Spring & Summer News Update 2023
Jul 1, 2023 13:27:14 GMT -5
Post by The Kiros Mod Team
The cold weather has come and gone, and the flowers have blossomed anew. It's time for fun in the sun!
Board & Site Changes
While things have been quiet around here, bugs, outdated graphics, and access issues have been being resolved here on the forum. Right away, many may notice the new paw icons attached to staff members profiles. We have done away with normal group stars for staff, and have instead replaced them with a singular badge to match their group color. We felt our old paws, while they were nice, did not fit the professional image our website should uphold. Due to this, we have opted for a more sleek, less distracting design.
To complement the staff badges, user profiles now have similar paw icons as their user rank stars. We hope you will enjoy these a lot more than our old stars!
Previously, once a moderator has resolved a help desk ticket, it was gone forever (for users anyway!). This has since been fixed. Now, any help desk ticket, whether in the admin department or moderator side, is able to be viewed upon being resolved. We are in the process of carrying over the existing features from the open side to the resolved section, so please bear with us if there are any bugs! As of editing this topic, the updates should be completed! - Slain
We have implemented a new feature to the website, allowing our development team to collect player feedback to better curate the experience our players want. We'd like to welcome Community Polls! This feature is planned to become a monthly to every two week thing, and asks questions based on different aspects of the game. Through August 31st, we'd like to know what types of biomes you'd like to see in-game next! You can cast your votes in this poll and let us know what you think!
Lastly, many may have noticed that our helpful links box has finally returned! All of the links have finally been updated to match our URL and should be pointing to the correct page. (Go Slain Go!)
Policy Updates
Due to some recent events, our team has done a sweep on our Terms of Service and Code of Conduct to better protect our users, and clear out any spelling/grammar errors.
The primary change we'd like to highlight is an addition to our ToS. The new addition is as follows;
Under section: 5. Prohibited Uses
You may use Service only for lawful purposes and in accordance with Terms. You agree not to:
0.9. Register for our game if you have been convicted of any crime involving; violence, harassment, assault, or sexual misconduct.
While we wish to be welcoming to all, the safety and well-being of our community comes first and foremost. We hope this change will aid in helping users feel safe and protected here at Kiros.
In addition to our Code of Conduct and Terms of Service, we wish to inform players of our new Forum Rules board. On this board, forum specific rules will be posted in regard to certain boards on the forums. On this board will be rules for art and creative media, forum role play, trading, and game development suggestions. These rules are subject to change at any time, and a notice will be posted if any significant changes are made to our forum policies.
Game Notes & Progress
With things being quiet, we wish to assure everyone that things are still being worked on in the background! While we may not have much to show at this time, the team has been working on new events, cosmetic items, maps, and collectable shards to enjoy. We are aiming to launch a patch towards winter time, allowing us to implement a new event and beautiful new winter items, pets, prey and more. There should be some progress photos coming soon, so please stay tuned! ♥
While this may be part of our website, we wish to make note that any and all future events will have their information posted publicly on our Events Page. This includes any new content, quests, promo's, and event information. We hope this makes participating easier and more enjoyable for everyone!
Side Notes
As always, we wish to thank each and every one of you for sticking around and supporting us thus far! This game wouldn't exist without you. Nothing makes us happier than seeing new faces online and checking out what we have to offer. We hope you have more to show you soon, and as always, stay awesome!
The Kiros Staff Team