May 16th and 17th: Solhaven
- May 23rd and 24th: Cysaegir
- May 30th and 31st: Pinefar

We will be ending the Feeder Frenzy May 1st and the +15% experience on May 10th. Be sure to get your hunting in! The frenzy on May 1st will be supercharged!

On May 11th, we'll be offering enhancive recharging via the Adventurer's Guild for silver. This will be available until May 17h.

On May 18th, a daily activity will be available for a week. Details on this will be announced closer to its launch date, but it will involve a proverb.

We also have some plans for the last week of May, but we're not quite ready to share them! Thank you for being in Elanthia these last 45 days! On behalf of all the game staff in GemStone IV, we appreciate the time you dedicate to our little game.



Wyrom, PM
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Re: State of Elanthia - May Update 04/30/2020 08:39 PM CDT
Question was asked on Discord.

>>"Will the feeder frenzy start at midnight?"

Yes, I've been starting them on Thursday at 11:55pm ET to give them a few minutes to so that they start pumping out items right at midnight. I plan on turning it on in roughly 2 hours from the time of this post.



Wyrom, PM
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Re: State of Elanthia - May Update 05/01/2020 02:50 PM CDT
Has there been any consideration regarding making the +15% EXP gain rate permanent?

Let's not kid ourselves - GS4 can be pretty grindy, and it's been nice having advancement be a bit more tangible. It would probably also encourage creation of more alts (at least by folks without a suite of capped characters), which would get people moving throughout the lands and various hunting areas more.

With how mature the game is at this point, I'm not sure the grind keeps more people than it dissuades.
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Re: State of Elanthia - May Update 05/07/2020 07:45 PM CDT


I agree. Im not 18 anymore. The time i can spend here is limited. The grind makes it feel like ill never accomplish much.
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Re: State of Elanthia - May Update 05/11/2020 11:11 AM CDT
The Adventure Guild charging silvers is now live (since 9am).



Wyrom, PM
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Re: State of Elanthia - May Update 05/11/2020 01:04 PM CDT
???

Do you mean "<performing item> charging <for a cost in> silvers <rather than bounty points>"?
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Re: State of Elanthia - May Update 05/11/2020 04:36 PM CDT
Yes, its been a thing for years.

Usually around New Years. ORDER 99 at the Treasure Master.
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Re: State of Elanthia - May Update 05/12/2020 08:37 AM CDT
No, I know about the one around the New Year (and that did happen).

I was surprised to find out about another one, here in the month of May.
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Re: State of Elanthia - May Update 05/12/2020 01:25 PM CDT
SURPRISE!

https://tinyurl.com/ybm9amca

-- Robert

>> A halfling magistrate picks up a small rock and throws it at a half-elven bandit in a valiant effort to subdue him.
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