Wendigo

This is exactly what mages need. +1

Erendriel reads over the pamphlet "I could probably find enough people for this. If nobody else has I'll attempt it." ((Is this rp, pve, or combo? I'd prefer RP.))

It's really the next antagonist.

I seriously can't remember the last time I saw somebody, actually I don't remember ever seeing anybody going around with plate armor wielding a sword whilst shooting off electric and fire evocation.

Ah, correct me if I'm wrong but being already connected to the void removes one emote. IE you connecting to the void? If that's not the case and it takes the same amount of time to draw, cock, and release what's the point of literally carrying around a glass piece of your soul?

Player run antags, pit the server against itself. Have staff help them but not outside the 'realm of reality' that is LotC. It needs to be something that can be morally reasonable in that the it needs to be convincing enough yet detached enough to pull in enough players, yet unreasonable enough for some characters to fight it. I hope that makes sense @Wrynn

We don't need to nerf mages down to Stephen Hawkings, we just need stricter guidelines on what we're allowed to use/not use. To further my point of finding an alternative: http://www.thearma.org/essays/weights.htm#.WbHOwMaQz1I Okay fine we can use staffs...well not really. An unadorned 6ft wooden staff weights 2.2lbs, nearly as much as the average sword. Between a gem or any other accessories, a typical mage staff could weight as much as some swords. This staff is only 1 inch thick, most walking staffs are likely larger in circumference adding to the weight as well. Once again I'm not saying we shouldn't nerf mages so they can't wear plate(which btw is lighter than mail), I'm just saying your lore takes it to the extreme.

@Zoslore Looks like the bid is yours. Let me know if you need anything and feel free to pm me your discord so we can discuss it further.

I like the idea of using a focus crystal to stay constantly connected to the void. Not overpowered and very well balanced. That being said your nerf of voidal mages physically is too extreme in my opinion. Brittle bones isn't required. I believe that'll make us too weak with nothing in return. All you need to do is specify what mages are capable of wielding or not. Besides brittle bones mostly everything else makes sense. Mages shouldn't be strong enough to carry around plate armor, although I can honestly say I've never seen a mage with full plate armor. Giving us brittle bones is going overboard. I would say let's put a vote to it but I'd feel that a majority of people would vote in to what I just said or not nerf at all. I'm not saying there shouldn't be one I'm just saying I think we need to specify what mages can and can't use.

I'd like to see your skin AnotherDay if possible, may save all of us valuable time. I'll give him until tomorrow Zoslore and if he hasn't answered or I don't like the skin I'll let you know. Thanks guys for the quick response.

Mind posting a gyazo?

Fair enough thank you for the more thorough explanation. Maybe if we did server 'gofundmes' towards goals people could donate to that or perhaps take percentages of donations. The idea isn't very thought out as to how we would choose the plugin, or w/e it is, but it may be possible to do forum votes over a period of time to decide.

Had a friend recommend @Zoslore, would you be interested?

Like the title says I'll be paying 1.5k mina to whomever is willing to craft me a skin. Looking for something detailed. Mage robes with purple trim, a leather belt and other then that I'll leave it up to your imaginative mind for the rest. If needed I can hunt around for a reference pic but I'm not looking for anything specific, only detailed and nice work. Before you take the job I'd like to see previous work, feel free to post here!

I think a lot of people are overreacting. I'm not going to comment about the antagonist or the actions/lack of action by 501 or Kowa. I will however state that removing coders is probably an over reaction and a stupid mistake. It's a mistake of emotions really, peoples tempers are flared and they are lashing out in anyway they can. Don't let one or two people taint an entire team of people who DO work tirelessly to better the server quite literally for free. The last thing this community needs is a monthly payment. Edit: I should clarify, removing the coding team in favor of a patron.

Sweet, looks good.

Look, I know you're not omnipotent nor can you possibly keep up with the demands of 100s of players and all their ideas. Your position is tough understandably, you're trying to appease the internet which in and of itself is nearly impossible especially when a niche such as this feels so strongly about their passion. Everyone thinks their idea is the best, myself included, and that's a lot to sort through.That being said there are a few things that are being done right now that were done in the past which brought lotc to a pretty low point. This post is a step in the right direction however there are a few key issues that have been around for literal months that I can think of on the spot. This post should be something professional from people running a server with hundreds of players and to me it feels like this was put together half-assed and last minute, I'm NOT pointing any fingers. As I said this post is a step in the right direction in terms of staff transparency. I could be wrong about this maybe it feels half-assed because there really wasn't any meat to the announcement. The nexus plugin has been debated about for months and the general consensus of the server is to remove it. I could probably put up a post with a poll now and the answer would be the same and expected. This isn't something that 'just popped up', it's been going on for a few years now. In fact I found posts going back all the way to 2014 to remove nexus and at that point I stopped looking back. I'm aware it's being removed but to it's taken longer then necessary. The new map. All of your priorities right now seem to be focused on the new map when in reality you each should be handling different sections NOT having to do with the map. You may look at me and scoff but we've been doing this for how many years now and we don't have a team to build maps? We're taking other people away from their current 'jobs' (I say jobs loosely as I'm well aware you're all volunteers) and taking up a valuable resource called TIME. It's a little too late but perhaps it's something that can be implemented for the future. If you asked you'd probably have droves of people willing to help you build a map. They don't have to build intricacies, leave that for more skilled players(secret areas, ruins, etc etc). You can have them do landscaping, even make an application process for this. Landscaping ain't that hard. Most of the current map we have are forests and mountains anyways. Lotc seems to be in a state of limbo as it waits for the map. Not a lot of effort is being put into builds as we all know a new map is coming out. Perhaps next time don't tell us a new maps coming out. Make the team and let them handle it. It'd make events a lot more interesting instead of feeling empty and the oh so typical 'the worlds ending oh no'. It'd come as a general shock and truly put us into the shoes of a people who have had their world destroyed quite literally. Obviously that comes with a host of other problems but between now and the time the next next map comes out(7.0) they should be relatively solved. Stop promising things and then never follow through. A perfect example, however old, is the magic plug in. Another is the aviary plug in. These are only a instances that I can of ON THE SPOT. I'm sure there's plenty more. Anatagonists. I'm not even going to bother getting into that too deeply. The consensus has been the same for a while stop making player catered antags yata yata. I literally just found out about the new aengul antag and it has been over a week since I've come back. Haven't heard or seen anything about it rply besides overhearing a new aengul was created by the Ascended. I've been playing on the server for hours I'm too embarrassed to put on the forums and I HAVE SEEN NOTHING. Yes I'm aware there was a large event but you shouldn't have to go to a huge server wide event to interact with something that should be feared on the daily. The Antag should be the heart and soul of the server and it CERTAINLY does not feel that way in the slightest. This is just me rambling from what I've seen so far. Apologies if anyone feels this is too harsh but like a majority of us I want to see LotC succeed. Good luck. Edit: Why isn't this posted as an official announcement? Put it up on that fancy smancy bar thingy you got there so everyone can notice and see it. I only found this because I happened to press on page 2 of recent posts on the right side of the forum.

Cool piece I approve.

Erendriel tosses the poster aside "This should be an easy task. I've a group to complete this if need be."

Looks good +1

Who wants to take bets if it'll be out by the end of the year or not? All I can say is I hope you used the macaroni method. Also I hope you took into account quite literally several years of map making mistakes into account. Granted everyone will have their complaints about the map but there are quite a few big things that shouldn't be issues.