Announce 2149 & 2150

Ilyon

Penalizing shielding would have more implications than I'd be comfortable with, personally. The ongoing direction of adding ways to deal with it, such as the recently added berserking change, feels like a better approach.

Ezalor

I had a similar liaison report for shielding as the one that went in for Fitness, but @Ilyon called me a troll .

Oleis

Ultimately, no matter how much we want to support active combat (and I do hate turtling), actively discouraging shielding is not an even-handed solution to the problem. Like @Ilyon, I'd personally much rather pursue avenues that allow the aggressor to better deal with the shield through intelligent strategy.

Lin

If only we had Soul Calibur's guard impacting.

Riluo

 

ANNOUNCE NEWS #2160
Date: 8/29/2013 at 5:09
From: Razmael, the Synthesist
To  : Everyone
Subj: New artifacts - part 1

Over the new few weeks, we'll be releasing several new artifacts. Here's
the first batch! All of these are available in Qeddwyn's store as of
this moment.

A resonating micro-cistern
--------------------------
Power: residual_expand
Cost:  100/200/400cr

Expands the maximum capacity of your residual energy reserves by
100%/150%/200%.

A collapsible anvil
-------------------
Power: portable_forge
Cost:  500cr

Allows you to forge items anywhere that you drop this item. Bonus
feature: While flying, you can DROP ANVIL ON <target>.

An aventurine labret
---------------------Power: gentle_break
Cost:  250cr

Should your mindlock break from your victim for unexpected reasons, the
victim will not receive any message about the mindlock while you are
wearing this ring.

An inscribed bandage
--------------------
Power: artifact_bandage
Cost:  40cr

This artifact bandage will never decay and will contain twice the normal
amount of presses.

A collapsible shelf
-------------------
Power: stockroom_expand
Cost:  100cr/200cr/400cr

When placed in a shop's stockroom, this artifact will expand the
stockroom's max size by 100/200/400. Only one shelf per stockroom will
work.

An Amulet of Imal
-----------------
Power: essence_regen
Cost:  400cr

Wearing this amulet will triple the amount of life essence you gain from
the natural essence regen.

An Amulet of Lenci
------------------
Power: devotion_regen
Cost:  400cr

Wearing this amulet will triple the amount of energy you gain from the
natural Devotion regen.

A holy relic of Sahmie
----------------------
Power: lightwall_cast
Cost:  125cr

Usage: POINT RELIC <direction>
Bestows the creation of lightwalls upon the holder.

A shock sigil
-------------
Power: shock_sigil
Cost:  50cr

Acts like a flame sigil in all respects, except it allows only the owner
to pick up the item it's attached to, or remove the sigil from an item
it's attached to.

An icon of Divinity
-------------------
Power: artifact_icon
Cost:  500cr

A permanent holy icon that contains an unlimited amount of charges. You
can TOUCH ICON TO SHRINE to change the appearance of the icon to the
shrine patron's.

A rune of transformation
------------------------
Power: transformation
Cost:  125cr

Can store customization information on one weapon type. When attached to
a weapon of that type, it will transform the weapon into the customized
description. First description with the rune is free, changing it
thereafter costs standard
customization fee. Use the HELP CUSTOMIZATION system on the rune to set
its appearance. Allows you to create magical weapons (within reason)
that normal forging otherwise wouldn't.

A venantium magnet
------------------
Power: rune_remove
Cost:  600cr

Allows the owner of the magnet to remove any runes belonging to them
from a weapon, simply ATTACH the magnet to the weapon. Can only be used
once every 60 minutes.

A target dummy
--------------
Power: substitution
Cost:  200cr

33% chance of dodging mob_impale by quickly substituting yourself with
the target dummy.
 
Penned by my hand on the 21st of Arios, in the year 399 MA.

 

A few of these sounds good, and I really want to see someone drop the anvil!

Macavity

I am going for the Magnet!!  For someone who has all 10 dark classes, this is a MUST have!!

Eleanor

Boy, I can't wait for Daskalos to get a shock sigil. That will be so fun.

Xavin

A lot of those items are really rather nice. The customization item in particular is pretty cool, though it does cost more than than customization used to cost.

Riluo

I would like to redo my scythe, but that cost makes me change my mind. It is only a description not a game changer. I think in the long run I will wait to see if anything else jumps out over the next few releases.

Damonicus

The shop one will make a lot of people happy though.

Daskalos

What nefarious thing could I do with a shock sigil? *listen*

Also, yea... I just spent 1700cr

 

Damonicus

Daskalos said:

What nefarious thing could I do with a shock sigil? *listen*

Also, yea... I just spent 1700cr

 

And this is just release one. Two more releases left!!

Phoenecia

The collapsible shelf will make lots of shop-owning crafters happy. Especially those of us who have a crap ton of designs. Though, for SOME PEOPLE, the extra space might still not be enough. >_>

Daskalos

Bound Credits  : 3986

 

Daskalos

 p dummy
This target dummy is little more than a stuffed bust made of cloth and sawdust, with a painted bullseye directly in the center of its chest. Despite these facts, it has the magical capacity to look astoundingly similar to Razmael in both shape and appearance.

 

I lol'd

Damonicus

@Phoe: Well,  maybe convince Raz to make it even more expandable 2000 credits = 2000 more spaces for items.

@Dask: Jelly.

Moirean

The shelves! Eeeee! Now I need to start saving credits!

Ezalor

Normal icons right now don't actually collapse when the charges are used up. It just becomes a new one with full charges. Since they're basically identical to the artifact one that should probably be fixed!

Xavin

I could see shock sigils being used to screw with orgs, yeah. I'm curious if they can be attached alongside impact sigils. If -that- is the case....yeah.

Ezalor

Nevermind actually.

Ezrax

If the sparring dummy thing emits a cloud of smoke and turns into a log when it procs, I will buy it straight away.

Toz

'WHY DO I KEEP MISTAKING LOGS FOR PEOPLE!?'

Xavin

Can't attach shock sigil to my sapling. Poor sapling

Moirean

Suggestion - increase the damage the icon does back up to the original amount before the recent change. Since the change was designed to increase ylem consumption, an artifact icon isn't factoring into this, and the increased damage will make the icon more tempting as a purchase.

Macavity

I am all for new stuff and such, but I would much rather see Liaison stuff done before new artifacts were created.   Makes me wonder what the priorities really are....money (sad face).

Iosyne

Coding projects aren't linear accomplishments.

Aarbrok

A quick artifact addition for utility adding a portable, something already coded, is hardly comparison to rebalancing combat based on an addition or deletion, nerfing or buffing of a skill.

I think the coders/gods/admins/volunteers are well underway with many things already.

SOON being a typical comment, but how do you really put a timeframe on something that has the potential of creating bugs in what is obviously archaic code that has created this game in the beginning which is probably and no pun intended $Iosyne a hell of a twisted web to sift through at this point what, a decade later.

We need a national, hug a coder day.  I will make molasses cookies.

Ezrax

National hug a coder day? Then Razmael will miss out on hugs because he's not MURRKAN.

Aarbrok

Isnt a Merkin a pubic wig...

Ezrax

I honestly don't know. You tell me.