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Revision as of 21:56, 20 January 2022
General Information
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4391
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/25/2016
Subject: Live Services
When we started Duskruin, we wanted to shy away from live services. But I know there is a desire for it. And most the high-end services require a live GM to run it. Over the past runs, I have done some things on top of certificate redemptions like epic deepening and adding lesser Armor and Weapon moods.
This time around, I'll try to offer some things a little differently.
We'll try to offer deepening services again. Could try lightening too. We'll also try to offer unlock services to scripted items being sold at Duskruin. If time allows it, we can do some alteration of things sold at the Scrip Shop. All these services will cost bloodscrip. On the agenda we can try using the bloodscrip raffles again too.
I won't set times or guarantees on these things, but I'll likely offer them during the week.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4437
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/27/2016
Subject: scrip exchanger location?
He's at the bank inside the arena. The place that was released at the April run.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4471
Author: GS4-VANAH
Date: 8/28/2016
Subject: Booklets & Jars
Hi friends,
You no longer have to TEAR dueling slips from the booklets or SHAKE the tokens out of the jars when you enter the sewers or arena. They will be deducted when you enter, just make sure to put them away before the fight begins!
~Vanah
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4480
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/28/2016
Subject: Duskruin: Various Updates
Just so this is all in one place. Hope I have them all.
- We've updated jars and booklets to allow you to enter without needing to TEAR or SHAKE.
- Scrip pouch can now add all loose bloodscrip at once with RUMMAGE.
- The arena has had several QoL adjustments.
- Removed the steel golem and leopard, replaced with a shaggy tusked ursian, a mithril-veined krynch, and added a banded cave worm.
- Allowed normal opponents to bleed again.
- Breeze is now cleaned up when entering an arena room.
- Removed the steel golem and leopard, replaced with a shaggy tusked ursian, a mithril-veined krynch, and added a banded cave worm.
- Totems can now be sold for a very small amount of bloodscrip to the archaeologist.
- Legendary bloodrune now displays the name of the person when you LOOK at them, instead of the viewer's pronoun.
- For clarification purposes, some information on bloodrunes.
- Each Arkati, including the 3 stone giants, have a bloodrune associated with them in the Divine tier. This includes lesser and greater deities.
- Classic tier currently only has 4.
- The Legendary tier this time around is just the minotaur and it is exclusive to this run only. One has been found in both Prime and Platinum, but only Prime has created it.
- Each Arkati, including the 3 stone giants, have a bloodrune associated with them in the Divine tier. This includes lesser and greater deities.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4585
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/31/2016
Subject: FLASH SALE: 50-count Booklets and Jars
I've been getting a lot of requests for another sale on booklets and jars, and I previously thought we'd not run another sale this time around. But for today only, starting at 2pm ET, we'll have the 50-count booklets and jars at 10% off. This sale will last until 10pm ET tonight.
Good luck and have fun at Duskruin!
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4791
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 9/5/2016
Subject: DRAGONBONES
We're going to run Dragonbones at some point today (9/5) at Duskruin! It will be silvers (not bloodscrip) and we'll do some high limit once the maw gets up there.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4806
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 9/5/2016
Subject: DUSKRUIN NEWS: EXTRA DAY FOR SHOPPING ONLY
Bloodriven Village will be open on Tuesday, 9/6, until 9:30pm ET for shopping purposes only! Slips and tokens will stop being on sale at 11:55pm tonight, 9/5, and the arena and sewers will close down shortly after! Happy shopping!
Wyrom, PM
Arena
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4510
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/29/2016
Subject: Disconnects (Duskruin)
>>Can we get the 125 scrip average of the sewers in case of disconnecting in the arena? There should be no argument against this since if this happens, you already forfeit your package item and there are no bloodrunes or moonshards in the arena. Then you have to suffer listening to the announcer again for another 60 seconds+.
Okay. Logoffs and disconnects in the arena now award 125 bloodscrip.
You can now SHOUT during the introduction to speed it up and get on with the show. I'll add something in about SHOUT with the arena guard when you're escorted into the sands.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4512
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/29/2016
Subject: Disconnects (Duskruin)
I was quickly reminded why 125 wouldn't work. The total has been adjusted to 100 bloodscrip for a logoff or a disconnect. This is now the least you can gain in the arena as well if you lose.
Messaging in the arena has been adjusted appropriately.
Sorry for the change-a-roo!
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4515
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/29/2016
Subject: Disconnects (Duskruin)
>>yeah, it would have been easier for sewer runners to just disconnect in the Arena to make the max scrip for a sewer run. No items.. but then again some sewer runners don't care about that.
Yeah, there are a few issues with going to the sewer average. I wasn't thinking about it too heavily and was like, "125, sure!" But yeah. I feel 100 is a good compromise.
If you've had some disconnects this run (and this run only) and would like to be compensated for the difference, email me. I'm going to need dates (exact) and times (ballpark) so I can just go through the logs to confirm.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4604
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/31/2016
Subject: 250 bloodscript achievement variables
The exact formula hasn't been released, but the variables were never a secret. So here you go!
Scoring branches off depending on a number of factors. Winning is beating all 25 creatures. If you win, you get a time bonus for how much time is left on the clock. If you lose, you get a showman bonus for how long you lasted with a single creature. This has a capped bonus so lasting on creature one won't get you more than the cap and killing everything too quickly won't get you a big bonus.
You get points for dodging the traps in the arena, again this is capped, so you can't just dodge traps to earn max bloodscrip.
If you surrender, you lose any time, showman, or dodging bonuses.
Dying doesn't give a scoring penalty, but you can lose your spells without deeds and you there is a time factor to slow you down some.
Winning gives you points.
Finally, you earn points based on all creatures killed. There is no cap, meaning every creature counts.
That is it.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4650
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 9/1/2016
Subject: Disconnects
Winning should always be the best in terms of bloodscrip amounts. Due to the bug existing for 5 runs (May, July, August of 2015 and April and August of 2016), I might change how the showman formula should work. But it's working as intended right now. I'll take a look at it a little later today.
And just to answer a concern, nothing at all was changed with creature difficulty. That hasn't been changed at all in a long time.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4709
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 9/3/2016
Subject: Arena Scoring Update
Okay, after fixing the bug that was causing end creatures to scale oddly with the score, I wasn't happy with the result. While it should never make sense to lose the arena to earn more bloodscrip, the difference between getting to creature 24 and winning shouldn't be that great.
After I stare at the formula some more, I'll be rolling this change into the live instances tomorrow sometime in the late morning/early afternoon.
So what does this change mean?
Well the "showman" bonus as we know it is going out the window. The idea about this bonus was if you had an incredible hard time in the arena, but could last until the timer was up, you should get rewarded. This was to offer an incentive to lower level characters in the scoring model. A sort of handicap. But this was when the minimum bloodscrip earned was 50. Since we increased this to 100, this bonus isn't really working as intended anymore. And to top it off, anyone who would benefit from it is no longer seeing it due to the 100 bloodscrip minimum.
Instead it will be broken down into 4 parts.
- If you win, you will earn a flat bonus for defeating 5 champions and a time bonus. This is similar to how it currently is. Most everyone will see an uptick in scoring here.
- If you run out of time, you will be evaluated on how many champions you killed. This is an uptick for people making it to the last 5 opponents.
- If you die, your score will be evaluated and take how long you lasted as well as how many creatures you vanquished. This mostly resembles the old "showman" bonus. People making it to the last opponent and dying will see an uptick in scoring, as will people who can't kill much but last a long time before getting whacked.
- If you surrender, you will no longer lose the dodging trap bonus you receive. Surrendering penalties were put in place due to potential abuse, but given both the minimum earned being increased and the time factor required to get a large dodging bonus, this penalty is no longer warranted.
Nothing is changing to how many bloodscrip earned per kill, the winning bonus, or how the dodging bonus are calculated.
So again, I'll roll this in after some final checks tomorrow after a night's rest and a few cups of coffee.
I'll also have a fix for spells not dropping without deeds. Stock up.
Wyrom, PM
Shops
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4356
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 8/25/2016
Subject: Mar and Scar/Spellbound
Spellbound:
In the Common language, it reads:
On the shelf you'll find containers for your jewels and alchemy ingredients and some very fancy books. In the crate you will find some magic-filled puzzles and other items, detailed below.
Spell prep phrases are behind the brick and are as follows (750):
Cream papyrus: All casting
Onion skin paper: Iron Skin
Red-inked parchment: Remove Curse
White palimpsest: Distintegrate
Black vellum: Unpresence
Items with x/day details:
Bracer - 1x - Dragonclaw (7,500)
Armband - 2x - Resist Elements (7,500)
Bandage - 5x - Heal II (10,000)
Scepter - 1x - Spirit Shield (7,500)
Pin - 2x - Poison Resist (7,500)
Rod - 1x - Prismatic Guard (12,500)
Wand - 1x - Arcane Decoy (12,500)
Baton - 1x - Mystic Focus (12,500)
Mar and Scar:
In the Common language, it reads:
The items on the weathered mannequin are a fully unlocked pelt bag, pirate harness, and climate wear cloak. They're also deeper and lighter than normal by a lot!
The items on the faded mannequin are WoundedWear and unlocked. Price increases based on unlock, tier 1 is 1000 bloodscrip and tier 2 is 2500 bloodscrip.
The items in the chest are ChaosJewelry. Price increases based on unlock, tier 0 (locked) is 100 bloodscrip, tier 1 is 1000 bloodscrip, and tier 2 is 2500 bloodscrip.
~ Haliste ~
The Forest Gnome of Silverwood Manor
ASGM, World Development
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4359
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 8/25/2016
Subject: Mar and Scar/Spellbound
All casting: You toss your head back and howl loudly as swirling wisps of mana flow out of thin air and into your mouth, spiraling downward to fill your lungs with power...
<Player> tosses his/her head back and howls loudly as swirling wisps of mana flow out of thin air and into his/her mouth...
Iron Skin: You chant a short mantra as you focus your thoughts on the rigidity of steel and iron...
<Player> chants a short mantra, focusing his/her thoughts...
Remove Curse: Invoking the power of your patron, you prepare to break a curse...
Invoking the power of his/her patron, <player> chants a short prayer...
Disintegrate: Thin, straight grey lines cover the palms of your hands as you prepare the Disintegrate spell...
Thin, straight grey lines cover the palms of <player's> hands...
Unpresence: Spirits swirl around you, shrouding your form partially as you prepare the Unpresence spell...
Spirits swirl around <player>, shrouding his/her form partially as he/she utters a short phrase...
~ Haliste ~
The Forest Gnome of Silverwood Manor
ASGM, World Development
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4369
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/25/2016
Subject: Mar and Scar/Spellbound
Quick correction/addendum on that listing of the expensive wants.
>>Rod - 1x - Prismatic Guard (12,500)
>>Wand - 1x - Arcane Decoy (12,500)
>>Baton - 1x - Mystic Focus (12,500)
These are actually multi-wands. They cast several spells at once. The spells listed at the first spell in the list, which caused the misunderstanding.
Enruned witchwood rod: 507, 508, 905
Sigil-encised wand: 1705, 1712, 1701
Heavy crystal baton: 1720, 1711
That's what they cast, once a day. Same as last time, didn't change.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4611
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/31/2016
Subject: Cloak in Mar and Scar
The cloak in the Mar and Scar has been updated to weigh 3lbs. If you're one of the two people who bought it before this update in Prime, email me, and I'll come update it for you.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4695
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 9/3/2016
Subject: Climate wear, pirate bandos
Cloak - 200/3
Harness - 100/2
Bag - 100/2
Happy shopping!
Wyrom, PM
High End Scrip Shop
High End Scrip Shop/shop list August 2016/saved posts
Bloodrune
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4370
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/25/2016
Subject: Scrip exchanger/Bloodrunes
>>What is going to be the tax for using this service?
It's 1% rounding down with a minimum of 1 bloodscrip. It's an all or nothing exchange.
>>Also, are bloodrunes going to be able to turned in for scrip?
Not bloodrunes, but the stones to make bloodrunes can be purchased by the archaeologist.
>>Can we get a list of what bloodrunes are the rarer ones so we don't do something stupid and exchange them? Or will there be a way to look at them and tell?
You can't sell a bloodrune once made. But you could technically sell the stone. There is some discovery required for this. The archaeologist will talk about them if you GIVE them to him. We'll monitor it to see how it's being handled. I just suggest people read the text that appears on the screen when dealing with these.
The legendary bloodrune is exclusive to this run only. And it's crazy rare.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4428
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 8/26/2016
Subject: Bloodrunes
There are 3 tiers released this time around. Classic, Divine, and Legendary. Classic are the most common. Divine are a bit more rare. And Legendary is rarer than a segment. The Legendary one this time around is an exclusive find at this run only. You become the minotaur that the artwork is based on.
Wyrom, PM