Realm of the Mad God Exalt News

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SO much is coming up in the next few weeks that we definitely need a long update this time! So long, in fact, that we are going to split it in two parts.

In this post, we want to present you two of the most important systems that are going to spice up Month of the Mad God and will change the game permanently, from the very core: Vital Combat and Exaltations!

What are you waiting for? Click the link above to find out more! Please leave your thoughts and feedback in the RE thread!

Hellooo Realmers,

This week, we want you to try out and give your reports and feedback on...



...the upcoming Exaltation and Vital Combat system. More details on both - soon!

• Oryx Sanctuary Portal Spawn
  
  The Event will run from 08/27 - 12:00 PM UTC until 08/31 - 12:00 PM UTC. After defeating Oryx 2, there is a chance for Oryx’s Sanctuary to spawn, no runes needed!
  
  
• Mark of Oryx Daily Quest
  
  The quest will run from 08/27 - 12:00 PM UTC until 08/31 - 12:00 PM UTC. Gather Mark of Oryx x1 and exchange them at the Tinkerer for a Mystery ST Shard x6.
  
  
• Deadwater Docks (x1.5 Loot Drop and x1.5 EXP)
  
  The Event will run from 08/27 - 12:00 PM UTC until 08/31 - 12:00 PM UTC.
  
  
• Woodland Labyrinth (x1.5 Loot Drop and x1.5 EXP)
  
  The Event will run from 08/27 - 12:00 PM UTC until 08/31 - 12:00 PM UTC.
  

We noticed some of you were a bit confused about when this year’s MotMG starts. We can’t spill the beans yet but we can definitely tell you that the start is in the second half of September and it will be one of the biggest, most stacked MotMGs to date. It will bring new content, game-changing features, and of course, loot. We are incredibly stoked and will be sharing more information soon. All we can say until then is: get hype!

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With RotMG Exalt out of beta and continuing to receive more ambitious updates, the legacy Flash client has become not only obsolete, but also a hindrance in the introduction of our new features.. Maintaining the Flash client is also creating extra overhead for our development team and those resources can be better spent on new features. Any changes and additions currently made to the Exalt client requires time and effort ensuring that it doesn’t break the Flash client. Our time has decided that our resources would be better spent focusing on the Exalt client

For this reason, we have settled on a date to formally end support for the Flash client: September 23rd.

After this date, the Flash client will no longer be usable. With Flash fully out of the picture, we will be able to put more effort into Exalt improvements without needing to spend time and resources catering to the Flash client. We will continue working over the next month (and beyond) to ensure Exalt is as accessible as possible.

As of now, 86% of players have transitioned over to Exalt as their primary platform. From now until September 23rd, we encourage anyone still on Flash to use the month as a transitioning period in preparation for Flash’s cutoff date.

Flash served Realm of the Mad God well for a whole ten years now. From the game’s humble origins as a game jam creation to the vast, unique bullet-hell MMO it is today, Flash helped RotMG get off the ground and then some.

We hope you’re as excited as we are to see Realm of the Mad God grow greater than ever before!

Hello Realmers,

In the ancient times before Oryx had clawed his way to absolute power, others sought the same might through one method or another. Buried deep within the Realm's barren deserts lay vast ruins. Once built to summon and harness the power of another plane, it soon was home to an army of inanimate warriors, powerful constructs, and long-dormant spirits. But the spirits grew vengeful for their imprisonment, and soon calamity struck. The shrine was entirely annihilated, with the formerly imprisoned spirits being the only remaining alive. The shrine was abandoned, left to decay to the sands of time.

But now the ruins have been discovered. Overrun with wildlife, engulfed by sand, and monitored by the spirits that once ravaged it, remnants of the shrine's history still remain. They are determined to eliminate all those who seek to know the answers of its past. Though the acquired knowledge from ancient times had unknowingly escaped, and this would not be the last time spirits were abused for warfare...



The Ancient Ruins bring you some new items and a special juice that will quench your thirst.Nothing's quenchier. It's the quenchiest!

[h2]New Drops:[/h2]

• Arcane Rapier
• Sandstone Seal
• Amber Encrusted Helmet
• Cactus Juice

Note: We also added the Sand Wanderer Trickster Skin as bonus loot! It will drop from the Sandstone Titan and the Genie. The Ancient Ruins Key was also added in the Epic Mystery Key.

Starting now until 08/25 - 12:00 PM UTC you can find Ancient Ruins Keys in the Mystery Shop!

[h2]Realm Exalt Fixes and Improvements[/h2]

• Crowded Visibility Mode
• Quest/Boss HP Bar
• Implemented some UI polishes to the Wall of Fame.
  
• Fixed DC issue when teleporting.
  
• Manor of the Immortals now registers as a completed dungeon once exiting via the Nexus portal.
  
• Pet healing now shows the quantity of heal alongside the particle effect.
  
• Pterasite Colony’s particle effect now shows when it throws a Pterasite Bomb.
  
• RotMG Exalt Launcher improvements.
  

• Fixed Treasurer Gemsbok’s scepter spinning animation lasting longer than the attack and creating a brief clone (no, he has not yet collaborated with the Prismimic).
  
• Added gem bomb attacks to Treasurer Gemsbok’s second phase.
  
• Added Health and Magic Potions bag at the beginning of Oryx’s Sanctuary.
  

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Winner, winner, chicken dinner, Realmers!

It took a while to review the amazing entries that we had for the Dungeon Specification Contest! There were loads of great entries, and narrowing it down to just five was no easy task! But at last, we are finally ready to announce the top 5 winners!

The following dungeons demonstrated the best examples of our four main criteria: Creativity (how original and fleshed out the concept and theme is), ingenuity (how much the dungeon achieves within the realistic limitations of the game), integration (how well it fits into the game), and presentation (how readable and fluid the document is).

[h2]I. The Necropolis by Puffagod:[/h2]

"[...] an early-game/mid-game dungeon themed around a temple of the dead.”

[h2]II. The Chophouse by Supercst:[/h2]

“This is an Epic Oryx’s Kitchen dungeon. Bonegrind is back with a cohort of monstrous foods and employees.”

[h2]III. The Workshop by Takushiari:[/h2]

“The Workshop is a static dungeon with a single traditional boss fight, a cemetery inspired wave encounter and a Spectral Sentry / Dungeon crawl fight.”

[h2]IV. Salty Shoals by Boomeranga:[/h2]

“Following the subsequent breach of Deadwater Docks, Bilgewater narrowly escaped to commandeer the flagship of his smuggling syndicate, ‘King Alexander’s Revenge.’ With the heroes of the realm in close pursuit, a battle for control over the seas seems imminent…but, what’s with all the tentacles?”

[h2]V. Cretacious Canyon by Joeybro:[/h2]

“Free the Saurids from oppression and battle some sick cyborg dinosaurs!”


Based on what we saw in the submissions, we also plan to set up a new dungeon spec template next time we hold a contest like this to more accurately match the rules, as we understand this caused some confusion initially.

The winners will soon be contacted to choose their rewards! Congratulations to all if you again, and thank you to everyone who participated!


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