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Hey Everyone.
Today, for the health of SkyBlock, we've had to make a very difficult decision.
For the past few months, we have been looking to fix dupes and exploits leading to duplications of perfect gemstones, one of the most desirable items on the market. Sadly, the duplication of those items has gone too far and we have been forced tonight to make a very drastic change.
The first thing you guys need to know is that Perfect and Flawless Gemstones can no longer be stacked. This allows us to more accurately track where they are and how they are handled by players which also allows us better control over exploits related to them.
The second thing that will impact a lot of you is this - to annihilate a lot of contraband, we had to apply this change live. All existing stacks of Perfect and Flawless Gemstones have been turned into one single gemstone per stack.
Please note that this will not affect any Perfect or Flawless Gemstones that are applied to items, still in your forge, already in a stack of one, or that you can currently purchase from the Bazaar. As well, this will not affect stacks of Fine, Flawed, or Rough Gemstones of any type.
While this may sound drastic as it will effect many legitimate players, the amount of contraband that we have just deleted was a massive amount - an amount that we felt ultimately outweighed the amount effected from legitimate players. This will be good for the health of the gemstone economy and will probably lead to an increase of their value. However, we're definitely aware that some legitimate players will be affected by this.
We will be working this week to figure out the best way to handle said legitimate players, but please understand that we may be limited in how we compensate for the losses. Unless major losses are incurred, we may not be able to compensate everyone.
We would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
EDIT: Make sure you read this reply too!
EDIT #2 - We have completed the process of refunding the previously lost gemstones. In some cases more gemstones may have potentially been refunded than original lost, however this was the best option we had at the end of the day. The overall health of the economy and the game itself will be much better off now than had we not removed the large amounts of duped gemstones. We appreciate your patience during this event.
Today, for the health of SkyBlock, we've had to make a very difficult decision.
For the past few months, we have been looking to fix dupes and exploits leading to duplications of perfect gemstones, one of the most desirable items on the market. Sadly, the duplication of those items has gone too far and we have been forced tonight to make a very drastic change.
The first thing you guys need to know is that Perfect and Flawless Gemstones can no longer be stacked. This allows us to more accurately track where they are and how they are handled by players which also allows us better control over exploits related to them.
The second thing that will impact a lot of you is this - to annihilate a lot of contraband, we had to apply this change live. All existing stacks of Perfect and Flawless Gemstones have been turned into one single gemstone per stack.
Please note that this will not affect any Perfect or Flawless Gemstones that are applied to items, still in your forge, already in a stack of one, or that you can currently purchase from the Bazaar. As well, this will not affect stacks of Fine, Flawed, or Rough Gemstones of any type.
While this may sound drastic as it will effect many legitimate players, the amount of contraband that we have just deleted was a massive amount - an amount that we felt ultimately outweighed the amount effected from legitimate players. This will be good for the health of the gemstone economy and will probably lead to an increase of their value. However, we're definitely aware that some legitimate players will be affected by this.
We will be working this week to figure out the best way to handle said legitimate players, but please understand that we may be limited in how we compensate for the losses. Unless major losses are incurred, we may not be able to compensate everyone.
We would like to apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
EDIT: Make sure you read this reply too!
EDIT #2 - We have completed the process of refunding the previously lost gemstones. In some cases more gemstones may have potentially been refunded than original lost, however this was the best option we had at the end of the day. The overall health of the economy and the game itself will be much better off now than had we not removed the large amounts of duped gemstones. We appreciate your patience during this event.
