Welcome Board Archive - Area Update 2020/07/31

From: Rufus         Title: Area Update 2020/07/31                   
                    Posted On: Friday, July 31 2020, 01:16PM
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AREAS

- Abilene: bug/typo fixes
- Amaranth seller returns to the game
- Beowulf: some additional balance changes to better reflect risk 
  vs reward
- Some gold earrings in med are now actually gold
- The orkney old wife will set the flag even if she's shot from 
  a separate room
- SL2: reduces Bane of Dagda's hit points, Dian isn't so chant-happy
- more than one player could enter Niflheim at a time, this has been fixed
- improved Admiral Hanno messaging
- improved Lotus eater messaging
- Some inaccessible rooms have been flagged so they don't count toward 
  the VISITED count
- Finely crafted scutum now makes your ac better instead of worse
- Misc updates to India and FIWar

Morrigan's Maze Update

- the mystery seeds feature has been expanded
- aura of purest white has updated stats and has been templated
- no other items have changed stats, but certain items will highlight in 
  corpses where they wouldn't have previously.
- hopefully Morrigan will no longer load people into empty graveyards.
- phoenix egg was sending bug reports, that's been fixed.
- attuned charmies are dealt with properly when dishing out XP
- the vision of death is fairer in combat
- improved banshee messaging
- fixed typo'd whois

Herodotus

- All XP routes received a large overhaul making Herodotus far easier to 
  maintain and update. 
- Some mobs have been removed, some have been added.
- TELL HERODOTUS COMMUNITY will additionally report how long before the 
  community xp route mobs will reset. At the time of testing this hpapens at
  between 4-6am system time on Mondays. This might change gradually over time
  because working with time is bloody confusing!
- You shouldn't see any other changes, please report any odd behaviour via
  the usual channels.
  
LEVELED AREAS UPDATE:

- Arabia
- Romania
- Ireland
- Frisco/Abilene
- Sherwood (partial)

ARABIA

- 'Town' area more amenable to those in the very early levels. 
- Arabian Desert now suitable for levels 5 through 10.


ROMANIA

- Romania has been reimagined as a level 10-15 area. 
- You may find Vlad and his cronies a bit tougher these days.
- A handful of objects updated with shiny stats.

IRELAND

- The town and west of the crossroads is now suitable to support 
  multiple simultaneous low level players
- The area south of the crossroads (the swamp) is now suitable for 
  the 6-10 range. 
- The map south of the crossroads no longer loops on itself.
- The Dun is now a sub area suitable for levels 44-49 with some 
  level 50 mobs in the mix.
- The Underhill (west of the crossroads) is now suitable for level
  41-45. Do note that this includes everything, so if you're escorting 
  newbies, you may want to not let them get stopped by the wild boar
  that lives there.
- The nucklavee encounter has changed somewhat, including the fish. 
  It's a little bit different (wouldn't necessarily say harder)
- Modified many items in the area.
- Blackthorn ring is now a reasonable rent with different stats and 
  templated.
- Nucklavee claw and shield updated. Not templated. Claw no longer 
  requires Agnes to change it into something good.

FRISCO/ABILENE

- The SF Mines subarea has been developed into a level 6-10 band.
- A new path has been made from SF (mine area) to Abilene.
- Abilene: has been adjusted to fit the level 11-15 band, the level 
  50 mobs and the Kansas Jail subarea.

SHERWOOD (partial)
- Sherwood has started to move toward a more focused set of levels 
  and the work is ongoing. Expect more in the next couple of updates.