June's New Main Event: Darkspawn

Modified on Tue, 10 Jun at 4:49 PM

Darkspawn, a new live gaming event, is coming at the end of this month!

On JUNE 27th you’ll join a team and commence in a Team vs Team vs Team combat event the way you’re accustomed to... but you’ll find a new enemy haunting your fight list: Darkspawn!

Darkspawn will look similar to Fresh Meat (Werewolves, Zombies, and Slayers) but with their own unique look and a new button labeled MARK.

When you discover this unholy threat, you’ll use the MARK button to put them on the Hitlist, where the Darkspawn will be open to attacks from every player in the game. As you attack the Darkspawn, you’ll receive combat score, experience, and event collectable drops!

The player who lands the killing blow will score huge bonus score points for their team, and will activate an Elite Drop, where Sigil Shards will be discovered at an increased drop rate for 8mn for everyone in the game.

Through a Fusion recipe, these shards can be transformed into full Sigils, which can be used in the Exchange Shop.

Drop into VDR+ > Darkspawn now to learn the Rules, see the Awards, and read all the details!

EXCHANGE SHOP UPDATES

Thanks to your feedback from our most recent survey, the Exchange Shop has seen some revisions. Here’s a short-list of what’s new:

• Sigil costs for Top and Mid tier powers have been reduced

> Top tier is now 25 Sigils (down from 30)

> Mid tier is now 15 Sigils (down from 20)

• Sigil costs for Potions have been reduced

> Potions are now 200 Sigils (down from 400)

• Sigil costs for Health consumables have been reduced significantly

> 100 Consumable items are now 24 Sigils (down from 100)

> 75 Consumable items are now 18 Sigils (down from 75)

> 50 Consumable items are now 12 Sigils (down from 50)

> 25 Consumable items are now 6 Sigils (down from 25)

• New section added: Gold Sigil Bearers

GOLD SIGILS: TEAM REWARDS

We’ve added a new section to the Exchange Shop called Gold Sigil Bearers, which will have four slots dedicated specifically to team placement rewards.

The first slot offers one Offensive power from any discipline randomly generated from a pool of 9 powers with a 255 high stat, to be followed in the second slot by matching Defensive powers handled the same way. The third slot will offer a set of Prowling materials randomly pulled from the entire pool of available basic and bloodline mats. And the last slot will exclusively feature Favor Points.

When post-event roll-out rewards arrive, the (winning) 1st Place team will receive enough Gold Sigils to claim the highest amount of each item. The 2nd Place team will receive enough Gold Sigils to claim each of the secondary amounts of each item, and the 3rd Place team will be given enough to claim each of the lowest amounts.

However, Gold Sigils are yours to spend as you like! If you want to focus your Gold Sigils on the items/amounts of your choosing, you’re more than welcome to. But... just as with any Sigil, Gold Sigils and Sigil Shards will be reset at the start of each new event. So spend ‘em if you got ‘em.

Note that the Team Rewards revisions discussed here will carry over to all future shops where they apply, such as Bloodbath. We do have more plans for further adjustments to the Exchange Shop based on your thoughts and ideas. We’re approaching it slowly to ensure balance and monitor for potential exploitation, but we also have more new events coming your way this year and we want to be sure they all have something unique on offer!

OTHER UPDATES

To accompany the Darkspawn event, you’ll find we’ve made some few changes and additions for you:

• Fightlist artwork for Fresh Meat (Werewolves, Zombies, Slayers) has been updated to a fresher, more stylized aesthetic

• Darkspawn Event rules and awards has been added to VDR+

• Bloodbath Event rules and awards has been updated in VDR+

• Gold Sigils are now added to Bloodbath and Darkspawn as post-event roll-out rewards for team placement

• Minor design and layout changes have been made for both even pages to improve readability

• New favicon has been created for all VDR+ web pages to make it easier to identify VDR pages among your other browser tabs

• Your Event Portal has been updated to now include Darkspawn as a main event through the year

• As Darkspawn is new to VDR, the Dev Team will be live and on-hand during its kickoff to monitor for bugs, errors or issues

• We expect Darkspawn to be a part of your regular Main Events through the year. However this launch will be considered a BETA experience. Based on your feedback from this event, we may make changes to some mods/mechanics moving forward

• If you see something is wrong during the event, you’re welcome to communicate with the CSD, but keep in mind it could be resolved by the time your ticket reaches us

We’re so excited to bring Darkspawn to you as a regular event throughout the year! But we’re still working on more! As you read, we’re currently hammering away on a new main event type focused on Prowling. When it’s finished, you can expect a limited time experience in new locations, featuring new bosses, increased mats rewards, increased experience, and new customization options!

As always, we'll be here with fresh announcements in the future! Thanks for being with us, and be sure to contact us any time with thoughts, questions, comments, or concerns, right here at the Helpdesk!

⌘ VDR Dev Team

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