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So Dreadnaught Dynasty had a top secret meeting.... we found a job for Kix to do during the meeting. He was the slave boy that had to fetch Worldtender and Willieman their drinks!

Sorry @Keenan, it just happened.

We know what Keenan's doing today: Happy Birthday!

I guess that happens when you don't check your basement regularly enough.

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The insanity hallucinations with Scorn and the team are cool and all, but don't freak you out like they supposed to. They have a BLUE outline so you are don't trip too much when seeing them. Was hoping the outlines could be changed to RED so they look like a real enemy and takes you a minutes to figure out the name or right click nothing and the like. At least on Chaos if not on freedom. If people complain about being more freaked out while on path of insanity then you shouldn't be on it. Now I see the Scorn Troll and I'm like...eh..whatever. The BLUE outline ruins it.

Are we getting capes/cloaks after or before the new UI?

It would be fun to have secret doors that you can build that have the textures of a wall of a given type but if you have the permissions the wall slides sideways and you can enter a hidden room.

Ok then. Let's start another story. Once was a man with eyes could see what others had thought was not, So he sat down distraught and made up this plot to bring them out to play, While he watched them pass by they seemed quite shy, As if to say, No way... =Ayes=

@Ayes - any sort of two factor authentication will not be mandatory, only strongly recommended. We will be building other measures into the upcoming account system as well. @Baloo- I've actually had it on my list to search for a Linux alternative since you mentioned it before. The closest I've come are a few Chrome extensions, but I'm sure there's something else out there too. I'll comment with more information when I've had the time to look.

No way! I have never shared my accounts with anyone nor used theirs but I certainly don't want a Mandatory double authentication system enabled in order to be able to log into them, especially linked to a telephone number. Believe it or not some people do very well without any phone at all. That is of course until some financial services, government entities, email services, gaming companies and various *have the right to coerce you into having one in order to provide their services* etcs. get the bright idea that you must have a phone#. Most likely it will again be optional to use for logging in. If I can opt out I will care less one way or the other. =Ayes=

I ... don't know what to say... I shall... Go to my corner and ponder these new revelations.

We have some great "Kingdom Events" involving bears

Stay tuned for details on an upcoming account system.

Strongbox, Serenity - Blart Step right up Wurmians! Another week down and more news for you all, let's jump right in! Midsummer madness It's been an awesome week with the midsummer events, many of you got lost, scared, and some even went insane, which is about par for the course of any of our events! I'd like to thank you all for attending and hope you all enjoyed it, it'll run until the end of July and then we'll look at dismantling it, so make sure to attend before then and get your mask! Forum upgrades As many of you will have noticed we had some performance updates with the forums, hopefully eliminating the double posting and extra threads. We also included two factor authentication, which will provide even greater security for accounts on the forum moving forwards. While hopefully the larger issues have been resolved, we'll continue to work on tweaking the forums to ensure they are an enjoyable and easy experience for all (Not including the posts!) WU Beta Wurm Unlimited 1.4.0.0 is here! With all the bridge textures and underground changes, they mark the next major update to the game. The beta will run throughout the week and we'll keep an eye on any issues raised by those running it, before launching the live version, so stay tuned for that! Cave exits Some players asked about the ability to pave cave exits, and while the answer was that it was unlikely, it did get some cogs turning. With a bit (lot) of work, I'm pleased to announce they will be coming soon! There's a bit of work still being done but cave exits will be able to be paved! Cooking rarity and affinities As you all know we ran the in-game poll on cooking affinities, and the results were extremely close. With a difference of less than 1% of the total votes. Being such a close result, we have decided to go with keeping rarity affecting affinity on both cooking systems. This was the slightly favoured result and avoids those who have spent time learning their affinities on rare+ cookers losing that time spent. We appreciate everyone taking the time to share their thoughts on it, and will continue to use in-game polls for important issues such as this in the future. Community content I spend a fair amount of my time on YouTube watching Wurm videos, and the other day I stumbled across one, Riddles explores Wurm online. It's an amusing series that I hope continues, because I certainly enjoyed the first three, catch the first here: That's it from us this week, I hope you all have a great weekend, and as always, keep on Wurming! Retrograde & the Wurm team.

You don't need to pay for anything. There are options that work without a smartphone. I'm finding this misinformation is common though. Perhaps I'll nag someone to do a FAQ write-up to help dispel it. No, you don't need a smartphone. No, it doesn't need personal information. No, you don't need a Google account. No, it doesn't even need network access. Yes, it's as simple as scanning a code.

Alt's really isn't that much of an issue on Chaos. Most of the time it's new players popping alarms and they get blamed as being alts of other kingdoms - but they are not. There is already an anti-spy prevention that doesn't allow a player to be logged into two characters in two different kingdoms at the same time as well. As for freedom... well if players are paying extra for having more premium toons then they are getting what they are paying for and making the most of it. Why penalise them for investing money into the game?

I think it would be neat if you could purchase wagoner contracts. When you use them, it sets down a depot, let's call it a "Wagoner Resting Place". Then you can buy from and sell to other players who have done the same who have set them up on the highway! This would be for bulk goods of course. Let's say the wagoner contract will cost 5 silver to prevent them from being everywhere. Just came up with this idea myself without seeing it in the WU source code and thought I'd post this completely original idea.

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Some might remember the challenge server, these were rewarded to winners for that round, looking to sell this - if interested PM. It's a exclusive item and is pc/priced around a scale set if that helps, it's fancy. But I'm willing to hear your offers regardless and open to trades. I'll be reasonable for the most part.

Looking forward to checking this out Rolandt, hoping to bring some friends with me as well! I do have a couple questions... 1. The post above says launch is July 9th, however under Weekly News and Events on your website it says July 7th. Just looking for clarification as to which is correct so I can plan accordingly. 2. One of the mods you're implementing is Faster Mounts, does this mod also affect cart speed? Another server I was on had cart speeds sped up and after using it for a little while, find that it is quite desirable. 3. I would suggest amending the Foundation Pack in your shop to contain a tool of choice rather than random one. I know I would be more inclined to purchase a pack if I knew what I was getting. I like everything I am seeing and am looking forward to your launch!

Dreadnaught Dynasty is a super active and growing Kingdom! Last night we did a raid against Panda and it was a great learning experiences for our newest recruits. Now is a great time to join us and we had players without 70fs and 50 shield skill on our front lines last night helping with the raid. You do not need a top tier account to join us and have fun. Also crafters and builders are just as important to us! Only requirement really is that you have discord and a headset.

Very quick and smooth transaction. Would definitely recommend.

FTFY

Bought from Darkstorm a couple of times now, and couldn't be more satisfied. Cheers!

Cladding is a cover/siding material placed over a wall, it's usually for aesthetics but can also have other purposes (maybe insulation too?). (I am not sure if it is a term used more in Europe, as the first time I recall the word is after the Grenfell fire when inflammable material that covered the public housing tower was blamed for the fatal fire that killed over 70.) In my part of the USA, we are more likely to use the word "siding". In this case, it's from the May 18 update: Cave building Clad reinforced cave walls introduced. Created by activating a trowel and building on a reinforced wall.

Black Rituals at Lunar Castle

then tie it into deed only, or something. i'd like to dispel because i have a rare mailbox stuck at 99 courier and id like higher, but i cant exactly spam rare mailboxes like cake and pray rng doesnt screw me over

so i always ubuntu software center to look for new software to try, including games. So i thought it would be a good place for wurm to make itself seen by a wider audience. You could include it under the category of Other: Sandbox or if possible that one plus adventure, role playing, and simulation maybe. Im not a techie so i dont know how difficult it is to do to include, but im sure theres millions of ubuntu ( and other flavors of linux ) that browse that regularly. Another thing is most software in there is free ( as that is the philosophy of gnu-linux, or at least linux, but that is a discussion for another time. So you would need to describe it something like, free with some limitations, or something like that. And also the need for internet. Now as usual theres a bit of room for drama and i dont want people coming in and arguing with me that its been discontinued. I see new software in there all the time. How do they include it in discontinued software, i dont know. Theres alternatives like gnome software application, and play on linux etc. That i highly recomment also for reaching new audience, especially Play On Linux. Anyway i think this adds possibilities to advertise for free and reach a huge amount of people for free. cheers

Added Nadroj and boilingfort requests to my todo. As for the server travel on Wurm Unlimited, I'd have to investigate this further. I thought it should work the same as with WO. Not sure when I'll have a bit more time to do this though. Does restarting WA fix the issue?

1 day old posting account with a single post. This is not a legit price check. This account is right on the money at 250e.

I've disabled the caching until I can find a better solution that only caches images hosted from insecure websites.

Or you can "care" and still not choose to use the authenticator. Already went into that but apparently not liked by someone, or maybe a few. Yoo hoo, know who. Less is normally better for those who prefer to avoid needless paranoid options. There ya have it! =Ayes=

No. -1

Prior to using the authenticator, I never had to log in. My account remained logged in permanently as intended both on my PC and my phone. Since using the authenticator, it kicks me out several times a day on both devices. Today I had to log in about 4 times on my pc and about 3 times on my phone. This requires me to get off my rear end and go hunting for my phone. There is no more quick checking my phone at work either for messages, as I have to go into the ritual of entering my user/password, then toggling to the authenticator, then waiting for it to get he max timer again, then toggling back to the forums to enter the code to finally log in. Its a real headache. I am not sure if this intended, but if it is, its a deal breaker.

give cloaks out for your loyal subscribers (i'm almost a princess) [21:26:07] You have been premium consecutively for 44 months since Dec 2013.

I find it difficult to understand why people complain over an option that is available now that wasnt available before. It costs nothing. You now can choose to use the authenticator or go back to your standard user/password combination. The use of the authenticator is heavily encouraged, but not mandatory. If tomorrow you wake up, quit your real life job and make Wurm the center of your universe, you have an option available to you to secure your account better. If you are one of those who could care less if someone steals it or it gets misused, you can ignore the authenticator. What's not to like? More is better.

Grand opening!! The grand opening of our new Spawn Town Genesis will be celebrated this Sunday, July 2nd 2017 at around 8 PM UTC. Ribbon Cutting, games, prizes and a lot more Make sure to attend this amazing opening event! http://sklotopolis.freeforums.net/thread/2048/community-event-genesis-grand-opening

King Crimson has still got it after all these years. Went to their concert last night. Got to see them perform this song, which has always been one of my favorites. Amazing, amazing, musicians. I was a fan back in the 70s and went to many of their concerts, and musically they haven't suffered in the least from the lineup changes over the years. If anything, they've gotten better with age.

Maybe slightly off-topic, but related to the original post in a way: I once played a different online game and was part and later a leader of a guild. In our guild we had a player - a relatively young fellow - who loved playing in a role of a "tank". He wasn't the best tank we had, but he was certainly not the worst and he was visibly improving from week to week... working very hard at getting better. His joy from being part of a large guild and having an increasingly important role was very visible to us all. One day, he simply vanished. We learned quickly that he passed away. It turned out that the player was a very sick person with deteriorating health who was in late stage of his illness. He was bound to a wheelchair and had increasing trouble performing many every day actions... except playing on the computer. The game we played - especially our guild - became very important to him, as it was his only source of entertainment that he could indepenently enjoy. His parents told us later that he often spoke of us and considered our acceptance of him a very important factor in his life. Of course, none of us knew he was sick... We were all nice to him, but none of us formed a close bond with the player, nor stopped to chat at length. While my relationship with him was very friendly, to this day I wish I spent a bit more time making him feel a bit more special. So... Don't forget to love people. They leave so fast...

I lived for about 1.5 years on a island. (Horseshoe island on Pristine) Before bridges even existed. Or the load mechanic. We have asked them numerous times for animal crates to be able to transport animals to islands. (The excuse has been that they each have unique codes and therefore wouldn't be able to be transported from server to server.) Now there seems to be the 'well you can just make a bridge' being bandied about...not everyone wants a bridge connecting their island/or has the skills to get it done. Yes, it does make sense to just not have some animals able to swim and I certainly don't agree with giving them all swimming ability...but there needs to be a way other than 'Go build a bridge'. Depending on the size of the island, and where it is (For example south Xan would be bad for attempting to get spawns.)...you could attempt to create the conditions for something to spawn...but if you're on one of the tiny islands and your deed takes the whole island, you are just out of luck altogether currently. Back when, the only way was to land bridge. Imagine the uproar people caused when someone would land-bridge to get some animals...and then someone else would demolish it to get their trade route back, and then the person would re-land-bridge...and it would go back and forth and drama was created. This was part of the intention behind it. To create conflicts. The game was originally intended to be full PvP by the founder of the game. A lot of the players end up on PvE though. We should be past this type of stuff by now...

More holiday pictures! Winter wonderland And spring has broken, bringing with it a new rift

Ringo Starr invents music with Shelly Long, Dennis Quaid and others, from the movie Caveman.

Yes, and its nothing new, its in line with every other working mechanic on deeds, witht he sole exception of the untouchable ships. So there is no added danger to the "legacy" of one person or alliance. Im just trying to defuse the fear mongering over such an innocent and inocuous suggestion as, being able to RENAME a bridge that is on your own, payed for property, just like you would be able to do with any other structure you own.

That makes absolutely no sense. GMs already have to worry about ofensive names on structures and Im sure they dont wander around wurm checking for names, but rather, playes report offensive names for GMs to look at. Bridges would make no difference.

It's almost like some people don't realize that rare items are immortal, players have every reason to preserve them and have been accumulating for 10 years (or whenever rares were added). Nerfing rare creation only punishes new players. There are ways to address that (without punishing old or new players) but that would be for the suggestion forum.

A new experiment with the new walls. Couldnt do much about the stripe (due to the way i had planned the interior) but hopefully the trimless versions of those oriels will be in soon. Couple errant walls I need to change and some other minor changes I think are in order. But at least its done and I can start putting in the landscaping.