New Features in Neopia

[Siniri]

Thanks, Pickles! I got the avvie and site theme.

I read the editorial. I appreciate that they clarified the faellie is only injured.

But I realize I'm confused about what the new unconverted thing is still. So it's a NC item you can buy that can turn any pet back to unconverted? But then it can't wear clothes?

[Pickles]

I, too, am happy about the faellie.

JN has a full guide about the new "styles" thing. If that doesn't clarify things, let me know.

[Siniri]

Whoa, so it's like being able to put on and take off paint colors without having to get a new PB each time? That's pretty cool!

And man, seeing the difference between the old faerie Lenny and the new one reminded me how much we lost when they converted all the pets.

[Pickles]

Heads up:

Hey guys! We’re scheduling a few hours of downtime to sync our servers on
February 5th from 9PM NST to around 1AM NST
So for those of you that do your dailies right at 12:01...you’ve got an hour of free time

[Blue]

Thanks. Good to know. There are days I remember to do dailies well after 9pm NST.

[Pickles]

Heads up:
Applications are open to be part of the soft launch for the new NeoPass system. You can fill out an application HERE.

[Blue]

Thanks Pickles. I just said Smurf it, and signed up.

I wonder if I can get access to my two "lost" sides if I am accepted..? One has a defunct email (go.com) and the other somehow bounces all TNT emails back.

[Pickles]

Thanks Pickles. I just said Smurf it, and signed up.

I wonder if I can get access to my two "lost" sides if I am accepted..? One has a defunct email (go.com) and the other somehow bounces all TNT emails back.

I have no idea. I guess we'll see.

I will be surprised if I get in, since I still feel lucky to have gotten in on the Island Builders relaunch beta. But...who knows?


ETA: Head's up again!!

TNT Luna — Today at 3:38 AM
‼️ DOWNTIME NOTICE ‼️
Neopets will be down on February 8th from 2PM NST to about 7PM NST while we upgrade our payment servers. Thank you for your continued patience!

ETA again:

TNT Luna — Today at 8:21 PM
Hi @everyone! Apologies for the late update—we thought we would need to take Neopets down but only the Payment Servers needed to be offline at this time and they will be up and running again soon. There will not be anymore downtime until further notice

There are a few more downtimes that are set for the future, but we promise that we are seeing everyone's feedback and frustration, and are doing our best to let you know as far in advance as is possible for us, in the most visible channels. Thank you!

ETA again again:

Friendly Reminder! Neopets will be down on March 4th (3/4), at 9PM NST for approximately 2 hours for scheduled maintenance while we upgrade our servers. Our Meepits will work as fast as possible to return you to your regularly scheduled gaming! Thank you for your patience!

ETA again again again :

TNT Luna — Today at 11:01 AM
‼️ DOWNTIME NOTICE‼️
Hey @everyone ! This Monday, March 11 (3/11) Neopets will be unavailable while we continue to upgrade our infrastructure. The site will be down from 8 PM PST (time conversion: Monday, March 11, 2024 11:00 PM) for approximately 4-5 hours, so please make sure you complete any important tasks like Dailies and send your pets to cockroach towers a nice spa day at Neolodge. Happy weekend!

[Blue]

Oooh... Good thing I did my dailies at "usual" time today. Yesterday, I almost forgot and did them around 10:30pm NST.

[Siniri]

Glad it's going down at NST and not my time -- or I'd be cutting it close waiting for my third purchase from the healing springs.

Edit: and I missed it anyway because I got busy unpacking and dealing with the dishwasher that was allegedly fixed today but is full of dirty water (and my apparently still non-clean dishes).

[Blue]

Ugh. Good luck with the dishwasher!

[Siniri]

The site came back just in time! Got that quest finished. Woohoo!

I don't really have to do much about the dishwasher than contact maintenance. Though I'll probably wash all those dishes by hand now... I always wait until it's as full as I can get it.

[Pickles]

New Beta Release notes today...

Bug Fixes
Pet Care - Down with boring books! We are trying to break from a long-time Neopets tradition of your neopets hating things for no particular reason.
NC Purchase - Improved NC purchase and redeem process. Users should see updated NC balance swiftly.
Premium Subscription - Fixed a scenario where premium perks were not updated and synced with renewal date.
Neoboard Reporting - When reports are made on first post of a Neoboard thread, a fix was made to ensure the report does not have issues and gives feedback.

Y'all. This is HUGE.

Books are no longer boring. Toys are no longer boring. Foods are no longer yucky. Petpets are no longer "get that ___ away from me!"

So...maybe those with longer named pets are less affected by this than those with shorter named pets. But...my 6- and 7-character-long-named pets have always been hit hard by these things (since it also includes any multiple of the number of characters of your pets names). I've been switching languages to get books read to my primary book reader, but that only worked with items before a certain date. No more switching to Chinese to read a book! WOOOOOT!!!