NotEvilAtAll

More new Halflings than new orcs woah

if artillery is mobile via architect and uses point-and-click aiming instead of the far more difficult to use sign-based aiming we could have artillery actually be used in field battles.

Players are supposed to be able to strike out with their friends on the server and interact with it in some way. If that can’t be through freebuild or a settlement system, then it has to be through vassals. If vassals are also restricted, then players lack the ability to create new communities entirely and lotc becomes more of a static city-RP server with multiple cities. I do not think it is unreasonable that I should, with a few of my friends, be able to get a small place of my own somewhere outside of an existing city. All lotc land systems believe in this and accomplish this in different ways (vassals, freebuild, settlements, etc). If we remove this concept then lotc is not the same server anymore.

“She’s gone crazeh!” Isabelle Applebrook says to her other adopted child, Sonia.

[!] You find a newspaper in your mailbox THE PUMPKIN PAPER Volume 1 News from the shire of Amberdell! Contents: -Thain Goes EVIL -Barter Update -International News Thain Goes EVIL! ~Hazel before she turned evil~ Our Thain, Hazel Applebrook, has gone EVIL??? She is trying to collect taxes, enforce shoe-wearing, and ban pipeweed smoking and drinking! It seems as though something has happened to our beloved Thain to turn her to greed and improperness! Time will tell if this continues or if she snaps out of it. Barter Update ~Fun at the Barn!~ ~Pumpkins have been hit hard by the new Pumpkin-Boring Beetle, raising the barter value of pumpkins from ten to fifteen bundles of wheat. ~Beetroots, carrots, and potatoes remain steady at a near one-to-one trading ratio with wheat, with potatoes inching upwards to closer to two wheat bundles per potato ever since new charcoal-cooking methods have been invented. ~Leather crashes to a new all-time low as mining outputs fail to provide the same outputs as came from the rich mineral deposits of Aevos. Leather no longer serves as the main resource demanded by the big-folks for big-folk uses. International News ~Supper party~ ~An improper city-halfling is elected as the pontiff of the Canonism religion. What this will mean for the future of halfling-human relations remains unknown. ~Haelun'or ceases to exist entirely, having been wiped out by imperials. Hordes of high-elf refugees flood into elf-accepting settlements, leading to new demands for elven housing. Some elves have even begun to enter Amberdell and request housing, such is the gravity of this elven refugee situation! This has been the Pumpkin Paper, Knox bless Amberdell and the weefolks! -Isabelle Applebrook, local halfling of Amberdell.

Azuras looks very good. People may eventually complain about other aspects of the map in the future but I doubt anyone will say that the map looks ugly or unpolished.

[!] A hastily created flyer is nailed to the side of Amberdell's Barn Protest! Our Thain, Hazel, has gone crazy! She's banning pipeweed and alcohol! As protest, this Pumpkin Night, let's drink as much alcohol as we can in the tavern! -Isabelle Applebrook ((4 pm est today))

Isabelle Applebrook, a halfling from Amberdell, receives a copy of this missive "All big peoples 'r evil. The Empire jus' 'as ah lo' o' them all 'n one area." She'd say over supper with her family. "Tha's why, when yeh see ah big person, make sure yeh dun trus' them, alrigh'? They lie, chea', an' steal everythin' from our barns 'n burrows!"

[!] A notice is pinned to the side of the Amberdell Barn Supper! I will be inviting the whole village over for supper this next Pumpkin Day! Be there!! -Isabelle Applebrook ((event tomorrow, Thursday the 13th of November, 2025. In Amberdell, north of southern shores warp, home of the halflings))

[!] A note is sent to your aviary You are Invited! You are invited to tea in the Applebrook burrow next Pumpkin Day! Be there or be a rotten Pumpkin! -Isabelle Applebrook ((Event at 1 Pm EST tomorrow on Friday the 31st of October, 2025. Located in Amberdell, the home of the halflings in Azuras, located just north of the Southern Shores warp))

[!] A note is pinned to the Amberdell Noticeboard Village LAW meeting! The Thain, Hazel Applebrook, is calling everyone to gather in the Town Hole next Pumpkin Day to discuss village laws! Be there if you can -Isabelle Applebrook ((5 pm EST, tomorrow on monday the 27th of October, 2025. Located in Amberdell, the home of the halflings on Azuras, just north of the Southern Shores warp))

((Sunday is oct 26 tho))

[!] A note is pinned to the Amberdell Noticeboard ✯¸.•´*¨`*•✿ ✿•*`¨*`•.¸✯ New Government! ~The new Thain of Amberdell~ We have a newly formed village government! After the village meeting, we now have Hazel Applebrook (@Fizzypop) as our Thain and and Pollywog Mudblom (@Sir_Senti) as our Sheriff! Praise be the new Government! May Knox bless them both! [!] Attached is a note from the new Thain: "Loooo Amberdell, I'm your new Thain Hazel Applebrook. I am so happy to be your new Thain, and I have all sorts of new plans, and fun things I will do. Thank you for votin' me in! Praise Knox, Hazel out!" ✯¸.•´*¨`*•✿ ✿•*`¨*`•.¸✯

[!] A piece of paper is nailed to the town noticeboard Town Meeting! Now that we have settled into our new village of Amberdell, it is time to discuss important matters such as village governance, economy, and so and such! We ought to gather in the Town Hall next Pumpkin Day to have this discussion! I will be serving the very first brewed drinks of Amberdell there as well! Attend or else you will be a rotten Pumpkin! ((Event at 4 pm est, tomorrow on Sunday the 19th of October, 2025. Located in Amberdell, the home of the halflings in Azuras, located just north of the Southern Shores warp))

Make it so that cookies never expire since they already have the food value of nerfed food. We can roleplay cookies as hardtack.

[!] Fliers are distributed around the resorts of Kalldur Sneedville Drinking Night! It’s time to get wasted! To celebrate Sneedville achieving a population of five, I will be hosting a drinking night in the tavern next Pumpkin Day! Be there for free drinks! -Isabelle Applebrook, local Halfling ((event 5 pm est, tomorrow Tuesday the 30th of September, 2025. Located in Sneedville)

I like Azuras it’s a good name

The number one issue with lotc wars is morale. Whenever a side in a war loses a warclaim, their rally size drops afterwards due to people losing hope. Likewise, the winning side either gains rally size or doesn't have any change in rally size. This leads to a snowballing effect and makes comebacks rare outside of PvPers switching sides or major tactical mistakes by the winning side (like Westmark). multiple wars this map have been decided after just 1-2 warclaims by the losing side all mass-surrendering because they lose all of their morale and can no longer rally people. This makes wars less fun because it turns them into steamrolls. Wars usually are determined by the results of the first warclaim and even an evenly matched conflict will eventually turn into a steamroll if one side has a chain of defeats leading to people losing hope and no longer rallying. It is less fun for the winning side because all of the excitement and tension goes away when their victory is essentially guaranteed. It is less fun for the losing side because they have to grind up tons of gear and rally for hours just to get rolled in a few minutes blob fight and lose everything. maybe people would be more willing to stick with the losing side of a conflict if gear was easier to obtain. If gear was easier to obtain, grinding gear for a hopeless battle wouldn't be as tiresome and the losing side of conflicts might be more willing to fight on. Other than that, this is a cultural issue with LOTC with no easy fixes. People just don't like losing and it's hard to keep people engaged after taking a major loss in such a way that wars can be back-and-forth. This is why other people are suggesting that wars should only have like 1-2 battles in them anyways. With how player morale impacts LOTC wars, it's hard to have more than 1-2 battles in a war without it turning into one side getting increasingly steamrolled. If we want our wars to be longer, we have to find a way for people to be more willing to fight on for longer.