Retrograde

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  2. Posted

    Honestly, the best changes I've seen over the years has been the efforts of the dev teams in addressing bugs and tackling issues. I still recall the off-deed bug that affected you deeply @Brash_Endeavors as well as the server being offline for a weekend due to rolf not getting the message that it was down back in 2015, the work of Keenan, Samool, past and present devs in ensuring that major issues are addressed quickly, nd that server downtime has been kept to a minimum has been a huge change in the game. 

     

    I do miss @spellcastgiving me a supreme mallet on test as we all played one weekend because I asked nicely, we had to give a reason why we needed it (as it was only for testing) so we said we wanted to test the effects of supreme mallets in combat, good enough! 

  3. Posted

    Lots of interesting points! 

     

    For the report QL, it's an average of your skill AND the report quality, capped at 85. 

     

    I have my own findings from experimenting, things such as age of deed, how long it's been abandoned for also playing a part 

     

    Indy is the best for the big caches, up in the north. 

  6. Posted


    I looked it up the other day, seven years since I took on the name of Retro, helping out as a PR assistant under RedBaron, I didn't realise it had been so long. 

     

    And it has been long; it's been a significant journey with all of you, team and players alike. We've seen bridges come (!) as well as underground houses, rifts, and the launch on Steam, seriously too many events to cover all of them (Have you ever tried to make a big deal about being able to place things on tables in a press release?) 

     

    It's not just about what we've done too; it's about what YOU, the players have done as well. Countless impalongs, events, more than one piece of fanart of me (seriously), and years of good times and some bad puns have passed.

     

    With that said, it also feels too short, like it passed in the blink of an eye, and realising that it wasn't last month that Tich told me to "F$%k off" when I casually suggested more stair types, or that Grifo has been calling me Bluto for near two years now, it has been fun. 

     

    I'm sure by now you're all aware of where this is leading, but I've decided to move on from Wurm and find greener pastures to cause havoc on.

     

    My replacement will be the lovely @DemonaNightshadea well known and bright member of the community. She is excited at the opportunity to work with you all to build a cheerful and optimistic community together. 

     

    I'll be around until the end of March as we work on handover and getting Demona up to speed, and I'll still be playing, roaming Release and other servers while I hunt for bug guts and various bits, so if you do see me around, make sure to say hi.

     

    As always, keep on Wurming
    Retrograde. 

  8. Posted

    1 minute ago, Blazecraze said:

    I doubt its working as intended mechanically, in fact if that was indeed the mechanical process behind the concept of SMCs or LMCs, then perhaps a refund is in order for all the players lead to believe that the chests stop items from decaying?
    Maybe adding a small note 'These chests are designed only to protect items while they are kept on deed' so that no other players fall for, if that is indeed the intended mechanical workings, blatant scam?

    These items are either a heavy amount of marks, or a hefty amount of silver, and if that is indeed their intended purpose, then that is nothing short of a scam.

    Magic chests protect items while they're in the chest, not just on deed. 

  9. Posted

    30 minutes ago, Davih said:


    I don't want to take the habit of questioning staff answers.

    But... as intended? seriously?

    You mean that when this was originally developed it went somhow like this?
    - "How should decay on and magical chests and deed-protected items be handled?"
    - "Hm, i propose that we make the items apparently avoid the decay, but actually stealth-store it indefinitevely"
    - "Oh, so that when you actually take it out, after months/years, or bring it outside the deed, it takes all the damage it avoided at once?"
    - "Yeah, exactly, we must punish players randomly and without reason with this hidden mechanic because it's fun"
    - "Sounds a bit complicated to code, but we'll make it work"
    - "Perfect!"

    More that the decay function checks to see if you're on deed, if you are on deed it exits the function. 

  10. Posted · Edited by Retrograde
    clarification

    8 hours ago, gnomegates said:

    Three days of this being posted and paying players showing concern about this issue, and there is no response from staff? Where is our community relations manager? Where is the communication needed to help with the fears that this issue brings up in many players. If this amount of people are voicing concern about this, then there are many many more that read this but don't say anything, and even more that don't even know about it. 

     

    Come on Wurm Team, talk to us, we are eager to listen and to learn, we just need you to communicate with us!

    This is a suggestion to change a feature, so it's a little different. 

     

    Technically, it's not a bug, it's working as intended mechanically, so the question is about changing it. 

    This is not saying it's a GOOD thing, it's just not posted as a bug report.

     

    That said I've passed it to the dev team to consider and will update if a decision is made to change the mechanic. 

  12. Posted

    1 hour ago, SmeJack said:

    Thread was made after midnight with no adequate time to move to the right cluster before beginning and still no option to redeem the gift in the place of your choice,

    thanks I guess for chocolate on a dead cluster with no use

    that's a bummer, happy to help move them across to freedom! 

  13. Posted

    This Valentines, we're celebrating with you!

     

     

    We have a special gift for you all, but only if you log in between Saturday and Monday server time! 

     

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    With love,

    The Wurm team

     

    P.S. if you were a different cluster when you received the gift, and would like to transfer it, log a support ticket and a GM will assist!

  14. Posted

    8 minutes ago, Jaz said:

    Oh no Retro seems interested in the idea.

    NO. Please.

    I'm all in though for a NEW server hosting this idea of cycles. Looking up the sky at Jackal, could be the one maybe... (previous different iterations on cyclic servers did not really work out so far but why not to try again?).

    I am NOT interested in the idea, commenting on something bears no indication of anything, please don't think that! 

  17. Posted

    Thanks for that!

    After speaking with the dev team and looking into the tools, it is apparent our hours required was wrong. That's on us, and we're sorry for the wrong details.

    That said, the percentages were correct, and match what people said before about prayer when discounting our original numbers.

    We've corrected the mistake and run the numbers more, and they match the above more or less, winding up at between 75 - 100 hours without sleep bonus at a totally optimal rate after all the changes to go from 1 to 70 prayer.

    This is of course at a completely optimal rate, and will vary when it comes to individual experiences. 

  20. Posted

    16 minutes ago, Cecci said:

    Huge disapointent on the lack of maps for the new servers.

    We worked hard on making roads etc, you plan for a hot map, and yet no mapdump?

     

    To me it sends double messages.

    As we shared earlier, we feel the servers are too new in their development to begin showing every pixel of land. 

     

    They will be shared at a later stage, just not in this release

  22. Posted

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    What a dump! 

    That's right, maps time! 

    This is all the SFI maps as well as the Epic maps, the NFI maps will likely be released at a later date 

    Pore all over them at your desire here!

    https://wurm.gg/maps


    Combat! 

    Work continues on the combat, it remains still in development stage as we work towards getting it on test for you all to beat each other silly. 

    (I may auction off a 1v1 with me for more death tab pages) 


    Apple a day
    Ever want to feed an apple to a horse? Well, soon you can! 
    We'll be tweaking and adjusting feeding for animals to provide some more alternative options. 

    (This does mean no more feeding your dog 10 kgs of grass) 

     

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    For some clarification of what type each creature is, see below:

     

    Spoiler

     

    Herbivores

    • Bison
    • Bull / Brown Cow / Calf
    • Chicken / Hen / Rooster
    • Deer
    • Horse / Foal
    • Pheasant
    • Ram / Sheep / Lamb
    • Tortoise
    • Unicorn / Unicorn Foal

    Carnivores

    • Anaconda
    • Black Bear
    • Black Wolf
    • Blue Whale
    • Brown Bear
    • Crocodile
    • Deathcrawler Minion
    • Dolphin
    • Dragon (all)
    • Drake (all)
    • Drake Spirit
    • Eagle Spirit
    • Fog Spider
    • Goblin / Goblin Leader
    • Hell Hound
    • Hell Scorpious
    • Huge Shark
    • Huge Spider
    • Lava Fiend
    • Lava Spider
    • Mountain Lion
    • Octopus
    • Rabid Hyena
    • Rift creatures (all)
    • Scorpion
    • Sea Serpent
    • Seal (Only fish, but will hunt for food if hungry too)
    • Seal Cub
    • Sol Demon
    • Troll / Troll King
    • Uttacha Spawn
    • Wild Cat
    • Worg
    • Zombie

    Omnivores

    • Avatars (all gods) (Garlic for Libila!) 
    • Cave Bug
    • Crab
    • Dog
    • Forest Giant
    • Hell Horse / Hell Foal
    • Kyklops
    • Large Rat
    • Mountain Gorilla
    • Pig
    • Son of Nogump
    • Wild Boar

    Grazers

    • Bison
    • Bull / Brown Cow / Calf
    • Deer
    • Hell Horse / Hell Foal
    • Horse / Foal
    • Ram / Sheep / Lamb
    • Unicorn / Unicorn Foal

     

     

    Achieve your best! 

    Achievements have been around a long time in Wurm, but with Steam, they bring a whole new meaning. So to incorporate that, Steam achievements are coming!

     

    We'll be introducing a user interface for achievements as well, with a ton of cool icons for them, here's some below, can you tell what they are?

     

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    Upcoming events: 

    Goblin King's party! 

    A goblin leader has been sighted on Harmony! Join the slaying to receive special loot. 

    https://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/182609-goblin-king-is-throwing-a-party/


    That's it from us this week, we'll be back in two weeks with more juicy news, so keep on Wurming!

    Retrograde & the Wurm team. 

  23. Posted

    1 hour ago, MrCoolMan said:

    So ill get this with my vyn priest 100 faith : 

    [14:31:25] Prayer increased by 0.0056 to 40.3502 thats with out sb.

     

    SB and affinity pizza:
    [14:35:46] Prayer increased by 0.0113 to 40.3728

    we tested our Fo and our other vyn priest we have both has 100 faith and kinda same and the nrs dont end up + vynora has 10% more skill gain.

    Fo:
    Affinity food and SB:
    [14:39:45] Prayer increased by 0.0186 to 42.4587
    With out SB
    [14:42:51]  Prayer increased by 0.0139 to 42.4726

    Is char bugged?
    i am kinda used to everything bugged with old chars.
    [14:41:38] You entered through the portal to Wurm on day of Tears, week 2 of the starfall of the Digging, 991. That's 4543 days, 9 hours and 25 minutes ago.

    on Priest name Galsaan any clue!?

    Just  to show what second vyn has 65,85 and that char get this:
     

    No sb:
    [14:42:26] [14:39:40] Prayer increased by 0.0197 to 16.0841

    SB

    [14:42:17]  [14:42:04] Prayer increased by 0.0437 to 16.1672

    Ill get this with my mag priest no sb but affinity food faith at 81,89

    [15:10:21] Prayer increased by 0.0127 to 21.2900

    with SB and food:

    [15:10:48] Prayer increased by 0.0251 to 21.3151

    every thing seems not to be in order somewhere.


    kinda hard to reach target for my vyn priest when it dont seems to work for me. so any one seen same area?

     

    Are your skill ticks on show all or show e erh 0.01 

  24. Posted

    3 minutes ago, Craft said:

    Updated my post to include PreChange skill gains.

    I'm getting less prayer skill now than before the change (December).

    I'm guessing the last update may have inadvertently broken something. :)

     

     

    You're close. 

     

    The change made tick frequency a lot more common, and removed faith making it easier (thus slower to gain faith). 

     

    It also slightly increased the skillgain per tick. 

     

    This change steps back the increase of skillgain per tick, but includes the tick frequency and balances against that. 

     

    The changes here are not about the same amount of successful actions giving more skill, but more successful actions. 

  25. Posted

    Hi! 

     

    We are aware of it, and it has needed some shop updates to change, thus it fell behind. We will address this in the next major update. 

     

    I removed some comments from this thread just to be a little more on topic, but as others have said, purchase individually for now.