Retrograde

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  1. can close

    Me! Shoot me a dm and I will follow it up
  2. Our goal is to not provide this every month, but instead more spread out in order to keep it a special event. It won't occur for every period of time.
  3. One step at a time! There's only discussion at the moment
  4. You're welcome to check out our VEN members for sure! As for deciding who gets what, don't worry about that bit, that's my burden to handle!
  5. The Gift Pack can contain the following items from previous gifts: festive bedroll snowman christmas saddle bags picnic basket yule reindeer yule goat snow lantern santa hat
  6. To address a few questions, the quality will be above the cap of the vein still, and it will still go above your existing skill, just not as high as it was before.
  7. It's being given to all players, not just NFI, I will clarify that further
  8. Pictures from the shoutbox - Guess who (@votip) End of a year And wow, what a year 2020 has been! With all the disruption going on in the world, Wurm has had its own journey, with the removal of RMT, account trading, and finally, launching on Steam! We've got some things in the works before the year is out, so let's get on with sharing it! Christmas time is giving time! The tradition continues with our Christmas gifts, with the main one being a - wow, almost had me spill it! You’ll have to check what it is come gift-giving time. That said, we know Northern Freedom Isles have missed out on all the previous years so we are including a special gift pack that will contain a random gift from years prior being given to all players on both Northern Isles and Southern Isles! Note: these gifts require the player to be premium to receive. The vintage gift pack is received when the Christmas gift is opened. You can also celebrate the silly season with our special Candy Cane short sword as this months Marks store skin! Hercules in New Haven Rifts in the Northern Isles After Christmas, we'll be introducing Rifts to Northern Freedom Isles! For a full rundown of Rifts, check out this wiki link here: https://www.wurmpedia.com/index.php/Rift We'll also be using this update to introduce runes, source, and allow imbues to be mixed and imbued on items following their rework: Reworking the imbues and runes. Previously, imbues and runes gave a massive boost to the top end of effective skill, allowing resulting items to be far greater quality than your skill. With this rework, we aim to keep some of that ability to exceed your maximum skill, but the focus is on increasing the minimum quality output, meaning it is far more effective at lower levels, while at higher levels skill is far more rewarding. This will apply to both the Northern Freedom Isles and Southern Freedom Isles. Rifts, Runes and Imbues will return on our patch on 29th December. Fighting Fit One of our first goals on the roadmap was addressing the combat system, and reworking it to make it a little more interactive and rewarding. This work is ongoing, with plans for public testing in January but for now, here's a little teaser. The goal is to encourage attacking undefended areas while actively defending areas being targetted. This will also include an update to auto fight which will handle most of this aspect if you so wish to, albeit a little less effectively. Special attacks are being buffed and reworked to be more rewarding in PvE combat as well as more useful in PvP combat. We are increasing the amount of visual feedback through creature status and in-game effects, aimed at reducing reliance on the combat log. Stay tuned for the new year when we announce public testing, both PvP and PvE! Biting Bugs! Some more news behind the scenes is the addition of Willow as our QA lead! She will be tackling bug reports, patch testing, and other various aspects to do with all things buggy and testing. Feeling Fatigued There's been an ongoing discussion around fatigue, and we know that it is a cause of annoyance for players who hit that wall. We want you to know that we are listening, and while we haven't decided on a full decision, we are discussing possible changes. News from the shoutbox: Somehow I don’t think Libila wants the competition... If you want to contribute your news, comments, or fan art, submit it to our shoutbox here! https://wurm.gg/shoutbox That’s it from us this week, I hope you all have a safe and happy festive season, keep an eye out for Christmas Critters across the lands, and as always, keep on Wurming! Retrograde & the Wurm team
  9. Submissions will be taken and shared across social media, sometimes used in Valrei Internationals, and other various places. That said, it won't operate on any set turnaround time, if an event is submitted it should be with significant advance notice (1 week) and will be shared across social media and the forums. If it's a quote, a screenshot, or something else, it could find itself held onto until a VI
  10. Simply upload the image to imgur or something and put the link in!
  11. There's a lot to unpack here, let's see Some questions are based around the same genre "what are you working on?" We've outlined what's in the Roadmap, and as we progress down that we should absolutely be showing what it is and how we're progressing in it. Other questions about various suggestions are more tricky, and involve a much longer discussion than one or two sentences. The amount of people who want it, and how long it's been suggested doesn't always mesh well with where the game is at, what the focus is, and what our goals are too. Exploration is one of the key areas of our focus of 2021, as we go over that we will pull suggestions regarding exploration, cartography and various other ideas over the years into a brainstorming session to ensure we can make it work. Suggestions aren't things to take and slot in, they're ideas we can use when working on various projects. I'd also like to remind you that Tich wrote the suggestion for cooking in 2008, and someone said the exact same thing "the design work is done, all that's left is to actually code it" and it took her 10-12 months to do the coding work. I would love to work more with suggestions, but they don't always prove to be "oh just do the coding" or "its a five minute change" There's a lot of other factors to take in, and often can require a lot of backtracking to identify where it might break something else TL;DR Can we do more? Yes, and we will work on that Can I do more? Absolutely, and I will continue to do my best to improve on the areas raised.
  12. I am all for creative and engaging events, and I know the sheer amount of work and logistics behind it. If anyone would like to talk about events, support and logistics, feel free to shoot me a DM and we'll chat
  13. I think what I'm saying is that we're not looking to reward people with silver or premium for coming up with event ideas, however we're always open to them and have worked with many event creators in the past and have made sure to recognise their efforts, and will continue to do so.
  14. I can't say any of the numerous people I've worked with and supported with events have ever asked for compensation for doing so. There have been many instances where we have done things for recognition, impalongs getting special signs, event creators getting special versions of the event item as a thank you, other various factors I don't think that Remuneration is the reason people put on community events, and I don't think that it encourages the right kind of spirit towards it, but recognition of the work and effort put in is always something we seek to do.
  15. We've actually worked closely with many events that people have put together! We provide amplification, rewards for the event, and other things. I don't think that direct rewards for those who organise the events has been included in any major aspect, but I'm not opposed to recognising the efforts if it suits the situation. We also have our valrei entertainment network streamers who produce content and routinely showcase many aspects of the game.
  16. This is amazing, we have a special place you can let us know of such events for sharing too! https://wurm.gg/shoutbox This helps make sure we don't miss things and can amplify them across social media!
  17. No worries, it's one of my favourite mods tbh
  18. As it is a client mod, it only affects your client, you can set the time of day to any time for your preference (i.e. never night if you don't like it)
  19. In this instance, standalone version means the original game is modified to be playable by a single player outside of the MMORPG experience. This bears no implication that the game is the exact same, and would actually expressly indicate the opposite, that it is a different version, and thus not expected to have the same features.
  20. yes, other servers would be much better to cover as well. I liked Xanadu because it give a sense of exploration rather than just following roads, but for sure!
  21. It's okay Votip, you win too ❤️
  22. It's a curated experience, so we'll use various pieces accordingly
  23. Ever want to shout your news from the rooftops, get it in the Valrei International, or social pages? Well now you can! Introducing the "Town Crier" (more commonly known as a shoutbox). A place for you to share quotes, news, pictures, anything you'd like to see broadcast to a larger audience (no ads though please!) Simply fill out the form, and you may see your message in the news posts, social media, or various other places, so get shouting! https://wurm.gg/shoutbox