2014 year in review

Original news item

Combat Updates

• Grimswarm updates to use shield/cman maneuvers
• New Paladin spell releases and updates (over half of the 1600s)
• Update to Divine Wrath (335)
• Implementation of Soul Ward (319)

General Development

• Locker updates
• SERVICE banner on logon
• ESP Global update
• ESP amulet duration update
• New ESP utilities
• Spell active updated to show new spell-like effects
• Animal Companions auto-follow during hunts
• Alchemical Dye updates included updates to dyeing cobbling materials and arrow bundles.
• Speech Window for Wrayth
• Hurl updates
• Cross Into Shadows alchemy systems, cure scripting, and airship systems
• Updates to rain and snow
• Raging Thrak (and company) updates
• Raffles, spinners, and list updates
• Spirit Beasts
• Ongoing storylines throughout the game
• Over 100 new scripted items
• Ko'nag material released

Verb Additions and Improvements

• FESTIVAL
• MERCHANT (later integrated into QUEST)
• GLANCE
• CRY
• GAZE
• ANALYZE
• VOTE
• APPROVE
• INFUSE
• INSPECT
• GRUNT
• SERVICE
• TICKET
• LOCKER
• LOOK (UP, STARS, SKY, and CONSTELLATIONS)
• New TONES and SPEECH
• Forest Gnome verb additions: TINKER, SALUTE, WINK, OBSERVE, FIDGET
• Mist Harbor citizen verbs: STRETCH, LAUGH, SMOOCH, SLAP, EXPRESS

Quality of Life Bugfixes

• Sunfist officials get to use rafts on FWI for rescue missions
• Prayer added to mana spellup
• Drunk speechifications messaging fixed
• Runestaves to flare with bardsong spells
• Song of Unravelling to work with UCS Gear
• Wall of Thorns to protect against all types of damage (instead of just not-ranged)
• ESP and THINK bugs
• A few alchemy recipes fixes
• Fixed custom nightmares not working as intended
• Countless scripted item updates
• Thousands of bug reports reviewed

Towns & Communities

• Ongoing town updates
• Ongoing MHO and CHE updates
• Ongoing Mentors updates
• Ongoing town shop inventory updates
• Town Defenses for Wehnimer's Landing
• Town Defenses for Ta'Vaalor
• Talador Baronial Coronation Festival
• 9th Annual Frontier Days Festival
• 4th Annual Festival of Frost
• Gnomefest
• Festival of Lumnea
• River's Rest Pickle Festival
• Volcano fixes on Teras
• Added more ambient messaging to Teras
• Halfling/Icemule Culture Festival

Documentation

• The Empire's Expatriates: The Elves of Wyrdeep document
• Ceremony for the Marriage of Faendryl in the Diaspora document
• Sylvan Wedding document
• The Battle of ShadowGuard document
• Burghal Gnomes and Vaalor elves relationship document
• Apotl and Apotla, adornments and ornamentation document
• Newcomer's Guide
• The Story of Tandrik and Estamil document

Premium

• Premium point cost for Lighten / Deepen from 400 to 100
• Premium point cost for Alterations from 400 to 300
• Premium point cost of the Autoscripter from 400 to 100
• Manifest updates
• PCALC updates to use real time instead of in-game time
• Wood Sprite festival
• Xerria's ongoing script unlocking

Events

• Ebon Gate
• Sylinar's Spire
• Albatross Riverboat Excursions
• Troubled Waters: Rescue at Sea
• The Cessation of Coraesine Field

Platinum

• Ongoing player mayor of Wehnimer's Landing
• Ongoing Platinum-only service events
• Sweetheart Festival
• Li'Aerion storyline / release
• The Dark storyline
• Fifteen Year Anniversary 15 additional locker spaces per town

Weddings

• Ongoing wedding support
• Improvements to wedding systems

Private Properties

• Updates to rent system
• Updates to property policy
• Ongoing redistribution of vacant properties
• Queen's Tower (Platinum)
• Thrak Suite (Prime)
• Ilynov Manor (Prime)
• Platinum Property Reward Program

Policy Updates

• POLICY 5, 6, and 18

Promotions

• Ongoing mailers
• New SimuCoin item releases
• TopMudSites updates
• Reddit updates
• Ongoing Facebook support
• Player costume contest
• Player art contest
• New forum avatars
• Cyber Monday and December sales
• Free tickets to several events
• SimuCon