It is with heavy hearts that the Admin team makes this post. With the introduction of the new notification center on DeviantART, the team felt that we could no longer operate on there. This meant closing the group on DeviantART and refocusing efforts to move art and reference submissions to the website. Since this was such and abrupt change, we have spent these past weeks brainstorming ways to make this transition easier for everyone without making it a solution that is a temporary fix.
This change has caused us to rethink our timeline and plans. Part of this has unfortunately putting stories and future game mechanics on hold. Instead we are focusing efforts on being able to pull away from deviantart and fix any systems that we can.
We thank you all for the patience and understanding as we handle this development. Hopefully, we will come back stronger and able to be our own entity.
Monthly Quest and Fractures
Because of the above, we are halting the new MQ chapter. This new chapter had lots of new changes and gameplay involved, but unfortunately those have had to be put on hold and without these things, the lore and story we would like to share would be lackluster. As EBotM tied closely with this, that is also being put on hold for the time being.
For those that have completed the MQ but have yet to submit it, we will honor them. These may be submitted and gain prizes until February 15th 2022.
Art Submissions
Art is the core of running an ARPG and with closing the DA group we knew we would have to get art submissions up and running.
Please read about how we will handle art submissions HERE.
Currently we are only accepting art from DeviantART and Buzzly Art. However, we are open to exploring other ideas. Please go to this thread HERE to express what art site you would like and why. The team has already listed sites we have considered and why we are hesitant.
References
As the team grappled with what to do with references, we decided the best way to handle them was just to get rid of them.
In their place we have created Character Profiles. These are designed to house the important information (Name and Breeding Slots) while also giving people an easy place to store their Ballator’s information.
Any unregistered Ballator and Ballators registered using refs may be registered using Character Profiles. No art required.
This system might have some hiccups and we appreciate your patience as we work out the kinks,