This week: It's a short and snappy episode of Inside Ankama On Air! We'll talk about Frigost 3 and marriage and divorce in Wakfu. We'll also draw the winner of last week's EPIC NPC THEATER. Are you ready? Well, let's go!

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Hosts: Mascha and Izmar

Topics: Ohhhh, Frigost Episode 3... where art thou??? This week Izmar will talk you through the basics of a new devblog article about Frigost 3 that should be coming out later this week. We'll even hear statistics about how many players have completed all of the Frigost content... and the answer may surprise you.

Macha will tell you about the pro and anti-Valentine's Day event for Wakfu! Do you want to be married in Wakfu? Are you in need of a speed divorce? Listen to the episode to find out how you might get official confirmation of these life-changing events, and then send us an email....

This lovely Wakfu Wedding Dress was created by fanartist Kamilla-e

Don't forget about our Inside Ankama On Air banner design contest! This is the last week to submit your entry! Your design could be our banner for four straight weeks! Learn more about it in the news thread.

Let us not forget the best part; an all new EPIC NPC THEATER! If you know which DOFUS NPC Izmar performed this week, please send your guess (along with your account's display name) by email with the title "Epic NPC Theater." You can send your entries to insideankama.en@ankama.com.

Remember that winners will be drawn randomly from all the correct entries on next week's show. Congratulations to this week's winner: --suke--!

If you have questions you'd like to hear answered on the podcast, drop us an email (insideankama.en AT ankama DOT com), or better yet - leave us a voice message on Skype!

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

To thank all the players who have been active during WAKFU’s beta phase, we are pleased to announce that, as of today, you can reserve your nickname and guild name absolutely free!

How many times have you created a character only to be faced with “This nickname is already in use”? Oh, the frustration! How dare a n00b, an imposter, take your dearly beloved nickname?!... Well, those days are over!

As a special thank you for your active participation in the beta version of WAKFU, all players who logged before February 7^th, 2012 can now reserve an in-game nickname and guild name. But hurry – this offer is only available until the 17^th February.

Please note: players can reserve a maximum of one character name and one guild name per account. These names will be reserved on the server of their community.

Click here to make your reservation.

After Amakna, Sufokia and Brakmar, you thought there wouldn't have any more chance to participate in the street naming of the World of Twelve? You did not count on Bonta!

Each nation defends, by the name of its streets, the image that it wants to give to itself. Authorize the citizens of Brakmar the privilege to give the names of their streets without doing the same for its great rival, Bonta, would have been a great injustice! That is why today we appeal to all the imagination of Bontarians to give the white and blue pavements of the archipelago the names they deserve.

Three Clan Members for three merchant bridges

Macrobio leaves the sweet smells of bread and sawdust at the Pancake Bridge, where lives the best handymen and cooks of the archipelago. Always on the lookout for the latest culinary discovery, some say he loves purple liquid marshmallows!

From his throne, Clout reigns supreme on Arms Way, where he likes to say that the “cream of masters of weapons” does business. And do not dare contradict him, his humor is as sharp as the finest blade!

 

“The fashion is me!” This is the phrase that Nina Richa will tell those willing to listen. At the 5^th Bond Avenue, its she who makes the law. Class and good taste are the key words and shall ensure that each trade only offers the top luxury!

How does the contest work?

The principle is simple: from the reputation of the CMs and of Bonta, you can make us propositions of names for the streets and avenues that comprise the three merchant bridges of Bonta.

• Only one participation per person is allowed.
• Each participation can only have one proposition per bridge (being three total propositions)
• Each participation must sent by e-mail to the address mascha-chan(at)ankama(dot)com before February 8^th 11:59 PM GMT.
• The e-mail must contain: one to three proposals for street names (as well as the bridge they are related to) and the Nickname of your Ankama account (the nickname that appears on the forums, and not the login name you use to connect, which you MUST keep secret)

What can you win?

At the end of the contest, the winners will see their names of street integrated in the game and will receive a special ingame title to make known to everyone their mastery of words and puns.

We wish all participants good luck!

WAKFU’s release is almost here! Ogrest’s tears have left everything in ruins and pioneers are desperately needed to help reconstruct the world! Panic not, for you will be generously rewarded… Subscribe in advance now and from the 29^th February you can enjoy exclusive gifts reserved for the world’s first adventurers! Of course, anyone can turn up on the day… but they’ll have a tough time looking as classy as you!

Start your WAKFU career in style with a unique set! The others will be green with envy when they see you strutting around, proudly donning the outfit made for true pioneers!

Yes! You can now be one of the elite thanks to our WAKFU advance subscription deals. Your character will forever shine as one of the first adventurers to have set foot on the World of Twelve!

To subscribe to WAKFU in advance or for more information, click here.

BE QUICK! This offer is only available until the 27th February.

Also, learn everything about the advantages that a subscription offers you ingame, and what you can do as a non-subscribed player!

Questions about DOFUS and WAKFU have you? Listen to Inside Ankama you must! Episode 17 is here for your edification and entertainment!

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Hosts: Mascha and Izmar

Topics: WAKFU has the big news this week, and Macha is here to walk you through all of the new Subscriber Benefits. She'll also tell you what to expect as a Free to Play player! In DOFUS news, Izmar's got a new contest this week that's easy to enter and win. She's even going to give you a hint to help you get started. Izmar and Macha will also be answering your questions and asking themselves... Which class is the most intelligent? What do you think?

Don't forget about our Inside Ankama On Air banner design contest! Your design could be our banner for four straight weeks! Learn more about it in the news thread.

And Macha will get a chance to try her hand at: EPIC NPC THEATER! If you know which WAKFU NPC Macha was, please send your guess (along with your account's display name) by email with the title "Epic NPC Theater." You can send your entries to insideankama.en@ankama.com.

Remember that winners will be drawn randomly from all the correct entries on next week's show. Congratulations to this week's winner: Meodkd!

If you have questions you'd like to hear answered on the podcast, drop us an email (insideankama.en AT ankama DOT com), or better yet - leave us a voice message on Skype!

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Who hasn’t dreamed of a Bow Meow or a Gobball happily running at their feet? The pets are coming to the WAKFU universe!
Discover the adorable companions of our future adventures!

Dear beta testers, you have been waiting for them and they will be there on time for the game release.
The pets can be obtained in different ways: as a reward from the achievements, as a rare drop or even as part of the subscription packages.

The pet features

Don't worry, as soon as everything in the game is translated, your pet will also speak English! :p

The pet starts its life with a vitality of 20 Health Points. It will lose 1 Health point if:

• Fed too little, or too often;
• Fed with a non suitable food, that isn’t part of his diet,
• When its carrier loose a fight.

In case of abuse, the owner of the pet will be able to give his pet some Health Points back by using Osamoda Powder (up to 20 maximum). Although, if the vitality of the pet goes to 0, it will then become “Weakened” and will no longer give any bonus to its carrier until its vitality improves.

When first obtained, your pet is at level 0, but with proper care, it may soon reach its maximum level of 50. To do this, simply feed it properly (with proper food and suitable frequency), or win battles with having your pet equipped.

Each pet brings a bonus to its carrier. This bonus is determined by the pet itself, its level, and the type of food that you have given to your pet.

All the pets can also be customized. Either via a consumable item that can change the color of the pet; or via a customization item that can be worn by the pet (only 1 item to be equipped at a time).

And what about our friend the Gemlin?

The Gemlin remains present, and will still be found in Incarnam where you must save it from the terrible Bow Meow in your first fight. It will in fact be the first pet of your adventure.

And if you are unable to let go of it before leaving Incarnam, we feel that the possibility to have something other than a gelatinous creature by your side might rejoice more than one. Although if you do take good care of it, the Gemlin may still give you a bonus up to 50 additional Health Points.

February 29th doesn’t come by every year, so we’ve decided to celebrate in style! An extraordinary day calls for an extraordinary release… Timing is important after all, so let’s get it right! All of us at Ankama are proud to announce that the WAKFU MMORPG will officially be released on Wednesday, 29th February 2012!

Do you know how long we’ve had to wait for a leap year to finally come around?!
We’ve been waiting patiently to release our game for almost four years! OK… We know... It took a while, but it’ll be worth it. Well, actually, that’ll be for YOU to tell us!

WAKFU is a game that always does things that little bit differently, and so to make sure that everyone remembers the release date you can enjoy the “Gold” version of the game from the 29th February 2012.

Thanks for your loyalty, and we hope that the end result lives up to your expectations. See you in game real soon!

The Gruesome Twosome are back, and they've got a new segment for the show that you will not want to miss. Trust us! Also, Mascha has a new contest where you could win 9000 Ogrines. You'll have to listen to learn more!

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Hosts: Mascha and Izmar

Topics: In DOFUS, we'll discuss the new Kolossium Test Server, the Rage Comic contest, our new Monster Mash Weekend event, and the closure of Ogivol.

We also have a new design contest just for Inside Ankama On Air. Once you've listened to our contest rules, you can sent your entry to us by email. Remember, all entries must be 550 pixels x 260 pixels. Please make sure to include your account display name.

We hope you all enjoyed our new segment: EPIC NPC THEATER, and if you'd like to try to guess who our NPC of the week (as performed by Izmar) was, please send your guess (along with your account's display name) by email with the title "Epic NPC Theater." You can send your entries to insideankama.en@ankama.com.

Remember that winners will be drawn randomly from all the correct entries on next week's show.

If you have questions you'd like to hear answered on the podcast, drop us an email (insideankama.en AT ankama DOT com), or better yet - leave us a voice message on Skype!

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

The Year of Twelve has just begun, and Ankama On Air is back again! Episode 15 has Izmar and Mascha back in the studio, bringing you the latest Ankama news!

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DOFUS English Moderator applications are open, and this week we're talking about what it takes to be a mod, and what those lucky enough to be chosen as mods will be doing with their new powers. Macha will update the Wakfu community about the server IP restrictions, and we'll talk about Google Plus, and how you can unlock a special Ankama CCM Hangout session on the Google Plus site!

Also, Zatoishwanians, you'll want to listen to this episode!

If you have questions you'd like to hear answered on the podcast, drop us an email (insideankama.en AT ankama DOT com), or better yet - leave us a voice message on Skype!

We're looking forward to hearing from you!

Are you ready to catch them all? In Content Update 0.311, become an assassin for hire as a new Sram’s Shadow character class or explore new character builds as additional characteristics, such as Perception or Agility, are introduced! But that’s not all, folks —discover everything that version 0.311 has to offer in: “A Perceptive Shadow.”

Characteristics

• Large changes on the characteristics:
• Basic characteristics: HP, AP, MP, WP, Range.
• Addition of Luck, Force, Agility and Intelligence in order to boost damages and elementary resistance.
• Wisdom multiplies the experience gained at the end of a fight as well as Hyperaction (Temporal mastery: ability to inflict or to resist to AP loss).
• Prospecting increases the chances of winning loot at the end of a fight as well as Hypermovement (ability to inflict or to resist to MP loss).
• Willpower modifies the chances to apply or to resist to a state.
• Secondary characteristics: Dodge, Lock, Initiative, CH, CF, Expert Mechanic, Leadership, Kit Skill.
• Added secondary characteristics:
• Perception: Increases chances to remain invisible and to detect invisibility.
• Parade: Increases the chances to lower hits taken by 30%.
• The overall characteristics costs have been revised.

Character classes

• Changed experience progression for improved balancing:
• Increased the experience progression. More experience will be needed per level.
• It is now more interesting to fight a single monster than a group. Beating a level 80 monster will give more experience than 4 level 20 monsters.
• The group experience has been increased in order to improve multiplayer experience.
• The spells experience progression has been updated in order to be consistent with the combat experience.
• All twelve classes have had their spells modified:  costs, range, percentage of state application and damage.
• Global character wipe.
• The Rogue and Ecaflip classes have been made temporarily unavailable.

Sram

• The Sram’s Shadow class has been implemented. See the Dev Blog for more information.

Cra

• Unbeaconcan now sometimes reissue its Wakfu point cost.
• Long Distance Combat: decreased Critical Hit percentage per MP.
• Bat’s Eye: Increased Range loss and Critical Fail gain.
• TheDisturbing Arrow state can now be accumulated.

Eniripsa

• Traid Markand Rebirth Mark cannot be cast on an invocation.
• Transcendenceheals a maximum of 10% Health Points instead of 25%.
• Regenerationis triggered at the end of the target's turn and not at the start of it.
• Eniraseris now castable on the Eniripsa; the spell also gives a temporary resistance to the application

Iop

• Uppercutis limited to one use per target and per turn.
• Flattennow costs Movement Points.
• Bravery Standardstabilizes the Iop.

Pandawa

• Fire spellsare no longer dependent on the barrel.
• Karchamrakcosts 1 Action Point per cast but loses its line of sight at max level.  
• Barrelhoploses its line of sight at max level.
• Master of Merrimentnow boosts a maximum of 10% of health points instead of 20%.
• Merry Stateno longer inflicts a Movement Point loss.

Osamodas

• The Osamoda's invocations have been reviewed.
• The Fire branch spell sequence has changed:
• New: Magpie, Gurgling, Mooing, Croak, and Boohowl
• The Crobak spell has had its Critical Failures reduced to 10% instead of 15% at max level.
• Feather Tornado pushes back one cell. 
• The Gobgob's level can no longer be higher than that of the Osamoda; 2 of its spells are then temporarily deactivated: Gobstric Reflux and Piercing Cry.
• The Gobgob now has a spell to return closer to the Osamoda.
• Gobupincreases the stats of the summoned creatures at max level.
• Symbiosastats have been reviewed.
• Gobgobstats have been reviewed. 
• Additional creatures are now tamable:  Googoos, Rats, Larvae, Plants, Toads, Bliblis, Boos, Moskitos, Scaraleaves, Chafers, Snappers, Kokokos.

Sacrier

• Fire attacksdamaging the Sacrier have been changed and now only damage the Sacrier 30% of the damage the Sacrier has inflicted onto its target.
• Punishmentnow costs 2 Wakfu Points but damages the Sacrier.
• Attractionno longer costs Movement Points and applies the “Awkward” state.

Sadida

• Rusthas been changed and can now be cast on a target linked to a totem. 
• Poisoned Wind now inflicts basic damage in addition to the application of the “Wounded” State.
• K’Mirhas been changed and now cost 4 AP instead of 5 AP, the target of the spell cannot lock.
• The doll’s HP boost has been decreased.
• Doll Sacrificeno longer triggers Explodoll and its marks.
• Voodollcosts 1 Wakfu Point at max level in addition to redirecting 20% extra damage, instead of 10%. 
• Sic’Em Morenow allows boosting of dolls.

Enutrof

• New progression of the spell Prime of Life.
• Treasure Trackerhas increased at max level and now goes from 20% of prospecting to 40%.
• The proc rate of Enutrof’s Blessing has been slightly increased.

Territories

• Sidimote Moors has been added to Brakmar. Managed by Moe Kneetorks, they also host the infamous Chafer family.
• Added Rocky Beach, populated by Stalagmotes.
• Added the Gnashville Brakmar territory. Learn to fish from Krustiblak, surrounded by Molluskies and Kraloves.
• Added the Sufokia Jumpin' Jungle. Learn to be a forester with Kokogro, guardian of the local Kokokos.
• Added the Steamulating Shore in Sufokia. Discover the joys of fishing with Fligh, Clan Member of the area.
• Added the Sufokia Cradle and its Sharks.
• For consistency reasons, some Clan Members have been renamed.
• Astrub:
• Creatures of each route have been changed.
• Astrub clans have been improved.
• Professions can be learned from the Howl Masters.
• Harvestable resources on the roads have been added. 
• Dragoturkeys can be rebuilt. 
• Guards and nation-type Ghostofs have been added to the central area.
• Emelka can now be accessed by default on Amakna without activation from the players. The Kelba territory will become the unlockable territory.
• Unlockable territories (Kelba and the Sadida Kingdom) have been barricaded until after release.
• The Not Mines (Bonta) and the Drhellery (Amakna) are now on the same level.

Dungeons

• Added three dungeons in Astrub, linked with the local clans: the House of Destiny, the House of Respite and the House of Trouble.
• Removed the Astrub Hoola Hoopiwi dungeon.
• All existing dungeons have been modified: +20 wisdom for all players and +20% additional damage for creatures.
• The Blibli, Fields, Snapper, and Scara dungeons have received further modifications.

Haven Bag

• The individual chest is now available in the Haven Bags. It will allow the players to store a certain amount of items (without being unlimited). Each Haven Bag can only contain one chest, it can be found in the management room.
• In order to tore more items, the chest can be improved by using Ikiakits (evolution kits), made by the Handymen.
• Currently, accessing the chest it restricted to its owner.
• Improved Haven Bag visuals: changed ground sprites for all the rooms and the management room has been made bigger.

Items

• Added 67 new items (related to the new monsters and areas), including 9 new sets.
• All existing items have been re-balanced.
• 5-roll craft itemsare now 4.

User Interfaces

• The World Map has received an overhaul – additional zoom functions have been added.
• Additional map tokens have been added: mines and tunnels + Astrub dungeons.
• A level indicator has been added to dungeon map tokens.
• An Achievement Tracking window has been integrated.

Sound

• SFX for the new emotes and missing ones.
• SFX for the Sram’s animations and APS.
• Additions, improvements and optimization of the sounds used during the class spells.
• SFX for the animations and APS of the new monsters: Chafers, Stalagmotes, Molluskies, Sharks, Kraloves, Kokoko.
• Retake of the Albatrocious’ spell “Beak Tweak”
• Added sounds for the crystals on the Wakfu and Stasis islands.
• Sound FX for the new areas, dungeons, mines and Clan Members in Sufokia and Brakmar.
• Debug of the Brakmar lava ambient sounds.