Lately, Black Beast raids have been happening suddenly and ending just as suddenly, only leaving behind a seemingly false, arbitrary number in its wake as if players crushed them into muddy pulps. The raids happen in one second and then the next it's finished, basically. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any feasible evidence for this, so precedents aren't there except from what we see announced on the world.

Also, Black Beast raids apparently don't end prematurely 5 minutes before a reboot, or 2 minutes before a reboot, whichever it was, if at all. If the raids aren't supposed to even initiate within 20 minutes of a reboot, then this is clearly a bug.

Information will be updated as things come up.

Due to recent problems regarding a man under search, entry control to Cellsvich will be heightened slightly to a degree. Currently all suspicious persons, under the discretion of the officer at the ECP (entry control point), which would most likely be myself and Air, will be subject to verification of passport authenticity. If problems persist, it will be increased at the Mage Guild's portal entry, and other screenings will be processed, such as searches, and illusion checks.

This change is in effect with permission from the Captain until the situation is resolved. I would encourage civilians not to resist or cause problems to the officer at the ECP. With this in mind, if you see any suspicious persons, please report them to a guard as soon as possible.

- Dianne V. Blitz

OOC Note: For referential purposes, the guard who posted this note will most likely be at the ECP unless other work is being done. This means, if I'm offline, she's probably there if not on a patrol or responding to a situation. Her portrait will be posted below so everyone knows what she looks like.

I noticed that any time a skill slot formula is mentioned, it's filled with some back and forth bias. But I want to pay attention to the actual skill type itself. For instance, passive skills do not require active usage, but they function on a situational basis. Wasting a slot on riposte versus ranged/magic, void veil versus physical, etcetera. And I did notice that some VERY beneficial passives offer a 'does not take up slot' rank (see: Stand Off), but mostly less beneficial passives (see: Stealth Traps). Anyway, this suggestion is for existing and future passive skills that will not be offered the aforementioned addition. All of those green-coated passives should take up .5 skill slots, as opposed to 1 skill slot.

Poison Bite still has a chance of missing when the target is inflicted with Plisfa's Masochism.

• High volumes of spiritual energy and excessive focus were found at the M███████ royal family's castle. This is attributed to Youkai and the handling thereof. Documents AED-091, AED-0172, AED-0544, AED-9910, and AED-2530 in the Ghost Files archives all document the existence of Youkai and the M███████'s connection to them. Furthermore, paged souls within and around the residence and all surrounding buildings were White in nature.
  
• Small amounts of trace magical energy were found in the C███, Y██, and W███████ royal castles. A strong majority of the magic detected was Mercalan in nature. As per procedure, all souls within the confines of the castle and the nearby areas were paged, and were White in nature.
  
• The Mage's Guild within Oniga tested positive for trace amounts of Void Energy, and dimensional magic linking the guild's Still Portal to M█████ M██████ was found. However, upon confirmation with the Tennou, this is permitted and within expectations.
  
• A particular shrine within the Onigan public sector tested positive for above-average occult energies. However, this appears to be unrelated to the case.

The server hasn't rebooted in the past 12+ hours. Players have claimed there haven't been any raids during this time either. The server continues to prompt that it'll reboot in 5 minutes upon every login, but it never does. There's no more information we can provide, but as information evinces itself, it'll probably be posted in this post or in a new post in this thread.


Okay, bye.

NEWS FLASH:
This just in. Ever since the server's stalwart refusal to reboot, there has been very little lag.

Gorgon used Run Over with a Goblin in the way, and this happened.

UPDATE: Same is happening with Sliding Zombies and Slider.

You all know what day it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSUktpwNpsQ

A simple suggestions, let us put portable mirrors onto a special stand that we can place into our home. It'd make "changing rooms" a bit more simpler as you can just use the portable mirror on the stand instead of asking for someone's mirror.