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Check this thread for Alter Aeon game updates for this year. It should update every month or two with new areas, code, and other changes.
For those who don't know, Alter Aeon is an online, multiplayer text based game. The game theme is fantasy based, with swords and sorcery, dragons and trolls, gods and demons. Our Mush-Z client is made by blind players for blind players, and it help make Alter Aeon one of the best blind-friendly games out there.
There have been a lot of updates over the last two months. There are three new areas:
- The Aztec Palace and Temple at level 33, by Draak and Shadowfax
- The Island of HakaHaka at level 33, by Kagome
- Eisenmere, the Iron Sea at total level 134+, by Draak and Shadowfax
There are three updated areas:
- The Labyrinth, which and instanced and suitable for levels 34-37
- Headhunter Island, which has been raised to level 35
- Thalenwood Forest and the elven City of Trinsic, are now level 31
Major code and client updates:
- There have been a number of new Mush-Z updates, including new sounds, better handling of recast, better shortid, and mushreader improvements.
- Add well made/finely made/mastercraft indicators to items. Well made items can be much more heavily enchanted and strongly reforged.
- A number of improvements and updates to the new Druid class, including stronger water weirds, better carving, spell and skill experience, and new sounds.
- A lot of updates to bone dragons, making it much easier to navigate and find landing spots.
- Experience and area changes to make it easier for players to find appropriate high level areas.
- Work continues on the account system for Stellar Aeon, and we may also be helping with the release of a new audiogame called Interceptor!
We've also made a number of awesome 'ease of use' changes:
- Allow 3 letter abbreviations for most door names.
- Add 'set infrashort' to toggle infravision short/long description modes.
- Make thief 'cloak of darkness' a simple status effect so it's more useful.
- Add support for 'get all' and 'put all' of a specific object type.
- Add account based player ignore and block commands.
- Improvement to boat shoreline display and boat landing site locations.
Lastly, we have an upcoming event for solstice in June. New players are always welcome.
Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com
http://www.mush-z.com
Yesterday, Alter Aeon upgraded servers and changed server location. The new server is much faster and people are reporting a lot less lag than with the old one. If you're having problems connecting, you may need to reboot your machine to clear the DNS cache. If necessary, you can direct connect using the IP address:
173.255.226.43, port 3000 (alteraeon.com)
In other news, we have an upcoming system event for Summer Solstice in a little over three weeks. The event is slated to be run by Shadowfax, and should cover a couple of days and be quite interesting. Don't miss it!
Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com
http://www.mush-z.com
Alter Aeon 2014 Solstice Event
This year's primary Summer Solstice event will begin on Saturday, June 21st at 5 PM Central Standard Time. The theme this year is "Chaos Containment", so expect to see updates, changes and general weirdness around the places and areas associated with Chaos. There are several sets of event quests, and the event itself wraps up with a couple of epilogue quests which will always be available afterward.
Although the orchestrated event will end that night, the quests will still be available for a few days afterward for those who can't make it. After Saturday night the event scripts will be automated.
Along with these quests, we will be releasing several new and updated areas, including one of last year's event areas. All of these areas are permanent and will remain open after the event.
We hope to see you all on Saturday!
Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com
Alter Aeon August 2014 Updates
Alter Aeon is a well established MUD with a long history. Set in a world of swords and magic, we regularly update with new game content, features, and system-wide events. The game is blind friendly for the visually impaired.
New and updated articles:
- Updated article - Introduction to Healing in Groups. This article describes what being a healer in a group means, how to improve your skills as a healer, and things to look for to help you keep your group alive.
- New article - Cleric Class Overview. This is an overview of the skills and spells available to clerics and some of their roles within the game.
- New article - How to Use Channels on Alter Aeon. This article presents an overview of basic channel commands, including how to create and manage your own channels.
Articles can be found on our articles pages, at: http://alteraeon.com/articles
New and updated areas:
- A new total level 120 group area containing obsidian trolls can be found north of Haun's Mill, in the southeastern section of the mainland.
- A new level 17 area, the ruins of a destroyed drow city, has been discovered on the Island of Archais by the centaurs of Fort Magnesia.
- Castle Dragnok, east of Ralnoth on the mainland, has been reworked and updated. It is now a level 31 area.
- A new level 30 area, the abandoned stronghold of Clan Unforgiven, has been opened in the forest west of Ralnoth.
- The burned out forest, a total level 114 area, has been opened west of Natchsburg.
- The Drow mines around and under Old Thalos have been upgraded and extended. This area is now level 30.
- The Clearwater Beach, and the nearby Ancestral Island, have been added to the Island of Kordan north of the city of Naphtali. These level 19 areas contain a number of quests and should help bridge the transition to the Island of Archais.
There have also been a number of quest improvements, additions and links added on Archais. If you haven't done the quests there recently, you may want to check back at Gad's Landing and the surrounding areas. As always, use the 'area new' command in-game for a list of recent zones.
We hope to see you there!
Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com
Alter Aeon October 2014 Updates
Alter Aeon is a well established MUD with a long history. It is set in a world of swords and magic, with regular updates and system-wide events. The game is blind friendly for the visually impaired.
New and updated areas:
The Cloud Academy has reopened! Previously known as the Djinni School for Magic, this level 24 area on the island of Archais was reworked by Bamboo and contains several new quests.
A new level 35 area, the Barbary Bridge Road, has been opened along the eastern coast of the mainland between West Naginag and Rogonia.
Near the Barbary Bridge Road lies the Sas'kwal Dale, a new total level 114 area. It is the former home of a now disenfranchised tribe of murlocks. It is said a powerful curse was laid on the Dale by the last master biomancer of the Sas'kwal.
Mount Bli[t z s]tadt, a mysterious peak on the nothern edge of the Ash Mountains, is a new total level 118 area. It is rumored that something immensely powerful dwells in or around the mountain.
Two new total level 122 areas have been added to the Astral Plane of Air: The Empyrean Caliphate, a cluster of allied cloud giant and greater djinni villages, and the Great Vortex, an enormous storm system populated by strange animals and elemental creatures.
Server code updates:
Lots of druid class updates, including more spell and skill exp, automerging of nuts and berries, improvements to spellstaffs and totems, and making it a lot easier to brew salves and tinctures. One of the biggest changes is to make the 'call animal' spell low level, so low level players can call and use animals.
If you lose your account master password, you can now request an emailed password reset with 'account password reset'.
We've improved the 'where' and 'nearby' commands to make it easier to find places in cities and nearby areas. The web pages for areas have also been upgraded, to display nearby areas and related quests.
Item reforging and random items have been dramatically improved. Random items now spawn with much more useful stats, and reforge is more consistent and reliable.
Pk changes - damage tweaks to various overpowered spells and skills in pk, as well as making dodge and parry less powerful for casters.
Miscellaneous skill/spell changes: Improvements to cleric curses and lightballs, allow climb without knowing the skill, add thief shadow usage to prompts, add Tornius' Reagent for potion brewers, tweaks to various warrior skills, and lots of changes to add exp for the less commonly used classes.
Convenience changes: Add support for 'drop all.item', improve channel replay, add 'donate oops', better spam filters on clan storage, and make it harder to lose alignment in groups.
There's also new Mush-Z and DClient releases, with more druid sounds!
Lastly, don't forget that Halloween Havoc is coming up in a few short weeks. We'll post more information about the Halloween events as we approach month end.
We hope to see you there!
Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com
Alter Aeon December 2014 Updates
Alter Aeon is a well established MUD with a long history. It is set in a world of swords and magic, with regular updates and system-wide events. The game is blind friendly for the visually impaired.
New and updated areas:
The underground city of Runn-Khal has opened on the island of Kordan. This level 16 zone provides a fun story and quest line for players not quite ready for Qoorik or the other high level areas on Kordan.
The catacombs below Azeroth Keep on the island of Archais have been updated and expanded. The area is now a level 27 group zone, and should provide lots of fun for players not yet ready to approach the mainland.
On the mainland, three level 31 areas have opened to the northwest of Ralnoth: Wallachia City, the Village of Vom, and the ruined castle of Radobaj. These areas were put together by the builders Draak and Shadowfax.
We've also put a lot of work into adjusting levels on the new player islands to streamline them and make sure players can find zones appropriate for their level.
Server code updates:
Add item fetch jobs to the new player islands. Use the 'job find' command on each island to hunt down available jobs.
Additions to the various event commands, including teleporting players to event areas and making events more friendly to low level players.
Vast improvements and additions to mob arenas. Mob arenas can now be used as part of events, and there have been a lot of fixes to allow more class spells and skills to work in arenas.
Casting cleric spells now requires the wisdom and charisma stats, instead of wisdom and intelligence. The charisma requirement is currently very low - approximately ten points below the wisdom requirement. The charisma requirement is expected to raise by one point every few months until it is four points below the wisdom requirement. Existing players can buy a stat swap for approximately 150k gold to help update their character.
There's a new Mush-Z release which fixes some startup/reinstall bugs.
Game events:
The December advent calendar has been running since the first, so don't forget to log in and get your advent gifts! These special gifts only appear in December, so if you miss them, you have to wait until next year.
Our year end events are coming up in a couple of weeks. Check the 'show event' and 'show schedule' commands in the next few days for more information.
Lastly, the Alter Aeon 20th Anniversary event is coming up the week of January 15th. This marks two full decades of Alter Aeon, and we expect to see a lot of older faces as well as new.
We hope to see you there!
Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com
Alter Aeon 2014 Year End Celebration
Our year end celebration starts on Wednesday, December 24, and will continue all the way through January first! We have several sets of events planned, including present cannons, teleporting gifts, mob arenas, and an event area with quests.
In addition to the events, the advent calendar will be giving out daily gifts to players. We'll also be adding a number of new spells and skills every day or two.
Lastly, don't forget that Alter Aeon's big 20th anniversary is also approaching. The main event for the anniversary is planned to start on the 15th of January, and last through the weekend.
We hope to see you there!
Alter Aeon MUD
http://www.alteraeon.com