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Friday, August 2, 2024
Arena at the Edge of Time: AARGH Update!
Hey there, heroes!

This week, the AARGH system at the Arena at the Edge of Time has been updated!

New challenges and rewards have been added to the AARGH system!

The following challenges have been added to AARGH:

• Zorbak
  
• Artix
  
• Dreadblight Aius
  
• MechaYeti
  
• The Protus Symbiote
  
• Star-Eating Serpent
  
• Lim
  
• Cysero
  
• The Decadere Ancient
  
• The Creatioux Ancient
  
• The Golden Luck Dragon (Rare)
  
• The Wanderer of the Wastes (Rare)

And the following cosmetic rewards have been added to the AARGH Series 4 shop:

• Dreadblight Visage
  
• Dreadblight Cloak
  
• Worn Traveler's Cape
  
• J6's Revolvers
  
• J6's Carver
  
• J6's Blaster
  
• Ascendant's Horns
  
• Ascendant's Partisan
  
• Riftwalker's Horns
  
• Master Twang's Mask
  
• Odessa's Helm
  
• MechaYeti Mask
  
• Paladin's Destiny
  
• Protector Rod
  
• Creatioux Wings
  
• Wandering Mogbot (Trinket)
  
• Wandering Mogbot (Cape)
  
• Wandering Mogbot Pair (Cape)

Head over to the Inn at the Edge of Time to check out all the new AARGH rewards!

Also, while we're not ready to share all the details just yet, the Soulweaver rework is now underway! Master Soulweaver will be combined with Soulweaver (along with their customization options).

Unlocking Master Soulweaver or wearing Baltael's Aventail will still provide benefits for the class, improving skills or adding new effects.

Synchronizing with your SoulAlly will also become the central mechanic of the class, empowering your skills and unlocking a powerful Synch attack, at the cost of an increasing amount of MP per turn to maintain.

We hope to have the rework out soon!

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August seasonal Dragon Coin specials have returned!

The Atealan Resolve cape is now available from the Atealan Relics seasonal shop, and other August seasonal items have returned! You can find them all in the Book of Lore!

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There have also been a few bug fixes and updates.

• Fixed a bug where Null damage would sometimes be affected by All resistance effects.
  
• Fixed a bug where Patience/Bulwark DragonLord would notify multiple times every turn.
  
• The Elemental Unity Defender trinket upgrade costs have been reduced from 500 Defender Medals per upgrade to 100 Defender Medals.

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Next week, we're aiming to have a new war! Get ready!

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Sepulchure said it:there's too much price needed for that kind of power

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although it could be a fun one where we round up the remaining criminal Rose members who probably fled after the current events but unlikely. I just hope it's not gonna be a joke one, no offense it's just not my thing. I just lack the motivation to do waves after waves just to get loled at the end but we'll see.

Anyway quite a few of new challenges and cosmetics.
I know those are just kind of a joke challenges but am i the only one who finds these AARGH challenges interesting and wants to see the lore behind it in the actual game? Whoever makes those simulations reminds me of the TVA from Marvel, the SCP Foundation and a bit of Organization XIII from KH.
So far:
-they appear to be a organization with multiple members and at least 1 boss
-They are in some kind of connection with Dr When
-They are aware of the different timelines and use enemies from them
-They aren't much satisfied with legendary mystical enemies
-No idea if they regularly kidnap the hero and use them personally in the simulation which they always forget later on or just use a data hero (like data Sora in KH)
-even after more than a dozen challenges it's not clear if they are an ally who wants to help the hero or enemy (but i like to think they find our hero a danger to our timeline and they're studying us to learn our weaknesses)
-oddly the hero is quite emotionless in these challenges almost like if they are a different person. Not reacting much to dead friends (Tomix,Serenity), otherwordly enemies (Wargoth) or monsters not from our timeline (AdventureFiend)
-At least in 2 challenges they used samples from the simulated enemy (Sepulchure,Protus Symbiote)
-they are quite powerful since they can create some of our greatest enemies, even if just as a simulation
-However they starting to lose their control over these simulations:
simulations crashing (Xan,Uthulus Simulacrum)
can't handle complicated specimens (Achilles & Patroclus,Darkon)
powerful entities affecting the real world from the simulation (Artificial corrupted spirits)
other powerful entities being aware they are in a simulation (AdventureFiend talking to you,J6 looking at the scientist)
multiple entities hijacking the simulation (Gorgok,Zorbak,Sciuri Daehotep,Decadere Ancient,Mega Fluffy Tog