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The original 36 items that were available in pre-alpha 1. Legends of Equestria now features around a hundred items.

Open Server Events were a key event during pre-alpha and alpha development in Legends of Equestria, allowing the public to experience periodic previews of the game.

In these events, development on the game would be paused, while the cloud-based development servers were repurposed to relay necessary data that allowed the game to run on temporary clients. Open Server Events were integral in helping the team stress-test their game infrastructure in a variety of real-life contexts, including a DDoS attack on February 2015 [1].

In December 2016, Legends of Equestria entered its Limited Access Release phase, where the servers stay online constantly. As such, there will no longer be Open Server Events carried out.

List of Open Server Events[]

PreAlphaTimeline

A timeline showing all open server events
Open Server Events
11th Open Server Event (July 29-31, 2016)
Alpha 0.2


Combat

Items

Mobs

NPCs

Zones

  • Crystal Kingdom now has an animated crystal heart
  • Crystal village added on the outskirts of the Crystal Kingdom
  • Large brazier crater added in The Heartlands
  • The windmill on the outskirts of Ponydale is now animated

Quests

Miscellaneous

  • Singapone server added (later removed)
  • Hovering over server instances now displays the number of players within that instance
  • Minimap images now adopt a simpler design
10th Open Server Event (January 16-17, 2016)
Alpha 0.1


Combat

  • 16 new skills added (Transfusion, Resurrect, Triage, Party Foul, Change of Heart, Guidance, Friends Forever, Regenerative Aura, Field Tactician, Jeering Shout, Home Field Advantage, Candy Shower, Cute Stare, Sphere of Protection, Airstep, Rapier)
  • The Pony Avatar now appears in the skill bar
  • Skills now display cooldowns numerically
  • Players' health and energy now have numeric overlays
  • New fainting system, requiring player interaction to respawn
  • Loot can only be seen by the player it is for. If multiple players attack a monster, then all players will receive their own loot chest
  • Players can now see what they looted, and are informed of loot that party members have obtained
  • Inflexion sounds added for Mobs
  • Enemy Ponies have voiced dialogue
  • Combat music now plays in proximity to danger
  • Level up sound added
  • Tension system added
  • Monsters can now only see in front of them and hear trotting players close by.
  • Fainted mobs can no longer be targeted
  • Spells are more accurate
  • Flying now uses a small amount of energy

Zones

Quests

Miscellaneous

  • Servers reorganized into Amareicas, Coltorado and Europonia
  • New Movement System with strafing support
  • Up / Down arrow will cycle through messages on the chatbox (When Selected)
  • Chatbox bugs fixed
  • Chatbox no longer appears behind the equipment interface
  • Shadow rendering issues fixed (referred to as "the weird shadow square box that would appear under the player pony")
  • Book containing general information added
  • Friend system updated
  • Skill progression system implemented
  • New journal system (Not all quests are shown)
  • A bug caused the location-specific loading screens not to appear in this version, instead always using the default (Ponydale)
9th Open Server Event (August 14-16, 2015)
Pre-alpha 9


Combat

  • Experience system added.
  • Mobs now have distinct levels, and can reward XP.
  • Mob drops and stats modified
  • Stat system upgraded, with Armor, Attack, Dodge and Magic Resist modifiers added.

Items

Quests

Zones

Miscellaneous

  • New radio added to Sugarcane Corner
  • Shadows added
  • Issue with low resolution text above ponies fixed
  • Flying NPC ponies added to Cloudopolis
  • Inventory UI now does not overlap with itself
  • Chatbox optimized
  • Pet combat system added.
  • New Talent Marks
  • Animation for armor on stallions fixed
8th Open Server Event (April 10-12, 2015)
Pre-alpha 8
7th Open Server Event (February 20–21, 2015)
Pre-alpha 7
  • Support for Ponycode re-added
  • Larger default chat box size, and chatbox now supports different font colors for different message types
  • Servers reorganized into Equus and Griffonia
6th Open Server Event (January 24–26, 2015)
Pre-alpha 6
Network architecture test (December 14, 2014)
Pre-alpha 5.1
  • New network architecture, creating multiple rooms within a single server
  • Helpdesk introduced to the forums for more formalized bug reports
  • New loading screen for The Heartlands
  • Lantern Monsters now give off a glow from their lantern
5th Open Server Event (August 8–10, 2014)
Pre-alpha 5
4th Open Server Event (April 18–20, 2014)
Pre-alpha 4
3rd Open Server Event (January 24–26, 2014)
Pre-alpha 3
2nd Open Server Event (July 5–8, 2013)
Pre-alpha 2
1st Open Server Event (September 28–30, 2012)
Pre-alpha 1
  • Ponydale remodelled (originally called Ponyville)
  • Cantermore partially added (called the Canterlot Market District)
  • Sweet Apple Orchard completed (originally called Sweet Apple Acres)
  • Gem Mines added (originally called The Mines)
  • Evershade Forest added (originally called Everfree Forest)
  • NPCs now have names
  • Some in-game items added
  • All 3 pony races playable (Unicorns' teleportation was disabled due to server constraints)

Trivia[]

  • The tenth Open Server Event saw around 10,000 players [2] participating in the game.

References[]

  1. Ellowee (16 February 2016). "Open Server Test February 20-21! - Legends of Equestria Forums" Retrieved on 11 December 2016
  2. GoFish (22 January 2016). "Server hardware? - Legends of Equestria Forums" Retrieved on 25 January, 2016.
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