Official Forum Archive/2018

Official forum posts from 2018

This chronological index lists 191 preserved original posts from the official Shroud of the Avatar forum in 2018. Curated pages contain editorial summaries; other entries are archival catalog records.

Announcements

January 16 — Global Login Maintenance on Jan. 17 at 3AM CT (9AM GMT)
January 18 — R49 Postmortem Missed Questions
January 24 — Release 50 Instructions
January 25 — R50 & R51: Skill Unlearning 100% Return
January 25 — Free Trial: Choose Any Path!
January 25 — Release 50 QA Testing Incentive Winners
January 26 — R50 Foraging Fixes
January 31 — Real Money Transactions and Shroud of the Avatar
January 31 — Rest in Peace Bag Mode
February 5 — No POTs in Offline Mode
February 7 — R50 Postmortem Missed Questions
February 12 — For Rent Flier (and Boards)
February 15 — Store Adjustments for Launch: Store Reduction & Crown/Bundle Repricing
February 16 — Black Sun Customer Migration
February 20 — Place Anywhere Lot Deeds Restock
February 21 — Release 51 Instructions
February 22 — Release 51 QA Testing Raffle Winners
February 22 — Name Entry / Tombstone: Slight Delay
February 22 — Invisible Vendors Bug (Patch #733), Fix on Friday
February 27 — Environmental Area Effects (lava, poison, etc.) Bug: Stay Away!
March 1 — Restructuring the official Forum
March 5 — Customer Support email response may take a bit longer than usual
March 8 — Community Ambassadors Wanted!
March 9 — R51 Postmortem Missed Questions
March 19 — Bug: Equipment Durability Loss
March 21 — Forum users with all messages appearing deleted
March 22 — R52 QA Testing Incentives Program limited time Special Rares!
March 26 — New international Forum section: "Avatars around the world"
March 26 — SotA - New Website and User Expanded Support (Travian Games)
March 26 — Release 52 Instructions
March 27 — New Trailer - The Path of Virtue
March 27 — The Shroud of the Avatar Ambassadors
March 27 — Release 52 QA Testing Raffle Winners
March 28 — 2-Week Double XP Launch Spree!
March 28 — KNOWN ISSUE: Peripheral Lighting and Performance
March 28 — Monthly Livestream: Release 52 – April 6, 2018 (NEW DATE!)
March 29 — Heraldry Blazon Guidelines
March 29 — Q2 2018 Schedule Update
March 29 — Store Pricing Structure for Various International Territories
March 30 — FIXED: Invisible Heraldry Items
March 30 — KNOWN ISSUE: Female plate and leather heraldry armors are missing blazons
March 30 — Don't Fear the Reaper: Use the Cowbell
April 3 — Launching the Global Service – Some known issues and plans.
April 5 — Stream with Us! Introducing the Shroud of the Avatar Livestreamer Program
April 6 — Monthly Livestream today (Fri) = "Postmortem"
April 6 — Store Open with "everything" for livestream today!
April 9 — UPDATE: Maintenance Completed (Server downtime for performance maintenance on April 9, 2018)
April 10 — Store Credits Exchange to Gold Crowns: May 7th
April 10 — Pattern Removers: Coming in R54
April 10 — New Community Manager
April 11 — Community Spotlight - Ordinis Mortis, Player Owned Town
April 12 — Monthly Livestream: R52 Missed Questions
April 12 — Launch Promotion: Full Add On Store for rest of April
April 17 — Stress Test on QA Server Mon Apr 23, 3 PM CDT (20 UTC): Dance Party / Boss Summons in Rift's End
April 19 — R53 Dance Party Apr 27: Double Feature 2-4 PM CDT (19-21 UTC) & 6-8 PM CDT (23 -1 UTC)
April 20 — 4/20 POT Upgrades Sale Today!
April 23 — UPDATED: Double XP for Week 1 & 2 of R53
April 24 — UPDATED: Release 53 Livestream – May 4, 2018 (Sky Navy Themed!)
April 24 — "(Digital)" marker being removed for new store items
April 25 — Calling for bi-lingual Text-bug hunters
April 25 — Release 53 Instructions
April 25 — Crown Items Added to Add On Store
April 26 — In-game map not working? Read this...
April 26 — Release 53 Lot Deed Raffle Winners, R54 Raffle Tickets Now Available
April 26 — Release 53 QA Testing Raffle Winners
April 26 — UPDATE: Heraldry Items for Store Now Live
April 27 — Something is coming....
May 3 — A new Community Manager for New Britannia
May 3 — New Community Manager
May 4 — Travian Transition On Hold
May 4 — R53 Livestream: Sales & Stretchgoals Changed
May 8 — R53 Livestream Missed Questions
May 18 — KNOWN ISSUE: 777 LINUX Graphics on Load In
May 23 — Report All Exploits Via Player Services Email
May 29 — Arcane Catalysts: You might trigger AutoBan!
May 30 — Release 54 Instructions
May 31 — UPDATE FIXED NOW: Double XP Broken, Fix in R54 First Patch
May 31 — Ending quest lines experience bug
May 31 — Release 54 Lot Deed Raffle Winners, R55 Raffle Tickets Now Available
June 1 — FIXED: Upgrading from Game Access to Bundles not Working
June 4 — Release 54 QA Testing Raffle Winners
June 5 — Botting and Macroing Policy and Guidelines
June 6 — Special Friday (June 8) Livestream – R54 Stretch Goals Continue (Tropical Themed)!
June 11 — (SPOILER) POT Row Lot Deed Reward for Completing Story (R55)
June 15 — Avatar’s Update #284: The Making of East Vauban Foothills
June 19 — Company Status
June 20 — R55 Bug Forums
June 21 — Custom Avatar Head now Lord Forged Items
June 21 — Custom Static Player Owned Towns: Discontinued
June 21 — Lord British Birthday Double XP Weekends
June 26 — The Obsidian Trial - PVP Play Tests June 29!
June 27 — Release 55 Instructions
June 28 — Q3 Schedule Update
June 28 — Color Commentary on Bugs, Suggestions, etc. = Not Helpful
June 28 — Release 55 QA Testing Incentive Winners
June 28 — Release 55 Lot Deed Raffle Winners
July 5 — R54 Livestream Missed Questions (Part 1)
July 10 — Discontinuation of website shroudoftheavatar.game
July 11 — Temporary Reduction in Brewed Beverages Values in 805
July 11 — Release 55 Livestream Part 2 - Lord British Themed!
July 13 — Shooter Jennings "Shooter" Album Release Party - July 31
July 18 — Player Marketplace: Account Sales & Transfers Policy Enforcement
July 18 — Physical Goods Shipping Update
July 23 — We need YOU to test The Obsidian Trial!
July 24 — Community Livestream - R56 Obsidian Trials July 27
July 25 — Shroud's Status, Criticism, Healthy Debate, & the Future
July 25 — Release 56 Instructions
July 26 — COMPLETED: CRITICAL: R56 Restart and Rollback
July 26 — Double XP and Sales 1 day early!
July 26 — GOALS UPDATED: Release 56 Livestream: Cosmos Themed!
July 26 — Starr out for the Weekend
August 2 — Alternative R56 Livestream Stretch Goals?
August 3 — Stretch Goal Tracking Changes
August 3 — R56 Livestream Goals Updated: Aether Weapons and Deco
August 16 — SotA & Travian Games @ Gamescom
August 20 — Shroud of the Avatar Boxes Shipping Update August 20, 2018
August 24 — Live stream dungeon demo!
August 27 — Collector's Boxes Shipping & Arriving!
August 29 — Release 57 Instructions
August 29 — Wyvern experiencing delays
August 29 — Rewards Program Titles: Keepers of the Shroud
August 30 — FIXED: Emails Delayed (purchase, registration, etc.)
August 30 — Release 57 Lot Deed Raffle Complete, R58 Raffle Tickets Now Available
September 4 — UPDATED: We Are Beary Beary Sorry
September 4 — We finally got our (arti) Facts Straight!!! (Aether Orb & Creepy Dolly)
September 7 — Avatar’s Update #296: R57 Livestream Today, Commission Free Vendors & Expert Crafting Stations For S
September 11 — Collector's Boxes Shipping Phase 2 (and printed book update)
September 11 — Stacked planter beds and pots
September 14 — Avatar's Update #297: Collector's Boxes Shipping Phase 2 & Weekend Music Sale
September 14 — No Community Livestream Sep. 14
September 15 — [RESOLVED] Delayed emails
September 17 — Portalarium has moved! (expect some delays)
September 21 — Avatar's Update #298: Final Friday for R57 Stretch Goals, R58 on QA, & Player Books Livestream
September 26 — Release 58 Instructions
September 26 — Q4 2018 Schedule Update
September 27 — Release 58 Lot Deed Raffle Complete, R59 Raffle Tickets Now Available
September 28 — Release 57 Stretch Goals have been awarded
October 3 — REMINDER: Release 58 Livestream tomorrow (Thu Oct 4)!
October 4 — Physical Goods Address Verification Update
October 5 — [Resolved] Game connectivity issue (Oct 5)
October 7 — Server connection update
October 10 — [RP-Event] Chapter 1: Nightmares of Novia
October 11 — Lord British Creative Director
October 14 — [RP-Event] Chapter 2: The First Assault
October 18 — [RP + PvPvE - Event] Chapter 3: The Descended Avatar
October 18 — Physical Goods Shipping Phase 2 - Check your Shipping Address by Nov 2!
October 22 — [RP-Event] Chapter 4: The Seven Seals
October 24 — Release 59 Instructions
October 24 — Release 58 Stretch Goals have been awarded
October 26 — [RESOLVED] Browser Lockups
October 26 — Release 59 Lot Deed Raffle Complete
October 27 — [RP-Event]Chapter 5: The Dark Convention
October 27 — [RP-Event]: Chapter VI: The Last Dire Portal
October 29 — Release 59: Delayed Content
November 2 — UPDATED 2: Automatic Redemption of Rewards Release 63 (was 62)
November 2 — Universal Broadcast Orbs now deliver for pledge Character Slots
November 7 — Boxes Update: Backer's Boxes Phase 2 & Signed Boxes
November 9 — Avatar’s Update #305: Sandbox Livestream Today & R60 on QA
November 13 — R60 Change: Being Fully Encumbered Will Block Loot & Trade (UPDATED)
November 14 — Release 60 Instructions (UPDATED)
November 16 — Release 59 Stretch Goals have been awarded
November 23 — Black Friday Sale!
November 26 — Bundle Expirations: Request a manual upgrade for Crowns by Nov 30 or Dec 21
November 27 — Crown Migration for Release 61
December 4 — Testing Incentives Program: Updated with more Rare Rewards!
December 12 — Release 61 Instructions
December 12 — Release 61 Maintenance Window Starting an hour earlier than normal
December 13 — Q1 2019 Schedule Update
December 13 — More heraldry items on Crown Merchants
December 14 — Release 60 Stretch Goals have been awarded
December 20 — Login during R61 for free Respec!
December 21 — Shipping Phase 2 Update - December 2018

Developer Work and Blog

January 11 — South Drachvald Spur Preview!
January 31 — Lost Vale
February 2 — Vendor Variations & Improvements
February 7 — The Making of South Midmaer Way
March 6 — Northwood, Uncloning! - Sneak Peek
March 7 — The Making of Blood River Forest
March 13 — The Making of South Boundless Forest
March 27 — The Making of Quel Shardfall
April 4 — The making of Eastmarch
April 5 — Penmawr Island Sneak Peek!
April 5 — The Making of Tenebris Harbor
May 3 — The Making of Westend
May 10 — Upper Tears Preview
May 10 — The Making of Shaminian Hills
June 7 — The Making of Norgard Fens
June 13 — The Making of East Vauban Foothills
June 20 — Sneak Preview of the first Obsidian Trials map
July 19 — Sneak Peak of Solace Bridge Redo
August 16 — Dungeon Basements - sneak peak

Official forum posts from 2018

Announcements

Developer Work and Blog

See also