Join Velvet Shade Sect?

[frail jungle]

The clues

[maiden moon]

plus it is a bit of a terrible thing if you have been married for MORE than 48 hours

as in, for, say, 3 weeks

and divorcing THAT doesn't count

so you have to remarry someone else and divorce THAT.

so you throw your progress away AND get yet one more day slapped on top

[frail jungle]

As you can see it openly highlights that "possessing extraordinary elegance" aka 2K points should get you invited, it currently does not

[last yarrow]

So ur talking about something else I was replying tooo…. Cause someone was In a partnership for awhile and didn’t want to loose it all to join the sect

It’s been talked about so much on how it’s broken….hints the reason I’m telling people how to do it the same way I’ve been told

If I didn’t know the elegance was an issue I would have never ONLY told people about the marriage route. Never ONCE said people complain in divorce time

[opal pilot]

You cant marry and then divorce instantly?

[maiden moon]

oh, btw, apparently, if you are in VS, married, and your PARTNER initiates a divorce, that is -30 sect merits

[last yarrow]

U can?

[opal pilot]

I dont want to stay in the sect, im getting the outfit and move back to silver needle

[plush flume]

you need to wait 24h for the divorce to be finalized

[maiden moon]

no, the 'divorce method' does not recognise a divorce as valid if the marriage had been LASTING for more than 48 hours.

[frail jungle]

Chompie thats why there is 2 ways to join, one for people that dont currently have a permanent relation they'd like to keep and one for the ones who do, which involves having high elegance

[opal pilot]

Nah, F that sect then

[maiden moon]

so, even if you wait out the 24 hours wait time to finalize, if you had been married for more than 2 days, it doesn't count.

[frail jungle]

The sect is about being frivolous but does not stop you from having a steady partner

[maiden moon]

you need to divorce like instantly, or within 48h at least

[leaden geode]

happened to me, now another 24h cooldown ;_;

[maiden moon]

Also, as said (people posted screenshots on reddit), being the one that is divorced by OTHERS when you are in VS is a sect demerit of 30 points

so once you are in, despite the 5 partner polycule, it encourages you to do your best to NOT get a divorce

because that harms your standing in the Sect

[last yarrow]

And that’s exactly why the staff said to not worry about the elegance anymore since it’s beeing used for the masked trope or whatever it is

[frail jungle]

Yes but thats the issue

[maiden moon]

China had the elegance way before they even got Troupe, so there isn't even a precedence of 'it was only added when troupe got added'

[frail jungle]

IT allready worked for VS on the CN side, day 1 of the sect dropping

[maiden moon]

and 'wait until they add troupe' is toxic AF and gaslighting

because there is precedence of it working in the OG version

[frail jungle]

As we're trying to say here, the issue isnt so much them removing it for a diffrent sect

It's that MANY others allready got to join VS using elegance

[plush flume]

Is a problem because the troupe is months away. You cannot just have people deiceved by a your mistake then pretend them to accept to wait months.

[opal pilot]

Im a little bit slow

1. Marry someone
2. Instantly divorce
3. Get invitation

Is that correct?

[last yarrow]

When did this game come out?

[frail jungle]

yes

[frail jungle]

For us less than a moth ago

For the chinese players almost a year ago

[last yarrow]

And mind u less than a month is 15 million users

[opal pilot]

Time to be a beggar for a relation

[frail jungle]

Chompie even the CN players are confused

[maiden moon]

and china could join even with troupe months away, due to the means still existing in the game.

through ELEGANCE.

[frail jungle]

We've had 4 CN players in here say it makes no sence because on THEIR SERVERS, they could join velvet shade on day one of the sect dropping because they had high elegance

[plush flume]

Exactly

[maiden moon]

china only got Troupe recently.

[frail jungle]

Then when the international servers got the sect NOW they change how you join them blocking out one of the ways that people allready knew about from the CN servers, alot of players spent money just to increase elegance

Because they THOUGHT it worked like on CN

Which is the thing we're mad about

[last yarrow]

Right.. and how many people get confused in this game (myself included)

Regardless of where ur from it’s confusing?

[frail jungle]

This has nothing to do with confusion

[maiden moon]

so when the devs now go 'but it is you being poached by VS while you do the Troupe joining quest, so we need Troupe in game, and that requires the zone with their HQ!'

[frail jungle]

This is 2 diffrent servers having blantantly diffrent set ups for joining the same sect

CN can use elegance OR divorce

International can only divorce

[last yarrow]

I mean yeah….. that’s what I expect from 15 million people joining in A MONTH of the game being out

[maiden moon]

and china could use Elegance OR divorce even before they had Troupe available!

[frail jungle]

Chompie what are you even on about?

[last yarrow]

Sorry that they didn’t get every single detail and subject and everything DIRECTLY right when porting over….

[frail jungle]

Chompie

This is not an "oopsie" translation error

[last yarrow]

Never said it was

[frail jungle]

This is them removing a whole system of joining a sect

[honest surge]

This is in no case a tiny mistake.

[frail jungle]

This is not a small single detail

[last yarrow]

I can still join velvet shade?

So I’m confused

[plush flume]

Chompie the cues were inside the game. Is not like people made them up. Also Masket troupe is not the only way people can join trough elegance according to chinese players even if we are being told to wait the Masket Troupe (Wich is unacceptable)

[maiden moon]

This is ineptitude, malice or negligence, one of the three.

[frail jungle]

Il write it in a single message for you so please read what im about to say throroughly so it doesnt get spread out

[maiden moon]

not an 'oopsie daisie'

[pliant karma]

dude again?

[plush flume]

Don't get personal tho. I am sure is an oversight.

((Sorry that was not for you))

I meant Aleandria

[last yarrow]

Never once said people made them? I’m not sure what u randomly said that??

THEY LITERALLY SAID that’s what their planning to do for elegance and it being a bit messed up

And yes that’s our difference. You guys want a month old game that got 15 million people in 1 month to be exactly like the year old one

[last yarrow]

I was gonna cry lmao

[frail jungle]

YES you an international player can join the VS sect, but ONLY using the divorce method, CN players have confirmed to us that when they got the sect they were able to join using both the divorce method or through having high elegance, it's also a literal clue given to us on the sects tab that highlights that it is a way to join the sect.

[last yarrow]

I don’t like chu making words up for me tho that’s not very pogchamps

[plush flume]

Chompie there were other means to join trough elegance even in the chinese Beta according to chinese players.

[last yarrow]

100% agree with you

I’m not saying ur wrong

I’m just saying expect a month old game that got a influx of 15 million people to be EXACTLY like the year old version is a bit goofy

(You can still join the velvet shade so it’s not like LOCKED)

I thought it would be elegance to join and spent some dabloons to make sure I can get it and to find out that’s not how u get in isn’t a problem..I just did the divorce method

[frail jungle]

People are just confused and a little angry, BECAUSE alot of them knew from the CN players that elegance was going to let them into the guild so some players spent money to increase their elegance

You also fail to remember a detail, its not a month old game, the features were mentioning have been out on the CN servers for a while, its not an entierly new game so them porting over the sect and its ways of joining shouldn't differentiate

People had seen on CN players that "Oh i can join by having high elegance so i dont have to divorce my friend whom i have built alot of marriage points with, i guess il use money to get the elegance so i have less of a grind." and then when we got the sect that method was not implimented for us which upset alot of players understandably

[maiden moon]

And the feature we want to see was present in the 1 year old version BEFORE the content that is NOW claimed to be 'required' in the '1 month old' version even got added to the '1 year old' version.

[frail jungle]

We're not giving the devs hate for what happend, but people are understandably upset over the situation as there was no for warning that they were changing the system of joining the sect

[sinful gyro]

I think another reason the invite may not pop is if you keep the bond/cord you get when you first go through the initial process of the marriage. Because I've read dialog of the npc members and all sever ties from their previous relationships

[maiden moon]

So that feature was working fine without the claimed feature being present.

[pliant karma]

You can join Troupe early in cn there was just no gameplay/tasks you could do with Troupe which led to player complaints that lasted for almost half a year.

I understand game devs wanted to avoid repeating that mistake by not opening Troupe early. While I’m not saying this change was entirely successful, since there were some misleading clues left behind. but PLEASE stop with all the misinfo

[plush flume]

I mean Sophie with all the respect. People believed elegance was a way in they discovered is not the case. And then you are telling those players to wait for the troupe that was one of the latest sect implement in the chinese version. Is normal they are upset this is not really something reasonable to ask.

[honest surge]

All I'm saying is there could have been communication prior to the release of OUR VS to avoid all of this.

[last yarrow]

And I never said their annoyance wasn’t expected or allowed lmao. I just said to attack the staff for your annoyance is a bit ridiculous.

I really hate how you keep trying to dumb me down every comment it’s super gross but it’s still exactly what I’ve been saying…

PLEASE GIVE IT MORE THAN A MONTH TO ACTUALLY GET MAD AT STAFF lmao

[maiden moon]

how about YOU get the devs to make an official STATEMENT in the ingame 'version info' website

[last yarrow]

COULD Have but again it’s been out for 1 month and got 15 million people

[plush flume]

Also the troupe is not the only elegance way that people could get in a chinese player listed all the ways one can join in trough elegance.

[honest surge]

I'm sorry but that does not cut it for poor communication.

[maiden moon]

basically, not everyone is lurking on chinese socials or wherever you find more than just marketing posts.

[pliant karma]

there is a misleading clue in the game and i agree that needs to be fixed. its a different story to call it "ineptitude, malice or negligence"

[maiden moon]

if there is a statement by the developers, it needs to be in the GAME.

[plush flume]

Never told such things myself. In that i agree.

[pliant karma]

That is going to be fixed

[last yarrow]

Then leave? I keep and keep saying this and will keep doing so. 15 million people in 1 month. I’m sure they wouldn’t mind loosing 1 person who can’t understand how much 15 million people are

[opal pilot]

I just want the outfit

[last yarrow]

And I’m not sure when this was a thing?

[frail jungle]

Which is stil factually incorrect, its not a month old

[pliant karma]

all i ask is for you to be respectful while expressing your thoughts, that so hard to do huh?

[plush flume]

Stop it. You are not helping this case at all. Nor contributing to the discussion at hand. Let's keep the thread clean from personal attacks eh?

[honest surge]

Your comments make no sense.

A small indie company with 2 people knows how much communication matters. What you're saying is wrong and I will dismiss it as such.

[maiden moon]

then how about you also harp on the people who insult, belittle and gaslight the 'there are other sects too' or 'this isn't the sect for you' then, too, hmm?

[plush flume]

Calm down. Please.

[last yarrow]

Just the same way I will dismiss u guys expecting a 100% instant and amazing and proper and clean launch

It’s wild..

[plush flume]

Everyone.

[last yarrow]

Tian…

[frail jungle]

The game has been on the market for a while, it was only opend to the international systems less than a month ago.

Furthermore this attitude of "dont like it leave" is neither productive nor helpfull, as you said yourself people have a valid reason to be upset

[last yarrow]

U are literally disrespecting people with every message u put

[feral scaffold]

Apparently the only way is to divorce, I'm trying to marry one more person since I already have one partnership, and Shi Yimo won't let me because I'm already married to one person, to marry more than one is only available AFTER you are in Velvet Shade, not to join I fear 😔

[pliant karma]

These people have the same right to express their opinions, and that includes you as well as others. If you feel that any insults or disrespect are directed at you do let me know.

I’m not stopping you from expressing concerns like “the clue is misleading”or “dev statement should be in GAME.” It’s your right to bring them up. Likewise, others have the same right to voice their opinions like “there are other sects out there too.”

With the PREMISE that the discussion remains respectful

[maiden moon]

try a mirror, bro.

[last yarrow]

U can’t say that LOL

[last yarrow]

When have I ever been rude to you

Please point that out

[plush flume]

I am not sure how all i did is point out issues.

[last yarrow]

Got u

I would send ss’s but can’t 😭 but it’s not hard to see u talk down on someone then reply)

[plush flume]

I am not talking down anybody.

[rancid stag]

I dont think one or the other is correct in this case. Yes it’s totally understandable that people are upset after spending money and not getting what they expected, I myself am also one of them. However I feel like we all can also cut them some slack, the game IS in fact very new globally at least and there are bound to be some mistakes and stuff they’ve overlooked

[honest surge]

Exactly. Everyone is allowed to voice their opinion and state the facts.

[plush flume]

Oh i am sure the situation is a genuine oversight. It happens. We are all human.

[maiden moon]

Also, if 'Masked Troupe HQ is not in game yet' would be a reason to not allow adding something involving them.......the Nine Mortal Ways HQ is also not ready yet, down in the ghost market. By that logic, why are NMW playable?

[plush flume]

Well also like i said before the Masked Troupe isn't the only way to get in trough elegance a chinese player made a whole list in how.

[maiden moon]

or is it because they are involved in Well of Heavens?

[plush flume]

Problem is in that list nothing works.

There was at least other two ways to get in whit elegance not crossing the path with the Masked troupe.

[last yarrow]

U agreed with my point lmao. I understand people are mad and annoyed and don’t really know what to do. But to to start taking it out on moderation and people isn’t right, the games new (Say whatever you want about the CN version compared to this… but can we wait a year before we compare a month to a year?)

[feral scaffold]

Can i not type here?

[merry horizon]

Though yeah, everyone is more than welcome to criticize but please keep out the insults against others when you disagree with what they say. That's all we ask.

Basically: Have a debate; not an argument.

[prisma mirage]

Someone hmu if you’re tryna get divorced

[feral scaffold]

Okay I can, I'm trying to type something that has nothing harmful and it says it's blocked

[plush flume]

As reported even in the CN Beta people were able to join the elegance way. The Chinese beta of the game so.

[edgy summit]

I was kind of disappointed when I found out the marriage/divorce method was the only one available at the moment, since I'm probably looking at joining Velvet Shade for their interactions with the Herald and stuff... but I figure I'll just bide my time and sect hop through the other sects for their cosmetics first while I wait.

Though I'm curious to know if we have details on the other elegance related methods available on the CN version?

[plush flume]

I will post the imagine another time.. Mods please forgive me i post this to answer tuxuedo.

[pliant karma]

@maiden moon I will give you one final warning. You are welcome to continue this discussion as long as it remains civil and respectful But if I see another insult directed at our staff or devs you will be getting a ban.

[last yarrow]

^ that persons a meanie head

[last yarrow]

I feel a lack of talking vs just angry Ooo rah mad yk

[plush flume]

that's it.

[feral scaffold]

Sophie thank you for the instructions nonetheless, but I wanted to let you know the 2nd option is only after you've joined the Sect, not to join it 🥹

[last yarrow]

Now this is good stuff to put forward and wait for it to be fixed

Why can’t we wait more than a month for like anything to get fixed or talked about 😭

[opal pilot]

Someone said that you have to marry and divorce instantly, wait 24 hours an then you get the invitation

[plush flume]

PRetty much was the whole point of my argument chompie. Also to add to this. A friend of mine in my guild she is chinese she played the chinese version since was in beta. And she told that even in the beta you could join Velvet Shade with the elegance way.

[frail jungle]

I will repeat, you are currently stating a false narative

The issue is that the one "counter point" you've made is the age of the game, but the age is much more than a year at this point and while alot of the game requires translation, the systems of the game do not require changing as its only a language/vocal port, it is not a port from fx PC to Xbox, so system incompatibility is really not even a thing

[visual mauve]

this is how me and my friend got in

[maiden moon]

and even when porting PC to Xbox, it is usually the executeable and the engine, NOT the script language used to do mechanics.

[feral scaffold]

I know, I'm referring to the 2nd mentioned option which is to marry 2 people within one week, but that is only available after you joined the Sect, not to join it.

[past hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/lil-duval-popcorn-eating-hungry-gif-15804837318904581506

[edgy summit]

Appreciate the info.

[frail jungle]

It's understandable that some errors may happen, but this is as most of us have already agreed, not a small change or a little error, its a fundamental change to how you join a sect.

[rancid stag]

Ohh thanks this makes a lot of sense. I was wondering why it didnt work despite me meeting the requirements for the second one 🙂‍↕️

[last yarrow]

There’s alot more than just pc to Xbox for this 😭

[honest surge]

You just marry and divorce and marry again within the week.

[last yarrow]

Holy bold

[frail jungle]

This is a game that allready had platforms on both PC, and more on the CN side, hence my point

[feral scaffold]

SORRY 😭 people keep telling me the same, but I'm referring to the second mentioned option

[last yarrow]

Right but it’s not a American game that has been out

[plush flume]

that we known.

[frail jungle]

It is for all intent and purpose a translation and vocal change, nothing more

Which should not impact fundamental features

[last yarrow]

I get the feeling u think it should be the same game but language difference…

[rancid stag]

Oh wait no I think that wasnt what they meant. Not 2 ppl at the same time, but rather marry divorce and remarry aka marry twice! Within a week! But still didnt work for me though

[frail jungle]

Again im not trying to hate on the devs, i understand the reasoning behind it

[feral scaffold]

OHHH the way it was worded it is definitely what I got from it 😭 my bad then Sophie!

[last yarrow]

Oh no I never saw hating on them paradox

[frail jungle]

If you don't plan to release the SAME game to a diffrent market, then you shouldn't give it the name name nor advertise it as the "international relase"

[last yarrow]

I kinda think I know who it was but I wanta make sure before I start sayin names lmao

[last yarrow]

See that’s the big issue I see now

[opal pilot]

Did someone in this chat recived an invitation already?

[frail jungle]

If you don't wish to insult or bring the person up please dont indirectly speak about them, that is quite a rude way of baiting a person

[last yarrow]

China and America are very different very different laws and takes and things u have go through to get approved. And I kinda figured that’s the way most people think. That it should be as easy as copy and paste

[frail jungle]

Several have been invited to the game

[honest surge]

Several people

[last yarrow]

YOOOOO WHAT IS THIS SLANDER

[frail jungle]

It's not slander

[last yarrow]

It is lmao

[plush flume]

Also where i am at it there is a question i have. So is implict that once you are in the velvet shade and you break a marriage thata -50 point of demerit. This also means that who is already in cannot marry and devorce other players to get in i am correct?

[frail jungle]

You openly stated " kinda think I know who it was" hinting at someone being rude to the devs without saying a name, if the person is reading the chat they'd know it was them without needing their name stated, its a basic way of baiting rage, though it could also just have been a honest mistake hence why i asked you not to do it

[opal pilot]

I just want to get in a couple minutes to buy the outfit, thats it…im running back to silver needle

[frail jungle]

I think you'd need to re-earn all the rep points but i could be wrong

[rancid stag]

They can! I think Dezzy(?) on here is doing exactly that, but at the loss of merit ofc. I also have plans on doing this when I get in

[opal pilot]

Nah, you keep them

[frail jungle]

Oh

[last yarrow]

This whole thing started because someone was being rude to Sophia, and I was replying and keeping the same take of don’t be rude to people or kids due to your annoyance..

Since ur replying to me and said the same exact thing I started this from. I was literally letting you know that I agree with you….

Again showing that I don’t think ur apart of the issue due to having a normal conversation and agreeing with you.

I DONT KNOW THE NAME NOR DO I WANTA SAY IT. Because if I find it and say who it was before finding it out and saying the wrong name who’s in the wrong now

[frail jungle]

Nice to know

[last yarrow]

Extremely extremely weirddddd that u just pushed that on me?

[dense lantern]

i think most of the things in the VS shop are gold to buy anyway iirc

[frail jungle]

From my view you were doing the thing i mention, though i can see your point aswell

[maiden moon]

But when it comes to literal scripts that are not visible to the player at any point, because they run serverside - that is exactly what it is, copy and paste.

[opal pilot]

I still got my 6k points passing through 3 sects

[last yarrow]

I getchu I think it would of been better to ask if that’s what I was doing rather than just blaming me for it 🙁

[frail jungle]

It's hard to differentiate intent through text, we are only human and i went based on my guts, though i do apologize if i offended you

[last yarrow]

No offense we just conversating, thou would be bad if someone else with power was reading it and then saw myself in the way chu said

[frail jungle]

That is why i told you not to do it.

[last yarrow]

I was never planing too 🙁

[frail jungle]

Everyone sees such things diffrently and others may take it the wrong way

[visual mauve]

if someone divorces YOU then you lose points, if you're the person to leave them then you're okay

[frail jungle]

To quickly respond to this.

Yes they have very diffrent laws, but those laws have nothing to do with the system that everyone is currently upset about, of course it wil never be a direct 1 to 1 of the game as, gatcha things are legally not allowed in certain counties, but the fact that elegance was removed as a way of joining the sect is a strange choise, even more so that there was no actual mention of it

[last yarrow]

Yeah and I 100% agree with you. That’s what I say give the American version more than 1 month to catch up to the year long version

If it can’t be exactly 1:1 I don’t think it’s right to expect it

[frail jungle]

Which i a fair point but as some of us mention, it shouldn't have to catch up on a system that is allready good to go

The elegance points are already in the game, you already earn elegance from owning accessories, outfits, hairs and more, realistically its already all being tracked, they should generally not have an issue using that to let people join the sect.

I could understand it if elegance was just NOT a thing on our end, but the points used at already there, its simply just not being utilized

[pliant glacier]

Oh, I deffinitly poke fun at you for your additude, and I am not sorry about it.

Like there is valid criticizm, and then there is angry entitlement.
And the latter is not a good mood for anyone here.

[frail jungle]

The staff told us to keep arguing out of it, please don't bother the person after they told us to leave it be

[pliant glacier]

Fair point, I did not see that they dropped it.

[frail jungle]

👍

[pliant glacier]

Meanwhile I have to wait another 24h because... I accidentally left the sect x-x

I dont know why but... I thought "Betray Master" ment I had to get rid of my master to join the sect...

[rancid stag]

LMAO

[pliant glacier]

I JUST WOKE UP AND DID NOT EVEN HAD MY COFFEE WHEN IT HAPPEND I WAS EXCITED

Its fiiineee....

I will handy cap myself to give the rest of you all a fighting chance for the promotion ;)

[rancid stag]

That’s hilarious but also I would’ve been pissed if that was me 😭

[pliant glacier]

-# Trust me I am ... still quiet upset about it...

[harsh shadow]

@frail jungle how to have to build any intimacy before marrying someone?

[pliant glacier]

Alcohol

[last yarrow]

And I agree 100% again I don’t think there’s too much that would need to be changed. But I’d rather give the game the benefit of the doubt and SEE them constantly talking about stuff that the community talks about

Also like I said annoying that I bought stuffs so that I could be the required elegance and unable to use it. But at least the sect works lmao annoyance or not

[pliant glacier]

Gift em Wine

[frail jungle]

No you don't need to build intimacy

As far as im aware

[rancid stag]

U need to get to lvl 2

[frail jungle]

OOF

[rancid stag]

Which is 500 exp iirc

[dense lantern]

my in game wife only plays the mobile version dont ask why

[pliant glacier]

In all honesty... I rather lose 24h of sect progress then having to ditch my master....

I had that lazy bum for longer then this game existed.

[frail jungle]

Fair, in all honesty im not joining VS at this point, but given i got "most" of the facts im staying here to help people who come for information

[harsh shadow]

Tips to build it up fast?
I haven't done co op before

[pliant glacier]

Pretty sure he was eating my cultivation resources when WWM was still just a concept

[frail jungle]

You can either play with them in co-op or send the person ingame gifts

[pliant glacier]

SEND EM MORE ALCOHOL AND TWIGS

[rancid stag]

It you go to chat, then «gift» you can send intimacy gifts. Flowers gives more than wine but both works. If it’s flowers, it’s 20 of them for 500 exp I believe. Wine gives less but idk how much

[crystal thicket]

I love your passion about this situation and thank you for it. Tell em how you feel 💜

[maiden moon]

afaik, you can only donate 10 of the same gift per week.

[frail jungle]

Yes

[last yarrow]

LITERALLY I was looking at how to join and go it told to me 200 times lmao

[harsh shadow]

Reached 416 just with the gifts i had

[rancid stag]

That’s great! Now if they send u some as well ure good to go

[harsh shadow]

Yeah it'd do the trick

[maiden moon]

i think i also have a third type of gift in my bag, with more points per item than flowes

[frail jungle]

Oh i gave up before all that

[last yarrow]

Lmao

[frail jungle]

I wanted to when i was first told about the funni harem sect, but then i found out about raging tide

As a man who loves wuxiu, being a drunk battle maniac is straight up my alley

[livid tide]

please pinn

[maiden moon]

i bet you love the 2 mystic arts that involve booze then.

[last yarrow]

Never cared for it till I saw blade

Didn’t care for the child BUT BLADE so much friggin aura

[frail jungle]

Hmmm

(hold on)

[maiden moon]

one is a fire breath, the other punches the enemy. bonus when the fire breath has you intoxicated (drunk), the punches hit much harder

[frail jungle]

NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE REFERING TOO

[frail jungle]

Must have missed it

xD

Yes my go to combo is, fire breath, explovie drunken poet

[lucid dew]

@glacial cliff

[glacial cliff]

Devs please fix the elegance route or give us some sort of communication, I've loved this game so far and this has been an extreme disappointment after waiting so long for Velvet Shade, especially with the lack of communication 😢

[frail jungle]

For now the elegance route wil not be implimented

They plan to release it either later when its been polished, or along side the masked troupe sect

[glacial cliff]

It's the lack of communication that has been the most frustrating, as I haven't seen any official statements regarding player frustration :/

[feral scaffold]

Heya quick question, ik the way to join the Sect is by marrying and divorcing someone within 48 hours, but can i still do those, and marry someone before i get the invitation or will it not work anymore?

[frail jungle]

Which we agree with you on, but for the time being this is the official statement on the subject.

Untill they polish the elegance system the post here by Sophie is the only way to join the sect

[frail jungle]

Once in the sect you can marry who ever you want too

[modern orbit]

does a marriage over 25 days count if i divorce and remarry or is it only recognised if its recent??

[onyx mango]

No clue. Test it out and see what happens.

[sinful gyro]

No, only 1 day/48 hrs

[frail jungle]

It has to be done within 48 hours

[modern orbit]

OKAY but i might be stupid, but if i divorce the one i have now, and then marry and divorce someone else rq would that work or?

[frail jungle]

The divorce takes 24 hours

[sinful gyro]

^ this but that works as well

Its tedious

[frail jungle]

So if you divorce now, wait the 24, marry someone elese, instantly divorce then wait 24 you should get invited to the sect IF you have kaifeng unlocked

[modern orbit]

OKAY perfect, thats what i wanted to know!

[onyx mango]

24hr real time not game time for the invite part keep in mind.

[modern orbit]

i initiated divorce earlier today so just wanted to make sure i wasnt going insane bc ive been trying to read everything for two days

[modern orbit]

thats fine by me, i work inbetween so i can wait!

[noble vector]

You don't need to marry someone else.

You just need to get married and divorced within 48 hours

[frail jungle]

I was talking to someone who allready has a marriage that was longer than 48 hours

[modern orbit]

im already married rn is what they mean, so i have to go through the whole thing

if id known before today i wouldve done it on launch BUT its all good! i hit lvl 4 partnership whilst waiting so we all good

[onyx mango]

If something goes wrong down the line. I will volunteer to be the sacrificial marriage “lamb”

[paper sphinx]

So, from what I gather. I got to divorce my wife, of a week. Wait 24 hours to re-marry. Divorce them just to wait another 24 hours. Get married again and then wait another 24 hours...what is even the point? Bunch of progress loss for nothing.

[modern orbit]

you do? my character is pretty so it'll be fine

[noble vector]

Uh...no... you just divorce(which is where you wait 24 hours).

Then you're both at the starting state. Single and sectless.

Then you marry them. This is step one.

Then you immediately initiate a divorce and wait 24 hours to finalize. Step two.

Once you finalize the divorce, you both should get an invite. That's the final step.

There's no third 24 hour wait

[paper sphinx]

But we've been married for over a week. I thought that only applied to marriages that just occurred.

[noble vector]

No it just means your current marriage doesnt count as part of the process

The requirement is to divorce someone you married less than 48 hours ago

[sinful gyro]

Or marry and divorce twice ina week

[frail jungle]

Not for a week

[noble vector]

Yes but you do need two different people for that variant

[paper sphinx]

I didn't say for a week. We've been married over a week.

[frail jungle]

Ah my bad

[noble vector]

If you went into this already married you're behind. You need to be single first.

But the steps that actually trigger the invite are
Marry someone and immediately divorce them.

[paper sphinx]

Would have been great to know before we spent the shop currency on combs and other stuff to build relationship.

[sinful gyro]

Some people are saying you can do it with the same person

[crystal thicket]

I'll find out in 9 hours lmao 😭

[wicked pewter]

Friends, is there anyone here who can explain to me how to join sect Velevet shade ?

[wheat quail]

hey guys so i had 2 friends be my guinea pigs (they also wanted to know and im married so i cant/didnt want to divorce.) they got married and this morning divorced. one of them (the one who payed) got an immediate invite to vs sect. the other one didnt get an inv. so im thinking maybe its depends on who pays? and the one who doesnt pay has to marry/divorce 1 more time. but then i also talked to another person who said he married/divorced and payed the fee himself but didnt get the sect inv. so i think its 1. a hit or miss or 2. very much bugged.

[wicked pewter]

Where is the location where I can get married? I don't know where it is

[wheat quail]

qinghe -- crimson cliff -- wishing tree of fate -- talk to Shi Yimo

have ur partner there with you and you use the npc to put you guys in a partnership. from there, you level it up

[wicked pewter]

Send me a picture of where it is located on a map😃

[wheat quail]

way ahead of u :)

[wicked pewter]

Thank you very much my friend

[wheat quail]

[plush trout]

That is nonsense, CN side did not have such issues. Literally get the elegance quest pop and invitation in open beta. Before northern Kaifeng was released. I've personally gotten the invitation in CN obt way back then. So the fact we are treated differently, twice. Once with the whole blindfold outfit set issue? Not a good look.

[bold swallow]

That’s so like them

[weak fossil]

Damn, I was interested in the sect. There's no way I could get married lmao

[jaunty zephyr]

Sophie has explained this above already about Troupe not coming for global early. Scroll up. You can simply join now by marrying and divorcing right away which gets you invitation within 24 hours. Much faster than writing paragraphs here

[jaunty zephyr]

Just create an alt dear it won't take anytime

[plush trout]

Not the point, point is we are treated differently both times and both times worse.

Now you may be willing to play a subpar product, there are many here who aren't.

[jaunty zephyr]

They didnt block Troupe to treat you in bad way. Check what Sophie mentioned above. They had literally no tasks at all back then when it got launched and ppl complained about it so they prevented it from launch here early on. Now ppl yet cry again.
Too much misinformation just fuelling people anger for nothing

[pliant glacier]

Why ? Do you have the Divine Frogface Constitution or something ?

[bitter tide]

im sorry if its been asked already but if you've already been married to someone before VS release, can i divorce them then remarry then divorce them again for the invite?

[jaunty zephyr]

It should work, just marry second time and divorce right away

[wicked pewter]

it's very difficult

[weak fossil]

Maybe

[jaunty zephyr]

After process is over within 24h u should get the invite

[pliant glacier]

Go to the marriage tree, find a dude that looks like you, ask them in game to marry for divorce... do the deed

[bitter tide]

thank you so much for this! i heard mixed comments about whether or not you can marry and divorce the same person

[weak fossil]

I didn't even know what that meant lmao

[plush trout]

So you are saying, they made one thing worse for VS just to release masked troupe later just because they did a bad launch in CN? Sounds to me like they can just port the masked troupe update in early and that would solve the issue. It isn't misinformation, it is seriously what the devs are willing to do to make things right. At this point, they are simply giving us half access to VS just to release masked troupe later as it is easier for them. Instead of giving us the updated masked troupe early so we can get proper access to VS. As I said, you may be happy with corporate excuses, I ain't.

[weak fossil]

Can't play co-op with my own alt account on ps5 though

[jaunty zephyr]

Best solution is phone version. I created an alt on my phone for social features

[weak fossil]

I'm not sure my phone can handle the game or has the storage for it

[jaunty zephyr]

They rly optimised it but check in store if your phone supported. U can go way down with settings so hard in it

But u will need around 25gb space

[pliant glacier]

Marry and divorce someone ingame who also needs the sect

[weak fossil]

Don't have that much sadly

[jaunty zephyr]

I would have loved to do it for u with my alt but sadly I used it earlier for another marriage. Just ask around here u will find many ppl willing to marry/divorce for this sect

[weak fossil]

I'll think about it, thanks

[pliant glacier]

Just dont ask them for marriage or the goode will kill you.

[bold swallow]

Uh, a lot of people are talking about entry but the tasks and perks themselves don’t seem clear to me. Every time I read about it, things are put in a very flowery way, which suits them. But how do they translate in-game?

[pliant glacier]

Ask for "Mutual help to get into velvet shade, will explain in DM or Game"

[fleet plume]

Goode?

[bold swallow]

To be clear, my question is: what’s in it for you once you’re actually in Velvet Shade?

[pliant glacier]

Goose... my keyboard is drunk

[fleet plume]

Gotcha

[pliant glacier]

Tai-Chi does not work on this one

[fleet plume]

Kk

[silk trellis]

Divorced after the 24-horu cooling period, but didnt get the invite?

[tawdry river]

Maybe try getting married again?

[silk trellis]

Prob gonan do that, but i thought the other option of divorcing within 48 hours would work

[plush trout]

Divorce within 48 hours of marriage yes. Or marry twice in 7 days? So either has to pop.

So marrying again is prolly your best bet

[silk trellis]

damn i also just realized i wasted 50k lol

[noble vector]

Partnerships have naught to do with intimacy

I mean you definitely probably shouldn't have used the coins on combs considering just how slow it is to get them and how expensive the cosmetics are.

But if you did buy gifts none of that progress is lost since its for intimacy not partnership xp

[noble vector]

You have to get married and divorced in the same 48 hour period.

Simply divorcing someone you married weeks ago doesn't count. That would be longer than 48 hours.

[silk trellis]

I did

I married and divorced them within 48 hours

And by them I mean my alt lol

[gilded apex]

Are you currently in a sect?

[silk trellis]

Yea I am, is that why?

[gilded apex]

I did the same and it don’t work because I was in none mortal ways

[languid sequoia]

Im sorry i tried to read but can it be clarified that if both players mutually accept divorce they both get invite

[gilded apex]

You have to be sectless

[silk trellis]

Ahh, would I have to do it again, or will I recieve the invite when i leave?

[gilded apex]

It’s not retroactive, I had to do the whole thing again

It’s really stupid, I wasted 48 hours and 100K

[silk trellis]

Lets say Im currently in the cooldown period, i leave the sect, and once the cooldown period is over and i officially break off, I would get the invite?

[gilded apex]

Yes you just have to be sectless when you officially sever after 24 hrs

The invite will be there right after divorce is finalized

[silk trellis]

Ah ok, then Ill leave when the time comes. Much appreciated for the advice

[gilded apex]

For sure, there’s too much misinformation out there so wanted to clarify what works for me

[lucid vessel]

does anyone know if the instant marry instant divorce method gets u an invite even if u are currently in another sect?

trying to figure this out as i’m in a sect and also a marriage HAHA

multiple cooldowns, trying to plan ahead

also if anyone knows sect leaving cooldown that would be fantastic!! thank u ^^

[finite veldt]

not very sure but there're ppl who dont get it when they are in a sect
ppl who is sectless seem to be fine

[lucid vessel]

ahhh okay thanks very much <3

[west maple]

i already did it with someone i can only pray it works 😭 it was bugged for some apparently and they got in with two marriages in a week

[flint knot]

Will it be a while until the masked troupe is released? Really don't want to divorce right now

[maiden moon]

If implemented unfinished and halfway, like NMW is currently, it could be added fairly fast.
Otherwise, months. Even China only reached the map that houses the MT headquarters.
Why I list NMW? They don’t have their HQ available either, so by that logic, they should not be joinable yet, and quests where they entangle with other sects should not be in the game either.

[plush flume]

Probably months

unfortunately

Masked troupe was one of the latest sect released in china

According to some chinese players i know

[plush flume]

It worked for me

[flint knot]

Thank you, seems like we just have to divorce early so we can regain our progress back. It sucks but it'll take very long for the Masked Troupe, it seems.

Is the 24 hour cooldown just for finalizing the divorce? If we finalize our divorce tomorrow, can we remarry right away?

[plush flume]

yes

24h and you have to speak with the npc again to finalize it

[maiden moon]

If you had been married for more than 48 hours, however, divorce out of that does in fact not count

[opal pilot]

Im looking for someone to do the process

[maiden moon]

So you need to divorce from that, wait 24h, marry, insta divorce that, then marry again.

And in that case, the one you remarry needs to be a different person, or it won’t count.

The irony is, once inside of VS and you have a polycule, if you have your partner generate a divorce and hands you the papers to sign, you lose sect merits. So joining through divorce is an absolute clown fiesta, when being handed a divorce then gets you punished afterwards.

[flint knot]

Thank you so much for your help, I hope we can still cap our partnership points this week after we finally join velvet shade and remarry. But yeah, it's a little odd that the joining requirements are kind of opposite of the sect rules itself

[opal pilot]

I just want to get in, buy the outfit, drop out

[dark helm]

Been a few marry the same person and divorce without issue. Guess its a try it and find out, eventually it will get documented somewhere every method that works.

[maiden moon]

Marry, divorce works if the marriage is Vegas Style

Ie, get married in a drive in chapel in vegas, have the honeymoon night, then next morning, when sober and you see your spouse, run to the courthouse, screaming in abhorrent terror as you get the marriage annulled.

Only works when the marriage is 48h or shorter, once you are past 48h, you are screwed.

[lucid vessel]

oh so just to check u were in a sect but u still got the invite :0

[dark helm]

Wife and I who were married over 48 hours did divorce, marry, divorce.. (both 10k mutual) and both got invites

[opal pilot]

I need someone to marry, im playing right now

[plush flume]

No no i was sectless when i got the invite.

[cold lotus]

I think I could just pay 50k after the cooldown expires since its easy to earn it back with just outposts.

[opal pilot]

I have the points to buy the outfit, the 50k to pay the divorce, but no one to marry

This is getting annoying

[lucid vessel]

ohhh okay thank u!

[worldly grail]

anyone needing someone to marry than divorce im wanting to join velvet shade

[worldly grail]

still need someone to marry/divorce, im female using a male character idk if that matters or nah

[finite veldt]

so i just tested myself, method 2 doesnt require 2 different partner, same person work fine

[lucid vessel]

hey there could you please say what exactly you did :0

and are you currently sectless?

[finite veldt]

just marry then divorce, simple as that
and sectless

your partner wont matter, can be the same one

[lucid vessel]

wdym don't need 2 diff people?

oh like if u were married > divorce > marry same person?

[finite veldt]

yes

[lucid vessel]

was the invitation instant? :0

[finite veldt]

yes

[lucid vessel]

i'm hearing a lot of mixed info about the invitation time

wow interesting!

[finite veldt]

i have it recorded, maybe i can upload here

[lucid vessel]

if u don't mind could u also dm it to me?

[lucid vessel]

in case the server doesn't allow videos

[finite veldt]

im mostly worrying about the size

[jaunty gust]

man.. I am still debating on divorcing my partner bc looking at the amount of time (30 days) and the xp i have rn (10k/16k) idk if I should divorce rn to get in or hold off until the other way becomes available

[finite veldt]

yikes 200mb

[noble vector]

The other way is not coming until minimum 5 months from now, it may be as much as a year out

Thats also the only way to join the troupe.

[cold lotus]

oh just another 24 hour cooldown if that method

[finite veldt]

lot of jump cut to change the size, but you can see that partnership point reset after remarry the same person, intimacy stay the same, im remarrying the same person and i got the invitation immediately after marrying

[jaunty gust]

I mean I honestly assumed VS was gonna be over a year away and was willing to be sectless that long. So I'm not in a rush to join like I originally was

[noble vector]

Yea its just... you're trading a year of no sect for 4 weeks of partnership xp

[jaunty gust]

Yeah. I mean what's the bonus to being in sect besides the outfits?

[noble vector]

Social network

[jaunty gust]

I don't plan on climbing in the ranks tbh

[noble vector]

Comraderie etc

I could see more if partnership xp didn't exponentially scale as steeply as it does or if the rewards werent mediocre

I just dont see any fuss about waiting ah extra two weeks or so for a tree/emote

[jaunty gust]

I mean I'm doing it for the shop rewards bc level 5 unlocks a cool name tag thing

And level 4 unlocked the cute dress and emote

But regardless, if I change my mind I can just do it on my weekend and remarry after I get in

Does weekly cap reset after divorcing?

[noble vector]

Will know in 30 minutes

I think it does

Partnership xp is specific to that bond

[finite veldt]

it does

was this much yesterday

currency stay the same

[gilded apex]

What’s the fastest way to rank up for velvet shade?

Like do I just send gifts to everyone? And add everyone as a friend?

[finite veldt]

make friend, tell them to send their article to you, 10 merit each article
im not sure if sending gift work but receiving gift should work
get like on your mainpage
do partnership activities
(just tested, sending gift does nothing but receiving gift work, 1 green ant wine = 10 merit)

[novel shell]

So looking at conversation people have here if I don't want to divorce then I have to wait for months till they reach same patch as current CN server for mask troupe release when CN can get the elegance way even before Nothern Kaifeng released because they treat global server like red head step child?
Yeah guess I'll give up on VS then.

[frail jungle]

For the time being yes

We don't inherently know if its directly tied to the MT sect or if they plan to simply release it a bit later than right now

[maiden moon]

In b4 ‚Maybe Velvet Shade isn’t the sect for you then, hurfen turfen hurrdurrdurr‘ as unironic reply.

[novel shell]

I read the staff post on how elegance way is tied to unreleased sect from yesterday and saw people experience CN server call it a lie.
But yeah if I have to wait for 4-5+ months for method that suppose to work in CN patch 1.0 then I'll put on extra miles to ignore it and wait for Hollow Vale that even not release on CN yet instead.

[heavy cargo]

Become both players than the invite ore only the Person who are pay ?

[frail jungle]

If you do a mutual divorce it should be both

[rancid stag]

Finally got in!!

[heavy cargo]

Ah okay. Yes we have this do worh 50.000 coins. We was in a team when we do this

[past flicker]

Okay, so I want to join. I am currently in the process of divorcing my partner of 28 days. (on the 24 hour cooldown period).
Can I marry him again, divorce him immediately and then get the invite with the next 24 hour period or do I HAVE to marry someone else?

[maiden moon]

If og marriage is over 48h, it doesn’t qualify for anything. Need a victim inbetween.

Funny thing, getting a divorce thrown at you once in earns you a demerit.

[past flicker]

So, I cannot remarry him after the 24 hour period. Oy..

[finite veldt]

you can remarry the same person then divorce and get the invitation after you confirm the divorce

i got 2 invitation for both method, all with the same partner, you dont need another partner

[heavy cargo]

And the other Partner become a invite too ?

[finite veldt]

just marry divorce marry divorce quickly while being sectless, you will get it, very simple
some will get it on 2nd step, some get it one 3rd or 4th step, wouldn't matter, dont think about anything complicated

[past flicker]

Do you get the invitation immediately after the divorce or do you have to wait another 24 hours to get it?

[finite veldt]

when you confirm after the cd end

[past flicker]

Okay, thank you.

[noble vector]

Bear in mind, the elegance path will lock you out of the troupe unless they add an alternate entry trigger at some point

Velvet you can always join via divorce

[obsidian girder]

Do you need to do unilateral divorce or mutual divorce for the letter? (or does it not matter)

[frail jungle]

@hushed axle

[hushed axle]

Hello

[frail jungle]

Currently, there are two ways for you to join the Velvet Shade Sect:

Divorce your partner within 48 hours of marriage.,

Marry two diffrent partners within a week.

[hushed axle]

Can I re marry the same person and divorce them again

[frail jungle]

As far as everyone says yes

[frail jungle]

You marry them, click divorce immedeatly, wait the 24 hours and once the 24Hs are up you get your invite

[hushed axle]

Thank u

[noble vector]

Doesn't matter

[hushed axle]

Can I negotiated sever and it still work

Or do I have to do unilateral

Nvm just saw it doesn’t matter

[frail jungle]

either works

[hushed axle]

How do I cancel the marriage

Imma marry 2 people

[hushed axle]

How do I cancel the request to divorce

Nvm I got it

[hushed axle]

So if I get married with 2 people I can get a invite?

How about the same day marriage I assume that would work right

[frail jungle]

if you marry someone, just divorce them the same day and it should work just fine

[hushed axle]

How do I marry 2 people at once

[gilded apex]

MAKE SURE YOU ARE SECTLESS WHEN FINALIZING DIVORCE. OTHERWISE IT DOESNT WORK

[lethal badger]

Then just dont join the sect, dont be a d about it.. if you want to join then divorce stop complaning

[cold lotus]

Managed to join myself after 24 hours. Got the invite right away after divorce.

Glad I joined now. Just gonna give away some gifts

[maiden moon]

Answers like that are part of the problem. The game punishes those wanting to join the social sect for having taken part in the social system near the start of the game, thus requiring them to take one extra loop because previous progress (being married for longer than 48h) apparently doesn’t count.

[last yarrow]

Okay... Man what a journey THAT WAS.

Ended up joing but it would seem theres only 2 people in this sect now? I dont believe that rights LMAO.

TO CLARIFY ALL QUESTIONS. all u need to do is marry someone, divorce them right away then after that 24hrs to meet up with them again and go to the tree to break up (Doing it by yourself or together doesnt matter AS BOTH OF YOU WILL RECIEVE THE INVATION)

DISCLAIMER: I am level 40 but it said I needed to be level 41 THE REASON FOR THAT is because u need to be able to acces the velvet shade questline to where u need to sneak in. Afterwards u will need to go back to the the Ticket they giveu to apply and track the 2nd quest where u will join

[finite veldt]

i will answer you in question channel, better keep this channel about how to join

[last yarrow]

if u are wanting to join velvet shade and your not level 41. I accidently did it to where i just decided to go around and get all the waystones for tomorrow when I can rank up and it ended up unlocking itself. I DONT KNOW IF THAT WILL BE FOR EVERYONE but it was for me

Hope to see yall in here

[lethal badger]

Its simple, if you want to join the sect divorce, if no get on with your life and get your emote

[maiden moon]

Sure, if I would not have to do the divorce tango twice because apparently anything past a Las Vegas style partnership doesn’t count when divorced. Thats what is punishing people.

[lethal badger]

Then go suggest that, you are just nagging here 4 no reason and annoying mods and everyone else…

[novel shell]

It's a social sect for social people that punish social player who decide to engage with social system before the sect was implement because they cut out alternative way to get in without providing another alternative.

[inner tiger]

Yes and because of that it's getting a bad reputation among people

[novel shell]

The fact that someone said something almost 1 to 1 to your sarcasm is amazing. lmao

[maiden moon]

If someone married day 2, they literally get told ‚oh, even if you divorce, that is not enough, you need to double down because divorcing a 3 week or more long duration partnership is not cheating and heartbreaking enough‘

[earnest ivy]

do we even know when masked troupe drops? how long do i have to wait

[maiden moon]

And the funniest, when polycule married in VS, and your spouse files for onesided divorce, YOU lose sect merit points.

So you get punished for having the things pulled on you that you have to pull on others to get in.

That in itself is something I find hilarious, btw.

[zealous wraith]

Tbh true, i didn't lose anything cuz i wasn't married before so i could just do it with guildmates

[maiden moon]

China only got it recently, and they are about a year ahead.

[earnest ivy]

sounds promising 💀

[slow jasper]

I divorce my long time husband but still dont grt it ehy?

[inner tiger]

You have to marry and divorce within 48 hrs

[slow jasper]

Oh okay

[sage nest]

You have to marry and divorce within 48 hrs. If you been together for a long time is that within 48 hrs?

[quasi wing]

I have a question. The AI said that you need to finish the Heroes Gathering main quest and Shadows in Bloom side quest to get an invitation.

Is it true ? I just arrived in Kaifeng

[inner tiger]

Yes because it unlocks the location

[slow jasper]

Ya thats why

Where do you actually get the invitation?

[inner tiger]

Nope you have to divorce wait 24hrs then marry and divorce again

[bitter tide]

it sends to your inventory im pretty sure

[slow jasper]

Can you marry same person?

[sage nest]

Im going to trust Sophie an actual Staff member over a new person.

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[finite veldt]

no, you can get the invitation before finishing those quest, i got the invitation and it tell me to complete the shadow in blome first

[bitter tide]

from what i've been told you can

[inner tiger]

Any relationship over 48hrs doesn't count as new I am just repeating what they said

[frail jungle]

They arent wrong but its mixed information

[bitter tide]

as long as its within 48 hours

[inner tiger]

Yes

[sage nest]

Oooooh I get what you mean. My bad then I was wrong here.

[finite veldt]

actually i know that you dont need to complete the shadow in bloom first, but idk what that main quest is, so i can't comfirm nor deny that

[sage nest]

Yeah I get it now. I got a bit mixed up.

[frail jungle]

👍

[inner tiger]

No worries it's very confusing

[maiden moon]

Game punishes you for having used social mechanics before the social sect was released.

[sage nest]

Incorrect. The game tried to make it so not every Sect every person could join depending on the choices they made. But since people can't accept not being able to do something they have to add in work arounds.

[novel shell]

More like they cut the workaround that have been in the CN version since beginning out so they could drip feed the Global.

[bitter tide]

ive been told if you've been married longer than 48 hours then you need to divorce them, then remarry and divorce them again

[finite veldt]

here is more detail, i got the invitation before then i can trigger the shadow in bloom quest when this kid take me to the Kaifeng city

[bitter tide]

so if you didnt get it you probably need to redo the requirement but within 48 hours

[sage nest]

Its a free game that has alot of content and people are still finding things to complain about. That's how I see it. Especially since the Staff said they are listening to feedback and solutions will be coming out soon.

Also people are dumb. We got Kaifeng a lot sooner then CN Players did. Obviously were going to get caught up with CN soon. No idea why people keep thinking were going to follow the same release cycle CN originally did. That's idiotic.

[novel shell]

Being a free game doesn't mean it you could hand wave away all the blunder or mistake that happned.

That what kill multiple live service game.

[sage nest]

Its one thing to give construtive criticism. Its another to complain endlessly about the same thing every single day. Which most of the complainers have been doing.

[inner tiger]

I am sure it's reported multiple times and they would do something about it... No point stressing over it, nothing will change.

[sage nest]

Obviously the staff said there working on the solution. That obviously means they listened to the feedback. That also have a good track record of listening to feedback. They added in Quality of life feature for Global that CN Players got way later on. So obviously things are getting done quickly.

[sage nest]

I'm a Roach so i'll proudly say it. It's obnoxious Karen behavior. Doing something like that is the right thing to do only when the Devs aren't listening and still refuse to do things player wants. But these Devs have shown multiple times they listen and our doing there best to implement the things that players want.

[finite veldt]

the method is very simple guys
just marry divorce marry divorce quickly, you will get the invitation at some point in those 4 step, remember to stay sectless
dont need to think about exactly when, or make things more complicated than it is

[devout abyss]

Didn't we get Roaring Sands like a week later than CN did? I'm sure we'll catch up to CN eventually but I highly doubt it willl be soon or any sooner than 6 months which is not bad at all.

[shell charm]

Sorry to jump in, but I have a question. Me and a friend have married (were in a "relation" for 3 days), then started the divorce yesterday, waited for the cooldown and just now officially divorced and then immediately remarried. Neither of us got an invitation to the VS.

Were we supposed to marry a different person?

[sage nest]

That was because they gave us a Quality of life update at the same time that CN didn't get to way later on.

[inner tiger]

Did you check your inventory

[shell charm]

It should be under the item tab of the inventory, right? If so, I've got nothing.

[sage nest]

If im going to have to read a whole essay someones posting here it better be interesting.

[inner tiger]

@shell charm

[devout abyss]

Ah right, fair. My big question marks is basically why the other PvP modes are being held back and why in CN stamina regens at a rate of 1 per 8 minutes and ours at 1 per 9 minutes. I'm sure they have their reasons but still curious about that choice. Oh and a shame that the Black Market (player to player trading) is unlikely to come to Global due to regulations.

[novel shell]

While I read all that issue have been report and they are working on it, But the frustuation would still be there and some would still want to vent.
It just what it is that the backlash gonna happen and have to deal with backlash for now. Just like the backlash 4k pearl gacha costume that were just normal 2k costume in shop for CN. But for me it's mostly how the wording when player defending the mistake that rubbed me off.

'not for everyone', 'not for you', etc.

[shell charm]

Yeah, I don't have it,,,,

Should we try to divorce again and then remarry? OTL

[inner tiger]

I am not against you guys venting your anger, but doing so only hurts you more than it does anything else

[inner tiger]

Probably the only option and I am also not aware of any such situations

Better for the op or some staff to assist you

[shell charm]

Agony.

[novel shell]

I does calm down after typing vent. Because a lot of stuff in this game is waiting for it to drop type afterall.

[sage nest]

Venting is fine. But Venting everyday on the official discord and openly being annoying despite knowing they are working on the issue anyways is counter productive and does nothing to help the improvement of the game.

[novel shell]

Everyday
My first day venting here
I do know there are some repeat venter but there are also new people that want to vent.

[sage nest]

This channel is a Known issues and Progress Channel about Joining Velvet Shade Sect... I ask you this sincerely. Do you really think a Tech support channel is the proper place to vent?

[novel shell]

It mostly that it's related to the topic and I wouldn't want to bogged down other channel unrelated to the topics.

And probably same for others player that frustulated with velvet shade topics.

[sage nest]

So you think a Tech Support channel, where your supposed to go if you have questions about things and a place to find solution is the place to vent?

[novel shell]

It's a issue channel for velvet shade invitation and stuff, and mostly it issue come from knowing how to get in via elegance from CN side, and prepping up for that via buying multiple paid cosmetics in advance in preparation and end up learning it got cut out in global yeah so that does related to valvet shade invitation issue no?

[sage nest]

No no no. Were not talking about discussing issues. We are talking specifically about venting. I asked do you think its appropriate to vent in a Tech Support channel. Everyone knows the difference and you admitted yourself to venting.

[stoic kiln]

So I just divorced and didnt get an invite, so just remarry?

[inner tiger]

Yes

[scenic warren]

For those that are married to several how does it work with the UI? in social > partnership tab? is it seperated by person to person or?

And if someone stops playing one day can i divorce one person seperated or will i have to divorce all?

[frail jungle]

you divorce individuals not all at once

[frail jungle]

Most likely the same way as for "friends"

with the sect it most likely becomes a menu with all their names

[scenic warren]

Oki will have to see then, still 24+5hours untill i can join 😴

[frail jungle]

In short if your marriage was older than 48H then it doesnt count

The optimal way of joining is finding someone to marry, marry them, divorce them immediately, and after the 24h divorce timer comes off you should have an invite, ASLONG as you are

1 NOT ALLREADY IN A SECT

2 Have finished the kaifeng quests related to the velvet shade.

people who either didnt have kaifeng or had JUST gotten to kaifeng seem to be unable to join them as they are a sect based purely within kaifeng

[opal pilot]

I need someone to get married

[outer finch]

The quest related to velvet shade are the umbrella one and the main story, correct?

[frail jungle]

yes

Well not the umbrella one nessesarily

[scenic warren]

Guess i have to log in and do more quests 😴

[frail jungle]

That one is if you DONT wanna join them but stil want their martial arts

[outer finch]

oh ok, so only the main story one can be done

[frail jungle]

You CAN do both

im saying the umbrella one isnt inherently nesesarry

[rancid stag]

I did exactly this, 3 days here too! I got the inv upon finalizing the divorce a second time!

[shell charm]

I see. We've just initiated the second divorce, let's hope it works!

[finite veldt]

go to the wedding npc, you will see serve partnership option
in that, you will see 2 options like this
top one is for oneside initiate the divorce, your partner can't cancel
bottom one is mutual divorce, both can cancel at anytime, require both to present
pick one then the 24hrs cd will start, you and your partner can cancel during this cd depend on what you pick
after the cd end, you can comebacks to confirm the divorce
again you will see 2 options, top is you pay 50k to confirm, bottom one is both pay 25k each iirc

[scenic warren]

Oki

Thanks ^^

[signal fossil]

So basically i can marry 2 parteners or divorce within 48 hours?

[jaunty zephyr]

Fastest route is marry now and divorce right away, when process of divorce is finalized within 24 hours the game hands the invitation

[modern sedge]

yes

[finite veldt]

remarry the same person work too

[mild heath]

What did you do??

[maiden moon]

You waited 3 days, you are screwed

[light coral]

I've heard another method of joining is to have a certain level of elegance- but I've also heard this is CN only thing; do we know if this will be implemented into the global release?

[maiden moon]

China had it when VS dropped, global gets to wait until in a few months, a sect whose zone for the hq isn’t even announced

Gets eventually added as joinable.

And this method was the one indicated in the usual ‚riddle and puzzle hint‘ golden text.

[prime sentinel]

So i got this doubt in marriage itself. U need to be vowed with ur partner or just being companion works?

[shy plinth]

Curious, If you do the marry/ divorce method and you're still IN a sect... Will you still get the invitation to Velvet Shade? Or do you have to be sectless prior to the 24 hours after divorce?

[heavy cargo]

what option musst do for bekome both players the invite ?

[finite veldt]

check the first post in this channel

[finite veldt]

doesn't matter

[maiden moon]

Settles at least when the 24h runs out

[finite veldt]

just remember to stay sectless when that happen

[heavy cargo]

okay

than when i was with my partner in a team when the 24 h over than i and the other player in the team become the invite ?

[maiden moon]

And your marriage on divorce must be newer than 48h, aka 2 rl days. If it is older, it does not count for the divorce count.

[finite veldt]

have to come back to the npc to confirm the divorce, but yeah, both should get it if the condition meet

[heavy cargo]

okay thx

[shy plinth]

Well hopefully they changed the sect CD. I had a 2 week CD after leaving my last sect 🧐

[shrewd jay]

probably been asked a million times, but has anyone actually got in yet? been wanting to do the event quests

[opal pilot]

You need to marry then divorce someone

[shrewd jay]

what about elegance points?

[opal pilot]

Gotta wait at least 4 months to get it fixed

Im also looking for someone to get married

[shrewd jay]

mannnnnnn

[cold lotus]

Already joined on my part after the CD expired. So had to do missions where I have to add some other players as friends besides sending branches and ant wines to get to 999.

[supple viper]

Still?

[opal pilot]

Yep

Im online right now waiting at the tree

[supple viper]

Give me your id

[opal pilot]

1025473170

[supple viper]

Done!

[shrewd jay]

how long will the whole marrige thing take?

[opal pilot]

A couple seconds

[shrewd jay]

YIPPEEEEEE \o/

was thinking i had to go through a whole process

[opal pilot]

I already did it, Hazel helped

[shrewd jay]

\o/

i can worry less

😌

[carmine drum]

so i checked the leaderboard only 64 members this week?

[cold lotus]

Seems the 100 points a week rule for the sect is easy because of the Sect channel in game where you could just ask for likes from other players while liking them at the same time

[inner tiger]

Guys don't do it here, you will get a warning for the rule 10

[steady fjord]

After unlocking the velvet shade area (after that one awesome cutscenes) do I still needs to finished two side quests to get the velvet shade invitation? Assuming I already met all the condition above

[vernal oriole]

I married then divorced someone and didn’t get the invite, or do i have to wait the 24 hours?

[opal pilot]

Wait 24 hours, the game takes that time for you to think about it if you want to divorce or not

[jaunty gust]

Has anyone figured out if partnership cap resets when divorcing? Bc I'm capped rn and if I divorce marry divorce marry, will I be able to farm the partnership points back up asap or will I still have the cap since I already hit it this week?

[scenic yew]

probably back to 0

[jaunty gust]

Okay, that's what I assumed. That makes it a bit easier to farm it back up then

[scenic yew]

no i meant

your partnership score back to 0, the weekly cap im not sure haha

i kinda misread your question

ngl i wouldn't have farmed partnership points since week 1 if i knew divorce was the only method to enter the sect
if i divorce now it feels like i just wasted time 💀

[maiden moon]

FINALLY...my partner managed to motivate their rear long enough to unlock the rank 4......given that they aren't that active anymore......still annoying that severing a 20+ day marriage doesn't mean jack for the joining, but.....whatever.

[swift coral]

Hi anyone know at what intimacy lvl should we divorce and remarry to get to VS?

[bold swallow]

Seems like that’s not a factor if we go by the comments above?

[frail jungle]

There is no intimacy lvl, there is a time limit and a story requiremnet

[frail jungle]

You need to have divorced the person within 48h, once your marriage is past 48h it wil no longer trigger an invite.

You also need to be sectless. (yes somone allready tried while stil in a sect)

And you need to have gotten to kaifeng aswell as have cleared the quests related to the velvet shade

[scenic warren]

Is it possible to divorce twice with same person to get the invitation for velvet shade?

[frail jungle]

If your first marriage is older than 48h then yes you can just marry and divorce again

[scenic warren]

Yeah it is, thanks :)

[frail jungle]

Happy to help

[swift coral]

Story requirement?

Oh my god I just saw. Ok I’ll ask my partner first. Thanks!

[frail jungle]

its mixed info

we know you NEED kaifeng unlocked

but not how far into the styory

its simply better to just finish the story

[swift coral]

Oh so like… before we divorce we need to at least reached kaifeng area unlocked? Or whole kaifeng…?

[frail jungle]

the map minimum we thing

It is a kaifeng sect

You need to be able to GO to kaifeng

XD

[swift coral]

On my way to unlock all boundary stones in kaifeng thanks kind Sir

[frail jungle]

i didnt mean the litteral map XD

I mean you need to at the VERY least be at the point in the story where kaifeng is unlocked

[granite nebula]

so to join VS even having 2k+ elegance still i need divorce?

[frail jungle]

the 2K elegance method is currently not avaliable

So yes

[finite veldt]

i though the first post was clear enough

[opal pilot]

Forget about the elegance…marry and divorce is the way

[maiden moon]

the 'need to do it vegas style' IS annoying, of course. if it is divorce, whatever, but the 48h restriction is meh.

[pliant glacier]

If people need entry into the sect, I could get you in as a disciple, but I need you to do as I say or I get penalized

[stable gale]

I'll marry one of y'all to get you in but i'm taking the mounts when we divorce XD

[pliant glacier]

As long as I'm the one to press the divorce

No ... It's I'm already in. If I don't press it, it's bad for business

[rotund perch]

Regarding the issue you mentioned, we have forwarded it to the team. This is currently a normal game setting.

How to Join: You can attempt to form a partnership twice in quick succession, or establish a partnership and then sever it shortly thereafter.
Windtail’s Tip: The Masked Troupe may introduce new entry rules upon its opening, so be sure to explore and uncover the info for yourself!

A real response this time

[rotund perch]

Kept sending email till I didn’t get a robo answer lol

[maiden moon]

might still be a clanker answer. just one using a new reply block 😛

[sonic hull]

whats the best way to farm merit for velvet shade?

[surreal vigil]

guys i got the invitation , but didnt click on accept cuz i accidently pressed Esc , pls tell me it didnt reject it

[jaunty zephyr]

Check your bag if its invitation letter

[surreal vigil]

goat

[jaunty zephyr]

Glad it worked for u

[nova panther]

so my way: me and my girl have been partnered since 14 days. so we had to devorce, marry, devorce again. on second devorce confirm we got both our invites

[heavy cargo]

how i become points in the sect for the rang ?

[earnest zenith]

Yeah problem is mine and I don't want to wipe our progress xD

[plush flume]

Is so baffling we don't have an official announcement from the devs about this whole debacle. So many questions but so little answer

[plush flume]

Problem is according to the chinese players is not. As the masked troupe was not the only way tied to elegance to enter. Chinese players also reports that they were able to join the velvet shade trought the elegant way even in the chinese beta.

It was clearly a change done on the global version wich is arguably bad. As the masked troupe was one of the sect that were implemented last in the chinese version. This means that for who wants to join the elegance way well.. is must wait months.

They way were:
Elegance way trough msked troupe and velvet choice. 2k elegance.
Wear at least 800 elegance points of outfits or have 2k elegance never join any sect before and talk with a disciple.
Own Golden Scale and Crimson Vow.

Those are the reported different triggers so the masked troupe is not the only way one join trough elegance. Keep in mind people were able to join the velvet shade trough elegance even in the chinese beta.

Instead we just got the broken marriage method.

And told to wait for the masked troupe to be implemented that can be months away.

Also i don't think is acceptable just to tell players that were deiceved by in game higlighted clues. Oh that's the way in if you want to join trough elegance you have to wait for the masked troupe. Is not fair and frankly even not really respectful since there is who invested time and sometimes money to get cosmetics for that. Some even did buy more cosmetics because the invite was not arriving.

Substantially is like saying: Sorry guys you gotta wait months.

[trail latch]

still not fixed?

[maiden moon]

Remember, in the old days, streets were illuminated with gas lights.

[plush flume]

nope

[coarse narwhal]

Hello ! does anyone know if after leaving velvet shade, you can join back any time or if you need to go through the whole divorce process again ?

[cloud quarry]

Does anyone know how to join Velvet Shade? Like I have 2,470 Elegance and still can't get an invitaiton

[ember holly]

This part. Also, the Masked Toupe isn't even fully out in CN so them trying to skirt it under the rug is insulative. "Hey we know we broke it but we just won't bother to fix it, haha screw you 🙂 "

[opal pilot]

Any idea of the next sect? Raging tides maybe?

[ember holly]

Also, being told that you have to divorce then within 48 hrs is a slap in the face too. So those of us with long tanding relationships are jsut fuhked right on out of the sect entirely.

Then being told that there was 'never a elegance way' to try and cover up there screw up, rather than take the few hours to read the black page code, find the error, and correct it. Is just pathetic, it is literaly max two lines of code, that screwed this up- are they willing to go in, fix it, and make things right? Nope. You can all just wait a year becaue we are gonna be lazy. 🙂

[cloud quarry]

Great so I'm cooked.

[ember holly]

Same freiend same, but yeah 😄

[cloud quarry]

AND I BLOODY MAIN THE UMBRELLA!

and dual swords.

Weird build ik but it works.

[ember holly]

SAME!

[cloud quarry]

nice!

Yeah so ig I have to wait a whole dam year

Or I just remain sectless

[ember holly]

I guess the best thing to do for us, is divorce our partners, then repeate it 2x more

[cloud quarry]

Don't got one ):

[ember holly]

Add my alt acc "professionalVictim" you can divorce her a few times

[cloud quarry]

is u in the sect?

[cloud quarry]

professionalVictim is a hell of a name

[cloud quarry]

So one problem.

Your username is too long and the game is refusing to allow me to type it

[ember holly]

Oofies okay add my main for now Asiri~ Ill send my UID when I finish this run

[cloud quarry]

okay

sent

[lethal dawn]

are any other sects against marriage and divorce? should we wait for more sects to come out?

[ember holly]

One sec, Illa ccept and send my other udi

[cloud quarry]

ok

[cloud quarry]

uhh i don't think so

[lethal dawn]

Mmm okay! please add me to the 'needs a divorce' list. [ MeiXue'r ]

[cloud quarry]

if i am not wrong tho i think it is Velvet Shade honestly

[cloud quarry]

there is 2.

[lethal dawn]

the masked troupe looks interesting, but it isnt out yet

[cloud quarry]

OK IDK IF MY BRAIN IS PLAYING TRICKS ON ME BUT I SEE 2 OF U

Nvm false alarm

[lethal dawn]

of me? i'll send u my uid in a sec

oh gotcha lol

[cloud quarry]

Sent

[ember holly]

1068516947 - CertifiedVictim was my name my bad chief.

[cloud quarry]

kewl kewl

[livid tide]

lf someone to divorce

[cloud quarry]

sent

[ember holly]

Will accept in a sec~ Add the UID I sent, I got 2 inline to fivorce me lol@livid tide

However I think ifiits within 48 hrs it counts after 1 divorce.

[cloud quarry]

bloody hell i gotta wait 48 for 1?!

[solemn geode]

Yeah it does it only took one divorce for me

[ember holly]

No no divorce me within 48 hrs

[livid tide]

aren't u in cooling period?

[cloud quarry]

o so i gotta do it tiwce right?

[ember holly]

I havent divorced anyone on it so not to my knowledge

[livid tide]

ok added

[ember holly]

Added you both.~ Ill be on after my run ends though.

[cloud quarry]

take ur time

[lethal dawn]

MeiXue'r

[ember holly]

?

[ember holly]

Kk you ready? I will be spamming 1 for everything, I will always wear the costume, and idk the other questions lol lemme look em up rq

[cloud quarry]

Eh wat?

but yeah im ready.

[ember holly]

FOr the quiz we have to do lol

[cloud quarry]

WE HAVE TO DO A QUIZ

GOD DAMIT

I AM GONNA GET HEART ATTACK

[ember holly]

Yert

XD

[cloud quarry]

THE COLLEGE IS KICKING

but ready to sail captain

[ember holly]

HEre are the questions hold on

[cloud quarry]

Imagine one of the questions is asking "is your partner stoopid or stoopid"

[frosty moss]

Was wondering why I couldn't get an invite despite having 5k elegance, read that it's bugged, only to find out here they've been trying to gaslight us into thinking it was "intended". Like it's not 2025 and we can't just ask people who played the CN version that's been out an entire year.

I would've been fine with it if they had just acknowledged that it's a bug and state a plan to fix it tbh.

[cloud quarry]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[ember holly]

There is the full list and what I will pick BUT

we only need FIVE right

[cloud quarry]

so which u choose right

[ember holly]

SO only look at 1-5 and make sure you pick the answer I put there. XD

[cloud quarry]

oh ok

[ember holly]

The rest are just precautionary.

[cloud quarry]

thx

[ember holly]

Then we do the 3 leisure things to hit lvl 2 and you do the FIRST dicorve option to leave me.

[cloud quarry]

whats the 3 leisure things

[ember holly]

Ill taske you around

[cloud quarry]

ok

[ember holly]

Why tf did the mods delete my answer sheet. -.-

[plush flume]

Look i don't know. I am not one of think they are trying to gaslight us. Or to say there is malice in this. I think is an oversight or it was an idea good on paper that in reality played badly. What we have to wait is proper declaration from the deam team. Personally i want to enjoy this game with content untaltered from the CN version. And this was not a good thing for that. They don't have to adapt nothing for global audience all they need is translate and polish content. If that means we will getting a bit of content at once is ok. But release something like this was just plain terrible that is what i am saying.

[cloud quarry]

I CAN'T ANSWER ANYTHING.

[cloud quarry]

maybe priv dm?

[ember holly]

Restarting it and yeah.

But makes zero fkln sense. It wasn't spam it was for us to use. -.- but they leave gold scammers be. Make it make sense.

[cloud quarry]

lol

[plush flume]

Ultimately as a player that invests time and money here i don't find: Wait for the masked troupe acceptable.

[ember holly]

This part. Hey thanks for the money but fuhk you wait because we are being lazy and don't care. 🙂

[kind plaza]

Finally got in Velvet Shade

[plush flume]

Just don't get personal about it. Voice your displeasing providing facts and arguments i know you are upset everyone is. But going like this dosn't really help anyone just giving a good advise. I know how those things works.

[ember holly]

So..what I am alreayd doing.

Caps locks is evil]

[plush flume]

Yes pretty much

[ember holly]

I wasnt yellig, sorry x-x but yeah its some horse crap they are doing this to start

[plush flume]

Maybe they had their motivation. Maybe they were thinking it was to give more identity to the sect. Ultimately was not necessary and lead to a lot of players getting upset. People do mistakes is only human. The only think i don't like is the radio silence about this.

[modern orbit]

just checking! do i have to wait until after the divorce cool down to receive the invite???

[plush flume]

yes

wait for cooldown to end then return to the npc and finalize the divorce

[ember holly]

A mistake would be "hey we messed up lets fix it tho" they just decided it doesn't matter to them much

[plush flume]

My point is that they have to tell more about this not: Wait for the masked troupe. That is not acceptable.

[ember holly]

We are saying the same thing in different ways brother.

[plush flume]

Sis and yeah

[finite veldt]

you have to confirm the divorce after the cd end, if other condition meet ofc

[drowsy tide]

Please report them by selecting the message going to apps-->report to mods

[frail jungle]

In short if you had a mairrage before that was older than 48hs you wont get an invite.

To get an invite you can do 2 things.

1. marry someone and within 48hs divorce them, if you marry someone and immedeatly divorce them, once you wait the 24h and finalize the divorce you should get the invite aslong as you have kaifeng unlocked.

2. Marry two diffrent partners within a week, this applies if you accidentally married someone and more than 48hs passed

[brittle wing]

Me another person did the marry and divorce thing within 48 hours and still no invite. What does the invite look like? Thank you. Trying to marry another person.

[brittle wing]

Oof nevermind. It worked when remarried another person after.

[knotty crypt]

i’m a bit lost with this still though, because how can we marry two different partners if only velvet shade members can marry more than one person? unless this also still refers to marry-divorce method as well

[plush flume]

it refer to the marry divorce method. In short if you have a partnership lasted more than 48h divorce won't make you get an invite. However if you marry again you will have the invite.

[steady fjord]

Okay so for confirmation missions, I just got the invitation without needing to finish the Kaifeng main story and both 2 clue quest (my last quest is shortly after I got that velvet shade introduction cutscenes)

[west maple]

i got the invite but it tells me to finish Wulin Journal Blooming Spy quest? is that main story- 😭 HELP

found it on reddit
repost for others

I was having the same issue! I figured it out. You have to complete the Kaifeng main story quest, Gathering of Heroes, and then the lost chapter Shadows in Bloom! Good luck, hope to see you in Velvet Shade soon

[steady fjord]

Geez... That many quests? I thought you only need to complete shadow in bloom

[simple dragon]

I joined Velvet Shade via letter in inventory, and there's another letter in Chat (Notice section). I clicked it and now there's another Velvet Shade entry quest in my quest menu, which I can't finish that quest because I joined already. Should I leave Velvet Shade and join again to get rid of that "maybe bug" quest? or just leave it like that?

[west maple]

basically u need to finish those quests before joining 🙂 cuz im alrdy at Kaifeng but i havent finished haha so its just a headsup cuz i wanted to join velvet shade since the start so like imagine some newbie player do so much work to get in via marriage just to realise they need to grind hours of gameplay before getting in. i habent finished so going to do it hehe

[wicked pewter]

Guys I need people to join sect velvent

[regal sphinx]

Can you remarry the same person you divorced and still have it count? This probably gets asked a lot, but still

[steady fjord]

Turns out you just needed the shadow in bloom quest!

Thank goodness only 1 quest lol

[west maple]

nocee thankss

[woven mural]

I married, got divorced.. and re married again within the 48 hours.. didn't get an invite yet!

[rotund perch]

I saw yesterday multiple people said yes. The married divorced remarried divorced same person
My sister and I are trying it so I guess we’ll see tomorrow if she gets the invite

[finite veldt]

are you in a sect when that happen?
and when was your first marriage?

[woven mural]

No. Sectless.. my first marriage was two days ago! We got married few hours then divorced.. waited 24hrs cooldown.. then I remarried.. and still married..

[rotund perch]

I am so upset about not being able to join the elegance way

[woven mural]

Do I need to find an NPC to trigger the invitation?

[finite veldt]

no
have you checked your bag?

[woven mural]

I did.. I'll check again
How long does it take to get the invite?

[finite veldt]

immediately on marrying or confirming the divorce depend on what condition you meet first, i have a video here
#1450342627026407627 message

[woven mural]

I'll check the bag again.. maybe I missed it.. ty

[coarse python]

If you do that way, still didn’t get, you need to start again one or two times

[woven mural]

Alright. Ty

[coarse python]

Or 2000 outfit points is bug in the game

[woven mural]

Alright. I'm almost 2000 I'll keep it up meanwhile

[coarse python]

I have more than 5000 I’m waiting to fix the bug because I don’t want to divorce my husband

[hollow creek]

it works just need to follow the instructions strictly

[nova panther]

when did you first time get married ? me and my partner have been married over the 48 hours , so we had to go divorce, marry and divorce again

[lean prism]

Can I get some help to divorce xD

[woven mural]

So you divorced twice? I first got married two days ago.. wasn't married when this was released. Only got married for it.. divorced and now remarry.. do I need to divorce twice?

[nova panther]

normally it should work than. we needed to do the double divorce because our first partnering was to long back. you are not in some other sect atm?

[woven mural]

No.. sectless

[bitter tide]

i remarried my partner then divorced them again, do i have to wait for the 24 hours to end to get the invite?

[nova panther]

after the 24h timer we went back to the npc, completed the divorce. after that both of us get the invite

[bitter tide]

okay thank you so much!

[woven mural]

Yeah I just checked the bag again. No invite

[woven mural]

Yup. Thats what we did . Neither of us got the invite! 😭😭 I think I'll just give up..

[nova panther]

had the same feeling at one point, but we still tried a new round of marry and divorce and it works

[woven mural]

Alright then.. never give up 💪

[inner tiger]

If a divorce within 48 hrs doesn't give an invite try marrying again

[maiden moon]

Was the first marriage lasting longer than 48h? Because divorce from that doesn’t count

[woven mural]

Nope! Lasted maybe 3 or 4 hours only..

[supple viper]

Does someone knows how the rank up goes?

[livid tide]

look good

[carmine drum]

there are quests prerequisites iirc

[little furnace]

i severed the bond after 24 hours of partnership but didn't recieve the invitation

[dark helm]

Just do it again, thats all. marry, divorce, marry divorce. Push comes to shove roll you an alt to level 10.. marry yourself so there's no issue with timing.

[scenic warren]

How to increase this?

[maiden moon]

properly become VS, and probably wait one daily reset for everything to lock in properly

[scenic warren]

I'm already VS but oki will wait and see

[maiden moon]

and, well, TFW you yeet your marriage, already have a buddy on hand, and that buddy suddenly become a no show that goes silent despite being online.

[livid tide]

take it easy girl, slowdown

[trail latch]

Still the only way in the dumb marry divorce thing?

[paper sphinx]

Yup, they haven't even adressed it as far as I know. So, still gotta marry/divorce thingy.

[sonic girder]

Wait i married and divorced but i didnt get a invitation to velvet shade💔

[unique helm]

hey, anyone able to help me join velvet shade? feel free to send a pm

[bitter tide]

was your marriage longer than 48 hrs?

[bitter tide]

they have addressed it, sect clue for velvet shade was updated to only include the marry and divorce route

[frail jungle]

If your marriage was over 48h old you wont get an invite, just marry the person again and divorce them as soon as they've accepted, then wait 24hs to finalized the divorce

[bitter tide]

im waiting 11 hours for my divorce to finalize currently 🤞

[frail jungle]

Make sure you've completed the kaifeng main quests related to the velvet shade

[bitter tide]

i have! i had to redo the marriage stuff because my marriage was over 48 hours and was told i can just remarry the same partner and divorce them so im praying it works

[plush flume]

Too late. Too little. And even unacceptable. I don't like the fact that the global version has not the content fidelity of the chinese version this is a red flag. in the CN was possible to join Velvet Shade before Masked troupe trough elegance

[bitter tide]

damned if they do damned if they dont, im sure the general consensus from everyone is that the sect rules should have been more clear on release but they've given that clarity now (and earlier on rather than later) and its up to players to choose whether or not they want to do the marry and divorce route. it personally never bothered me to redo the route because an in-game marriage doesnt determine my long term irl relationship which is why i'm in the middle of my divorce CD.

i'm seeing a lot of mentions of how the CN region was handled when this game was released for them a whole year prior and im sure CN region has had its downsides as well, we're catching up in their content despite that and if people really dont enjoy global region then they should just play on CN. there isnt any point bringing up CN region having access to the elegance route when it was to my recollection probably a trial and error for the devs at the time for CN region being in an earlier stage. its been established days ago that the elegance route is intended to tie in with the masked troupe sect so people will still get a chance to join the sect later on if they dont want to do the marriage route and we have clear guidelines.

[fleet plume]

If I selected the negotiated severance, after the 24 hours are up, what options do I click on shi yimo to finalize it?

[bitter tide]

preferably you want to click on mutual so you dont have to spend 50k coins but you'll need your partner with you

[fleet plume]

I did that and now 24 hours are up, so I how do I finalize the divorce?

[bitter tide]

speak to shi yimo if your divorce CD is gone, she will give you two options

[plush flume]

Unfortunately is way too late for that. First off. People already got elegance as a clue some even buy outfit for that because the invite was not arriving. Second the masked troupe is not the only reported way to join trough elegance. This is not a fix. The thing is not fixed. It was changed. Wich makes me worry about the content fidelity between the global and the chinese version.

Source: Chinese players.

[plush trout]

Keep in mind, as many said players have spent money to gain their elegance in getting ready for this. Secondly, those who never considered the marriage/divorce route may already be married and thus all the month of progress for marriage is now nulled and got to be completely redone from scratch to pull off the divorce method.
There's no damned if they do damned if they don't, the simple solution is to give the elegance route, and just port over the already fixed Masked troupe sect from CN.
Of course this requires a bit more work on their end. This could all have been avoided if they gave us a much much earlier heads up as opposed to waiting for our complaints.

[bitter tide]

i dont think its way too late, it was addressed after the first few days of the sect releasing which is pretty quick compared to the idea of people waiting months to hear about it and by that point the the masked troupe sect release date would probably close in. not my place to judge how people spend their money, only that they should be wise about it.

the original sect rules listed only two ways that you could get in initially, i've never heard of any other route other than marriage/divorce and the elegance route. if you're worried then you should raise the concerns in a survey or feedback form otherwise there is just no point right now because we have one established route for it. if people dont want to do the marriage/divorce route then they do not have to.

[plush flume]

The original sect in the chinese version has more of one way to enter trough elegance. This mean the other elegance way were removed.

[bitter tide]

what was the other elegance route? because this is the first time i am hearing about it

[plush trout]

It is too late, people already spent money to raise elegance, and those who are married got screwed over since divorce/remarry path is the only other way. Just because other devs and other companies are terrible with things does not mean we should hold by that standard.

[plush flume]

Source chinese players. Ergo nothing was fixed. They just removed all the other ways one can join in.

Not to mention chinese players also reported that they could join the sect in the chinese beta as well trough elegance.

[bitter tide]

hence why i said people should be wise about how they spend their money, if you're doing it only for a sect and one that you risk not even liking then you've not really got your moneys worth. i wouldnt say everyone that was married beyond 48 hours is screwed over, my personal opinion of that remains and its that a video game marriage system doesnt determine my relationship with my irl partner. understandably others are upset and i get that, but right now all they can do is wait for the other route/routes to open.

i've played games that have handled things much much worse, it doesnt mean i am holding that standard for WWM and i've stated that we can all agree it should have been more clearer on release but as i've said at least now we have info on one way to get in for the timebeing. it's entirely optional for married couples. i personally chose this route and my partner supports it because he prioritises my happiness as he knew i was excited about the sect, while i know friends who are personally choosing to wait because they are not in a rush to join velvet shade.

[plush trout]

You literally lose all the progress. What are you even on about?

[plush flume]

This is just apologism. Wich doesn't really help anyone nor the people that are upset nor the devs. Because i am telling you know if i knew chinese. This thing could had prompted me to go in the ongoing chinese version as it seem that things there are fairer just saying.

[bitter tide]

i am aware and losing progress does not matter to me personally, this is coming from the fact i was married for 30 days. others feel differently but its not my place to speak for them, i am speaking for myself.

[plush flume]

Alright so. How this goes with your people should be wise about spending their money? If a thing dosn't matter to you dosn't mean should not matter for others. Dosn't invalidate their dissastisfation either.

[plush trout]

"i dont think its way too late, it was addressed after the first few days of the sect releasing which is pretty quick compared to the idea of people waiting months to hear about it " < Literally what you said, setting standards of much worse as comparison.

[bitter tide]

neither does constantly criticising in a channel to other players about issues and progress instead of taking it directly to the staff, what am i gonna do about it? nothing, i dont work for wwm.

either way this isnt going to be a productive conversation so i am taking my leave because im not staff and nor am i responsible for your complaints, take it up with the team instead of random players. i expressed my opinion and we do not have to agree, that's that.

[plush trout]

If this channel does not bring issues from here up to staff, then there's no reason for this to exist nor this entire discord in the first place.

[plush flume]

Criticism is feedback. This decision was universally judged as bad as you can see if you just scroll back. Go on X to se the announcement or go in Youtube. and read the comments. This is how you provide feedback. And the feedback is. This is a terrible decision and makes people concern for content fidelity. Nothing was fixed nothing just changed and is also very vocal from many players saying that waiting masked troupe is not acceptable because is months away and is not the only way one enters trough elegance. Is simple as that.

[plush trout]

Keep in mind, they brought this up on discord, they brought this up on X, but what about players who don't have or engage in social media? Sure they may be few or rare, why is there no formal announcement actually ingame?

[trail latch]

this discord is only for the look, they only cares with the few boats on the launch and be done with it

[plush trout]

Ngl, starting to feel that way

[trail latch]

I wrote to them 3 different times, 1 about one of my quest was stuck on my character. It was 2 weeks ago, they never answered

[river isle]

Okay does this work?
I got married then we just divorced not to long ago

[plush trout]

It does but I think you need to be sectless

[cloud quarry]

Yeah to me it worked

[plush trout]

Marriage needs to be no more than 48 hours, so you may need to marry and divorce immediately again for it to kick in. On top of being sectless.

[cloud quarry]

check your inventory if you got the Floral Invitation

[river isle]

Okay so
We married ( we were married before velvet shade came out) divorced ( today) but nothing happened. So do we need to wait within 48 hrs then divorce again? So like I can divorce tmr at any time?
Does one person can be sectless or both players need to be?

I also did unilateral sever

[plush trout]

no, you jsut divorce now, then remarry again immediately, then 24 hours after, divorce again.

[cloud quarry]

maybe put a timer like i did lol

[river isle]

I can choose any sever? Cuz

[plush trout]

Those who wanna get the invite need to be sectless. What do you mean any sever?

[supple kestrel]

do you have to have your intimacy high for it to count as married? or is it just forming a partnership

[plush trout]

gotta go to the tree to get married, it's partnership yes.

[gilded apex]

Just get to level 2 companion

[strange wren]

The divorce method worked for me yayyy!! Finally in my CHOSEN SECTTT

[river isle]

Can your friend who started help do marry/divorce method? Or they have to have the kaifung world map open

[carmine drum]

big deal, all online games have content differences between regions. first time playing online?

[plush flume]

Another apologist. The fact some games have content difference between regions is also one of the reason why so many free to play game have that bad reputation and i don't want that for this game. Since the game is great. But when you make a chance that removes options and make things worse. That's not great. The fact is not a big deal for you dosn't invalidate the opinion of people upset about this change.

[dawn marten]

my friend married and divorced but she didn't get invite for velvet shade . do you guys know why?

[finite veldt]

maybe she was still in a sect when that happen
the marriage was longer than 48hrs
just remarry then divorce immediately again

[dawn marten]

@finite veldtyeah we figured out she divorced existing marriage

[hexed viper]

hi, so I already tried the marry–divorce–remarry–divorce option. did I do it right?😞

[errant ravine]

yes the invite immediately comes unless you didn't do the main quest first

[hexed viper]

hi again!!! update, I tried repairing the client and it finally worked!!! just got my invite. you guys should try it too. also, thank you to the person who said to repair the client or uninstall the app.

[woven mural]

Which main quest?

[scenic yew]

So I’m about to finalize a divorce of a 10 day marriage soon. Do I get the invite if I marry the same person 2 times after that?
Basically Marry > Divorce > Marry

[finite veldt]

after you finalize it, marry then divorce immediately, you should get the invitation when the second divorce complete
can do that with the same person

remember to stay sectless

[scenic yew]

so the "Marry two partners within a week" doesnt work?

[hexed viper]

idk which works 'marry–divorce' or 'marry–divorce–remarry'. bc I first tried the first option, then the second one. better try them both to be sure, you'll be marrying twice within the same week either way. hope it helps!

[finite veldt]

it does work but you will get the invitation from method one first
if you remarry again after the second divorce, you will get another invitation for method 2

[scenic yew]

i see

[scenic yew]

actually wait, if i remarry the same person, does my friend also get the invitation assuming we go for method 1?

[finite veldt]

yes if they are sectless too

[signal fossil]

If i marry a person that is already married (after i joined velvet shade) it will mess up their intimacy?

[trail latch]

Is it works without the dum dum marry 3000 times method?

[plush flume]

Make sure your char is sectless and have unlocked Kaifeng also make sure to have completed the sidequest related to the revelry hall as well.. don't remember the tile tho.

[scenic yew]

i did everything velvet shade related

[plush flume]

Then after the divorce you should get the invite.

[swift coral]

Hi, i got the invite from VS (after divorcing and all that stuff) but couldn’t join the sect. Is there any quest/guide for it?

[pliant glacier]

Are you currently in a sect ? You have to be sectless for the invite to go out

[sonic girder]

I got it already thank you thoo <333

[kind plaza]

open the letter and follow the quest steps.

[orchid tinsel]

Could someone explain this to me, as opinions are divided? I'm talking about divorce. If you get divorced, do you lose intimacy? Idk is it worth or nah

[plush flume]

Yes you will loose the intimacy progress with the partner

[regal sphinx]

This is not true. You lose the partnership progress but not the intimacy.

[hexed viper]

it depends on the server. they said that the only available way for global to join rn is to do the 'marry–divorce' option. but if you're in cn server, you will be able to join the sect with the elegance method.

[plush flume]

My bad i confused the two

[wheat quail]

if we do the mutual agreement divorce, will we both get the inv?

[river isle]

Hi so
My friend can't join online with me to divorce... I am sectless but he's not
Can I still do the unilateral severance and still get the invite? Or is it way better to have both of us online,sectless and do the negotiated severance?

[wheat quail]

u can do the unilateral, youll jus have to pay the 50k

[river isle]

Ok ty

[river isle]

Can I help other people join velvet shade? If I already joined it?

[finite veldt]

yes but you lose 30 sect value each divorce, probably can get good amount back when you gain 500 intimacy from new partner but keep that in mind

[dusty needle]

i lost 50k for nothing

[noble vector]

50k is nothing

[inner tiger]

50k is something

[signal lava]

If anyone need help joining the sect and need to marry and divorce real quick or just marry let me know

[gray wren]

i really need help i have 0 firends to marry

[woven mural]

I can help if anyone wants

Add me in game.. same user here..

[signal lava]

Lmao same i have none too😭

[torpid panther]

I got an invite for it via divorce, but when I tried to accept the invite, it said that I had to complete a quest first, but it also said the quest is not available. Please help.

[woven mural]

If you ready to marry now you can add me..

[woven mural]

You have to complete the Velvet shade quest in Kaifeng first..

[signal lava]

I married my alt account cause i dont have any friends so that worked

[slim harness]

are you still up for this? Im looking to marry-divorce

[woven mural]

Yes sure. Add me in game. Same name

[somber goblet]

If anybody wants to marry me, to join velvet shades (also divorce), then let me know 🙂

[inner tiger]

You wanna join?

[somber goblet]

no, i already joined. But if anybody else wants to

[inner tiger]

Oh ok

[trail latch]

idk why devs thinks thats something their playerbase be ok with