Dedicated Server

• BlissScape and the website are now hosted on a new dedicated server! This transition was not easy, but I’ve already seen the benefits of this new system.

• If you don’t know the difference between a VPS (Virutal Private Server, what BlissScape was on before) and a dedicated server, the difference is a Virtual Private Server is virtual, meaning there are many virtual servers running on one big server. They share resources, uptime, etc. A dedicated server is real hardware on a server rack somewhere that BlissScape now has 100% access to. It has over 10x the resources of our old VPS and will be much more reliable!

• Since the website (and all BlissScape servers) are now hosted on this one machine, it makes connecting them much easier. BlissScape itself never really had an issue with lag except when communicating to the website.

• You’ll notice the Highscores load much faster now, especially if the results are cached

• Since they’re all connected, my workflow is also greatly simplified, meaning updates will be easier for me to work on, I’m excited to see where BlissScape goes from here on our new hardware!

• Most of the last month or so has been preparing for this change, but I still had time to work on a new update as well. Read below!

BlissScape Postal Service

• Postie Pete is now at ::home and is your gateway to the BlissScape Postal Service!

• The BlissScape Postal Service is a way of sending messages and/or items to anyone on BlissScape - even when they’re offline!

• Receiving mail does respect the Private mode and Ignore list like Private chat, and you can also disable it entirely by speaking to Postie Pete if you don’t want to receive any messages regardless of Private mode

• It costs 1,000 coins to send a message and 1% of the item’s high alchemy (examine) value (maximum fee of 1,000,000 coins) to send items

• The main purpose of this system is to send friendly messages and/or give gifts to other players!

• If an account has 10 or more unclaimed messages, they won’t be able to accept any more

• There’s a 30 second delay inbetween sending mail

• You will get a notification (and sound, if enabled) when you receive new mail

• You will also get this notification on login if you have unclaimed mail

• There’s a 2 minute delay for the notification if you’re receiving multiple messages quickly

• Postie Pete will keep track of your sent/received messages, so be friendly!

• You can delete messages from your history by speaking to Postie Pete

• You can "unsend" any mail that you may have sent by mistake, so long as the other player hasn't claimed it yet

• You are refunded the item if you sent one and it hasn’t been claimed yet, but not the mailing fee

• If it has already been claimed, you will only have the option to delete the message from your own personal history

• It stays in the recipients history unless they also delete it

• Like trading, ironmen can be sent only Rank boxes and Bliss points, and can send any tradeable item to non-ironman accounts

• UIM can use the system, but they cannot reclaim sent items, even if they haven’t been claimed

• Warning: UIM unsending a message that hasn’t been claimed will delete the item for both players

Other Additions

• The lunar cape has been added to The Untouchable as a 53rd unique item in the Dominion tower

• The fact that the lunar cape was not included on release was an oversight

• There will be a grace period to get this drop until the next major update in a month or so

• If you do not get the lunar cape by next update you will lose the ability to wear your comp cape until you get it

• A reminder that the Dominion tower favors giving you bosses which you do not have all the uniques for, with an increasing chance every 500 kc

• Added some fishing spots in the Wilderness that were missing

• Added the peninsula west of the Crafting Guild to Hobgoblin slayer teleports

• The Swagger stick, Gold torch, Shark fists 1, Ornate, Auspicious, and Golden Katanas can now all be stored in the POH Weapon’s rack

• Twisted Horns, Long Horns, Curled Horns, and 200m glasses can now be stored on the ::POH Costume room

• Added an option to disable Ring of Wealth chat messages in ::settings -> Gameplay Settings

• This does not filter out the shattering text, only the “shines more brightly” text

• Ferocious Rings now work as Ring of Life while inside Kuradal’s Dungeon

• They are destroyed in the process

• They will now drop still drop if you’re currently wearing a Ferocious Ring, but they will drop rarer and rarer the more Ferocious Ring (5)s you own

• The chance is 1/(250 * number of rings + 1)

Adjustments

• Redeeming daily votes allowed will now be capped per player as well as per IP

• The Noxious Wyrm will now pull in players when it spawns to prevent some players not being affected by the initial damage

• The Golden cannon on the Artisan’s rewards interface now properly specifies that it requires the Dwarf cannon to be unlocked first

• Cockatrices can now drop between 1-3 cockatrice eggs

• Using the "Previous Slayer Master" teleport during the Slayer Training Tutorial quest will now always send the player to Turael

• Ultimate Ironmen will now receive vote party rewards in their inventory even if they’re in Dominion Tower Endurance, since they don’t have a bank to deposit them into

• Juju and D&D boost banking effects no longer affect Stardust or Evil Tree logs/kindling

• Ironmen can now pick up Rank boxes and Bliss points dropped by other players

• Mainly for drop-trading and drop parties

Bug Fixes

• The Well of Greed highscores is now back up to date and won't break again

• Nex’s “No Escape” attack from the south now works properly

• Using the Noxious Scythe will no longer try and attack if your target gets out of render range

• Spam-clicking the flowers in the Flower Room in Dungeoneering will no longer potentially give you more than one xp drop

• Fixed a bug where sometimes a pet/familiar could remain after a player disconnects

• Fixed a typo in a Dungeoneering message

• Fixed a bug that could cause the trim completionist message to not announce when claiming the trimmed cape for the first time.

• Mighty Banshees now properly count towards a Banshee slayer task

• You can now properly kill Slayer monsters in Kuradal’s dungeon while on a group slayer task (with your partner present)

• Having two doubling mining boosts proc at once will no longer allow you to get over 200 Stardust

• The Summoning Prestige Perk now properly increases the time familiars last by 3% per prestige again

• The Necromancer outfit can now properly be stored in the PoH Costume room

• Fixed a typo in the Luminescent Icefiend’s fight

• Spirit Impling’s Cockatrice egg drop is now properly noted

• Fixed several Runecrafting altars where the talismans were not properly linked

• Nomad’s special attack will no longer continue if you leave the arena during the attack

• Fixed a broken dialogue chain for TzHaar-Ket

• Clicking an already opened door will no longer try and open it again

• If your dreadnip gets destroyed in an instance, it will no longer prevent you from deploying another dreadnip

• Pineapple seeds and Banana tree seeds are now properly destroyed by the Seedicide if selected