Aetolian Game News
Esteem and Bugs
Written by: Varian the Celestine
Date: Thursday, January 11th, 2007
Addressed to: Everyone
- Removed the Esteem System. There are several reasons for this
decision, and I know it will be unpopular with some players. However,
for the most post this system was either used to grief players, or gamed
to setup elections and voting conditions. Additionally, any system like
this is very, very subjective.
- The PATRON command now requires an AGREE to complete.
- If you are sleeping or unconscious and are flying, you will fall to
the ground.
- Golems and Wisps are affected by disloyalty now.
- Mobs will not longer target invisible gods when doing room attacks.
- Most mobs cannot be ordered to speak or send tells to people who
are ignoring you.
- You should be able to behead with handaxes and bardiches now.
- The rite of pilgrimage can no longer be performed in the skies or the
caves.
- You cannot speak while stunned anymore.
- You cannot give or drop things while blackwinded or mistformed
anymore.
- Casting icewall will no longer take mana if there is not an exit in a
direction or if there is already an existing wall in that direction.
- Fixed a typo with secrete that displayed your name as the venom name.
- Being stunned will stop a lot more activity aside from movement now.
- You can now config while sleeping and other such activities.
- You can no longer pick up things while prone.
- You can no longer LEAP to or from an indoors room.
- You can no WALK TO <monument> without balance or eq.
- WORM CANCEL will work again for survival users.
- If you are clinging, the wind can no longer kick you out of the trees.
- You can no longer tumble to or from a grove caged room.
- You can no longer tumble while impaled.
- Damage from holding breath will no longer stack.
- Focus now cures hallucinations and paranoia.
- Observe will not be able to see into rooms that are fogged anymore.
- Farsee cannot find entombed or earthmelded players anymore.
- Search will reveal hidden golems now.
- Fixed a few issues with the ANGELS command.
- Flinging tarot cards will search your inventory for any, charged tarot
card, of the proper type in your inventory. Previously it just looked
at the first card in your inventory, even if another card in your
inventory was charged.
- Fixed problems with universe and star not finishing properly when they
were imprinted.
- Fixed a bug with the order of skills for AB TAROT.
- A death tarot will lose all rubs when used, even in the arena.
- Inflating in Howling cannot be used off balance anymore.
- Fixed some bugs with cards not displaying properly when probing a
deck.
- You should no longer be able to rub a death tarot beyond 7 rubs.
- RING SHATTER will no longer use mana if there is no ring to affect.
- The AB file for Terramancy Rockshower was incorrect. The skill does
not require a target, and will hit all players you have enemied in the
room.
- After you die in the arena (or anywhere else) the quicksand affliction
should properly be cleared now.
- Quicksand and Terramancy Impale will show up on diagnose now.
Penned by my hand on the 7th of Midsummer, in the year 206 MA.