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[Jonathan]

Upcoming Change to Factions, Pets & Kingdom Levelling

Ahoy, adventurers! We are making some small changes to make it easier for players to advance their kingdom power levels with pets. Faction pets will now contribute to their faction’s linked kingdom. This means that even when kingdoms have exclusive cosmetic pets released, there will be more pets available to help increase kingdom levels. For example, in August an exclusive cosmetic pet is releasing for Darkstone, which will be needed in time to increase Darkstone’s kingdom level. With this cha…

One Upon a Time in Brightstone

Once upon a time there was a kingdom called Brightstone, a shining beacon in the Elder Sea. The locals were known as a cheerful bunch, open minded, fairness a central pillar of their community. There was just one flaw marring the overall state of happiness, an old rivalry with Sword’s Edge, culminating in a race for fame they were slowly losing. The king gathered his advisors, looking for a solution. “It’s trade, more precisely pet trade, that allows Sword’s Edge to grow this fast” the Supreme …

(That one was written by you, @Fourdottwoone!! )

I could have sworn there was another, more informal discussion about it prior to both of these, but couldn’t find it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Edit: e.g. a month earlier, 4.21 said this, which alludes to an earlier discussion in which it was said:

@Fourdottwoone

As much as I recall we’ve been told that cosmetic pets are never going to make any difference, it’s just that Ninja Cat apparently is going to be the roadblock for Darkstone > 14 for a very long time.