Starlight Commons

Hey there Stellians!

With a few days off of the first month of Starlight Commons becoming available to everyone, I am so very humbled and thankful for each and every one of you that has made this venture of mine become real. From those who are looking to get their own start or those who have already bought and participated in the ARPG, and even the lurkers who are just interested in seeing this group grow, thank you.

This update today is to cover some new additions to the game as well as a couple changes.

As we've been getting things ready for future updates, we realized that the Astral Cores needed a meaning in the game beyond the lore listed on their information page. We mulled over several ideas to give them before we settled on an Attributes boost that will be applied to each character when they unlock the core(s). This boost is large enough to help push a character forward in their Mission training, however minimal enough that it does not overpower a character in a certain category over one that does not just from the addition of a core or its base core.

The stat additions for each kind of core is listed below:
Astral Light Core | +5 Agility (AGI) Levels
Astral Burning Core | +5 Strength (STR) Levels
Astral Radiation Core | +5 Defense (DEF) Levels
Astral Brilliance Core | +5 Charisma (CHA) Levels
Astral Grim Core | +5 Intelligence (INT) Levels

As of the posting of this update, the entire Starlight Commons Masterlist has been updated to reflect these Attribute changes depending on the core they have.

As of today, Berhael Ingotbrand has returned from his recent expedition with new materials to help further his business and livelihood. Although he was not thrilled to learn he would be teaching a new course alongside his other responsibilities, Quasar Academy was able to put together the Coresmithing Course for him to teach his knowledge to other Stellaborn wishing to learn about the art of being a Coresmith. Completing this course also allows Stellaborn to become Clusterfall certified, which will allow them to enter the public digsite(s) the next time one occurs.

The rumor mill is still debating on when the next public Clusterfall will be, though most believe it may be within the next two months.

The point of the collection Activities is to give free and easy chances to collect items after the completion of prerequisites with the ability to gain more if members work more on their characters through Mythic Courses or consumable items. However, to keep the game comparable to everyone regardless of how they gain their new characters, we have decided to implement a character cap of four characters per week to collection Activities.

Due to this being a larger game-affecting change, the character cap will not be enforced until 8/19/2024.

As we were putting together the changes to Astral Cores and prepping other updates for the future, it became apparent that Chronovelour needed to become more widely available. However due to it being a stat boosting item and us still learning our market, we decided that it would not become a constantly available item.

With that being said, we are ready to release it on a bi-weekly schedule to be available in The Saddlery Shop thanks to the hard work of Berhael Ingotbrand. Every color of Chronovelour will be available to purchase for 200 Star Tokens each. When they are available, the notification of the change will be sent alongside the @News ping every week in the Starlight Commons Discord.

Chronovelour will also be an item that can be crafted by Stellaborn that have completed the Coresmithing Course, and the crafting recipe will be available when all of its pieces are completed and available for everyone. The timeframe for this will be somewhere within the next two months.

Additions
- Astral Cores now have base stat boosts of +5 to a specific attribute depending on their type.
- The addition of the Coresmithing Course.
- The item addition of the Radgar Steel Hammer.
- The item addition of the Coresmithing Course Diploma.

Changes
- Updated the Mythic Courses page to include a 'Seminar' section for additional courses.
- Updated Berael Ingotbrand's NPC page.
- Activities will have a four character entry cap per player. [Enforced on 8/19/2024]
- Chronovelour will be added to The Saddlery Shop bi-weekly.
- Moved Major Announcement 1 to the 'Older Editions' section of the News Stand.