by Stormbringer on Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:11 pm
Contrary to popular opinion, the High Council doesn't just sit around all day drinking beer and whipping cat girls. We do do other things occasionally too!
Sometimes we even think about the game and ways to improve it. That happened only recently when L` brought up the topic of Special Items. So we put aside the beer and cat girls and wound up our brains and thunk for ages... well, at least ten minutes before withdrawal set in. Here is the first result of that.
- Some of you will have noticed, or will soon notice that you no longer have a block on reaching level 20. Ehlanna has waved her magic wand. With immediate effect, there is no longer any requirement to do a quest in order to achieve that level.
- Alongside that, there is no longer an automatic issuing of an IoP at that level. So you don't need to do a quest but you also don't get that benefit from it.
- IoP's will still be available to anyone who was running or who wants to run their level 20 quest.
- IoP's will also be available to anyone of any level at any time who wants to run
- - the equivalent of a level 20 quest
- - an event that equals the amount of work needed to run a level 20 quest *
- - a tournament (combat, sex or bardic) in the Arena that equals the amount of work needed to run a level 20 quest **
* excludes shop managers running events for their shops
** excludes arena employees
- the total number of IoP's that can be held by a character is increased to five
- in place of an IoP any of the above can be rewarded with two bonus levels
- there is no limit on the numbers of qualifying r/p specials that can be run by any player/character
- anyone who has qualified for an IoP at level 20 but who has not yet received it can change this to a request for two levels instead
- anyone who ran a level 20 quest but who didn't want an IoP can now ask for two levels instead
- all quests and events must be approved by the Quests Group, who will provide assistance as required. All Arena tournaments and events can be planned with help from the Arena staff but should also get a nod from the QG too.
Back to the cat girls! But be aware we are also thinking about higher level Special Items and ways to improve them.
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Charm’d magic casements, opening on the foam
Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn(John Keats)
Check your baggage at the door and bring some magic through your
window onto the world of Belariath