Cataclysm Quest, PVP changes, other MUD updates. Lasher, June 29, 2010 Cataclysm Goal: Ancient tales still survive today, about the world as it was once known. It was a time of chaos. Horrible climate changes, random layouts, dogs and cats living together- mass hysteria! This is one such tale of the first major changes, a small preview of what was to…
PK changes, Corpse Retrievals, Friend Lists, others. Lasher, June 5, 2010 Game changes in this update: The main changes in this update are the extra information on friend list, free corpse retrievals, options to remove pk grace period/half exp. A large number of other changes and bug fixes also made, see the detail below. Training Costs: The max you can train…
Mount Dunoir and Wedded Bliss Quests (Goals) Lasher, June 5, 2010 New Goal – Mount Dunoir (formerly Shayol Gul): The evil and powerful mage Bhazhat from his prison collects and resurrects minions of evil in an attempt to escape from his centuries of imprisonment and rule the world. Can Cheoj and his allies prevent such an event from happening? Can you…
Rebalancing of mid-level ranges – weapon dice and mob hp Lasher, May 19, 2010 While playing Aardwolf as a new user things move along quite nicely until around level 70 or so, at which point there starts to be a big slowdown. After looking at the game balance in this level range, we have made a few changes. Combined with the equipment finding commands…
Realm of the Firebird, Eye of Discovery, Other Changes Lasher, May 19, 2010 New Goal – Realm of the Firebird (formerly Falcovnia): High above the tsarist fertile lands, a small blotch of gold and red streaks across the skies. Meanwhile, Tzar Vislav and his advisor are deep in discussion, trying to determine who or what might possibly be stealing apples from the castle…
Equipment Searching based on Compare Scores Lasher, May 13, 2010 Building on the equipment scoring and compare options added recently, there is another new command called ‘eqsearch‘ that can be used to check if there are equipment upgrades available in open clan halls. Eqsearch works like compare, but is based on a flagged list of items in the game that…
Necromancer Guild quest, Astral Travels Quest, Other Updates Lasher, May 13, 2010 New Goal – Necromancer’s Guild: There exists in the world a tiny village, so small its name is unknown to mostly all but the residents. Once prosperous and idyllic, the town became host to a guild of evil necromancers and was almost completely wiped out by decay, kidnapping, and even…
Xyl’s Mosiac Quest, other Aardwolf MUD updates. Lasher, April 24, 2010 New Goal – Xyl’s Mosaic: There are those who slowly wither away when outcast from their community. There are those who elaborate an alternative. Among the bleak crags of a dark and forgotten land, one such alternative is said to exist. An alchemist of exceptional powers is said to have…
Equipment ‘compare’ command and scoring system. Lasher, April 24, 2010 There is a new ‘compare’ command that allows you to compare different pieces of equipment to see which is better. The idea of having a ‘compare’ command to compare two pieces of equipment is not a new one, and a simple compare that shows which object has the most stats…
Mud client summary – new ‘clients’ command. Lasher, April 13, 2010 A new command was added to Aardwolf MUD today that shows a summary of connections sorted by MUD client. Client is determined using the telnet ‘ttype’ option. Here’s a screenshot of the summary at time of writing: Most of the clients in the ‘unidentified’ category are returning NULL. From asking…