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Re: Economy thoughts
Also, at that rate, all the batteries on the market are sold at a loss, cause that price was set based on Iriil being worth about 40/unit.
This is specifically untrue, and I don't know why people keep repeating it.
A batch of thermal batteries requires a grand total of 4 titanium, 2 duramine, 4 diamene, 10 iriil, 2 astrium and 1 stesium as well as 874 marks for autofactory costs, including the intermediaries of paristeel, disheets and HDS. CA currently pays 100 marks per unit of iriil, 80 for titanium, 70 for duramine and diamene, 50 for astrium and 40 for stesium, so that comes out to a grand total of 2754 marks for one batch of batteries. Assuming that you're willing to fly out to Kholod Station for the final autofactory job (but don't give enough of a shit to do it for the HDS/disheets/paristeel, even though you probably should) that rounds up to 207 marks per battery. Current market offers are all 250 per, so they are (or at least should be, if they're using economy bonuses at all) making 43 marks per battery sold, which I feel is a perfectly acceptable level of profit. If you're willing to chase economy bonuses for the intemediaries or even the raw materials (looking at you, Iriil), you can nearly double the profits while maintaining the same standard price of 250 marks per battery.
Grek
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RP Log - Sot meets Evika
https://pastebin.com/ncJYmP1t
In which Sot meets a cold Fury, talks food, faith and fun, and recruits a new taste-tester!
In which Sot meets a cold Fury, talks food, faith and fun, and recruits a new taste-tester!
Announcements post #197: Introducing Daily Streaks.
From: Starmaker Eukelade
Subject: Introducing Daily Streaks.
Hey Starmourners, if you like to play Starmourn every day, we have good news for you! If you WANT to play Starmourn every day, but needed more incentive to do so - we still have good news for you. (And if you don't care, the good news is things aren't going to change.)
Starmourn is now introducing Daily Streaks and Milestone Rewards as an enhancement to the daily credits system. Log in every day, play for at least an hour and earn at least one daily credit during that time, and you'll start streaking. Streaks will cause your daily credit limit to increase over time, and streak milestones will award you with unique honors, titles, and increasing amounts of bound credits. The more you play, the bigger your rewards! See HELP STREAKS for more - and have fun!
Subject: Introducing Daily Streaks.
Hey Starmourners, if you like to play Starmourn every day, we have good news for you! If you WANT to play Starmourn every day, but needed more incentive to do so - we still have good news for you. (And if you don't care, the good news is things aren't going to change.)
Starmourn is now introducing Daily Streaks and Milestone Rewards as an enhancement to the daily credits system. Log in every day, play for at least an hour and earn at least one daily credit during that time, and you'll start streaking. Streaks will cause your daily credit limit to increase over time, and streak milestones will award you with unique honors, titles, and increasing amounts of bound credits. The more you play, the bigger your rewards! See HELP STREAKS for more - and have fun!
Re: Why do mods have a MAX level?
I would think they have a max level because in IC terms I would think it would take a lot more power to add to whatever stat on a L75 item than a L10 one. Therefore mods have the same ranges as weapons and armor.
E.g. (please correct me if I'm wrong, people who minmax much better than me ha!) In very simplified hypothetical terms:
A L1-10 kithblade might do 80 thermal damage per burn. With a +10 thermal mod it will do 88 damage.
But a L75+ kithblade might do 800 damage per burn, which would turn into 880 damage, to the mod is doing 10 x more than the low level one.
It also means that lower level players can pick up mods relatively cheaply - or everyone would charge 20k per mod for everyone. Which would suck.
E.g. (please correct me if I'm wrong, people who minmax much better than me ha!) In very simplified hypothetical terms:
A L1-10 kithblade might do 80 thermal damage per burn. With a +10 thermal mod it will do 88 damage.
But a L75+ kithblade might do 800 damage per burn, which would turn into 880 damage, to the mod is doing 10 x more than the low level one.
It also means that lower level players can pick up mods relatively cheaply - or everyone would charge 20k per mod for everyone. Which would suck.
Orrin
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Re: Player Artwork/Designs?
Let no art thread go un-necro'd. I played a little at launch, now I am playing for real, here is my space lizard Yoatl!
Drawn by my good friend Zinthings!
Drawn by my good friend Zinthings!
Announcements post #177: Ship Customization Improvements, Part One.
From: Starmaker Eukelade
Subject: Ship Customization Improvements, Part One.
Hello, Starmourners!
You may have noticed, if you've travelled through a docking bay in the last few...minutes...that the usual glut of interceptors, corvettes, superhaulers, and etcetera is gone from the bottom of the room descriptions. That is because we've released the first of two planned changes to our ship customization system. We have mechanical improvements in the works as well, but because I am extra, I really wanted to give you all a reason to pimp your rides. Thanks to Zersiax's hard work, the following changes have occurred:
- Ships will now only display to the room they're docked in if you choose to display them.
- Ships will now exist with their own unique room entry and display by name, make, and model, instead of being grouped into a generic cluster of its class.
- Ships are now able to be looked at by typing LOOK SHIPNAME instead of sorting through a massive list of currently docked vessels.
To display your ship to a station when it is docked, type SHIP VISIBLE ON while on board your vessel. Currently, to cut down on room spam, only players with captaincy level 5 and over can make their ship visible to a room, and you may only have one ship on display at any one time.
Remember, to customize your ship's paint job, hull shape, and a bunch of other things, use the SHIP DESIGN command while docked at a station with a chopshop. Check out HELP CHOPSHOP for more.
More changes to this system coming next week. Enjoy the new visibility and ease of ogling other people's ships!
Subject: Ship Customization Improvements, Part One.
Hello, Starmourners!
You may have noticed, if you've travelled through a docking bay in the last few...minutes...that the usual glut of interceptors, corvettes, superhaulers, and etcetera is gone from the bottom of the room descriptions. That is because we've released the first of two planned changes to our ship customization system. We have mechanical improvements in the works as well, but because I am extra, I really wanted to give you all a reason to pimp your rides. Thanks to Zersiax's hard work, the following changes have occurred:
- Ships will now only display to the room they're docked in if you choose to display them.
- Ships will now exist with their own unique room entry and display by name, make, and model, instead of being grouped into a generic cluster of its class.
- Ships are now able to be looked at by typing LOOK SHIPNAME instead of sorting through a massive list of currently docked vessels.
To display your ship to a station when it is docked, type SHIP VISIBLE ON while on board your vessel. Currently, to cut down on room spam, only players with captaincy level 5 and over can make their ship visible to a room, and you may only have one ship on display at any one time.
Remember, to customize your ship's paint job, hull shape, and a bunch of other things, use the SHIP DESIGN command while docked at a station with a chopshop. Check out HELP CHOPSHOP for more.
More changes to this system coming next week. Enjoy the new visibility and ease of ogling other people's ships!
VOIDWITCH Concerts, Events, Promos
Starting a thread to document the history of the band VOIDWITCH including logs from concerts, events, etc.
Poet is lead, Gwoss on drums, and Ibo is band manager.
Here's the first few documented events.
'Escape' at the Scatterfest 2:
TBD
'Winter Song' at the Winterflame Grounds:
TBD
'I Hate Winterflame' at Winterfest:
TBD
Jins 'n Juice photoshoot:
A super fun event with NPCs Nayami (played by Damiel) and Sanji (played by Soren).
https://brad-alt.github.io/starmourn/poetic/band_promo_001.htm
'Top Witch' at Lamentations:
Featuring discussion on spooky juice
https://brad-alt.github.io/starmourn/poetic/voidwitch_concert_2021-01-10.htm
Poet is lead, Gwoss on drums, and Ibo is band manager.
Here's the first few documented events.
'Escape' at the Scatterfest 2:
TBD
'Winter Song' at the Winterflame Grounds:
TBD
'I Hate Winterflame' at Winterfest:
TBD
Jins 'n Juice photoshoot:
A super fun event with NPCs Nayami (played by Damiel) and Sanji (played by Soren).
https://brad-alt.github.io/starmourn/poetic/band_promo_001.htm
'Top Witch' at Lamentations:
Featuring discussion on spooky juice
https://brad-alt.github.io/starmourn/poetic/voidwitch_concert_2021-01-10.htm
Ibo
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Re: All I Want For Winterflame Is...............
MentalThinking said:-snip-
It has been mentioned that GMCP requests are very hard to get put into action, though I love this idea. I would think that a good work around for this would be just to have some small QoL updates.
What I mean:
Whenever a mob starts using a windup against you:
[Mindsim]: 49250 Is Channeling a HUGE attack targetting YOU.
Whenever a mob starts attacking you:
[Mindsim]: 49250 Is now Targetting YOU.
These seem much more doable. (if the gmcp changes arent allowed)
from what I have heard top level doesnt really allow much GMCP changes at all, and the reason messages doesnt update when you read a message is for the same purpose. the more GMCP that is constantly updating. The more lag.
from what I have heard top level doesnt really allow much GMCP changes at all, and the reason messages doesnt update when you read a message is for the same purpose. the more GMCP that is constantly updating. The more lag.
Soza
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Announcements post #169: Quick Additions.
From: World Engineer Senzei
Subject: Quick Additions.
Hi Everyone!
I had not announced some things that are live... so let me point out those real fast!
- Crews can now utilize CREW STATUS, which will show room and health information. This includes the room number, so hopefully people do not have to call their rooms so often.
- NEWBIECHALLENGE will now show how many days you have left. Let me know if this is wrong.
- ARTIFACT LIST OWNED [search] is now a thing. You can use this to search for artifacts you already own. I will look at expanding this into other similar lists.
More changes are coming! Some of them are partially implemented too.
Happy New Year Starmourners.
Senzei
Subject: Quick Additions.
Hi Everyone!
I had not announced some things that are live... so let me point out those real fast!
- Crews can now utilize CREW STATUS, which will show room and health information. This includes the room number, so hopefully people do not have to call their rooms so often.
- NEWBIECHALLENGE will now show how many days you have left. Let me know if this is wrong.
- ARTIFACT LIST OWNED [search] is now a thing. You can use this to search for artifacts you already own. I will look at expanding this into other similar lists.
More changes are coming! Some of them are partially implemented too.
Happy New Year Starmourners.
Senzei
Re: Bashing After Crits
Id say a good fix for this would be to scale crit damage/chance per class, then in future zones have mobs a little more beefy to make the ttk roughly average for all classes. With those changes scale the xp given up a little bit so youd still be getting slightly more xp/m than current max zones but the fights are longer meaning the areas can handle 2-3 people bashing in them.
Soza
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