Achaean News
While you were hunting...
Written by: Tecton, the Terraformer
Date: Monday, July 28th, 2014
Addressed to: Everyone
While the Great Hunt was going on, the team and I took the opportunity to work on some of the many player-submitted IDEAs in the system. We're pleased to announce the following changes:
Skills and abilities:
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* CLAWVENOMS has been added to REND's AB file.
* DISMOUNT has been added to CHARIOT's AB file.
* SEVER ALL has been added for elemental channels.
* CHAMELEON tattoo will now show who you are mimicking on DEFENCES.
* Server-side curing will no longer try to stand when a serpent BASKS.
* Serpents may now SNUFF LIGHTWALL to cancel their own walls.
* BACKSTAB, SNIPE, and the DARKSHADE venom now have a unique deathsight.
* Riding a balloon giraffe will convey waterwalking to the rider.
* DOLL/PUPPETLIST abilities have been added.
* FISHLIST has been added.
* LETTERLIST will now show if a postal item is a letter or a parcel.
* Butchering cleavers can now be forged.
* HYPOCHONDRIA affliction has been reworked. It now fires a little slower, but triggers more debilitating afflictions (outstanding CLASSLEAD change).
* The final message of tattooing is now different for the recipient and witnesses.
* FLEETSENSE will now show the hoisted flag, if any.
* RATTLE TO <adventurer> has been added for serpents.
* SKYWATCH, TREEWATCH, GROUNDWATCH will now fire more consistently for movement within the same room.
Organisations and groups:
-------------------------
* TRADE FUNDS has been added to the trade ministry.
* Army leaders will now be notified when a soldier increases in rank.
* ARMYWHO will now show the soldier's class and channel status.
* Citizens who log on during a sanctioned raid will now receive a short period of divine grace. This will only occur if the citizen has not logged in recently.
Items and artefacts:
--------------------
* PROBE'ing the Conclave hourglass will now show any remaining time.
* Portable potbellied stoves are now only takable by the owner, and are generally more lively.
* The # reference has been added to the REFILL command (REFILL VIAL#5 FROM HEALTH).
* Heron feathers are now groupable.
* The contents of the pipe will now be shown when puffed and when the pipe goes out.
* RELIC YIELD will voluntarily give up a relic in your possession.
* Loyal mounts "killed" in the arena are now moved to the staging grounds.
* Owners of the platinum whistle can now use the INV argument to have the mount summoned to their inventory.
* Masked entities will now longer reveal their presence when summoned with a platinum whistle.
* INRIFT/INDECK ALL have been added, allowing easy clean-up of riftables.
* PROBE will now prioritise denizens in the room over corpses in your inventory.
* Letters will no longer decay inside stationary kits before being taken out.
* Heart-shaped furniture is now available.
* Frozen images from the obsidian disc can now be engraved.
* Manuscripts can now be targets as books.
* Serpentine keyrings can now be targeted as serpentine.
People:
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* PROTEGES will now show the online status of your students.
* The wandering salesman Darmong now responds to tells asking "where are you?"
* BIRTHDAYS is now sorted by age.
* PROBE <adventurer> will now function the same as LOOK <adventurer>.
* RACEWHO will now colour the adventurer's name (similar to CWHO).
* Experience sharing in groups is now modified by each adventurer's level.
* Friend requests will now expire within 14 days.
Places:
-------
* A new dynamic landmark has been added: WALK TO LASTDEATH[ROOM] Taking you back to where you last died.
* Arena challenges will now show the challenged adventurer how much the spar will cost.
* The plane of Annwyn has been divided into four separate areas.
* Ferzels are significantly slower at moving around, and much less likely to gather in large groups.
* The wilderness at Clockwork Isle no longer suggests the man-made island is a naturally formed beach.
* A newbie landmark for IMPS has been added.
* Denizen shopkeepers standing in their shop will now direct you to look at WARES, when asked about their wares.
Emotes:
-------
* TAUNT can now be untargetted.
* FLIP is no longer a rude gesture.
* BIRD has disappeared.
* FLIPOFF now exists.
* ZIPLIP has been replaced with LOCKLIPS.
* TICKLECHIN has been updated.
* STROKE has been altered.
* YUM has been updated.
* PUNT has been replaced by SHOVE.
General:
--------
* SEARCHNEWS now allows three letter search terms.
* ENTS is not a valid alternative to the ENTOURAGE command.
* ALIAS command structure has been consolidated, use ALIAS on its own for the syntax.
* PRIO and DEF are now shortened arguments in the CURING command.
* SAY will no longer cause kneeling adventurers to stand.
* SETTARGET, REL, and REPLY can now be done during channelled actions (such as propping totems).
* IDEA and CLASSLEAD may now be done while sleeping.
* Your own IDEAs may be deleted with DELIDEA <idea#>.
* IDEA submission will now tell you the idea# for your submission.
* Submitters will be be shown the text of their IDEA when it is approved.
* Defences have been added to CURINGSETS.
* Server-side curing respects voice balance when putting up defences.
* SHOW INFAMY has been added.
* SHOW POSE has been added.
* HELP NISHNATOBA now exists.
* HELP SHALLAM exists once more, and is listed under HELP HISTORY.
* The system message when a queued command is run will now state which queue it is running from.
* HOUSING LIST ROOM UPGRADES is now an acceptable substitute for HOUSE SHOW ROOM UPGRADES.
Penned by My hand on the 17th of Phaestian, in the year 660 AF.
While you were hunting...
Written by: Tecton, the Terraformer
Date: Monday, July 28th, 2014
Addressed to: Everyone
While the Great Hunt was going on, the team and I took the opportunity to work on some of the many player-submitted IDEAs in the system. We're pleased to announce the following changes:
Skills and abilities:
---------------------
* CLAWVENOMS has been added to REND's AB file.
* DISMOUNT has been added to CHARIOT's AB file.
* SEVER ALL has been added for elemental channels.
* CHAMELEON tattoo will now show who you are mimicking on DEFENCES.
* Server-side curing will no longer try to stand when a serpent BASKS.
* Serpents may now SNUFF LIGHTWALL to cancel their own walls.
* BACKSTAB, SNIPE, and the DARKSHADE venom now have a unique deathsight.
* Riding a balloon giraffe will convey waterwalking to the rider.
* DOLL/PUPPETLIST abilities have been added.
* FISHLIST has been added.
* LETTERLIST will now show if a postal item is a letter or a parcel.
* Butchering cleavers can now be forged.
* HYPOCHONDRIA affliction has been reworked. It now fires a little slower, but triggers more debilitating afflictions (outstanding CLASSLEAD change).
* The final message of tattooing is now different for the recipient and witnesses.
* FLEETSENSE will now show the hoisted flag, if any.
* RATTLE TO <adventurer> has been added for serpents.
* SKYWATCH, TREEWATCH, GROUNDWATCH will now fire more consistently for movement within the same room.
Organisations and groups:
-------------------------
* TRADE FUNDS has been added to the trade ministry.
* Army leaders will now be notified when a soldier increases in rank.
* ARMYWHO will now show the soldier's class and channel status.
* Citizens who log on during a sanctioned raid will now receive a short period of divine grace. This will only occur if the citizen has not logged in recently.
Items and artefacts:
--------------------
* PROBE'ing the Conclave hourglass will now show any remaining time.
* Portable potbellied stoves are now only takable by the owner, and are generally more lively.
* The # reference has been added to the REFILL command (REFILL VIAL#5 FROM HEALTH).
* Heron feathers are now groupable.
* The contents of the pipe will now be shown when puffed and when the pipe goes out.
* RELIC YIELD will voluntarily give up a relic in your possession.
* Loyal mounts "killed" in the arena are now moved to the staging grounds.
* Owners of the platinum whistle can now use the INV argument to have the mount summoned to their inventory.
* Masked entities will now longer reveal their presence when summoned with a platinum whistle.
* INRIFT/INDECK ALL have been added, allowing easy clean-up of riftables.
* PROBE will now prioritise denizens in the room over corpses in your inventory.
* Letters will no longer decay inside stationary kits before being taken out.
* Heart-shaped furniture is now available.
* Frozen images from the obsidian disc can now be engraved.
* Manuscripts can now be targets as books.
* Serpentine keyrings can now be targeted as serpentine.
People:
-------
* PROTEGES will now show the online status of your students.
* The wandering salesman Darmong now responds to tells asking "where are you?"
* BIRTHDAYS is now sorted by age.
* PROBE <adventurer> will now function the same as LOOK <adventurer>.
* RACEWHO will now colour the adventurer's name (similar to CWHO).
* Experience sharing in groups is now modified by each adventurer's level.
* Friend requests will now expire within 14 days.
Places:
-------
* A new dynamic landmark has been added: WALK TO LASTDEATH[ROOM] Taking you back to where you last died.
* Arena challenges will now show the challenged adventurer how much the spar will cost.
* The plane of Annwyn has been divided into four separate areas.
* Ferzels are significantly slower at moving around, and much less likely to gather in large groups.
* The wilderness at Clockwork Isle no longer suggests the man-made island is a naturally formed beach.
* A newbie landmark for IMPS has been added.
* Denizen shopkeepers standing in their shop will now direct you to look at WARES, when asked about their wares.
Emotes:
-------
* TAUNT can now be untargetted.
* FLIP is no longer a rude gesture.
* BIRD has disappeared.
* FLIPOFF now exists.
* ZIPLIP has been replaced with LOCKLIPS.
* TICKLECHIN has been updated.
* STROKE has been altered.
* YUM has been updated.
* PUNT has been replaced by SHOVE.
General:
--------
* SEARCHNEWS now allows three letter search terms.
* ENTS is not a valid alternative to the ENTOURAGE command.
* ALIAS command structure has been consolidated, use ALIAS on its own for the syntax.
* PRIO and DEF are now shortened arguments in the CURING command.
* SAY will no longer cause kneeling adventurers to stand.
* SETTARGET, REL, and REPLY can now be done during channelled actions (such as propping totems).
* IDEA and CLASSLEAD may now be done while sleeping.
* Your own IDEAs may be deleted with DELIDEA <idea#>.
* IDEA submission will now tell you the idea# for your submission.
* Submitters will be be shown the text of their IDEA when it is approved.
* Defences have been added to CURINGSETS.
* Server-side curing respects voice balance when putting up defences.
* SHOW INFAMY has been added.
* SHOW POSE has been added.
* HELP NISHNATOBA now exists.
* HELP SHALLAM exists once more, and is listed under HELP HISTORY.
* The system message when a queued command is run will now state which queue it is running from.
* HOUSING LIST ROOM UPGRADES is now an acceptable substitute for HOUSE SHOW ROOM UPGRADES.
Penned by My hand on the 17th of Phaestian, in the year 660 AF.