Tradeskill split

Antonius

Tirui said:

I give up.. I'm going to bed and I just know as soon as I do the Knight changes will hit... T.T

The rest of us thank you for your sacrifice.

Kross

Rave: to IRE. Well done on the Knight Changes and Tradeskill Splits. Minimal lag and very minor bugs. Worth the wait, thanks!

Shirszae

I think @Kross just one-upped @Sartan in terms of Evil there </3

Jonathin

Morthif

Troll sense tingling

Sarieno

You people are playing with my emotions! Wait, wait, I have a quote...

Out of context but take that!

(Pathers' Private Party): Tharvis says, "I will murder you."

Austere

@Sarapis‌ time to do an early happy new years announce post ingame. You know you want to.  Make them suffer.

Dji

Kross said:

Rave: to IRE. Well done on the Knight Changes and Tradeskill Splits. Minimal lag and very minor bugs. Worth the wait, thanks!

You utter bastard. lol.

Sarieno

I'm willing to bet that when @Sarapis made that last post on this thread, fifty people logged in to look see.

Kresslack

If I'm timed this correctly, Sarapis is already three pints in and it's going to be an interesting New Year.

Aepas

programmed keyboard so all buttons are F5. I'm posting this from my phone cause my keyboard stopped working.

Kellonius

Arador

All reality shudders as the voice of @Sarapis‌, the Logos echoes across the land, "Daddy's home and he's been drinking." 

Bluef

Damn you Kellonius. Damn. You.

Aelios

It has begun!

https://ada-young.appspot.com/pastebin/97b0fd80

Sena

9.67 Toxicology

[spoiler]
Toxicology is the creation of deadly toxins from a variety of sources. These
toxins can be envenomed upon weapons to deliver ailments and afflictions to an
enemy.

Based on what you're making these toxins from, there are two methods for
formulating them:

BOILING     - For plant-based toxins.
HYDRATING   - For mineral-based toxins.

Each AB help file will list both the ingredients for each poison.

Place the required ingredients into your pot or alembic with the following
command:

Boiling:   INPOT <#> <ingredient> IN <pot>
Hydrating: COMPOUND <#> <ingredient> IN <alembic>

You may concoct multiple batches of a toxin at once. Multiply the number of
each ingredient by the number of batches you want up to forty batches.

Once you have all of the ingredients in the pot/alembic, put it on the ground
and:

Boiling:   BOIL <pot> FOR <toxin>
Hydrating: HYDRATE <alembic> FOR <toxin>

Depending on the skill level of the practitioner, and the container that the
toxin is being poured into, a "batch" of a remedy is worth a differing amount
of sips:

                non-trans    trans        total
                practitioner practitioner sips max

Regular vial      40           50         200
Artefact vial     80          120         240

To refill a vial:

Boiling:   FILL <vial> FROM <pot> [# times]
Hydrating: DECANT <alembic> INTO <vial> [# times]
[/spoiler]

Bluef

---[ OOC ANNOUNCEMENT ]-----------------------------( 2015/01/01 00:05:16 )---

We're about to load up some major changes! There will definitely be some lag when we do this, so 

please make sure you're somewhere safe for the next few minutes!

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HELL YES!!!!

Aelios

---[ OOC ANNOUNCEMENT ]-----------------------------( 2015/01/01 00:05:16 )---

We're about to load up some major changes! There will definitely be some lag when we do this, so please make sure you're somewhere safe for the next few minutes!

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Aedin

FML and I'm headed out right now to go to my New Years Party!!!

Daslin

You did well, boys and girls of the Garden. I came home, with my curly fries and moonshine, and almost within 10 mins, I see the announce. You did very well. @Sarapis, please, pet @Tecton for me, as I don't wish to get the man's sweat on my hands.

Sarapis

Aedin said:

FML and I'm headed out right now to go to my New Years Party!!!

Rookie mistake.

Rispok

This is the Achaean equivalent of the brown note, right?

Aelios

And the announce

ANNOUNCE NEWS #4245                                     (01/01/2015 at 00:09)  

From   : Tecton, the Terraformer

To     : Everyone

Subject: A new year, a new day for Achaea

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The day is here! The much anticipated tradeskill split is upon us! This is the largest single code update we've ever 

done; introducing several new class skills, a slew of new trade skills, updates to weapons and armour, and much more.

Here's the list of major changes:

- Class-based tradeskills are now available for all players! This adds another massive area of character customisation, 

allowing you to be an Apostate who concocts venomous toxins, or a Bard who harvests primes and minerals. See HELP 

TRADESKILLS for more information

- Knight classes have had their forging skill replaced with a new skill, Weaponmastery! This is a new specialisation 

based skill that allows four unique fighting styles! Check out HELP WEAPONMASTERY for all of the details. Your skill 

level in forging has been directly transferred to the new skill. If you were a journeyman, your chivalry skill level has 

been translated across to Weaponmastery.

- We've opened up free Weaponmastery respecialisation for two weeks, and during this time, there is no need for weapon 

proficiencies.

- Alchemists have had the Transmutation skill replaced with Formulation! This skill provides Alchemists the ability to 

formulate new gasses and liquids (usable only by the creator) that can turn the tide of any battle. See HELP FORMULATION 

for further information.

- Magi have had their enchanting skill replaced with Artificing, a new skill in which they create and control a large 

crystalline golem! HELP ARTIFICING!

- All lessons invested in previous tradeskills (Cooking, Gathering, Inkmilling, Jewellery,  Tailoring) have been 

refunded. Any previous permits have been converted back into "a bronze trade seal", this item can be used in place of 

the 200cr fee for re-obtaining any tradeskill permit (Cooking, Jewellery, Tailoring). These seals can be traded in for 

200cr, should their owner no longer want them.

- Crafters who previously had Cooking, Jewellery, and Tailoring have been gifted with a special item that will allow 

them to continue to cook/sew/craft all of their previous designs without learning the skill again. Naturally, they're 

free to re-learn the tradeskill to continue designing new items.

- The rapier weapon proficiency has been removed, all adventurers with this proficiency have been gifted "a worn 

whetstone", which can be used to learn a new weapon proficiency at no cost.

- Forging has been overhauled! The random element of forging is gone, meaning that if you're after a longsword or a 

scimitar, you do not need to spend days or weeks at the forge trying to find that perfect weapon or armour. See HELP 

FORGING for more details. All existing weapons and armour have be normalised to their new stats.

- Artefact weapon statistics have been adjusted; they will always be upgrades compared to the new standardised forged 

values.

- All artefact knight weapons have been given a one-off switch to another knight weapon of the same level. This is a 

***ONE-TIME ONLY SWITCH***, so be especially sure of your choice, as we will not change it after it is done. To do this, 

simply EXCHANGE <weapon#> FOR <new weapon type>. e.g. EXCHANGE RAPIER1234 FOR BROADSWORD. If the weapon was customised, you'll receive a figurine to be used for a future customisation. Weapons with the ASP addon will transfer across, assuming the other weapon can support it. In the event you're swapping an ASP'ed sword for a blunt weapon, the ASP fee will be refunded.

- Abilities that are affected by weapon stats have been rebalanced to factor in the new values.

- Class-based armour and shield restrictions still exist, but anyone with the Armoursmithing ability will be able to 

forge and sell any armour; fullplate is no longer bound to the forger who made it!

- Armoursmiths and weaponsmiths can modify their forged goods with a variety of descriptors (e.g. "elegant" or 

"serrated" can be specified to make "an elegant rapier" or "a serrated broadsword"). As you forge more items, you will 

unlock more exclusive descriptors to set your wares apart.

- The way armour and shield resistances are displayed has been modified to be more accurate. Rather than an arbitrary 

value, it will show a percentage that is more in-line with the reduction for most attacks. A 100/100 fullplate doesn't 

really block 100% of damage, for example. Nothing else has changed with armour, just the way it's displayed.

- Class-only benefits associated with tradeskills (like Concoctions' sip bonus, Enchanting's necklace of purity, and 

Transmutations's potash bonus) will not be present in the new tradeskills. They will stay in place for the relevant 

classes until they receive their overhaul (i.e. sentinels will still receive the sip bonus until their replacement skill 

is implemented).

- Transmutation tonics and balms, and concoctions elixirs and salves have been combined into a new trade skill: Remedies, and have been standardised to the original concoctions names. We've converted all of the vials and tuns of the 

transmutation cures over for you, and the server-side curing system has been updated to use these, even with 

mineral/transmutation cures enabled.

- All adventurers have been given a trait reset, if they did not have one already!

- The Hammer of Forging artefact has been removed from the game, as it offers no benefit to the new way of forging. 

We've given a full refund to anyone who had a hammer at this time.

- Any tradeskill-related artefact purchased within the past 6 months (since June 31, 2014) is eligible for a 100% trade-

in. Please email artefacts@achaea.com to arrange this. Artefacts purchased before this will carry their usual 66% value. 

All of the artefacts will continue to work with the new tradeskills.

- To go alongside these, we've also implemented some other relevant changes to classes and combat, which will be coming in a follow up post in the next few minutes.

As mentioned in the opening, this is the single largest code change in Achaea's history! With this many changes, there's 

bound to be some quirks! If you encounter anything that seems off, please file a BUG with as much information as 

possible!

Penned by My hand on the 12th of Aeguary, in the year 673 AF.

Tecton

Kenway

You have switched to the two handed weapon specialisation.

+3972|100 +100 +100 +100 ooo nil|Pr| 

Daslin

You are now specialised in the twohander weapon specialisation.

4348h(106%H)|3141m(80%M) XX|EE M 52.0 19:10:19.442    

FIRST!

Sarapis

First bug!

Sarapis

Major props to the team that's here on New Year's Eve working away on the various aspects of pushing such a big change live! Proofreading, coding, last minute bug fixes, help file writing, help file changes, etc etc.

Kresslack

Obligatory poke at @Arador for being stuck at a party.

Dji

Best day ever. Wooo.

Edit: Seriously, everyone who worked on getting this out on New Years, great job! Ya'll are the best.