We've put in two new, though related, things today:
1. The general skill of Riding, which everybody has. HELP RIDING will
tell you more. Some things about riding: A. Yes, we'll be allowing
lances to be forged soon (tomorrow in fact). B. Yes, we will be putting
Legend steeds in soon. They will be things like giant eagles, or
elephants. C. No, mounts do not attack. They are not going to be doing
damage in combat. D. For those of you who have pets, we're going to be
making pets act as if they were Legend steeds for the purposes of the
various abilities in Riding whose success depends partly on the level of
your mount.

2. You should now be able to give a one-word name to -any- of your loyal
mobs, from your angel to your falcon, to your mounts. You could even
name your entities and woodland creatures (from Woodlore), but since it
costs 1000 gold to name something, you probably won't want to name
temporary loyal mobiles. You'll be able to refer to that mob by that
name, but you'll generally only see the name upon probing and examining
the mobile, and occasionally in a handful of other messages. (We didn't
want to display it all over the place, as we suspect some names will be
inappropriate and things would quickly get silly were they to be
displayed frequently.)

Enjoy! Oh, and I just wanted to urge you to please vote for us
regularly. Just go to www.achaea.com/main.html, and click on "Vote for
Achaea" and then cck again when it asks you. It really helps us out, and
it's not much effort for you. Incidentally, you can vote every 12 hours
and have it count. Keep us #1!

Penned by my hand on the 24th of Mayan, in the year 326 AF.