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Updates on Nexus 3.0

jeremy — Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:46:59 +0000

The Iron Realms team has been hard at work on Nexus 3.0. Shortly after our last newsletter, we started a small closed beta test in order to garner feedback as we prepare for an open beta.

The feedback has been tremendous. We realized we needed to adjust our goals and feature list for release. The testing team has been crucial to the development of the new client.

This has led to delays, but the delays will be worth it. We absolutely do not want to release a disappointing product.

Consulting with our beta testers, led to significant improvements to the main play screen. The screen is much more user-friendly. Users can create a personalized layout quickly by just dragging and dropping elements. If you're interested, you can view a video of the client, and those improvements here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-D6SElFu58

Here is a screenshot of a custom layout that took seconds to make. Just drag and drop windows how you like them.

Another issue arose during beta testing that needs to be well communicated before release. This revolves primarily around migrating your current triggers and aliases to Nexus 3. Some scripts are going to be difficult to move and will require updating. Transferring your current settings is fairly automatic, but there are problems with scripts that were created beyond the scope of what we intended with Nexus 2.

We are working with the beta team to improve this migration process and address the compatibility issues. Please note that Iron Realms has no plans to drop Nexus 2. IRE will not do new development for Nexus 2, but it will remain on the game websites. In order words, if you're happy with the current Nexus, you do not need to migrate.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me at jeremy@ironrealms.com.

Did I miss something or are help files missing?

Fanglor — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 14:04:25 +0000

I feel like I'm going crazy. The artifact help files seem to be different and missing.

24.3.3 Defensive Artifacts | Special Weapon Statistic Altering | 24.3.2 < Artifacts Artifacts > 24.3.4

Defensive artifacts provide a range of defensive options. These include shields, resistances and a variety of other effects.

Major Nexus Update Coming

Jeremy Saunders — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 23:44:43 +0000

We're finally ready to give a sneak peek at our next project. Our team has spent the last year rewriting Nexus from the ground up. The new version will include several exciting features. Read on and learn what to expect and check out a few screenshots to see how things are progressing.

Here is the shortlist of the new features:

Mobile, stand-alone versions of the client for Android and iOS.
A stand-alone desktop version. No need to play in your browser.
Edit settings while not logged into your character.
Add characters to the client to easily manage them.
Auto-login options. Especially handy on mobile.
Add and play third-party games to the client. Yes, you will be able to play almost any MUD from the Nexus client.
Settings save on the cloud across all clients. Edit your settings on the desktop version and use them in the mobile app.
All IRE games can be played in a single client.
The client is faster and more responsive.
Settings from your current characters are automatically ported to the new client. They are stored separately, so don't worry about corrupting your setups in the current version of Nexus.

Here is a link to a few screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/FulHaT3

We will be releasing the browser, desktop, and android versions within the next few weeks for you to start experimenting with. The iOS version is about ready as well, we just have to finish jumping through the hoops to get it listed.

Need to Make Experience Of Returning Players Easier

Yva — Sat, 13 Nov 2021 07:14:32 +0000

For a game that needs players, it's crazy to me how hostile Imperian is to old players coming back. Especially those who have been out years ago.

For context, I started playing Imperian when it got, when Ithaqua was not even yet a village. I played for several years across all IRE games, and just got back now after maybe 7 years of not touching muds at all. I restarted my characters in Aetolia and Imperian. The experience couldn't be farther from each other.

In Aetolia, between welcomeback and Sunder, I'm back to bashing in 30mins.

In Imperian, I don't even have a health vial, and I had to remember how to vermin because I didn't have gold.

In both instances, I never talked to anyone.

Key thoughts:

Need a WelcomeBack Type of Package - Fairly explainatory. If I wake up after 2 RL years of not playing, I should be incentivized to play again when I log in. Right now, we're disincentivizing returns by putting a fairly steep cognitive load and time barrier to get back into playing normally.
Need a better way to bash - Imperian is fairly complex. In Aetolia, I got started bashing again regularly because of Sunder. In Imperian, I have to type in all my commands and figure out Mudlet again to code all my triggers/scripts etc. Very tedious. It was a great way to spend time 12 years ago, but now though, I don't want to spend 3 hours working on a system only to play for 30mins.

That's all I can think of right now.

I really liked this game and I want to play it again. Stop making it hard to do so.

Rainbows & Hugs

Juganothion — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:34:47 +0000

Looking for Someone

Zethrie — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 07:45:34 +0000

I'm wondering if anyone would know of Rheanyon, or her player. The only record remaining of her is the Da'Saison family help under a family tree file. She was Zethrie's mother and I'm just kinda curious if anyone knows anything. Its a long shot, but worth the couple minutes it took to write this.

I HEART

Abigail — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 11:11:38 +0000

I got mentioned in an events post! Woo.

Hello, any guides to help start?

Bezsens — Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:44:37 +0000

Hello, I'm new to Imperian. Any Guides to help me get started? I play Templar, cool so far. I just follow newbie quests, but they seem to repeat, I do them all over again. Any way to progress and do something fun in the game? Cheers

Check mage attunment level

Quelinost — Mon, 31 May 2021 21:11:46 +0000

How can I check the attunement level on a target? There was a classlead or update that created the ability but I cannot seem to find it.

14 years...

Zethrie — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 23:13:39 +0000

Okay, so its been 14 years since I last played and only about a million things have changed since then, let alone forgetting nearly everything I knew. I still remembered my login though so YAY!

Returning player

Rylnn — Sat, 12 Sep 2020 15:21:14 +0000

Hello. It has been a long time since I have logged onto my character and was wondering if someone could help me identify the items I have. They are the only things that haven't decayed since last time I was around.

A Wand of Muskrat Transformation, 9 gleaming phylacteries, an icicle-shaped bell, a volcano-shaped amulet, a golden chain.

Thanks.

Paying credits shouldnt be a solution to a balance problem.

Eochaid — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 14:44:48 +0000

classlead 965 -- Approve, but disapprove. Escapes are good, hinders are good. We're going to try something different for this one. There is now a new single use inexpensive artifact (diachaim glue) that will disable the flip boots for a short period. We'll reconsider this further after we see how this works out.

As the title says we should not be bringing in more things that are pay to use.

The entire point of switching Imp to free to play was to allow people to build up without having to constantly pay in.

If a skill is deemed unbalanced then rebalance it. If a skill is deemed acceptable leave it as it is.

This half way house of giving solutions that require paying into with disposable credits is just not the right way to treat the game.

If flip boots are really a problem and you want a consumeable to stop them then make it an in game item with a cooldown not a pay to win feature.

Clueless

Delrayne — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 04:38:59 +0000

Per the hammer announce post.

10. In all cases we will slowly remove any areas from the game that have these creatures. There may always be a couple little goblins or demons running around, but their threat will be completely, totally, irrevocably, and permanently removed from Imperian.

So, if demons get taken out, does that mean I lose my "demonic" lamia as an assassin?

Retirement

Sumie — Wed, 13 May 2020 20:59:47 +0000

Hey, so I was just curious as to why Imperian is the only IRE mudd without retirement now that all other other realms has daily credits? Is there something I'm missing?

Xzerizenabel seems bugged

Xzerizenabel — Thu, 26 Mar 2020 23:36:05 +0000

I know you're not supposed to post bugs on the forum but the game doesn't accept any of my commands after logging in.

I was playing on my tablet which admittedly sucks it's an old Apple 2 when none of my commands worked. Switched to my desktop and it seems to be having the same problem.

Potential downtime

Skuf — Sun, 05 Apr 2020 19:45:32 +0000

Certain IRE games and websites are currently experiencing downtime due to a DDoS attack. Fortunately, Imperian is still online at this time and we are working to resolve this issue across IRE. I will be posting updates here as they come.

Thank you for your patience.

Helpfile updates

Celewyn — Thu, 27 Feb 2020 02:47:36 +0000

Hey, I know you imms are busy catering to whiny little brats and nerfing classes they can't beat, but if you're going to change stuff, is it really that hard to take another 30 seconds to update the helpfile? Sheesh.

Images in signatures?

Katorina — Wed, 19 Feb 2020 18:04:20 +0000

I had no idea where to ask this so sorry for possibly improper venue, but

Some of us may remember, the website has little banners like so:

https://www.imperian.com/banner/katorina-small.jpg

Many of us used to have these in our signatures, including my old character, but it seems images are no longer allowed? Is that intentional? (If it is, perhaps maybe an exception could be made for stuff originating from Imperian itself?)

My Impy Credits for Your Achaea Credits

Rhyse — Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:58:24 +0000

I find myself not playing Impy much these days and have quite a few unbound credits here. If you find you have unbound credits you aren't using on Achaea and would like to trade let me know.

Hves Micro transactions Ruined the concept of Anti-Magick?

Xzerizenabel — Thu, 24 Oct 2019 02:52:41 +0000

How does one argue that magick is bad when I have a statue that summons meteors decks of cards. How can I say zombie summoning demoners are evil when I have a costume that summons ghosts. I hate magic, but I have this super cool magic scepter. Your Holocaust spell is evil, but my holocaust bomb is super natural. I have hundreds of magic beans...

Monthly Promotions

Ocaris — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 05:22:34 +0000

I'm curious to see the prize lists, but as it stands this promotion seems a wee bit on the extravagant side.

The price on the arrows seems very high (again, waiting for the prize lists to make any concrete judgement) and I would be curious to see the numbers on how many days the "high score" was more than 2-3 arrows (I know that's improbable, but it would say something about game health).

I liked the idea behind the giftbags, as it was something that was purchase oriented while still having a bone to throw for game participation.

What I'm wondering is if there are any plans to orient the monthly promotions into re-populating existing promotional items into the game? As it stands, some of the items that provide tangible (if small) non-cosmetic benefits are very rare, if they're even on the market at all. I understand availability is a tricky thing to balance, but there are SO MANY items floating around in our "promotional item pool" right now that hopefully something can be done - even if it's just re-attaching them to purchases and not making them earnable through game participation.

Also, and this is just personal wishlist - bring back token rolls for a month. It is murder trying to get a decent supply of tokens and I am full on Vegeta about my token house right now.

Tools obviously abusing help seconds

Xzerizenabel — Thu, 12 Sep 2019 22:26:10 +0000

Why has nothing been done about these trolls that make like 10 accounts a day. I saw them today less then a minute after making their char walk up and be given gold from an alt or a friends alt or whatever bs they're running.

Token Takedown

Eoghan — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 07:32:42 +0000

ANNOUNCE NEWS #3891
Date: 8/14/2019 at 7:20
From: Eoghan
To  : Everyone
Subj: Token Takedown

Hello, Imperian!

Tokens of the Creator have been (mostly) removed from Imperian. There are a few outstanding tasks
that we haven't finished yet, which I'll mention at the bottom of the post.

All the token wares minus the ones that are extra slots and the packs (which already have a credit
version) are now for sale on the Artifact market for Credits. There are some exceptions - such as 
atlas pages - which will require some custom coding. For now, we've left in the TOKEN WARES list 
(mostly for our own reference), even though you have no tokens anymore.

Speaking of that, I've just finished awarding credits for all tokens currently owned. Each token
resulted in 33 credits. If the token could be traded or sold on the promotions market, you were 
given unbound credits. If it couldn't, you were given bound credits. In total, 67089 bound credits 
and 134508 unbound credits were sold for a total of 269016 credits. That's a lot. Please spend them. 
Please. I'm begging you.

In addition:
 - all items being sold for tokens on the promotions market have been removed from the market.
 - champion streak winners will now receive 30 credits instead of a token.

A few things are left to do:
 - For now, packs that were purchased with tokens still cannot have their sizes increased by a skein
 - You can't currently buy atlas pages, since we need to add a way to do so that lets you pick an
area
 - You can't currently buy an extra tattoo slot since that needs a tiny bit of special code
 - Elite still gives tokens. Once we decide what to replace it with, we'll also go back and award
credits for the tokens that are still in the game.
 - That also goes for the (small) chance for a token from spawn waves, for now

If you have further questions not addressed in this post, feel free to send me a message or email!

Penned by my hand on the 4th of Ferinus, in the year 200 AM.

If you want some numbers:

Imperian Discord

Jeremy Saunders — Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:50:09 +0000

I did not see an Imperian discord. If there was one, let me know. Here is a link to the one I just made.

https://discord.gg/yjHU2ks

New Outrider looking for some tips!

Athelwulf — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 04:37:09 +0000

I am a seasoned Mud player, but new to Imperian. I took the Outrider as my profession. I am interested in combat and am looking for tips about what Statpack I should be taking, as well as a general idea of how the class works, and in what order to learn my skills. Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

How to renew the spark?

Ryse — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:29:21 +0000

Hey folks!

I’m kind of in a slump with regards to Imperian, and wanted to see how you each handle that inevitable waning of interest. Should I roll a new profession? Change Ryse to another class (in light of the painful Defiler nerfs)?

What do you guys do?

Server Issues/Lag

Myrcella — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 23:04:10 +0000

I've noticed that there has been a lot of heavy lag in Imperian lately. Lag to the point where it's effecting PVP situations as well as PVE situations. Is there something going on with the servers, like an upgrade or something? Or is Demonic the only circle that's noticing this issue? Is anyone else experiencing this?

@Jeremy Saunders @Eoghan @Dec

Any guidance/information you can give me (or us) would be fantastic.

Comma and Hyphen Police or why I hate crafting

Rhyse — Thu, 30 May 2019 23:47:20 +0000

So on top of being dyslexic, I struggle with the seeming obsession with the approver's overs commas and hyphens. While there are plenty of times commas are required and same with hyphens there are just as many times where they are optional. four poster bed or four-poster bed are both correct but the design police get fixated on the hyphens. Other times they just don't read things right A bright red strawberry is not A bright, red strawberry the comma changes the meaning and both are grammatically correct. Frankly, in both cases, the hyphens and commas do not impact anyone's understanding of the game or the item in question. BTW in both cases, Grammarly flags either as correct. Can someone please inject a little sanity into this process so that the many subjective things such as commas and hyphens don't become the issue. Focus on spelling, appropriate content, good basic grammar. But if you drop the design into Grammarly or other reputable grammar checker and it shows either is acceptable leave it the way the designer wrote it, approve it and move on.

Banner isn't working?

Conathon — Tue, 07 May 2019 17:41:46 +0000

Why isn't my banner able to be posted into my signature?
Am I doing it wrong?

Thanks,
Conathon

ToA Feedback

Dec — Sat, 11 May 2019 17:40:36 +0000

With ToA wrapping up in the next few days, I wanted to get some feedback on what people thought. ToA was a very large undertaking for the (very few and very unpaid) remaining Imperian staff and it took a lot of time to put together. The ultimate question is going to be: was it worth it?

A few tidbits about this ToA
- Most of ToA was put together by myself and two other volunteers (Jeremy and Eoghan provided some drive-by support from time to time too)
- Putting everything together took approximately eight weeks of time wherein we did very little else on Imperian. Planning took even longer.
- Issues and approvals suffered as a result, and Jeremy stepped in to help where possible on those. Eoghan rode up on his alpaca towards the end too.
- We introduced some new games such as the hide game and the race game as well as a new dueling format (and worked out a lot of bugs)
- We pushed to have unbound credits awarded rather than the typical bound credits after hearing comments about the lack of options to buy on promo market
- We introduced a number of behind the scenes mechanics (and shamelessly stole others) to try to make it so the events could be as automated as possible to allow our off-hours players a chance to participate in events.
- We've been pushing to include more flavor where possible to add some better event feel.
- We had some things planned that couldn't ultimately be done because we just didn't have the bandwidth to support them. These will hopefully turn into mini-events in the future.
- It's not yet done and hopefully you can all be there for the ending ceremony.

So please, let us know what you think with as many examples as you can give!

NOTE: Do not talk about the actions of individuals in this thread. This is for a discussion of the event, the event mechanics, and to get feedback. This includes thinly or thickly veiled references to individuals. If a game was taken advantage of, tell me how to fix the game not how someone ruined it.

- Dec