Clean Up Britain, Moats, Copper System, Donation Processing, Holiday Recap

Now that the holidays are over we have a bit more time to get caught up on processing donations and preparing for the roll out of the copper system and clean up britannia.

Holiday Recap

Now that Halloween and Christmas events are coming to a close we will be posting event achievements for both. Players can expect an achievements post for each event soon along with player rewards for standout performances in each event. As always any rewards will be available in the Skara Brae counselors guild for pickup. ​

Moat System

This system is around 90% complete with some edge functions still being worked on. Some design work is still left on the various other styles however the Water and Lava designs for Keeps/Fortresses are complete. Castles will most likely be excluded for the near future as I believe there are only 1-2 castles on the server. However we will eventually come up with designs for them as well.

We are also adding the basic building blocks for the official guild/town addon system allowing groups of players to purchase addons for their guild houses. This system will be coming in a future patch however it shares the same collection with the moat system and needs to be designed in conjunction to ensure they work together happily. This ensures that any items linked to a house decay with the house. More details on this system will be posted down the road.

So far we have 7 Moat styles, 9 bridge styles, a moat control system (raise/lower bridge, magical control, etc), and almost 100 decorative options for the various moats/bridges planned for purchase. Players will also be able to analyze their courtyards, and manage player run vendors using this new system.

To learn more about it you can check here

Moat Testing Videos



Customizable House Flags
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Copper System / Donation Processing

We are working this week to get caught up on processing all donations. If you have donated recently or if we do not have an account on file you will get an email with additional information. These emails are replacing the classic forum conversations that I used to send out for new donations.

We have also developed a new system for support requests that you can view here. This system is still in development but will be live soon allowing you a quick and easy way to file a support request for out of game issues.

We are also slowly working to get copper credited to the accounts of everyone that has donated and should have that completed soon. Our plan is to roll out the account specific copper rewards as soon as possible. (Extra Character Accounts, Account to Account Transfers, Name Changes, etc)
Guide to the Copper System ​

Clean Up Britannia

Work continues on this system. With the server improvements from the last few patches we no longer have any concerns with the performance of the system. We are working to finish up the design work on all of the rewards related to the system and its rewards. Including the house to house teleporter (bridge) system. We are also still looking for reward ideas for this system and welcome players to submit their ideas.

Additionally we are working on the salvage system that will be included with the CuB system to handle all of the non valid items for CuB. As this will work with fractional amounts for items it will be bound to each CuB Barrel and once a certain threshold has been met, say for salvaged wood, players will be able to obtain a commodity deed. This will increase the effectiveness of the CuB system
by giving a purpose to almost all items while disallowing any method of "farming" copper by trying to generate items to turn in.
Clean Up Britian Preview​

We hope everyone enjoyed another successful and stable holiday season and will continue to update you as work progresses on the following projects.

Well we are always working on something. Most of the time it is boring stuff to keep this place running. However we do follow a matra of under promise and over deliver. It is easy to make flowery promises to try to lure in players/donations/etc. But I think players get enough of that with other shards/games these days.

I try to keep the promises limited and always over deliver with the content. I think most players see that clearly while playing here.

They heard the stories of the staff trying to convince ice serpents to swallow glacial staves and won't let us within 10 feet of them. Our head laser volunteer mounting team evaporated quickly once the first batch never returned.