Updates Galore (New Staff Member)
Aug 2, 2024 11:37:01 GMT -6
Post by NPC on Aug 2, 2024 11:37:01 GMT -6
Hello everyone!
We know that everyone has been waiting a while for approval on some of their offspring and customs. Admittedly those were in limbo for a while there as we were prepping for the beta stat system and weren't sure during development how much peoples' pets' stats were going to be affected, if at all, so we put a big pause on everything. However, two things are clear now by this point in development; 1. The stat system is not changing in any incredibly major ways- the five stats, and moves, and abilities as game mechanics are here to stay. 2. Development of the system will continue for a while yet (this is just the first beta tournament after all!), and its unfair to expect people to not use their unapproved customs and offspring in the meantime.
As a result, we will now be going through customs and offspring and approving them again. If you had any pets that were in limbo or were going through getting them approved via DMs (aka, aren't in the traditional approval threads), we will be going through those and moving them to the appropriate threads, as well as doing a brief run through the already approved creatures to make sure there aren't any glaring errors as we know we've made some changes before the beta that weren't always evenly applied. If you were already posting your pets in the usual threads, we will of course be looking at those too. As usual they may be approved/not approved out of order, but we hope to get them done soon.
As a final note, unfortunately... this may not be the last time you'll have to get approval for stats for your creatures. As mentioned, the stat and battle system (and by extension, anything that uses creature stats and abilities such as contests) will be changing and so peoples' pet stats will eventually need to be adjusted and re-approved for the final product. Things that are approved now may not be accepted in future tournaments or other things that use the new beta system. (For example, things like Fly are being moved from abilities to moves, which is going to change how many moves and abilities your offspring are going to have to choose from; we'll be making some moves and abilities restricted/not restricted based on our revisions of what effects they have; what moves are available from injections may change based on move revisions, etc.) This concession where we're moving forward with approving stats again is just so people can play with and train their pets in the meantime. We realize that's not very convenient, but, well, revamping a core mechanic of the site was always going to be messy and we'll try and make the process as smooth as possible when it comes time for that. We hope you pardon our dust!
We know that everyone has been waiting a while for approval on some of their offspring and customs. Admittedly those were in limbo for a while there as we were prepping for the beta stat system and weren't sure during development how much peoples' pets' stats were going to be affected, if at all, so we put a big pause on everything. However, two things are clear now by this point in development; 1. The stat system is not changing in any incredibly major ways- the five stats, and moves, and abilities as game mechanics are here to stay. 2. Development of the system will continue for a while yet (this is just the first beta tournament after all!), and its unfair to expect people to not use their unapproved customs and offspring in the meantime.
As a result, we will now be going through customs and offspring and approving them again. If you had any pets that were in limbo or were going through getting them approved via DMs (aka, aren't in the traditional approval threads), we will be going through those and moving them to the appropriate threads, as well as doing a brief run through the already approved creatures to make sure there aren't any glaring errors as we know we've made some changes before the beta that weren't always evenly applied. If you were already posting your pets in the usual threads, we will of course be looking at those too. As usual they may be approved/not approved out of order, but we hope to get them done soon.
As a final note, unfortunately... this may not be the last time you'll have to get approval for stats for your creatures. As mentioned, the stat and battle system (and by extension, anything that uses creature stats and abilities such as contests) will be changing and so peoples' pet stats will eventually need to be adjusted and re-approved for the final product. Things that are approved now may not be accepted in future tournaments or other things that use the new beta system. (For example, things like Fly are being moved from abilities to moves, which is going to change how many moves and abilities your offspring are going to have to choose from; we'll be making some moves and abilities restricted/not restricted based on our revisions of what effects they have; what moves are available from injections may change based on move revisions, etc.) This concession where we're moving forward with approving stats again is just so people can play with and train their pets in the meantime. We realize that's not very convenient, but, well, revamping a core mechanic of the site was always going to be messy and we'll try and make the process as smooth as possible when it comes time for that. We hope you pardon our dust!
