Year 2016

Covers some of the notable events, changes, updates and projects that happen during the year 2016.

Projects
Some of the projects that took, are taking or are planned to take place in the Year 2016.


 * Final Cleric charisma spell requirement roll out
 * Job updates and improvements
 * Adding of many more show and brag options
 * improvement of search system and new switches
 * plans to migrate to a new mapping system where large rooms consist of a series of small rooms
 * plans to add music to dclient
 * plans to add new level 37 spells and skills.
 * plans to add a ranged weapons system
 * plans for the acid damage type.

January

 * 21st Anniversary
 * Revamped areas: The mad druid's refuge (formerly the land of magic)
 * New areas: Mirror world, The Coral Castle, the isle of Naginag (10 districts/sub areas)

Febuary

 * Various group improvements
 * Changes to the way Demonic potions work
 * New areas: Maze of the black minotaur, The Gorro's Nose, north-central Sloe
 * Jeweler random jobs added.
 * New credit buy chartransfer command for securely selling characters.
 * Tailoring skill added.

March

 * Lag reworked and added to some terrain types when walking.
 * New areas: Village of Woodhaven, The Amber Forest, Pygmy island
 * gambling slot machine jackpot now notifies.
 * Some of the wear location and type restrictions removed from clan equipment.
 * Area autolevel code adjusted.
 * Many more new brag/show options
 * Item randoms reworked to be more generous with a higher chance to be closer to orginal load.

April

 * Revamped areas: The Monastery of Dreams (2nd dream lab created)
 * More search switches added
 * Re-enabled the ventriloquate spell as obscure
 * new Level 37 thief evasion skill added.
 * Credit buy restore option added.
 * Kxwt trigger strings kxwt_idle and kxwt_longterm_idle added.
 * tweaks to some minions stats.
 * default eqset and brewset slots raised from 4 to 5
 * new fishing achievement.
 * new harvest venom obscure druid skill.
 * new artificer enchant and legendary enchant skills.
 * new viper druid call animal

May

 * new areas: Sahuagin Coral Reef, The fetid Caves of Pestilence
 * new level 4 mage spell mana shield
 * new necromancer abilities and changes to demon familiar as part of level 37 roll out.

June

 * New and revamped areas: The capital city of Airam, Marketplace and Castle, The capital city of Airam, Residential and Researh, The Caverns of Charstal, The dwarf planet of Drakdrol, The Fortress of Sutton Vu, Western Mengaw Forest
 * poison damage to imps conjured via bloodmist by a foulblooded necromancer
 * alignment adjustments.
 * Air creatures can be healed by breath-only damage.

July

 * New areas: The City of Shill'tara, The sewers below Gad's Landing
 * Initial support for accounts on channel allow and channel admin.
 * Absorbs limited by max mana.
 * Durham's guiding spirit became plane aware.
 * Grenades given level and price boost.
 * New gisco's giblet grenade necromancer spell.

August

 * Massive internal rework of the mudmail system.
 * Instance changed to deal with spam resets by low level chars.

September

 * New areas:The capital city of Naginag, North District
 * New sonic rainboom spell combo and achievement.
 * Acid attacks now have a lingering effect that lowers hpregen.
 * New alkaline balm druid salve to counter acids.
 * New accio obscure mage spell.
 * Updates to clans including new commands and features:- 'clan advertise', 'clan recruit', 'clan who', 'eldertell', 'clan broadcast' and 'clan autotithe'. 'Clanset add' also now works from anywhere on the mud.

October

 * New unburden obscure mage spell.
 * Various skills and spell moved to modern exp denters
 * Spectator option added to pk arenas
 * Halloween 2016 event

November

 * continent of Gianasi released
 * New areas: The Pilgia Lake, River and Marsh, The Garkgia Jungle, The Ravagarkgia Forest, The Platgia Swamp
 * Spell resistance no longer affects spells you cast on yourself.
 * Support for boons added
 * Ability to fill liquid containers with water from the local terrain added.
 * Thanksgiving 2016
 * New spells and skills:- thistles, jinx. leathercraft, dragonscale armor

December

 * Dunn Hurr areas released as part of Advent 2016

Quarterly video updates
Quarterly video updates from Shadowfax published by category:alteraeonproductions:-
 * Winter 2015
 * Spring 2016
 * Summer 2016
 * Fall 2016