[Thenu]

It looks good Loki, great job. I havent had the chance to go and try it but I will. When will the test area be open? And any clue on when this might be implemented?

I might even try to pvp again if this would be implemented

[Loki]

The test area is currently open 24/7 for this week and is accessed via the pink moongate in the casino.

There is no set timetable for adopting the changes but realistically it will or will not happen within the next week or two I should think. It depends how well the testing goes and how many changes need to be done at this Sunday's restart. If people are largely happy with the system as it stands, and Taran likes it, then maybe it will go in at the next restart. If there is a lot of tweaking to do then it may be best to extend testing by another week to allow testing of all the new tweaks and also of the few things that are currently not working right (pot delays, magic ref on FS and Fireball mana consumption are all currently bugged in the test area).

[BenSa]

I like the new system, but

(Lightning spell from book now casts the same as a scroll.)
where should i now earn my money on inscriptions xD thats not good to take away a Income.

But i still like it it is a nice work Loki

[Mael]

i think he put lightning scrolls back in...when i went there the other day there was lightning scrolls

[Loki]

Actually they are only back in for people to avoid making a new hotkey, the spell and book versions of lightning match identically.

I also plan to do the same with a few other low level spell. The reason is simply that too many scrolls are needed for PvP and low level scrolls can be made by anyone who picks scribe as a starting skill (even on a mule) so I'd rather keep high level scrolls like FS, Para, MR etc.

[Mael]

that makes sense

[Mito]

I won't share my macro do not insist please.

[ElvenBane]

I love this new pvp system. Put it in ASAP!!!! ;p
Btw fireball takes no mana.

[Loki]

Yep, known issues/outright bugs:

1) Fireball costs no mana (should cost 9)
2) FS ignores magic reflect (totally accidental and will be fixed)
3) Cure potion should be 5s delay and Heal/Refresh should be 10s delay but they are both still 17s in testing.

Things that on the "definitely being changed at the next restart":

1) Poison scroll will be made to match the spell
2) Cure scroll will be made to match the spell
3) Both of the above two spells will be made slightly faster and cheaper (in mana) in their book form.
4) Same thing for Mana Drain scrolls
5) Add animations to pot drinking so you can tell which kind of potion your opponent/ally has drunk

Things that will be changed if the changes go global:

1) Additional damage on spears and axes (because they can't be poisoned)
2) Eyes of newt made cheaper (if Taran agrees)
3) More charges on poison potions (again if Taran agrees)

Pending further testing there may be more changes. I'm still not sure if the changes would go global on Sunday (if they global at all of course) or if we will go for a second week of testing. It depends what Taran thinks and/or how many tweaks are made and whether the number of tweaks justify another week of testing.

[Loki]

Just to keep people in the loop we will be having a second week of testing in the PvP area. I will post a full list of bug fixes and tweaks after the server restart tomorrow.

[Loki]

Okay boys and girls. The update is sadly smaller than planned because I have had an extremely busy day IRL and I had originally planned to do the whole update today and in the end not enough time.

Here's what I have managed and you can see after the restart:

1) FS bug fixed - it will now reflect correctly.
2) GH scroll mana intake increased back to 21 and HP on scroll reduced by 2.
3) Mana drain book spell now casts like the scroll.
4) Cure and poison both now cast with scroll speed but book mana (same for both the book and scroll).
5) Fireball bug fixed - it will now take the correct 9 mana instead of 0.

I'm very sorry there won't be more, it's been a busy week so I left all the scripting for Sunday and then my Sunday exploded with things that needed doing.

Other changes/suggestions/tweaks/bugs etc. aren't being ignored, I just don't have time to do anything about them today, sorry.

[Taran]

I'll postpone the restart until the rest of the changes has been added.