Hey everyone, I'm here to announce some significant changes for our events this year.
Eldemore is at a place now where it needs some revitalization. It has done very well the past few years, but for its long-term growth, it needs to be revamped and updated. Because of the way our site has evolved so much since its creation, it has been a difficult code base to work with. Eldemore has grown out of the phpBB forum software, which at this point, is holding us back. Things have been error prone and putting together events has proven to be a monumental task each season, given the level of thought and care we put into them. So we've decided to build a new Eldemore.
Therefore, we will be scaling back events a lot for this coming year. The story and new features will be scaled back to minimal while we focus our efforts on building a new Eldemore. We will continue to do events and give out themed pets, but there won't be NPC's, backgrounds, or story. Just tokens and pets with a theme, starting with our Spring event. We don't like doing this, but the current site makes it difficult for us to be flexible and develop our events and features. A new site will breathe all new life into Eldemore and give us tons more flexibility to do the kind of things we've always wanted to, which to me, is very exciting.
Now I don't have much to tell you about the new site except that it's already been started on, but it will still be the same game you've all come to love. No features are being removed (including the forums), no data will be reset or lost, and we are still definitely a pet adopts site. I can't say what all new features we will be adding, but we have listened to your feedback and requests and will be taking those things into consideration. Right now, we are hoping to have this ready by the end of the year. Also, I am still working on the big item trading update, so that will hopefully be rolled out shortly.
So again, that's why our events will be very minimalistic for the coming year. If you have any questions, please post them here and I will do my best to answer them.
Thanks everyone for your support!