This post is made so that we players can estimate when the core features will be fixed. As not all the players have coding experience, especially coding a server, knowing how much time some work took may be helpful. Feel free to help sorting out the work done by Kevin, who is the dev doing the coding actually affecting gameplay. Things like NPC and quest are not done by Kevin. (Maybe skill?) Matt: Dimitri: https://royals.ms/forum/threads/new-source-update-8-20-01-17.88078/page-3#post-464177 Let's get started. Anyone is welcome to add to this list. I will be adding when i have time. (Week 1) 1st: incorrect HP/MP on level up; party/guild chat; NPC/mob spawning; +1 day, 2nd: AP problem; skill level (Mon. Week 2) +2 days, 3rd: char info saving; party/guild chat +1 day, 4th: char stuck; skill x4 +1 day, 5th; star/arrow; return to town scroll; donor items; skill level +4 days, 6th; skill x5; party buff; mob killing quest (Tue. Week 3) +2 days, 7th; skill x4; server freezing; item name tag; char falling out of map problem; pet equip and D/C; monster drops position +3 days, 8th; 2 skills; STORAGE; ~mapowner; fame; one-of-a-kind item; Black Charm drop rate; item/meso drop rate (Tue. Week 4) +4 days, 9th; buddy list; acc gender selection; preparation for more channels +2 days, 10th; skill x10; item morph buff; ping timeout increased to 5 sec; quest EXP in the chat box; buddy list roll back; Zombie Gold Tooth drop rate +1 day, 11th; 20 CHANNELS; pm and /find; AREA BOSSES spawning and NX removed (Mon. Week 6) +10 days, 12th; skill x4; TRADING +2 days, 13th; skill x8 +1 day, 14th; skill x2; increase wish tix/NX coupon per slot; Kenta’s Breeding Room sticking ppl fixed +1 day, 15th; skill x5; damage done to nearby player can be seen; issues surrounding the portal to enter Papulatus' map (Tue. Week 8) +11 days, 16th; skill x6; BOSSES (ZAKUM, KREXEL, BODYGUARD, etc.); party EXP; EXP of high HP and EXP mob; Zombie Gold Tooth drop rate; dragon transformation quest changed; mobs with wep. cancellation/magic att/MP draining/stunning; weakness/curse/seduce/slow debuff; Zakum PQ repeatable if fails; Re-enabled purchasing of RP +1 day, 17th; stuck logged in; try to find the cause of D/C; one-of-a-kind item; Krexel EXP; Krexel ring drop rate increased to 100% +3 days, 18th; required minimum # of members in a Zakum squad/HTPQ party decreased from 6 to 3; issues related to D/C; party exp; some mobs being not killable +50 days (Sun. Week 16, as of Apr. 16th), working on the CASH SHOP --------------------------------------- Some to-do's u think are important (not in the order of importance): Fixing D/C Bossing (HT) Cash Shop (AP reset, Gachapon, etc.) Scrolling Hired Merchant Warp to FM botton (not bug) Spawn rate and drop rate adjustment (petris, skele, tot, etc.) Core skills Anti-hacker (and registration/char creation) Party EXP ... Let's make this a public edited post. Anyone is welcome. Do not post hate comment on anyone, please.
I have the change log listed here: https://royals.ms/forum/threads/new-source-faq-information.89383/ Keep in mind that just because something may be easy to fix, doesn't mean it's something that will be fixed automatically in the next update. There is no expected date for any specific feature to be fixed or re-enabled, no one on Staff even knows, because priorities change depending on some things.
I feel as if the small things should be knocked off the list first such as scrolling, being able to give fame, and mounts. From the looks of it people here really love to be updated. In turn it makes it look like there's progress being made instead of tackling something big with no update.
Please fix dc issue, party exp issue, scrolling, gacha, mounts, cash shop+droppable/tradeable NX, market vendors. IN THAT ORDER. Mounts are debatable. They're pretty useless considering we can just door everywhere.
Thanks Sila. I actually wrote the list according to yours cuz I'm too lazy to click on 18 posts. Also I appreciate it if admin/dev/gm could give us a list what's done by Kevin so that we don't have to guess about it (and cuz I'm lazy..)
Scrolling. Like ASAP. Maplestory is boring without scrolling, seriously. Besides, playing with clean items is not fun to say the least. after that - char creation, cash shop/fm shops/gach/ap resets and 3rd/4th job advancement hp and mp bug Anything else is much, much less important. We all have played GMS once without any mounts at all, I think it should be the last issue to be fixed along with trading and dropping nx items for the same reason. About the DC problem, I personally do not experience any DC issues at all (maybe once a day TOPS), but instead I'm getting heavy lags for like half of the day if not more for unknown reason. And it happens in the same damn hours. It makes the game unplayable, at least with DCs you can grind/farm items. Good luck doing that with lags that last 10-30 seconds each.
I'd like to add the 'parameter is incorrect' issue. I literally cannot log on anymore. I have to change compatibilities every time I want to log on and even then it rarely works. After several attempts of trying to start the game I give up and do something else.
I know this isnt a permanent fix, but i find when I'm struggling with the parameter problem, rebooting my machine seems to put a reset on the issue and lets me run Royals on one compatibility a lot more before needing to change it. Warriors would like a word with ya
Up there is a draft list of the work done by Kevin (@Karven). Important features are underlined. Thanks Kevin for the great job!
Oh and please do not ever fix the arrows drop amount. I was sick of arrows clogging my use inventory in the old source.
It seems to me that fixing the core features would take another 3 months. Just a personal opinion. Do not quote this. I wish I were wrong. ---- I estimated it to be 3 months when CS was been worked on for 4 weeks, and now its 7.5 weeks. I would update the time needed to fix the core features to be 5 months, aka late August.
+1, I'd like to be able to actually continue maining my Ironman shadower, but I'm literally unable to accomplish anything without my skills (ME, Meso Guard, B-step, etc.) working. It's been over 2 months since New Source was released, and many shadowers like myself are abandoning hope on Royals. Instead of implementing changes to Bossing (requiring 3 people to enter, etc.), first actually get skills working so people can actually boss.
You have to realize that those changes are things able to be done by Matt or Andreas, whereas making skills function is up to Kevin, who is also working on the cash shop currently. It's not a matter of choosing "change zak requirements" or "fix meso explosion", it's done by three different people with different skill sets.
And boomerang step, aside from stuns, should be working fine as well? BoT works, assaulter/darksight/assasinate all work. only thing that doesnt is ME, which I know is important but the rest do work.
Yeah no skills stun atm, so that's to be expected. (Except maybe paladins). I just meant overall it deals damage and such.
I've already felt the slap on my face cuz royals is still not fully functional. DC issue/horntail/tp rock/etc. Sry anyone who believed the estimation.
Was hoping the guild to be fixed first, so at least we can socialize in guilds with other party compared to buddy
