User blog:The CookieRunner/July 2016 - 3rd Issue

Issue #3

Published 28 June 2016

Welcome to Cookie Run Wiki's monthly newsletter, The CookieRunner! The CookieRunner is dedicated to giving out important updates on the game, as well as tips for the game, both in LINE and in Kakao. Yes, this newsletter will talk about Kakao stuff as well. But Kakao stuff will be limited to this newsletter, and nothing will be spread to the articles unless it's very important.

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 * By T And J Kids.



For 85 days we waited, and 85 days we had anticipated this season. Now, after 85 days, it is here. Devsisters proudly presents the seventh season of LINE Cookie Run, under the name of Wrath of the Dragon! This season mainly focuses on balancing the Cookies, Pets, and Treasures and updating the layout of each episode. It also brings the Cookie Run story forward: the dragon has awaken and the Cookies have to fight it before they can advance to their freedom. It also sets free the Sea Fairy Cookie, the mysterious figure previously known only to be a mysterious person.

What's New?
This has been mentioned in our previous CookieRunner May 2016 issue, but this time it's more detailed, since everything is in English now. However, only a few features will be covered; the main features would not be covered, unless for more clarity.

'''Set Your Nickname! '''

Upon first entering the game, you will be asked to set your league nickname. The nickname will be used for the league rankings, which will be explained below. Your LINE name will automatically be chosen upon first entering the game, but you can change it to another name if you want. For example, I decided to put my league nickname as "PepperSoda".

'''League Ranking! ''' Yes, it's different from the old Medal System we used to have, but what does the league do exactly? Well, it is a feature that lets you compete with other players worldwide. Unlike the previous medal system, this feature lets you see other players' scores within fifteen different rankings. To benefit from this and earn yourself some medals, you can earn medals based on your rank class and the ranking you are in within each class. The higher the rank class, the more medals you get. This is the same with the class ranking, but with smaller rewards.

Take note that your league depends on your previous results, so that means if you score 2M in a game and end up in a high class, you have just played only once. Further scores will make your class go down.

Combination Bonuses Just Went Home 

The sad news is... all of the secret combination bonuses have been removed. The exact reason for this is unknown, but we think it has to do with restricting the scores so that they don't go out of control. You may remember some iconic secret combination bonuses, such as Bright Cookie+Wishing Star and Vampire Cookie+Flame Bat. These are all... just wiped out. They don't exist in the game anymore. The Vampire Cookie+Flame Bat was a good combi. It helped us get that high score we really wanted back in the January days.

Even the original combination bonuses have been revamped to give only extra points for a Jelly only the Cookie or Pet can produce. If neither Cookie nor Pet creates its own Jelly, extra points for a unique skill that the Cookie has is the combination bonus instead. For example, Werewolf Cookie and Furball Pup's combi bonus is "Extra points for destroyed obstacles during Wolf Mode," which only the Werewolf can do.

Another category of extra points is the usual ones we had seen many times in our Cookie Run lifetime. An example is Pistachio Cookie and Pistachio Firefly's "Extra points for all Jellies during Blasts." Another example is Cream Puff Cookie and Owlcorn's "Extra points for Yellow Bear Jelly," which brings me to the inference that Cream Puff Cookie can still turn her Jellies into Bear Jellies.

There are several instances where it is not any of the combi bonuses listed above. If it's not extra points for something, it's usually coin bonuese and XP bonuses instead. One rare instance of an unchanged combi is Mint Choco Cookie and Mr. Fa-Sol-La-Si, with their 10% Coin Bonus intact. Another combi is Peach Cookie and Peach Cookie, with their 20% XP Bonus, even though it could be liable to be changed into "Extra points for Bamboo Leaf Jelly."

And let me tell you this. The C-grade, the B-grade, and the A-grade Cookies and Pets have their combi bonuses unchanged.

'''Loading Tips! ''' Back in April, I called this feature... no I didn't name it. But now it has an official name: Loading Tips! What this does is replace the iconic "Preparing the escape..." message with a trivia or a tip. Mostly it's tips, but from time to time you might come across some trivia.

These are some examples, with the comparisons between the translation from the Kakao version mentioned in this blog post and the actual tip.


 * Translation: Rockstar Cookie and Mint Choco Cookie have their own wonderful music, as opposed to the normal background music.
 * Actually... Mint Choco Cookie and Rockstar Cookie play their own tune while running.
 * Translation: Cookies' Flaming Hearts can be obtained from Mystery Boxes.
 * Actually... Cookie's Warm Hearts can be acquired through Mystery Boxes.
 * Translation: Prophet Cookie's prophecies seem like they come out of his beard.
 * Actually... Did you know that Prophet Cookie's prophets come from his beard? His crystal ball has nothing to do with it!
 * Translation: If you do not collect the rewards, the rewards will fade within a certain period.
 * Actually... If you do not accept the rewards within time, they will disappear.

Mystically Tiring 

You have heard of Mystic Gems, now get ready to feel the arduous journey of extracting S-grade evolve Treasures you don't need. It can be un-blessed or blessed, un-upgraded or upgraded, but please do not extract your blessed Treasures unless necessary. The amount of Mystic Gems you get depends on if the source Treasure is an A-grade Treasure or an S-grade Treasure, the ingredients used, if it's fully upgraded, and if it's blessed. So if it's something like Supremely Yummy Monster Muffin, blessed and upgraded to +9, you would get around 132! Now that's a lot! The lowest you can possibly get is 1 of course, but we have heard that the normal, un-upgraded Famous Honey Cookie is worth only 5.

Any Differences Between This and the Korean Version?
There are not many differences between the Kakao and LINE version, but there are some that might be interesting.

Getting the Crystals for the New Season  The most exciting difference of all is free Crystals! In the Kakao version, you were asked to type in a coupon code to get 200. In the LINE version, everyone gets 100 for free! Yes, once you've gone into the game, you'll get this snazzy reward to celebrate the new season. If you had preregistered for the new season, it's a bonus: with the 100 and the  5 in place, you'll have  200 and  5, or  335 in terms of value.

A Reeeally Long Maintenance  From 9am June 27 to 5pm June 28 (GMT+9), Cookie Run underwent a very long maintenance to help prepare for the new season. While we had witnessed in the Kakao version that it took 13 hours for maintenance, it took a record-breaking 30 hours of maintenance in the LINE version. We did not know what was the exact cause of this long wait, but it made some people mad.

Devsisters has even created the hashtag "#WrathoftheMaintenanceNotice" to prove us how evil the maintenance notice really is. What did the Cookies do during that time?

They Changed It to An S!  Do you remember White Gold Drop? It was introduced back in September as a Package Deal-exclusive Pet along with Lime Cookie. In its early days, it was considered an E-grade Pet, later joined with Bean Drop Duo. This was the only thing exclusive to LINE at that moment. Now, it is changed to an S-grade Pet like in the Kakao version, and is placed next to Mr. Limeguard because of release dates.

Conclusion
This season has some difficulties especially for the new players, but who knows? Maybe it might turn out to be an interesting season for us, and an exciting one too.
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