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Dear Santa Rolf + posse I honestly havent' been very good at all.. I could add lying to it and tell you how wonderful i have been, but it wouldn't be true. Among the list of things i have done bad this year include but not limited to Getting kicked out of an alliance for not being helpful enough Tormenting a new alliance with adding 'thats dirty' to the most mundane thoughts so make them rethink if what they said was dirty or not because it makes me laugh Building a giant thorn patch between me and my southern neighbor so when she comes to visit i can sell her cotton for her wounds as she isn't a very straight cart driver. When previously mentioned and injured neighbor does get healed i make her add bricks to my colossus so it gets done eventually. Groom my neighbors horses with the pretense of 'helping' while infact i am raking in that AH so i can breed my own horses and flood the server with the first 7 speed horses (2 negative speed traits still count as speed) I raised up a bit of clay in the ocean and keep 'forgetting' to fill the lamp out there with oil so people don't see it and run aground. I give poor directions to people coming to my deed so they end up at my neighbors deed so often she has signs up pointing to my deed for all the people who show up there... made an alliance member a fellow conspirator [10:33:27] <Terpsichore> posse I am sure there is more.. but i am forgetting some. I have set out several bsbs for coal, if you could kindly put them in the correct QL marked ones I would appreciate it Nusty <all in good fun if you don't know me>

Hello everyone, Since the original poster of this problem asked for his post to be closed, I repost here. What happened? Simply, Bashur got something none of us ever got before - a name change. Initially I was somehow on Bashur's side... the guy just wanted to return to game after his IP (not character) ban was lifted and a lot of people acted like kiddies who didn't wanted their toys shared with a new guy. Yet, my ideas are totally changed now. This really looks like a bribe towards the developers. And once a favor was made, there can't be any trust that more and bigger favors won't be done again in the future. Only two days ago, Rolf himself, said here that: What happened in these two days that made Rolf clearly change a rule that is clearly stated on official pages: Now please allow me to quote from another official post of Oracle, from the GMs Hall: How could we trust that such favors or even bigger ones won't be given again in the future once you break out trust in the first place? I would really love to see an official position about this. Later edit: Rolf answered this. My last thoughts (after finishing selling my account - a decision I took as result of this incident): I'm sure that for most of us the problem with this decision was not the action itself or its direct consequences; after all everyone knows that IanRose is now named Bashur and he is no PVP star even so. But the problem is the dangerous precedent it created. Far now, we are all equals in front of rules. Rich or poor, famous or anonymous, seasoned veteran or first day player - we were all treated exactly the same. Or as Rolf said "we don't handle those judgement differently based on fame or money, for which we are proud". And we were proud of him for acting like this. And although many times we may not have agreed with the rules, we always did respected them, because we knew that they are the same rules for everyone. Then rules started to be bending for Bashur - we know for sure about the name change, but there are rumors about more than this (like a fast conversion MR - JK - MR so he can take some items out of the bank, direct access line to Rolf / GMs, not having to wait like all of us in line for a few hours so his support tickets are handled, etc). And that was not nice. And the name change, it may not sound like a big deal, but it is something that anyone involved in a character trade probably carved for all these years. We all have our favorite names, which maybe we carry from one game to another, and which represent us. Far now we had only two options - buy a high skilled character and live with its name which would not represent us, or pick a name we like, and work out a$s to raise her skills. All of us except Bashur. To be honest that's even worse than allowing him to "buy his skills in a PTW shop"; at least in those case his 700 euros (or whatever he paid for) would have went to CodeClub and towards development, not in another player's pockets. Now, do we want name changes for everyone? Hello no! Do we want his name reversed to IanRose? Yeah, that would be nice, but not really care about it either. What do we want then? Simple... we want Rolf to admit that he made a mistake (he already did), to apologize for it (he didn't, but hey, we all know that you guys are so full of ego that it's hard for you to say the words ), but most of all we want him to promise that he will stop doing these things - rules bending, silent changes / nerfs, and at least discuss them with the community first. The final decision is still his, but we want to at least be involved in the decision making process and help by stating our points of view. If this would have happened in this case, the mistake (which he admitted) could have easily be avoided. And now some final words for some of Rolf's defenders: To those that say it was not a mistake: It was. Even Rolf admitted.it was a mistake. So stop denying something he admitted himself. To those that say it's not a big deal, that only a few people complained, that the 54 likes these post got are an insignificant amount, and that the game will benefit more from the influx of new players coming from Bashur's videos: 54 likes may not sound a lot in terms of Facebook, but on our community they made it the most popular post ever (and no, I hold no merit for writing it, just happened to be me and not someone else) which says something about how many people were bothered by this. And, finally, a question: We saw a lot of pissed off people, we saw a few people quitting, we even saw staff members resigning (at least one). Was it worth? Can someone please tell me how many new premium accounts resulted from the red carpet and the favors handed to Bashur? More important, could someone please tell us two months from now on how many of those players renewed their premium membership? Cheers, Alexandra

Meanwhile, in Mol-Rehan..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac2m-sxXIg0

I mean honestly what is even the point of these battle camps? The guards are so spread out and rarely at the tower, the tower takes less than two minutes to conquer, and you get two rank for merely watching a timer count down? I understand rank does and means nothing but it's at least a slight ladder system but is meaningless now with the ease of getting rank. Only reason anyone conquers one now is to boost or preserve rank from decaying. Jut remove decay, and rank given from a battle camp that's hardly considered a hard or risky act of pvp.

my bad if it's been posted, but a mouse-over indication on animals that need to be groomed would be handy. just about every other nature skill has something like it.

please late us make pain on plate or chain arour i am sure looks nice when we have black plate armour

So people on epic should skill the exact same way as freedom, looking at what their skill is and what would give the best skill on freedom with that skill? That doesn't make any sense, and would result in horrible gains, due to the fact that the difficulty of a task depends on your effective skill.

I tend to go -1 on this subject.... Don't get me wrong, I do not like the marathon of reading that goes on in PvP, but I would want something a little more wurm, like perhaps visual representations of wounds on the player. Like if you hit them in the shoulder deadly hard and examining the wound would say a deep hole at the right shoulder then have a graphic that changes that part to a bleeding hole in their shoulder. I don't want something that shows exactly how much damage I am hitting for or what others are, it would make the fight feel less about group effort and shot calling skill and more about who can put out the most DPS. If it is too hard to add the graphics I am speaking of or too resource intensive then just leave it as is. I prefer the current system over runescape style "histplats" anyday.

The information requested is not likely information Rolf COULD supply even if he wanted to. This thread will only go downhill from here...

And now, that those two month passed, I comeback to my initial question... DOES THIS WORTH? Bashur himself not only stopped making youtube videos about WURM, but he even quit the game all together. Just curious about how many of those players that followed him are still premium and still playing the game? And no, I don't try to bash Rolf once again, just trying to point a proof - that giving preferential treatment to some people, no matter how rich and famous are them, is a bad decision. And I really hope that Rolf learned his lesson and we won't see this ever happening again. Cheers, Alex

Have had that happen before... As to the topic, you live on a server where there are these spawns, and that is that. Nogumps are far from your worse nightmare. Had a Drakespirit spawn on me while in the ondeed mines, I was killed three times while it engaged six Guards. But I am not complaining about it, I just accepted that I was living on a server where things like that happen, and now I am overly paranoid whenever it is storming outside, problem solved

Dear Santa Rolf and the Team! I have been a very good boy this year because I put up with EnvyOBD for a whole year (almost) in my alliance on Release! (Maybe I should get a bunch of medals instead of a present.....................................)

1: Armor/weapon stands taking as much materials as they do. 2: Terraforming events destroying Epic's playerbase one victory at a time. 3: A GM system that doesn't seem to be monitored or even tailored to suit a community (GM's shouldn't be allowed to moderate on the cluster they play on, causes corruption and favoritism)

Orpington Bliss, Magincia Island 37x 57y Hello all! We are citizens of Orpington Bliss and we would like to offer you our many trades. We also accepting referals and barter, just send rosedragon a pm. Ekib's and Thaleia's Blacksmithing: Tools: ( Horseshoes, Awl, File, Hammer, Hatchet, Leather knife, Metal brush, Needle, Rake, Pickaxe, Saw, Scissors, Shovel, Stone chisel, Trowel, Frying Pans, Small and Large anvil* ) 40ql 50ql 60ql 70ql 80ql 90ql 10c 15c 30c 45c 90c 1.5s *Large Anvils are double the cost*. Lamps*(orders of 10) 30ql 40ql 50ql 60ql 70ql 50c 80c 1.2s 2s 3s *Iron.imperial lamps +25c. gold and silver +1s Ekib's Carpentry: Tools: ( Fine Fishing Rod, Grooming Brush,Mallet, Spindle, Spatula, Clay Shaper, Practice doll ) 40ql 50ql 60ql 70ql 10c 15c 30c 45c Bowery: ( all sizes, made of Willow ) 40ql 10c Ekib's Weaponsmith: Weapons and Tools: ( Carving Knife, Butchering Knife, Sickle,Scythe ) 40ql 50ql 10c 15c Ekib's Armory: Chain, Iron. QL: 50 60 70 Full suit 1.20s 1.60s 2s Jacket/Pants 20c 25c 30c other parts 15c 20c 25c - Chain Barding 1s 1.25s 1.80s - QL: 40 Shields 10c Other Metals? PM ekib Ekib's Jewelry Smithing: Pendulum: QL: 30 40 Iron 15c 20c Silver 25c 35c Gold 25c 35c Rose's Tailor Shop: Leatherworking: QL: 50 Armor 1s Saddle 80c Toolbelt 40c Clothtailoring: QL: 50 60 70 Armor 80c 90c 1s Meditation Rug 30c 40c 50c Fine Meditation Rug 40c 50c 60c beautiful Meditation Rug 50c 60c 70c Exquisite Meditation Rug 60c 70c 80c Cloth Barding 60c 70c 80c Kuja's Stable: - 4 Speed horses 40c each. 70c for a pair. - 5 Speed horses 70c each. 120c for a pair. Fletching: Price is per quiver (41 arrows): 50ql Hunting Arrows 1s 50qlWar Arrows 1s Arrow Shafts 6c Bulk goods and Services: Bricks: 1s for 500 Mortar: 1.25s for 500 Clay: 1s for 1,000 Nails (s/l): 1.5s for 1,000 Planks: 1.5s for 1,000 Logs: 1s for 300 Meat: 1s for 500 Hides: 5c for 1 (asks for stock) Panfilling: 1s for 1000 panfils, 1s for 1000 panemptys. Contact rosedragon for details. Rose's extra random stuffs: - Unfinished HotS guard tower = 2s (when finished in freedom isles, it will show HotS tower texture but spawn freedom guards, can be mailed) - HotS wagon = 6s pick up 7s delivered (it is big and fill almost all room in the knarr) - HotS purple banner = 60c (can't be mailed) - HotS purple flag = 60c (can't be mailed) - Cotton soft cap (santa hat) = 1s - There also stocks on Freedom Market merchants under madam_mixmax and hotsflagsarehots. The first one mostly sell random assorted of enchanted items, the second one sell flags and banners. Delivery and Mailing Service, counted from leaving Magincia Island - Below 5s purchases: 2c per map block - 5s to 9,99s purchases: 1c per map block - 10s or over purchases: FREE - Max delivery cost: 1s. We deliver everywhere in Independence, could sail to other servers in freedom cluster except chaos but only will deliver to shorelines.

Ropemaking 3.xx OH MY GOD!.... its all fun and games until you learn you need to make a farm of wemp and skill up rope making.

After viewing a post about a bounty I suggest we have the idea to capture other players on a temporary basis for the purpose of role play. Ransom Public trials Executions Criminal prosecution Kidnapping There is no way to keep a player from escaping in wurm and I have not heard of anyone being kept in captivity for any reason. I understand this would be inconvenient for other player and he/she should have a chance to escape or defeat the restraints. Methods for restraint could be: Dungeon Wemp rope restraint Cuffs, Cages Is this feasible or desired, please contribute. I do not mind being dismissed or told off if this is a bad idea. A bit of role play never hurt, but 30 days in a dungeon might.

Hitplat or what ever you want to call it this game needs a more interactive pvp system that gives feedback that isn't like reading a book.

I don't think there is any point in pretending the PVP system is anything more than die-rolls and numbers. It would be awesome to make it more visually appealing, but I'd rather see graphics or changes in the actual PVP rather than changes as to how the information is presented. Additionally, I sort of like not knowing exactly what damage is happening, vague enchant descriptions and such. If people know everything about it, for me it'd be boring. Or maybe I am just having flashbacks from my Runescape days, and don't feel like reliving them here with hit points and pop-up splotches.

When I made the suggestion that title bonuses should just be always on once you've gotten the skill to avoid pointless micromanaging of titles, someone rightfully countered that reducing the difficulty of imping hinders your skill gain because when skilling you need higher difficulty so it helps to be able to turn the bonus on and off. You've got the same issue with the curve except that it can't be turned off. It might be doubling the gains but with the reduced difficulty it's doubling less than you would have otherwise gotten on freedom and it's particularly noticeable on skills you can't imp something to grind and the only way you can increase difficulty is to reduce tool QL like milling or woodcutting. You can always be mature and just ignore the thread if it's bugging you. Debating the merits and showing support for a suggestion is kind of the point of the suggestions forum.

Wanna bet??!??! I know for a fact something would have been stirred up by the community over it just because this is Wurm where Forum Wars play a big part in the Game!!

But the thing you're failing to grasp is that while the gains are given a flat 2x boost in epic, the base amount you get varies based on the difficulty of the task. Because a skill is effectively higher due to the curve the base gain at any given skill amount is reduced if you can't in some way compensate for the effectively higher skill(like reducing tool quality, imping higher QL things, etc) however like on freedom once you hit particularly high skill you hit a wall in how much you can increase the difficulty of the action relative to your skill. The curve makes you hit this skill gain wall much sooner than you would on freedom which in turn makes it more punishing at this point. Unless of course you're arguing that it's just as easy to make gains at 70 skill as it is 91. In which case you're so clueless as to the game mechanics after years of play that there's no hope in getting through to you.

Does anyone else get as excited as I do for Thursday to roll around? I love these updates, never in the history of this game has there been so much information shared about upcoming features, Rolf did right in hiring Johan. Can't wait to see what will come next.

A better way might be the idea of converting food into rations (medium nutrition food creatable from high nutrition food (meals and sandwiches), slow decay) by wrapping it.

+1 remove champ points from them too *edit: Actually just remove the camps altogether please they are useless and cause more trouble than benefit

The majority actually voted yes on the poll... >_< Either way though, meh. Let this crap die, better off that way.

also reset everyone while u at it then

You have way too many forum accounts. Why can't you just keep the one and list every single game character you have in the profile instead?

Never agreed with you so hard.

I'll just say that, because there is negative reviews, it does not mean a counter proposal is required. You disagree with any naysay in this idea, congratulations on that, that does not change opinion nor carry weight as a valid argument. It is made seem that this idea is an absolute must have, yet it is not. I do see a very valid point in what Druid said, and that is that you will then get priests creating huge stocks of high quality enchantments, and thus making lower enchantments' value diminish greatly. How high a price can one possibly charge for a cast that is just a use away from getting a perfect 90+ cast. As it stands now you must go through quite a large number of casts until you get a high valued one, and this is to a degree random on when you will pop a 90, as it would not be on demand. With having many Gems available with the casts pre-stored, then you can pull out a 90 cast whenever you choose. So just leave the placing of the casts onto items to the priests, as if this were to be implemented, priests would turn into nothing but simple batteries, casting until you have a large supply of high enchantments. Then you just head over to the market section of the forums, buy a few gems and poof, you have nearly cut out the middle priest.

Many thanks Rose and team! Fantastic fast service, would recommend to all.

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Hello Wurmians! Immediately after addition gravestone to game I noticed it is an inscription in runic writing. I'm interested in scandinavian culture so I easily translated this inscription. I had to share this curio but I was too lazy. Sorry.Let's see what came out. Gravestone in game: And after translate: For interested persons I put runic alphabet. https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQRt4QfnowttGYimjIk5gqyR1R32Qe0iL9bHYAiIMsAzTxaW8dL

Original Thread: http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/79987-lotus-landing-public-market/ Well due to personal reasons it appears that Lotus will not be returning to Release. So I have decided to purchase his old deed Lotus Landing. Now it still needs some attention and work and that will be a work in progress, so I will continue to work on the deed for the next couple of months. Some news about Lotus Landing: -It has one of the better locations, at least IMHO. Its fairly central to the map, yet still coastal and at the end of a road from Sloping Sands. One thing I am committed to is maintaining the water front as a public market. Right now there are still four merchants up with stock, and a fifth merchant should be arriving soon. There are currently 7 empty stalls. I will start working on the several incomplete stalls soon, as well as filling up all the spaces along the water designed for stalls. It appears right now there is space for 24 merchants along the water. -The name is going to change. And I think I am going to hold some sort of a contest to advise me on the choice of the name. Final name choice is mine however. -I believe in free trade. I don't care who puts a Merchant up or what prices they charge. Even if I don't like you, you can put up a merchant If you got a problem with that, great. Then just go somewhere else. That's fine by me. Just don't bother posting about it here, because really, I don't care -There is an excellent sermon site, that I initially helped Lotus design. I intend to eventually finish the Sermon Building, and in the meantime will leave it open for folks to stop by and use the altars, and eventually host sermon groups. Right now it is fenced and the deed has two Spirit Templar's so its about as secure as you can get short of me locking the gates, and then you couldn't access it anyway -It's my deed now. I bought it. I pay for it. I call the shots. If you don't like how I run it, or what I am doing to the deed, that's fine. But again don't bother posting because I don't really care. Just take your merchant somewhere else. Eventually the public trader will be closed off. Its not going to happen anytime soon, so plan on taking advantage while you can. And again if you don't like that, just see the above about my deed, my rules -I play pretty casually, so improvements are going to take time. I am going to handle this market deed in a casual manner. If you want to come and set up shop, fine knock yourself out. If not that's fine as well. One thing I will do is post a Merchant Deed Advertisement in the market area with the current merchants available and in general what types of stock they hold. -That's about it. Welcome to the Grand Reopening of Lotus Landing. Changes to follow and hopefully it will be a work in progress

This good person needs his own goodbye thread Didnt want to turn this in to a discussion thread... but will surely miss not having you around =) Cele is just getting emptier *.* That deed has so much amazing stuff inside of it + it's next to spawn.. uh it will get good $.

Yeah, was a great year (and some), but time to move on. Have to spend more time in work to finish my project and more time with my 2 small kids. Wurm needs a LOT of time and I dont have it now Will miss u all too. Found a lot of good friends and lost most of them in time (they stopped playing). We will see, maybe I will be back one day, but not soon.

To Santa Rolf and Team: I was raised to believe that it is naughty to tell everyone how nice you are. I am sure you just wanted me to think about all the nice things I see others do all year, so I just want to make sure you remember all my wonderful alliance members, when you hand out presents: Not only are they helpful on a daily basis, sharing their knowledge and skills, listen to the whining and encourage you when things are going slow, but they go out of their way to look out for everyone when they are on short or long, planned or unexpected breaks. Farms are tended, animals are groomed or drizzled, grass/crops replanted, outdoor containers repaired and no effort is spared trying to save animals that might be starving because of this - even going so far as to catapult food into locked pens. They will hunt you down in real life, when trolls bash your fences and let all your animals out, and will help rope in all the escaped animals, just like they hunt down all "misplaced" animals after server hickups. Troll lairs are bashed as soon as they are located, and any roaming trolls led to their deaths before they can cause too much damage to poorly defended or undefended deeds. But best of all, they make me laugh hysterically every single day I hope Snowtech, Bibi, Nusty, Menyanthes, Delakar and all their alts get some awesome presents from you

God dang it shrimp, you will NOT win!

Happy Birthday, awesome site of mining insa serenity! As a present, here a visual representation of the stages of emotional states I went through while working here. May many more push through.

Dear Santa, Rolf and team, This year I have done my best to spread Fo's light. I have helped my brothers and sisters of Jenn Kellon to achieve the greatest victory Chaos has seen in many an age, the raiding of the Empire of Mol Rehan's true capital and the pillaging of its artifacts. I have also partaken in the two largest skirmishes on Chaos this year, sanctifying the ground in Fo's name. In both skirmishes the kingdom of Jenn Kellon scored many a victory, even winning praise from its enemies, a rare feat. One of the battles involved an ambush so well executed the enemies of Jenn Kellon were completely routed leading to a large number of Mol Rehan deaths with nary a loss to Fo's faithful. The one thing I would really like this year is the champ system on Chaos to be completely removed as I believe it can only hinder the servers growth. I am very pleased with the advances Wurm has made and commend you all on the hard work you have done. May Fo's unending love shine upon you all this holiday season, no matter what colors you wear. -Dagobert

Ancient BL Tip #12 "If you have to ask if you can kill it, the answer is no."

+1 to this, limiting this aspect of the game takes away from our creative freedom

It is a transport vehicle.. at this time it allows only a commander and a ton of space for goods - it is not a battle wagon to transport the troops to the field.

Happy birthday, WURM Academy! It was the place where I started my WURM adventures, I had a great time on there and it will always have a sweet spot in my heart. You did a really great job with the academy; well done! Cheers, Alex

UNBEARABLE!

Have you tried making sails yet?

Hello Santa Rolf and Team, take some cookies and have some milk, leave the coal in the box i left in the entrance hall.

We have been fortunate to have two large groups of new players come to our server and join our Alliance in the last 2 weeks. Players with a great attitude but almost no Fighting Skill have joined with us in 3 defense battles on our home server in the last 8 days and have provided HUGE contributions helping us successfully engage enemy raiders. The new players were given full armor sets and got a couple of great affinities....but most importantly they now have a serious passion for PVP and defending* come to our server and help us continue to improve Serenity! Kuzym *success in PVP is not guaranteed--if you died with us it was probably Cobb's fault...he failed us in some way... :'(

Not a mega structure but is more of a traditional house...