UPDATES: APPS, BOUNTIES, AND MORE

[futurologists]

GAME UPDATES Hello, Futurologists! Here are some quick update notes to keep you abreast of behind-the-scenes tweaks: PUBLIC APPS. After some deliberation, we have decided to lower the requirements needed in order to open public apps. Previously, we required ten player slots (roughly 17% of the 60 player cap) in order for public apps to open. We are now changing this to six player slots (10%). As a reminder, apps for second characters will open between missions regardless; we only need player slots in order to open public apps for new players. And, speaking of second characters... SECOND CHARACTER APPS. We have removed the rule that requires your AC proofs to be from consecutive months only if you were on hiatus during the proof-gathering time. For example, if you had double AC in February and hiatused in March, you can now supply double proofs from April as well. If you were not on hiatus, you will still need to supply proofs from consecutive months (in this case, March and April). BOUNTY REQUIREMENTS. We have decided to lower the comment requirements to complete white, green, and blue bounties, though we have not yet decided the exact details. We will go into more in depth during the Post-Mission Assessment going up in a few days and ask for player input! Regardless, the comment requirement to complete purple, orange, and spec bounties will remain 10 comments due to the increased "difficulty" level. PLOT MODS. The mod team has been discussing the possibility of adding another plot mod. We may post an interest check at a later date, but there is no guarantee we will open apps; we are still in the early stages of discussion. And as a reminder, voting for Guild Ophelia's uniform is still open! Finalist voting will go up on 11 March along with the post-mission assessment. To view more upcoming events, refer to the March calendar.