Post by VoltZ on Nov 29, 2020 10:10:12 GMT
Dear players,
I would like to announce and welcome you to Ascarus Season 3. A season change, which has been in the making for quite a while. Season 2 ran from April to December, which was our longest season yet. For Season 3 we decided to step out of our comfort zone and make a big step forward in terms of features and content all around the server.
In this release we have put a special focus on the expansion of client features, improvements of the server internals and content balancing. We're excited to go through with these changes, which will lay the groundwork for many future expansions, and as usual, hope to see an interesting season.
Ascarus Season 3 will start on Friday, 4th December 2020 18:00 CET
IP: ascar.us
Website: Ascarus (https://www.ascar.us/news)
Average exp rate: 19.45x (Custom system) (See Ascarus (https://www.ascar.us/serverinfo) for details)
Protection level: 80
Skill rate: 16x
Magic rate: 9.6x
Loot rate: 2x
Client Version: 8.60
Server location: France, Europe
Socials
Discord: Join the Ascarus Discord Server! (https://discord.gg/gJXF7Am)
Facebook: Ascarus (https://www.facebook.com/AscarusOTS)
Server Features
[*]Roshamuul accurately converted to 8.6, including all bosses & raids
[*]Stat Templates for war arenas - Every player can join with the same stats for an equal playing field
[*]Temporary Items - In addition to stat templates, we also provide temporary equipment sets to level the playing field even further
[*]Reward Chest system - You will always get loot if you help killing a boss
[*]Custom exp stage system to provide you with a smooth exp progression
[*]Weekly guild frag rewards with points & mentions
[*]A total of 23 towns, each town has it's own spawns, quests & secrets to discover
[*]Community poll system on the website
[*]Ability to view your account's login history
[*]Bosses that have their own artificial intelligence
[*]Many unique events - See Ascarus (https://www.ascar.us/events) for more info
[*]Bounty hunter system - Place a bounty on your enemies head to get them killed
[*]Offline auction system
[*]Offline messaging system
[*]Custom addon bonus system - Increase your character's stats for each full outfit addon you collect
[*]Custom task systems - we feature a daily task sytem, a progressive task system and a special tasks from NPC Eruaran, which you can find in Roshamuul in order to obtain valuables such as prison keys in order to fight the Roshamuul prison bosses
[*]Partnered Twitch streamers - Show off Ascarus on your stream and we will promote your stream on the website
[*]Achievement system - Unlock achievements for doing various things in the game, achievement points are also required in order to enter specific quests
[*]PIN security system - Protect your characters with our homemade two-factor authentication system
[*]Free premium points for reaching specific levels
[*]Referral system - Refer your friends to Ascarus and earn free premium points
[*]Quest log entries for quests
[*]More than 40 custom quests
[*]Standard boss raids were tuned to fit the gameplay dynamics of Ascarus - You won't see an Orshabaal die in 5 seconds
[*]10.x respawn system (non-blockable spawns)
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Noteworthy Changes from Season 2
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[*]Due to the massive interest for guild points during Season 2, we have now added a guild shop (https://www.ascar.us/guildgifts) to the website
[*]Due to popular request, the boss room from Masiyah has been re-added to the game, however, killing monsters in the boss room will yield 25% less experience than killing them out in the wild
[*]Added a minimap installer to the downloads page, which will always install the latest version of the minimaps
[*]Updates to temporary equipment in the war arenas
[*]Added various outfits as rewards to various quests around to server (those are quest-exclusive and cannot be bought in the shop or granted by addon dolls)
[*]In addition to previously being able to buy addon dolls (grants a full outfit) in the shop, we added the possibility to buy single outfits & addons in the shop as well
[*]Updated the Addon Maker NPC, he now gives information about all of the new outfits in the game
[*]Overhauled a big part of the NPC System
[*]Blessings, Amulet of Loss and recharging Paw Amulets are now paid via bank balance, in case of not having enough money in your inventory
[*]Fixed a bug that could cause the DeathRun event to sometimes not finish properly and fail to start future DeathRun events
[*]The self-healing of the boss "Lucifer" has been toned down
[*]Added a new set of mid-game items, obtainable through a new quest in Vesuvia town. These items are intended to narrow the gap between the "donation" weapons and the ones you obtain from the League of Legends (end-game) quest
[*]Overhauled the donation gift shop
[*]Added additional stats to ceremonial mask, it has gained +10 speed, 10% mana drain protection and 2% death protection
[*]The duration of the "Ultimate Sharpshooter (utito tempo max san)" spell has been increased from 2.5 seconds to 5 seconds, and the mana cost has been increased from 400 mana to 500 mana
[*]Added a mechanism that could help in preventing database rollbacks in the events of a server crash
[*]The boss "Spoderman" will now return to his spawn position if nobody is fighting him, this is to prevent luring the boss to the entrance of the room
[*]Removed invisible blocking tiles in the "Right leg of a Jester Doll" quest, that would previously massively increase the difficulty of navigating through the quest area
[*]Added safe betting stations below the depot in Thais - We believe this is a good balance between the old Dicer NPC's and relying on other players to be trustworthy during gambling.
[*]Overhauled the anti-trashing mechanism for depots and prevented the depot counters & lockers from being cleaned during a map clean
[*]Further improved the house protection mechanism (anti-trashing / anti-theft)
[*]Players who log in with the standard 8.6 client will now see a warning message upon login that advises them to use the Ascarus client instead
[*]Added previously missing creature products to various monsters (needed for some of the new outfits)
[*]NPC Jared now requires a confirmation of the mission, before sending players to Thais Hell in the Glorious Quest
[*]Added The Mutated Pumpkin raid
[*]Added the possibility of purchasing the Golden Outfit from Ascarian Royalty (King Ascarianus, Queen Eloise & Emperor Kruzak)
[*]Added the "To Outfox A Fox" quest, in order to be able to obtain a mining helmet
[*]Balancing of various high level spawns
[*]The boss "Cublarc The Plunderer" will now spawn during the orc raid in Zzaion
[*]Rework the addon bonus system, in order to adapt to all the new outfits in the game
[*]Players are now teleported on a free tile around the hookshot pillar, if possible
[*]Added various new achievements
[*]Corrected the stats of Arbalest, it was previously missing the bonus attack, bonus hit %, as well as vocation and level requirements
[*]Updated the custom outfit changer & monster outfit changer scrolls to include hundreds of new looktypes
[*]Added additional rewards for leveling up
[*]Added a workaround in order to be able to make the client show a experience per hour value after level 507
[*]Overhauled the entire lua scripting system in the server engine (this is a huge internal change)
[*]Added an EXPERIMENTAL limit of active connections to the game server (this is subject to change or might even be disabled again)
[*]Various fixes and optimizations in the server engine
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Season rewards
As always, the top players of a season will receive a few special rewards for their competitiveness
The rewarded categories are the following:
[*]Top 50 players in the experience highscores
[*]Top 10 players above level 200 that had the highest scores in the following categories: Magic Level, Fist Fighting, Sword Fighting, Axe Fighting, Club Fighting, Distance Fighting, Shielding, Snake, Tasks & Achievements
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Donation refunds
All donations that were made within the last 30 days before launch will be fully refunded.
All donations that were made more than 30 days before launch will be refunded in the following manner:
Guild points
Due to the popularity of guild points during Season 2, we have added an automated system to distribute these points from now on.
Points obtained through this system can be spent in the guild shop.
Client showcase
Teasers
10000 premium points giveaway!
We are currently hosting our traditional Facebook contest where we will give away a total of 10000 premium points!
There will be a total of 20 winners, each winner will receive 500 premium points! It will end on 4th December 2020 17:00 CET.
Head over to [URL='
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We also invite you to join our Discord server, where you can interact with staff & other players.
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