News and Updates

We’re excited to announce that the first module of Bloodlines Legends is out now!

This module includes:

• Magic Map & Backpack HUD
• Treasure Chests & Market Barrels
• Collectible Rare Magic Wands
• Quests (including rare texture and mesh item prizes)
• Skills
• Achievements (based on the mechanics from Module One)
• Profile Updates (New sections added, as well as the ability to reorder sections via your Profile Editor)

The HUDs are free to any current Bloodlines member who already owns a Race HUD (Thirst, Rage, Ascent, Torment, Human) and will be auto-delivered to anyone who wears their current HUD. The auto-delivery system takes a while to crank through everyone, though, so please be patient! For anyone who doesn’t own a Race HUD, the Legends HUD is $499, available in the Mortal Crossroads RP Area Quest landing. Also, if you own a Legends HUD and pass your Map Sphere to a new player and they join, you’ll receive a stamina bonus which will aid you in the game.

A FEW CAVEATS – PLEASE READ!

• This is just the first wave of items. Crafting, crafting stations, harvesting stations, and more are still on the way! We decided because this is such a massive update to Bloodlines, it’s better to get it out in sections and make sure everything is working as we go.
• Right now Questing is only on Bloodlines Midland. We want to make sure the Quest system is working smoothly before porting further. Eventually Quests will be on all our sims, as well as on local clan sims and lands! Thanks for your patience here, we realize Midland is likely to get laggy / crowded at the start. We promise to expand the Quest lines as quickly as we can once we’re sure it’s all solid.
• Balancing is a process. We are introducing several new metrics and mechanics (XP, Stamina, stamina packs, Map Searching, etc.) and as much as we’d love to think we nailed the balancing of it all right out of the gate, the truth is that we’re going to have to adjust as we go. All big RPG games deal with this – some things will have to be nerfed and some things will have to be buffed. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we work our way through it, and we promise not to make any arbitrary decisions. Any balancing we do will be based on deep study of the developing trends and always in an effort to make the game sustainable and fun in the long-term.
• The wands will have more functions as we go along. On this initial release, the wands are largely rare collectibles. There are thousands of them, of varying rarity, and each one is programmed with powers and features that will be prominent in later Quests and NPC interactions. We’re very excited about the many uses a Wand will have in the game, but we appreciate your patience as we get there step by step.
• If you have feedback or suggestions, file a ticket! We want to hear your thoughts and suggestions as we go, so please don’t hesitate to file a support ticket. If you think something is a good idea, chances are many other people would to, but if everyone thinks “Oh someone probably already mentioned this” then we’d never hear a peep from anyone. So please file those tickets and let us know how to improve the game!

It’s May, which means it’s Bloodlines Anniversary time again! We invite you to a gala event of great music, costume contests, and Rare Texture giveaways. We’ll also have some exciting announcements regarding the Bloodlines Legends Release, so come and be one of those in the know!

When: Monday, May 6th, 2pm-6pm SL

Suggested Attire: Gala / ballroom or medieval adventure

Where: Bloodlines West

Music: Lord Halostar | Decor: LilahCeleste Belar | Host: Aimee Novaland / Fawn Madrigal | Rare Texture: Mars Bracken | Event Organizer: Aimee Novaland

We’re excited to announce that the first release of Bloodlines Legends will be happening on our 11th anniversary, May 6th 2019!

This release will be Module One, which will include:

• Magic Map & Backpack HUD
• Treasure Chests & Market Barrels
• Collectible Rare Magic Wands
• Quests (including rare texture and mesh item prizes)
• Skills
• Achievements (based on the mechanics from Module One)
• Profile Updates

We’ll be having a party on the 6th to celebrate this release and our anniversary, with more details to come so keep watching this blog and the in-world group notices!

This Friday, we’re taking over the worst-kept secret in town: the local speakeasy. We’ve got illicit booze, live music, and dancers for your entertainment! Just whisper the password to get in the door, and give in to an evening of great music, best costume contests, and Rare Texture giveaways!

When: Friday, April 12, 2pm-5pm

Suggested Attire: 1920’s attire, flapper dresses, mobster suits, etc.

Where: Bloodlines West

Music: DJ Starz (darkxstarz) | Decor: Demi Riaxik | Host: Aimee Novaland | Rare Texture: Hosea Whitfield | Event Organizer: Aimee Novaland

We have created a new set of Soul War Rare textures!

The previous Soul War Rares are now retired, congratulations to all the winners. Your Rares are now likely to be even more coveted since they cannot ever be won again.

With the new set, there are a few changes. Primarily, we’ve added Rare textures for the Barrels, Vessels, and Urns. This update adds 61 possible new Rare textures (all the achievement categories + Top Individual, Family Leader, and MVP awards) to each of the 5 types of container.

The second change, as mentioned in our achievement blog post, is that now each winner will receive just one texture, and this texture will be chosen based on whatever your dominant race is at midnight at the end of the month. So regardless of the Achievement category, if for example you are Demon dominant at midnight on the 31st, you will receive an Urn Rare Texture for your award.

As with our past Rares linked to achievements, any ties will be broken with a coin toss to see who will get the Rare texture for that category.

Good luck Soul Warriors!

Please read this post if you want to keep your Determined Achievement going!

We updated the Determined Achievement at the beginning of February so that it counts based on visits to the Determined Well instead of HUD wear. In certain cases we’ve been resetting achievements for people that asked for help during this transition period.

We have no reason to believe that there is any problem with this achievement, and when it gets reset, every indication is that it’s due to a user not actually successfully touching a well. This could be either from standing too far away, or just not remembering to show up that day, etc.

We want to make everyone aware that starting April 1, we will no longer be resetting Determined Achievements for any reason.

IMPORTANT: In order to keep track of your progress and make doubly sure that you are succeeding in touching a Well, we recommend that you SAVE A COPY of the message that you get when you touch the well that tells you what your determined status is. The message will look like this:

You touched the Determined Well at 2019-03-27 08:17:19 SLT. Your count is now at 2 days. Make sure to touch the Determined Well again tomorrow (2019-03-28) between 00:00:00 and 23:59:59 SLT

IF YOU DON’T GET A MESSAGE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS IN LOCAL CHAT, IT DIDN’T WORK, AND YOU NEED TO TRY TOUCHING IT AGAIN. There is no harm in touching a Well more than once a day. In fact to make doubly sure you are succeeding, you can touch a Well until you get this message:

[15:58] :: You already satisfied your Determined achievement today at 2019-03-27 08:17:19 SLT

An easy way to keep track of your Determined status is to make a notecard in your inventory, and just copy and paste your daily message into that notecard. Or, you could do the same thing with a document on your computer; either way you always have a record of when you touched it. We log every time anyone has a Determined Achievement event, so we also have this information on our end.

We hope this helps clarify things, and once again we are not going to be resetting any Determined Achievements anymore starting 4/1. Please see FAQ answers below.

FAQ:

1. Q: What if I am certain I touched a Well yesterday but I get this message? “Your last Determined Event was at 2019-03-27 08:17:19 , which was before SL time yesterday (2019-03-28), so your Determined achievement has been reset to 1 day.”
   • A: If you get this message, you did not successfully register a touch the previous day. If you are saving your messages, you can look back at your notecard and see if you have a message from yesterday. Unfortunately, in this example you will only see the message that you touched the well on 3/27, and you won’t have a message from 3/28. That means you forgot to touch it yesterday, so it makes sense that it was reset to 1 day today.
2. Q: What if I’m in the hospital and I can’t log in to touch the determined well?
   • A: In order to be fair to everyone, we can’t make exceptions to the no reset rule for any reason. If we say that we will reset you if you’re in the hospital, unfortunately, bad actors will just claim to have been in the hospital. We can’t be put in the position of verifying who was really in the hospital.
3. Q: What if I know I won’t be able to reach my computer for a day, so I give my login to someone else to do it for me, and they forget, and I get reset to 1 day?
   • A: This is a situation similar to the one above, we cannot make exceptions to the no reset rule, or else bad actors will claim that exception. In order to be fair to everyone, we have to say that there are no exceptions. We recommend that you never give your SL login information to anyone.

Lords and Ladies, Gods and Goddesses, you are cordially invited to the court of Zeus for a most spectacular party, fit only for the Gods! Dust off those togas, don those robes, and Join us for an evening of great music, best costume contests, and Rare Texture giveaways!

When: Saturday, March 30, 12-3pm

Suggested Attire: Togas, Gods/Goddesses, monsters from Greek Myths (Cyclops, Gorgon, Centaur, Pegasus, etc.)

Where: Bloodlines West

Music: DJ Lord | Decor: Lilahceleste Belar | Host: Aimee Novaland | Rare Texture: Hosea Whitfield | Event Organizer: Aimee Novaland

We’re stoked to announce the release of The Chrysalis and The Furnace! Now angels and demons can join the other races, hibernating in style.

These items function much the same as our other coffins, with the ability to send metrics to other avatars whether they be online or nearby.

You can find these beauties at Bloodlines South and Bloodlines North, as well as in our affiliate vendors as of today!

We’re elated to announce the release of the Ichor and Ether Bonds! Now angels and demons can propose to those they care about with their very own specialized bond ring boxes and rings.

The Bonds function much the same as our other bonds, with the addition of a HUD that allows you to send Charisma and metrics and interact with other settings, without having to touch the ring itself. The rings are mesh, but not bento rigged; they are however attached to the ring finger attach point, which (with a little adjustment) should work / animate with almost all mesh bodies and hands. We did this to keep the ring editable, and also so that those with certain kinds of mesh bodies would not be excluded from using it!

As with the other Bonds, we have Ring redelivery terminals set up at our main stores. You can find them to the left of the main Torment and Ascent HUD vendors, at Bloodlines South and Bloodlines North, respectively.

Sláinte! It’s that time of year again, when you must don some kind of green clothing or else suffer the pinching, spanking, and ridicule of your peers. The upside is that you also get kisses and booze! Join us this Friday for a cheerful evening of music, costume prizes and Rare giveaways.

When: Friday, March 15th, 4-7pm

Suggested Attire: Anything green!

Where: Bloodlines West

Music: DJ Syn | Decor: Aimee Novaland | Host: Lilahceleste Belar

Rare Texture: Hosea Whitfield | Event Organizer: Aimee Novaland