Folks

DNaraku has brought in some changes to address issues with the bount arc characters. Most of the characters have been retouched and any remaining will follow in the next patch.

We have also added in some basic renders to the client for bounts. They are not of the quailty of existing renders, so, if you have any great images that you would like to add, then please contact Dnaraku or another member of staff.

Enjoy.

The Arrancar have finally arrived.

I know allot of people have been waiting a long time for us to get started on the Arrancar story lines and now its time to get started!  First up we have Yammy, and Ulquiorra checking out Karakura town and Ichigo.

There are a short list of missions to complete before you have them unlocked, and these have been grouped together under the character's name in the missions list.  Unlike the previous story arcs you will not have to progress through the entire story line to gain characters, you can simply jump to Ulquioora without completing the entire Yammy mission list.

Along with the new characters we have some skills updates, see the forum post for full details.

First off, Merry Christmas everyone!



We have been kicking around the idea of lowering skill level requirements for a while now, and last week we decided to go ahead with this.

The main reason behind this thinking was to level the playing field for all players, both lowbies and higher ups.  By making all skills available the moment you unlock a character we hope that it will be the player skill - not their inability to access more powerful skills - that prevails.

Also, starting with this update, all future missions will centre around individual characters, rather than story arcs.

As the bleach manga is not progressing as fast as the anime, there is a tendency to add in fillers.  This worked out for the bounts, but it doesn't work out later in the series.  So, by centring a few easy missions around a character we hope to have a cohesive story for at least the character involved.

Today's update introduces Grand Fisher and Inner Ichigo.  These are characters added especially for Christmas, and we will be having another update to introduce arrancar character later this week.
 

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This week's updates brings us the Memories of Nobody. The new set of missions from 5-10 will follow the story of the movie and feature Ichigo and Senna.

In addition to Senna, we have added missions for Hinamori Momo (Devotion - level 15) and Shuhei Hisagi (The Reaper - level 20). Both follow short missions to become unlockable. I can already here the cries of WTF!!? where are the Arrancar!!?

We have added these to finish up the first set of characters for BT, and now we are offically at the end of the first set of BT updates. The next mission updates will involve the arrancar characters.

Check the forum post for more details on the skill updates/fixes applied. As always, keep us posted on whats broken or what you would like to see changed.

The SOTW poll that I put up last week has had quite a good response. However, given that a large number of you would prefer a SOTM instead, we will be starting that instead. This gives everyone more time to polish their work and get the enteries in. Check the Offical SOTM Forum for details.

PS.
It has come to our attention that some users are abusing the matchmaking system, and battling against themselves. As a result a few users had been banned already and further resets or bans will follow. You have been warned!

A small update has been applied to the skills. This covers some bug fixes and other issues that have been identified.

Also, there is a poll on the forums to gauge interest for continuing SOTW competition. Currently, it has not been conducted for a month and we have not had much interest from any community members to continue this.

If you are interested in keeping an official SOTW competition going, please vote yes. If there is sufficient interest, I will resume the competition.

You can find poll and additonal update information on the forums.