Introducing a new feature & other things!
This has been a fair while in the works but finally we were able to get it working enough to present to you. So, with great excitement, we would like to introduce Life Points. This is the a new feature that will be replacing the reward system 'Runes', as we think that these points provide a much more interactive and beneficial way to engage your characters on RoW! The premise of these points are simple: during your characters stay at RoW they can earn (and lose!) points depending on naturally progressing IC events. For example if your wolf creates a pack, has pups, participates in a pack activity, joins a pack and so on they earn a certain number of points!
The points you collect are divided into categories — Development, Pack, Physique and Skill. However these aren't points you just collect for the hell of it — they'll help in a variety of ways, and we hope a few more we have yet to think off! But the most prominent one that comes to mind is a fairer (though note: not absolute) way of judging rank challenges or fights. Though this is not their only purpose, they will also be used to decide other things as well as determine things such as whether your wolf can start a pack or not and so on, to give you a reason to earn them... And, as much as silly as it sounds to admit it, they are just fun to collect and help develop your character!
For more information on what life points are and how to collect them view this library article here. To actually start collecting your life points (and learn the temporary 'rules' for setting them up for old members) click here. Please post any comments/feedback on this thread!
NOTE: The life points feature is in a 'beta' phase, so please expect a few bugs for now!
Other things!
First off.. congratulations to Iceh and her Richter for winning Member and Wolf of the month respectively! A new member, you've been a wonderful addition to our community so far. In other news... Profiles have had a small remodel (and a temporary one for life points) and now feature a personality field that will disappear if not in use (so ignore if not interested) and the biography field will now also disappear if you decide not to use that either! We have also brought back the Den field so that you can select the area your wolf most frequents/dens in, which is especially useful now we have return of the regions. Also, please note, Game information is in the process of being moved permanently to the Library.