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Developer Update 5 Year Anniversary Update

There isn't much new from the last update other than that we tracked down and resolved the root cause(s) for item stat generation for normal gear and dragon gear. We are currently weighing the pros and cons of overhauling the way that the Dragon's Prophet client accesses files and how the data system works; this is something that needs to be done before public testing can begin as it would require a whole new client entirely as the packed data itself would become obsolete.

The con is obviously that the source update will take longer to come out as a significant amount of development and testing will need to be invested into this change. It would also require changes to our custom data tool, the patching system, and an entirely new launcher. These are systems that we have already made some changes to or are things we plan to do more to in the future, though not to the extent of completely overhauling and optimizing the systems.

The pros are that we would be able to optimize the client further than we already have; we have so far doubled to tripled performance for some hardware configurations; newer hardware should be able to run around 60FPS, with some getting up to 200-250FPS. This is both GPU and CPU dependent, with load times being affected by SSD and OS configuration. We estimate that optimizing the file and data systems will bring us an additional 20-40% improvement, as they are currently accounting for 60% of the bottleneck that Dragon's Prophet currently experiences. While I also listed it under cons, the pros of overhauling the system means that we can make significant improvements to the patching system so that patches can be bi-directional, allowing us to properly rollback patches rather than just patching older patches on top. It would also mean that we can do a major overhaul of the launcher and introduce things such as a "first launch" where game data is downloaded through on first launch, allowing for a smaller installer.

Other than the consideration and research we are putting into overhauling the file and data systems, we are also looking at implementing another UI engine. The current engine would still be used as is, but we would have the option to implement new UI (such as the loot pet filter that has been requested) as well as rewriting the chat system so that we can put in support for modern emoji. This is currently being researched while we're brainstorming what is needed for the client overhaul (and whether we will do it or not). The likelihood of us converting fully from Scaleform to the new engine is very slim due to the amount of work involved, and that it would likely once again require a completely new client.

The news background is done by @Arborath (our resident masochist artist).

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Announcement Valentines & Chinese New Year event delayed till 2/21/2022

Because I was busy working out bugs on the large patch that is coming soon, I completely forgot to enable the Chinese New Year and Valentine event.

I have enabled them now, but they will not be active until next Monday after maintenance and I will run the noodle event for two weeks for the delay (even though I have to manually start the stupid dragons).

We have been holding off on doing any large updates as all of the updates for the beta branch will break compatibility with the current Dragon's Prophet server/client, and Dragon's Prophet does not easily allow for reversion of patches. Here is a list of below what will be coming in the patch:
  • Skyhammer Warcharger
  • Royal Destrier
  • Prince of Autumn (shown above, and also known as Wafflecone Rapidash)
  • Ao Pu, the Karmic Judge
  • Chi Fu, the Demon of Entropy
  • Luo Yi, the Twilight Eclipse
  • Sha Ting, the Divine Storm
  • Amora, the Osiran Cupid
  • Some announced and unannounced dragons that still do not have names
  • Loot pets for exclusive dragons that do not have them
    • Two new loot pets that have been previewed in the Discord
  • Transformation medals for exclusive dragons that do not have them
  • Possible change to how the gacha works soon, so that people do not continue to get the same roll

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Dragon Preview Introducing: Amora, the Osiran Cupid

Amora is the pink valentine pillow that we have been getting requests for for years. Originally we had planned to overhaul the base texture to make it closer to the Whirlmoon texture, but due to time constraints we are going to look at doing that later this year.

Players who have Amora will get the title "Osiran Matchmaker". This Dragon will also come with the Adept Dragon Tamer skill.

Thanks to @Heroine for help with the compendium.

If you are interested in getting early previews on what Aiden is working on, or want to help support her to do dragons more often you can follow or support her Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user/posts?u=20328797

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Dragon Preview Introducing: Sha Ting, the Divine Storm

Sha Ting is the final of the four new Chiense Dragons that are being added to Dragon's Prophet. This dragon was a byproduct of @Aiden experimenting and we ended up really liking the direction it was going, and decided to refine it and add it to the game. Sha Ting originally was going to be a ocean/sea concept, but @Compeador pointed out that a thunder/lightning/storm concept would fit it better.

Players who have Sha Ting will get the title "Eye of the Storm". This Dragon will also come with the Adept Dragon Tamer skill.

Thanks to @Compeador for helping with the names and @Heroine for help with the compendium.

If you are interested in getting early previews on what Aiden is working on, or want to help support her to do dragons more often you can follow or support her Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user/posts?u=20328797

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Dragon Preview Introducing: Luo Yi, the Twilight Eclipse

Luo Yi is the third of the four new Chinese Dragons that are coming to Dragon's Prophet. This is another original concept by @Vipera for the skateboard merchandise and was designed with being the opposite of Yan Yu, the Cosmic Emperor. Where Yan Yu represents deep space and the night sky, Luo Yi represents the transitions between sunrise and sunset.

Players who have Luo Yi will get the title "The Legend of the Twilight". This Dragon will also come with the Adept Dragon Tamer skill.

Thanks to @Compeador for helping with the names and @Heroine for help with the compendium.

If you are interested in getting early previews on what Aiden is working on, or want to help support her to do dragons more often you can follow or support her Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user/posts?u=20328797

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Dragon Preview Introducing: Ao Pu, the Karmic Judge

Ao Pu is the second of the four new Chinese Dragons that are coming to Dragon's Prophet. This is an original concept of @Aiden that was done to be opposite of Chi Fu and was meant to have a theme of holiness, light and purity. This also served as a test for playing around with making opalescent textures that play well with Dragon's Prophet graphics. The colors used for the emissive layer are all borrowed from @Annimora and her Crystalline Chaos submission Opal Wind.

Players who have Ao Pu will get the title "The Holy Judge". This Dragon will also come with the Adept Dragon Tamer skill.

Thanks to @Compeador for helping with the names and @Heroine for help with the compendium.

If you are interested in getting early previews on what Aiden is working on, or want to help support her to do dragons more often you can follow or support her Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user/posts?u=20328797

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Dragon Preview Introducing: Chi Fu, the Demon of Entropy

Chi Fu is the first of the four new Chinese Dragons that are coming to Dragon's Prophet. The original concept was done by @Vipera for the skateboard merchandise and then textured by @Aiden. This dragon uses the same base as Yan Yu and Zuo Ran and is meant to take the place of the black and red Chinese Dragon from Russia that we have still been unable to find. Thematically it is a Dragon that is in opposition to Ao Pu, the Karmic Judge and is meant to represent evil and negativity.

We also just wanted to make a complete edgelord Dragon.

Players who have Chi Fu will get the title "Lord of Chaos and Entropy". This Dragon will also come with the Adept Dragon Tamer skill.

Thanks to @Compeador for helping with the names and @Heroine for help with the compendium.

If you are interested in getting early previews on what Aiden is working on, or want to help support her to do dragons more often you can follow or support her Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/user/posts?u=20328797

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Class help

After reading some threads in the Guides and tips and Class & dragons, it seems people need help around guardian builds, dragons, and dragon armor etc. If anyone needs help Regarding any of this, for any class, they can message me in-game at Bloodygenesis or GodsBlade. You can even message me on discord, but let me know who you are and what you need. Discord: $akuraDeezNutz#4228

Teritory war

I cannot enter the war zone, i can enter the island but the war officer doesnt let me attend war saying ''Max number of allience isles'' but my guild and allience has no islands right now (from what i know) if i try to enter already captured islands i just cant and if i try non captured islands the war officer doesnt appear, i just spawn under the ground

what can i do to enter a war zone?

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