[USA] [EU Proxy] Cyntara v15-s2 [Custom Client w/ Vanilla Look] | Launch December 16, 2022 4:00pm EST

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Im about to whip their bottoms

 

[Red]

Santa Claus has come to visit Cyntarists!

Santa will be giving gifts to Cyntarists in the depot for the next few days.
Further, Christmas Tokens can traded with Santa for Orbs of Enchantment, Stamina Refillers, Weapon Upgrader Crystals, and more! Take down some Christmas Tokens can be earned from capturing Misbehaving Elves that have been invading the towns in the world of Cyntara - the more misbehaving, the better the reward!

Join the festivities!
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[Red]

I've missed posting patchnotes to this thread for the last month due to work.
That doesn't mean that we're not doing work, though

Server:

• Queen Yvonne will no longer let players rebirth if they do not have previous promotions completed.
• Global Boosts will now be broadcast to the website and Discord activity channel in addition to the game.
• Global Boosts will no longer announce the name of the player that purchased them if the Anonymous Gift option is chosen in the store.
• Fixed an issue with the Enchanter divination cards giving players invalid enchantment crystals.
• Improved the drop rate of Power Runes.
• Added Morgaroth and Zoralurk raids to the Rumble Pit.
• Added client notifications for certain game features that will display when players reach certain level milestones.
• Fixed an issue with store discounts requiring people to have the pre-discount number of coins before being able to purchase offers at the discount price.
• Moved the Amirada and World Ender raids start time from 8 PM EST to 4 PM EST.
• Fixed an issue with remaining Play Points message when purchasing items.
• Players will now always receive their fresh dungeon talisman regardless of dungeon mode.
• Fixed an issue with the Artifact Weapon not working properly if it was delivered to the inbox from the quest chest.
• Added more training spots.
• Fixed an issue with Alchemy skill progressing at the same rate regardless of elixir count chosen in the brewing window.
• Added a partial fix for Alchemy issue when players are carrying more than 255 of an ingredient, a proper fix will be released at a later date.
• A number of features that charge Cyntara Coins will now deduce the coins from account balance in addition to inventory (similar to how gold works).
• Added player hit record tracker. This feature will track player damage and healing records, in pvp vs pve situations, as well as crit vs non-crit. You can use the !records command to display your current records.
• Healing potions and runes will now display proper messages in the Combat Log.
• Healing potions, runes and spells can now critically strike.
• Tony Bloodhunter will now respond to "task" in addition to "prey".
• Fixed an issue with Minotaur Cult prey task not working properly.
• T1 melee weapons can now be purchased from the Weapon Smith.
• Reduced the prices of loot, raids and skills boosts.
• Updated the new spells notifications when advancing in levels.
• Added color variants to the !backpack command.
• Players can now enter Cyntara's Lair one at a time.
• Increased the speed of Blighted Ruins monsters.
• Weapon Upgrader Crystals will now ignore player level requirement for players that rebirthed.
• Added Morgaroth and Zoralurk raids to the Mind Flayer levers.
• Added Morgaroth and Zoralurk raids to the Puppet Master divination card.
• Added new tasks for the following spawns: Minotaur Cultists, Lycantrophes, Forbidden Temple, Arid Plateau, Blighted Grotto, Feyrist Meadows, Nightmare Ruins, Old Fortress, Demon Jail and Primordial Prison. Additionally the task bosses of the new rebirth tasks will drop a token that grants 100 Artifact Spell experience.
• Fixed an issue with Feature Notifications on level advance showing up on each level advance for the most recent level milestone.
• Updated the broadcast prices.
• Fixed an issue with Marathon Man Chan responding with an empty message to certain messages.
• Added the Goblin King NPC to the main city (found in the tower north of the depot). The Goblin King will accept gold coin donations in exchange for personal experience boosts. The first experience boost will cost 1kk and each consecutive one will cost double the price of the previous one for a total of 5 boosts. The limit and price will reset weekly. Additionally players will be able to pool together their resources for a global experience boost once a week.
• Players that do not meet the Catacombs level requirement can no longer enter the pre-quest area.
• Minor Crystalline Tokens and Major Crystalline Tokens can now be exchanged into each other on use. Gnomission prices have been adjusted accordingly.
• Readded Amirada's reward chest with updated rewards.
• Fixed an issue with Morgaroth and Zoralurk dropping invalid Divination Cards.
• Fixed an issue with Tyransict causing the server to crash under some circumstances.
• The Music Box now has a 100% chance to tame a mount.
• Rust Removers can now be purchased from the Tool Vendor (for a higher price than from Defective Robo).
• Fixed an issue with the Special Beam Cannon spell teleporting players post-death sometimes.
• PvP experience will no longer be granted for party and guild members.
• Updated the Gaz'haragoth raid.
  • Moved the raid from Primordial Grounds to Primordial Prison.
  • Adjusted the health and damage.
  • Added scripted attacks.
  • Added previously unobtainable Demolisher's Legs, Amethyst Palladium Legs and Battlemage Legs as well as a new charm as a reward.
• The following dungeon bosses received scripted attacks to bring them on par with the rest of final dungeon bosses: Frey, Marsh Remnant, Norrix, Soul Warden and the Minotaur.
• Adjusted how luck is factored into the reward chest system. This is an overall buff.
• The turrets in Ferumbras' seal will now always spawn.
• Fixed an issue with Dark Tormentors not counting towards the Primordial Prison prey task.
• Fixed an issue with Blighted Hydras not counting towards the Blighted Ruins task.
• Fixed an issue with the Hellfire Circlet charm not being equipable.
• Made event time for world bosses uniform (10 hours).
• Added Orshabaal raid to Mind Flayer levers.
• Fire God's hail spell will now scale down in size with the area size as the fight progresses.
• Fixed an issue with Frey boss area not enclosing after the start of the encounter in the Bandit Hideout dungeon.
• Fixed vocation requirements for the Mana Transfer spell.
• Fixed a few reported map errors.
• Fixed an issue with the Music Box not showing a proper message when using it on an already tamed mount.
• Adjusted the price of the Orshabaal lever in Mind Flayers and fixed an issue with it not working properly.
• Fixed an issue with Tower Defense waves not working as intended.
• Updated speed values in the Football event.
• Fixed an issue where players could enter a protection zone through the World Ender teleport.
• Fixed an issue with the World Ender lever getting stuck under some circumstances.
• Decreased damage contribution quota for a number of endgame bosses in the reward chest system.
• Updated messages in the /war command.
• Adjusted kill count requirements for new tasks and prey tasks.
• Removed a number of endgame items from the Loot Trader.
• Players that die with red skull will drop their charms now.
• Players can now specify gold contribution for Goblin King's pot.

Website:

• Added a number of missing item images and outfits.
• Fixed an issue with Top 5 panel not working properly when there are no rebirthed players.

And yet another update coming soon!

We'd like to thank the Cyntarists that are still enjoying v12-s2
Red

 

[Red]

February 1 Patchnotes!

• Updated a number of quests to better reflect their state in the Quest Log.
• Replaced the Inquisition quest with the vanilla version of the quest.
• Reenabled the Convince Creature rune.
• Updated the Gaz'haragoth raid.
• Using spellbooks and !spells command will now send the new spellbook window.
• Fixed an issue where dungeon mod effects could carry over between two consecutive dungeon sessions under rare circumstances.
• Increased the frequency of Healing Totem's healing.
• Fixed an issue where players couldn't enter the Tower Defense event even without items.
• Taming a Black Sheep using the Music Box will now properly grant the First Herder Addon.
• Added inactivity timeout to Enchantment Crystal Combiner and Chisel Stack stations. Players will now be teleported out if they stay AFK at the stations (any items placed on the counters will be sent to the inbox).
• Added !time command that displays the current server time.
• Fixed an issue where damage wouldn't break mana shield properly under some circumstances.
• Jinx and Culex are now back from their vacation.
• Removed the Catacombs prey task. The task was defunct due to shared creatures with the Primordial Prison prey task. The Dark Lurkers have been moved to the Primordial Prison prey task so that the task can be completed in both spawns.
• Adjusted Recovery and Intense Recovery spells.
  • The spells can no longer be stacked.
  • Adjusted the cooldowns so that the spells can be alternated between with an overlap.
  • Adjusted the mana requirement of both spells.

We're pleased to see that v12-s2 still thriving. We're excited to share the results of our Cyntara v12-s2 survey soon!
Red

 

[Red]

Cyntara v12-s3 - Quarantine Edition will launch TOMORROW - March 29, 2020 @ 4:00pm EST!

Despite the overwhelming and continued success of Cyntara v12-s2 the Cyntara Staff has decided that in light of the current world events involving COVID-19 that we would release a special edition of Cyntara v12 for the large part of our playerbase that is currently under quarantine.

We're excited to see everybody tomorrow!

Red

 

[Red]

These are the combined patchnotes from the 25th March pre-patch as well as changes that will be released proper today.

Tips from the World Health Organization - COVID-19

» Wash your hands frequently.
» Avoid touching your face.
» Sneeze and cough into a tissue or your elbow.
» Avoid crowds and standing near others.
» Stay home if you think you might be sick.
» If you have a fever, cough, or difficulty breathing, follow advice given by your government's health authority.
» STAY INSIDE AND PLAY CYNTARA!

Smooth Experience Stages

The experience stages will no longer be drastic cut-offs at certain levels. Now, after each level advance, the experience stage will be adjusted at a very minor rate. This way, the game will not feel like you are losing out on large amounts of experience just because a level milestone was reached.

Friendly Fire Protection

One of commonly asked questsions was how to not deal damage to your party and guild members.
With this release we're adding friendly fire protection so that players will not deal any damage to their party and guild members.
This however would normally have negative effect on PvP and as such, as soon as either party engages in a PvP situation, the friendly fire protection is forfeit.

Minor server changes

» Added quest logs to almost every quest.
» Increased the maximum Soul Points from 200 to 300 for rebirthed players.
» Adjusted the Goblin King experience bonuses, the personal and global bonus experience rate has been reduced from 50% to 25% and the prices have been increased.
» Added Chisel Stacking Tool. The tool can be used on a stack of Blacksmith's Chisels to consume the chisels and add charges to the tool. It can then be used on an item to add quality based on the stored charges. This will reduce the clutter with Blacksmith's Chisels storage as well as allow players to improve the quality of their Artifact Weapons. The tool can be purchased from the Tool Vendor.
» Fixed an issue with the Healing Totem not working as intended sometimes.
» Fixed an issue with some on death achievements not working properly if a player logged out while a monster was still alive.
» Added more descriptive error messages to store unlockables.
» The Wise Man will now accept all Medicine Pouches just like Ottokar instead of one by one.
» Fixed an issue with the First Ceremonial Garb addon requiring wrong items.
» Fixed an issue with the Gaz'Haragoth Doll not working properly when equipped.
» Removed Behemoths from the medium Prey Task, they were added twice, once in medium and once in the hard tier while intended to be only in the hard tier.
» Fixed a corner case where the !afk command could break.
» Adjusted the damage of Exori Gran Ico spell in PvP (again).
» Optimized the server save time.
» Added Prey perk rerolls.

Minor client changes

» Fixed an issue with the Alchemy Window not recognizing all ingredients players have.
» Fixed an issue with the the Store Window displaying pre-discount price in the store when selecting a discounted offer (this was purely a visual bug).
» Fixed an issue with the Sell All option not taking sell blacklist into account.
» Added missing icons to the Server Activity Window.
» Improved the player overview window.
» Added disconnected VIP state, players that are xlogged will now display as orange.
» Added missing Prey tiers to the task tracker.
» Search boxes will now automatically be focused when a window that supports search functionality is shown.
» Chat input will no longer be cleared when changing between chat modes.
» Spawn guides now contain rebirth information.
» Spell casting from auto functions will now ignore level requirements for rebirthed characters.
» The Ignore List will now automatically enable when adding a first entry from the player context menu.
» Fixed an issue with the auto reconnect feature not working properly when the server is temporarily closed.
» Fixed an issue with average ping probes not resetting when changing proxies.
» Updated the client artwork and reworked the main menu.

Patch History

For those of you that are joining us for this quarantine season, here is a list of changes from the start of v12-s2.

» 18th December 2019 - Cyntara - Forum - Patchnotes - 18th Dec (https://cyntara.org/forum/thread/417/1)
» 20th December 2019 - Cyntara - Forum - Patchnotes - 20th Dec (https://cyntara.org/forum/thread/419/1)
» 27th December 2019 - Cyntara - Forum - Patchnotes - 27th Dec (https://cyntara.org/forum/thread/421/1)
» 3rd January 2020 - Cyntara - Forum - Patchnotes - 3rd Jan (https://cyntara.org/forum/thread/422/1)
» 10th January 2020 - Cyntara - Forum - Patchnotes - 10th Jan (https://cyntara.org/forum/thread/424/1)
» 18th January 2020 - Cyntara - Forum - Patchnotes - 18th Jan (https://cyntara.org/forum/thread/427/1)
» 1st February 2020 - Cyntara - Forum - Patchnotes - 1st Feb (https://cyntara.org/forum/thread/432/1)
» 16th February 2020 - Cyntara - Forum - Patchnotes - 16th Feb (https://cyntara.org/forum/thread/433/1)
» 25th March 2020 - Cyntara - Forum - Patchnotes - 25th Mar (https://cyntara.org/forum/thread/435/1)

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[TheMyth]

That is quite plenty MC that are allowed over here.


Cool how GM character is counted towards highscores, and nice how he is having some pretty good gear for a start:

 

[Red]

That is quite plenty MC that are allowed over here.

You will find a number of players that MC their alternate characters in trainers in order to bypass some of the skilling process. Cyntara complies with the status protocol rules laid out by Otservlist.org and reports the online count appropriately. Cyntara also does not allow botting, which you'll see in a majority of your top servers on the list.

Cool how GM character is counted towards highscores, and nice how he is having some pretty good gear for a start:

Why wouldn't one of my staff members characters be counted toward the highscores? They're legitimately playing and they're using Cyntara Coins that they purchased - the exact same as any other player. If there were anything unfair going on, why wouldn't it at least be hidden?

There are over 100 other players currently enjoying Cyntara right now; one of those players is @WibbenZ. Thanks for checking us out though

Red

 

[Alpha]

That is quite plenty MC that are allowed over here.
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Cool how GM character is counted towards highscores, and nice how he is having some pretty good gear for a start:
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That character isn't any different from a normal player just because there's a GM character on the same account. Also, you can buy that gear in the store, there should be a button with green colored text somewhere on the right that says "Store".

 

[TheMyth]

And what about this weapon being used pre 1000 lvl? Is that wrong information included in library or does donation remove level requirement or what else?

 

[Jaed Le Raep]

It's been really phenomenal playing such a balanced and professionally-done server Definitely up there with the rest of the awesome customs of today!

 

[WibbenZ]

And what about this weapon being used pre 1000 lvl? Is that wrong information included in library or does donation remove level requirement or what else?
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Correct, they have the same stats as items you can get in-game from quests etc so the only difference is the lvl req.

 

[Jaed Le Raep]

Though I have a guild I'd really like to have a team to play with, haha.

 

[TheMyth]

Server is pretty enjoyable to play. Everything implemented has that proffesional touch. Although I really dislike those system that reward you for just being offline even afk (even tho it is called Play Points here) with nearly no mc limitations which basically leads to some ppl having tones of MC just to farm those points since they give some nice rewards.

 

[Red]

Server is pretty enjoyable to play. Everything implemented has that proffesional touch. Although I really dislike those system that reward you for just being offline even afk (even tho it is called Play Points here) with nearly no mc limitations which basically leads to some ppl having tones of MC just to farm those points since they give some nice rewards.

Thanks for giving Cyntara a try, TheMyth. I'm glad that you've been enjoying yourself; we put a lot of time into Cyntara.

I agree with you regarding the issue that the Play Points system currently faces. Unfortunately, if we were to "fix" the Play Points issue now, we will have allowed a group of players to take advantage of the "exploit" in the earliest days of the season (where it's most valuable) and we will have closed the door for other players to "exploit" it in the future. We feel that by disallowing it this late into the season (where many Play Points rewards have already been redeemed) it would be less fair to the average player than providing a fix now. It's also worth mentioning that the entire last season ran successfully with the same issue, so server longevity should not be any different from last season.

Moving forward to the next actual Cyntara release (v13) this issue will definitely be fixed. We don't want players using the Play Points system in this fashion. As always, Cyntara is a work in progress. Thank you for your feedback

Red

 

[Leo32]

Eh ive always thought this project was a conflict of interest for a staff member to host.

Red hasnt contributed to otland since '14 and keeps one of the most needed contributions (stable, fleshed out client) to himself.

Its just yucky.

 

[Alpha]

Eh ive always thought this project was a conflict of interest for a staff member to host.

Red hasnt contributed to otland since '14 and keeps one of the most needed contributions (stable, fleshed out client) to himself.

Its just yucky.

You like to speak without knowing what you're talking about. He doesn't develop the client, it's not his code and neither owns it nor gets to decide what happens with it. It's up to the developer, Diath, whether or not to release any of the features. Diath maintains the OTClient repository alongside Iryont and has submitted code to it ever since Cyntara started using OTClient. Why do I not see you complaining about Iryont then, who does the same thing as Diath, but actually brought his fork of OTClient much further along, fixing pretty much every performance issue the client currently still faces?

Furthermore, Cyntara uses a heavily customized software stack, most of which would probably not even be compatible with the master branches of TFS & OTClient out of the box. Moderating the forum does not seem to count as a contribution either? He's one of the oldest staff members on this forum and has been doing it free of charge for years.

You only scratch the surface of things, without giving it a closer look, then portraying things wrong with half-assed truths in the end.

 

[Leo32]

You like to speak without knowing what you're talking about. He doesn't develop the client, it's not his code and neither owns it nor gets to decide what happens with it. It's up to the developer, Diath, whether or not to release any of the features. Diath maintains the OTClient repository alongside Iryont and has submitted code to it ever since Cyntara started using OTClient. Why do I not see you complaining about Iryont then, who does the same thing as Diath, but actually brought his fork of OTClient much further along, fixing pretty much every performance issue the client currently still faces?

Furthermore, Cyntara uses a heavily customized software stack, most of which would probably not even be compatible with the master branches of TFS & OTClient out of the box. Moderating the forum does not seem to count as a contribution either? He's one of the oldest staff members on this forum and has been doing it free of charge for years.

You only scratch the surface of things, without giving it a closer look, then portraying things wrong with half-assed truths in the end.

Iryont is not a contributor, he is a gatekeeper like wibben:

Commits · edubart/otclient

An alternative tibia client for otserv written in C++11 and Lua, made with a modular system that uses lua scripts for ingame interface and functionality, making otclient flexible and easy to custom...

github.com

Commits · otland/forgottenserver

A free and open-source MMORPG server emulator written in C++ - Commits · otland/forgottenserver

github.com

They dont do much anymore - just symbolic authority for no reason, old rot.
If Iryont or Diath has private repo that they contribute to, they are doing that while abandoning otclient repo.

most of which would probably not even be compatible with the master branches of TFS & OTClient out of the box.

Irrelevant, it's the point that matters.
@kondra and Cyntara devs are on the same moral footing - milking the community from different angles.

No one is forced to share, but when you're staff of the main opentibia forum - why be as recluse with contributing.
Expecially when the core fault in the TFS community right now is the lack of a solid client (otclient repo dead in 2015).

To me this is because of an attitude of fear:
If a server owner releases an otc module (even if its just a 12 client feature copy) then they have fear of competition.
But the development quality/age of the server is why its successful, not because of hoarding code like golum and the ring.

It's a small brain fear and hurts opentibia as a whole i.e. conflict of interest.

 

[Jaed Le Raep]

Iryont is not a contributor, he is a gatekeeper like wibben:

Commits · edubart/otclient

An alternative tibia client for otserv written in C++11 and Lua, made with a modular system that uses lua scripts for ingame interface and functionality, making otclient flexible and easy to custom...

github.com

Commits · otland/forgottenserver

A free and open-source MMORPG server emulator written in C++ - Commits · otland/forgottenserver

github.com

They dont do much anymore - just symbolic authority for no reason, old rot.
If Iryont or Diath has private repo that they contribute to, they are doing that while abandoning otclient repo.



Irrelevant, it's the point that matters.
@kondra and Cyntara devs are on the same moral footing - milking the community from different angles.

No one is forced to share, but when you're staff of the main opentibia forum - why be as recluse with contributing.
Expecially when the core fault in the TFS community right now is the lack of a solid client (otclient repo dead in 2015).

To me this is because of an attitude of fear:
If a server owner releases an otc module (even if its just a 12 client feature copy) then they have fear of competition.
But the development quality/age of the server is why its successful, not because of hoarding code like golum and the ring.

It's a small brain fear and hurts opentibia as a whole i.e. conflict of interest.

God forbid if when I was a Global Moderator over at Tibiafans I was defacto somehow supposed to not a) successfully run my own Open Tibia server and/or b) be one of those few who are responsible for developing any of the large projects that called Tibiafans home.

 

[Jaed Le Raep]

Seriously looking for a hunting partner level 600-700. Both my EK and my RP are in the top 10 of skills and just need a ride or die to level with.