Tsunami Newsletter [ Issue #4 - September 2009 ]
Well, it's been a while since we last reported, so there's a lot to tell you!
[ Class Changes ]
Mages:
- Chaitan has spent alot of time and effort on Wu-Jen, and there was a general overhaul of the class.
- There are now 7 sphere levels instead of 6 for Wu-Jens. Pneumatos is now a level 7 and a new spell, annihilate, was put in.
- Blast-type spells are improved the more sphere levels the Wu-Jen has in the governing sphere (i.e. lightning-bolt improves the higher the Wu-Jen's level in the Air sphere).
- Phantasm for illusionist was improved.
- Chaosmages can no longer cast chaos actively, but will automatically chaos when near death.
- Necromancer lich now works based on pk ranking - and finally, works at all!
- Shaolins are currently disabled for further work.
- Preservers lost restoration but can now make healing berries.
- Zealots had minor tweaks to coagulate and whip of pain - you will now leave a trail of blood if flayed!
- Cultists received changes and improvements to dance and unspoken word.
- Divine wrath for crusaders was improved.
- Changelings are currently disabled for further work.
- Unicorns were tweaked, and their heal spell made a two-phase spell.
- Mindrip was improved for Will 'O Wisps.
- Berserker prestige class is now in open beta for those that have 5000 teeth gained from slaying evil demonspawn and the like. Check the native board for more info.
- Deathknights got a new spell. Help spells deathcoil.
- Vampires have been recoded completely. Check them out.
- Spider2s are in beta testing.
- Hydras gained the ability to regrow up to 20 heads and exhale was increased.
- Manticores gained some power in attacking with their spikes and lost autofire.
- Inferno now deals half damage for beholders if they're not in the room to stoke the fire.
- Werewolf packs grew teeth and longer, sharper claws.
- Gremlins are being tweaked for greater playability. Watch this space.
- Dracolich2s are in beta testing.
- Knights gained the ability to ride smaller steeds.
- Warriors trained up in whirlwinding, and are now suitably scary.
- Warriors can, however, no longer crease or fake.
[ Player-Killing Changes ]
- Two huge additions were made to the pk system.
- Firstly, those who are pked become temporarily [SHAMED], which means they are forced who on, and their title is changed to show they were beaten to a pulp by a better man/woman. Players can also be gagged during their shamed period, to keep them from talking smack.
- Secondly, Torgoch the Blood Drinker was added. Torgoch keeps track of the rank of player-killers, and can provide rewards appropriate to the rank of these players. However, his rewards come with some danger. Help pkrank.
- Players will also be notified of the highest rank pker online when they enter Tsunami.
[ Area and Quest Changes ]
- Myst has been added to the game, with an accompanying quest.
- The entrance to the magic school has moved, magically.
- Raederth and Dragonmyrth have increased in size and remit.
- Wanderer forest has seen a breeding frenzy lately. NPC levels have changed.
- A number of hero level areas also saw a breeding frenzy.
- Check out Tsunami Jungle for a fun new quest, and thank Aristotle for his fun maze code!
- Sauron's gauntlet is 2 down from CoT. Check it out for xp and fun, but be ready to fight hard.
- The new quest "The Road to Elysia" has been added. This will eventually encompass six parts and multiple large areas. Part 1 and 2 are in game, and part 2 is yet to be solved by a player - you could be the first!
- Warcraft now has a lovely hack and slash quest attached to it.
- The Court of Ardor, a high hero level area, was added, with a fiendishly tough quest for highbies called the Ritual of the Moon.
- The Two Rivers area was added. Speak to the bard.
- Centaurs are a bit more lenient and allowing more people into their realms.
- A gold miner has, according to rumour, broken through to Thyrkon, near to the Waterfalls area.
- Excavators near CoT started a well but dug much deeper!
- Quite a few large dragons have come to Tsunami to assist Omadaun - knights, you are called to attend!
- The fungus cave now breeds a big, fat fungus twice a day. Kill it for a reward.
- Many signposts have been added around the mainland to help lost travellers.
- Newbie monster and mage quests have been added, with fey and undead quests to come soon.
- Quests are being refined constantly, to improve the player experience. If there's a quest you haven't done that you always wanted to, try it now! And as always, please give us feedback.
[ War Changes ]
- Wars are now every 12 hours at 7 am and 7 pm Eastern Time.
- Experience was increased to compensate for fewer wars.
- Everyone gets 10 wartokens for participation in shut down wars, plus an additional wartoken for each kill.
- Everyone gets points for participating in wars.
- Setenv war_money 1 and setenv twar_money 1 will award gold instead of experience.
[ Wizard Changes ]
- Baratus, Charac, Riyue are now level 50 (High Wizard), buy them a drink!
- Disdain was promoted to Greater Wizard.
- Russeldog and Traveller were promoted to Senior Wizard.
[ Misc. Changes ]
- Smartprompt was introduced, to give players the ability to get constant updated on their hp/sp status.
- Players can now give up their jihad allegiance... for a stiff penalty.
- The equipment command now shows a lot more information about your stuff.
- Shops no longer refund extra money for being repossessed.
- Character maximum increased to 100.
- A new race was introduced by Aristotle. Help myconoid for more info on them.
- Lower level skills/spells/songs/prayers now cost less. This grows as the player does, up to a maximum.
- Aliases can now be made account wide. "alias account b do breathe" will make the alias work for all your characters. Help alias for clarification.
- We have some new maps on our web page provided by Punk:
- /fieldmap.php
- /mapwar.php
[ Wrapping Up ]
We put a lot of effort into Tsunami to bring our imagination to life and truly hope our players find it a great avenue for their adventures. We welcome suggestions, ideas, and work hard to fix bugs. We create this world for you, the players, and ourselves. Please encourage your friends to join us on Tsunami. Please vote for us as a top MUD site as well if you feel so inclined:
- http://www.topmudsites.com/vote-tsunami.html
- https://www.mudconnect.com/cgi-bin/vote.cgi?mud=Tsunami