News Archive: Week 39, 2022

If the galactic terracoon and escalade were planets, it's like we just upgraded our telescopes and got some way nicer pictures of them. Wow! An astronomical change! Come be my pet now little fuzzy space pal and majestic space lord!

What's that I smell? Could it be the sweet autumn scents of cinnamon, apples, and pumpkins?

Enjoy the start of the (best) season with these new items in the Millionaire Center!

The Seasonal Quest Shop is also full of great seasonal goods.

Note: Anniversary items in quest shops have been moved to the Seasonal Quest Shop now that Autumn is active! They will retire at the end of the season. <3

The site has handled the Keelhauliday rush well, and we're so happy to see you all!

One of the big draws this time of year is the Ocean Depths vending machine, since its rarity cap is different and it gives out items from Freyalise as part of its pool while the shop is open. (Something to keep in mind if you have those stockpiled wizard tokens. ^_~ )

But when you go to a page like the vending machine where it's modifying your inventory, it counts all of the items in your inventory to check against inventory limit. Which it does by looking at ALL inventory items in all accounts, figuring out which ones belong to you, and creating a count of that. If you add/remove any items, that cached token is removed, and it does the query again. It's intensive even during normal site traffic, but works overtime during holidays. As just mentioned Subeta's coding does has a caching system to manage the queries, but the more people online the faster the cache expires and the 504s start creeping in.

One of the ways we can reduce this load is by managing items in the inventories of people who haven't logged on for a while; their inventory items still get counted and it's a constant bottleneck we're going to keep running into especially during busier times of the year. So starting soon, if you have not logged on in six months, items in your inventory will be automatically moved to your vault.

Keith is going to add a message to the inventory page that will show up for anyone whose items got moved, but we also wanted to get the word out to people otherwise and have this in Announcements for future reference.

Thank you for reading! May the Omen Islands waters be warm for you (or cool, depending on your preferences) and don't forget to put ideas you really want to see for upcoming festivities in the Suggestions thread!

We’ve changed the special item for our Subscription Quester, Councilor, and Goddess plans. We will be changing this special item slot every month.

The Hustler would very much like you to take these edible blubs off his hands.

Ahoy once more, landlubbers! The Freyalise Trading Co. be back from arr travels 'n dockin' fer 10 days while we rest arr sea legs, meet some ole scallywags, take yer doubloons 'n stock up fer the next voyage. If ye find that ole donkey Carl, ye tell 'im we're about up t' here wit' his misfortune, 'n if he doesn't stop givin' away our booty we'll make 'im walk the plank, we mighty will!

Arr what else to tell ye... Angrybeard be back in his galley, needin' help wit' the vermin, whilst Rathskellar Inn ain't only where us pirates be sleepin' but where ye can also pick up a fine meal to cure yer scurvy if ye wish. Don't ye be insulting the good wench Babette, either! She'll 'ave ye guts fer garters!

Translation: Hello again, people of the land! The Freyalise Trading Co. are back from our travels and we'll be docking in Port Plunder for the next 10 days while we have a little rest, meet our old friends, perform various business transactions and refuel for our next voyage. If you find our good friend Carl, tell him we're grateful for his continuing service in advertising our wares, and we definitely have only good feeling for him.

Now, what else to report... ah yes! Angrybeard is once again requiring your kindhearted assistance sprucing up his kitchen after the long journey, and his dear wife: the lovely Babette, is serving up a storm in her fine establishment, the Rathskellar Inn. Try the fish! It's delicious!

All quests have been reset.