Yet Another Update!

Hey everybody! v1.3 has been well underway for two or so weeks now, and I hope that you're all enjoying the new content. This has definitely been a pawstep in the right direction for Wolf-Haven's future.

Oh, and before I begin my post, I wanted to dedicate this sentence to my friend, Magnus, who has been stalking my blog for quite some time now. He's pretty awesome. Cheers to you, buddy.

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Aaaaaand, I haven't been able to update my WH profile for almost three weeks now because my PC that had the code on it has broken. Without access to the Word document, if I try to edit anything, the quote boxes will turn into HTML and they won't show up correctly. :c God knows when I'll have the time or money to get the PC fixed, so my profile will probably be the same forever. ._.

Anyways, back to v1.3! Like I said, this is definitely a good thing for the well-being of WH. There are some new features as well as some improved things, and there are still many updates to come. I'll go through a basic rundown of all of the new features:

Idea Box
Something that has been missing since v1.2, the Idea Box! Originally in the form of a Forum category, the Suggestions board was a hellhole of hatred and terrible misconduct. The Idea Box is an anonymous way to submit an idea and instead of having people leave comments, users can vote + or - on the idea. Ideas that get many votes will generally be accepted. Unfortunately, the Idea Box only shows the top 5 and most recent ideas, which means that many ideas are probably being drowned out and lost or repeated due to not being able to see them all. Hopefully that gets changed soon. This is personally one of my favourite additions to the site, primarily because it allows users to submit their ideas without worrying about publicly being shunned for having an opinion. I feel that it will increase the amount of potentially good ideas being laid out on the table, and it will also bring the community together as a whole.

Quests
Another favourite! These have also been gone since v1.2, so I'm pretty thrilled that Quests have been added back. Some of them even have chain-quests, which means that you need to follow a storyline throughout your leveling, which is pretty creative. A particularly well-written chain of quests is by Voltage, so if you haven't started those yet, you definitely should! Some quests are for higher-levelled users only, though, and chains may take a while to complete. Along with Quests, the addition of items and having an Inventory is another key element in making the game have more of a RP feel to it. Runes are also really nice, too; they give amazing bonuses for use on the Map. They're pretty expensive, though, and I haven't tested them on my main account quite yet. I may dedicate an entire blog post to Runes if I get the chance to test them all, unless somebody gets to that before me.

Friends List
With the high amount of username changes flying in and out, I think that this is a great feature to keep up with everything. I mean, I only have one friend, but still... xD Now, if somebody changes their username, they'll still show up in your Friends List with the same ID. Along with being able to friend users, you can now block users, which is also another great feature. It will hopefully prevent some fights and cause less drama for the website as a whole.

Hunting
This new feature was added to allow you to find items (food) that will help you recover during a battle. You can hunt every 10 minutes, which I find reasonable considering that the success rate doesn't seem to be very high. Even if you don't find something, you'll get some XP, which is always nice to get. 8D

Donation Changes
When purchasing customs, you will no longer receive Points; it's either one or the other. I'll be quite honest with you... considering the amount of psychotic Point hoarders that this website seems to have, this definitely wasn't a bad idea. Nothing against people who choose to play wisely with their Points, but seeing a bunch of people with Point amounts in the thousands can get quite annoying. It's completely demolished the value of Points and made it so that less and less Points are in circulation. Less Points = more demand for Points = increased Art Shop prices. Plus, the prices that people expect for their accounts are just insane. Hopefully, the addition of Quests will help some of the users who don't have a lot of Points to be able to get the things that they want. Honestly, if you have all of the Robotic Equipment and don't even bother to play the game anymore, why the absolute fuck do you need 3,000 Points just rotting on your account? At least spend them on artwork or something, or buy an account. Don't just keep them there for a year. /endrant

Well, the emote strips are a good addition at least. The only thing that I don't like about this is that the Online Users page is just going to keep getting more and more clashy. The default emotes are great, but they don't compare to the fully edited emotes that some people have. Not everybody can afford to donate or to have an artist make them completely custom lines. We'll see how that goes. Again, this is just something I've personally never liked, not anything related to v1.3. I never liked the completely edited emotes.

Account Activation
Staff can manually activate accounts now. Get those dead deactivated side accounts of yours up and running now that you can!

Gah, I'm already exhausted from being up since 5 AM. I'll leave you with this. As always, feel free to leave your opinion in a comment! I hope to keep updating as frequently as I can.

Adios for now~ <3