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Re: Q+A Madness - Jan/Feb 2019

Kestrel said:

I'm massively disappointed with how Scoundrels have turned out and thinking of changing class.

As a non-combatant, I don't care too much about how many bullets I can shoot per minute, but I picked the class mainly for flavour. I wanted to be a dirty bastard who don't care 'bout no rules and don't care 'bout no laws. Yet currently Scoundrels don't feel very ... scoundrel-y? There is very little in the way of dashing, debonair pirate functionality. Nanoseers make better spies and better sneaks. Scoundrels kinda just shoot shit.

Are there plans to change this, or is this the intended theme of Scoundrels? Are we supposed to be rogue-equivalents, or more like rangers with guns for bows? Any insight you could share on your vision for Scoundrels would be much appreciated.
Specifically, for example, is it intended that Nanoseer invisibility is so many miles beyond the Scoundrel's generic conceal? (Which is identical to the widely available slink ...)

Scoundrels are intended to be the dirty fighter/win at at any cost style of class. Not your typical MMO/MUD rogue/serpent, more just employ whatever means necessary to get the job done.

I do agree that there can be improvements made in a couple of classes in regards to abilities that are a bit too close in functionality to other abilities (which I covered earlier in this thread). We'll be fixing these up as time and opportunity presents.

Overall though, your class abilities are just your tools, while we give them specific flavor, it's just a facilitator for how you roleplay your character. If you want to be a charisma-laden, debonair pirate (space Dread Pirate Roberts), you can, if you want to be a gruff merc (Captain Mal Reynolds/Han Solo), that's also possible, if you want to be a cold, calculating assassin (Agent 47), that's fine too. There's a big sandbox that you can play inside while still keeping thematically in-line with your ability flavor messages.

That being said, there's always room for improvement! We'll have a classlead session opening up in the near future, and you're more than welcome to submit your ideas for further changes and refinements to your class.

Tecton

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Re: Event Log: Emergency Bounty

Typical IRE player base response tbh

Atalkez

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Re: Good Vibrations!

Xiru said:

Y'all didn't have to go and give bonuses on past credit purchases. But you did. And that's amazing.

Not something we'd typically do, of course, but it just felt like the right thing to do here!

Aurelius

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Event Log: Emergency Bounty

(Emergency):

(Emergency)

EMERGENCY.

(Emergency): A Wundishu security agent says, "Attention all mercs. 25k Mark reward offered for

location of stolen personal shuttlecraft. Craft is clearly labeled with Wundishu Biotech branding.".

(Emergency): A Breakaway Rescue operator says, "Security agent, this channel is to be used for

rescue emergencies only. It is not a sector broadcast. Further misuse will result in revocation of

comm access. This is your sole warning.".

(Emergency): A Wundishu security agent says, "Pilot is Bushraki female. Last seen heading out of

Fontain System, Rimward/Antispinward bearing. Warning: approach with extreme caution. Notify Blaze

Braagsh, Wundishu security, when contact is made.".

(Emergency): A Breakaway Rescue operator says, "Disabling emergency comm access for Wundishu Biotech.".

Leaving a blazing trail in its wake, a meteor of some kind streaks through the Norpisa system, where

it blinks out of sight.

Somewhere, a minor crash can be sensed as a tiny spacecraft makes a hard landing.

In the searing desert. (v4017)

Rocky sand lies all around, formed in gentle ripples by the wind, which brings little relief as it

sweeps over the sandscape. Hot and arid, the surroundings are oppressive despite the open expanse.
[Items]: 8 corpses, a sandstone boulder, a smoking shuttlecraft, a takeout container of zhubeast noodles,
a towering sand dune, and an abandoned vehicle

-- an agitated Bushraki (#45789) ---------------------------------------------

Race: Bushraki Gender: Female

Affiliation: Unknown Status: Healthy

Description: Sprawled on the sandy ground, this Bushraki is angry and rattled, uttering a

string of unintelligible words in her native language, peppered with some of the fouler obscenities

in Galactic Standard. One leg is tucked beneath her, bearing her weight, while the other is bent at

an odd angle, clearly broken, but she does not appear to be in pain. She wears a mesh tank top and a

close-fitting flight suit that has been peeled down to the waist, revealing a number of blades

strapped to her arms. Her attention is primarily focused on repairing a damaged blaster in her hands.

Strength: You estimate that she is extremely powerful.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- A smoking shuttlecraft (#39200) --------------------------------------------

Owner: Unknown Usable life: Perpetual

Mass: Very large Resetting: No

Description: Looking more akin to a B.E.A.S.T. apparatus than a spaceworthy vessel, this

shuttlecraft barely has room for a single occupant and some cargo. The Wundishu Biotech logo is

prominently displayed on all sides, along with a smaller label reading: "Wundishu BioLink v3.1." The

access hatch is open, revealing a glimpse of the interior, where it appears the pilot takes a semi-

prone position, where they are hooked up to a variety of sensors that interface directly with the

mindsim. A strange, luminous biofilm covers the internal circuitry, sparking and swirling as though

making repairs to the damaged components.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Leaping out and moving with precision, a team of security agents in full combat gear immediately

surrounds the downed shuttlecraft, their weapons pointed directly at the scowling Bushraki.

Last to exit the transport is a tall W'hoorn, who glides gracefully to the ground on armored wings,

tossing his golden mane with casual indifference.

"Ha!" Blaze Braagsh exclaims with gusto.

-- Blaze Braagsh (#29417) ----------------------------------------------------

Race: W'hoorn Gender: Male

Affiliation: Agosa Wundishu Status: Healthy

Description: Tall and robust, this W'hoorn is not the type one would choose to tangle with, his impressive
musculature evident even under full clothing. With piercing black eyes and a full, golden mane, he is as handsome
as he is deadly, and his smug expression indicates that he is keenly aware of it. Clad in full combat gear, even his
wings are fully armored, while remaining functional.

Strength: You estimate that he is about as strong as you.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Blaze says, "Found you, despite the fact that nobody seems to have bothered to collect on our offer."

Blaze Braagsh smirks.

Blaze says, "Fortunately this sizable gathering registered on every scanner in the sector."

Blaze strides over to the Bushraki pilot, teeth bared in disgust.

Blaze raises a modified blaster, aiming it at the pilot's head, and pulls the trigger without

hesitation.

The Bushraki flops to the ground, jerking and twitching as some kind of electromagnetic damage

renders her wiring and INR useless.

-- The corpse of a Bushraki pilot (#58868) ------------------------------------

Owner: Unknown Usable life: 5 mo.

Mass: Medium Resetting: No

Description: Sprawled on the sandy ground, this Bushraki is nothing more than a corpse. One leg is

bent at an odd angle, clearly broken, but her cause of death was clearly a bullet to the head, which

has fried the entire upper portion of her body with some kind of electromagnetic force. She wears a

singed mesh tank top and a close-fitting flight suit that has been peeled down to the waist,

revealing a number of blades strapped to her arms.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Blaze says, "As you can see, my employers have little tolerance for theft."

Blaze says, "Those of you not idiotic enough to attack ME of all people."

Blaze says, "Feel free to come by the facility in the Fontain System. Could be a job there for
someone like you."

<Blaze disappears, leaving body of Bushraki and shuttlecraft>

Full Log:
https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/5r5ojeTO

Bob

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Re: Starmourn GUIs?

My current Nexus iteration:

Image: https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/HYQNLnH.png

Just paste this in a new onLoad.

reno = typeof reno != 'undefined' ? reno : {}

reno.classr = 'reno'
reno.inject = function(rule) { $('body').append('<div class="' + reno.classr + '">&shy;<style>' + rule + '</style></div>') }

reno.init = function() {
  var rules = ''
  
  // Reduce spacing around the containers
  rules += '.ui-tabs { padding: 0.1em; }\n'
  
  // Restyling of tabs
  rules += '.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-anchor { position: absolute; height: 14px; width: 25px; left: 5px; top: 0px; }\n'
  rules += '.ui-tabs ul.tab_nav > li { height: 11px; }\n'
  rules += '.ui-tabs ul.tab_nav > li.ui-tabs-active { border-bottom-color: black; background-color: black; height: 11px; color: #B3B6B7; }\n'
  rules += '.ui-tabs div.ui-tabs-panel { padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px; }\n'
  rules += '.ui-tabs ul.tab_nav > li { width: 36px; border-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-color: rgba(31, 68, 68, 1); }\n'
    
  // Respacing given tab height changes
  rules += '.ui-tabs > .tab_content { top: -1px; border-radius: 0px; height: calc(100% - 30px); border-color: rgba(31, 68, 68, 1) !important; }\n'
    
  // Reduce opacification of most backgrounds:
  rules += '.frame_border { background-color: rgba( 1, 1, 1, 0.55) !important; }\n'
  rules += '#tab_content_map { background-image: url(\'https://cdn.pbrd.co/images/HY2x1SI.png\'); }\n'
  rules += '#tab_content_main_output { background-color: rgba( 1, 1, 1, 0.75) !important; }\n'
  rules += '#tab_content_all_comm { background-color: rgba( 1, 1, 1, 1) !important; }\n'
    
  // Animating main_output
  /*
   rules += '#tab_content_main_output { box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(105, 202, 98, 0.5); }\n'
   rules += '#tab_content_main_output::before, #tab_content_main_output::after {content:\'\'; z-index:-1; margin:-5%; box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px; animation: clipMe 8s linear infinite; }\n'
   rules += '#tab_content_main_output::before { animation-delay: -4s; }\n'
   rules += '#keyframes clipMe { 0%, 100% {clip: rect(0px, 220px, 2px, 0px);} 25% {clip: rect(0px, 2px, 220px, 0px);} 50% {clip: rect(218px, 220px, 220px, 0px);} 75% {clip: rect(0px, 220px, 220px, 218px);} }\n'
  */
  
  $('.' + reno.classr).remove()
  reno.inject(rules)
}

reno.init()

tysandr

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Re: Q+A Madness - Jan/Feb 2019

Ephemera said:

Do you plan on bringing over any sort of housing system?

You have housing on your ship! But yes, there's plans for a colonization system in the future.

Tecton

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Re: Good Vibrations!

Starmourn Happy Moments

I sent a concern privately to Starmourn support at night and then went to sleep. I woke up to a concise respectful response the next morning. Thank you.

I haven't played a mud in a while. Starmourn really pulled me in. I got excited to see my non-binary friends were welcomed with an option to play their gender. I adore that there is an entire race that prefers polyamory.

I love that my submitted typo was fixed and I was told about it.

Nexus is very easy use and I'm enjoying learning some JavaScript to go with it.

Tonight my irl friends and I stayed up late roleplaying, and crushing mutants. They're new to Ironrealms and hunting with them was a great time.

Zo_

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Re: Engineer feedback, round 2

Wearable gadgets. A lot of them indicate they are worn but cannot be worn. At work, will add more when I get home.

Satomi

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Re: Q+A Madness - Jan/Feb 2019

Flipilaria said:

Datashards??????

We've gotta tweak a few things on that system before we release the player-writable ones. You can expect them in the very near future!

Tecton

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Re: Race Reset

I think a lot of people who are arguing against a change are doing it based on having personally seen the impact that's had in other games. But here's the thing: If you don't think race should matter... why would you want to change it?

ThePlaintiffReturns

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