April 23, 2026
New Layout
I was prepared for change. Returning to the site shortly after the launch was rough, but upon going online the next morning (for me), I can see that a lot has been fixed already!
I have a few minor, more or less aesthetic nitpicks, like:
the top right box not containing the numbers, links, and symbols; I had hoped they would get reinstated after the response to the previews;
alert numbers being missing (though they might come back?);
the Waystone being glued to an arbitrary point somewhere on the left sidebar;
grayed-out buttons being difficult to tell from functioning ones;
alerts as a whole: can't close the menu by clicking elsewhere, new alerts being indistinguishable from older ones, the types of notifications all looking the same on the alerts page;
spacing issues;
the mixture of soft lines, hard lines, and lines being missing;
the dark themes, in their current state; I'd need one, but those two don't help me at all, personally.
But above all, I get really, really bad eye strain and headaches? The adjustments made to the forums overnight helped a little bit, but any text on-site still hurts to read. I can't quite put my finger on it; everything I want to be looking at (text, dragons,...) feels way too small, while other elements feel disproportionately large; the font sizes are all over the place and the new fonts are much less legible to me; the background feels so much brighter (even though it isn't supposed to be). I'll have to see how I fare; it was really bad yesterday and put me in some genuine distress because I couldn't do anything, let alone read forum posts, without feeling my eyes go and a headache creeping in after two minutes.
With all of that being said, massive, massive, MASSIVE props to the team, though, they've been troubleshooting and making sure the launch goes smoothly all day long. After the release of the new UI, the Vigil breed release, bot waves, etc., I hope they can treat themselves to something nice, they deserve it! ❤︎
Regular broadcast:
I was messing around with Tarnish Flecks, but I'm obviously not done scrying yet, or else I would have posted them. :P
Also, sorry for the wall of text, I wasn't actually planning to go in-depth (and I didn't even, really)? Oh well.
Got the achievement for breeding dragons 400 times!
Leaden and Isildur performed the infamous Imp Twegg.