Post by Shizuka Sanamizu ✮ on Apr 17, 2020 14:11:14 GMT -5
Hello Everyone! We have three big announcements coming in today, one of which we’re aware you’ve all been hoping would happen for awhile now.
New Member of the Staff Team
To begin, it is with great pleasure that we wish to announce that our very own Kyo has returned to the Staff team. He performed excellently before in his role, and we have great hopes for him moving forward.
Bankai Requirements
It has been a major point of contention for some time now that the current Bankai requirements are too unreliable at this time. It can be difficult to complete one Adventure, let alone two. With that being said, we don’t want Bankai to be something that’s just handed out either. We do want the individuals who claim Bankai to have to work for it. Bankai is the pinnacle of a Shinigami’s power, after all! It’s the kind of power that only one in a thousand is able to achieve. With that in mind, we have made for a middle ground, detailed below.
A total of eight regular threads demonstrating significant character development must be completed to qualify for Bankai, but the candidate must also participate in an Adventure. To earn the Adventure requirement, the minimum expectation is that the Adventure reaches at least three pages in length based on the forum standard of fifteen posts per page. From there, the thread may fizzle out in a variety of ways, but it counts so long as the page requirement is met. This means a total of eight regular threads and one Adventure are needed. On the other hand, if the Adventure is fully seen to completion, that completed Adventure counts for two regular threads. In this case, you only need six regular threads and your completed Adventure to reach the requirements.
In addition to the Adventure requirement, of the eight threads, at least three can only be completed after reaching the requisite class and rank to achieve Bankai. The last of these must be a solo training thread in which your character’s Zanpakuto spirit trains them to unlock their Bankai. This solo training thread may only be completed after all other requirements are met. Finally, aside from the two that have been otherwise specified, the threads may be of any type. Training, socials, player versus player, and the others may all count towards the thread requirements.
Vollstandig
It has been brought to the attention of staff that Vollstandig is, much like Bankai, an incredibly powerful ability, and its wide distribution does not quite match up with the power it provides. It is a little too powerful, in fact, considering it is given to the race with the most SP on the site. With that in mind, we are enacting two changes to Vollstandig.
Firstly, Vollstandig is now going to be "rank locked" behind the Sternritter position. There’s still a decent number of slots, but characters will effectively have to earn their Vollstandig now.
Secondly, the “Divine Heart” property of Vollstandig that provides a 50% boost to all of the Quincy’s stats, is being nerfed to 25%. Given that Vandenreich Quincy have the most SP than any other race on site, barring Maskbreak Arrancar and Vizards, on top of having access to further stat boosting techniques like Gate and Blut, it has reached unanimous agreement among the staff that 50% is far too high a bonus — especially seeing how Vandenreich Generals have a passive stat boost anyways. Current members who are not Sternritters will, unfortunately, lose access to their Vollstandig.
Thank you all!