Viceren

We cast early because everybody pretty much showed up early. [12:44:44] As the Rite of Death is completed, followers of Libila may now receive a blessing! Thanks to everybody who showed up today! Was a nice quick and easy one!

Honestly, I hope for Emoo's sake, that they allow the PvP debate to continue on forever. It'll be constant exposure to his video, even if the people arguing don't intend it. Mods, do the right thing for Emoo:

Sting

[12:26:44] As the Ritual of the Sun is completed, followers of Magranon may now receive a blessing! Sorry for the early cast today. Having issues IRL and I sadly have no control over the timing. Thanks for all of the help everybody who came out. I hope you all have fun at the Holy Site!

[14:21:00] You sense that Libila is brimming with power. Maybe you can channel it somehow? Location of the cast: The Impalong Site Oceanview, Thanks Uthgarddavies for letting us use it!: https://melody.yaga.host/#473,1465 Summons are available. Current Benediction Priority List: Redheart (Heartred) Clayw (Lesw) Current Helper List: Viceren (Mormont) Kierkegaard (Cnut) Homestead Thassadhar (Deedy) Priority is first come, first serve. Current main caster (Mormont) has 96 channeling. So up to 10 links.

[13:12:36] As the Holy Crop ritual is completed, followers of Fo may now receive a blessing! [13:14:57] As the Rite of Spring is completed, followers of Vynora may now receive a blessing! Well dang. Got them both first try! Just had a little timing issue with one of our casters. Everything worked out fine though! Thanks to everybody for coming out!

Oops. I messed up this time. I typo'ed on this one and it should instead read like this: S21 connection [[2817,3453],[2819,3455],[2819,3560]] I also forgot to post this one with the others. S20 to S21 [[2788,3560],[2963,3560]]

Highway Changes: R20's road network: This whole area is completely messed up. I'm assuming it was done prior to the map dumps showing roads due to the vague nature of the calculations. (I don't think they counted the tiles at all and guestimated.) From what I've seen so far, delete Highway lines: 274 295 296 297 298 299 Add the following to replace what was removed: R20 tunnel road [[2773,3325],[2773,3466]] R20 East to South to West [[2773,3355],[2817,3355],[2817,3453],[2788,3478],[2773,3466]] R20 South [[2788,3356],[2788,3636]] The Y difference of the first two is not a mistake, the road is one tile apart. Hopefully I didn't miss anything. =-=-=-=- Another massive rework needs to be done for S20. There are former highways that're now completely blocked off and inaccessible. Delete Highway Lines: 18 263 Add the following to replace them: S20 South Road [[2702,3466],[2702,3493],[2694,3501],[2694,3512],[2688,3518],[2688,3675],[2695,3675],[2695,3753]] S20 West Connection [[2702,3491],[2642,3491]] S20 West Diagonal Connection [[2688,3579],[2615,3651]] S20 West to North [[2688,3651],[2612,3651],[2612,3466]] S20 North to West [[2643,3651],[2642,3466],[2612,3466]] Delete Highway Lines: 396 Reason: I don't even know what this is supposed to be. The roads here are straight, not curvy. The road network is going to be added under new highways. New Towers: Name X Y Type Tags Roguethree 778 2698 3533 GuardTowerFreedom Roguethree 298 2753 3573 GuardTowerFreedom Coachtwotrio 42 2708 3702 GuardTowerFreedom Meiryn 386 2704 3406 GuardTowerFreedom New Highways: (Apologies if I messed up any brackets or commas) Q20 South [[2681,3060],[2681,3148]] R20 [[2773,3329],[2787,3329]] R21 East [[2817,3383],[2865,3383],[2865,3335]] R22 Diagonal to South [[2996,3311],[3081,3396],[3166,3396],[3166,3434],[3185,3434],[3185,3507]] S22 Roundabout [[3166,3407],[3160,3407],[3160,3482],[3185,3482]] S21 connection [[2817,3453],[2819,3455],[2819,3467]] S22 Sideroad [[3042,3565],[3042,3559],[2963,3559]] S21 [[2995,3560],[2995,3544]] S22 [[3042,3564],[3042,3570]] S20 [[2735,3465],[2735,3487]] S20 East to Lake [[2688,3578],[2739,3578]] S20 to R20 [[2702,3466],[2702,3398],[2692,3398],[2692,3372],[2726,3372],[2726,3361],[2772,3361]] R20 west to bridge [[2692,3380],[2684,3380]] R20 bridge interior [[2676,3380],[2672,3380]] R20 bridge to R18 [[2663,3381],[2642,3381],[2642,3359],[2575,3359],[2571,3362],[2333,3362],[2325,3354]] R18 Diag Connection [[2333,3362],[2325,3370]] R19 to Q19 [[2599,3359],[2604,3354],[2604,3281],[2609,3277],[2609,3232],[2608,3228],[2604,3225],[2601,3224],[2582,3224],[2579,3220],[2575,3220],[2569,3214],[2556,3214],[2549,3213]] Q19 North Connection [[2549,3213],[2549,3188],[2521,3188],[2521,3153],[2499,3153]] Q19 West Connection [[2549,3213],[2529,3213],[2508,3234],[2382,3234]] P19 South [[2518,2996],[2518,3101],[2499,3101],[2499,3170],[2468,3201],[2453,3201],[2437,3216],[2437,3363]] Q19 Highway Connection NE [[2554,3036],[2518,3036]] New Bridges: Name X1 Y1 X2 Y2 2530 2656 2530 2650 2550 2656 2550 2650 2539 2601 2539 2596 2682 3380 2678 3380 2672 3380 2666 3380 New Tunnels: Name X1 Y1 X2 Y2 IsCanal IsTunnel AllBoats 2865 3335 2922 3335 TRUE Disclaimer: All changes were visually verified. I did not add anything that wasn't directly connected to the public highway system. I did not add any deeds due to possible privacy concerns.

Appears to be a typo on line 318: It currently is: N20 to N19 [[2628,2382],[2628,2418],[2635,2418],[2635,2446],[2575,2446],[2571,2450],[2571,2462],[2567,2466],[2567,2475],[2608,2475],[2610,2446],[2610,2523]] It should be: N20 to N19 [[2628,2382],[2628,2418],[2635,2418],[2635,2446],[2575,2446],[2571,2450],[2571,2462],[2567,2466],[2567,2475],[2608,2475],[2610,2477],[2610,2523]]

Tower Changes: Replace Line 75 under Special with: Bowlz 82 2575 2443 GuardTowerFreedom Reason: Too far south. It's north of the new highway. Highway Changes: Replace Line 318 under Highways with: N20 to N19 [[2628,2382],[2628,2418],[2635,2418],[2635,2446],[2575,2446],[2571,2450],[2571,2462],[2567,2466],[2567,2475],[2608,2475],[2610,2477],[2610,2523]] Reason: There's a chunk of the highway missing completely. Likely been removed due to former terraforming. Replace Line 417 under Highways with: Delete Line 418 entirely as it's redundant now. N21 Waterfront South [[2905,2525],[2909,2528],[2909,2546],[2911,2548],[2911,2550],[2914,2553],[2914,2598],[2918,2602]] Reason: Missing diagonal connections. Replace Line 429 under Highways with: M20 - O20 [[2773,2640],[2773,2393]] Reason: A portion of this highway never existed in the first place. New Towers: Justy 802 2716 2534 GuardTowerFreedom New Highways: (Apologies if I messed up any brackets or commas) N20 east connection [[2649,2524],[2762,2524],[2764,2522],[2766,2522],[2768,2525],[2773,2525]] N20 to N21 [[2773,2525],[2803,2525],[2804,2524],[2807,2524],[2808,2525],[2826,2525]] N21 to Waterfront [[2826,2525],[2905,2525]] N20 south connection [[2720,2525],[2720,2575]] N21 west connection [[2918,2602],[2857,2602]] N21 to N20 [[2857,2559],[2720,2559]] N21 to O21 Diagnal [[2918,2602],[2984,2668]] O21 west diagnal [[2983,2677],[2978,2677],[2941,2714],[2857,2714]] O21 to O20 west diagnal [[2857,2714],[2848,2714],[2773,2640]] O21 to O20 connection [[2857,2747],[2855,2747],[2854,2748],[2672,2748]] O20 west connection [[2782,2649],[2735,2649],[2716,2631]] O20 south connection [[2744,2649],[2744,2659],[2745,2660],[2745,2747]] O20 west to lake [[2680,2648],[2657,2648],[2634,2670],[2622,2670],[2618,2674],[2618,2725],[2635,2742],[2635,2748]] O20 [[2635,2748],[2635,2778]] O19 tunnel connection [[2561,2782],[2561,2789]] O19 tunnel to bridge [[2550,2670],[2550,2657]] O19 crooked roundabout [[2550,2647],[2550,2645],[2539,2645],[2537,2644],[2530,2644],[2530,2622],[2529,2621],[2529,2613],[2534,2607],[2539,2607],[2539,2607]] New Bridges: Name X1 Y1 X2 Y2 2927 2519 2935 2519 2530 2656 2530 2650 2550 2656 2550 2650 2539 2601 2539 2596 New Tunnels: Name X1 Y1 X2 Y2 IsCanal IsTunnel AllBoats 2561 2782 2561 2774 TRUE 2561 2774 2552 2774 TRUE 2552 2774 2552 2709 TRUE 2552 2709 2550 2707 TRUE 2550 2707 2550 2670 TRUE Disclaimer: All changes were visually verified. I did not add anything that wasn't directly connected to the public highway system. I did not add any deeds due to possible privacy concerns.

[14:23:47] You sense that Magranon is brimming with power. Maybe you can channel it somehow? Location of the cast: https://cadence.yaga.host/#461,1330 (We gonna cast at H9, the Magranon holy site!) Summons are available. Current Benediction Priority List: Nahi Nahmi Oberik Nerian Compessbro Current Helper List: Viceren (Tarly) Mrwickster Priority is first come, first serve. Current main caster (Tarly) has 86 channeling. So up to 9 links.

[13:04:10] You sense that Vynora is brimming with power. Maybe you can channel it somehow? [13:09:54] You sense that Fo is brimming with power. Maybe you can channel it somehow? Why a dual cast? Because I don't want to sail to Harmony twice. Location of cast: https://harmony.yaga.host/#682,3184 Summons are available. VYNORA - Current Benediction Priority List: Tinkertoy (Fizzleboom) Belldandy (Migumi) Current Helper List: Viceren (Greyjoy) BalthazarGelt Nahimanae Priority is first come, first serve. Current main caster (Greyjoy) has 89 channeling. So up to 9 links. ========================================== FO - Current Benediction Priority List: Nahimae Luminara Current Helper List: Viceren (Giantsbane) Chryshanthy Doomstar Priority is first come, first serve. Current main caster (Giantsbane) has 90 channeling. So up to 10 links.

[13:03:21] Magranon increases protection in the lands by mending the broken! It was a bit of a slog, but we managed to get it done! Thanks to everybody who showed up! Also: [13:04:10] You sense that Vynora is brimming with power. Maybe you can channel it somehow? [13:09:54] You sense that Fo is brimming with power. Maybe you can channel it somehow?

[22:42:43] As the Rite of Death is completed, followers of Libila may now receive a blessing! Thanks to everybody who showed up!

[17:45:01] You sense that Libila is brimming with power. Maybe you can channel it somehow? It appears Rite of Death is confirmed to be up by Lya. We're likely going to cast this today so it doesn't coincide with the Ritual of the Sun cast tomorrow. The details of this post are 100% going to change as we organize this. Sorry but there's no way to hide posts until they're ready, so bear with it. Location of cast: https://cadence.yaga.host/#2151,2846 Summons are available. Current Benediction Priority List: Zyphus Current Helper List: Saturnfive (Kiwiroo) Viceren (Mormont) Lya Lesw Priority is first come, first serve. Current main caster (Saturnfive) has 99.9 channeling. So up to 10 links.

It appears Ritual of the Sun is confirmed to be up by Lya and Magarlorn. We're going to set up the cast in 20 hours. I'll update this post as we get things organized. Location of cast: https://harmony.yaga.host/#1793,3679 Summons are available. Current Benediction Priority List: Aftrmath Current Helper List: Magarlon Lya Viceren (Tarly) Sweetserenade Priority is first come, first serve. Current main caster (Tarly) has 86 channeling. So up to 9 links.

Want me to organize the Rites on Harmony? I can easily set up a camp for quick summons, and cajole people into joining - even if I have to enlist from other servers like Cadence. Just let me know which rites are needing to be cast, and I'll set something up for tomorrow. Confirmation from the preaching message would also be highly appreciated.

New Deed: Karak Kadrin 2811 1885 https://cadence.yaga.host/#2811,1885

Rather than getting angry at their attempts to push newer players to the most active server to retain the population as best as possible. Why not implement portals that only new players can use at the main cities so they can port between servers to see which ones they like best? Give them active warnings that the portals will stop working after the newbie timer goes out, and players can go explore until they find a server they want to settle down in. Once again, this is an idea that already exists on Wurm Unlimited. So we know it's possible even within Wurm's sphaghetti code nightmare. If you're worried about abuse or transferring - Make it so only "Deathkept" stuff will port with them, and prevent people with active mail; items in the bank; or money in the bank from porting so people can't transfer stuff between NFI and SFI. If it's not possible to port between NFI and SFI, just remove the "New Server" aspect when choosing, and make the placement of each server's cluster randomized to avoid bias. Rolf is gone. The idea of restricting people is frankly stupid and an outdated sensation that only he kept alive while he actively spread the population out with too many servers for the sake of creating land rushes for quick finance boosts. Stop making his mistakes. Make the game more accessible to everyone.

[19:06:18] As the Rite of Spring is completed, followers of Vynora may now receive a blessing! [19:07:19] <Aaleahya> [19:06:17] Congratulations on completing Benediction! You can now claim your rewards from the Journal. Good times. Thanks to all who helped out!

https://cadence.yaga.host/#2811,1812 J20, Cadence. About 10 minutes from the eastern shoreline if you're coming in from Melody or Harmony. We have summons available, plus throwaway horses to anybody who absolutely needs one.

Irony is delicious. If you need benediction from Rite of Spring, nows the time to get it in. We'll probably cast around 7pm MST (-7GMT)

[13:07:08] You need more favor with your god to cast that spell. [14:07:24] You sense that Vynora is brimming with power. Maybe you can channel it somehow? Usually it gives a "cannot grant that power right now." "or "The god needs more power" message - so I think this means it's ready to be casted. We'll put it off a few hours, but we're definitely going to cast it today. If you need it for benediction, contact either Viceren or Nahimana since we're going to be the most likely casters. You can also post in the forums if you need a spot. We're going to set up the cast within six hours, so Nahimana can be on in case we need him to do the casting. Location of cast: https://cadence.yaga.host/#2811,1812 Summons are available. Current Benediction Priority List: Acrescadence Aaleahya Druidia Niloc Current Helper List: Antireunion Nahimana Azzyj Priority is first come, first serve. Current main caster (Antireunion) has 97 channeling. So up to 10 links.

That can be explained simply by two groups having their interests align. The non-priests who wanted to get the maximum sleep bonus value out of the cast, would coalesce. Not only would they coalesce, but they would vehemently discourage ninja casting through shame tactics. This offered up a great opportunity for actual priests who needed the journal entry - because the intense protective nature of the non-priests who wanted to maximize the value, offered reliability. By taking away the incentive for the non-priests to care. The 'shame' tactic has zero effectiveness. Non-priests are now saying, "Why should I care? I'm not a priest" - While other priests say, "I already got my cast, and I'm Libila so I don't care about Rite of Spring" If this unfortunate side-effect bothers you, the only way forward is to create a coalition of priests who do still care, and enforce shame tactics on ninja casters. Although, with the incentive structure effectively gone - don't expect non-priests to give the slightest crap. Especially since organizing came at a reputation cost as there was a very small but extremely vocal sect of priests who despised waiting for casts who actively denigrated the organizers. If Gamechest/Codeclub actually cares, and wants input as to how to get non-priests to care again - the easiest and fastest fix would be to simply give all players access to the sleep bonus regardless of religion. Of course, this will just anger that small sect of priests who hate waiting again. You can't really win in this case - someone is going to be angry. Another simple, and extremely easy fix, is to give advanced warning. Maybe when the prayer value reaches it's climax for a god, you then include a small timer for everybody to see when the cast is actually castable (1 day? 3days? 7 days?)- and people can organize around that. As for me? I don't care in the slightest. Faith swapping was a pain, but the sleep bonus made it too important to ignore. Now that it's gone, I can just stay Vynora, earn my 10% XP, and leech off of Rite of Spring casts without any effort or input. I am the average non-priest.