Maintenance 2014-02-04

From the Maintenance Notes:

All Servers [GM Update] - Emails have been sent to people regarding GM applications in an attempt to schedule interview appointments. Please make sure to keep track of when you are available and try not to be AFK for long stretches during these windows. Once all applicants have been interviewed, you will receive an email letting you know whether or not you have been selected. These emails will be sent 2-3 days after interview completion. Thank you very much. [Added] - A new premium item has been added on Loki, Eir, and Tyr called Pikachu Hood. Please check the description for more information. This is a permanent addition to the Premium Point Shop, and is not limited. Loki's effect is still being worked on and will be added shorlty, we apologize for the delay. [Added] - Prontera has been decorated for Valentine's Day. Check out north of the center to see who won the Valentine's Day Artwork Contest! Loki [Added] - MVP Token System has been implemented. [Feedback] - If you have been to the town Payon, you may have noticed there was a spam monitoring system put back a couple maintenance announcements ago. I want to see what you think of it so far. We have certainly seen drastic decrease of spam reports being made through NPC:Report. So if you could, please reply to answer a couple questions: Has it done a good job at stopping the majorly annoying spammers at spamming 10+ lines constantly? Does it seem to catch move of the spamming messages accurately? Should the 10 second limit you are given before you can say more than 4 lines be raised / lowered? Should the amount of lines you can say (4) in those 10 seconds be raised / lowered? Should the NPC use the same feature of increasing mutes each time you're muted, and subsequently jailed / banned if you do it often? Do you have any suggestions that could make it better? [Fixed pending Testing] - The 'lot' system has been re-coded in the Drake Down RDC Mission. It will still cost the same amount of RDC Points to start, and the same amount of RDC Tickets earned, however this should 'hopefully' stop the chest from giving errors. If you are able to, please test this out thoroughly. If it does indeed fix that issue, it'll be merged with the other missions. [Fixed] - The "fluffy" quest, no longer allows you to ecall other people into it. [Fixed] - PVP Unlimited no longer has an invisible ocean in it to allow waterball being cast outside of a water cell. [Changed] - Pets should now be able to attack / use skills (if they have any). Please report anything suspicious or wrong if a pet is doing something that can be deemed overpowered / exploitation. Failure to do this, when knowingly abusing it will result in strict punishment. Eir & Tyr [Fixed] - Hopping Filir will now correctly autocast Running and Sonic Blow at a very low chance. [Fixed] - Angeling, Archangeling, and Deviling Rucksacks are character bound. [Fixed] - Level requirements for Perun Axe and Luin Celtchair have been fixed. [Fixed] - Item descriptions added for the Halloween 2013 and Christmas 2013 items. Eir Benson changes and bug fixes: [Fixed] - A bug which resulted in Benson sometimes freezing between rounds should be resolved. [Changed] - Event Point and Pancakes are credited immediately upon winning, check your chat log for confirmation. [Changed] - Announcements and delays between rounds have been reduced. Players will continue to receive the 5 minute warning announcement. After that 5 minute announcement, the next notification will reveal Round 1 has started. [Changed] - Each round thereafter will happen 1 minute after the previous winner. Tyr [Fixed] - Card drops from Notoriety and Glast from the Past have been increased from 0.01% to 0.02%. [Changed] - Some items from the MVPs located in these areas may have had their drop rate increased. [Changed] - Other miscellaneous items may increase in future updates.