Recent posts by kingk on Kongregate

Topic: Dream World / Official Bug Reports Thread (new)

The invasion update code hit a bump causing majority of the scores to not update – this should now be fixed. Sorry for the inconveniences. We will turn off the bonus weekend couple hours later this week.

Topic: Dream World / Don't have any AI bonus

The invasion update code hit a bump causing majority of the scores to not update – this should now be fixed. Sorry for the inconveniences. We will turn off the bonus weekend couple hours later this week.

Topic: Dream World / Rule clarification on multiple accounts and character names

I am going to necro this thread briefly to clarify something that recently have been brought to our attention.

• It’s “okay” by Dream World ToS game rules to have alt accounts that you completely play separate in a different guild with ZERO interaction with your main character. (Note this might not be compliant with Kongregate’s ToS)

• It’s okay to have “wing” or feeder guilds when you have more members than you can fit into one guild, assuming the members of the wing guilds are different players than those in the main guild.

• It’s NOT okay to create a “wing” guild with alts from the main guild, then collaborate with that “wing” guild to take advantage of competitive features such as Mystic Wars or Faction Wars. This is considered a direct violation of game rule #9.

Alts must behave completely independent of each other with zero collaboration, and having them in separate guilds can still have both accounts suspended if they are collaborating.

Topic: Dream World / Easter?

The egg code has not been updated with the same intelligence as the MB. Then again, they are Easter eggs, and they are free… so hopefully they are some good ones to offset the few useless ones :)

Topic: Dream World / Event

Sorry for the delay and late reply. We started the bonus a little later than usual this weekend, but it should have been started already few hours ago. We will probably keep the bonus up for few hours past the even end as well to make up for the difference.

Topic: Dream World / Dragon Tear

A typical mobile user’s available playing time is very short and segmented, even more so than Facebook. That’s why mobile games with energy system regenerate rather slowly. When we do release the game for Kongregate (hopefully in couple months), it should have a faster energy regen time. If you do own one of the Apple’s iDevices though, I do encourage you to get the game now and try it out even if you just want to wait for the Kongregate version. This way, you can send us (pm me) any feedbacks or issues you see so we can make the Kongregate version even better.

Topic: Dream World / Official Bug Reports Thread (new)

Originally posted by DeathStryke:

nope… new pages simply overwrite the ones before, makes u lose crystals..

The overwriting shouldn’t happen unless you open them very fast in succession, so try waiting few seconds in-between. Also, never leave more than one game window open at a time (close others first), or you will start getting random session expired messages and stranger things might happen.

Topic: Dream World / Official Bug Reports Thread (new)

Originally posted by DeathStryke:

1. You can’t open guild pages with ` in the guild name.
2. If you claim multiple crystal links which contains crystals still, you won’t get it all. Just got 5 out of 8 successful claiming.

1. I thought that was fixed in the expansion. Please send me a PM and let me know which screen you are opening from and the guild name.
2. Not sure what you meant… I need more details or reproduction steps if possible.

Topic: Dream World / Treasure box issue

Originally posted by DarkLordKhaos:

The farm questions are faulty. Example of one I got: There are three legged cows and chickens. 35 heads, 82 legs. How many cows? I answer, 4. 35 × 2 (legs per chicken) is 70. 82 – 70 is 12. It is perfectly acceptable that there be 4 cows. Not the right answer though.

Sorry, there are no headless cows in this game.

Topic: Dream World / Lack of lvl cap rasie

Originally posted by kingk:

I am sure the most of the level 100 players (and those close to it) are anxious to see the level cap increase, so the exp earned won’t be wasted. However, the finish line has to be drawn for several reasons. The most two important being:

• There needs to be a “reachable finish line” that for lower level players to have a reasonable chance to hit. They will never be able to hit it if it’s increased whenever 0.01% of the active players hit it. In the end, many will just give up because they will never reach that finish line.
• Without proper level cap, expansion content planning is extremely difficult to accommodate for decent percentage of high level players. In the end, we are forced to release contents that make the very top players feel are meaningless, because they can easily kill the newly released bosses. This is exactly why some top level player feels that expansion has no meaning without a cap increase. In this respect, every expansion since Isendel was technically a failure due to lack of proper level cap.

Imagine if a hard level cap was actually properly managed, and the cap was still at 95 before this expansion, and only increased to 100 after the expansion to allow top players to fight the new bosses. This expansion would be a lot more meaningful to the top players and they will be motivated for months. The truth is that some level capped players will stop playing, while some will grind for other things such as faction points/levels and help guild with various aspects. Our hope is that the next time level cap is increased for new content, those capped players who stopped playing will come back to the game. We decided to take this gamble this time, because it’s better than not really have a level cap and keep releasing expansions where the top players will get bored with in less than one week.

tl;dr – The level cap is kept there so you can actually enjoy the next expansion, instead of constantly getting new expansion bosses you can easily beat off the bat because you over-leveled.

Topic: Dream World / Lack of lvl cap rasie

I am sure the most of the level 100 players (and those close to it) are anxious to see the level cap increase, so the exp earned won’t be wasted. However, the finish line has to be drawn for several reasons. The most two important being:

• There needs to be a “reachable finish line” that for lower level players to have a reasonable chance to hit. They will never be able to hit it if it’s increased whenever 0.01% of the active players hit it. In the end, many will just give up because they will never reach that finish line.
• Without proper level cap, expansion content planning is extremely difficult to accommodate for decent percentage of high level players. In the end, we are forced to release contents that make the very top players feel are meaningless, because they can easily kill the newly released bosses. This is exactly why some top level player feels that expansion has no meaning without a cap increase. In this respect, every expansion since Isendel was technically a failure due to lack of proper level cap.

Imagine if a hard level cap was actually properly managed, and the cap was still at 95 before this expansion, and only increased to 100 after the expansion to allow top players to fight the new bosses. This expansion would be a lot more meaningful to the top players and they will be motivated for months. The truth is that some level capped players will stop playing, while some will grind for other things such as faction points/levels and help guild with various aspects. Our hope is that the next time level cap is increased for new content, those capped players who stopped playing will come back to the game. We decided to take this gamble this time, because it’s better than not really have a level cap and keep releasing expansions where the top players will get bored with in less than one week.

Topic: Dream World / Official Bug Reports Thread (new)

Originally posted by oldt41:

invasion lakeview why cant i see the guild FTS and why did fts lose all its invasion damage

This should be now properly fixed with current sum from all your guild members.

Originally posted by Soxluvr23:

you cannot put the max items into the premium guild vault. for example, if you have max 25 slots, you can only put 24 items in. The “donate” button shows next to the item, but when pressed it does nothing.

Thanks for the report. This should be fixed now.

Originally posted by Dylerious:

Originally posted by Dylerious:

With the Mastermind puzzles, the Decode button doesn’t go away after you use it.

This was not Fixed

Should be fixed now.

Topic: Dream World / Lack of lvl cap rasie

If the level cap is raised as soon as a few player reach it, then it’s not really a level cap. The next time level cap will be considered to be increased is probably after at least 10% of the active player base have hit it, or when there is new content that requires a higher level cap.

Topic: Dream World / hell has 20% extended chance?

Originally posted by kingasofnow:

I get this message:
“Sorry, we are doing a quick patch on our servers, please check back in a few minutes.”
So I cannot view the leader board for bosses.

Patch has been completed for a while now, your browser probably cached the “server down” response even though our server said the page cannot be cached (I have seen recent versions of Safari do this). Anyways, clear your browser cache and restart the browser should fix it.

Topic: Dream World / hell has 20% extended chance?

Originally posted by RaptorKris:

What about if you haven’t claimed link yet? No chance of getting extended?

The item reward is already determined at the time of the boss is defeated, so most likely no extended Hell drop for unclaimed links as well for bosses prior to the patch, unfortunately.

Originally posted by kingasofnow:

Why are leader boards not showing up?

Can you clarify what you mean by this? Leaderboards will contain no data if the current boss your guild is fighting received no damage.

Topic: Dream World / hell has 20% extended chance?

Originally posted by DeathStryke:

server maintanance soon!*

Yep, the extended drop odds for hell was bugged, but the patch should have taken care of it. Sorry for the inconveniences.

Topic: Dream World / Official Bug Reports Thread (new)

Originally posted by redfox7:

We have 26/20+12 items in vault, only the 21 at the top are displayed

Thanks for the report. This should be fixed in the recent patch.

Originally posted by Everyb0dy:

Posessed boss kills doesn’t count to quest for us

Thanks for the report. This should be fixed in the recent patch.

Topic: Dream World / ITS HAPPENING!!!

Originally posted by Vusa:

No extended drops??

Same as Drow Mine – 20% chance to get extended item for top spot only.

Topic: Dream World / Official Announcements Thread

Update February 13, 2013

“Go to Hell” Part 1

The brave warriors of Dream World has kept Fallen under control at Hell Gate, but the only way to stop the chaos of the unleashed hell is close Hell Gate. The magical switch that can close the gate lies in the depth of Hell itself.

• "Hell"o World
  • Enter “Hell” from Isendel for level 92-100 players
  • First 3 levels of Hell now open.
  • Guilds must defeat current level before entering the next, after defeating 3rd level, 1st level is available again.
  • Fight 400 mobs before fighting boss. Can run/explore from the boss like other areas of Isendel.
  • Unlike other raids, there is no training wheel or guard rail. Level 92s fighting in “Hell 3” will face mobs 8 levels higher and boss 10 levels higher.
  • Boss reward for members dealing 10% is pre-enhanced Drow items, Dream World items, and Positron items respectively.
  • Guild is rewarded 25 fame and 4 Mystic Stones on completion of each level.
  • Girl in Red only give quests to defeat Gambler/Wiseman in Hell due to moving levels.

• 5 New Hardcore Badges
  • Atlantis Badge: deal 500m damage to Poseidon
  • Behemoth Badge: defeat 100 “Hell 1” boss with 10%+ damage
  • Deumos Badge: defeat 100 “Hell 2” boss with 10%+ damage
  • Mormo Badge: defeat 100 “Hell 3” boss with 10%+ damage
  • Badge Master Badge: collect 39 or more badges (=5 max energy, no refill)

• New Side Quests
  • “Disturbing Water” – Available at level 88 from Oceana armor dealer, Mr. Whale.
  • “Atonement for Hell” – Available at level 92 from Oceana weapon dealer, Mr. Shark.

• New Possessed Boss
  • Added a super-powerful 10th possessed boss: “Demon Dragon”.
  • Increased second special attack of 9th possessed boss (Demon Jawba) so it’s stronger than the first.
  • Possessed bosses’ armor value no longer jumps up when player levels from 99 to 100.

• Guild Storage Extension
  • In addition to base slots given to guilds based on member size, guilds can purchase up to 50 more slots.
  • Each guild slots cost 24 Gems. Only level 70+ players may extend guild vault.
  • Free energy refill and LP bonus is given to the purchaser.
  • Purchased guild slots are not transferred during merges.

• Atlantis Improvements
  • Increased Poseidon’s exp in Atlantis by 20%
  • Players no longer need obtain a weapon right below the extended level to take advantage of the extended upgrade chance.

• Class Balancing
  • Removed PvE Battle Fatigue (still applies to PvP)
  • Fixed a bug where sword’s invasion block bonus wasn’t properly removed
  • Sword and skill damages raised between 10-30% (depending on skill)
  • gun skill damage raised between 10-35% (depending on skill)

• Drop Improvements
  • Keys no longer dropped in chests for level 71+ who completed the Demon Gates badges
  • Genius will no longer drop for level 100 players, Heroic chance doubled instead.
  • Orc ring no longer drops for Positron Ring owners

• Game Improvement & Bug Fixes:
  • Increased maximum extended bank storage by 10 slots.
  • Black market now may sell some pre-enhanced items; ring and base item buy now price lowered.
  • Added a Black Market button to Isendel
  • Added Max Explore option for auto exploring
  • Drow Mine’s extended drop chance for top place doubled to 20%
  • Guild information pane rearranged for better readability.
  • Misc bug fixes

Topic: Dream World / Official Announcements Thread

Update January 11, 2013

• 3-Year Anniversary Event
  • Free hourly MB during the event in addition to other bonuses.
  • Ends on January 14 11:59PM server time (PST).

The next expansion is currently planned for mid-February. It will include a brand new multi-tiered dungeon with new mobs and bosses, new hardcore badges, new features such as premium guild storage extension and new class avatars, and many various improvements.

Topic: Dream World / I'd like to see a 3 yr event in a few weeks

I am not making any promises, but I wouldn’t surprised if there is a 3-year anniversary event.

Topic: Dream World / Scripters...

There are actually several ways to ban players, the level 99s were banned via IP and blocked off homepage, so technically they still login with another IP but they won’t be able to really play the game other than seeing a “account suspended” message on the home screen. I have added a DB ban as well so they won’t be even able to login even if they switch IP addresses.

Majority of scripters are are usually permanently banned, even though there are couple exceptions made in the past for first-time offenders where the script usage usually didn’t yield too much advantage and the ban was lifted after few weeks. I don’t encourage anyone trying their luck.

Topic: Dream World / Important! Rules and warnings from kingk

Originally posted by kingk:

Originally posted by trickyrodent:
Please do not use auto scripts

We picked up a increase in possible scripting activities in the past week, and will be investigating into them. Some of them are coming from shared IPs but we will be able to identify the source account soon. If you are still using scripts and have not been banned yet, let this be your final warning before your account becomes permanently banned across all of our servers.

It appears still a few people have been ignoring the warning and are still using scripts. We have permanently banned several high level players in the past weeks including couple level 99 players for using scripts – so if you think you can get away with scripting, please think again and stop immediately before your luck runs out.

Topic: Dream World / Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays :)

Topic: Dream World / xmas event

For those who haven’t figured it out by playing the game yet – the keyword to the last sentence is “Mr.”