2/26/2024 - '26th of February updates'

Boss leaderboards | Faster clan combat events | Settings rework | Trading history rework | Chat overhaul

Although largely invisible, the biggest changes here are there architectural changes behind the chat system which is a part of the on-going backend restructure that's taking place this year. We've got plenty of other stuff too though, so read on!

Big changes

• Chat
  • The chat backend has been recreated from the ground up to be a whole lot more efficient and scalable. Throughout the year, I'll be doing this to several areas of the game to optimize our systems. Ideally there won't be any noticeable changes on your end as a result of this, but as systems are overhauled, some things might end up behaving a little differently and some non-critical things can be reset (such as your blocked players being reset with this update)
  • 3 new channels have been added
    • Clan recruiting. Use it to find a clan or recruit players into your clan
    • Combat-LFG. Use it to group up for combat
    • Raids-LFG. Use it to group up for raids
  • Blocking a player now removes their messages from the chat for you
  • "Clan" chat has been renamed to be your clan's name
  • Ironmen no longer have access to the private clan chat
  • Combat party chats are now removed if you end up being the only member in it
  • Fixed an issue with notifications showing up on channels you had notifications disabled for
  • Disabled channels are now hidden from your chat so that you can fully focus on only the channels you're interested in
  • The small "X" button to close the chat was replaced with a proper big red "Close" button. Additionally, "Settings", "Commands" and "Disconnect" buttons were added next to it
  • Disabling the "Enabled" state of private messages will now fully stop you from receiving DM's
  • Fixed chat notification settings not visually updating when logging onto multiple accounts on the same client
  • When logging in, you'll no longer be notified of messages in the chat that have been sent by yourself
  • Chat is no longer closed when opening a player shop via the trade channel
  • Closing a private chat channel now asks for confirmation
  • When logging onto the game, you'll be automatically connected to the chat. If you don't open it for 15 minutes though, you'll be disconnected from the chat to spare server resources. (Doesn't apply if you have the Gilded rank, same as before)
  • If you don't open the chat for an hour, you'll be disconnected from the chat and will be notified accordingly. You don't need to interact with the chat, simply opening it will reset the disconnection timer. (Doesn't apply if you have the Gilded rank, same as before)
  • Your blocked players and chat notification settings have been reset
  • Other than that, you shouldn't notice much of a change except that we may perform updates on the chat from time to time without needing to restart the entire serve

• Clan events
  • Clan combat events will now run faster. The Big ol' Turkey's base health was reduced from 4000 to 2000 and the modifiers were updated accordingly so you're gaining the same amount of experience and loot as before - just much faster
  • In the clan events tab, you'll now be able to see if there are clan members in an event lobby or if an event is currently running (without needing to enter an event party)
  • After minimizing/unfocusing and returning to the game on mobile during clan events, the server will now properly sync you up to the current event state

• Boss & raids leaderboards
  • Your boss kills and Reckoning of the Gods completions rankings can now be found at the bottom of your leaderboards profile
  • Global rankings can be viewed from the "Top players" page
  • Note that you won't be ranked until your leaderboard profile gets saved after this update (which occurs when you log out)

• Settings popup rework
  • Settings categories are now separated into their own tabs for easier navigation
  • Language can now be changed from Settings
  • Most game notifications can now be disabled from the Notifications tab. These settings are saved on device so they're shared between all accounts used on the same device
  • The offline progress notification toggles for mobile devices can no longer be interacted with on non-mobile devices

• Trading history popup rework
  • Transactions are now neatly separated into sold/bought containers with clearer and more pleasant visuals than before
  • Trading history is no longed limited to 20 entries
  • Trading history is now saved across sessions. At least for now it's only saved on your device, meaning that, for example, trades you do on your PC won't show up on your mobile device

Smaller changes

• Lobby and party related buttons in raids are now hidden for ironmen
• Removed the block buttons from raids & combat party member popups for the time being
• The 7-day grace period will no longer be triggered when deleting a clan if the clan's total level is less than 250
• Clan activity scores are now automatically reset daily (and after server updates). Experience contributions are now also tracked only for the past 24 hours to calculate a clan's activity score. The intent behind these changes is to have clan activity scores shift more often and have a larger variety of clans show up in the clan recruitment center. Will be monitoring the results and will likely make further adjustements to this after the update
• The automatic eating percentage is now saved to your character rather than just your device, which means that the value is no longer shared between all your accounts
• Auto eat percentage now applies to Picky Eater. It uses the given percentage as a target rather than a threshold. For example, if you have 100 health and auto eat percentage set to 90%, it should eat the food that'll get you the closest to 90 health if you fall below it.
• Tweaked the eating percentage slider graphics in combat view for a slightly cleaner look
• Experience from offline progress is no longer sent to your clan if you've been a member for less than 24 hours

Optimizations

• Optimized the way tasks listen to changes to your account throughout the game. As a result, a lot of things in the game should feel slightly smoother. Changing loadouts for example would cause a noticeable lag spike before - that's now approximately 15x faster than before and there should be no noticeable hiccup in the process anymore.
• Optimized the way items are loaded into the popup when listing items for sale in your shop. There used to be a slight lag spike whenever you clicked an empty slot - that lag spike should only occur when clicking a slot for the first time during a session now, subsequent listings should be smooth
• Interacting with the clan vault is now a bit faster

Fixes

• Fixed your raid party chat being removed at the end of a raid and not being re-added until you fully re-joined a lobby
• Fixed the -1/+1 buttons in player shop listing not correctly updating the listing amount
• Fixed the -1/+1 buttons in the item send popup not correctly updating the listing amount
• Fixed inventory gemstone breaking and enchantment scroll reading not showing the level-up popup
• Fixed localization errors in some languages
• Fixed the Quick exit button being uninteractable against regular monsters if you had previously been in a solo boss fight
• Fixed a popup issue where clicks on the background could hide a popup that wasn't on top if you had multiple of them open
• Fixed a popup issue where sometimes when the active popup, the popup's dark background wouldn't be hidden until you clicked on it
• Fixed your own clan join date being shown in your clan members' profiles
• If your device was running on one of a few unsupported languages, you wouldn't be able to create accounts into the game. Fixed
• Fixed an issue where if you tried to list a 4th shop item from your inventory without having premium, you'd get stuck in a loading loop
• Fixed clan member log out times not being correctly updated during server updates
• Fixed a rare issue where multiple clan members starting a clan event at once could trigger quirky behaviour in the event
• Fixed the sell price of the following items to match other items in their category: Godlike jumping rope, Elite lockpicks, Elite philosopher's stone