2022 Balancing Update

Sindonic - Aug 31st 2022 04:21

Hello, Sprouts!

We are nearing the end of the year, and we have made a lot of progress. However in our last major news update https://worldofgriffia.com/home/news/2022preupdate  We talked about Magic Familiars and the changes to them earlier this year. Please familiarize yourself with that update before proceeding as we gave a lot of information and decision making process that will be beneficial to help you understand this update.

Let's start directly where we left off. We have taken a few months to see how the Love Item changes have affected redemptions. Redemptions are still taxed but we do want to report that the update is absolutely having the intended effect on subtypes. We are still waiting on semi-automation but overall we are pleased with the new system and the net positive it had. Since we are satisfied we are ready to move on to the other economy balancing measures we talked about. None of the updates outlined in this news update are live, this is our usual 30 day warning and preview of our planned balance pass!

The goal of this balance pass is to nerf Duo so we can buff other areas of the game without worrying about Duo’s ability disproportionately awarding GC. We are also adding new high-price cosmetics that have been heavily requested by the community. We feel the economy can handle them. We have provided our recommendations as always in the update, and the timelines for when these changes go live. We are still actively reviewing our economy and will evaluate this balance pass again after it has had time to take effect. Anyway, let's get into it.

Dates of Changes:
Magic Familiar changes and the comment to change them goes live on October 1st 2022.
Other item and Market changes and additions are added on the 1st of January 2023


MAGIC FAMILIARS

Duo
OLD
Items that Duo cannot duplicate: Uber Items, Voucher, Berries, Love Item

NEW
Items that Duo cannot duplicate: Voucher, Love Item, GC

Lucky
Lucky is canonically treasure themed. We want to make this exclusive to Lucky to improve their game feel. They are becoming the new treasure hoarder, and they will be getting all “treasure” items in the future. 

OLD
Chance to receive the following: Bean Key,Treasure Bean Chronopod Voucher, Status Berry Voucher, Fertilizer, Time Water

NEW
Chance to receive the following: Chronopod Voucher, Status Berry Voucher, Status Berry Voucher x2(rare), Fertilizer, Time Water, Companion Theme Biscuit, Grifolk Theme Biscuit (most rare)

 

Frootie
OLD
Chance to receive the following Fruit: Tamer, Ability, Dye, Enchanted, Fool, Glow, Hollow, Splice, Star

NEW
Chance to receive the following Fruit: Tamer, Ability, Dye(more rare), Enchanted, Fool, Glow, Hollow, Splice, Star, Hybrid Fruit(most rare)

Monnie
OLD
Chance to receive the following: x30 GC, x40 GC, x50 GC, x75 GC, x100 GC(rare), x300 GC(Most rare)

NEW
Chance to receive the following:  x30 GC, x40 GC, x50 GC, x75 GC, x100 GC(rare), x300 GC(more rare),  x500 GC (Most rare)

Until the end of the year 2022 you can exchange any Magic Familiar on your Griffolk for free in Account Support starting on October 1st. We understand that Magic Familiars have been largely the same for years and many players made their choices based on Duo’s ability, they deserve a right to change them. Be aware that while Magic Familiars may need nerfs/buffs in the future we likely will not offer this again. Please, think it over carefully since you can only do this once per character, keep in mind if you purchase a character that has had their Magic Familiars changed already, you can not change them again.

 

2023 ITEM AND MARKET CHANGES

Treasure Bean/Key and Treasure Jar
Have a bean, but no key? We are sick of it too! We are removing these items as containers, and bringing them back in the future as collectibles. We will be switching these items into a large GC payout in 2023, so be sure to collect them until then for a GC boost at the beginning of the year. : D

- Treasure items will be removed from Treasure Hunt and replaced with GC. 
- Treasure items wiill be removed from the Leed Gift and no item will be replaced here so that all Chronopod Gifts have similar amounts of items in them.
- Treasure items wiill be removed from the surprise crate for H&B and not replaced with any items.
- Treasure items in the Token Bundle prize will be replaced with x2 Uber Water
- Treasure items in Winning Flower will be replaced with a  Companion Theme Biscuit and a Tamer fruit

Market Cost Changes
Dye Fruit is going to become a more expensive item to purchase - Going from 150 GC to 300 GC
Theme Bisquit is going to become a more expensive item to purchase - Going from 50 GC to 300 GC
Both of their values will not change in the void well. 

New high-cost cosmetics in the Market.
Before we get to the exciting new items we just want to say that due to community feedback we have made the choice to make Hybrid Fruit transferable and earnable with GC. We had previously stated in town why this wasn’t going to happen and we were touched by the understanding of the community as well as their vision for the item. While we can’t always reverse our stance, we think that this is the right call and we will make all appropriate changes to reflect this. This means we will no longer only give Hybrid Fruit away in events for free. They are something users can save up for alongside their love items they accumulate to create hybrid dreamies. Or if they get lucky! Frootie might drop one as well!

Winning Flower is a pretty good GC sink, but with the amount of GC that we produce in our ARPG per month, we have finally made enough progress that we have decided the economy can handle more high-cost items. They are extremely expensive items people can save up for and look forward to earning with all the activity they do over time. We are a very customizable ARPG when it comes to characters, but there are always some things that are not changeable. How many of you have owned a dreamie, but it was not quite right? Love a design but hate the theme? Hate having 5 Ashfuants, but you can’t sell one because they are all great, and it is slowly driving you up a wall?! Bought a Solid Terradragon and just wished so bad it was a Liquid? Well this update is for you cause now you can finally fix it. 

Cosmetic -  Hybrid Fruit - 20,000 x GC (rarest drop for Frootie)
This item combines x2 Love items from the same species

Cosmetic -  Griffolk Theme Biscuit - 20,000 x GC (rarest drop for Lucky)
Note: if used on a bagbean, it must follow the subtype rules
All Griffolk that use this item will gain a  certificate in their masterlist that their theme got changed to avoid future confusions. Important! Once a theme is changed it is now open for others to claim it. (This is not the item’s official description, how to use will be outlined when posted) 

Cosmetic -  Subtype Fruit - 30,000 x GC
Note: If used on a bagbean, it does NOT change the theme and is a way to get around the theme rule.
All Griffolk that use this item will gain a  certificate in their masterlist that their subtype got changed to avoid future confusions. (This is not the item’s official description, how to use will be outlined when posted)

Note: This change does not automatically come with the automatic status and automatic mutation that this subtype has.
Note: This also includes the indigenous and prototype subtypes.

Cosmetic - Golden Hybrid Fruit - 100,000 x GC
This item can combine x3 Love items from the same species and can be combined with a hybrid fruit to create a total of x5 subtypes of the same species.(This is not the item’s official description, how to use will be outlined when posted)
Note: You can hybrid the same subtype as many times as you want. (example: 3x fauna)

These items may also appear as raffle prizes in events or be prizes for event activities in the future.. We are aware that with these changes we will need to redress GC awarded globally. We need to first see how these changes affect the economy. We will make an update about that when the time comes.

Thank you for reading!