Update 2/11/2022

# **Weekly Update 2/11/2022**

Welcome to another edition of the Weekly Update! We've got lots to talk about this week, including the creation of two new team roles and a new contributor to the Weekly Update! So firstly, the new roles added to the team are Tester and Dungeon Master. Testers are volunteers who will test various weapons, armors, and other items as well as classes, instances, and dungeons. They will be on the front lines of new content right along with the rest of the team, so if this is something that interests you then feel free to sign up in the #team-application channel! In addition to Testers we are also introducing Dungeon Masters! Dungeon Masters are team members who know the lore of the world and its locations and are directly in charge of testers. They are responsible for ensuring that testers have the information they need to get started and will file any bugs that testers find. Now, with all of that out of the way, let's get into it!

## 🌐**World**

Psynexus: I took a bit of a break this week, but I did finish up Redfort as many of you have already seen on IG. I spruced up the outside a bit, remodeling it to conform a bit better to the rest of the area around it and completely decorated the interior, which is something I usually slack on - so go me! I've also been working on a new brothel in Charselor and decided to put in a surprise bakery while I was at it. I've been working indirectly with our newest builder Bropjia in decorating Charselor's houses and plotting out where to put the shops and other important buildings. So far the work he's done has been great and I dare say that we might actually have Charselor fully decorated in a matter of weeks!

## ⌨️**Development**

Adobo: Hello all, this week I began implementing the ideas for elemental weapons and armors for the different classes and its going really well.
**Mage** elemental armor has been increased to 4 tiers each giving a great amount of defense against 1 element type, their weapons work the same but for damage **Warrior** uses Mithril armor to receive good defense against 2 element types, their weapons work the same but for damage **Paladin** relies mainly on holy artifacts that give them divine abilities like invincibility and absorption for a short time. Paladin has best fire defense and most paladin elemental weapons are centered around fire. **Rouge** use mithril as well but by combining gems with their armor, they can have defense against up to 4 different elements. Rouge also rely on magic swords just like Warrior. Marksman have something a little different from everyone else. Cowls are named after a type of animal and give the user abilities based on that animal, kinda like the Animorphs. The elemental bows each have a single element type they attack with but offer great power (2nd highest from mage) I also started working on some interesting lore surrounding a few of the unique items created that will explain a bit on magic in the universe, keep your eyes peeled for it.

Sparklepony12: This week has been quite productive and it has played a major role in the future development for the server. The new dev on the team set up and incredibly useful system to help speed up the progress of setting up quests by almost completely automating the dialogues of the quest line. Other than that I’ve set up a way to test conversations in game to make sure they work and see what they look like. I also added some functionality to some npcs dialogue triggers. That is all I have for this week and I’ll see you in the next one :D

## 🔧**Moderation**

Buibui: Wow, it’s been a wonderful week! We’ve reached about 300 new followers and there has been so much love on our posts. We are so close to 1k and I think we might reach it this weekend. I’m also going to start recruiting in ads for us on IG. Everyone should be proud of themselves and have a happy rest of your week!

StonewallJr: Hello everyone, this week has been a busy one for me. For those who have not met me yet I just joined the team not too long ago. Fair warning: Vague questions will get you vague answers from me. This week I stayed focused on both the Reddit and Instagram posts, checking for both feedback from followers and the number of reactions to the posts. Among other things I did discover a few surprise bugs while doing some testing on the server.

## 🎨**Art**

🌹Rose🌹: TGIF! Hope you all have had a great week, there's been lots of progress art-wise. I revamped the Elf Princess texture to fit on a pretty new model and completed two brand new handsome boys, the Regal Elf Lord and Young Elf Lord. I have also been doing more research into better and more efficient avenues for Custom OptiFine Entities, which I hope to put to good use making more new custom mobs/entities. Along with that, Psynexus and I have been delving into bringing custom tables and chairs in-game for all these beautiful characters to sit on, so BOLO for that in next weeks update, I know I'm excited for it! May all you lovely folks have an awesome weekend, so until then, "Remember, in order to be number one, you have to be a little odd."

## 📚**Story**

Psynexus: Redfort: https://therift.fandom.com/wiki/Redfort

## ⏭**Next Week**

Psynexus: All in all, even with my little break throughout most of the week, we've still managed to get a ton done and the effort shows! There's lots of new lore and places planned as well as revamps and polish to existing areas. We will need testers to help us out in these areas and plan on hosting testing days on the weekend, most likely Fridays, to organize groups together. I'll say it until I'm blue in the face and asphyxiate myself but I'm very proud of how far the team has come and am excited to see where the next week brings us!

Stay tuned for more updates (probably into infinity) and let us know how we're doing in the appropriate channels! Until next time, <insert catchphrase here>!