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Test Notes: 23 August

What's up this test? Is it going to be a long one like last week?! Well, no, it will be until Friday afternoon, our time. (We'll come back to a long one later though.)

We don't have a lot in the way of new stuff to announce right now (though dozens of bugs have been fixed and many server and client performance tweaks have been made) but here's what is happening:

• You can now see who is present in a group chat by using the “/who” command which you can invoke by typing the following (on its own line) into the chat window:

/who

(The forward slash is not optional.)

It works on group chats, and the local location you are on via the Local Chat/Activity. It does not work for Global Chat or Live Help.

• Races: We are taking the rock familiar out of the equation- races will now be solely offered through Game Tickets, and you can repeat them as many times as you want.

• Note: We have been monitoring the communications of the Rook squadrons. We have not cracked the full code, but we can tell you that they have been contemplating visiting more of you in this round. MOAR ROOK?! Maybe! We'll see....

• You'll now have a higher chance of getting Street Creator trophies, as we have raised the probability you would get some Trophy Pieces which were very hard to obtain.

We are likely to have more as the test progresses and as we add more, we’ll update this thread!

Posted 16 months ago by kevbob Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Awesome. I'm really looking forward to the roller-skating camel quest :-)

    PS Did you forget to turn the clock off while the game was closed? All my pigs have Ceased To Be
    Posted 16 months ago by Snazzlefrazz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Re: Races. If you already have them in your quest log from earlier race tickets, will they be disappearing or not work? Just wondering....
    Posted 16 months ago by RM Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Re: above @Rascalmom, I do hope they vanish - I've had the same ones stuck there for ages!
    Posted 16 months ago by Morticia Addams Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yep - the old races I could never win have all vanished - thank the giants.
    Posted 16 months ago by Snazzlefrazz Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mine disappeared, except for the dumb Canyon Race that I've had for ages too...Anyone want to let me win so my board is empty at last?
    Posted 16 months ago by GreyGoose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Morticia.  If there's a chance they don't IM me, I'll help ya out.  I'm a great team player and you'll win!!!!
    Posted 16 months ago by AlmostSilver Subscriber! | Permalink
  • the /who isn't working in my group chat.. but it is in local
    Posted 16 months ago by RainyRain Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @AlmostSilver I'm sooo bad at the races LOL, I only win when other people take pity on me *snorts n giggles*
    Posted 16 months ago by Morticia Addams Subscriber! | Permalink
  • nvm things working now
    Posted 16 months ago by bored no more Subscriber! | Permalink
  • on reload  the /who works :)
    Posted 16 months ago by RainyRain Subscriber! | Permalink
  • looking forward to "MOAR ROOK" attacks as I've yet to be part of one.  Hopefully this test will be my lucky one
    Posted 16 months ago by MzMunchken Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @rachel (and anyone else), if i'm around, i'm happy to help throw some races your way to help you clear them. just im me. :)
    Posted 16 months ago by mileena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah I'll help with races too :)
    Posted 16 months ago by Piratice Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh wow...test is open...too bad I missed the window to leave my office before the rain started...ugh...
    Posted 16 months ago by ~Pink Flamingo~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love the new arrows to indicate when players are trading.  Thanks so much devs!
    Posted 16 months ago by marycontrary Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Picky side note to devs who might read this:
    In your opening statement, the last line should read: Don't forget to eat your Chow-dah. 
    Thank you!
    Posted 16 months ago by Holly Waterfall Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay trophies. When I get back in game I'll be sure to create new streets!
    Posted 16 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What's with the crap game going on in Okara Cast? I was going to ask them if it was legal :p
    Posted 16 months ago by PittyPat is sad Subscriber! | Permalink
  • MOAR ROOK?  MOAR HAPPINESS!
    Posted 16 months ago by Lelu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For some reason, none of the vendors are showing up for me right now.  Is anyone else having this problem?
    Posted 16 months ago by Morri Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Also, um, dice? Awesome. Not sure why.

    :)
    Posted 16 months ago by Kira Bajira Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Woo, dice! :D
    Posted 16 months ago by YukiaN Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oooooh, 5 hours ago. haven't missed much then.
    Posted 16 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I was wondering what the deal with the dice was.....
    Posted 16 months ago by NutMeg Botwin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • We made the dice for no reason.
    We gave them away for no reason.
    They have no purpose.
    They're just toys.
    Just one of hopefully many, many, many random toys for you guys to play with.
    Posted 16 months ago by Kukubee Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yay poetic dice! Though, as a Yahtzee fan,  it would be really neat if we could have more than two.. :)
    (Yahtzee uses 5)
    Posted 16 months ago by Traeil Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The dice are fun! Thanks!

    If you're looking for ideas for more toys, maybe some kind of Roshambo item which we could use to play rock paper scissors.
    Posted 16 months ago by Anthropocene Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Is it possible to have "UPDATED" listed by the new features?  I'm not certain, but I think something was added to the  list above and it would be really helpful if you could keep track of what new updates have been added as the test progresses
    Posted 16 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lovin the  dice
    Posted 16 months ago by Burgess Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for the dice Kukubee, sweet :}
    Posted 16 months ago by welshcorgi Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for the Rook Museum (and having a quest to visit it). It cleared up all my questions about battling rooks!
    Posted 16 months ago by Becky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • do we all get dice? or just a lucky few?
    Posted 16 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Everyone should get dice in the mail, I believe.
    Posted 16 months ago by larky lion Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Everyone was getting dice, but I think that a dev said they've temporarily stopped sending them because the dice were causing performance issues.
    Posted 16 months ago by Varaeth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ah, thanks Varaeth, hopefully the devs have it sorted soon so we can all play with the dice.
    Posted 16 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Since I cannot believe that my dinky "free" wireless has had service improvements, I'm going to attribute the better walking and jumping for my Glitch to the tweaks done behind the scenes by the TS devs.   Yay!
    Posted 16 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice dice
    Posted 16 months ago by gabpinto Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Dice arriving again? Yahoooooooo
    Posted 16 months ago by Phochai Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Nice new music in the deeps!
    Posted 16 months ago by Piece of Serenity Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think I'm probably in the minority, but I actually enjoy the races, win or lose. I guess I'll just have to go buy some tickets. I do think there will be less chances for me to race now though as I'll not come across random people offering a race they need for a quest. I do understand that people get frustrated with them though. perhaps the rock could still hand them out but not make winning compulsory, but if you don't win you get a lesser reward or none at all. or maybe give you 5 attempts and if you still don't win say something along the lines of "oh well, you tried your hardest, let's move on."
    I found participating in races as a good way of meeting other glitches.
    Posted 16 months ago by kid4today Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Don't worry, kid4today — there are more races and games (like Game of Crowns) in plannign and development and we'll eventually make it easier for people who want to play to find each other :)
    Posted 16 months ago by stoot barfield Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Will you be changing the gem drop rate when mining? Its so low right now, I get more gems in the nostalgia areas, I have every skill available so we should get a better rate. Its not so bad now as i don't need the gems so bad at lvl 63, but when we reset this is going to be a major issue.
    Posted 16 months ago by ~Annie~ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Gems were almost null in caverns, a few precious amber.
    Posted 16 months ago by Joy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • oooo, surprise random gift from Tiny Speck with the cool dice, sweet!  tyvm :-)
    Posted 16 months ago by oli kins Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I love Glitch, but my wife has been getting onto me for the obsessive playing.

    Any idea when the next test may be?  

    Trying to plan ahead for my off time, lol.
    Posted 16 months ago by The Scatman Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @The Scatman

    Invite your wife. 
    Posted 16 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Hehe... I see that the TS devs in Vancouver have dice too farm6.static.flickr.com/506...

    Now I see where the inspiration was drawn lol. I'm personally more of a D10 person though.
    Posted 16 months ago by c0mad0r Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ...ad d4s, d8s, d%s, d12s, & d20s. Oh! And don't forget d100s - those are fun!
    Posted 16 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
  • "Hehe... I see that the TS devs in Vancouver have dice too farm6.static.flickr.com/506... "

    Catan.
    Posted 16 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Catan?
    Posted 16 months ago by Fokian Fool Subscriber! | Permalink
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