09 May 2012 16:59 UTC

To assist Calypso participants wishing to complete Iron Challenge missions before the mission rewards rebalancing takes effect, the following temporary creature spawns have been created and will be active until May 21, 2012:

Rippersnapper - East of Fort Zeus (87200, 96900 Eudoria)
Foul - Land Area 6 (31400 x 34000 Amethera)
After which time two different mission creatures will be spawned in those areas. This procedure will be continued every two weeks until the Planet Partner release scheduled for August 21, 2012.

Happy Hunting!

I think many users will be very happy to hear that MindArk is devising a change to the mission rewards system that will allow individual missions to award non-tradeable Attribute Tokens, which can be turned in to an NPC in exchange for attribute points.

This system would address two of the major concerns we have received in feedback from participants regarding the mission rewards rebalancing-

A larger number of mission creatures can continue to reward mission efforts in the form of increasing attributes.
Participants will be able to choose the best time to redeem their attribute rewards, for example after having skilled up 'naturally' to a certain level.



We are finishing up the necessary adjustments to the mission rewards formulas and guidelines provided to planet partners to accommodate the new attribute token system and the awarding of fractional attributes. Once those adjustments are completed, planet partners will have the ability to provide everyone with an overview of the new rewards that will be implemented on Aug. 21, so that participants can make informed decisions as to which missions to complete over the summer.

To assist Calypso participants wishing to complete Iron Challenge missions before the mission rewards rebalancing takes effect, the following temporary creature spawns have been created and will be active until June 4, 2012:

Longu - East of Fort Zeus (87200, 94400 Eudoria)
Shinkiba - Land Area 6 (31400 x 34000 Amethera)