What did I miss?

[Denerynn]

About 3 months ago, I discovered Planeshift. I played for a few weeks (and I loved it), then I went back to playing Conquer Online, that I was playing before I discovered Planeshift. Now it's been around 2 months since I last played, and the other day I had a sudden urge to play Planeshift again.

All I want to know is: first of all, I once read somewhere on the forums that inactive accounts aren't deleted, which means that I'll find my character just as he was before I "quit" (correct me if I'm wrong). Also, back when I was playing, there were "rumours" about a character wipe, and if it happened, then never mind my previous question. Finally, I'd like to know what has been added since I left, aside from what's in the update, and for crafted swords, as I have just read the thread about the crafted swords bug.

Note: if I'm posting this in the wrong forum, then I'm sorry. And if theres anything I should know, it would be useful if I were told.

[Karyuu]

Welcome back to the game :]

We haven't had a character wipe in a long time now, so if you've been gone for a couple of months you will still have your character around. Here is a changelog for the 0.3.015 release, and our current, 0.3.016, includes the following--

Design and content:

    * Chat window updated, specific NPC tab, all visibile/audible messages moved to Main Tab, all detailed combat moved to system tab, combat details now only shown to user and group.
    * Added support for character helms. Added base set of helms, but few races still missing.
    * Mini-games system added, with ability to display a board, change pieces, configurable layouts.
    * Method of calculation cast success now set as a formula
    * New animations added to complete the base set, few races still missing.
    * Added support for monsters variations
    * Added base armor for races. Kran has now a natural armor, monsters have various natural armors based on their race.
    * Item quality is now averaged on stacking.
    * Item resistance for crafted items set as 0.5

Bug Fixes:

    * Errors about unresolved item containers.
    * Many fixes and improvements to crafting.
    * Fixed crash if people tried to trade items while repairing them.
    * Pathing of NPC fixed.
    * Fixed stances of NPCs after respawn.

Updates generally happen in these release packages, and new large content rarely (if ever) gets put in after a client release. We do have some more animations (for the Ylian and female Ynnwn) that you need to get through the updater, but nothing else that I can recall at the moment.

[Denerynn]

Alright, thanks for the info. And it feels good to be back.

[Einnol]

We haven't had a character wipe in a long time now, so if you've been gone for a couple of months you will still have your character around.

Umm... except for that little wipe of characters created during the first week or so following the 0.3.015 release (if I remember correctly).

[Holdan]

correct me if im wrong, but that 'weeee wipe' was for characters less then ten days old....right?

[Einnol]

Something like that.  A week give or take.  Might have been 10 days.  Either way, it was only new ones created as of the release date up to the date of the wipe.  It was due to a bug introduced in that release, and then fixed.

[Karyuu]

I believe that character wipe was done in the beginning of July - and that's three months ago. The OP was gone for two, so his characters should still be there.

*edit* And if his forum name is also his in-game name, it's a definite :)

[Drey]

these posts are so unintersting when no one says "hmm, 3 months aye?... nothing."

[ylikone]

I've been gone quite a while as well... and now I am back, just finished installing the latest version... but I am sad to see that there are no new locations added yet.  Is somebody working on new locations?

[Karyuu]

Keep in mind that environments take a long time to model and texture, as well as export and test with CS :} Our team of artists has about two 3D modellers that are capable of churning out such things, so new land will be slow coming. (But it'll arrive, definitely.)

[ylikone]

Wow, karyuu, I can't believe you are still here as the moderator.  I was expecting everybody to be different in game and in the forums.  Actually, in the game there are a lot of new guilds I see around, and not too many people I recognize.

[Karyuu]

Yep, I plan on staying for as long as I have the time :] The number of guilds is pretty much a guaranteed growth, though perhaps you've just come in at a time when the folks you used to see around are temporarily distracted with other duties.

[Pestilence]

hmmm if you already know the BD update you can't have been gone that long

[ylikone]

Well, I guess I haven't been gone THAT long... lets see, checking my last post before today... March of this year.  So about 7 months.

[Pestilence]

*blinks*

Was the BD update that long ago?

Yeaz time flies by.

Ahh well guess playing for almost two ears does things with your brain :S

2006.07.04

hmm nope guess my brains wasn't fried yet. If you are really gone that long you must not have looked around that much as there have definately been areas added since seven months ago.