Hot Summer Nights 2023/saved posts

Hot Summer Nights Release #1: Adventurer's Guild Cooldown

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/01/2023

Hot Summer Nights Release #1: Adventurer's Guild Cooldown

Effective immediately, all Premium subscribers have a 10 minute cooldown for getting new bounties at the Adventurer's Guild.

Happy hunting/skinning/searching/escorting/bandit hunting!

Hot Summer Nights Release #2: EXPRESS Yourself!

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/02/2023

Hot Summer Nights Release #2: EXPRESS Yourself!

Effective immediately, all Premium subscribers have access to twelve new EXPRESS verbs:

BOREDOM
DISREGARD
DRIFT
EXASPERATION
FORTIFY
FROLIC
GUT
MOPE
MURDER
PINE
SHOCK
THANKS

For those unfamiliar, these verbs can all be accessed by utilizing EXPRESS {verb}. For example, EXPRESS BOREDOM.

As another note, there were four EXPRESS options that used to be limited to Mist Harbor citizens. These are:

DESPAIR
ELATION
OVERCOME
RAGE

As part of this update, these four are also now available for all Premium members.

Have fun playing with these new EXPRESS options!

Lukewarm Summer Update: Paddleboat RT Removed

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/02/2023

Lukewarm Summer Update: Paddleboat RT Removed

Effective immediately, using PEDAL when in one of the paddleboats for the Mist Harbor Waterways will no longer result in RT.

Enjoy!

Hot Summer Nights Release #3: Urchins

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/06/2023

Hot Summer Nights Release #3: Urchins

Effective immediately, all Premium Subscribers have the ability to claim five (5) uses of the Urchin Runner system every 30 days. Subscribers may claim their Urchin Runner uses by venturing to the Mist Harbor Bank and ringing the bell near the teller.

>ring bell
You must confirm that you wish to redeem your Premium benefit runners with this character.  Repeat the command again within 30 seconds.

>ring bell
You ring the bell, and it chimes gently.  A clerk walks over and nods to you before making a few marks in a large leather-bound ledger.  He smiles to you and says, "All recorded.  See you again in 30 days!"

[You have gained 5 uses of the LOCKER GET, LOCKER SEND, BANK DEPOSIT, BANK WITHDRAW, and/or SHOP PURCHASE commands.  You now have 5 available.]

You can view your available uses of this system (and others) with use of SIMUCOIN DURATION.

Enjoy!
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Note: These runners are good for the character who rings the bell ONLY. These are not account-wide.

Note: There is a 30 day cooldown from the time the bell is first rung. This does NOT function on a 'once a month' schedule, but on rotating 30 day cooldowns.

Links:
https://gswiki.play.net/Locker#LOCKER_.28verb.29
https://gswiki.play.net/Verb:BANK
https://gswiki.play.net/Player_run_shop#SHOP_.28verb.29

Kudos to GM Tamuz for the coding on this!

Lukewarm Summer Update: OSA Task Cooldown Reduced to 10 Minutes

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/09/2023

Lukewarm Summer Update: OSA Task Cooldown Reduced to 10 Minutes

Effective... well, for a little while now... the OSA Task Cooldown has been reduced to 10 minutes from 15 for Premium Members. This actually went live with the initial Adventurer's Guild Cooldown adjustment, but there was some confusion, so this is more to just clarify that the OSA timer was included with that release.

Enjoy!

Hot Summer Nights Release #4: Premium Points for Profession Points

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/10/2023

Hot Summer Nights Release #4: Premium Points for Profession Points

Effective immediately, all Premium Subscribers have the ability to claim 25000 profession points (50% of your weekly maximum) per week for 25 Premium Points. This is done on a per-account basis, and utilizing this benefit begins a 7 day cooldown before it can be used again.

If this benefit is used and you do not have enough 'room' in your weekly maximum pool, any extra will be lost. For example, if you have 30,000 points accumulated this week (which can be seen using RESOURCE), you would only be able to receive 20,000 through this benefit, though the cost would remain the same, and the 'extra' 5,000 points would be lost.

To use this benefit, you must head for the Library and LIGHT the lantern located in the West Wing.

Enjoy!

Many kudos to GM Tamuz for the coding on this one!

Lukewarm Summer Update: PREMIUMHALL Destination for Urchins

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/11/2023

Lukewarm Summer Update: PREMIUMHALL Destination for Urchins

Effective immediately, Premium subscribers utilizing the Urchin transport system will be able to use the PREMIUMHALL destination, instantly transporting them to the local Premium Hall's supernode. Basic subsribers using the same destination will be deposited immediately outside the Premium Hall. Normal Urchin restrictions apply with regards to departure room conditions.

Enjoy!

Hot Summer Nights Release #5: Premium Transporter Messaging

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/19/2023

Effective immediately, the number of available premium transporter messaging options has increased rather dramatically. There are now a total of 60 options, though some are still event-gated (Ebon Gate and former Spitfire messaging, for example). The Wiki (https://gswiki.play.net/Premium_teleportation_jewelry#Messaging) will be up to date soon with messaging for the new options, but here is the full list of options (Please note that the items with a ** after them are not to be used without specific permission, as they are venue-specific.):

1. Disorienting Winds

2. Swirling Sounds

3. Simple and Quick

4. Eroded By Sandstorm

5. Dancing Lights

6. Dense Fog

7. Shadowy Tendrils

8. Seagull Experience

9. Door

10. Whirlwind

11. Porcelain Pieces

12. Fire

13. Water

14. Leaves

15. Metal Runes (variable number of runes)

16. Unraveling

17. Licking Mists**

18. Rising Spirits**

19. The Black Coach**

20. Skeletal Fog**

21. Squishy Rats**

22. Noxious Scents**

23. Vines

24. Lightning

25. Frost

26. Blinding Light

27. Butterflies

28. Quicksilver

29. Cloud

30. Feathers

31. Rainbow

32. Bubbles

33. Walk the Plank**

34: Drunken Pirates**

35: Landlubber's Dinghy**

36: Ocean Wave**

37: Captain's Wheel**

38: Topspin

39: Sinkhole

40: Beetles

41: Ozone

42: Cherry Blossoms

43: Big Spider

44: Little Spiders

45: Quicksand

46: Murder

47: Beansprout

48: Fabulous

49: Stained Glass

50: Swan Dive

51: Mist

52: Kidnapped

53: Fiery Tempest

54: Gift

55: Snap Smoke

56: Dance Troupe

57: Worm

58: Kettle

59: Claw

60: Balefire

In addition, transporter messaging changes are now widely available. Any merchant doing GALD, or general services, is able to make this change as a single service, though please note that some merchants may still decline to work on these (as with any other service). There will also be regular options to make this change via merchants on FWI.

Enjoy!

With the previous release allowing for GALD merchants to alter messaging, you may also use an Alteration Scroll to do this. The services would cost 300 PPs, the same as a standard service. All the venue-specific exceptions still apply.

Hot Summer Nights Release #6: Premium Spell of the Month Version 2

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/21/2023

Hot Summer Nights Release #6: Premium Spell of the Month Version 2

The Premium Spell of the Month (PSotM) item has had a much needed facelift. The system was intended to be a way to try out new spells, but unfortunately it got stale pretty quickly for various reasons. It only had 1x and 2x a day varieties. But now we have a new version! Your old PSotM item will turn into Astral Vault and have 3 charges. It will no longer be scripted. It won't be rechargeable. It won't be attuned. The old item is just a way to try out the new Astral Vault spell a few times. It should persist. The new PSotM item will have the following updates!

- RUB will always be the activator.

- The spells will draw from only buffs and utilities, no more spells of war.

- The spell is randomly selected from a pool of spells for each character.

- There is no longer a set spell for everyone each month, it's completely random now.

- Higher level spells will be either 1x/day or 2x/day depending on the spell randomly selected.

- Lower level spells can be used 3x/day, 4x/day, or 5x/day depending on the spell randomly selected.

- If you dislike the spell you got, or just want something different, you can INFUSE it up to 3 times a month to randomly select a new spell.

- LORESONG, RECALL and Elemental Detection should all give you accurate information on what spell your item has and how many times it can be used.

- Some bugs that existed since 2013 have been cleaned up with the system.

The PSotM is located in the Prestidigitorium on Tigerlily Avenue.
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Huge thanks to GM Wyrom for the coding on this!

Hot Summer Nights Release #7: Grounded

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/24/2023

Hot Summer Nights Release #7: Grounded

Effective immediately, there are mauve grounding slips for sale on the marble counter in the Lighthouse's Gift Shop. These slips sell for 100 Premium Points, and allow a person to set a new custom target for their transporter, up to a maximum of 5. TWIST can be used to rotate through the options.

Please note that all transporters have 1 of these options already filled, and it cannot be changed. In Prime, this is the Safe Haven, and in other instances it's Gardenia Commons. As a result, you may designate four other custom options on any given transporter.

The system does check rooms for transportability, and the target must be within Mist Harbor, but there are no citizen-based requirements, nor are there any restrictions on indoor/outdoor rooms.

>glance
You glance down to see a generic transporter in your right hand and a mauve grounding slip in your left hand.
>analy my trans

This item is currently grounded to always have you land in the room called, "Safe Haven, Great Room," in Mist Harbor.  You can toggle this setting to drop you to a random location via the FLIP verb.

>raise my slip
You are about to attempt to ground your generic transporter to The Lighthouse.  If you would like to confirm this attempt, please RAISE your grounding slip in this room within the next 10 seconds.

>raise my slip
The Lighthouse has been added as a grounding option for your generic transporter.

Your slip crumbles to dust.
>analy my transport

This item is currently grounded to always have you land in the room called, "Safe Haven, Great Room," in Mist Harbor.  You can toggle this setting to drop you to a random location via the FLIP verb.

Your transporter also has the option of transporting you to the following locations:
"The Lighthouse," in Mist Harbor.

To switch to one of these locations, TWIST your generic transporter.

Hot Summer Nights Release #8: STUFF

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/27/2023

Hot Summer Nights Release #8: STUFF

Effective immediately, all Premium Subscribers have increased inventory limits for certain worn locations. Specifically, each of the following locations gain an extra functional AND non-functional slot: Finger, Neck, Wrist, Earlobe, and Earlobes (both ears). For the more mathematically inclined, that means that each of those slots has been increased by two in total, one functional and one non-functional.

This benefit lasts for the length of your Premium subscription. If you downgrade your account without clearing enough of your inventory to bring you down to the regular subscription limits, you will be shunted into a side room where you will need to remove items until you have fallen below the normal threshold, after which you will be returned to the game.

Enjoy!

Edit to add: MASSIVE kudos to GM Naiken for the coding on this monstrosity.

Closing Announcement

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Author: Quilic
Date: 07/27/2023

With the inventory slots announcement, that brings HSN:Premium to a close. The already-announced raffles will still draw this Sunday, but I have no further surprises or announcements planned.

I've thoroughly enjoyed being able to bring this all to you, and hope that we've managed to add notable value to a Premium subscription, as that was the goal all along.

I have a million "thank yous" that I should give, but I'm hyper-aware that I would likely miss someone, so I will simply point out that this is FAR from a singular effort, and that this whole initiative was supported by many, many people who volunteered their time and energies. From approvals, to coding, to QC, to assistance with the Wiki, to rolling out these changes and bugfixing... a massive, massive thank you to the other GMs involved.

HSN was my concept, and all the decisions you didn't like or appreciated were (and remain) 100% my fault. All the rest of the credit goes to the awesome group of GMs we have who assisted SO MUCH at every step of the way.

Thank you all for being patient, receptive, and understanding, and I hope you enjoy the upgraded Premium experience!