AoC Game Tools

A lot of changes have been made on Chaos, we'll try to list them all, and still try to remain brief. Thu Jul 2 22:12 (Andor)   ::     Changes Couple of minor changes: o Changing your hometown to your current hometown no longer wastes gold o -Age eq now tweaks/twaks in the proper directions Mon Jun 29 21:27 (Andor)   ::     Crash Ok, we had a fairly major crash hit us today. I believe I've fixed the cause of it. However, if you notice anything strange about your affects list, any weird spells, strange numbers, or the like, send me a mudmail right away. -Andur Tue Jun 23 22:41 (Andor)   ::     Changes Few more changes: o Fixed the agro on drink blood and drain vitality, particularly when failing during combat. o Fixed even more typos... o Wielding a two-handed weapon now auto-removes held items as well as wielded items. o Fixed the coleader rank/title display in clan list Sat Jun 20 01:35 (Andor)   ::     Changes o Fixed a ton of typos. Thanks to everyone who reported them. o Fixed some issues with newlines not being sent out, should tidy things up a bunch. o Removed a bunch of dead code that was eatting up memory/cpu time unnecessarily Thu Jun 18 21:35 (Andor)   ::     Changes Few more changes on the next boot: o Fixed the multi-hib bug. Don't do it in the meantime. o Added messages for drain vitality. No more losing your moves without knowing why. o Fixed a ridiculous exploit with drain vitality. -Andur Tue Jun 16 22:03 (Andor)   ::     Changes On the next boot: o Stamina now always regenerates everywhere o Shops now say [Restricted] instead of a * o The following commands can now be used while sleeping: hibernate, groupwhere, tracker, crafts o Removed the old *'s from the knowledge list, those no longer mean anything o You can't declare war on non-existant clans anymore o Cleaned up the clan list some o Fixed a few broken mob progs -Andur Tue Jun 9 21:48 (Andor)   ::     Minor Ctown Change Your main clan town shopkeeper will now buy/sell/repair light items. Fri Jun 5 21:44 (Andor)   ::     Changes On the next boot: -Personal items now only make a container personal when they are placed inside of it. This fixes accidentally putting a personal container into another container, making it personal also, along with other such related situations. -Added casting messages to courage. Appended -- Sat Jun 6 21:10 o Added additional messages for bless and sustain Appended -- Mon Jun 8 21:15 o Fixed the messages on remove poison and hymn of purity. Thu Jun 4 21:38 (Andor)   ::     Changes On the next boot: -Fixed some abusable exploits -Added a message for endure elementing someone else. Let me know if there are any other spells/skills missing messsages. Sun May 31 15:31 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results Seanchan defeated its enemies once again in warzone combat. This is the Seanchan clan's second consecutive victory! The battle was fierce, and a clear winner emerged after one hour. Defeated and humbled, all of the other clans have around 63 days to rebuild and recruit before the next clanwar. Jiha was the Last Man Standing. Seanchan: 23 Taardad: 13 $RwhiWhite Tower: 5 Sat May 16 15:31 (Andor)   ::     Changes Couple little changes for you: o Bonus time is now always off, instead of defaulting on for pre-transies. No sense in wasting those minutes. o Eqstatus is now saved across sessions, so, no need to keep on toggling it on if you like it. Appended -- Sat May 16 16:54 o Added combat messages for constrict. o Fixed a large number of typos and grammar mistakes in various messages and socials. Fri May 15 23:18 (Yik)   ::     $RranAoC Juggernaut I am now accepting entry (by mudmail, only 7 players max) for the next installment of AoC Juggernaut Which will be Held this Friday at 21:30:00 box time The Juggernaut will be a Cent BaWa Magical Elements: Fire[ 25] Earth[ 25] Water[ 25] Air[ 25] Spirit[150] Physical Elements: Fire[115] Earth[ 25] Water[200] Air[200] Spirit[200] Defense Elements: Fire[118] Earth[ 43] Water[176] Air[176] Spirit[200] Hitroll [62] Damroll [90] Ac [-354] Apr [5] Hp 1200 Mana 600 Moves 2500 Dispel Magic, Invest and Vshroud have been added to the spell/skill list With 4 Aks in wm3 condit3 blazing regen perm sanc/hsanc The Rules for Juggernaut Juggernaut is a twist on FFA pvp The Juggernaut will be a playable character Once you kill the Juggernaut you log on as the Juggernaut You only get points for killing the Juggernaut and kills as the Juggernaut The zone will be Highlands Prizes and Questpoints are yours to claim, as well as GLORY Results - Jiha 1st Huginn 2nd Chuulk 3rd Kikuchiyo 4th Nyvly 5th Tue May 12 17:08 (Rinn)   ::     Dreamwalkers o Just so you know, I'll be appointing everyone that applied. o This will happen when I actually have a few minutes to train you. Thanks, Rinn Wed May 6 21:52 (Andor)   ::     Crafting Tweaks Few crafting tweaks for you all: -There's now a message when crafting in the wrong sector type. -Fixed some sector types not ever loading resources when they should have. -Increased the chance of raising your crafting profiency. -Decreased the size of individual clumps of resources in the world. -Increased the number of clumps of resources in the world. Appended -- Wed May 6 22:28 Couple more tweaks: -Added a message when gathering the last of a resource in a clump -You can only unlearn a craft at a craft broker now Mon May 4 21:35 (Andor)   ::     Changes Few changes coming on the next reboot: o Fixed some min racial elements not being applied for some skills. o Cloak of Darkness now takes precedence over Vengeance Shroud, not the other way around. They still can't stack. o Dispel Silence can now only remove the actual Silence spell, and not things like constrict or requiem. o Cure Blindness can now only remove the actual Blindness spell, and not things like requiem. Wed Apr 29 09:47 (Rinn)   ::     Crafting o Materials now have CRAFTING INGREDIENT as a type, let me know if you see any problems. Appended -- Sat May 2 19:40 o Two help files to take a look at if you are interested help craft has been updated. o help recipes has also been added. You can read these whenever you wanna. Thu Apr 30 13:17 (Rinn)   ::     Some Stuff o Have had a couple complaints about the way people are acting around here. o I will make this short and to the point. o Watch your language, remember kids play this game too. o BE NICE! We want players to enjoy their time here, so avoid mean comments and stop being so toxic. The more players we have, the more fun this mud will be. o I will have no leniency for bad behavior, you will be deleted on site, if you are reported being for the lack of a better word a dick. Behave! Mon Apr 27 09:29 (Talen)   ::     Player file update I restored a copy of the player files from 4am April 26th (Sunday/yesterday) AM. Sun Apr 26 00:29 (Rinn)   ::     Ciphers o Aren't changing for now, you can all stop complaining. Appended -- Sun Apr 26 00:o I lied, one small change. A Cipher set only nets 75000 questpoints instead of the 100000 questpoints. Appended -- Sun Apr 26 00:36 Also, I will try to put in an event once a month (much like the Easter Bunny event last month) where you can earn more questpoints, without actually having to quest from a lord. Thu Apr 23 23:58 (Rinn)   ::     Administrative Stuff o Malus is being removed as a Lord, because it's likely with his new job he will never have time again for AoC :(. o I'd like to personally thank Malus for everything he did around here including major help on the sub-quests. o Hopefully we shall see malus around here again someday! Rinn Sat Apr 18 13:01 (Rinn)   ::     Changes o In on next reboot/crash o Greegos now has the ability to turn back the clocks of time. o Go to him and say offer for more information on how to do this. Enjoy, Rinn Tue Apr 14 21:45 (Andor)   ::     Changes Made a few more fixes here: o Fixed the ranged hit/dam display in attributes o Fixed the spellsurge firestorm and other such associated exploits. o Charms/clones that are scavengers will no longer pick up items on their own. o You can now order a clone to give you (and only you) a cipher if they loot it. o Fixed a personal eq exploit. These will be in on the next reboot. Keep sending me any bugs you want fixed! -Andur Sun Apr 12 01:50 (Andor)   ::     Changes Made a couple of changes/fixes that will be in on the next boot: o You can no longer shoot arrows that are restricted to you. It will skip over any restricted arrows and shoot the next available one that you can use. o Added a cast message to foxsong o Fixed some bugs with foxsong o Fixed a major exploit bug that won't be mentioned until after the reboot. -Andur Wed Apr 8 09:00 (Rinn)   ::     Changes o Andur put in a couple of things last night. o Age is now a settable field, so you can ask lords to set this for you - for qps of course - pricing to come o AR limits should be no more. Enjoy, Rinn Thu Apr 2 21:09 (Rinn)   ::     The Mystery Coder is ... o So I mentioned a few weeks ago that I(we AoC) hired a new coder. o Please welcome aboard Andur to your coding staff - a few notes about this 1) Do not bug andur for code changes, that stuff still goes through me. If I get complaints from Andur about this I'll kick your butt. 2) Andur is going to stay a player also, he will do nothing but code, no quests, no activities or any other lordly acts. 3) Andur has done a lot of great things for AoC, and this is the reason I trust him to be both a player and a code contributor. It's going to help me out immensely. o Please congratulate Andur if you get a chance :). Just don't bug him about some change you want made! RInn Sat Mar 28 18:13 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results Today I witnessed the Seanchan clan claim a commanding victory in the WarZone. Amazingly, a small unit of elite Taardad fighters earned 2nd place, despite the swarms of evil aligned players. Darkfriends edged out Dreadlords to win 3rd place. Until the next clanwar, the winners will be strengthened by special armor. Soju was the Last Man Standing. Seanchan: 53 Taardad: 15 $RmagDarkfriends: 11 Dreadlords: 6 The next clanwar may be held as early as mid-May. Wed Mar 25 09:16 (Talen)   ::     New AOC Client v1.98 Can download from: http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html that URL also lists new features/bug fixes. Mon Mar 2 13:37 (Rinn)   ::     Clan Change o After a little bit of thinking. I am going to allow everyone to have one(1) goodie clanned and one(1) evilite clanned. However, if you are leading one clan, you may not lead another one. Enjoy, Rinn Sun Mar 1 17:06 (Rinn)   ::     Leader Rank/Clan Changes o I have reinstated the clan max code. NEW CLAN MAX is 14, please have your clans down to 14 members by Wednesday 3/4/09 or else I will do it for you. o Prize system is now in. You can purchase your prizes from anywhere. Sytax is : purchase item (heartstone, questpoints) color (color of heartstone) (optional) o Prices for items are as follows: Questpoints (200k - 300k) - 12500 Heartstone Random Color - 17500 Heartstone Color Choice - 20000 o Coming soon : Phase 2.1 Mutiny code (legalized pkilling take over of clan leadership), More Prizes, More ways to earn lead rank All but the coming soon is on the next reboot. Report any bugs to me, cheating or abuse of this stuff will not be tolerated, and you will be deleted on the spot if you are caught! Enjoy, Rinn Sat Feb 28 12:15 (Rinn)   ::     Leader Rank o The much anticipated leader rank will go in on the next reboot. o This system rewards Clan Leaders (leaders only not coleaders) for doing good things for their clan. o In Phase I of this process - I am putting in the following o Leaders receive rank in obvious ways (i'll let you figure them out) o This accumulated rank can be accessed and viewed by typing leadrank o Goodies that will be rewarded for now are heartstones and questpoints -- more goodies coming soon. o *****Just an important note, the prize system will be going in likely later today***** (i want to see how the system works first) o When the prize system goes in, I will give you more details on it. Enjoy, Rinn Fri Feb 13 09:24 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results A great skirmish known as the ClanWar was held in the WarZone yesterday. I had the great opportunity to watch 4 powerful clans struggle for supremacy. The Dreadlords prevailed with a repeat victory. Congratulations! 1st place: Dreadlords [21] 2nd place: Shaido [11] 3rd place: Taardad[7] 4th place: White Tower[1] Enjoy your prizes. The next clanwar will occur during the last week of March. Appended -- Fri Feb 13 09:28 Last Man Standing was won by Cephas. Tue Jan 27 16:24 (Rinn)   ::     Clan Changes o To the speculation of leader rank coming in this weekend. I am implementing a few clan changes, which will be the responsibility of the current clan leaders to take care of. ---If this isn't taken care of by Saturday 1/31/2009, I will do it for you. o Clan limits are being reinstated, I am going to start this at 19 members. o You (the player) may only clan one character. I think you are going to really enjoy the leader rank and I hope this is just a minor inconvenience to a better balanced clan community. Thanks, Rinn Mon Jan 26 15:35 (Rinn)   ::     Package Update o This seems to be working fine, just a couple of things. o From this post foward: if you send an item to LINKLESS character and lose it, I will NOT reimburse it. There's no easy way to check for linkless characters in this current situation. o Also I am going to fix the bug, which causes all your worn eq to end up in your inventory, expect a fix for this ASAP. Thanks, Rinn Wed Jan 21 15:01 (Rinn)   ::     Package This is coming back in, and should be working. Enjoy, Rinn Sun Jan 18 13:49 (Rinn)   ::     Changes o Another round of fun stuff for everyone! o The mailman (help mail) for more details on the mailman will now be able to deliver packages to OFFLINE players. I will be updating the help mail file to appropriately document these changes. Current syntax to send a package : package player item at any post office o The next change involves Volley and Fire. This was supposed to implemented when the ranged slot went in, but it was overlooked. o BWH and WIELD damage/hitroll NO longer apply to ranged attacks. In on next boot, Rinn Sat Jan 10 18:08 (Rinn)   ::     Changes o In on next reboot. o A new command bankhelp, which can be used at any banker across the realm. o This will show the new options for the bank. o The one that will go in this reboot is banktransfer o This allows you to transfer gold from one player to another Example- banktransfer 1004234 Rinn This would transfer 1004234 coins to rinn Enjoy, RInn Appended -- Sun Jan 11 12:09 o This should for reals work this time. Report any problems to me! Rinn Mon Jan 5 20:51 (Rinn)   ::     More Personal Container o Foraged items and created potions are no longer allowed in Containers Rinn Sat Jan 3 19:29 (Rinn)   ::     Changes o Tweak rate has been modified again. Hopefully to a more normal level. o Using the zone command now lists zones by difficulty instead of zone number. o Also typing the where command now also gives you zone difficulty. o In on next reboot Enjoy, Rinn Thu Jan 1 21:11 (Rinn)   ::     New Tweak Rate o A fun change for all of you eq hounds out there. o The rate MAXED items tweak has been substantially increased. o Non-MAXED items also now have a chance to tweak. o These rates depend on zone difficulty, so you will likely see more tweaks in higher level zones. I will let you find out the rest of this fun stuff for yourselves. o Just a small statistic, on the last test boot I ran, there were 60 tweaks! o Have fun with this, and as always report any bugs, oddities, or problems to ME. Rinn Tue Dec 30 22:09 (Rinn)   ::     Change o One change for you that will go in on the next reboot. o Tired of those personal items taking up space in the inventory? Well I solved your problems! o Now you can place any personal item in any container! Just beware that this will make the container have the personal bit also! o As usual report any problems, bugs, or oddities to ME in game or by mudmail. Thanks, Rinn In on next reboot! Appended -- Wed Dec 31 11:25 A big thanks goes out to Andur, for coming up with the simple way to put this in. THANKS ANDUR! Mon Dec 29 21:00 (Rinn)   ::     Changes - Service Pack o Starting to get things crossed off the long list of things to do. o This times changes - - o Highlands now uses stamina, no more spamming for you spammers... o Archery fire's damage is now more variable, and gives a bigger chance for higher damage o Took out the allhero penalty on heartstones - so in other words if you have a clan group of all heroes, you no longer have a big penalty to popping hs'es. o That's all for now! As usual lmk if there are any problems, and these changes will be in on next reboot. Rinn Sun Dec 21 20:34 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results This time it was the Dreadlords who conquered the battlefield. Malanith defeated a swarm of players to become the Last Man Standing. White Tower[0], Ashaman[0], Children of Light[0], Shaido[11], Taardad[5], Seanchan[0], Darkfriends[1], Dreadlords[30] Don't let your armies atrophy. Expect another clanwar approximately 55 days from now. SHarfor Thu Dec 4 13:52 (Rinn)   ::     Changes o Some changes that will be in on the NEXT REBOOT. o Sharfor replaces Meldron as an evil patron (help sharfor for more details on this) o The questpoint recreate bug should now be fixed, no more recreating with massive amounts of questpoints. o Any bugs or oddities please LMK, via email aocrinn@hotmail.com or in game. o Also, Kirha has been removed as a Lady, and Meldron has been removed as a Lord. We thank them for the years of service they have given Age of Chaos. And wish them the best in future endeavors. Rinn Thu Nov 20 11:12 (Rinn)   ::     Breaking the Rules o I am writing this news post, because it has been brought to my attention that a number of "illegal" activities have been taking place. This needs to stop. And now I will list the activities that we do not want to see anymore. Expect to be punished accordingly if you are caught breaking these rules. o Multiplaying - Let me redefine this again: It is essentially the policy definition You cannot log on your fixer alt, for the sole purpose of fixing EQ, and you absolutely cannot log on your fixer alt to fix your other alts EQ: Other issues that may fall into this: logging on your ressing alt to res somebody, logging on your alt to help your clannie or another player, pick a lock, or anything that is a one use kind of thing. o Punishment for this is deletion of EQ on both alts and a week freeze. o Clanning before Level 20 - This is a weird bug, that will likely be fixed, by forcing players to stay in the Band until level 20. However, for now, it is up to clanleader to not clan any players until they hit level 20. o Punishment for this - severe hit on clanrank, and clanbank: if multiple occurences destroying of buildings. Also the character that was put in the clan below level 20 will not be allowed to clan for 30 days. o Botting - DO NOT BOT - I am sick of people being afk trigger bots in clan rank. If you are caught doing this, I will likely trigger abuse you to death. You will also receive a flag of some sort, and be disconnected. Othe forms of botting include sitting in town with spell up trigs on, this is also illegal, and I will also trigger abuse you to death and flag you for it. This also includes just regular exp it just seems to be more prevalent in clan rank. o Now I am going to try to get something in to make ranking and exping more exciting as a whole. Thanks for reading, Rinn Sun Nov 9 19:49 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results Today, as the sun was setting, a battle raged in the WarZone. It was a classic battle between good and evil, involving four of the most powerful clans. And now for the results: 1st place: Shaido [36] 2nd place: Seanchan [20] 3rd place: Taardad [14] 4th place: White Tower [7] Last Man Standing: Cephas RolePlaying Award: Porthos Enjoy your prizes. There will be one more clanwar in 2008. Thu Nov 6 18:01 (Rinn)   ::     Warzone Changes o Some "new" warzone tweaks before the clanwar this weekend. o These changes are here to stay, and aren't just for the clanwar :). o First the timer has been increased to roughly 15 minutes. The timer starts when you enter the warzone. However, if there are no enemies present this timer is NULL and VOID. Meaning that you can leave the warzone whenever you want to, as long as an enemy does not enter. o Second this may have already been explained by the first post. But, to clarify if an enemy is present and your 15 minute clantimer is not up, you can not exit the warzone. o Third if the 15 minute timer is up you can exit the warzone no matter what. As always questions or problems, direct them to me :). Rinn Thu Nov 6 13:07 (Rinn)   ::     Changes o New changes effective next boot. o Create Animal o No longer has the FeatherFall affect. o Foxsong o This Ancient Knowledge got some needed buffs. o This spell will now recall the entire group, even if are not the group leader. o Mana cost is 0. o Failure rate is 0. As always let me know if you see any problems with this stuff. Rinn Appended -- Thu Nov 6 16:45 o Also - foxsong is now singable in !magic o This change will also go in on the next reboot. Mon Nov 3 12:18 (Rinn)   ::     Trigger Abusers This past Saturday a use of trigger abuse was brought to my attention. I had used stuff like this in death duels previously and is incredibly easy to abuse, if people do not anchor their triggers. o What this means to you as players is: Anchor your triggers (I will be posting a ZMud script later on today on the webboard to do this if you do not know how. Anchoring your triggers, means that only a current group leader or you can use your triggers. o As for the person that was doing this, he has been again deleted, and hopefully banned for what likely will be forever. Rinn Fri Oct 24 18:34 (Rinn)   ::     Create Animal o Create Animal has gotten some much needed updates! o The animals now have: Detect Invis WaterWalk FeatherFall Infravision o And in addition to those things they have a set level of level 31! No more instant dispel on the poor animals. o They also got some Physical and Magical elements. o That's all let me know if you see any oddities. Rinn Appended -- Fri Oct 24 18:37 o In on next boot... o And I also forgot Mana cost has been lowered to a flat rate of 100! Thu Oct 23 17:17 (Rinn)   ::     Machin Shin Changes o Beware, Machin Shin is hungry again! He wants your equipment. o Effective on the next reboot - Shin eats all of your equipment. o Hope you've enjoyed your worry free Ways traveling as of late, because it's over now. o Enjoy! Rinn Wed Oct 22 17:38 (Rinn)   ::     New Who o On the next reboot you will notice changes to how Who displays. o That's all you need to know, if you see any oddities let me know. Rinn Mon Oct 20 22:41 (Azakhet)   ::     Zone 310 changes! This zone has been renamed to the Caverns of Ycho. The Dreadlords have taken over this primordial place, and begun evil experiments in the now uninhabited keep. Several changes have taken place here, most of which are cosmetic. Several mobs and items have been renamed, and a few items have had their stats improved and maxes adjusted. Finally, there is at least one new piece of equipment there. Thu Oct 16 13:38 (Rinn)   ::     New Gold Thing o Corpses now have the ability to load more or less than the set amount of gold. o I think that's all you really need to know, hopefully it doesn't crash the mud. o In on next reboot. Rinn Fri Oct 10 13:14 (Rinn)   ::     Tigers o Tigers no longer receive Hide and Gore on transformation. o This is due to the knock-down thing added to claw months ago. o Tigers now receive Hunt on transformation. Changes will take place next reboot. Current tigers talk to a lord to receive the new skills. RInn Tue Sep 30 12:40 (Rinnn)   ::     Immortal Update o Received Eight applications for immortalship. o The active staff will be reviewing these applications. o We should pick new immortal(s) within the next week. o!!! If you applied and did not receive a confirmation E-Mail from me, I did not receive your application. Please resend it to aocrinn@hotmail.com o That's all have a good day! Rinn Fri Sep 26 09:39 (Cadrach)   ::     more archery Archery mods: - ranged damroll now only applies to ranged attacks - fire should work for all classes with the 'archery' skill - new commnand 'volley' works like ranger 'fire' did before (for ranger/sylvan) - fire/volley work from 2nd and 3rd rows in formation Appended -- Mon Sep 29 16:45 new commands: aim neck - gives chance for silence aim eye - gives chance for blind aim leg - gives chance for cripple aim hand - gives chance for disarm Tue Jan 15 12:48 (Cadrach)   ::     AOC Client v1.90 A new version of Andur's AOC Client is available at: http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html -Added in trigger groups -#activateTriggerGroup and #deactivateTriggerGroup commands added -Added in a trigger debugger -Client commands are now case insensitive -Add in %lastcom in triggers to get the last inputted command -Added in #log command to add something to the log window -Added in better trigger error messages -Added in $1, $2, $n to capture groups of words in triggers -Made the trigger parser a little more forgiving on syntax -Changed the character generator for the new creation rules Thanks to Andur for all of his hard work!! cad Appended -- Mon Sep 29 11:09 v 1.96 New/Fixed in 1.96 (special thanks to Vokar and Guthik for these) -Variables save out every tick -Fixed the status line at the bottom not always updating -Fixed triggers that mixed % and $'s in the trigger phrases -The $1, $2... etc capture groups will now capture the various annoying punctuation symbols -Fixed 1 tick affects not showing up in the affects window Sun Sep 21 00:47 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results Shaido swarmed the battlefield and accomplished a great victory. Krolar was the Last Man Standing. White Tower[17], Ashaman[1], Children of Light[0], Shaido[59], Taardad[13], Seanchan[3], Darkfriends[4], Dreadlords[0] Tue Aug 12 13:56 (Cadrach)   ::     it's a boy! Mom and baby Cadrach are doing well, 2x until reboot. cad Appended -- Tue Aug 12 13:57 Yes, he has fangs, red eyes, and claws just like his dad. Thu Jul 31 00:03 (Behring)   ::     Friendly Reminder Policy Check - Do not ruin the mudding experience of others. Please refer to harassment rules under the policy. I'm tired of personal attacks on people gender, race, and ethnicity. I'm going to abide by very strict rules of this from now on (it has slipped under the radar;in previous times). Next time I catch a log of someone attacking someone based on their race, ethnicity, or gender, INCLUDING tells, says, or otherwise, will be given an extreme sentence which could very easily be deletion. I will NOT put up with it. Consider yourselves warned. Oh, and even if the other person brought it on, you have no right to stoop to that level. If they are enticing you, then be the better person and log it, send it to admin, so they can be dealt with accordingly. With hope, Behring Wed Jun 11 23:28 (Azakhet)   ::     Ancient Knowledges - No Wait! You can now purchase ancient knowledge abilities from your guildmaster, eliminating the need to wait for a lord to teach it to you. The rules and costs are still the same, though you must be multiclassed to learn an ancient knowledge. Please report any bugs to me via mudmail. Enjoy! Fri May 23 11:40 (Talen)   ::     New Aoc Client v1.95 See http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html for list of changes and to download the latest version of our Age of Chaos game client. Thanks Andur! Mon May 19 20:46 (Cadrach)   ::     archery, potions, etc Archery changes - you must READY items to be used for archery - you must FIRE readied items to start your volley - readied items modify your ATTRIBUTE display - melee weapons do not get benefit from ranged hit or damroll Drunkspeak changes - you will no longer speak in gibberish, you can only say *HIC* though Potion changes - four potions allowed per person - potions are now PERSONAL items cad Appended -- Tue May 20 23:59 more archery: o arrows will sometimes cast the spell that the bow that fires them has o arrows can consume empowered spells from their bow o attribute command reformatted a little Appended -- Thu May 22 08:21 archery again: o hit and dam affects for lightning bow have been moved into the item o decent chance of having a spell on lightning bow - right now, just 'lightning bolt' Tue May 6 21:30 (Azakhet)   ::     New Zone - Bloodshoal Lagoon A new zone has been added - Bloodshoal Lagoon by Azakhet. HELP ZONE 141 for more info. Report all bugs to Azakhet and enjoy. Sat Apr 12 16:42 (Azakhet)   ::     Gate 12 Update Gate 12 has been updated. The following changes and more were made: o Platinum Golems now are on their own timer, so once they are sent away with a gem, they will return approximately an hour later. o There are a few less Platinum Golems in the Rust-Lands. o The clockwork chimera and its puzzle have changed significantly. o A few new mobs can be found within the gate, and a piece of eq. o Mimicable spells added to several mobs. o The six clockwork beasts have had their hit points reduced. o Hilthynia is no longer poisoned when the Bldepfer fight starts. o The table is no more. o Clockwarden now stores which pieces you have turned in. Mon Apr 7 16:45 (Azakhet)   ::     changes o Object type KEY now ignores max and just always load. o Minotaurs are no longer unjustly (!) restricted from head items. o Bug fixed where clanlist wasn't displaying the correct titles. o Tattoo command for monks changed. You now can get a tattoo any time you wish as long as you meet the minimum level requirement. Syntax is now TATTOO left/right/arms/head/chest. See monk help files for location stats. o Finger of Death was bugged and is now working right. o Applyvenom blind rate adjusted down a bit with some additional checks. o Inebriate drunk cap lowered. This means the skill can't get you as drunk as before. This should reduce symptoms and duration of drunk. The cap may need to be adjusted again until we find a happy medium. o Dying is now a sobering experience. Literally. o Tigers: - Lose the HIDE and GORE skills. - Gain the HUNT skill. - Gain IMPROVED BLOOD FRENZY. Tiger blood frenzy lasts much longer than other races, and adds random additional +hit and +dam. While in a blood frenzy, a tiger's CLAW attack may cause knockdown. - Claw adjusted significantly. Claw no longer poisons, but instead has a chance to CRIPPLE its victim. Appended -- Mon Apr 7 17:29 o The minimum duration of animate dead has been increased greatly. o Mana from foraged foods should be a bit more substantial. Tue Mar 25 12:24 (Azakhet)   ::     multi - now no wait! You can now multiclass at your leisure without waiting for a Lord or an Imm to be around and paying attention. Simply go to the guildmaster of the class you wish to multi to, and they can do it for you! The same old multi rules still apply. Not sure where the guildmasters are? Well, read HELP GUILDMASTER and be enlightened! Enjoy and report any problems to Azakhet. Tue Mar 18 20:55 (Azakhet)   ::     Gate 11 Update Gate 11 of the Labyrinth has been updated! The gate has changed in several substantial ways. As before, Giisandir will guide you on your quest to kill Spydreth Dethweaver. The quest is different, however, with new challenges, mobs, and Labyrinth equipment. Report all problems to Azakhet directly or via mudmail or email. Mon Mar 17 04:01 (Azakhet)   ::     tips updated Tips have been updated. Old tips were removed or changed to make sense, and a few new ones were added. Thanks to Behring for updating it. Sun Mar 16 20:25 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results In a clanwar that resembled more of a brief skirmish, White Tower claimed 1st, and Ashaman earned 2nd. Overwhelmed, the evils fled the battlefield to allow the goodies to win this month's battle. Kof won the Last Man Standing White Tower[79], Ashaman[19], Children of Light[0], Shaido[7], Taardad[3], Seanchan[1], Darkfriends[3], Dreadlords[0] Thu Mar 6 19:42 (Azakhet)   ::     monk changes part 1 All monks have had their tattoos revamped. Check the help files for each season monk to see the changes. Existing monk tattoos WILL change over automatically. (This change does require a reboot) Appended -- Thu Mar 6 19:44 BTW - Additional monk changes are forthcoming. Hence the Part 1. Thu Mar 6 01:13 (Cadrach)   ::     AK changes part 1 - o forage has been removed from Wi, Ra, and Dr and is now a Ranger AK - helpfiles to be updated soon o firestorm will be given to all mages who ask politely - mages get a new AK o new mage AK: spellsurge - helpfiles to be updated shortly, essentially boosts damage spells output o bard foxsong works differently now, bards who used to have it will need to be retaught o finger of death has been modified o nature fury affects and mana have been modified o players can no longer steal from other players - also of note, I changed how spells that only cause damage (fireball, lightning bolt, soul shatter, etc) are called from the spell parser, so if you notice anything buggy with that, please let me know Appended -- Thu Mar 6 01:43 o venom blind can now work regardless of the mobs poisonability, venom also does some damage to your opponent Wed Feb 27 19:05 (Azakhet)   ::     new clan titles! By popular request, and anticipating the upcoming clan rewards system, we have expanded the number of clan titles from six to ten. In addition, we have replaced some of the more lackluster sounding titles at higher levels with new sexy ones. Enjoy! Appended -- Wed Feb 27 19:13 Okay so... the titles are broken... we know... will be fixed ASAP lol Mon Feb 25 07:20 (Azakhet)   ::     subrace quest updates o Quest mobs will now repeat information to you they once only said one time. o Lowered hit points of some mobs in zone 386 so decrease time necessary. o Clarified some quest hints that were too vague. o Changed one of the Sylvan quests slightly to make more sense. o More nosummon items available now. Restrictions changed, nosummon added to a few items, and maxes increased substantially on very basic nosummon. Appended -- Mon Feb 25 07:38 o Egrith now weaves blackmantle instead of desecrate. Tue Feb 19 14:46 (Azakhet)   ::     policies update The policies file has been updated. Type POLICY to review it. Tue Feb 19 07:39 (Azakhet)   ::     seanchan take over monastery! The Seanchan have attacked and occupied the Monastery of Elements! The zone has changed, with new descriptions, mobs, and items. HELP ZONE 137 has been updated. Wed Feb 13 21:35 (Azakhet)   ::     AR Subrace Selection! At long last, players have the ability to select their subrace after completing the Labyrinth. However, it does not come without its own price... here's how it works... o Upon completing the Labyrinth, but BEFORE transforming, players can opt to perform additional zones and quests to earn the right to pick their subrace. You must be level 30, untransed, ancient race. o You will need one million gold coins to complete the series of quests. o You may still opt to NOT do the quests or pay the cash and transform the old way, which will cause you do get a random subrace. o Your journey begins right where it began... BE PREPARED. Good luck! Report any bugs or problems to Azakhet immediately and enjoy. Be sure to thank Malus for his hard work on this, as well. Appended -- Thu Feb 14 08:14 Sat Feb 2 13:24 (Azakhet)   ::     clan changes o Clan alliances have been removed. Each clan must only count as enemies the clans which oppose them alignmentwise. Alliances and enemies made between clans of the same alignment are up to you now. o The limit on alts in clans has been removed. You may now have as many alts in as many clans as you desire as long as your clanleader is okay with it. o The cap on clanmembers and ARs will be removed. This change will require recoding and therefore will not be immediate, but wil be coming. With clan rewards coming, we are hoping these changes will organically "reset" the way clans work on Age of Chaos, and with them and the new stuff clan rewards will have to offer, encourage players to lead clans and also stay devoted to them. Until then, enjoy the new clan freedoms. Mon Jan 21 05:45 (Azakhet)   ::     eq of the week Some Eq of the Week items have been altered. Some of these alterations will affect currently loaded eq, and some will not. The changes improve several items (at least we think so). Appended -- Mon Jan 21 05:50 Sorry no trade-ins unless the item is "bugged." Changes need a reboot. Wed Apr 4 13:28 (Cadrach)   ::     New stuff o Wolves should be back to lv 32 instead of 30 o items in the donation room deteriorate much faster - and can crumble o items from common zones deteriorate upon donation o certain items (keys, food, drinks, etc) deteriorate upon donation o Dragon subraces get some new spells upon transform o Dragons in dragonform get mounted charge Appended -- Thu Apr 5 23:18 o dragons can now cast racial spells in form Appended -- Fri Jan 18 17:17 - Yes, this is an old News post, but hey o donation room mod on this original news post now actually working correctly -- items donated from certain zones deteriorate significantly upon donation -- all items in donation room deteriorate several days every 24 hours, so anything -- that is in donation will degen much faster. this degeneration only occurs at -- specific times, so you SHOULD be able to donate items then pick them back up -- before they degen so you don't accidentally sell those items. o if items degen past their life expectancy, they will crumble to dust in the -- donation room (which will hopefully keep it a little less crowded) This whole thing may be adjusted if it just isn't working right, so let me know how it goes. Also - point of clarification: items that are donated ONLY degen quickly while they are on the ground in the donation room. If the item is in your possession, it degens at normal rate. cad Sat Jan 5 19:32 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results Taardad Clan Wins! The goodies mounted an impressive offensive to claim victory. [47] 2nd - Shaido [30] 3rd - White Tower [27] 4th - Ashaman [26] 5th - Dreadlords [3] Last Man Standing - Oeneas Congratulations to the winners, Next clanwar: Before April Fri Jan 4 08:37 (Cadrach)   ::     latest changes o rent limits now at 100 o wz timer lowered o empower should work on arrows o nearly all races can be any class o classes can multi into almost any other class: barb and monk are still restricted o linkless people hit in clanwar or holywar will immediately lose o clanresign timer removed Appended -- Fri Jan 4 16:57 o There is no longer a wait period for multi-class. o Multi-class costs have been changed. Pre-AR cost is 250k gold. AR cost is 750k gold. o The gold sovereign dipped in death no longer maxes at one. The sovereign is now a PERSONAL object. The sovereign now has a shop price of 100k gold. o Reaper of Souls made a tad bit less insta-kill but I still wouldn't linger there. Wed Jan 2 09:24 (Behring)   ::     Message from Talen Hello Loyal AOC peeps (and even those not loyal), I wanted to first wish everyone the best for 2008. Hope its a great year! Now on to some updates-- First - Vechelle has been busy being part of the core group doing a new startup venture and he needs YOUR HELP. Please join his new community system at http://www.whygosolo.com/ and pass the word on to any and all friends. Your viral marketing on behalf of a dear and wonderful Lord (He is the Lord;of Love afterall, eh?). Second - Me. As you all are quite aware, I am not on much anymore. This really sucks because I love AOC and it's playerbase. This does not mean I do not see and hear everyone! But it does mean you don't know why I am not around. I have been busy doing several ventures. Besides my daily software consulting firm that I have done since 1995 (Panda Publishing, Inc.), I have been heavy into my SEO consulting (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimization;for what that is.). And on top of that I am now officially part of a team that imports and distributes wine into the USA (Florida for now) from Sicily. The import business will be expanding over the next 5 years to include many other products, such as olive oil (am I the NEXT god father? :p). I do so dearly want to find time to be with the AOC Lords and mortals, to contribute and socialize. I will try my best to be on a bit more but perhaps after reading this (if you made it this far) you may understand a bit more about whats going on in my life that has prevented me to be on. I wish everyone the best and miss you all, Talen P.S. : PLEASE spread the word about Vechelles new startup and signup yourself as the deadline for the first "beta" is January 4th signups. Closes to new signups on Jan 5th. Fri Dec 28 12:52 (Cadrach)   ::     new stuff o new toggle for mindcontrol - should only work for undeads, report oddities o you can no longer sell containers that have contents Thu Dec 20 08:10 (Azakhet)   ::     Labyrinth update General: o Mobs who previously didn't recognize people on mounts in their follow progs will now correctly give chase. o Mimicable spells have been added to many mobs in gates 1-10. More will be added to gates 11-13 when those gates are updated. Gate 5: o Projections removed by use of the miniatures will now save their eliminated states across reboots and crashes until Asalman is dead, at which point they will reset. Gate 8: o The queen's soulstone giving should work a little better now. Gate 9: o New challenges await you here, and many changes have been made to this gate in the interest of extending the time taken to complete it and also provide fresh new obstacles for you to enjoy. One hint: you don't need to kill the parrots anymore! Gate 10: o Eyes now actually have an effect on your golem's stats. (!!!) o Labyrinth doors no longer have APR. They may have a new trick though... o Spiralborn have had their hit points increased. As always report bugs to Azakhet via mudmail or email. Gates 11, 12, and 13 are next on the slate and should be finished soon. Appended -- Wed Dec 26 07:43 Addendum: o Moray Eel in Gate 9 no longer hunts. o Lowered Ironwood Stag hit points slightly. o Fixed bug where thousands of coconuts were appearing in Gate 9. o Fixed spawning bug in Gate 9. Mon Nov 26 16:13 (Cadrach)   ::     stuff o Idle folks won't show in room descriptions for now - more changes coming on this hoepfully o dispel magic should dispel all spells from group members, like it used to Appended -- Wed Nov 28 09:03 o Idle flag should be back for room descriptions o Still trying to find the cause of the many ........ on login, your patience is appreciated Appended -- Thu Nov 29 11:41 o haste can now be cast by using a wand o chill touch empower should now work o stalk has a failure message o heads now decay properly inside containers Mon Nov 12 05:10 (Azakhet)   ::     Scary Story Contest Winners Best Scary Story: Lochiel Runner-Up: Treswyk Best Clan Scary Story: Oreille Runner-Up: Yuuta Best Funny Scary Story: Sye Runner-Up: Nyvly Best Campfire Scary Story: Anvar Runner-Up: Oraen An explanation - no one actually submitted a story on behalf of their clan, so I just made the picks for that category. Winners receive one million QP's and a personalized godload. Winners should mudmail me with the general stats and slot they are looking for (not specific numbers, just general things you want). Winners also will have their unravel tally cleared. Runner-Ups receive three hundred thousand QP's and may submit a request to me to receive one non-godload, non-eq-of-the-week item from the game by mudmail. Runner-Ups will have their unravel tally cleared as well. The winning clan receives the Haunted Mansion special mob, and both the winning clan and runner-up clan will receive clanrank. All who submitted stories will receive two hundred thousand questpoints assuming what they submitted were actually STORIES... Appended -- Mon Nov 12 06:29 Stories will be posted soon on the forums, or at least links. Wed Nov 7 11:48 (Cadrach)   ::     new patron! o previous followers of Volo now automatically follow Behring o changes to create artifact: you can only ca MAGIC items Mon Oct 22 11:27 (Cadrach)   ::     changes o Lyc followers now follow Malus o Empower only works on Flameglossed weapons o balrogs may show up more frequently now - beware Appended -- Wed Oct 24 01:31 o new format for the "equipment" command - if you are wearing at least one item . all empty slots should display as Appended -- Mon Oct 29 20:22 o Items of the following type now lag all classes but artificer: wand, staff, wonderous Mon Oct 22 12:14 (Cadrach)   ::     Webboard accounts Anybody that's applied for a webboard account and is still waiting for confirmation, please send me a mudmail if you are still interested. Include your boardname and approximate date you requested the account. cad Tue Oct 9 19:59 (Azakhet)   ::     cipher changes o Ciphers will now load if killed by a charmed mob ONLY if their master is in the room with them when they deal the killing blow. o Cipher of Madness has been moved off of the Possessed Goat because it was lame. So you can resume not killing the goat. o There is now a help file entry for CIPHER. Appended -- Sat Oct 13 14:31 I totally forgot I did this but... there are a handful of buff mobs that drop a random cipher 100% of the time. However, these mobs will NOT drop ciphers if killed by charmed mobs. Tue Oct 2 16:05 (Cadrach)   ::     recent changes (ongoing) Tues Aug 14 o courage works somewhat differently and should not remove itself constantly o PERSONAL eq is now !steal o the tongues spell is no longer self-only o personal clanrank now affected by clantown npc kills (and deaths) Wed Aug 15 19:36 o quitting with PERSONAL item destroys the item(s) o small adjustment to earthsurge - won't bring you back from negative HP now o crash-bug with reciting a 'tongues' scroll on an object has been corrected o coffee reduces drunk, but lags the drinker - there's a new coffee seller in town Tues Aug 28 o courage now protects against black mantle, and will have a CHANCE to remove it per cast o mana use adjusted for courage o added auto-info to xpmultiplier changes Thurs Aug 30 o chmaster function added returns master of target o mind control no longer will cause killing blows Fri Aug 31 01:21 o Highlands should prevent people from entering and exiting too quickly o more bug squishing around channels and donation room Fri Aug 31 01:o courage no longer stacks on itself infinitely - but increases more stuffs Thu Sep 6 12:o mind control fix was backed out - this means that DTs . will now work correctly again, and charm-eating mobs . will eat charms again - likely to be further changes . to this issue soon Tue Oct 2 15:53 o dispel magic changes vs PC: . casters of dispel magic will now remove a number of spells based -. on their Magical Spirit - some affects are higher priority than others, -. and some affects are still non-dispellable . stamina penalty has been removed . Percentage of success has been increased o dispel magic changes vs NPC (no major changes): . stamina penalty has been removed o dispel magic changes vs Self (no major changes): . stamina penalty has been removed Appended -- Wed Oct 3 00:54 o Wraithform now has a wearoff o fixed a bug with dispel Appended -- Mon Oct 8 23:11 o Idle will not show on the who list any longer o Idle now shows in room description (look) and will be displayed . on tells or replys o manaweapons should be dispelled correctly now Appended -- Mon Oct 8 23:o 'dispel magic' on self will not remove un-dispellable affects anymore . (tread, sneak, dragonform, etc) Wed Oct 3 11:45 (Lyc)   ::     Goodbye.. Dear Mortals, This will be my last news post here, as I am resigning as a Lord. Over the last few years I've had a great time here as a lord, but its time for me to step down and let someone else take my position. I will once again be joining the world of mortals, and i'll probably be around. Thank you all for the fun over the last few years and take care. Lyc Thu Aug 30 16:39 (Azakhet)   ::     New PvP Zone! A new zone has been added - The Ghealdan Highlands. This is a player vs player enabled zone. HELP ZONE 308 for details. A portal to the zone has been added to each clantown accessible only to that particular clan. The zone is currently under 'trial' status. That is, adjustments will be made to it based on comments and how things work out. Testing is largely up to you! I have added a thread to the forums for the purpose of tracking comments and suggestions. Enjoy! Appended -- Thu Aug 30 18:17 Appended -- Wed Sep 5 07:30 o Bolynox now drops non-feather items if they are given to him mistakenly. o Zone reset time cut slightly. o Teratorns no longer go away at the end of matches if they are still alive. o Bosses and workers are now appropriately aligned (same as clan). o Miners, lumberjacks, and workers now have a chance to fail to get away when a new clan takes over... o Miners, lumberjacks, and workers now have their clan names as keywords. o Bosses and workers are now aggressive good or aggressive evil (pfe and pfg works against them). Appended -- Thu Sep 6 14:36 o Entrance message upon initially entering zone added on clan info. Mon Sep 3 19:31 (Talen)   ::     new fan in place We were down for a bit this evening and got a new power supply fan installed. Hopefully we are good for a bit now. Sat Sep 1 17:13 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results The Shaido Clan swarmed the Warzone and claimed a hard-earned victory. Making an impressive second place finish was the Seanchan clan. A tie emerged for third place, between the contentious Darkfriends and Taardad. Pressus secured the title of Last Man Standing. Congratulations to the winners!! We look forward to holding the next war in late October. Sun Aug 19 13:30 (Talen)   ::     long reboot :p Sorry about that. I just assumed the reboot script was running but it was not so when i did a reboot it effecitvely did a shutdown 2X is on for a while to make up for it Fri Aug 17 04:27 (Azakhet)   ::     new socials Five new socials have been added: blame, salute, drained, exhausted, dying Enjoy! Fri Aug 10 20:51 (Azakhet)   ::     new autoquest We are pleased to introduce the first auto-quest for QPs for the mud. You can learn about the quest from a new room and NPC in the Kurautic Sanctuary. A few clues... o multiple mobs load the quest items at varying percentages based on a number of factors including mob difficulty, time taken to get there, zone obscurity, etc. o the mobs that drop them are "unique" - either named mobs or mobs that only load once in the mud at a time naturally. o the person dealing the killing blow gets the quest item - always... charms will never cause the quest item to load (sorry, can't be helped). Give your thanks to everyone involved especially Rinn for coming up with the initial idea! Enjoy! As a side note this also introduces a new object bit - PERSONAL. Personal objects can not be transferred off of a character by any means aside from junking them. They have quite a few restrictions on what you can do with them for obvious reasons. We plan on using this bit for quest items and other items we do not want to be transferrable. If you discover a way to do this, reporting it will earn you a hefty reward, I promise you. On the other hand, if you discover a means to do it and decide not to report it and abuse it instead, well, I promise bad things for you. Appended -- Fri Aug 10 21:07 BTW - This quest is repeatable and a permanent feature. Fri Aug 3 13:09 (Talen)   ::     Kirha Leaving Iraq I have just received word that Lady Kirha is shipping out of Iraq, in Kuwait now. I have no idea if she will return here, but for anyone who knew her, she survived her first tour. Tue Jul 17 13:25 (Talen)   ::     Returning from Vacation Hi all, I was on an extended vacation but have returned. If you need something from me please do a tell to me and I will try to respond ASAP. You can always ask a Lord to page me, they know how to get hold of me by various methods, incluing IM's. Wed Jun 13 04:44 (Azakhet)   ::     Questpoint Equipment Questpoint equipment draws will now be done by Provisions Quartermaster Greegos in the Kurautic Sanctuary, so there is no longer any need to wait for a lord or imm to fetch one for you. In addition, a large number of NEW items have been added to the list of random gear! For more info seek out Greegos or check HELP QUESTPOINTS. Tue May 29 11:44 (Cadrach)   ::     updates o max drunk affect will last less time o trips to and from the dreamworld through the timer system will increase drunk recuperation Appended -- Thu May 31 10:13 o Renegades no longer gain benefit nor incur penalty for alignment o Sidhe create artifact min mana is now 75 Appended -- Mon Jun 4 22:37 o magical vestment, mantle of chaos, and mantle of truth should no longer destroy equipment o fixed a crash bug o clanlist has a new look o it's a little easier to gain personal clanrank now Mon May 28 10:42 (Malus)   ::     Courtyard of Daggers Any player caught using portals to escape the Courtyard before their time is up will be dealt with in an unpleasant manner. Have a nice day Wed May 23 09:01 (Talen)   ::     ZoneBuilder rereleased The last zip had a problem with the installer and a new zip has been put up there. So if you have downloaded ZoneBuilder in the last week and were unable to install it, please try again. Wed May 23 08:32 (Behring)   ::     Criminals Beware! The Lords of Age of Chaos have come to a consensus. If you have a criminal flag you can no longer quest until that criminal flag is up. Much like shopkeepers will not deal with you and take your items, the Lords will not deal with you nor hand out quests. That is all, Behring Appended -- Wed May 23 08:Please read policy for more details. Wed May 16 08:35 (Talen)   ::     New Client & Builder Andur has released a new version of the client, v1.8 which has the following changes: -Added in a connection timer -Added in the option to suppress the automatic status polling -Triggers with a blank trigger phrase no longer cause infinite loops and possible trigger file corruption. There is also a new zone builder, v1.1 with the following additions/fixes: -One sided locked doors -Color coded room nodes -Auto backup -Couple of gui bugs fixed -Key rings -Updated skill/spell lists -Relics You can download these and other tools at: http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html Thu May 10 13:06 (Talen)   ::     Box is Back Box went down because we lost power and the BIOS wasn't set to reboot. It is now - UPS failed too... Fri May 4 12:51 (Talen)   ::     Thorok we will miss you To all who may have known Thorok I am posting this for you and for those who don't, he was a dear friend of mine IRL. Thorok passed away IRL this morning, May 4th 2007. You shall be missed my friend. Thu May 3 14:04 (Cadrach)   ::     Labyrinth steal change o When you fail steal in the lab, you will receive a thief flag which is un-pardonable. The flag will be removed upon your next soulgive. o info pertaining to all Thief flags: once flagged all subsequent 'steal' attempts fail. This is how things have been for about 10 years now - spamming info with failed thief attempts is considered a punishable offense. Tue May 1 12:11 (Cadrach)   ::     Sylvan Sylvan AR have been changed - see help sylvan. Any problems with the new skills, let me know. cad Appended -- Thu May 3 14:03 o quaff should no longer intoxicate the quaffer o imbibe is not castable during combat Tue Apr 24 06:46 (Azakhet)   ::     few changes o Gate 8 retooled a bit. Most mobs were given a few more hit points. o Gate 6 hydras now parry. o Bard song requiem no longer can cause the spook affect. o Holler is now togglable with noholler. Sat Apr 21 07:10 (Azakhet)   ::     stuff o All keys have been normalized to weight 1. This should help with keyring capacity issues. o Fixed a number of doors missing the keyword 'door.' o Sentinels in Labyrinth Gate 4 no longer load phantom steeds. o Seven headed hydras in Labyrinth Gate 6 no longer weave desecrate upon entrance. They now weave drain essence. Only the one headed hydras will desecrate on entrance. o Some changes have been made to the drunk code. More may be forthcoming. Fri Apr 20 09:23 (Talen)   ::     Idle Deletion I have changed the time for idle character deletion from 90 days to 180 days. Please login your alts at least once every 6 months! :) Wed Apr 18 14:31 (Azakhet)   ::     Gate 8 Gate 8 of the Labyrinth has been replaced with a brand new zone. If you have camped in Gate 8 somewhere, when you return you may find yourself stuck or in a very bad place. If this is the case, get a lord or imm to move you safely to the beginning of the gate. A few tips... o You may want some free action for this gate. o An old potion might be useful after a very long period of virtual worthlessness. o The idea behind the gate is that YOU decide what trials you face there. This means there are an incredibly large number of possibilities... and this means there can be some bug issues. Report these immediately to me. Enjoy. Appended -- Wed Apr 18 15:14 o Dark Samurai has been moved to gate 2 to run free for a while... o Gate 8 has a variable reset timer. Most of the zone resets fast when it is empty, like many other Laby gates. But parts repop faster and outside that timer as well. Tue Apr 10 23:57 (Malus)   ::     Policy and Labyrinth If you get flagged in Labyrinth, your duration of your flag will begin from the time you exit Labyrinth. That is all, have a lousy day. Fri Apr 6 13:58 (Talen)   ::     Aoc Client v1.70 You may find it here: http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html new features are: -#alias, #global alias, #unalias commands for setting up AocClient aliases directly and via triggers -The open/close status of the various windows are now saved across sessions -Added in %all in triggers to get the line that triggered the trigger -Added in substitutions Mon Apr 2 11:49 (Talen)   ::     ISP hit by spike Our ISP's transformers blew and threw a spike into all the servers. So we were down about 17 hours 2X is on for 24 hours, enjoy Wed Mar 28 13:23 (Talen)   ::     Abusers NOT tolerated We had an incident on Monday where a player abused a known bug and did emote triggers and pkilled and pstealed and possibly multiplayed. This player has had all their known alts (10 known) deleted. We will NOT tolerate this type of player behavior. We have not banned this player but be forewarned, the next time this happens that player will also be banned. Any player, not just the one who got caught this time. Fri Mar 23 23:25 (Cadrach)   ::     Changes - o items that are too old will crumble on login now Tue Mar 20 00:13 (Cadrach)   ::     clanwho ... Yes I _KNOW_ it's got no color. clanwho is a little bit different - I'm not willing to give out exact specifics just now, but generally kills count towards rank and dying counts against it. You do get more points for a kill than you lose for a death - you gain more points for killing someone that's more powerful than you, and you can lose more for dying to someone lower than you, but the scale is far smaller - essentially you are penalized less than the killer is rewarded. In nearly all cases, you get extra points (or less points taken away) if you are 'defending' your castle. If someone is FAR more powerful than the spud they wipe the floor with, they gain no points, and Mrspud loses none. That's a quick rundown. There's a bit more to it, but that's all I'm willing to give at this point, since things may change. cAd Appended -- Wed Mar 21 01:11 Wed Mar 21 00:22 (Rinn)   ::     New Zone--324 Zone Number 324--The Hidden Village. This should make an old exp run north of Keziah's useful again. There are two ways into the zone have fun finding them both. Any bugs report to me. Hope you enjoy!!!! Rinn Sun Mar 18 19:37 (Rinn)   ::     Clanwar Results Another clanwar was spectated on throughout the New Manetheren and Tar Valon area. Sounds of clanking weapons, splattering blood, and loud bangs as spellcasters cast their magic were reported being heard as far away as the Seven Vaults. Seanchan came out victorious during the very bloody war, Taardad was a distant second, but overall all the clans had a decent showing, and it was a good war. Raknid defeated the odds and won Last Man Standing. There will be another war to dwell on in a couple of months. Results as follows: Seanchan [81] Taardad [33] Shaido [15] Ashaman [14] Dreadlords [09] White Tower [06] Children [03] Darkfriends [00] Thanks for coming, Rinn Tue Mar 6 03:22 (Migas)   ::     Feral Challenge Read the Common Board for more information. Prizes include: Heartstones, Quest Points, Gold, Equipment, Maybe a God Load! Submissions are due by Friday, March 16th @ 11:45 P.M. Mud Time. The event will take place Saturday, March 17th @ 6:00 P.M. Mud Time. Appended -- Tue Mar 13 08:31 Submit! Appended -- Fri Mar 16 20:Submit! Tue Mar 13 09:38 (Talen)   ::     Triggers Blog A new blog has been started by Brodston that is about aoc, see it here: http://aoctalesofthelancezmudtriggersandmore.blogspot.com/ I have also added it to the links page of AOC. -Talen Wed Mar 7 10:53 (Azakhet)   ::     few fixes o Fixed a bug in Gate 1 with River Anger spawning randomly instead of immediately at zone reset. o Fixed a bug in Gate 2 where multiple wolfens could load endlessly. o Keyrings will no longer have the keyword 'key' to ease sanity. o The Cloak of the Abyss will no longer be sold by Cedric. Sun Feb 18 23:45 (Behring)   ::     Hearts and Daggers winners Hate Letter Winner - Xacrest Love Letter Winner - Andur Honorable Mentions - Piper, Arion, Asmodues Oh wait, that's it... Winners come get your AK from Behring. Losers will receive their 300kqps in the mail. Behring Appended -- Sun Feb 18 23:46 If you want a copy of Hearts and Daggers or Holiday Contest winner send me a mudmail to receive a copy. Webboard seems to not want me to post them. Behring Fri Feb 16 05:15 (Azakhet)   ::     notice I've been watching the same names come up again and again on the Justice board for violations lately. The same people, over and over, perhaps on different alts getting in trouble day in and day out. This MUD has no place for people who want to act this way. I'm done with it. You have been warned. Clean up your acts, or face more dire consequences. You know exactly who you are. Tue Feb 13 15:22 (Talen)   ::     Aoc Client v1.60 A new version of Andur's AOC Client is available at: http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html This version includes the new character generation/points system. Tue Feb 13 07:55 (Azakhet)   ::     race help files Race help files now include starting bonus abilities for each race, as well as transformed abilities. Mon Feb 12 08:37 (Rinn)   ::     King's Castle/Zone 150 Has received a Revamp. King Welmar is no more. Enjoy, Rinn Sat Feb 10 17:23 (Azakhet)   ::     roller be gone Character ability scores will no longer be randomly rolled or generated! o Eliminated the stradd 18(XX) field. Strength now goes from 18 to 19 directly. o Upon character creation, a template will be given to the player based on their race and class. A new character can then increase three stats, or subtract up to four points from other stats for more points to spend. There are caps in place for this as well, based on race and class. o Upon trans, a player receives 15 additional points to spend. These points may be trained in the university quarter of New Mantheren, located where the old warrior's guild once was. o AR's begin with 17 in all stats. The two prayed stats are increased by two. The class the player is granted an additional three points to two stats based on their class. They then are given an additional three points to train. o At AR trans, the player is given another 15 points to spend as they wish. I will be updating help files to incorporate all of this information. HELP on the individual classes, races, and ability scores will be updated. Sat Feb 10 15:41 (Azakhet)   ::     grats new imms Congratulations to our newest immortals, Sharfor and Sunzuu! This was definitely one of the hardest rounds of immortal picks yet, and it took a great deal of debate before final choices were made. To those who applied, know that we have deep respect for you and encourage you to apply again the next time we are accepting applications. Again grats to Sharfor and Sunzuu, and let the beatings commence! Fri Feb 9 19:37 (Azakhet)   ::     key rings!! new stuff!! o KEY RINGS have been added to the game. Key rings are special containers that only hold keys. Any keys they contain are considered in the player's inventory for the purposes of opening things. There are a variety of sizes of key rings, with small ones available for purchase right in town, and larger, even HUGE ones waiting for some adventurer to come across them out in the world. o There are new faces in the clantowns and also in the newly renovated old warrior training grounds, where a center of learning is being constructed. These new mobs may be a bit inactive now, but stay tuned... o Zone 14 has changed a bit. There is a new help file for it, and the name has officially been changed to its endearing nickname - The Aerie. o Zone 98 has changed a bit. There is a new help file for it. Fri Feb 9 10:49 (Cadrach)   ::     Bards Bardsong used to fail a lot, I hope to have alleviated the issue with this most recent boot. Slag is out for now, we hope to have him back sometime soon. .. and for those of you who have never seen the word 'alleviate' al.le.vi.ate Pronunciation:[uh-lee-vee-eyt] verb (used with object), -at.ed, -at.ing. to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate Wed Feb 7 13:32 (Talen)   ::     Immortal Update We are in a small debate on # to promote and a close tie for the last spot so it may be an extra day or two. Thu Feb 1 10:47 (Talen)   ::     Immortal Applications To verify if I received your email (one didnt come thru that i know of) please MUDMAIL your email address, real name and character name(s). Thu Feb 1 10:37 (Talen)   ::     2X is on 24 hours from this timestamp! enjoy! Thu Feb 1 04:02 (Azakhet)   ::     trials update Some changes made to Trials of the Witch-King to be aware of: o Kjel'havok and The Lethean Chord are no longer relics. o Tablets no longer load on pararmount dread. They now load on the "bosses" of the trials they were once found in regardless of the current state of that trial. o Books which previously were loaded by paramount dread now load inside hidden bookshelves within the zone. Tue Jan 30 15:37 (Talen)   ::     2X on the 1st of every month Just a reminder this Thursday is 2X day as is every 1st day of the month. It will be turned on whenever a lord can get to it past the midnight time but will stay on for 24 hours. Tue Jan 30 06:04 (Azakhet)   ::     Labyrinth Changes, Part 1 The first round of two updates to the Labyrinth is complete. This update ONLY affects gates 1-7. Gates 8-13 will be handled in a forthcoming update but are much larger in scale and require more time. A list of detailed changes can be found at: http://www.pandapub.com/wot-forum/viewtopic.php?p=5700#5700 Report any unusual problems with these gates to me or another lord, or post it on the forums. Fri Jan 26 10:10 (Cadrach)   ::     new stuff New features: o there's a new toggle: eqstatus - this is always Off when you login o thieves get a new skill - cripple o remove paralysis heals cripple, dispel magic does not o if you lose deathdoor (spell) and you do not have 1 or more hp, you die o spells should cost a constant mana cost - no penalties for level or class cad Fri Jan 19 13:28 (Talen)   ::     Immortal Apps Wanted! It is that time again where we will promote probably 2 people to immortal. Please email talen@pandapub.com the following info: o Your Real Name o Your Real Age o Your current work/school status o How many hours you KNOW you can be online to help - if you dont meet these requirements you will be summarily removed unless you post to lords why before an absence or a good explanation after. We must do this because quite a few recent imms just...disappear. o WHY you want to be immortal o WHY you think you would make a good immortal o Credentials that you have on this MUD (zones developed, guild experience, hero experience, what ever you can come up with) o LIST AT LEAST TWO mortals you respect and think would make a good immortal BESIDES you and list WHY - Deadline for applications is PRIOR to February 1st. - New Immortal will be picked by February 8th. (or two of them) Mon Jan 15 09:01 (Talen)   ::     AOC Client v1.5 You can now download version 1.5 of AOC's Mud Client. For info on features and to download goto http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html Appended -- Tue Jan 16 10:54 Version 1.51 uploaded as 1.50 didn't make directories properly. download this if you downloaded 1.50 Fri Dec 15 14:27 (Jesuel)   ::     Contest Procure the Item Contest- Collect a brand new version of the item in question and then mail me. I will give you 75k qp and I will personally enhance the item and give it back to you. These items will be either massively overmax or pelts and will be hard to come by. Once I receive the mail I will check the creation date of the item and get you your reward. It might be fun, let us find out. First Item: Bracelet of the Meklboc Appended -- Mon Dec 18 17:01 Found by Fale Mon Dec 18 09:15 (Talen)   ::     New AOC Client A new version is now available for download from our website at http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html This is mostly a patch so still version 1.4 that fixes the following: -The character generator will allow you to create characters without a last name now. -Arrow key movement should finally be fixed yet again (accidentally reverted that bug back in somehow) -Moved the client's profiles and settings out of program files and into the local user's appdata directory to play nicely with limited user accounts. Tue Dec 12 00:14 (Behring)   ::     Policy Definitions Since it's not quite clear, we have come to the decision that using the work "fekking" will be a flaggable offense on the basis that it is like using ASCII characters in lieu of actual letters. Using ASCII characters in the place of letters in cuss words is flaggable, so be aware when you get warned and/or flagged. Behring Mon Dec 4 15:08 (Rinn)   ::     Clanwar Results Another war has come and gone. The Asha'man clan has reigned victorious this time around. Sharfor wins the Last Man Standing award, and will tout the Belt of Champions until the next war. Results are as follows: Ashaman [43] Seanchan [35] Darkfriends [18] Children [16] White Tower [14] Taardad [00] Shaido [00] Dreadlords [00] Thanks for coming, see you in 6-8 weeks. Rinn Wed Nov 22 16:02 (Talen)   ::     2X on GOBBLE day! Please come celebrate T-Day by enjoying 2X for 24 hours! Appended -- Thu Nov 23 09:14 It was turned on about 1/2 hour ago, 24 hours of 2X! Thu Nov 23 09:13 (Talen)   ::     Arethra Player Story Added Arethra player story has been added to our site http://www.pandapub.com/players.html for all stories and http://www.pandapub.com/players8.html#Arethra for Atrethra's. Mon Nov 13 08:09 (Azakhet)   ::     more changes o Some changes have been made to clean up zone 285, Shadows of Brin Shayar. Some more need to be done but it should not completely break anymore. o Zombies, conjured elementals, and gated demons who have been abandoned by their former master will now eventually find something better to do. Sun Nov 12 01:12 (Azakhet)   ::     changes o Bash/trip/tailwhip/archery are now harder to dodge/parry when blind or lagged (see previous news entry on dodge/parry changes.. this adds these abilities to those listed there) o Dragonform cost has been reduced to 50 hit points. o Flame dragon fireshield reflare is now correctly considered racial reflare. o Raven recall now correctly recalls you to your set hometown. o Animate dead changed slightly; changes should be fairly subtle but it was unlinked from obsolete formulas. o Some created charms previously without infravision will now have it. Namely those made by animate dead but there may be others. o Zombie lords have been reworked as follows: They lose the following abilities: gate, blind, perm endure, control undead They gain: fortitude, blood frenzy, improved animate dead, sacrifice Existing zombie lords must contact a lord to have these changes affected on them. See help entries for further details. o If a mob is worth 0 exp, it can not be risen using the animate dead spell. o Mind control crackles on weapons now go to the correct target. o Wondrous items which are relics can now have their charges repaired. Wed Nov 8 06:47 (Jesuel)   ::     EQ of the Week Hint 1: The item in quesion is generally no useful these days. Hint 2: Generally, people often consider this one of the toughest zones around. Sun Nov 5 14:39 (Azakhet)   ::     Quick Trials addition For those of you working on figuring out the Trials of the Witch-King, a new feature has been added. If you send Pelavrus a tell with the word 'trials' in it, he will give you the current status of all of the trials. If this means nothing to you, then don't worry about it. Fri Nov 3 03:47 (Azakhet)   ::     Scary Story Contest Winners Congratulations to Nyvly, Mansir, and Andur for having the sense to submit stories this year and in turn are the winners. Their stories are posted on the web board for your perusal. As for the winners, they each will receive an AK of their choice (or 1 million qps should they choose to not pick an AK for themselves) as well as a minor personalized godload. The three winners should contact any lord in game to receive their AK or qps, and I will be in contact with them about the items of their choosing. Thu Sep 7 03:02 (Azakhet)   ::     SCARY STORY CONTEST Time once again for the annual Age of Chaos Scary Story Contest! Read the common board for details on this fun event and how you can win amazing prizes! WOOO! Appended -- Fri Oct 27 07:11 I've extended the deadline to October 29th, 2006 at midnight box time! Now you have the weekend to squeeze one out slackers! Tue Oct 10 17:50 (Azakhet)   ::     a few notable changes o Reflect/Absorb will no longer nullify spells that are woven by mobs using the mpweave command. This does NOT affect mobs that weave spells using the normal weave command, only those specially designed to use spells in progs without casting. o Dodge and parry are now less effective against kick, charge, backstab, archery, and normal hits when the dodging/parrying character is blinded or stunned (lagged). Parrying/dodging these abilities while held should also prove difficult. Fri Oct 6 16:55 (Azakhet)   ::     milestone Just wanted to mention that with the addition of Trials of the Witch-King we have now exceded 200 zones (201) and 20000 rooms (20359)! Fri Oct 6 16:02 (Azakhet)   ::     Trials of the Witch-King At long last the Witch-King shows himself, revealing his hidden sanctum in the northern wastes to the world! The Trials of the Witch-King and its accompanying zone, The Court of the Witch-King are now open! HELP ZONE 337, HELP ZONE 344 for further info. Note that this zone is incredibly complicated and HUGE and I expect it will keep you hero-types occupied for some time. Because of its scope, there may still be bugs creeping about I haven't squished yet. Please report all issues to me in person or via mudmail ASAP. One final note. The reset nature of this zone is threefold. Some parts of it (in fact most of it) is on a normal reset timer which only resets when the zone is empty. Other parts contain states which are saved across reboots and crashes. And a few things are on a very rapid timer. Enjoy the zone guys, hopefully you enjoy it as much as I have creating it. And thanks for being patient... I hope it was worth the wait. Thu Oct 5 13:29 (Talen)   ::     24 hours of 2X Enjoy the next 24 hours of 2X! Sat Sep 30 23:26 (Jesuel)   ::     EQ of the Week It is back again. Hint 1: the item is on a mob that loves to dance. Fri Sep 29 23:38 (Jesuel)   ::     Dreamwalkers Recruiting If you are interested mail me and tell me why you are interested, what hours you play, and why you think you can be objective even when dealing with personalities you clash with. I will accept missives until next Thursday, October 5, 2006 and choose over the weekend. Cheerio. -Jesuel Thu Sep 28 09:29 (Talen)   ::     Two Program Updates o AocClient 1.4 is now available at http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html o A complete re-write of ZoneBuilder is also available at http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html Please thank Andur for his hard work and try out his new versions! Mon Sep 25 10:23 (Talen)   ::     Damage Spells o Damage spells have been modified to do more damage. Enjoy figuring out the changes and hope you like it (unless you are on the receiving end I guess) Sun Sep 24 15:43 (Rinn)   ::     Clanwar Results The war has ended for now, it will be sure to continue, and the Wheel will weave another pattern. The good of the world turned the tides and were able to come out victorious. Hamedic was the most couraegous man on the battlefield today, winning the LMS competition. The results are as follows. 1st. Taardad [44] 2nd. White Tower [26] 3rd. Seanchan [22] 4th. Col [12] 5th. Dreadlords [03] 6th. Darkfriends [01] 7th. Ashaman [00] 8th. Shaido [00] Thanks everyone for participating, see you again in 6-8 weeks. Rinn Mon Sep 11 17:16 (Azakhet)   ::     policy change A extensive definition of our botting policy has been revised into the policy (read by typing POLICY): o Do not bot! Botting is defined as the usage of triggers to have your character perform a continuous action while not actually at the computer. Prime examples of this are gambling scripts and anti-AFK/idle triggers. $RgreIdle triggers (to keep you from going idle) are $Rgrepermitted only in town, and only if their sole purpose is to keep you $Rgrefrom going idle. Triggers that weave spells, or use skills or abilities $Rgrewhen you are not actually at the computer are considered to be botting. Tue Aug 22 08:37 (Talen)   ::     Element Spread Program Shalice has updated her program and is available for download at http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html Appended -- Thu Aug 24 08:48 A new version has been added that supports right clicks. This is version 1. Appended -- Sun Aug 27 10:23 A new version to fix some bugs is up This is version 1.33.2 Wed Aug 16 09:21 (Talen)   ::     drain ess fixed Sorry about the delay, didn't hear about it until today. Thu Aug 10 08:23 (Talen)   ::     New AOC Client v1.3 You can now download from http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html version 1.3 of Andur's AOC Client. Please do so and let Andur and the Lords know how it works! Tue Aug 8 01:50 (Cadrach)   ::     Vampiric touch has been changed --- tread carefully Appended -- Tue Aug 8 22:The dc thing has been fixed - sorry about that A couple of other spells might not quite work as they used to, also. Thu Jul 27 09:28 (Talen)   ::     downtime prob. today 3-4 hours We are swapping mother boards to try and eliminate our kernel errors We will be down 3-4 hours today to do the hardware changes. Appended -- Thu Jul 27 09:29 I don't know the exact time this will happen, but sometime today. Wed Jul 19 09:15 (Talen)   ::     down time box was down for about 3 hours this AM, so sorry. 2X is on rest of the day to make up time Wed Jul 5 19:27 (Azakhet)   ::     changes notes o If you had previously unraveled and lost class skills due to it, speak to a lord and they will be taught to you again. o The deathblade AP ancient knowledge ability will be changing to a chargable weapon similar to thunderlance. If you are an AP who no longer wishes to have the deathblade AK due to this change, you may swap it out for another AK for your class(es) by contacting a lord. o Several weapons in the game have been changed to allow AP's more options for chargable weapons. Some weapons have been changed to chargers for greater usefulness. These include for the moment: Famine, Finbulvetr. Existing versions of these weapons will not be altered, but future versions will be chargers. o Due to the awesomeness of the new unravel, the cost for unraveling for MT characters and AR'ed MT characters has increased. Wed Jul 5 15:33 (Cadrach)   ::     new stuff A couple of things: o unravel no longer removes learned spells o dragons in dragonform use less moves o anti-paladins now get two new skills: charge and callmount o paladins now call a special mount o anti-paladins no longer sneak Appended -- Wed Jul 5 15:47 o APs no longer have stab Appended -- Wed Jul 5 16:48 It is ILLEGAL to have both backstab AND charge. Alert a Lord IMMEDIATELY if you find that you have both. If you are found to have both, and have not contacted a Lord, you will be punished Thu Jun 15 12:49 (Lyc)   ::     the Great AoC Lab Race Yesh, it is time for a new race. A labyrinth only race this time. Please check the webboard, under general discussion, for details and stuff. Appended -- Sat Jun 24 10:13 You can still participate in this! Post on the webboard or mail me your name and combo. (mudmail or lyc@pandapub.com) Tell all your friends and their friends to participate, the more people playing the better the rewards! Appended -- Sat Jul 1 07:18 We will start at 19:00 hours mudtime, july 1st. My apologies to the european and asian people, I just can't make it earlier due to RL issues. You may pop stuff till you get the password to your character, just make sure you are ready to transfer any equipment(in 1 or 2 bags) to your lab character when you do get the password. See you all tonight! Appended -- Sat Jul 1 07:25 If you wish to participate you have untill 18:00 mudtime, july 1st, to mudmail me or post on the webboard. Hurry and pop your kit, anything popped after june 24th can be used. Appended -- Sun Jul 2 05:25 Due to an unfortunate chain of events, I was not able to make it here last night. My humble apologies for that, but it was not something I could have imagined that would happen. We will try this again today. Start at 18:00 mudtime. If you feel you have been wronged by this delay, mudmail me and I will see if I can do anything about it. Appended -- Sun Jul 2 06:04 If you wish to compete only in the least-actual-playing-hours category, you can start earlier. This means you have no chance to win the finish-first category, but the rewards for both categories will be pretty much the same. Contact me if you wish to start earlier. Mon Jun 26 10:38 (Rinn)   ::     Rinnlympics Results A three-day event sporting over 15 events, came to a close Sunday afternoon. It was close until the very end...Results are as follows: Your Top 5: 1st. Yinka 2nd. Thorwahl 3rd. Drannak 4th. Kisuke 5th. Secrozen Prizes have been awarded to all, for those of you not placing in the top 5 but scoring points, you were awarded questpoints per point achieved. Congratulations to everyone, and see you again next year. Rinn Wed Jun 14 07:32 (Talen)   ::     Unscheduled Maintenance We were down from about 1am to 3am local time for server upgrades. Because of this, 2X will be extended until 11am local box time today. Tue Jun 13 09:11 (Talen)   ::     Downtime Damn linux sometimes - apparently it doesn't like me looking at 10 gigabyte files in a cron job. (I think thats it). Anyway - 2X exp/HS rate is on for 24 hours to make up for lost time and my way of saying sorry Sat Jun 10 03:44 (Azakhet)   ::     Demon Hunt Results The final results of the demon hunt are in, and our winner is: Drannak! With 232 demon heads turned in. Runner ups: Oraen - 125, Dissik - 38, Yinka - A total of 528 demon heads were collected over the course of the hunt. Drannak receives a relic and some qp, and Oraen, Dissik, and Yinka will receive qp based on the number of demons they offed. This event is likely to occur again, so make sure to hone those demonslaying skills in the off season. Thu Jun 8 08:13 (Talen)   ::     downtime We were down for 4 hours this morning. Still trying to figure out why Tue Jun 6 15:19 (Azakhet)   ::     The Demon Hunt Begins A new event has come to the world. Melhat in the Kurautic Sanctuary has issued a command to destroy the demons who have encroached on this world, and has called for brave heroes to sunder their infernal number. Go see Melhat for more information on the grand hunt. This event will end on Friday evening at midnight server time. Turn-ins made after this time will not apply to your total. (ie - You have Tues, Wed, Thurs, and through the end of Fri). Tue May 30 07:52 (Talen)   ::     Castles and dropping link If you take a castle in the warzone and then proceed to drop link you will be removed from your clan. If your caught doing this more then once you will be deleted. Sun May 21 18:28 (Rinn)   ::     Kirha Goodbye Kirha has requested that her goodbye message be posted on the mud. Hopefully the message from her(that is on the Common Board) will explain everything. Kirha you will be missed :(. Deploy Balrog! Fri May 19 18:49 (Azakhet)   ::     new zone! A new zone has been added for your enjoyment - The Mansion by Rinn! HELP ZONE 321 for details. Please guide newbies safely into its welcoming arms and have fun. It is located near the cemetary. Fri May 19 18:42 (Azakhet)   ::     warlord changes o The relics the warlords can load will now last for four days rather than for two. o The "end" combat progs of the warlords have been altered slightly to be a wee bit less deadly. o Due to recent changes, the warlords have better AC now and a few fewer hit points. Thu May 4 01:09 (Cadrach)   ::     changes drinkblood can now 'finish' dragonform cost has been adjusted as always - let me know problems Appended -- Sun May 7 13:02 Your speech will now be slurred while drunk, more changes along these lines will be forthcoming. Sat Apr 29 16:43 (Rinn)   ::     ClanWar Results The clans have waged war once again, in an all out brawl, Seanchan was able to capture the victory, over a powerful Shaido force. All clans except one were able to record a kill, the Dreadlors will live to fight another day however. Timonia was able to defeat all odds and capture a LMS victory, and was awarded with the 'Belt of Champions'. The Results are as follows: 1st. Seanchan [48] 2nd. Shaido [32] 3rd. Children [30] 4th. Ashaman [11] 5th. Taardad [04] 6th. White Tower [04] 7th. Darkfriends [01] 8th. Dreadlords [00] Thanks for coming, see you in six to eight weeks for another war, Rinn Thu Apr 27 09:14 (Talen)   ::     To Hit and AC reductions I have modified both the to hit formula and the AC reductions. This change will be in on next reboot. Please post on the web board how it goes (good or bad). If you do post and expect me to read it do not post a combat of spam post something like this: victim stats are -xyz AC, a/b class combo and race G My stats are +x hitroll and +y damage and a/b class combo and race G I hit X times out of Y and average damage was Z Thank you Wed Apr 26 09:55 (Behring)   ::     Clanmax Warning It has come to our attention that both White Tower and Dreadlords are still lacking members. We had hoped this would not happen with players being able to have two characters, one evil and one good, in clans. If improvement in numbers is not shown within the week, especially with clanwar coming up, we will have to reduce clanmax in order to accommodate the lack of size in these two clans. Thanks, Behring Wed Apr 26 01:39 (Cadrach)   ::     new stuff reflect should no longer end duels at 1 hp drinkblood now hits wimpy death lottery payout doesn't go up quite as much now Tue Apr 18 06:46 (Azakhet)   ::     Unraveling the Pattern It is now possible to have your spent element points be refuded to your magical/physical/either pools so they may be spent again... allowing you to redo your character's element spread. A creature known as Ophidrakis has set up shop just east of New Manetheren, and possesses this unique ability, which he is happy to perform on you so long as you are willing to pay his fee. Read HELP UNRAVEL for more details, and ESPECIALLY if you plan on taking advantage of Ophidrakis' skills. As this is a new feature, please report ALL discrepencies and bugs ASAP. Failure to do so will be grounds for assumption you are intentionally exploiting a bug. Tue Apr 18 00:54 (Cadrach)   ::     study You can now study physical/magical earth/air/fire/water/spirit (example: study physical air 25) If you have enough of the magical/physical, you will use those points. If you have enough combined magical/physical+either, it will automagically pull from either when magical/physical is exhausted. If you attempt to study higher than 200, it should simply tell you to suckit and then give you back your points. If I see anyone with more than 200 points, I will really make it not so much worth your while. If you notice any problems with this, let me know. Oh - in the example above, you will ADD 25 points to your current physical air (not counting racial autosets) - not SET air to 25. If you have any questions regarding this, mail me. cAd Mon Apr 17 13:38 (Volo)   ::     Adventurer Guild Leaders After a brief lapse with leadership, The Adventurer's guild has come back strong! Please join me in congrats for Avenmor, Piper and Erysichthon on their new positions! Anyone seeking entrance into the guild, please contact a guildleader. Volo Fri Apr 14 22:28 (Cadrach)   ::     PSteed can now be dispelled safely - sorry for the delay on this one. Thu Apr 6 14:10 (Cadrach)   ::     changes Dispel magic should not dispel the following affects: POISON, VENOM, BLOOD_FRENZY, SNEAK, HIDE, GUARD, CIRCLE, TREAD, HIBERNATE, BERSERK, MOVE_SILENT, LANDED, INVESTMENT, STALK, HOWL Block will work a little differently now also: . it will always appear to work . chance to block someone is going to be determined . on a round-by-round basis - the blocker (for now) . will be receiving some echos that indicate this . success If anyone notices anything really wierd related to these two changes, notify me immediately. Appended -- Sun Apr 9 15:27 DRAGONFORM is now not dispellable, but costs more to change into dragon form. Fri Apr 7 10:55 (Talen)   ::     New Clan Policy As of today, April 7th 2006 IRL date, you may have two alts in clans. You are allowed one good alt and one evil alt. Additional policies will be posted about clanwars to try and prevent people picking alts to make the war lopsided. Good luck Also - Clanmax has been raised to 20 to accomodate this. Wed Mar 29 21:05 (Cadrach)   ::     Death Is different. Note any oddities to me Cad Appended -- Wed Mar 29 21:09 ok ok - explanation time: o now when you die, you will go to the dreamworld .. . your equipment will degen by half a real day .. . your equipment will stay with your character .. . you will lose all gold previously on your body o you will get out of the dreamworld when: .. . your corpse degenerates .. . your corpse is junked .. . your corpse is eaten .. . your corpse is purged o resurrect does not have to be cast in the same . room as the corpse and will transfer dead muddies . to the room of the corpse.. this destroys the corpse Appended -- Wed Mar 29 21:13 OH!! No more con loss on death - though there is still a possibility on resurrect... Tue Mar 14 08:36 (Talen)   ::     AC dam reduct change On next reboot AC reduct for PvP is less. The current levels are a wee bit too much. Please try it out and post on the forum thread I created. Fri Mar 10 11:30 (Talen)   ::     PvP damage change On next reboot PvP damage should be considerable less based upon your Armor Class. Please try this out and it should hold true for ALL attack forms. Be it normal melee, spells or whatever. Report issues to Talen Tue Mar 7 13:14 (Talen)   ::     New AOC Client! Please download the latest client update at http://www.pandapub.com/game-tools.html That URL explains changes to the client. Back A MUD based on Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. With roleplaying encouraged through guilds, clans, clanwars, holywars and throne wars. Experience the Wheel of Time world in a whole new way: in an Age ravaged by the Last Battle. The time lace has been broken, the barrier between dream and reality shattered. Weaves. Clans. Crafting. Huge World. Free Online Role Playing Game or commonly called RPG. The most unique Free Online RPG set in the Wheel of Time world. 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