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. |
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. |
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 |
Tue Sep 8 08:30 (Rinn) :: Notification of Changes
o Since you all wanted some input on changes here's your chance.
o Changes coming in, within the next week, if you don't like them
go spout on the webboard.
o Sidhe's will be able to do anything while mounted, horses they mount won't be attackable.
o Create Potion will now have selectable potions.
o Stables will be added in various places around the realm.
o Dispel Magic is being removed from the Undead subrace, so unless you are an undead using a class
that already has dispel magic, you will lose it.
Again if you don't like this stuff, the webboard is your forum go use it,
Rinn |
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 |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 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. |
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. |
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 |
