Our great and majestic Luxion is back in the Hub and he brings us tons of wonderful items!

Luxion will be waiting for you in the Light's Den from March 18, and he will magically disappear on March 21 at 11:00 am UTC.

Here are some pictures of Luxion's special offers!

Rampage Raptor (Mount)
Laevantis WV-4 Hoverboard (Mount)
Toasty Coaster (Mount)
Armored Archaeoceratops (Mount)
Bouncy Ladybug (Mount)

What are you waiting for? Grab your dragon coins and hurry up, dear Trovians!

Luxion’s loot is a way for players who have missed out on time-limited items in the past to collect them directly. You will also find brand new items change out periodically for a higher amount of Dragon Coins. Items will repeat eventually, but it may take a while for a specific loot item to return, so be sure to check back every visit!

Greetings, coffee lovers!

Let’s begin this new entry with an easy question: when you think of the origins of your favorite drink, what country comes to your mind?

We're 90% sure you've always thought of Colombia. It’s a pretty common answer since the bean varieties this country has produced since 1835 are very popular all over the world. Also, mass media have been reminding us of its relevance in the world coffee production scheme forever. But the truth is this delicious beverage, brewed from the roasted seeds of the coffee tree, comes from a very different place and time. Let’s take a closer look at Ethiopia in the 9th Century.


(Original photo by Tracks4Africa.)

Not a single scientific evidence or primary historical source has corroborated this legend, but the most popular story we know about the discovery of coffee seems to come from the Ethiopian region of Kaffa, which is characterized by its endless mountains and fertile soil. It is said that a shepherd named Kaldi found his goats (or sheeps, it depends on who you ask) eating a never-seen type of red seed that changed their behavior: his animals, always gentle and peaceful, suddenly started to get nervous and fight each other.

The tale of Kaldi was first mentioned by Antoine Faustus Nairon, a Roman professor of Oriental languages, in De saluberrima potione cahue seu cafe nuncupata discursus (Discourse on the very healthy coffee beverage and description of its virtues, published in 1671). However, it wasn’t the earliest essay focused on the understanding of coffee: in 1587, the poet Sheik Abd-al-Qadir wrote In Praise of Coffee, a piece of work jealously preserved at the National Library of Paris.



Leaving aside the story of Kaldi, we know that in the 15th Century coffee cultivation, trade and consumption were already widespread in Yemen. Commerce between Yemen and Arabia was flourishing, so it helped lead to the birth of the “kaveh kanes” at Mecca. “Kaveh” or “qahwa” (قَهْوَة) means “coffee” in Arab. This is the original name of the coffee shops, where men gathered to talk about politics and social matters with a hot cup of coffee between their hands.

Due to some conservative beliefs around stimulant substances that were prevalent during those times, “Kaveh kanes” were closed down and forbidden by law over and over. Their growing popularity forced the authorities to legalize them again, but it happened in exchange for their owners paying elevated taxes.

For at least 200 years, Arabs kept control of the coffee exportation business by making sure the beans they sell were already roasted and ready for consumption. But in 1616, the Netherlands managed to introduce fertile seeds in Europe and, through colonization, the expansion of the coffee tree around the world became unstoppable. They called it “koffie”, and that’s much closer to the way we say it nowadays!


(This is how an Egyptian coffee shop was like in the 19th Century!)

We hope you enjoyed this brief introduction into the amazing world of coffee! We’ll be back next month with a new story to share with you. In the meantime, you can join our small and homely community on Discord to discuss the origins of this magical beverage we all love — and even Coffee Shop Tycoon, haha.

See you very soon, enjoy your coffee!
The Riff Studios team

I stayed up all night working on these after launching yesterday's patch lol

The leave penalties has been turned into a strike system. When you leave a match, you will receive a strike that expires in 5 minutes. If you leave another match while you have a strike against you, you will receive a 5 minute matchmaking ban.

Fixed several bugs with the penalties:
- Match cancelations will no longer incur a penalty
- Leaving custom games will no longer trigger penalties

- Added a gravity setting
- Added a game speed setting
- Added a head bounciness setting

Premium users can now have up to 10 presets instead of 5.

Some players didn't like it very much or thought it was too loud. The new slider can be found in audio settings.

Updating our Unity version caused it to shit itself. Fixed it with some performance improvements!

Thank you for your feedback as always

GLHF
Oddshot Games

Victory Week Begins!

We celebrate the anniversary of the 18 March Çanakkale Victory with legendary events!



- 2 legendary login events for each day
- 50% XP, ZP and Material Bonus on all Turkey maps
- 50% XP, ZP and Material Bonus in all matches
- Pistol Low Ammo Mod is back!
- 1+1 in Deck, Cases and Material Packages
- 1000 Materials in Free Mission Cards, 3-day M468 Turkey Skin
- 2x stars on contracts!
- Complete the Special Mission Card and get the Struggle Case + 1 week's MPT76 Turkey Skin + 4 Çanakkale Tokens!

Your Honor, the collapse of the mountain road prevented me from returning in time to deliver the news last week, but I won't be absent this week!

The development team released an adorable video about the "wind" effect in Ballads of Hongye in Discord. On an autumn afternoon, a man is working in a hut along the river, accompanied by his livestock, the autumn breeze, and the red leaves on the mountain; that picture can't be more beautiful. People in Discord, who have always been knowledgeable, praised the scenery and looked forward to seeing more of Hongye.


While excited, many people have joined the discussion on this "wind" effect and have expressed their views：

"If the effect is 'storm is coming, batten down the hatches' then yes, but that should be a less frequent occurrence. for just weather effects, too much."
"The smoke should be impacted much more."
"About trees everything is amazing but looking into the water there is too much power and disturbing."
"also from a wind that strong you would hear leaves sounds."
......

People passed various suggestions in a joyful and peaceful atmosphere. These suggestions were collected and submitted to the development team as soon as possible and used as a reference for their next modification direction.

I think that with your vast knowledge you will be able to give excellent advice in this discussion of the situation. What is expected is that there will be more development content that will be synchronized to you in Discord afterward! Please join Discord to show your talent and participate in discussions with other people to make Hongye better!

各位大侠好！
昨天版本更新之后，我们发现了部分新问题，于是对游戏内容进行了优化和修复，详细更新内容如下。


步步为营模式更新：
BUG修改：
1、修改多个身份技能触发错误的BUG
2、修改部分错误文本
3、修改绘画无法获得绘画作品的BUG
4、修改锦衣卫任务无法获取奖励的BUG
5、修改神照经事件获取错误的BUG
游戏优化：
1、调整天赋相关数值
2、修改身份技能：现在使用身份技能不会再消耗回合数，冷却CD增加
3、降低武林盟主与兵马大元帅身份技能获取高级秘籍的难度
4、降低完美结局的通关属性要求，使玩家更加容易达成完美结局：侠之信条
5、降低技艺大师的要求
6、调整部分事件的触发条件
7、调整藏宝图获得金钱的数量
8、去掉一些属性的上限
9、调整初始部分天赋的数值

Victory Week Begins!

We celebrate the anniversary of the 18 March Çanakkale Victory with legendary events!



- 2 legendary login events for each day
- 50% XP, ZP and Material Bonus on all Turkey maps
- 50% XP, ZP and Material Bonus in all matches
- Pistol Low Ammo Mod is back!
- 1+1 in Deck, Cases and Material Packages
- 1000 Materials in Free Mission Cards, 3-day M468 Turkey Skin
- 2x stars on contracts!
- Complete the Special Mission Card and get the Struggle Case + 1 week's MPT76 Turkey Skin + 4 Çanakkale Tokens!

Today we're releasing the official soundtrack of Magic Thief! It includes both 8 songs that sounded in the game, as well as music from the trailer.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1923300/Magic_Thief_Soundtrack/

Music created to emphasize the atmosphere of the magical Middle Ages of the world of Magic Thief. Sometimes mysterious, bewitching music and melodic string picking are complemented by the instruments of a classical symphony orchestra.

After purchase, you will have access to two catalogs: MP3 and WAV (high quality audio).



Track list:

1. Main Theme - 1:16
   
2. Map Theme - 0:25
   
3. Tutorial Theme - 1:57
   
4. Taverns Theme - 5:20
   
5. Dungeons Theme - 4:54
   
6. Goblin Caves Theme - 5:03
   
7. Kings Crypts Theme - 5:19
   
8. The Void Theme - 5:07
   
9. Trailer Theme - 0:59

Along with the soundtrack, we're adding a bundle of game and soundtrack to the sale, made for players who want to support us.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/25097/Magic_Thief__Soundtrack/

The soundtrack will later be added to all popular music streaming platforms.

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Hey Survivors,

This weekend we are going to enabled double reputation on one of the Survival servers in each region.

Here is a list of all servers that contain the event:

• Survival 003 [EU]
  
• Survival 003 [US]
  
• Survival 003 [SA]
  
• Survival 002 [HK]

The Xsolla v2 skinbox will also be available on our store inside packages again, meaning if you buy any of the featured packages, you will get x amount of Xsolla v2 skinboxes to your account.

The following packages will contain the skinbox:

• 5 Euro Package -> 2x Xsolla v2 Skinboxes
  
• 20 Euro Package -> 10x Xsolla v2 Skinboxes

Once again thank you for your great support! Want to support us even more? Make sure to share these updates with your friends and followers!

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- Added debug signal port to the front of the data pad which automatically shows debug data when a device is plugged in
- Increased rate at which large power cells can charge