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Thank you to all the hard workers! I know this will be an amazing map because of all of you. :3

@Jandy There can be, yes. I explained this before, it'll most likely be some sort of proving you have the population but for now it's still getting the kinks worked out and you'll be informed about the Charter system in a later post. With the Fauna, possibly? I'll have to speak to the LMs, it's a new land so most likely not all of it will be the same. With the special items, there will be interesting locations on the map and so possibly. Animal spawning is a dev question, so i'll ask Kowa and bring it up with the GMs. At this point just assuming it's not changing. The mining world is the same and will be all ready when the map is open. With the RP items, a plugin is being made for it so it'll be announced in a future post. You've never had to PK if you've been busy for the event! You may choose to if you want but we're not going to force people to kill their characters because they're busy in real life. Antags haven't been discussed yet so we'll see. They will be made if we feel it's needed to help with the map. Nations are very far apart. We are using fast travels so that it's easier to get to. You can't bring your cows and such, this isn't Noah's ark. But if you have an rp animal you can continue to rp them in the next map. There has always been PvE/PvP for the transition events so i'd expect it in this one! Again with the food and items, there will be a plugin and explanation of what can and can't be brought. So you'll have to see. If you can't bring food, you'll most likely have nations very quickly setting up farms. So far yes there is going to be PvP but we can bring it up in the next meeting to discuss because I understand no one wants to lose their building materials while trying to build the capitals. Druids do not have land designated for them and they'll have to gain land like everyone else. Yes there will still be bankers and auctioneers. This is not a temp map and so like I've said you can expect to be on this map for quite a while. This is a new map, and you shouldn't be worried about how long we're staying on it is all I can say. Let us worry about the times, you just roleplay. We've just made this map! 5.0 will come out when we need it to come out. Kha are no longer and official nation so if they wish to get their own land, they can use the charter system like other people. For money this is the scenario we've sort of explained for it. If you're running for your life, money would not be the first thing you grab. Or maybe the ship captains took all our money for saving our lives. It's just not going to be brought over. You'll gain your money back in the new map. @Evark There isn't a cloud temple in the sense of what we've seen so far. So the Monks will be able to take care of the ruins of an old Elven temple, which is going to be spawn. The builders and development team decided that sandstone wasn't the prettiest of materials! @Cola I do not see a lockpicking plugin coming in the future at this moment so it'll continue to be something GMs look over. If something like that changes, i'm sure the Dev team will inform us. @Adam The exact time and details on the event will be announced in a future post. The druids will most likely be sailing over with the elves. The rest will be announced in the post so at this moment assume you'll have to ride with another group. @Sand You've already confirmed this with Kowa ;3 That's what I've been told.

@Chao When brainstorming map names we came up with a couple we liked, all starting with A's actually. All of them didn't fit the map. Vailor was originally sort of a joke but it turns out everyone liked it! It fits with the lore and it's a pretty cool name so we stuck with it. @Hanrahan Though you've already have gotten an answer for this i'll say it again to make it all official looking, yes there are pine woods and lots of snow. @PinkLion You may have misinterpreted what I have said, for which i'm sorry if my wording was confusing. We will be allowing some form of item transfer with a plugin kowa is finishing up, you'll be given an explanation on how that works in a later plugin post. Minas I said were most likely not going to be transferred over. I only said we were unsure at this point because we haven't made a final decision, though it does seem very likely they aren't being transferred. @Rethai If everyone is absolutely in love with the map, the staff will talk about ways to extend its life. But from experience, a map usually loses it's excitement after a few months. In the end, we will do what's best for the player base. If that means moving, we'll move, if that means staying then we'll find ways to stick around. @TrevenT We haven't discussed it! I'll bring up up at the next GM meeting. @kallimar We haven't planned when we would be moving on from this map so for now just enjoy Vailor. We will be on it for quite a while. @Fimlin I'll bring it up with the builders if it's possible. If not we'll put it in the notes of what we would want in a future map. @Cyndikate Not the type of temp map most people think of. This is a map to fix the problems that were on Athera. Like I said, most of the plugin and spacing issues couldn't be fixed without a change in maps. @Kallimar I've been told a few GMs are working on a nice map so you'll get it when they're done~ I don't have a time frame on that yet. @Malgon We are still writing up how one would obtain land once on the map. It'll most likely be a mix of population, minas, and resources. We've also thrown the idea around about an actual event, but who knows. A post detailing how a sprouting town can obtain land in the next week or so. @EmoGuy Boats have been built for the main races. If you are unsure about which one to get on when it's time or have a group unsure of where to go you can PM myself on the forums or Man and Rael to help you figure that out. We want to make sure everything runs smoothly for the event. @Karma I have not heard anything about a change in currency so most likely not! If that changes, the community will be told. I'll get to the other questions up there in a second! Lot's to type haha

@kipples This map was intended as a fix to the Athera map, as a lot of the plugin and map complaints couldn't be fixed on this one. The lore works better as well. We will eventually have a 5.0, but this isn't a temp map and you'll most likely be on this map for a normal amount of time for any full released map. @Son There will be no pre-builds for nations. The nation leads will be talked to individually about what supplies they need for their builds and a good amount of supplies will be given. The leads should have received a small world download so they can easily use schematica during the release to build. Salvus and The Caliphate will most likely be reached out to soon with the same courtesies. There is a mutual spawn and we will most likely not have racial spawns as they tend to break a lot. But this could change. And there will be a plugin announcement later to explain all the details of what's coming out! @Evark From my knowledge the techies are working slowly on a magic plugin. It's a lot of slow work with everything else going on. Of course, if there's anyone in the community who codes and is interested in working on a plugin that could fill in that place, I'm sure the techies would absolutely love it. So if you have experience and the want to work on it, reach out to Kowa! @Cryo All your xp will be transferred over so you shouldn't have to worry about if you're in the middle of working towards the next level. @Ford Kowa is working for a plugin to help with the item transfer and should be announcing it soon! @Onslaughted We are making a new map because there were many complaints that could not be fixed on Athera. A majority of the players wanted it, so that's what we gave them. And with how the map is planning out and the events involved, I'm hopping it takes more than just a month or two to get bored of it! @Chump Your friend eddy's ban is being looked at, but if you have a question about the ban you can PM me and the other admins personally. @Chuck There is a desert on the map! @Sythan Most likely you will not keep your minas, so at this moment expect that and be happily surprised if you can! @Zer0 Usually when there isn't an inventory wipe, it is abused, I'm assuming they will be wiped, but Kowa will be working on a plugin to help store your items. He will explain all of that in an upcoming plugin post.

Hail Lord of the Craftians! With the exciting release of Vailor and the TS officially being up, we will also be planning a couple Community Meetings! While the staff are hurrying to make sure the transition and map are perfect, I’m sure a lot of you have questions. As such, mark these dates on your calendar and be sure to come to the LoTC TS to chat! June 25th at 3pm EST will be our first meeting for this transition! This is the day before the transition and will be your chance to ask whatever questions you may have regarding policies and how to best be ready for the new map. July 11th at 3pm EST is our second meeting, just two weeks into the map. This meeting will be to collect any complaints about rules and plugins. One of the biggest complaint I’ve seen from switching maps is that the staff do not respond quickly enough if there’s issues. So this will be your chance to make those complaints known! Rules for these meeting are as followed: Keep your comments respectful and critical. We want to help the players and better improve the server, so help us do so. Trolling and spamming are not allowed. This post will be your only warning and if it’s seen you will be banned from the TS for the duration of the meeting. When you log onto the server, you must use your usernames. This is not to judge who is talking but so I can later follow up with those that have complaints. Staff that have not received pre approval from myself will be asked to leave the meeting if they chose to talk. You may have the ability to speak during the meeting, but that does not mean you know all the details. Ping myself once when you wish to speak and you’ll be put into a queue. With that you will be put on a list of speakers. Most of the GM team leads, admins, and possibly a few Devs will be around at those times to answer your questions. If you cannot make those dates, feel free to put your questions in here or send me a quick PM and I’ll try to answer your questions personally. I hope to see you all there!

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Your metagaming and powergaming definitions are wrong. I recommend looking at our wiki page for examples of what we are looking for. You must apply as one of the main races- Dwarf, Elf, Human, Orc, Halfling. Choose a more realistic age, name, and you must choose a gender. Your biography is cute and funny but again not realistic for the server and doesn't fit in with one of the main races. You also lack server lore. Your ambition is not realistic. Meth making is not a strength... You didn't include an appearance or skin screenshot.

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A small note~ Your current skin looks like a recolored skin of the current leader. I recommend making a few tweaks so that there is no confusion in roleplay. The weakness night vision is not realistic for the character so i'd recommend removing it.

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Not using the proper application format. A small reminder though as you go forward with the application process, we are not a Lord of the Rings server and we are a roleplay server.

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Your metagaming and powergaming definitions are wrong. I recommend looking at our wikipage for examples on what we are looking for. You cannot apply as a character under the age of 18. You seem to be applying as the anime character Kirito. I recommend trying to create your own character instead of using one as that can be considered copying within itself. Expand upon your biography and add server lore. The character is far too young to have been around during Asulon. Try looking at the lore of Athera. Why did he run away from home? A small observation is that everyone seems to be using Japanese names as well, is there a reason for this? It's unrealistic to be a master swordsman at the age of 10 to 15, as most can't even hold a full sized sword as a child. Parkour is not a strength. Expand upon your weaknesses. Archery is not a weakness because you can easily learn how to do it. Weaknesses are obstacles and the inability to do something physically or a negative personality trait. You're using a Kirito skin. Please use your own skin that's not a known character.

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Metagaming and powergaming definitions are plagiarized. This is a serious offence and this is your only warning. If you copy again, you'll be banned for a extended amount of time. Expand upon your biography and include more server lore. Where is his dad? Why would he travel? What did he do on his travels and how did he survive? Where did he learn to use a sword? The character's ambition is unrealistic. His mother is not a played character on the server so it would be impossible to find her. Expand on weaknesses. You're missing the character appearance and skin screenshot.

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