Post by Josh on Mar 5, 2020 6:33:51 GMT
Hello everyone! If you've been peeking around, you'll notice that a great deal of changes have been made to the site as of late on the sly. Now that they've been finalized, I would like to announce that the LoT 2.5 Update is finally complete! Below are some details on what has been changed, brought directly to you.
- The Site Rules have been updated
- Dates have been removed from the Tabloid for a better sense of liquid time
- Players running dungeons or other instances involving boss monsters have some creative freedom in regards to what can be a boss monster, including creating their own creatures. If you are curious if something you have come up with would fit into the site's mythos, feel free to ask staff! We can be flexible.
- Players may now submit their own entries to The Hyrule Tabloid! Submissions can be posted here for review.
- Application template amended to replace Element with SoM (More info on that in just a second)
- Character Creation rules have been updated. Restrictions on Original Faceclaims have been completely removed. You may now only use one animanga/Game faceclaim at a time, though you may still duel-wield a regular and original faceclaim
- Inactives have had their Characters, Inventories and Plotters archived. If you wish to be unarchived, post at least once with the character and message a Staff member to be unarchived
- After this, archivals will now be done through Activity Checks. So long as the character has been roleplayed recently at the time of the check, it may be signed to indicate the character as safe
- All roles can now be roleplayed into
- Roles can no longer be apped into
- Characters do not need to take a role immediately if granted it, and may long-term plot into it so long as Staff is aware
- One writer may hold any amount of total roles between characters, but may only hold leadership of two non player-made factions, and one province leadership role. Exceptions may be made for plot-based circumstances such as interim leadership
- NPCs will now take vacant roles if not filled quickly, but may be replaced through plot
- NPCs have been placed into vacant roles
- Provincial Leadership Roles have been overhauled. Some roles have been changed, merged together or removed. Gender requirements have also been removed.
- The magic system has been overhauled into the Schools of Magic. All elements have been reorganized into schools. You are free to request a respec on your character and Staff will refund your rupees for spells you own, as well as allow you to choose a new School of Magic should you so choose. If you do not ask for a re-spec, you will be placed in the School of Magic that your element was transitioned into
- Shop has been streamlined for easier reading
- Many items and spells have new descriptions, some also have new functionalities
- New spells have been added to each category, fixing the issues of balancing.
- Spells have been re-organized based on price
- Resurrection spells have been nerfed
- Each School of Magic's "Imbue Weapon" spell has been reworked and renamed. Cooldowns have been removed and replaced with constant energy drain
- "War of Flames" renamed to "Flames of War". Yup, we did
- "Wrath of War" renamed to "Din's Fire"
- Rune spells have been given new names and functionalities
- Master Spells have officially begun to be implemented.
- You may now buy spells from schools of magic not your own, but they will cost twice the price. Master Spells cannot be learned outside of their own SoM.
- Quests, or at least as they are, will be phased out. From here on, any completed thread may be submitted to the Finished Threads to receive the same type of Rupee reward one would if it were a quest. This change has been made in order to make the process of earning Rupees from threads much easier. Special Quests that give unique rewards outside of Rupees will remain.
- The Special Quests system has been finalized. New Special Quests have been added
- Special Quests Guide has been moved to the Questing Guide thread for easier access
- Special Quests no longer have a limit on how many successful party members can earn the reward
- live-streams is now community-projects
- Media chat added
- All images have been re-hosted after the closure of Tinypic
- Banner has been fixed, links to the Shop and User Directory now work
- Staff banner has been fixed
- Fancy schmancy new update tab entry to mark our forth year
- Newsfeed updated
- The bestiary has been cleaned up
Main Site Mechanics
- The Site Rules have been updated
- Dates have been removed from the Tabloid for a better sense of liquid time
- Players running dungeons or other instances involving boss monsters have some creative freedom in regards to what can be a boss monster, including creating their own creatures. If you are curious if something you have come up with would fit into the site's mythos, feel free to ask staff! We can be flexible.
- Players may now submit their own entries to The Hyrule Tabloid! Submissions can be posted here for review.
Character Creation
- Application template amended to replace Element with SoM (More info on that in just a second)
- Character Creation rules have been updated. Restrictions on Original Faceclaims have been completely removed. You may now only use one animanga/Game faceclaim at a time, though you may still duel-wield a regular and original faceclaim
- Inactives have had their Characters, Inventories and Plotters archived. If you wish to be unarchived, post at least once with the character and message a Staff member to be unarchived
- After this, archivals will now be done through Activity Checks. So long as the character has been roleplayed recently at the time of the check, it may be signed to indicate the character as safe
Roles
- All roles can now be roleplayed into
- Roles can no longer be apped into
- Characters do not need to take a role immediately if granted it, and may long-term plot into it so long as Staff is aware
- One writer may hold any amount of total roles between characters, but may only hold leadership of two non player-made factions, and one province leadership role. Exceptions may be made for plot-based circumstances such as interim leadership
- NPCs will now take vacant roles if not filled quickly, but may be replaced through plot
- NPCs have been placed into vacant roles
- Provincial Leadership Roles have been overhauled. Some roles have been changed, merged together or removed. Gender requirements have also been removed.
Shop
- The magic system has been overhauled into the Schools of Magic. All elements have been reorganized into schools. You are free to request a respec on your character and Staff will refund your rupees for spells you own, as well as allow you to choose a new School of Magic should you so choose. If you do not ask for a re-spec, you will be placed in the School of Magic that your element was transitioned into
- Shop has been streamlined for easier reading
- Many items and spells have new descriptions, some also have new functionalities
- New spells have been added to each category, fixing the issues of balancing.
- Spells have been re-organized based on price
- Resurrection spells have been nerfed
- Each School of Magic's "Imbue Weapon" spell has been reworked and renamed. Cooldowns have been removed and replaced with constant energy drain
- "War of Flames" renamed to "Flames of War". Yup, we did
- "Wrath of War" renamed to "Din's Fire"
- Rune spells have been given new names and functionalities
- Master Spells have officially begun to be implemented.
- You may now buy spells from schools of magic not your own, but they will cost twice the price. Master Spells cannot be learned outside of their own SoM.
Quests
- Quests, or at least as they are, will be phased out. From here on, any completed thread may be submitted to the Finished Threads to receive the same type of Rupee reward one would if it were a quest. This change has been made in order to make the process of earning Rupees from threads much easier. Special Quests that give unique rewards outside of Rupees will remain.
- The Special Quests system has been finalized. New Special Quests have been added
- Special Quests Guide has been moved to the Questing Guide thread for easier access
- Special Quests no longer have a limit on how many successful party members can earn the reward
Discord
- live-streams is now community-projects
- Media chat added
Housekeeping Changelog
- All images have been re-hosted after the closure of Tinypic
- Banner has been fixed, links to the Shop and User Directory now work
- Staff banner has been fixed
- Fancy schmancy new update tab entry to mark our forth year
- Newsfeed updated
- The bestiary has been cleaned up