Llir

Hello Failorians,

I regret to inform you that unfortunately Aevos will be delayed until Saturday, June 3rd due to technical and scheduling issues finishing up Cloud Temple and a few plugin updates. I know this totally sucks but this short delay will allow us to have the smoothest launch possible for what we hope will be one of our best maps yet.

- Llir

this is a wild game of gotcha being played on the forums today. next you're going to tell me that vailor was entirely ripped from PMC or something

Hello Almaricans!

Today I am excited to announce the official opening of our Transfer Vaults, your way to bring a travel trunk of items to the next map. Pack your bags everyone, <REDACTED_MAP_NAME> is on the horizon, and map transfer comes soon!

What are Vaults?

Vaults are a way for players to cache their special items, books, and maps from this map to bring them over to the next map. We have an in-house plugin to make this process as smooth as possible, though there are some restrictions as outlined below.

How Vaults Will Work

Vaults for many years have been under the use of a plugin, and this map is no different.

Items not stored in /vault or /storebook will not be carried to next map!

/vault will open up a storage vault where you may store up to fifty-four (a double chest) of items to be carried over to Almaris. You will be eligible to use this command from now up until 11:59 PM (EST) on Friday, May 19th. Once we are on 9.0, to have your vault reviewed, you will type /vault once more, where it will bring up a ticket-like system for vault reviewers to go over. One the request is finished, you may freely access and open your vaults. This should take at most a week.

Books/maps/notes may be stored with /storebook all and will be available on map launch.

Vault Guidelines

Here are the listed limits, information, and guidelines upon the upcoming vaults.

General Guidelines

Vaults will be 54 slots per-registered-account.

Items will all be unstacked in Vaults.

Unsigned or Undescribed vanilla items (except banners, drinks, or player heads) will not be transferred.

An Unsigned item is simply with no signature. Material items are things like a pvp kit, food, tools, etc

Tools, weapons, and armor, may be stored, though must be nerfed so they do no damage beyond half a heart. This is to not interfere with the continued Surge PVP system next map, which can be done with /vault nerf or /vault nerfall.

All vaults will be received post-review, post-transition.

The descriptions of Alchemy/Botany herbs are being changed, so they may not be transferred over.

Books, Maps, and Notes

All signed and unsigned books, maps, and notes will be allowed in unlimited transfer, and do not count toward the 54-vault slot limit. There is a separate command, /storebook or /storebook all. After transition books, maps, and notes may be restored with /restorebook

Item Removal Guidelines

Old or Expired lore items will be removed and wiped from Vaults

An “Expired” or “Old” lore item is one which has had it’s lore removed or rewritten. Common magics will include old-rewrite items, Enaction of Yeu Rthulu, or Chi. If an item bears a green “ST-Approved” signature, it is almost certainly fine to take in a vault unless the lore has been shelved or denied. Vague or undescribed items considered lorebreaking would fall under this removal guideline.

Examples may include https://prnt.sc/uc88xq , https://prnt.sc/uc89hd , https://prnt.sc/uc89tj , https://prnt.sc/uc8ad9 , https://prnt.sc/uc8cdd .

Items of the same genre or type in multiple amounts will be removed.

To prevent resource inflation going into the next map, more than two (2) of the same material will not be permitted. This involves things like ST materials, event items, and so on. This does not mean you cannot have twelve swords or twelve event items. It is just putting a limit on specific raw resources such as raw materials, ores, or stacked event items. i.e. If you brought 4 lightstone, 3 lunarite, and 1 carbarum, then 2 lightstone and 1 lunarite would be lost.

Vaults FAQ

Q: Can I get my friend to take things for me?

A: Yes, but everyone’s vault is their own responsibility. This means items will be removed, and players may be disciplined as if the items were their own. You cannot force someone to give you an item back post-transition, so please ensure you only give items to trusted individuals.

Q: How long will vaults take?
A: It will take at most a week past when vaults are sent in through the ticket system.

Q: What if I forget an item or lose an item from vaults?
A: The item will be irrecoverable post transition. There will be no “IOU” system or similar, any item not transferred through vaults are considered lost. 

Q: I’ve nerfed an item but it still won’t let me put it in my vault, or conflicts with another rule, what should I do?
A: If the plugin prevents you from storing the item, contact me (Llir#5410) on Discord, otherwise if you have questions concerning the eligibility of lore/magic items, contact squak#8441.

Q: I am banned for the vault storing period! Does this mean I lose all my items?
A: Please contact me on Discord, depending on your scenario I may be able to help make special arrangements.

Q: Will there be compensation for old/shelved or expired lore items?
A: No, there will be no compensation or mundane items made.

Q: Why can’t I take my unnerfed tools/weapons/armor/items?
A: Simply to prevent unfair advantage as there may be changes to the balance of Surge PVP - the same goes for raw resources and food.

Any other questions? Please DM me (Llir#5410) or @squakhawk (squak#8441) on Discord.

Hey,

Thanks for making the community aware of his conduct. Over the last week I did an investigation based on your report, and had spoken with over a dozen members of our community about Twandhi. With each person I spoke with it just got worse and worse. From constantly making racist remarks, to harassment, threats like the ones you've outlined, and more, this person has no place in our community. I was completely disgusted with the accounts I heard of his behaviour.

The administration discussed my investigation on Sunday, with the vote to enact this ban being finalized last night, though I didn't get a chance to perform the ban before I went to bed. Anyways, he's now been permanently banned for violating our Player Conduct Policy. This type of ban is non-appealable as per our Admin Protocol, if any are worried he may one day return.

Thanks you again for coming forward.

p.s. If anyone who I haven't already spoke to has any additional evidence you'd like the admins to be aware of, please reach out to me on Discord - Llir#5410.