Posted March 25, 2016 Hi Everyone! It's the Easter long weekend here, and I hope everyone is having a good time! We've got a lot in this weeks news, and I'm sure you're all itching to hear about it, from the PvP changes to cave dwellings, so let's get stuck in! But first... JAVA SECURITY WARNING This week it was announced that there was a security issue in the current version of java, we highly recommend you update as soon as you can, for more info, check here: http://www.zdnet.com/article/oracle-issues-emergency-java-patch/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 Patch Notes: Wurm Online Spoiler March 24, 2016 Easter! The Easter bunny will spawn automatically outside starter deeds at the appropriate time. Items enchanted with Circle of Cunning, Wind of Ages, or Blessings of the Dark can no longer be stored in a bulk container. Fences will now display RGB if dyed. Unfinished walls will now take regular decay, continuing to build the wall will reset damage. Failed skill rolls when woodcutting will no longer give high quality trees. Wurm Unlimited Spoiler Patch Notes 2016-03-23 Fixes & Changes Fixed several models and textures. From beta 2016-03-11 The unload keybinding should no longer be able to unload items that are not unload-able (for instance bulk items inside crates). 'Nolocate' spell description was changed to "protection from being located". It should now be possible to build walls above a fence. Potential fix for creature id duplication bug. Fixed an issue with unloading unfinished boats. Skeletons and Worgs should be summoned as members of the same kingdom as the caster. Fix for grow trees command creating legacy trees (GM command). Old legacy trees & bushes should no longer crash the client (Error code <14>). Potential fix for summoned skeletons attacking each other. Two memory leaks fixed in the client. The sky is the same as it has always been, nothing to see here move along. Fixes for some issues that would cause duplicated authentication errors. PvP changes After a week of discussion with the dev team, we have compiled a list of changes that we feel help improve the current mechanics on PvP servers, as well as paving the way for a larger update later on in the year. These changes are now open for discussion and feedback, and we will work with you over the following week to ensure that they are positive changes! The full list of proposed changes can be found in our feature feedback thread here: Easter! Easter is upon us, and that means several things, namely, the Easter bunny! The bunny will now spawn automatically on easter, rather than requiring being summoned. They will spawn around the starter deed, so keep your eyes peeled! Easter Impalong. There's an impalong at the amazing Hill of Swedes deed on Deliverance this weekend, with Daash and co. putting on a tremendous setup, one of my favourite impalong locations so far (Okay, I'll admit, they've all been my favourite). Already some strange mobs have been sighted, as well as the sound of GM's chuckling as they assault the poor Wurmians. I'll be popping in from time to time over the weekend and hope to see you all there! Cave dwellings public testing! This weekend is the launch of our public testing for cave dwellings! I've been working hard this week on setting up a huge cavern for you all to jump in and build your very own home underground, but thats not all... We'll be hosting a special giveaway for those who have jumped on and tested it out, upon testing, you'll be able to fill in a quick survey about your experience and ensuring that it all went smoothly. Five lucky testers will be selected to win a prize of five sleep powders, with 1 winner receiving a grand prize of a beautiful rare 90quality silver pickaxe, with a cast of 100 Blessings of the Dark! Perfect for getting your cave ready for the mansion you'll be building! The thread with all the info will go live early tomorrow in the public testing board, so make sure you check it out! I spy with my little eye, something beginning with T, it's a treasure hunt! Enki has put together a wonderfully fun hunt for next weekend on Pristine, I tested it myself and it proved to be quite entertaining. If you're a professional Treasure hunter, or a master at I spy, or just awesome at jigsaw puzzles, this hunt is bound to be your kind of thing! The hunt starts on March 33... You'll have to ask Enki about that one. Weekly question Quote This week I stumbled across the Wurm soundtracks on Spotify, and have been listening to them non stop, what's your favourite? Mine is Beating the Anvil! Weekly user content This week we look at the first of a long range of tutorial videos made by Moot Red, a streamer who has spent his time teaching new players to both Wurm Unlimited and Wurm Online how to survive in the complicated in-depth world that is Wurm. I thoroughly advise checking out his entire series! That's it from me for this week, I'll be around on the forums and at the impalong, as well as spending Easter with family, I hope you all have an awesome Easter weekend, and may you spend your days grinding in the sweet spot! Retrograde & the Wurm team. 15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 Shiny silver pickaxe as main prize for lucky cave dwelling tester. Fishaxe finally here ! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 Moot Red's tutorials are great! Without his "Creating A Server and Playing Offline" video for Wurm Unlimited I would have NEVER figured it out on my own! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 Spoiler Spoiler The Hall of the Mountain King will be waiting! 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 sounds like fun... now to build a giant building inside the mine to guard that massive entrance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 A great idea to spin up tester mood Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) wrong thread, deleted my post Edited March 25, 2016 by sgtscum wrong thread Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 great idea to get people to test, also cave dwellings are much closer than i expected! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 2 hours ago, Retrograde said: Reveal hidden contents 2 hours ago, Retrograde said: Oh when when !! can I test test lol Hide contents The Hall of the Mountain King will be waiting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) You should have introduced all the pvp changes 1 topic at a time and get feedback on each, instead of doing this long thread of bs, that will have page long responses per player.. I mean thats just standard PR work, you create a better ambiance for the game, and people are more inclined to play it.. Wall of text threads like the current one being used to introduce concepts on pvp changes, is having the exact opposite effect, and you are turning a lot of players off from the game because you shove so many topics into the players faces at once. Edited March 25, 2016 by TradingAlt 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) On 24.3.2016 at 10:03 PM, TradingAlt said: You should have introduced all the pvp changes 1 topic at a time and get feedback on each, instead of doing this long thread of bs, that will have page long responses per player.. I mean thats just standard PR work, can you get your game together please. You became a PR guy, start acting like one. Wow how pleasant. Seems like you need to get your own feedback in touch. No need to publically insult the guy for helping out the pvp community. Edited March 27, 2016 by KaiH Moderation edit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 1 minute ago, TradingAlt said: You should have introduced all the pvp changes 1 topic at a time and get feedback on each i agree on this. please split that topic into several threads, one for each topic. its getting way too confusing with wall of texts stacking onto each other. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) 7 minutes ago, TradingAlt said: You should have introduced all the pvp changes 1 topic at a time and get feedback on each, instead of doing this long thread of bs, that will have page long responses per player.. I mean thats just standard PR work, can you get your game together please. You became a PR guy, start acting like one. Please don't bash Retro over a game, grow up.. you take this game to seriously. There are places to handle these things, use the thread or private message. Edited March 25, 2016 by Niki Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Niki said: Please don't bash Retro over a game, grow up.. you take this game to seriously. I'm not bashing anyone, I am simply saying it could have been setup better. A PR persons job is to make the ambiance of the game better. and wall of text threads like the one on pvp changes, is not a good vibe for the game. Edited March 25, 2016 by TradingAlt Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 8 minutes ago, TradingAlt said: I'm not bashing anyone, I am simply saying it could have been setup better. A PR persons job is to make the ambiance of the game better. and wall of text threads like the one on pvp changes, is not a good vibe for the game. Ok then. how about phrasing it so it doesn't sound like you're bashing him then because it certainly sounds like you are. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, zethreal said: Ok then. how about phrasing it so it doesn't sound like you're bashing him then because it certainly sounds like you are. done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 12 minutes ago, TradingAlt said: I'm not bashing anyone, I am simply saying it could have been setup better. A PR persons job is to make the ambiance of the game better. and wall of text threads like the one on pvp changes, is not a good vibe for the game. Acting like a child won't do any good; however, so it's probably best to be constructive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) 26 minutes ago, TradingAlt said: I'm not bashing anyone, I am simply saying it could have been setup better. A PR persons job is to make the ambiance of the game better. and wall of text threads like the one on pvp changes, is not a good vibe for the game. What a load of consumer era crap. It's not the PR person's job to create ambiance for a game, a game does that for itself, or it SHOULD. If Retrograde is doing his job, and I believe he is, he was TOLD to write it up that way. Don't shot the messenger. Send criticisms via PM if you must. Thirdly, our forefathers without the benefit of computers or spellcheckers could easily handle 10 times that much information and keep it clear in their heads. They wrote magnificent documents and literary works and music. If they did it so can we. Quit being lazy in the brain (that goes for all the whiners ranting about "wall of text".) Now... that is what you did to Retrograde... feels great don't it? (/sarcasm off) Edited March 25, 2016 by geode 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 1 minute ago, geode said: What a load of consumer era crap. It's not the PR person's job to create ambiance for a game, a game does that for itself, or it SHOULD. If Retrograde is doing his job, and I believe he is, he was TOLD to write it up that way. Don't shot the messenger. Send criticisms via PM if you must. Thirdly, our forefathers without the benefit of computers or spellcheckers could easily handle 10 times that much information and keep it clear in their heads. They wrote magnificent documents and literary works and music. If they did it so can we. Quit being lazy (that goes for all the whiners ranting about "wall of text".) Do say more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 25, 2016 Made a house on test, thanks Rizi for the help! Don't Mind the Dolphins. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) \o/ You Tube Videos~! I do not monetize my videos or use songs that cause ads. I believe community work should be free for everyone! There are many more that are not published because they are not polished but they have some video of me getting ganked in PVP. Speaking of PVP: If you are interested in trying PVP without any of the risk of losing everything youve worked hard on check out Nappy's server I have made some PVP videos to show new players on they can start their PVP experience and get into PVP within an HOUR of playing! Edited March 26, 2016 by MootRed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 26, 2016 On 3/25/2016 at 11:37 AM, Retrograde said: We'll be hosting a special giveaway for those who have jumped on and tested it out, upon testing, you'll be able to fill in a quick survey about your experience and ensuring that it all went smoothly. Five lucky testers will be selected to win a prize of five sleep powders, with 1 winner receiving a grand prize of a beautiful rare 90quality silver pickaxe, with a cast of 100 Blessings of the Dark! Perfect for getting your cave ready for the mansion you'll be building! This is great, but I think anyone who helps test should get some sleep powders. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted March 27, 2016 On 3/25/2016 at 0:37 PM, Retrograde said: Already some strange mobs have been sighted, as well as the sound of GM's chuckling as they assault the poor Wurmians And that right there makes me question organizing a Cele impalong in the future at the lodge lol. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
