Vampir has released its 28th improvement status board, gathering opinions from the successors. This text covers the content collected through in-game GM activities from August 18 to August 28. This round mostly consisted of convenience improvements, such as requests regarding the cycle of the 'class change event' and the feature to view 'other player character information windows'. In particular, long feedback filled to the brim with related content caught the eye. Even though the final result came out as 'not reflected', there are some matters that still have room for further review thanks to encompassing a lot of content. Let's look at them one by one along with the comments left directly by the planning team leader.

Q. Please implement a feature to view other characters' information.
A. Due to the genre characteristics, viewing character information is impossible.

During the early days of Vampir, quite a few opinions emerged among successors who were unfamiliar with competitive MMORPGs that it was inconvenient not to have a 'friend' function. Afterwards, while enjoying various community contents along with the clan system, the voices regarding the addition of the friend function naturally decreased. Since then, new and returning users have periodically asked about the function, and the same story came out in the 'Global 2' region as well.

Before answering, the planning team leader reminded everyone of the genre characteristics of Vampir. It was a way of re-emphasizing that it is an MMORPG centered on competition among successors. Therefore, placing restrictions on viewing other characters' information is the unwavering stance of the Vampir development team. They guarded against a situation where the tension of competition or strategic judgment disappears if one can grasp the opponent's combat power or equipment setting information in real time. This is why they do not allow checking combat power figures, which is the bare minimum information, along with checking connection status through the friend function.

In addition, the user who left the opinion wanted to allow at least checking character appearances in order to screen out bot accounts infiltrating guilds. Regarding this issue, the planning team leader's stance is to trust the operations team. Rather than users directly viewing information and suspecting others, the operations team is directly monitoring and taking action, which was emphasized. Accordingly, they encouraged active utilization of the report function.

Q. When using the mausoleum shop, can we not use warehouse items?
A. We sympathize with the inconvenience, but implementation is difficult due to a different system structure.

While the suggestions examined earlier were intentionally not implemented by the development team, the opinion regarding the mausoleum shop we are about to look at now is a feature that is difficult to implement due to the system. The core currency of the mausoleum shop is crystals. When using the shop, one must possess them in the bag to make purchases, and it is cumbersome to have to take them out of the warehouse every time.

On the other hand, item crafting allows using warehouse items directly without a cumbersome process. To sum up, the shop does not recognize the warehouse, while crafting recognizes the warehouse. From the perspective of the successors, this can be accepted as a failure to consider convenience when using the shop.

Regrettably, this improvement suggestion was classified as not reflected. Through comments, the planning team leader expressed deep sympathy while leaving a sense of regret. The reason for non-reflection is that the item usage processing structures of the shop and crafting are different. When using the shop, it is set to reference only the items in the bag, presenting a structural limitation. The planning team leader repeatedly asked for understanding regarding the inability to improve such inconveniences.

Q. A non-limited 'permanent class change ticket' is needed.
A. After further review, we will share the results through the 'Night Council Live' and others.

The class change ticket sales event held for the 'Korea and Global regions' is approaching its deadline on September 9. A characteristic of Vampir is that class changes are possible during a specific set period, and quite a few successors feel regret about this. They pointed out the flow where if sales periods are missed, new users joining later experience the exact same inconveniences as existing users and fail to settle in. Accordingly, opinions urging regular sales of class change tickets emerged.

Before looking at the detailed answer from the planning team leader, this opinion was classified as 'partially reflected'. They revealed that even within the development team, ongoing concerns about the regular sales direction are continuing. As part of that process, the sales terms of Vampir class change tickets are steadily decreasing compared to the early days.

However, it was decided that alleviating the cost burden of class changes comes first before making it permanent. Costs have been reduced for now, and the direction toward making it permanent is subsequently being reviewed. They answered that once review results come out, the news will be shared through the Night Council Live broadcast.

For reference, the stance on the opinion asking to allow test play before a class change is that it is structurally difficult to implement. They explained that the flow of skill reorganization or weapon replacement during the class change process must be reflected in advance, and it is not easy to revert back to the original state after test play. Accordingly, they asked for understanding, stating that the current state will be maintained without adding the feature.