What Was New In 2023

2023-12-09 v1358
You are never too old to start over. Every day is a chance to make changes to create the life we want. — Karon Waddell (b. 1964)

• Happy Bawkmas!
• Merry Skristmas!
• Happy Thoomas!
• Season’s Beatings!

2023-11-01 v1353
If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old. — Peter Drucker (1909–2005)

• New NPC in Pet Stables which allows you to choose an appearance which your pet previously had. For most pets this does nothing, but for pets which “grow up” this lets you pick their younger form while keeping their higher level stats.

2023-10-04 v1349
That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die. — H. P. Lovecraft (1890–1937)

• Haunting hoofbeats have been heard in the woods. Hark to the hunt!

2023-09-06 v1345
Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party. — Jimmy Buffett (1946–2023)

• Experimenting with bloodmage blood drop spirit amounts. Made a change which significantly reduces the bonus for collecting droplets on low health, but significantly increases the “base” amount of spirit. The result is that spirit returns will be slightly less when lower than 7% health, and a lot more when above. On average spirit gain should be a bit higher.
• You’ll have to explore the world to discover the rest of the changes wrought by this Chaos Storm.

2023-08-02 v1340
The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. — Michelangelo (1475–1564)

• Skydiver’s Advisory: The base damage dealt by falling from the sky has increased in most areas, but the maximum damage dealt has been capped for especially long falls. (Win some, lose some.)
• We’ve made some adjustments to Anemia’s slaughter rate, which we will continue to monitor.

2023-07-05 v1336
Lightning and thunder require time, the light of the stars requires time, deeds require time even after they are done, before they can be seen and heard. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

• More intense weather arriving. Those with elaborate hair-dos or delicate umbrellas can limit certain effects by using the /options strongWeather off command.

2023-06-07 v1332
In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds. — Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899)

• You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.

2023-05-03 v1327
Ed. note: Normally our learned Aphorisms Editor assembles an exquisite bouquet of edifying quotations that could go here, out of which our Web Dweeb then picks just one finalist. This time around, all the candidates were too good not to run.

What creature do you follow to find your way out of a swamp? A navi-gator. — Unknown
What did the swamp say to the marsh? I like being bayou. — idem
A bog, a marsh, and a fen walk into a bar. The bartender says, “Wow, I’m swamped.” — idem
I was going to catalogue my dried flowers, but I realized I have more pressing problems to deal with. — idem
I wasn’t all that interested in flowers, but I planted a few seeds, and they grew on me. — idem
I decided to plant some flowers in my garden. Then I realized I hadn’t botany. — idem
I’m not very good at making flower jokes. But thistle do. — idem

• You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.

2023-04-05 v1323
The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

• Hunt trophies are now furniture.
• Phantasmagorical improvements.

2023-03-01 v1318
Sometimes we need the fog to remind ourselves that all of life is not black and white. — Jonathan Lockwood Huie (b. 1945)

• Those who venture north may notice new snell edges being tested. Please share your feedback!

2023-02-01 v1314
Life is found in animals and plants. But in animals it is patent and obvious, whereas in plants it is hidden and not clear. To establish its existence requires considerable research. The question at issue is whether plants have or have not a soul, and a capacity for desire, pain, pleasure, and discrimination. — Aristotle (384–322 BCE)

• You’ll have to explore for this month’s changes.

2023-01-04 v1310
There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them. — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

• Here’s wishing everyone a ranky New Year!