Firestarter

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  1. I've heard mumblings here and there complaining of posts being removed from this thread. I understand that many of you are frustrated about what happened, and have every right to voice your displeasure at the events. However, there are rules in place on these forums, and we ask that you follow them when posting. The bulk of the posts that have been removed have been criticising current team members. I'll remind you that if you have concerns about team members, to take it up with their team leads. Idony for the CA and CM team, myself for the forum team, Seedlings for the wiki team, Retrograde for the CR team, and Enki for the GM team and the leads. -Firestarter (Lead Forum Moderators)
  2. What's the point? There's no-one left. Along with that it'd be like throwing money away, I have no doubt that if we were to do so, the group would be back again to relieve us of our deed and upkeep within a short time.
  3. As Zenity mentioned, Joanavon was the founder of the iteration that we've just lost. Following him was Tacitus, then Covenant. Apart from those, the most notable names that I remember from my time there were Mirax, Viti and Lyhrinae. They'd always jump at the opportunity to help someone out. I can honestly say that some of the best people I've ever met in this game have resided at DNPA.
  4. Today marks a sad day in the history of Wurm. One of the oldest standing deeds on Serenity has fallen. The Department of New Player Assistance has always existed in some form since Epic opened, always dedicated to helping people out. Oftentimes people have said the only reason they stuck around past the first few hours was the help, advice and assistance we gave them. Sadly, a small group of people decided they wanted the 2 silver coins in the token, and easy loot and easy kills with no opposition whatsoever. In doing this, they've now destroyed years of work. To those who did this, I honestly hope you're proud of yourselves. To those who've been a part of the village over the years, I offer my thanks to you, for helping to shape DNPA over the years. Your work and company is very much appreciated! Jul 12, 2017 2:31:23 PM upkeep disbanded The Department Of New Player Assistance
  5. Currently only the alliance capital is able to check that they're, well, the alliance capital. So I'll propose a change to this, to allow others in the alliance to quickly check which deed is the capital. Best way to do this I think would be to bold the name of the deed in the deed list under manage settlement - info.
  6. Happy birthday!
  7. I'm representing the anti-coffee brigade!
  8. I'm locking this before it goes any further. This has devolved into a mudslinging contest fairly quickly, and I'm not going to stand by idly and allow it to continue.
  9. +1
  10. Would you mind trying again to see if it comes through now. Make sure you check your spam folder too. If it doesn't, or ends up in your spam folder, please let us know.
  11. Never mind the rugs, those timber framed buildings in the thumbnails look a bit familiar!
  12. Ta!
  13. COD the other 2 valentines to Firestarter please.
  14. Something with some permanence is a nice idea. We built a colossus and a small memorial area when Paultrw passed. Only downside of that is if all of us stop playing, the memorial area and eventually the colossus will decay away. One thing that comes to mind though, is how would the team validate requests for a player to be added to the site? I know you mentioned a 1 year inactivity period, but what if a player was to return after that years inactivity and they have a gravestone, or whatever is added, to the memorial area.

  15. Coffee

    Firestarter replied to Keenan's topic in Wood Scraps

    No.
  16. I've always liked this idea, but never got around to writing it up as a suggestion. +1
  17. This is something that I believe could genuinely help with new player retention. Back when Serenity/Epic was active, I was (and still am) part of the Department of New Player Assistance, right next to the spawn town there. We would take new players in and give them a plot of land and help guide them through the early stages. Some would stay with us, some would move off and found their own deeds, but the one thing that remained consistent throughout was the people who would often say that we were the reason they stuck around longer than the first hour or two.
  18. I'll almost always +1 more titles. This is a pretty good idea!
  19. I'm sorry, but you were the one who initially brought up the embarking bug.
  20. In all honesty, I can't see this game performing well as a streamed game. It works great for timelapses and things like that. But having someone ramble on while watching a timer go along doesn't sound like a good stream to me personally This is something the team does, if you do genuinely end up in an enclosure through something that's not your fault. The team will help you out. If you end up in there by accident, and proceed to pocket items from the area, you'll be left in there to find your own way out. I wouldn't take the word of one person as something that happens all the time, when someone is unhappy with a service, they often won't tell the full truth. There's already a chat filter, and it's enabled by default. It's also customisable, there's a text folder you can edit to include things you wish to be filtered out. In addition to this, there's the hardworking Chat Moderation team who do keep an eye on chats, and will step in if people break the rules.
  21. Scratch 'n' sniff bridges? Awesome!
  22. Nobody has said it's unfixable, just that it's difficult to pinpoint what the cause is. That seems like it could be an issue, in my eyes, especially when it comes to abusable and/or sensitive bugs. Opening these up to everyone to test also opens them up to further abuse if they're made public.
  23. As an actual mechanic, the frequency at which this happens is astonishing. Simply saying "this makes a noise, fix it" isn't helpful. This is rather similar to the embark bug. If you cannot pinpoint the exact cause of it, it's going to take a while to diagnose the cause of the issue.
  24. Congratulations to both Jberg and Wolfey, well deserved promotions!
  25. 5 votes here, I need to step my game up!