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everything looks great P.S. to the people complaining about these "safe zones" and "raid times" these are the same people who have been consistently ran off of entire clusters due to constant pressure its time for a shift to a more healthy environment, and I think you're hitting it on the head. there will be of course things that need nurturing as you go along, but it looks promising

Sorry misread getting tired, can make horses able to be ridden at earlier ages to seems like a fair change.

This is a mix of responding to posts and revisions based on those same comments. Raid Window/Mines Newly created deeds will be raidable for 48 hours when created outside of the safe zone. After this 48 hours normal raid windows will begin. Draining a deed will reset the cooldown for changing the drain window and cannot be changed with enemies on the deed. If a raid window is not set a deed will be raidable at all hours. Raid windows will have a set duration now 8 hours outside safezone 4 hours inside safezone Remember there are nerfs to how defendable you can make a deed now dirt walls cannot be nearly as tall and mines need 3 tiles between them. Also need to consider there is tower chaining now you cannot just build a deed directly next to someone you will need to chain towers and destroy the enemy towers to do this. Breaking reinforcements off deed will also be extremely easy now. With these changes I feel confident most of the concerns will be difficult to pull off. Walls and fences on the deed will be indestructible outside raid windows. War bonus will cap around 20% reduced damage and won't be anything too insane. Will look into having off deed mines stay locked but be extremely easy to bash. Other Servers are planned to launch together. Meditation will now cross over, paths and path levels will not but are capped at 9 as noted. Tomes will not come from any source on this new server, but as noted some of the karma spells will be available to anyone with a staff and karma. None of these changes are planned to cross over to existing pvp server unless there is support for it. Horses can breed at younger ages now. Can look at adding base DR similar to sotg to everyone as the server progresses if damage output is still too high. PMKs will be enabled at some point just not on launch to give starter kingdoms time to expand and claim land. My best estimate is a month or two, we want to give base kingdoms time to make towers and claim land before unleashing PMKs. Capitals for those who do not know are set by the king and do not need to be the deed they live in, the reduce the cost of upkeep on a deed by half.

I don't believe they are contradictory at all, the servers are not connected in the way that you can sail and there is no pvp missed by catching people travelling to and from pve, so the way I see it is like an epic-freedom connection and I am not a fan of mechanics that punish people for picking one or the other. To say that people can "teleport" from pve straight to the deed would only be the case if you were able to sail, the likeness would only be able to be drawn if every time anyone logged out at all they were sent back to the spawn town. Since the two servers are not traditionally joined and no items swap its more like someone logged out to play some other game and then their mates alerted everyone in discord to log in. To the alternate suggestion of blocking someone from logging in just because there is enemy in local - Who are the enemy to decide when someone can and cant use their premium account? I don't imagine that would equate to happy customers. As far as skill transfers go I can understand the reason to prevent FS cross over (despite opening characteristic windows) and again just like epic/freedom, faith not swapping (to a degree), but anything beyond that goes back into the punishment of choice and the final nail that was in epics coffin. The more there is a loss from swapping over the more people will stop swapping, especially when the current player base are already being double dipped to participate in the new fun.

SB: 10s Min Increment: 1s Snipe Protection: none Auction time: 24 hr

Have spent much time on the mountains of Release lately looking for the avatars.

A suggestion regarding raid windows that I haven't thought through very much, so feel free to shoot it down: Perhaps have a deed's raid window length increase the further out from the starter deed it is? So you could choose to deed near the relative safety of the starter deed zone, but you would be further away from the action. Or you could strategically place your deed further away from the starter deed (for example a war deed, or area denial deed), but that would be have a much larger raid window (or no window at all). I don't think people are particularly upset when a war deed gets raided, as that's basically what they're there for.

Thanks a lot for the great work you're putting in! I want to offer some feedback on the raid windows as they're something I'm rather concerned about. Firstly, I feel like you're overestimating how fast a group can mine into a reinforced mine, even when you have exact knowledge of its location. Let's say the two deeds are 50 tiles apart, then there is absolutely no way that raiders will not pop local at both deeds when they attempt to ride up to this connecting mine. Then they'll need to dig to rock and subsequently mine some tiles + smash a reinforced tile before they're in. In the meantime, all the defenders have to do is hop on a wagon with an alt and ride 50 tiles through a tunnel. Bonus points if it's 3 deeds connected in a triangle and you're gonna have to make a guess as to which tunnel is being used. And this is assuming that the wagon isn't already in an unraidable deed because the windows will tell defenders exactly where to keep their wagons safe. Secondly, I think the raid windows you proposed are rather short.When we were raiding enemy capitals and other big deeds back in 2012 / 2013, raiding took well over 10 hours, even if we managed to catch a deed at a time when there were no defenders online. At the time, deeds could have high dirtwalls and so on, sure. But, getting in was rarely the biggest time sink. Even for those deeds with 800+ slope, what took the longest was going through the actual deed, breaking into houses we thought had valuable loot, breaking into the deed's vault (which was often strongwalled at the time of getting there). Moving the loot out of there and so on. Even when Epic was at its most active, proper raids were rare, in the order of 1-2 a year. They took weeks or sometimes months to prepare. I think 8 hours is really pushing it. It might be true that defenses cannot be as strong now, but I feel that that was rarely an issue. Also, since you mention lock picking will be possible outside raid windows. How about draining? I don't think it's that hard to summon 5 characters in alliance willing to be in some random other deed for a bit. Just take 5 priest alts / batteries / storage alts and /vinvite them remotely, while they can physically remain in their original deeds. It's not a very steep requirement really.

The new raid system is awesome & will be awesome for the game.. Having that small window of your choosing will be great for the game.. No more night raids while people asleep & so much damage being done during this time that it forces people out off the server and leave a bad taste for them about pvp…. Also with the off night raiding a lot of people lose what they worked hard for without even having a chance to defend because they had work to go too... and this is why the game is dead today... So if u guys really want to see the game take off do not change anything on the new raid system... because if u do, U just playing into the hands of what other groups want.. And not whats best for the game..... Because since this game started people always looked to take advantage of offline raiding knowing people are asleep & that most have work when they wake up.. And tbh this is a really shitty tactic & very toxic for the game. So to the people working hand on these updates stop giving into groups & grow a set of balls & do whats right for the game & not the groups wanting whats best for there egos..

sounds sick dude, except....it doesn't it would mean that you at some point have a whole gearset you can't lose apart from that, why would you get these "pvp points" for not actually pvp'ing lol

Hiya Etherdrifter I have a 99+ skill in both. There are lots of reasons to forage and/or botanise - skill being just one of them. The way that you grind the skill will be determined partly by what else you want out of it. Location is one of the biggest factors - how much land you can devote to the task, how secure/local/accessible it is, and for what other purposes it is being used. The other uses to which the land is put will have a bearing on the type of tiles available to you for your grind. Any grind then has to fit in with your lifestyle and the other things you want to do. I have complex reasons behind my foraging/botanising decisions, but I personally use wild grass with flowers. I eat foraging and botanising pizzas, and I use sleep bonus. Look for a place that is a pleasant, safe environment to spend your time, because, you will spend a lot of time on these skills, so you might as well choose somewhere you can relax and enjoy the scenery. Happy Foraging and Botanising!

Top secret new weapon being designed, Claw Weapons.

Introducing WU The Western Union, Wurm Unlimited Server! Brought to you by former members of the Western Union Alliance on Xanadu and Independence. The server's dimensions include 12 PVE islands and a central PVP island. We have a great deal of mods, please visit our website to see the full list at link below. At present, main events are focusing on server projects, rather it is working on the starting towns or building roads. They occur every two weeks on Thursdays at 7pm (GMT -8). Eventually, we’ll be planning more events, but prizes are awarded to those who attend the events. Events will be announced via Steam Group calendar. Steam Group @ https://steamcommunity.com/groups/WU_The_Western_Union Map @ https://starshipctm.com/wuthewesternunion/map.html Mods list @: https://starshipctm.com/wuthewesternunion Details: * Characteristics start at 20 with the exception of body control and mind logic which is set to 25 * Players may have a main character and a priest alt, any additional alts may be frowned upon. * Deeds maintenance is set to free, but we ask that you do not make multiple deeds. We suggest that players join the Mol-Rehan Kingdom, as it is the most prepared, only those with the adventuring spirit can select Jenn-Kellon, or Horde of the Summoned. There are multiple CA’s to manage both the technical aspects of the server. Our CA's play at different times so there's a good chance someone will be available to support you. If not please open a ticket in game, or post your issues in the steam group discussions for server CA help. We are always looking out for devoted players to become community assistants (CA). PM Rkjasminth or Eridil for details on how to join the server. General Settings Name: WU The Western Union Tags: PvE - PVP- Free Deed - Bounties - Modded Server-Location: USA Central Est. Around March 2020 PvE and PVP Skill gain rate multiplier : 4x Kingdoms: Mol-Rehan Jenn-Kellon Horde of the Summoned

When I butchered an old tortoise, I got some meat. The meat read 'seafood' - a tortoise is not a sea creature! A turtle is a sea creature, a tortoise is a land creature - I think we probably need to make a clear distinction between a tortoise (a land creature, with stumpy feet, which is what the graphics for this animal look like) and a turtle (which has flippers and swims in the sea). [14:30:31] You butcher the corpse of old tortoise. [14:30:31] You produce some meat. It would be nice to know which animal the devs had in mind when they designed this creature.

Been forever since I've been to an impalong! I'd love to come.. I'm bringing myself (Stargrace in-game) and can help with BS, WS, Carp, Fine carp, (70+) Also going to drag along an alt for a spare sermon body (Blesse in-game, Fo) and maybe a few more bodies depending on how many alts I prem before the event..

You're wrong. 😃 It was firmly tongue in cheek. I am suggesting that our suggestions are collectively contradictory and impossible. I had really hoped the "This may require a bit of coding" for a game to read your mind and adjust on the fly was hanging a lampshade on it.

Really looking forward to the steam launch. Wish I had been around for Jackal. Looking forward to this launch with this group.

that's called using the games mechanics let's be real here tho you can't come up with a scenario that isn't "exploitable", you just need to be creative and can find solutions for any problem don't overthink it, imo we have a good system on our hands any more extension of the raid window and it's basically redundant

I would like to show up. Hope I make it. I can do carp, fine carp, blacksmithing, jewelry smithing, cloth tailoring, and leatherworking. Would like to reserve a room if u got one available (Teeebomb, three e's, lol). Very happy to see VirusMD still in the impalong businsess 🙂

I will be there. I can do quite a few imps BS, JS, C, FC, SB, M, CT, LW. I will bring Serilith, he isn't currently premium, but can add premium if needed for pottery. Kenolein can do LT. Kylan can do Web Armor, Stone Strike, Fire protect and Blaze.

[06:49:01] The items silently disappear from the spirit cottage. You expect them to arrive in less than ten minutes. Sorry for the delay. Enjoy!

Essentially, no matter how weak reinforcements are, you won't have the time to dig down, open a mine, tunnel, mine through the reinforcements, etc, when the defenders can just have wagons ready to be moved in a minute. And once the wagon reaches the non-raid-window deed, the tunnel will be blocked by an impenetrable underground door. And that's assuming you know where their mine system is.

Skipping foal stages completely seems reasonable to me, helps remove barriers to pvp but its not really my call idk someone else might think it makes it too easy or something silly like that

would look pretty stupid to ride a tiny foal and already does look silly to ride a young horse, just looking for the faster foal stage

No, you can use it with both live and beta branches of the game. This version is somewhat experimental, since i rewrote huge chunks of code, and might contain bugs, hence it's beta until i can do more testing myself or get more feedback from users.

edit: Yes, that is a decent deal especially from a local seller, I like buying local and if the guy is a computer enthusiast and friendly, it is easier to get things resolved if there are any issues, and he might be friendly and willing to make sure it gets installed and running properly. Or he might be prickly and no help at all 😛 Most DDR4 systems are newer and so a better longterm investment than older DDR3 systems (mine is a DDR3, so those are not THAT bad just a bit older architecture). GTX1060 is fine for gaming. While I am not overly fond of HP desktops in general (sometimes they cut corners on thinks like power supplies) I guess the Omen is their flagship gaming line and this sounds like a decent setup at a very fair price. Your friends "custombuilt" #1 at $400 actually would have been a really good deal. Oh well sometimes the timing is not quite right. #2 at $300 is a decent deal too. Not sure how you feel about buying off ebay (you have to be careful but can find some bargains) but something like these might be worth watching Bidding, final price -will- be higher! > Ryzen 7 1700 3Ghz 32Gb 500Gb SSD GeForce GTX 1050Ti (=NOT= as good as your friends #1, more ram but cpu/gpu is weaker). No idea how high this one will end up though. A "barebones" system like this will run Wurm 'as is" for now but some day you'll want to add better graphics. more ram and a second 'big' hard drive for files If you feel comfortable adding your own operating system. Again not as good as your friends custombuilt one. Ryzen 5 3600/16G/GTX1650 is a good triad but will also cost a little more than the above options. You can use those "CompareCPU/ConpareGPU" sites to see how much better or worse a certain part is. If you are kind of excited about the idea of building your own, someone else here can help you find a decent parts list on one of those PCPartsPicker sites as I am not as up to date on all the little compatibility issues. Which is why its sometimes nice to find one "almost" ready to go, or at least a "partspicker" list that everyone agrees is good value and compatible.

Perfect service, i definetely recommend ! Very nice people, always a pleasure to chat with, very affordable prices, quick and friendly. Have many imp / enchants i'll have to order in the near future and it will be at Honeywood and nowhere else !

Name the pve server: PVP Server Name the pvp server: PVE Server Imagine the panic and disbelief each day for pve ppl as they see they are connecting to the PVP Server and the other way around

why are we not going to let meditation skill cross over? most people dont even want to level it once. now if any player wants to get meditation skill on both sides they would have to meditate port over and meditate, and port back again just to continue what they were doing. And to top it all off put a meditation cap on 50 for pvp server which doesnt make it very useful. So because its not as useful, why are we not letting it cross ? What harm will it cause to allow people mediation on either server to keep the skills.

The $600 microcenter laptop I linked is more than serviceable. The downside is primarily in battery life and heat output (not throttling). Notebookcheck is a good reference for the relative performance of graphics and also contained TDP/TGP information, which refers to the amount of power the part pulls under normal high load. GPU and CPU routinely violate the number under boost or torture (furmark) loads, but its still a good idea of the power and therefore heat the laptop needs to sink. The 1650 is no slouch by any means, as it outperforms my 970M GTX which can play wurm mid-high and still good enough for most new games coming out.

Medieval History of the Pocket Sundial Pull it out and check the time, or let it act like a compass and have a constant on-screen indicator. It could even be an advanced type of compass. I like the idea of a small audio cue at Sunrise/Sunset, something soothing and barely noticeable (<<a little more muffled than that) but there for those who know to listen for it. Maybe for everyone, or maybe only for those with an "onscreen time piece" (maybe work custom timers into it) Like the birds/crickets that let you know a farm tile has advanced. Maybe a woodpecker sound, or a spring peeper frog. For those who prefer a handsome new piece of furtniute in their house, Medieval clocks https://www.pinterest.ca/williamperriam/medieval-clock/

This would bring a lot of QoL to new players. Also, option to expand bank storage by 10 slots would make a good reward token purchase....

Maybe the new PvE server should be pre-emptively named "land of many small carts."

Some nice grey sky over my deed during the rite of death on Release a few weeks ago.

I can't believe this discussion is still going on, and it's probably going to get the thread locked if it continues, so let's not do that. The decision has been made so let's move forward. If you want to participate in the Steam launch, you can do that. If you want to participate in the Impalong, you can do that. If you want to participate in both, there is enough time in one day to do both, so you can do that.

Yeah, I've seen that people seem to be more focused on increasing their skills or having some sort of payoff for an action. That and also you don't have to be right next to someone to talk to them. So you don't have to be sat down facing someone to see their words and what have you. On games such as Second Life for example, the people there will use the objects to sit down and interact with the world around them (Maybe not all of them mind but the majority). Maybe the style of wurm which is more timer based and not as interactive might factor in as well. I invited one of my real life friends to come and play wurm and she plays wurm totally differently to everyone else who I have met. She does not care about skills or increasing stats...etc but instead she cares about interacting with the world itself. She can come online and go for a swim in the village pond that she built or she might gaze up at the trees and see how pretty and wonderful they are to look at. Then she wants to plant her own trees and sit down on a nice bench over looking the pond. She even had a go in the rowing boat. All just for the fun of it. To mess around. To experience and interact with the world. No reason for doing those things. It was just something she liked to do. It was nice to have her come and visit now and again because she was different from everyone else who I met who was more goal based. I mean, I normally came on wurm and I just had project after project to do. Buildings to make, mats to create, land to change....etc..etc. There did not seem to be any sort of break from that. I was either doing work or I was talking to someone else who was doing work (Projects/skills..etc) or even talking about future plans and goals. There did not seem to be any sort of stopping and just interacting with the world or messing around with some sort of silly fun. I've had a few moments with mostly new players where I had a break from projects and just messed around. Like the time when I went running off the top of a really tall building and into the water below. With other villagers in the town. While another person was watching in their boat and another person was in the water taking pictures and another person was jumping off with me. Those kind of moments were more special to me at least then the moments of being stood in front of a large crate creating non stop mortar and stone bricks to create a building. I don't mind doing those goal things but it would be nice to have more interaction, more games, more social stuff now and again. Just messing around for no other reason then messing around.

And sunset today when I went sailing.... (be still my heart...)

Literally made Wurm World News back in 2014 , - note this village was built with all brand new chars, no veteran chars were allowed at the time Lit

its time my baby! Long live Libila!

The view from west coast Release before this mountain tried to kill me three or four times...

This is the view from the mountain above Spider Gardens in Northern Indy

Careful what you ask for!

A few people from our alliance had a nice sunrise viewing party on the Finality bridge Watching the first sunrise with the new visuals

Just lost 6 nets (ql50 ca.) for not looking at during 5 or 6 days on deed. That is no normal decay but just idiocy. Granted, in the beginning this could happen on a single day. But that is no justification for such nonsense. It is not that nets are too hard to craft or imp, but it is simply a pain, that a normal piece of equipment or tool is rotting away at such rates. Please fix.