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A lot of changes have been made on Chaos, we'll try to list them all, and still try to remain brief.


Sun Jan 29 11:50 (Leya)   ::     Hearts and Daggers
Alright folks, its that time of year again. Being a hopeless romantic
I like this event. (Originally created by Behring)
Hearts and Daggers returns,I am giving you until 23:59 box time on
the 12th to get your letters in.
What must you do? Write one love letter to a mob you dearly cherish,
include why you love this mob, and what gift you are enclosing with
the letter. You must also write one letter to a mob you hate.
Again, it must include why you hate this mob and what gift you are
enclosing with it. I love creativity. Please submit
all entries to aocleya@hotmail.com
Prizes based on amount of entries, limit one entry per PERSON, not
character.
Mudmail me if you have questions!
Leya
Thu Jan 26 22:56 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Fixed applypoison so that it actually lets you use potent poison
items

o Made volley slightly more accurate again
Fri Jan 20 22:53 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Fixed some assorted crash bugs

o Removed apr penalty for warriors for the various mana weapons

o Finger of death's affect has a small dspirit penalty now

o Backstab without an argument now auto-targets whoever you are
currently fighting (still need to circle/cripple to be able to
backstab in combat of course)

o Clone now copies racial infravision
Thu Jan 19 13:17 (Azakhet)   ::     Graveyard changes
Rumor has it the Whitecloaks have begun training exercises in the graveyard
outside of New Manetheren. Why? Why not, okay.
Mon Jan 16 21:08 (Andor)   ::     Downtime
We were down for a bit this weekend. There were a couple of corrupted
save files. For those of you affected, I restored you to the most
recent backup and have sent you a mudmail. If you haven't received a
mudmail, you should be fine.
Sat Jan 14 17:47 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Added a regen bonus in the recall rooms and in new manetheren

o Added a to hit penalty when attacking someone not in the same room
as yourself

o Reduced the accuracy of volley

o Volley is somewhat harder to dodge/parry now

o If you cannot see someone (due to their being invisible, hidden,
etc) it is harder to dodge/parry their attacks (similar to being
blind)

o Removed the need for max mana to cast spiritual hammer, mage blade
and flame blade

o Boosted the strength of faerie fire's affect somewhat

o Increased backstab's damage bonus slightly (not the multiplier)

o Fixed a number of exploits
Tue Dec 27 18:39 (Gabel)   ::     AoC FFB
I posted on the Common Board the AoC FFB teams in order. All players
who took part will receive questpoints. More to follow.

Gabel
Mon Nov 21 13:11 (Rinn)   ::     Holiday XP/HS
o November 24th (Thanksgiving) - 3x exp, probably some Turkey Broth given out, possibly a
random game or two.
o December 1st - 2x exp
o December 24th (Christmas Eve)- 3x exp, Santa might make a visit, Egg Nog
o December 25th (Christmas Day)- 3x exp, Santa might make another visit, Egg Nog
o December 31st (New Years Eve)- 2x/3x exp depending on time of day
o January 1st (New Years Day) - 3x exp, Egg Nog

Appended -- Thu Dec 1 10:bump

Appended -- Fri Dec 23 22:17
bump
Fri Dec 2 00:34 (Leya)   ::     XP Challange!!
You think you can lead the best XP on the mud? Well nows your time to prove it.
Starting Saturday December 3rd till Saturday December 10th. You will beable to put your XP leading skills to the test.
You will have 30 mins to lead as much XP as you can with only your char of choice and myself.
Mudmail me with your chars name you wish to xp and a date thats good for you and we will set up a time.
Everyone will receive a prize for participating and first place prize will be based on number of participants.
Any questions see me
Thanks,
Leya

Appended -- Sat Dec 10 23:09
ill extend it through Wednesday!

Appended -- Thu Dec 15 00:48
Xp Challange Results are in!
Cammori 4855970
Brevuk 4344106
$Rgre Valar 3570443
$Rmag Cadmus 2712830
Felone 1824230
See me for prizes! :)
Tue Nov 22 18:09 (The Turkey)   ::     The Next Item
This item is in PERFECT condition
Object 'balrog cloak black', Item type: WORN
Item will give you following abilities: NONE
Can be worn on: TAKE NECK
Item is: RELIC MAGIC
Weight: 12, Value: 12000
Can affect you as :
Affects : HP By 41
Affects : Damroll By 4
Restricted Classes :
None
Restricted Races :
None
Restricted Clans:
None

Please send bids to Rinn, min bid on this one 50,0000.
Mon Nov 21 17:42 (The Turkey)   ::     Silent Auction
o I've got a bunch of stuff laying around that ain't gonna do me no good
once Dooms Day (Thanksgiving) approaches, and I become Rinn's dinner.
o I will be auctioning one item per day, to help pay for my pardon, or to help
pay Rinn to come up with synthetic Turkey to eat on Thanksgiving....

o The first item up for bid is a Heartstone of any color, I've got them
all. I have to set a reserve on it of 250,000 coins. Please refrain from
sending me bids below that.

o For those of you unfamilar with Silent Auctions, the highest bid I receive
will win the item. Failure to pay at that point will result in death, and the item
will go to the next highest bidder.

o Send all bids to Rinn, item will sell tomorrow at 18:00:00 mudtime. Then we will
put another item up for sale.
Mon Nov 21 10:51 (Rinn)   ::     Crash
o As many of you know we were down for a few days.
o I believe this had to do with limited space on the panda box causing corruption in files.
o I've removed some dead weight from the server, hopefully freeing up enough hard disk space to
stop this from happening again.

o Sorry for the downtime, 3x exp is on for 3 days.
o I backed us up to a November 18th version of the game, I can likely restore levels, hs's, but
probably not tweaks and such.

Rinn
Mon Nov 14 21:25 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Added a display for the amount that healing spells and vigorize
spells restore
Sat Nov 12 17:22 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results
Congratulations to Shaido Clan, winner of the latest clanwar!

Runner-up: Darkfriends
Second runner-up: Ashaman

Appended -- Sat Nov 12 19:19
The Last Man Standing was Haze!
Mon Nov 7 21:24 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Mage blade, flame blade, spiritual hammer are now 1-handed weapons.

o Made delement bonuses on spells show up in the affects display

Note, you will need to recast shield/bless/etc to get the delement
bonus to show up.
Fri Oct 28 16:22 (Gabel)   ::     Lab Race
Thats right Lab Race is back. Read the common board for info on this
event. Hope to see alot of you there.

Gabel
Sat Oct 8 02:44 (Andor)   ::     New Stuff
o Added in the ability for items to give direct bonuses to your
defense elements

o Added in some new items around the world

o Fixed a number of broken mob progs in the game. Some mobs may have
some new surprises as a result :)

o Fixed create artifact so that it'll work properly on enchanted
items again
Tue Sep 27 17:09 (Oeneas)   ::     Multiplaying
It has come to the attention of the AoC staff that there are
several players connecting multiple times from the same IP/site.
In the past, we have made exceptions for family members and
roommates.

If you feel you are in this group, you're probably right. What
I ask for, to prevent confusion, is a mudmail to me stating
the reason you are sharing an internet connection, site, IP address.

Thank you for the cooperation, and as always enjoy the game!

Oeneas

Appended -- Tue Sep 27 17:13
Deadline for the mudmails will be 9/29/2011 at 12:00:00
Mon Sep 26 21:43 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Tweaks are once again untied from the base stats of the item.

o Increased the rate at which unmaxxed items can tweak.

o Everyone can see damage numbers now.

o Damage numbers are now shown for bard songs and area of effect
spells.

o Deafness makes bard songs harder to sing now, in addition to
casting spells. The penalty to spell casting while deaf has been
increased slightly as well.

o Fixed a bug in requiem, it should have a better chance of landing
affects now.

o Chorus of discord and Lament of Ages can no longer cause deafness.

o Added a new bard song: Calamitous Symphony. It causes deafness and
has a chance of cursing your victims.
Thu Aug 18 22:40 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Fixed a few more cases where destroying a container wouldn't drop
its contents onto the ground (or into your inventory). Don't
completely rely on this, there might be still be cases left that will
destroy the contents too.

o Fish resources now load more in line with the other resource types
Sat Aug 13 16:56 (Andor)   ::     Changes
New stuff/changes coming in next boot:

o Sped up endurance regen rate while sleeping/resting

o Increased tier 1/2 skill increases slightly

o Bonusxp command now shows the current xp multiplier if one is set

o Bonus time, bonusxp zones and the global xp multiplier now stack
slightly

o Resources can no longer load in sylvan terraces or the sylvan city
Sat Jul 23 15:28 (Andor)   ::     Tier 2
Crafting Tier 2 is live!

Have a look at the following help files to see what is new:
Trade, fletcher, alchemist, poison maker, jeweller, scroll scribe,
craftitem, recipe, mix, scribescroll.

A tier 2 craft can be learned from the new guild halls located just
off of Westershire Road in New Manetheren. A 60% proficiency in any
tier 1 craft is required, and a 250000 gold enrollment fee.
Thu Jul 21 11:19 (Rinn)   ::     2x xp
On for my RL day of birth. Enjoy!

Rinn
Tue Jul 5 21:56 (Andor)   ::     Re-ar and Equipment
If you are re-ar'ing, be sure to *remove all equipment* that you are
wearing first, or you are likely to lose it.
Sun Jun 19 03:40 (Andor)   ::     2x Xp
We had some server downtime here, so, 2x xp for a while. We should be
all fixed now.
Tue Jun 7 21:28 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Arrows fired with aim now will crackle with the bow's weapon spell
if applicable

o Blindness caused by aim eye no longer stacks with itself
Fri May 20 20:57 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
Couple of minor fixes for you guys:

o Added a message when you are blinded by sunray.

o Added a message to cure blind when you cure someone of their
blindness.
Sun Apr 24 12:18 (Rinn)   ::     Greegos
Greegos will again sell EQOTW and age reductions. Enjoy!

Also 2x is on for Easter.

Rinn
Mon Apr 18 21:41 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
Fixed some issues that lead to corrupted item counts in the game.
Which was causing problems with things like locate object.
Mon Apr 18 17:58 (Gabel)   ::     Race
I will be hosting a Lab Race on the 29 of April at 1800 mudtime.
Read common board for more details.
Wed Apr 13 00:43 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Items in a junked container now fall to the ground, instead of
being destroyed along with it.

o You cannot junk a container that contains personal items. Take them
out first.
Sun Apr 10 00:37 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Made the item restriction display nicer for items that are only
usable by a single race/class

o Transformed/Multied/Newly AR'ed characters can now use all of the
normal communication channels. The lvl 2 gossip requirement only
applies to true new characters.

o More backend stuff for crafting, its nearly done :)
Fri Apr 1 21:17 (Andor)   ::     New Lordy/Lady Types
A congratulations to Leya and Gabel, our newest Lady/Lords!
Wed Mar 30 17:25 (Rinn)   ::     Reduced Re-AR costs
w/out age reset 1250000
w/ age reset 3000000

help rear for more info
Thu Mar 17 10:57 (Rinn)   ::     Stuff
o Yep I wrote some code.
o Transferred all questpoints from their own file, to an int in the player struct
o What this means for you guys --
o Questpoints are now visible via score, as well as the old command questlist
o We will be adding more ways to gain questpoints for the heroes in the near future

o Also changed the way your time played shows up in score, it now shows up in hours and minutes
and does not go negative.

As always report any bugs.
Thu Mar 10 22:23 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Fixed a bug where items time crumbling could boot you out of the
labyrinth.

o Fixed bows with weird launcher types to have the proper type again.

o Fixed a crash caused by listing the items in a shop with a ton of
items in it.


If you see anything weird related to any of these, mudmail me right
away.
Sun Mar 6 22:58 (Sharfor)   ::     PVP League!!
Leya has sponsored a PvP League for mt90's!
Details may be viewed on the Common Board.
You will not regret participating. :)

On behalf of Leya,
Sharfor
Mon Feb 28 22:14 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Fixed an obscure crash bug with guard

o You can now kick people out of your group remotely with the ungroup
command
Fri Feb 11 22:01 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Fixed all of the ammo types and launchers so that they shoot the
proper ammo types now.

o Fixed the logic for finding projectiles inside of quivers and in
your inventory, should work a lot more consistently now

o Added in auto ranger crossbow bolts and sling bullets

o Added a dexterity penalty to the victim of a fumble spell

o Added a short to hit penalty after being disarmed, due to the lack
of confidence that causes

o Longbows are now just regular bows (made no difference before
anyways)

o You can no longer wager negative gold...

o The hibernate end message should be visible now if you don't have
dreamsight

o Failing ward can no longer restore mana

o Assortment of typo fixes

o More progress for tier 2 crafting... :)
Mon Feb 7 20:32 (Leya)   ::     Hearts and Daggers!
Hearts and Daggers is back, Yes its that time of year! I figured since
I'm a hopeless Romantic that I should carry on Behring's Tradition!
What must you do? Write one love letter to a mob you dearly cherish,
include why you love this mob, and what gift you are enclosing with
the letter. You must also write one letter to a mob you HATE.
Again, it must include why you hate this mob and what gift you are
enclosing with it. Be creative!!! Please submit
all entries to aocleya@hotmail.com
Prizes based on amount of entries, limit one entry per PERSON, not
character.

You have until Monday Feburary 14th 22:00 Box time!
Have fun,
Leya
Fri Jan 28 23:02 (Cadrach)   ::     zone update
(next reboot)
the Marsh of Misery will have a facelift. It can be found
in the same spot as always, just a new layout and mob collection.
cad

Tue Jan 25 22:39 (Andor)   ::     Clantowns
If you have a clantown building that was destroyed by upkeep and you
can no longer rebuild it, let me know. That should be fixed in the
future, but I'll have to manually reset it the first time.
Tue Jan 25 22:29 (Cadrach)   ::     (finally) new rift demons
In on the next reboot:
o new, shiny Balrog Demons are now back in the mix - they are not
nearly as nice as they used to be
o tweaks to these mobs may be worked in over the next several weeks as
issues get worked out
o new, shiny pelt items are also included
Notes:
1. No zone lower than 7 stars should get ANY rift.
2. Mariliths should appear in 7+ star zones
3. Balrogs should only appear in 9 star zones
Let me know if you think the new balrogs are too easy. Mudmail me any
issues with any of the above.
cad
Thu Jan 20 19:14 (Cadrach)   ::     Woot!
I'm proud to announce the birth of my daughter this week - 3x
is on for a couple of hours, 2x for a couple after that.

cad
Wed Jan 19 22:18 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Gate 4 should work again, the door should open and the soulstone
load every time

o "Sell " will no longer sell the first item in your inventory

o Vamp touch, drain essence, energy drain weapons / wands / wonderous
will no longer drain hp/mana from ghosted mobs
Wed Jan 5 22:03 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o You can now sell multiple items at once. sell all.dwarven will now
sell all of your dwarven items that you are carrying.

o Fixed some formation bugs where charms weren't blocking you from
using skills like trip or bash from the middle or back rows.
Tue Dec 28 01:07 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Fixed a dispel magic bug. If the mud crashes right after/during you
getting dispelled, let me know.

o Added in wear off messages for all of the spells/skills that were
missing them

o More stuff for crafting added in :)
Mon Dec 20 12:06 (Rinn)   ::     Holiday Exp
December 24th - 2x exp/hs
December 25th - 3x exp/hs
December 31st - 2x exp/hs, 10:00pm - 2:00am boxtime 3x exp/hs
January 1st - 2x exp/hs

Happy Holidays!
Rinn
Wed Dec 15 09:36 (Cadrach)   ::     fixed problems
o fixed a couple of object file issues introduced on the last boot
o wall of force success message should be back
o adjusted rift demon behavior a bit
Sun Dec 12 15:49 (Cadrach)   ::     Rift Demons
Balrogs are being updated and have temporarily been removed from
the game. Their 'stand-ins' have new names, but should work
generally the same way the rusty balrogs did before. These new
demons are not going to go away when balrogs come back.

New pelt items will create from the new mobs. Let me know any
oddities in either the pelting frequency or Candrel's lack of
pelt appetite for the new items (i.e. if he seems to never eat
the new pelts..)
cad
Thu Dec 9 00:15 (Andor)   ::     Dispel Update
o Dispel magic will now display the wearing off messages for all of
the spells that it removes. (If you dispel yourself or a group member
dispels all of your spell affects, you won't be spammed.)
Wed Dec 1 21:12 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Transformed minotaurs no longer get fire breath as a spell, instead
they have a chance of breathing fire in combat (though not as
strongly as a dragon can)

o Added a pk-safety check on aim

o Fixed a ton of spells to work properly in potion, scroll, wand and
staff forms. If there are any items that still don't work, let me
know.

o Crafting resources are no longer available for sale in town.
Sun Nov 28 14:23 (Cadrach)   ::     zone mods
In on next boot:
o adjustment to the 'evil' hidden village quest, it should be easier to run now
o several adjustments to mobs in Elven Outpost, more vnums, less grouping, etc
o hounds in Elengrad should spam less.

Look for some more changes to existing zones soon.

cAd
Fri Nov 26 22:41 (Andor)   ::     Subrace Quest Question
I'm not sure if there is a bug here or not. Has anyone ever done a
subrace quest, leveled up to hero, re-ared, and then did another
subrace quest?

If you've done this, could you mudmail me which quests you did, and
if you remember it breaking at any point or not.
Wed Nov 24 14:02 (Behring)   ::     2X XP
Pre-Thanksgiving entertainment! Enjoy for a few hours!

Behring
Thu Nov 18 22:52 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Fixed some potential crash bugs with archery and arrow items

o Arrow items now correctly apply their hit roll and damage roll
bonuses when fired

o Fixed the message for removing still equipment to be the same as
the spell wearing off

o Added in a bunch of stuff in preparation for tier 2/3 crafting...
(stay tuned)
Fri Nov 12 20:48 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Mobs can now block you if you are mounted and invisible to them,
but, they can still see your horse.

o Fixed the bug with reform that could get multiple players in the
same formation position.
Thu Oct 28 22:48 (Andor)   ::     Imm Applications
I've been meaning to do this for a while, so here we go. We are
obviously short in the active lord department, so its time to get
another couple of you up here.

If you are interested in joining the admin team, either mudmail me
here (preferably to Andor) or message me on the web board with the
following information:

-Your main mud character
-All of your current alts and any notable past alts you've had
-What times of day you play and are available
-How long you have been playing for
-Any zones/utilities/websites/etc that you've built for the mud in
the past
-Why you want to be a lord

Responsibilites would be to: help out the players the best you can,
run quests/events, and enforce the policy/rules of the game.
Sat Oct 23 21:15 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Morgan the Stablemaster can now for a fee refresh your mount's
moves, via the refreshmount command.

o Fixed a bug that could cause class attribute bonuses not to be
applied when ar'ing.
Thu Oct 14 00:15 (Andor)   ::     Recharge Changes
Regular shops can now recharge wands/staves/wonderous items if they
are of the type of item that the shop deals in.

This is now done via the rechargebuy command and not the repair
command. The repair command only repairs items now.
Mon Oct 11 17:36 (Andor)   ::     Changes
On next boot:

o Aim leg will now actually cripple your opponent instead of doing
nothing

o Remove paralysis will now correctly remove cripple, it didn't
always work before

o Fixed the messages for removing pfg and pfe equipment to match the
messages from the spells wearing off
Mon Oct 11 14:27 (Andor)   ::     2x xp
2x xp for thanksgiving today :)
Fri Oct 1 12:33 (Rinn)   ::     2x xp
On for 24 hours for the first of the month.
Rinn
Wed Sep 29 23:50 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Adjusted the tweak code slightly. +Hp/Mana/Move/Ac items now have
an additional small bonus independent of the item's base stats.
+Element equipment tweaks slightly worse now.
o Fixed the weird line spacing on identifying trapped items
o Fixed clan leader max moves getting messed up when changing clan
leadership with a gym building
o Added element requirements for the songs to the bard song help file
o The lead rank help file lists the prices of things (old change,
but, some weren't aware of this)
Thu Sep 23 21:32 (Andor)   ::     Fix
o Fixed cure serious so that you can cast it properly on others now.
Wed Sep 1 23:56 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Fixed all of the skills that knock you down (charge, trip,
tailwhip, gore, earthquake, bash) to only lag your victim when you
actually do knock them down.

o Fixed dragon breath to use your spirit + your dragon's subrace
element instead of always spirit + air for the chance of breath
happening.
Wed Sep 1 10:46 (Rinn)   ::     2x xp
First off HI. Secondly I realized it was the first of the month, so
I thought I would log in to see if someone turned on 2x exp.

I typed xp, and it said it was not turned on, long story short I
am turning it on now.

2x exp for 24 hours! enjoy! happy september! have a great labor day
weekend, and see you guys around!

Rinn
Sat Aug 28 16:00 (Andor)   ::     Poison Update
Poisons have received a major update:

-Added new items of type poison
-Non-thieves can apply non-dangerous poisons to weapons
-The applypoison and applyvenom skills let you use more dangerous
poisons
-Thieves can still applypoison/venom without an item as before,
similar to rangers and arrows
-Added some new types of poisons into the game
-Added some poisons on various mobs in the game
Wed Aug 25 22:22 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Hopefully fixed the dns thing that was causing the ......'s on log
on, preventing you from logging in. If that happens, wait until it
says "Please try reconnecting again" and then you should be able to
reconnect (will only take about 30 seconds or so).
If this does happen to you, if you could mudmail me right away, so I
can investigate and know when it happened.

o Increased the tweak potential of hp/mana/move items slightly

o Heartstones (both regular and small) now have a guaranteed minimum
tweak strength

o Added the clan titles back into the clanlist
Tue Aug 17 22:28 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Fixed looting personal items from corpses, the subrace quests
shouldn't crash anymore when you try to do them.

o Fixed sidhe create artifact costing 0 mana. Lich create artifact
now lasts 10 days as well
Sat Aug 14 16:02 (Andor)   ::     Changes
-Entreat will last across ticks now, so no more getting lagged
without the regen bonus when a tick occurs.

-Order clerics now properly get deaths door at 120 mspirit.
Sat Aug 7 13:34 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results
Ashaman [37]
Taardad [18]
White Tower [5]
Dreadlords [4]
Last Man Standing: Trasal
Tue Aug 3 00:07 (Andor)   ::     Keys
Due to popular request, I'm getting rid of the key crumble thing.
Just don't be stockpiling tons of them.
Sat Jul 31 14:17 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o If you remove the last personal item from a container, the
container will have its personal flag removed now.

o Keys that load inside of containers should now always load
regardless of item max

o Keys will now reload on mobs on every zone reset, regardless of if
the mob was killed or not

o Keys will now crumble a few hours after you acquire them
Mon Jul 26 21:56 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o I think I finally fixed the mob prog issues that have been plaguing
us for a long time now! If any stop working suddenly, let me know
right away. Ask a lord to find out your UNAME and report it along
with what mob you were having troubles with.

o Fixed the auto-generated arrows that rangers get from having a
spell power of 0 when the bow itself crackles a spell.
Mon Jul 12 21:58 (Andor)   ::     Create Potion
o Create potion now properly creates full power potions again.

o Create potion is now selectable for what type of potion you want.
For example: weave 'create potion' winter will create a winter's
moon potion.
Fri Jul 9 20:45 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Lots of changes for you all here:

o Items no longer have a spell level, but now a spell power. The
spell power is the percentage of your elements that the item will use
for casting the spell. Spells you cast yourself are the same as
before.

o Imbibe now gives a 25% spell power bonus to the potions you drink,
and the amount of drunkness has been reduced some.

o Fixed racial elements for despair, cure critical and call plants.
They were either not being applied at all or being incorrectly
applied.

o Create artifact now correctly uses magical earth instead of fire.

o Removed the legacy 200 hp requirement for casting finger of death.

o Regen speeds have been increased somewhat for everybody.

o Decreased the tracker xp penalty some.

o Changed all of the old mobs that used special functions to cast
spells to use mob progs instead. So expected a wider/different
variety of spells being used on you.

o Fixed up some of the room descriptions in zone 325.

o Added in some support code for tier 2 crafting.

o Fixed some more exploits.
Tue Jun 8 22:38 (Andor)   ::     Mob Prog Fixes
Fixed a bunch of broken/non-functioning mob progs.

If there are any more that are always broken, or that have only been
broken since the mob mana change, let me know. I think I got them all.
Thu Jun 3 21:42 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o There are now absolute caps on how much an item can tweak/twak.
These should be well above what any normal item could tweak to
anyways.

o The strength of create artifact is now based on the original stats
of an item, not its twak/tweaked stats. It'll still be able to
improve your items, but, not to the ridiculous levels that it could
before.

o Increased the rate of solo xp some.
Tue Jun 1 21:17 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
Fixed some bugs with backstab and glancing blows. You should be able
to land glancing blows again, and stab damage shouldn't be sometimes
a lot lower than it should have been.
Mon May 31 21:59 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Fixed commands like: order fol give all andur not working on
charms other than the 1st one in your group.

o Fixed a wrap around bug with tweaks/twaks.

On next boot.
Tue May 18 21:50 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Low level mobs no longer have as much mana as before.

o Energy drain is no longer nearly so powerful with draining
mana/moves (wasn't noticeable before, and i doubt anyone ever landed
it on a player)

o Put back the battle ability info in consider
Mon May 17 22:05 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Fixed absorb/reflect not working properly against mob spells all
the time

o Fixed the way held items were interacting with archery. Held +dam
items were hurting your chances to hit with archery, and held +hit
weapons had no ranged penalty. And held non-hold slot items were
always being subtracted from ranged hit/dam when they shouldn't have
been
Thu May 13 14:15 (Rinn)   ::     Drain Essence
o On next reboot, the negative mana pool issue should not happen
o If this is still a problem let me know, through mudmail with the mob
you were fighting and the amount of mana it had.

Thanks,
Rinn
Mon May 10 20:45 (Andor)   ::     Tweak Changes
A major revision of the tweak system is going into place here. The
first stage of this will see:

o The magnitudes of tweaks have changed, and will factor in the
difficulty of the zone. The higher level zones will have the
potential for bigger tweaks than the lower level zones.

o A twak will now produce larger positive affects on the affects that
were not decreased. Should create some interesting items.

o Ac-Apply on armor can now tweak somewhat. It won't make the item
magical, so you can still enchant acap tweaks.

o Create artifact now factors in your magical earth with regards to
the strength of the tweak it can produce.

o Heartstones are always capable of producing the largest tweaks.

o You can now pop small sized heartstones that produce lesser tweaks,
they are more common than the full sized heartstones.


Some further tweak changes will happen in the future.
Mon May 10 17:35 (Rinn)   ::     Changes
o Mobs start with mana now - before they only had 10, now they get mana
based on their level - with a MIN of 300.
o The reason for the above is that mobs can no longer be drained into
negative mana. Meaning once they run out of mana, you will have to wait
for them to regen in order to drain them again. Or kill them and wait for
a reload.
o CONSIDER now displays mobs hps/mana/level due to the above changes.
o Report any bugs.
Rinn
Thu Apr 29 16:10 (Oeneas)   ::     Patron Change
You can now change Patrons while in Lab if your combo does
not depend on alignment. OC/CC PA/AP

Enjoy
Tue Apr 27 21:17 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Focus mana now resets its focus state properly when it wears off
due to time, so you can cast healing spells and the like again.

o Evade now always works and your wimp won't reset to max hp / 2
anymore

o Mimic'ed magical vestment should work now, it no longer creates a
restricted item.
Mon Apr 26 09:54 (Rinn)   ::     Evade
o New skill for tigers called Evade
o It is received automatically when you become a Tiger.
o Allows tigers to set their wimpy to 75% of their max hit points.

o In on next boot - report any problems.

Rinn
Fri Apr 23 00:09 (Rinn)   ::     Cure Serious
o The weave 'cure serious' version of Cure Serious will now work in the
labyrinth.
o The tarots/scrolls/potions will still not work.

o In on next boot, enjoy.

Rinn
Mon Apr 19 21:54 (Andor)   ::     Clan Town Changes
On next boot, you will no longer be able to flee your (or another
clan's) ctown via the highlands portal or via the teleporter perk mob
when you are under attack.
Sat Apr 17 18:09 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Mana weapons will no longer prevent you from renting/camping. They
will be destroyed when you do so though.

o Evaluate can no longer fail.

o Selling/repairing items will no longer cost you stamina.
Sat Apr 17 14:48 (Rinn)   ::     Promotions
o Sharfor and Oeneas have been promoted to level 34 - highest attainable
level, without hacking your playerfile.
o They are going to be in charge of Player-Relations. Meaning they are
your contact point, for things that go wrong, issues that need to be
solved etc.
o They will be handing out punishments as needed, and will be responsible
for watching over the other staff. Unless absolutely necessary, they
are the ones you should contact before Andor or Myself, on any in-game
issues.
o Please, when you get a chance congratulate these two on their excellent
work here, and wish them luck in their new positions!

Rinn
Fri Apr 16 23:01 (Andor)   ::     Inactive Eq Degen
Items on inactive characters will now crumble and go away regardless
of if you log in or not.
Thu Apr 15 22:46 (Rinn)   ::     Patrons
o Oeneas is replacing Azakhet
o Andor is replacing Vechelle

o In on next boot, you should be able to choose these guys as patrons.

o Probably will be doing some more patron moving in the next couple
days.
Thu Apr 15 21:59 (Rinn)   ::     Haven't gotten rid of me yet
I'll be making code-changes that catch my interest, however I will
not be here to administer anymore! I have some loose ends to tie
up...Starting with the following:

o Leadrank costs have been changed - 3k for qps, 7k for hs-random, 10k for hs-
your choice.
o I've added help files for Purchase and Leadrank.

In on next boot.
Rinn

Appended -- Thu Apr 15 22:29
o also updated wizlist and credits
Thu Apr 15 20:19 (Andor)   ::     Status Of Things
First off, a big thanks to Rinn for all of the hard work he's done
over the years running, coding and administrating the game. The mud
is a better place for it all.

As to the rumors of AoC's demise, we'll keep on running for the
foreseeable future. There will of course be some restructuring among
the lords/admins, and likely some new imms/lords appointed in the
near future.
Wed Apr 14 20:04 (Rinn)   ::     Goodbye
o Please see my message on the Common Board.

Rinn Ath'nalo
Mon Apr 12 18:44 (Rinn)   ::     Changes
o fixed the focus failing/not being able to cast bug
o AoE spells no longer fail when the target is not in the room. They always
cast now, regardless if your target is there.

Rinn
Sat Apr 10 11:24 (Rinn)   ::     re: Changes
o Not being able to cast heal/vig will apply to SELF-only. Meaning you
will be able to cast them on others.
o I didn't modify the cost, it should still be the same.
o Should be in on next boot.

Rinn
Fri Apr 9 18:37 (Rinn)   ::     Changes
o Made some more modifications to slash, you should not see damage if slash fails now.
o Also modified the land percent a little bit more.

o FOCUS MANA - 1) increased the move cost, i had a '(' in the wrong spot it was supposed to cost much
more than it did.
2) you will no longer be able to cast heals/cures/or vigs on yourself while you are
focusing mana. you won't be to cast it on others either.
3) this means in order to cast heals/vigs/cures you'll have to focus release, and re-focus.

In on next boot, let me know if you see any problems.
Thu Apr 8 14:33 (Rinn)   ::     Change
o I screwed up when I put the slash code in, prior to this people with
excellent dodge AND parry were getting royally screwed. This was not
supposed to be the case.
o The above mentioned problem is fixed.
o Also slash has a failure chance now, based on stab elements.
o And finally I modified the damage multiplier slash had, to make the
slashes less damage intensive.

o Remember slash is only possible if someone dodges or parries your
backstab!
o In on next boot!
Mon Apr 5 11:36 (Valkor)   ::     Fantasy basketball

AOC fantasy basketball is now over! Thanks to all who participated. Results:

1st - Akron Hammer (Yik)
2nd - The Answer (?)
3rd - BlackJellybean (Valkor)
4th - Chulpsters (Chuulk)
5th - Chocolate Giddy-Up (?)
6th - Boomers (?)

Mud-mail me if you participated (regardless of placing) for your reward.

(PS): Yik is a fantasy machine.

-V
Tue Mar 30 10:24 (Rinn)   ::     Admin Changes
o Bralt has been removed as a Lord - due to inactivity, Thank You
bralt for all of your contributions over the last couple of years.
Hope to see you back as a mortal someday!
Mon Mar 29 22:52 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o You can now reform dragonformed, wraithformed, polymorphed, and
charms in your group directly.

o Lullaby now has the same duration as the sleep spell.

o Fixed some issues in zone 325.

o Fixed some crash bugs.
Sun Mar 28 16:07 (Rinn)   ::     change
o Time for the most popular change of the decade.
o I somehow managed to teach Candrel how to make pelts better, most every
pelt got a 15+ percent increase for make chances.
o Pelt loading chances will remain the same. But Candrel is now a better
craftsman yay!

Enjoy,
Rinn
In on next boot.
Sun Mar 28 13:51 (Rinn)   ::     help files
Added :
PACKAGE, REAR, FOCUSMANA, ZONE 325

Added to :
QUESTPOINT (age deductions, and eq repair)
BANK (banktransfer)
MULTI (no longer says imms multi you, refers you the guildmaster)
ORDER CLERIC (they get focus mana now)
Sun Mar 28 13:48 (Rinn)   ::     re: Zone 325
o Modified the endure element wand.
o Reduced mobs AC and HPs.
o Decreased the difficulty from 7 -> 5.
o Added the help file help zone 325 for more information.
Sat Mar 27 12:46 (Rinn)   ::     New Zone
Zone 325 The Elven Outpost : by Caellach
Difficulty 7

This zone is located just east of town, in Haon-Dor.
I'll get the help file in as soon as I find it, or talk to Caellach
about it.

Let me or Andur know of any problems in the zone, enjoy!
And Caellach if you are still playing, I have an AK and a godload for you!

Rinn
Thu Mar 25 01:56 (Yik)   ::     $Rran Clanwar
Ashaman 15
Shaido 11
$RbroTaardad 8
White Tower 5
Seanchan 1

Ashaman pulls out the win this time around!
Rematch within 2 months

$RranL$RranM$RranS - No winner due to disqualification
Thu Mar 18 22:10 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Some changes coming in on next boot:

-Zepyhrmanes/geldings have perm waterwalk now no matter what
-Sunray is no longer castable in combat
-Fireshield racial reflare now only applies to the real spell and not
from equipment
-Fireshield reflares now always last the proper duration, instead of
sometimes reflaring early
-Dspirit is slightly more effective against inebriate
Wed Mar 17 18:34 (Rinn)   ::     Changes
o the donate command has been deprecated
o donation room will be replaced with a mob that will load eq based
on class, for levels 1-30.


Rinn

Appended -- Thu Mar 18 11:26
o The above changes are not in yet, they will come in
with the tweak changes.
Wed Mar 3 21:22 (Yik)   ::     Clanwar
March 21st at 16:00:00

Appended -- Mon Mar 15 00:58
bump
Sun Mar 7 18:37 (Yik)   ::     Juggernaut
1st Seras
2nd Chuulk Jiha
4th Khaz Otip Trasal
7th Cammori

Seras sneaks out a win by 1 in a really competitive finish!
Sun Mar 7 00:44 (Yik)   ::     XP Contest
1st Seras 5279015xp
2nd Otip 4540099xp
3rd Viktor 4071802xp
4th Nauhin 3690788xp

Seras's 20 minute XP run is out of control!
Sat Mar 6 01:59 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Create animal and other such charm/summon spells will now let you
group a full group of 8

o Sandstorm no longer stacks with itself or other blindness affects

o Confusion no longer stacks with itself. You can still make someone
attack random targets who is under the confusion affect.
Thu Mar 4 23:45 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
o Fixed the ambidexterity apr bug, it will no longer steal apr from
your main hand weapon

o Fixed the elements for mages learning lightning bolt to the proper
ones, if you have 40 magical air and no lightning bolt, ask a lord to
teach you it.
Mon Mar 1 22:12 (Andor)   ::     Couple Changes
On next boot:

-Regenerate is less expensive on a failure, 1/3rd cost instead of
2/3rds

-Typoing on using an element heartstone no longer destroys it
Mon Mar 1 12:48 (Behring)   ::     2x XP
First of the month, enjoy!!!
Fri Feb 26 00:18 (Andor)   ::     More Fixes
Checked in some more crash related bug fixes.
Wed Feb 17 21:03 (Rinn)   ::     Fixing Leaks
o I've made a number of changes, that should NOT affect gameplay.
o However, if you notice something out of the ordinary - especially
with the tracker. Please report the bug/oddity to me, via mudmail.
o The changes will be in on the next reboot!

Rinn

Appended -- Thu Feb 18 13:57
o Things look to be stable, you should hopefully enjoy a smoother aoc ride
now. And no Maletok I did not remove the tracker!
Wed Feb 10 11:37 (Behring)   ::     Hearts and Daggers
Alright folks, this has been a long time coming and I apologize about
the wait!!!

Hearts and Daggers returns, and don't worry, you will have a full
week to write your letters. I am giving you until 23:59 box time on
the 17th to get your letters in.

What must you do? Write one love letter to a mob you dearly cherish,
include why you love this mob, and what gift you are enclosing with
the letter. You must also write one letter to a mob you HATE.
Again, it must include why you hate this mob and what gift you are
enclosing with it. I $RmagLOVE creativity. Please submit
all entries to aocbehring@hotmail.com

Prizes based on amount of entries, limit one entry per PERSON, not
character.

Mudmail me if you have questions!

Behring

Appended -- Wed Feb 17 18:13
I'm giving ONE more additional day. COME ON PEOPLE!!!
Tue Feb 16 23:03 (Yik)   ::     Vote on next Clanwar date
poll on the webboard
http://www.pandapub.com/wot-forum/viewtopic.php?p=9567#9567
Tue Feb 16 18:39 (Rinn)   ::     Immortals
o We had seven applications for Immortal this time around.
o This was the hardest Immortal decision I have ever been a part of. Everyone was
qualified to do the job, and the strength of the applicant pool can be summed up
in one word : AMAZING.

o It took us a lot longer to decide this time-around due to the above stated fact.

o If you have not already, please congratulate Apollo on being selected as the lone
immortal in this "election".

Thanks Everyone for Applying,
Rinn
Mon Feb 15 16:37 (Rinn)   ::     Memory Leak
o Thanks to Trasal for spamming clanlist X this morning.
o This was the cause of our memory leak, this goes back to when the clan titles were introduced
so this bug was introduced almost 2 years ago.

o The actual memory leak fix will be in on the next boot, clanlist won't show titles for the time
being, other clan commands will (such as clanwho).

o I'll get back in the mobprogs to buy eqotw, -age, etc. later today or tomorrow.

Rinn

Sun Feb 14 21:56 (Rinn)   ::     Mystical Mana Cap
o Mana cap has been removed
Fri Feb 5 17:56 (Rinn)   ::     Administrative Changes
o Migas has been removed as a Lord
o Kuudrik has went MIA...

o Immortal Applications are currently being evaluated.

Appended -- Sat Feb 13 10:10
o We haven't forgot about the new immortals. We are still debating who would
make the best immortal. Thanks for your patience.
Sat Feb 6 13:22 (Rinn)   ::     Changes
o Rage can now be fired off at 0 - 125hp (instead of its previous 75 - 125hp range)
o BonusTime no longer disappears on death.

o The Horse shops around town, recently came up with a way to make a new more powerful
horse. However, their research cost them a lot of money, so expect to pay more for
these majestic creatures.

Enjoy,
Rinn
Fri Feb 5 18:54 (Rinn)   ::     AR Redo
o Ever wanted the chance to start over at level 91 without redoing the
labyrinth? Well now is your chance!
o For 3,000,000 gold you can have a lord transfer you to the Nexus so
you can repray.
o The syntax at the statue will be the same.
o You will not lose current EQ - You will lose AKs
o You can only use your BASE - CLASS on the reAR.

o I will get a helpfile going on this ASAP, should be in next boot.

Rinn

Appended -- Sat Feb 6 10:For an extra 2 million coins at the time of praying, you can reset your age!
Fri Feb 5 20:56 (Andor)   ::     Minor Change
Sidhe's now call zephyrmane's via the callzephyr command instead of
the callmount command.
Wed Feb 3 14:53 (Rinn)   ::     Changes
o zephyrmane chargers are now Sylvan-only
o Centaurs use old fleet (one move per room regardless of sector)

In on next boot. As always any problems tell me or Andor.

Rinn
Mon Feb 1 21:54 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Some assorted changes/fixes for you all here:

-Fixed archery on incapacitated targets to work properly
-Fixed feral free action so that it uses the proper elements instead
of always the racial min
-Fixed some bugs with starshine and sunburst
-Create animal and phantom steed no longer require max mana to cast
-Added room descriptions for the various room affect spells like wall
of fire
-Added a leadrank bonus for razing another clan
Fri Jan 29 13:39 (Andor)   ::     Downtime
We were down for several hours this morning due to an unexpected
patch on the server that conflicted with the mud. We're back up and
running and there shouldn't be anything lost/corrupted.

If you notice anything weird, mudmail me or Rinn.

-Andor
Tue Jan 19 14:40 (Rinn)   ::     Immortal Applications
o Well it's that time again. Time where AoC calls upon it's playerbase to
serve as immortals.
o Please see - http://www.pandapub.com/wot-forum/viewtopic.php?p=9526#9526
for application information.

o Zone builders will receive preference!

Thanks,
Rinn

Appended -- Wed Jan 20 16:44
Let's make the applications due on 1/27/2010.

Appended -- Thu Jan 28 15:10
Extended deadling to 1/31/2010!
For you slackers that were slow, please apply...
Thu Jan 28 14:57 (Behring)   ::     Contest/Event email
I have created an email specifically for AoC related contests and events. If you wish to get a hold
of me you can do so there, or mudmail me here, but I will use that email from now
on for events. Thanks!

aocbehring@hotmail.com is how you can get a hold of me!

Behring
Sat Jan 23 19:44 (Yik)   ::     Clanwar Results
First Clanwar of the year is officially on the books

$RwhiWhite Tower 23 Ashaman 18 Shaido 10 $RbroTaardad 10

Each clan led at some point in this batle royale
White Tower takes home the victory after a last minute push to stop Ashaman
Kateda walks away with Last Man Standing honor to take home the Champion belt
Tue Jan 19 11:40 (Rinn)   ::     EQ Repair
o I think I have come up with a compromise for those of you wanting to
repair equipment without any chance of losing it.

o Effective immediately
a. EQ repair can now be done through Lords for a QP cost
b. The prices are as follows:
* 250k qps gets 32 days on an item
* 500k qps gets 64 days on an item
* 1000k qps gets 150 days on an item (yes that's a big-spender bonus)

Enjoy,
Rinn

Appended -- Tue Jan 19 11:44
o Just a side-note. This is for non-relic, non-CA items. Any item that can
be repaired in a shop is eligible.
Fri Jan 8 21:14 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
-Fixed a couple of crashes caused by using wonderous items and wands.

-The animate dead lyre in the laby works now.
Thu Jan 7 22:44 (Andor)   ::     Minor Fixes
-Empower and applyvenom no longer cost you mana if the target weapon
is already fully charged.

-Fixed Taardad clan town perk locations.
Thu Jan 7 15:03 (Rinn)   ::     Mud Down
Someone removed a .wld file and didn't remove it from the
index, causing an outage. I don't think we were down all that
long.

Sorry,
RInn
Mon Jan 4 11:55 (Rinn)   ::     Mud Down
There was an object format error, which caused the mud to never come
back up last night.

It's fixed.
2x exp on for the day. Sorry for the downtime.

RInn
Thu Dec 31 01:57 (Yik)   ::     Clanwar!?
Help choose the date of the next clanwar by voting in this poll
http://www.pandapub.com/wot-forum/viewtopic.php?t=1076
Thu Dec 31 01:53 (Yik)   ::     AoC Fantasy Football
Pressus came in with the #1 seed and held serve in the playoffs to take home the Win and grand prize!
Final standings below

1. Adrian Peterson GOAT 12-4-0
2. Camm's Catastrophe 10-6-0
3. Spanish Inquisition 10-6-0
4. Georgia Dawgs 8-8-0
5. 0-16 8-6-0
6. Uumfhanators 8-6-0
7. AoC Filthy Hermits 7-6-1
8. Lochlyn's Ohfers 7-7-0
9. not Comeback champs 6-8-0
10. Nap's Prowlers 5-8-1
11. BlackJellybean 5-9-0
12. Avenmoria 1-13-0
Great season, was alot of fun
Those who have yet to claim your reward, mudmail me
Thu Dec 31 01:17 (Behring)   ::     Me
To those who still believe in me --I hope you all still do! :)--,
I want to first off apologize about my prolonged visible absence. It's not that I wasn't
here, but had other things going on in my life to keep me from being active or partaking
in general AoC activity. I talked to only a handful of you while I was, and am still, working
through things.

Back in September work had gone awry and I was spending day and night trying to find a job
while my other one was going "down the tubes." Then October I became officially unemployed
and was reworking my resume and applying at everything I could see and tweaked each app.
accordingly. Also, in late October I had to find a new place to live because I was no longer
with my significant other after almost 4 years... welcome depression. No job, had to find
a new place to live, and with limited money. Needless to say I'm the most broke I've ever been.

However, I did get employed in early November and am still able to keep a roof over my head.
I also am starting to see a turn for the better as far as my attitude about things is
concerned. I still struggle with sleep, maybe this is for everyone, but am feeling "better."

In light of the New Year, I promise to be around again, promoting events mainly and questing
when I can. Call it a resolution or whatever you will, I call it 'My best days are ahead of me.'

Also in light of the New Year, I'd like to give this little gift of some double XP/Heartstone
during the Blue Moon New Year's Eve (not the alcohol, a true blue moon [two full moons in one
month]. May the new year bring you the best days that you've ever had. All the best and
Happy Holidays.

Behring@
Tue Dec 15 04:56 (Yik)   ::     Fantasy Football Update
Player |Team Name |Record| W% |Pts
1. Pressus Adrian Peterson GOAT 10-4-0 .714 1310
2. Yik Spanish Inquisition 9-5-0 .643 1308
3. Cammori Camm's Catastrophe 9-5-0 .643 1267
4. Chuulk Georgia Dawgs 8-6-0 .571 1375
The top 4 teams advance onto the playoffs, the winner receives a Godload!
Full standings in our league page
Matchup Voting Record
Georgia Dawgs 48-28 (63%)
AoC Filthy Hermits 48-31 (60%)
Adrian Peterson GOAT 39-15 (72%)
Nap's Prowlers 34-21 (62%)
Camm's Catastrophe 33-24 (57%)
Uumfhanators 27-21 (56%)
Lochlyn's Ohfers 19-11 (63%)
Spanish Inquisition 11-3 (79%)
Thanks to everyone that participated, Mudmail me with which alt you want to receive your reward
QP: Final Standings | Gold: Matchup Contest
Fri Dec 11 20:12 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Lots of changes, some big, some small:

-Fixed a large number of memory leaks
-Fixed a number of ways of crashing the mud
-Clones now have detect invisible if you have it
-Staves can now be recharged via recharge_buy like wands
-You can now stalk while sneaking/treading
-Centaurs now regenerate moves faster
-Imbibe gives a +10 element bonus if you already have racial elements
for the potion spell
-Focus mana is now 50% better
-Synostodweomer is now somewhat more effective
-If you specify a target with an area of effect spell, it will no
longer cast it if your target has left the room
-Chorus no longer costs extra mana when it does the extra damage
boost for already having an affect landed
-Dragon breath now has a minimum amount of damage it will do, so its
more effective at low hps
-Weapon mastery 2 and 3 both add a bigger bonus to hit now
-Artificers can now see if items in their inventory are empowered.
For example: a dagger {blindness}
-Reduced the chance of the clan smiths from blowing up items
-Absorb can no longer heal you from remotely cast spells

All balance changes are subject to further adjustments.
Wed Nov 25 10:23 (Rinn)   ::     re: Donations
For those of you interested or who have contacted about donations, I have
the low-down. So please mudmail me with your requests!

Thanks,
Rinn
Sun Nov 22 15:07 (Valkor)   ::     AoC Fantasy Basketball!
We'll be having an NBA fantasy league. It will be hosted on Yahoo Sports.
To join go to http://basketball.fantasysports.yahoo.com/nba/register/joinprivateleague_league_select?.scrumb=
League ID: 424694
League Password: AOCbasketball

As with fantasy football, we will award prizes for participation but winners will receive something cool.
The live draft will be Wed Nov 25 at 9:00pm CST. If you are unable to make the draft, be sure to pre-rank your players.
In order to make team management less tedious, roster changes will be allowed weekly by Monday. This is a head-to-head
league. Good luck!

Feel free to mudmail me with questions/problems.

Appended -- Tue Nov 24 19:19

*BUMP* Draft is tomorrow.
Mon Nov 2 16:59 (Rinn)   ::     Upcoming 2x/3x Exp Days
The holidays are fast approaching...You are probably asking now, what does
that mean for Age of Chaos players? Don't fret because I have an answer for
you...It means bonus exp days and other fun things.

$Rund2x XP Days
Thanksgiving Day -- Nov 26th
New Month -- Dec 1st
Christmas Eve -- Dec 24th

$Rund3x XP Days
Christmas Day -- Dec 25th
New Year's Eve -- Dec 31st after 7 pm boxtime
New Year's Day -- Jan 1st

Also Santa will visit on Christmas Day, and Broth and Egg Nog will be given out
as appropriate. Enjoy! Rinn

Appended -- Mon Nov 23 14:56
Sat Nov 7 15:55 (Andor)   ::     Value 0 Questpoint Equipment
I fixed all of the questpoint equipment with a value of 0, it will
all have a proper value on the next boot. This will let you repair it
at shopkeepers.
Sat Oct 17 21:01 (Andor)   ::     Multi Bug
The multi with buildings bug is fixed now. You are possibly short up
to 12 hp and 25 mana (moves are unaffected by this). The hps we can't
do too much about, the mana we can calculate what it should be.

If you were affected by this, mudmail Andor (send a single mudmail
with all of your alts you want looked into), and I'll look into it.
If you are short mana, I can fix it.

If you lie to me or try to claim it twice, I will subtract another 25
mana.
Wed Oct 14 15:39 (Rinn)   ::     Greegos / AK Mobs
o Greegos no longer sells EQ of the Week or -Age
o Guildmasters no longer teach AK's.

o Please speak with a Lord if you want any of the above mentioned things.
o The automation has been removed for a number of reasons : cheating,
and the inability to track who has what, are two of the biggest reasons.

Thanks,
Rinn
Thu Oct 8 19:55 (Andor)   ::     Memory Leak Fixes
Fixed some nasty memory leaks in the mud, that hopefully will give us
a few more days of uptime before things go weird.

Let me know of anything strange you encounter, particularly with mob
progs.
Thu Oct 1 08:49 (Rinn)   ::     x2 exp
on for 24 hours for the first of the month.

rinn

Sat Sep 26 19:39 (Andor)   ::     Mob Progs
We've been putting in a lot of fixes relating to mob progs recently.

If you find any broken mob progs, mudmail either me or Rinn with the
name of the mob, what you tried to do, and what happened.
Thu Sep 24 11:31 (Rinn)   ::     DW CoD Cont.
o The warzone set of ZONES also includes clantowns, so DW's do not
go to clantowns either!
Thanks,
Rinn
Thu Sep 24 11:25 (Rinn)   ::     DW CoD
o So I don't have to reply to anymore mailings about this. Here's what
I'm telling people.

o DW's will keep the ability to leave CoD early. This is there for a number
of reasons. As long as they are not going and doing zones or going back
into the warzone I have no problems with them being out.
o The purpose of CoD is not to keep you unspelled and whatever else I have
heard, the reason it is !magic is so people aren't casting area affect
spells in there. This is to protect against accidental deaths.

Rinn
Sat Sep 12 16:24 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Few changes/fixes coming in next boot:

o Create food works again!!!

o Moonbeam and hellfire no longer infinitely stack their affect
Thu Sep 3 15:28 (Rinn)   ::     Houses
o In anticipation of the new house project and because we do not allow
players to build houses anymore. I will be removing existing player
built homes.

o I will offer a full refund of the 10,000,000 coins, plus a 3,000,000
severance fee if you will. Mostly because it required time to build
the home.

o Please get things out of your static rooms that you may want to keep
o Sorry for any inconveniences this causes to anyone, I'm not even sure
who still owns a home and is still active.
Thu Sep 3 09:42 (Rinn)   ::     Candrel Perk
o Currently doesn't work, i'm in the process of either replacing it
or fixing it.
o Just don't feed your CT candrel pelts, unless you want to lose your
stuff. Consider this your warning.

Rinn
Mon Aug 31 22:14 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Coming next boot:

o Bonusxp will show you the names of the zones now in addition to the
number.

o There will no longer be duplicate zones in the bonus xp list.

o Fixed the newleader command messing up group formations.
Fri Aug 28 23:08 (Rinn)   ::     Changes
o New Feature:
o Thanks Yik for the idea for this one: Here's what it is and it's cool
o It's called bonusxp : type bonusxp for a list of zones, which
give 2x experience. Go to these zones and you receive 2x experience.
o The list is changed every 4-8 hours randomly, with zones ranging in
difficulty from 4-8.

o And I put in some clantown fixes.
o As always report bugs to me. And enjoy.

Rinn
Fri Aug 28 15:52 (Yik)   ::     AoC Fantasy Football!
I am holding a NFL Fantasy Football league at Yahoo.com
To join you must have a yahoo account, its all free so make one if you don't have one.
To join go here http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/register/joinleague
League ID: 780978
League Password: aoc
Prizes will be given out just for joining but the better you do only gives you greater rewards
This will be a LIVE draft, and it is set for Sun Sep 6 at 16:00:00 mudtime which is 2pm Pst
The time can be change if a new one would be more suitable for everyone
Join!

Appended -- Fri Aug 28 17:00
Every week I will run a Wager system on each of the fantasy football match ups
Fri Aug 28 14:43 (Rinn)   ::     Admin Changes
o Migas has been removed as a Lord here. Thanks Migas for the years
of quest-running and other fun activities.
o Ralork is a new immortal to replace Migas, hopefully he can provide
the mud with some much needed new stuff, events, and whatever
else he does.

Rinn
Fri Aug 28 07:48 (Rinn)   ::     Recent Crashes
o The recent crashes that we are experiencing are the worst kind. The
kind we can't reproduce on the testports.
o Now what this means is that when we crash I need all the help I can
get from you guys. What mobs you were fighting, what you were doing,
were you in the clantowns...ect.
o If i'm not here send me a mudmail.

Thanks,
Rinn

Appended -- Fri Aug 28 13:46
o This is fixed.
o Thanks for all the help.
Thu Aug 27 11:41 (Rinn)   ::     Clantowns In
o Clantowns are now in.
o use the command ctguide to learn about them
o help fidgaard to figure out how to get to them, or help zone 260

o There will likely be bugs, don't fret, just report them to me
and I'll get them fixed.

Thanks,
Rinn
Wed Aug 26 23:45 (Rinn)   ::     Lotto Code - Problems - CTs
o The death lottery code has been removed. It has been causing us
problems. It will be removed until Andor or I can fix it.

o Clantowns were supposed to go in tonight, but since I had to spend
my time restoring you guys, it will have to wait until tomorrow.
Sorry for the long wait on these things, hopefully it will be
worth it.

o 3X EXP is on all night long --- 2X EXP will be on all day tomorrow

Sorry for the lost time, Rinn
Thu Aug 20 10:28 (Rinn)   ::     Clantowns
o Clantowns should be finished by the weeks end maybe as early as tonight.
o What this means, is that you guys should expect a clan wipe sometime in
the near future.
o By clan wipe I mean: rank will be reset to 0, everyone will be without a
clan, and new/current leaders will be appointed/reappointed to lead their
former clans.

o I won't wipe leaderrank, if you happen to be the leader after the clanwipe
just let me know and i'll reset that as appropriate.

Rinn
Thu Aug 20 00:05 (Rinn)   ::     Thief Change Two and Other
o Thanks to Jesuel for the great idea to make backstab viable again!
o Here's the change:
o If dodged/parried backstab lands a glancing blow on the victim
rather than a complete miss.
o Ravens still dodge like they did prior to this change, however
everyone else is now more likely to get stabbed.
o Lightning Bow (unrelated to thieves)
o decrease in max apr
o str affect is now dex

Report all bugs to me,
Rinn
Wed Aug 19 19:58 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Fixed archery making you leave combat from the mid row

o You can now use the "wimp max" command to set your wimpy to the
maximum amount allowed.
Tue Aug 18 21:16 (Andor)   ::     Changes
o Fixed head-gear being restricted to minotaurs. Azakhet changed this
a long time ago.

o Fixed a situation leading to rangers getting an extra round of
normal attacks after volleying.

o Redundant focuses no longer cost you anything.

o Fixed a few mob progs.

o Fixed an exploit with bonded items.
Mon Aug 17 12:50 (Andor)   ::     Downtime
Downtime was due to a kernel patch being done on the server, and
nobody restarting the mud.

Nothing is wrong with the mud itself.
Sat Aug 15 18:24 (Sharfor)   ::     Clanwar Results
Last May, Seanchan won a clanwar. They have since been effectively eradicated.
One hour of fighting occurred today, during which a dramatic battle raged.
Today it was the White Tower that achieved a great victory in the WarZone.
Winning clans have been issued equipment to assist them until the next clanwar.

Chuulk was the Last Man Standing.

$RwhiWhite Tower: 21
Dreadlords: 9
Ashaman: 2
Mon Aug 10 22:35 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Fixed a few exploits/bugs here:

o Sacrifice no longer works on minions that aren't in the same room
as you.

o Ward is no longer infinitely castable.

o Teleview shows the proper room exit directions now

As a reminder, report all exploits and don't abuse them.
Sat Aug 8 15:21 (Rinn)   ::     Stalk Fix
Should be working fine on this boot.

Rinn
Thu Aug 6 20:24 (Andor)   ::     Mage Strength
If you are a mage who has 35 mearth and doesn't have the strength
spell, then contact a lord and ask to be taught it. This'll be fixed
on the next boot.
Wed Aug 5 13:23 (Rinn)   ::     Bralt
Please welcome bralt back as a Lord, hopefully his life has calmed down
a little bit, and he can run quests for you guys.

I'm also going to put him in charge of the Advens!

Congrats Bralt,
Rinn
Sat Aug 1 21:03 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Few more changes coming next boot:

o Added in a room description for cripple.

o Fixed regenerate/fearflight costing you hp/moves when you don't
have the skill.

o Added/fixed messages for a bunch of skills when you try it use it
without knowing that skill
Sat Aug 1 17:27 (Andor)   ::     Fixes
Couple of fixes:

o Wield no longer works while blinded, sorry!

o Receiving a package no longer unequips all of your equipment.

o Lullaby is now properly removed when you get awoken in combat.
Thu Jul 30 22:34 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Few minor fixes/changes:

o Scrye/overview are now usable while sitting/resting

o Fixed the wall of thorns messages

o Fixed the typos on war chant, bidding, and a ton scattered
throughout various zones (helps a ton if you use the typo command in
the room that the typo is in, since it logs where you were as well).
Thu Jul 30 15:51 (Rinn)   ::     Change
o In on next reboot.
o Order clerics now have the ability to focus mana
o This is stackable with entreat

As always report any bugs to me,
Rinn
Wed Jul 29 18:59 (Rinn)   ::     Changes
o Thunderlance is now stackable with nature fury. In otherwords
you can now cast them both! Welcome Back Dr/Pa!
o Prowl - one of the skills wolves get at trans is now togglable
help prowl for more details
o Finally a new command - newleader - allows the current group leader
to appoint a new leader, who will inherit all the followers.
help newleader for more details!

Report all bugs to me,
Rinn
Tue Jul 28 12:38 (Rinn)   ::     Change
o Items have a new bit - ITEM_NORECHARGE, which is noted as !RECHARGE if you id an item.
o This bit is only applied to a FEW wands and staffs (ie items you hold and cast stuff with)
o !RECHARGE means that the item can not be recharged by an arti or a shopkeeper

o Currently the only item that has this bit is the gravetrunk wand (still wand), more wands/staffs
will likely get it in the near future. CURRENT gravetrunk wands that are out there will not be
affected by this change.
Report all bugs to me,
Rinn
Tue Jul 14 13:55 (Rinn)   ::     Dreamwalkers
o I need dreamwalkers
o Send me a mud mail if you are interested
o YOU NEED NOT APPLY if you constantly cause trouble around here and find
yourself with a criminal flag 9 times out of 10.

Thanks,
Rinn

Appended -- Tue Jul 21 11:41
I will be getting to these applications later this week.
I wasn't expecting as many responses as I got. So I will need some time
to mull over these things.

Thanks,
Rinn
Mon Jul 20 21:38 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Couple more changes on the next boot:

-Added a message for when chill touch reduces someone's/your strength

-Fixed spellsurge restoring mana from weapon crackles, scrolls,
wands, wonderous, etc. Should only work on real spells now.
Sun Jul 19 01:27 (Andor)   ::     Changes
Couple of changes coming next boot:

-Imbibe will no longer be worse than a regular quaff if your natural
elements are better than the racial min.

-Ar'ing no longer removes you from adventurers/dreamwalkers

-Clanned folks will no longer be auto-enrolled into the band of the
red hand incorrectly when gaining level 3 or 93.
Wed Jul 8 18:28 (Rinn)   ::     small change
o mimic will no longer be available to be used on lord/immortal characters
o in on next reboot.

Rinn
Wed Jul 8 15:25 (Rinn)   ::     Thief Change One
o In on Next Boot.
o Thieves now have another use for CRIPPLE.
o They can now use backstab in battle if CRIPPLE is applied to their victim.

o Expect more thief changes down the pipe.

Thanks,
Rinn

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