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Re: Serenwilde Tweets

READNEWS SERENWILDE 5614 by Qistrel
Qistrel and Huskii had some interesting times in Acknor. You might hear gossip of the cookout at the pilgrim camp too!

Xiran

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Re: Serenwilde Tweets

Xiran said:

READNEWS SERENWILDE 5615 by Lendren
Something new is east of Abeytu, planted by the fae architect. Devoted timequake scribes can take a break now.

2023-07-16 (8th of Roarkian, 653 CE) How our new tree came to be.
Log: Feeding a Tree Anomalies and Sweet Nothings

With: a fae architect, Abeytu, Lendren, Qistrel, and Xiran

Xiran

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READNEWS PUBLIC 1969 for the Battlerun of Urlachmar 654 CE, sponsored by Sondayga
Thanks to all who joined and made it a lively spectacle. This scribe sends apologies for neglecting Ayisdra's last name.

Xiran

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Re: Serenwilde Tweets

Our new Culture Minister Hyirah has been running games for our young ones!

Xiran

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Re: Serenwilde Tweets

READNEWS SERENWILDE 5628
A team of @Huskii, @Jolanthe, and @Sethos solved a riddle to cure my hiccup hex. We've been playing a lot of fun little games like this - Three-headed Hag and Estarra Says. Thanks to everyone who has participated!

Hyirah

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Re: Serenwilde Tweets

READNEWS SERENWILDE 5624 and 5625
Grey Waykeeper Qistrel summarises goings-on and invites folk to explore for themselves as trouble brews in the deeps.

Xiran

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Re: Serenwilde Tweets

READNEWS SERENWILDE 5627
The Seren masterweapon design campaign continues with polearms. Submit bardiches, lances, halberds, and glaives to Trademaster Jolanthe by 2 Estar 659 CE

Xiran

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Re: Improving the Newbie Experience

Uilani said:

Good points all. Please do keep them coming! That's exactly the kind of feedback we need. The whole equipment drop on a newbie can be very overwhelming, especially all them rings and pipetanks with zero explanation. Does a newbie really need all those enchantments? Perhaps as lessons along the way instead?

I don't think any sub-31 bashing or influencing requires that much health/mana/ego regen. Auto-curing could probably be made an inherent ability and be on by default which would also help prevent insta-death if a newbie does find themselves in over their heads.

Maybe the other enchantments could become rewards for new novice-focused quests? Just as an example, there's that lake on Lolliprin(? the place with the shroomies) where you have to go out and gather the emerald snake for the Queen and King. Maybe make the lake a bit more vast (5-6 rooms of water to cross) and when you turn in the quest for the first time, the NPC mentions that swimming for such a long amount of time can be exhausting, and then offer up a waterwalking ring and explain how to use it.

I know that when game mechanics and tips were doled out to me over time and in context of their use they stuck much more than the infodump you get right out of the intro.

Cerosir

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Re: Improving the Newbie Experience

Enchantments seem like an awkward thing to approach. Often I see them sitting in a novice's inventory for a few RL days. I know I could easily write a straightforward CGHELP file saying 'Welcome to the game do XYZ with your teardrop sigils and pipetanks and rings that are mysteriously in your inventory' (we already sort of do, only a little more of a long-winded explanation).

I wonder if this is something that could be added to a task though. Or if mprog could be added to a newbie/pools quest to encourage the use of an enchantment to (for example) waterwalk over a river...

Huskii

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Re: Ascension: Shaking Things Up

Suggestions:

1. During the influencing/debate trial, attacking the participants should be prohibited.
2. During the Final Ascension, add a way for influencers/bashers to contribute to points (e.g. influencing villages, or gathering essence/corpses for something). Points from sceptre hold would be just one of the ways to earn it.
3. Non-winners could obtain a ladderized credit and/or power reward on org basis (for raising their own VA maybe, or rewarding participants).

Tredian

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