501warhead

Hey guys, just wanted to let you know we're going to be updating the pictures here with some better shots. Apologies for those of you who weren't fans of the shaders! There's plenty of space to build.

We've got some plans, just want and see! There's a story behind it! They fit well into the location you'll find them, these are early versions. We've changed a bit :) Patience! It's coming along well.

Greetings Lord of the Craft! Today I'm here to announce a new addition to the LotC staff roster, a team that has been a long time coming. For a bit of history and insight into the Map Development process to understand how it has worked is that either a single individual has spearheaded development ( @shiftnative, who did a fantastic job!) or a member of the administration or staff teams simply stepped up to create a map. An undecided, volatile process that has left us with maps that are less than optimal as we expand into the future, and maps that are torn, broken, and downright griefed at times. Today this changes. The World Development Team In Athera's development Shiftnative employed a team of Map "Developers", a title that was given to the individuals who were passionate about creating maps and content for players. Under his vision and their passion they worked to create a map and explored the ideas they had available to them and tried their hardest to produce a map they believed in. While Athera's success is controversial the Administration has decided that this team needed to be reforged to help us continue to create maps of the quality that the community has come to expect - or even exceed those expectations. The individuals who have been selected for this team so far have shown themselves to be outstanding in their efforts, many have been assisting and continue to assist with the 6.0 development process to this day and are actively talking about ideas and working hard day in and out to create something breathtaking. Starting Roster This team has no head and is appointed by the Administration based upon the levels of shown passion and ability to create. The starting roster is as follows; @Kilgrim Responsible for a large amount of work on 6.0, his skill in worldpainting has created something that many who have seen the map personally have praised. He is an incredible individual who is passionate about the map design process and continues to assist with terrain edits and design. @Ang A builder without peer Ang has dedicated long nights and days to working and creating some of the most amazing builds on LotC to date, including our spawn - Cloud Temple. He leads up 6.0's build process as the Build Lead. @Hiebe A worldpainter who helped create several maps we use today for Axios, accredited with creating Tahn and helping out with the editing of the other maps. He has helped plan the map from the start and continues to contribute greatly! @SeventhCircle A builder who has shown himself more than capable when it comes to creating builds and structures for players to enjoy. Much of the recent event line in the Legacy of Malin is accredited to this individual's persistence, his ideas are infectious, and he's dedicated to the work he does. An honorable mention is @Chaotikal who utilized his skill in World Machine to create the base of 6.0 which has produced one of the most impressive maps I have personally seen to date, and would be among this list if his schedule didn't prevent it. The team is a small, crack team of individuals who collectively can produce something to amaze. We'll be pulling up to two more individuals onto this team in the coming months based off of performance in creating a map for players to enjoy. Responsibilities So what do they do? The World Development Team is focused on creating maps for players to enjoy while maintaining maps that are currently being lived on. They, together with the Administration, will be listening for feedback when it comes to our maps and taking it into account to create better maps for our server and community. For the most part they are spearheading 6.0 development with the Administration but you might see them in game occasionally fixing up landscars or ruined terrain. This team may also be producing several explorable maps throughout the life cycle of 6.0 to expand onto the new map experience. This team is intended to be small and focused so that it doesn't have a huge footprint on the size of our staff, allowing us to implement this sorely-needed role and allow our map development to be agile and make change quickly. Teasers Now, I know what you're thinking. "This is cool and all, but what about 6.0?" and don't worry, we've got you covered. Here are a few wonderful shots of Lord of the Craft: 6.0 to tide you over until our next post, which will be coming later in the month. That'll be all for now! Happy Roleplaying! - 501warhead, LotC Administration

Clarification The lockpicking/heist rule set has been updated with new wording as to be clearer to it's use cases.

Update The cap for Player vs Player combat on fighting is now 10, up from 8

I dont know if this route has been explored but https://www.couchsurfing.com might help. Just some late night googling!

If I had funds to spare I would. In the meanwhile my thoughts are with you Meanking. In addition as this is a serious topic please refrain from trolling or pushing agendas on the thread. This hasnt happened but I wanted to be perfectly clear on this matter.

Student Application format: MC Name: 501warhead Character's Name: Kulin'oem Character's Age: 342 Character's Race: High Elf What magic(s) will you be learning?: Anti-Magic Teacher's MC Name: Rella101 Teacher's RP Name: Gene Do you have a magic(s) you are dropping due to this app? If so, link it: N/A Do you agree to keep the MT updated on the status of your magic app by using the Magic List Errors topic?: Sure Have you applied for this magic on this character before, and had it denied? If so, link the app: Nope

Tahn is currently 28GB, it would take quite a while to get to you. I would provide you with a schematic but the region is too large for proper schematicing so I'd end up having to send it to you in parts. It's possible, but I would highly recommend downloading it yourself using http://www.liteloader.com/mod/wdl - it's on 1.12 and in theory it should be fine but if not it seems to be fairly updated so waiting a bit will likely yield an updated version. Further, we do store in reserve worlds copies of builds before drastic event changes. Should all else fail contact me VIA DM and I'll arrange a copy of the build, somehow.

We made this change for performance reasons. We'll be rebalancing crafts with timers to make them more appeasing