Revenge of the Jedi MUD

The Dowager Queen (Episode IV)

Once every year or so I take it upon myself to begin planned monthly or quarterly updates and then do nothing following that first update for over a year.  I might as well call it a yearly update, but here we go, once again I’ll be attempting at least a quarterly update…if there is something worth talking about!  The changes to Revenge of the Jedi MUD over the last several months are listed below.  Also, I’d like to note our facebook page should be your first stopping point for keeping up with game events.  It’s our primary home these days.

Game Design Changes

• Disintegrate will no longer have a chance of affecting Custom Items.
• Players should now be able to target alternate equipped items of the same name with standard 2.item logic.  For example, if wearing 2 shimmering cloaks on their person, they can put items into and examine the second cloak by naming it 2.cloak.  This was previously not possible with worn equipment.
• Room traps that damage NPC’s can no longer deliver a deathblow.  Instead the NPC will enter a mortally wounded status (-10 hp) and stop following their master (if they had one).  Note they will probably bleed out and die afterwards.  This change will resolve a nasty crash bug most commonly encountered when running Recon droids through damaging rooms.

World Changes

• The Dowager Queen long a landmark on the Tatooine streets has been expanded into a minor NEWBIE zone, 20-30 rooms in size.
• Blindness and Force Sleep training guides have had their skill point costs equalized with their help files.

Bug Fixes

• Advance Sense Danger now functions like it should
• Failure of Raise Funds should no longer trigger aggression from other player’s followers
• Ryloth turbolift door and other reported key issues have been corrected.
• Eye of Vex, Wickets Cowl and a few similar item mistakes making said items unusable have been corrected.
• Autoquest’s failing to update their status do to players in Darkness or otherwise invisible has been corrected.

Here’s a friendly update on the active things coming from Mt. Meru. Some of these have been in for a while, others are new this most recent uptime.

New

• New elite class of legend NPCs, [**LEGENDARY**]
• Starred legends will now receive a random item for every 100 legend NPC kills
• Some starred legends have been boosted/strengthened, be advised
• All legendary NPCs no longer display their worn equipment

Changes

• Hide skill now boosts regen of smugglers
• Leadership skill is now useable in combat
• Legendary mobs now have a chance to break through the Cordon skill
• Force lightning now has a chance to cause an electrocution effect on the victim
• Disintegration now looks for NPC/players before looking for items
• The duration of time for Barrier Field has been slightly lowered
• Force Bind can now be stopped with Peace and has a lower per-round focus cost
• Cloaking system now working, but any attempt to communicate (comlink/auction) reveal you
• Conceal now breaks when combat begins
• Protect skill can now be used in combat. There is a slight lag associated with switching protection
• Aware NPCs (unable to be surprised with backstab/snipe) will become less aware over time
• Any attacks against an NPC will make them aware and alert now
• Glance skill can show if NPCs are aware and alert or not, but may also alert the NPC if noticed
• Mercs can now use the “Calm” skill to remove their Rage or Frenzy
• Slash can now slice through some doors, similar to the Bash skill
• Bayonet secondary system can now allow players to “Slice” through being snared

SP skills

• Advance Sense Danger – Augments Sixth Sense/Sense Danger to allow Commandos and Force Users to dodge the first attack from aggressive enemies
• Force Block – Allows a Force User to try and block an attack when they are caught without their lightsaber

Enjoy!

Here’s a friendly update from Mount Meru:

Changes!

• Mind Trick – now opened up to work on significantly more mobs. Particularly, mobs that were push-able can now be “persuaded” to move with a mind trick.
• Word of Recall… is gone! Bounty hunters will now be getting wrist worn weaponry at level 51 in the place of word of recall. So keep some passes handy now, you have been warned.
• Retreat, group retreat, and casualty evacuation – these will no longer allow you to go into a deathtrap.

New Skills!

• Snare – Bounty hunters utilize grappling hook armor system to ensnare opponents, preventing fleeing. Those with lightsabers or daggers can “slice” themselves free, mercs can use their strength to break the snare, and the force power Peace will drop any ensnarement in the room.
• Drag – once a player is snared, a bounty hunter can “drag” that opponent to an adjacent room.
• Whirlwind – like Berserk, this will allow a dagger, melee, or lightsaber user to hit all visible mobs in a room. (SP Skill)
• Force Sleep – allows a Jedi to use the Force to cause an opponent to enter a deep sleeping trance.

RotJ staff is very pleased to announce…

A brand new, all improved, RotJ Training Academy! New players (and new characters for old players) will now begin their adventure at the Academy located at an undisclosed location.

The Academy is designed to teach you everything you need to know about how to play RotJ, as well as information about all our features, in a fun and interactive experience.

So come join us and start your adventure today!

HOLY DROIDS! The Technician skill “Create Droid” has been TOTALLY REVAMPED!

Some droid types have been tweaked or even removed, but more importantly we have ALL NEW droid types that are sub-guild specific and acquired at certain levels all the way up to level 100. Create droid skill is now no longer a spell you cast and each droid type varies in the resource costs associated. So login and get ready for an army of Droidekas or your very own shop-keeper droid to sell your inventions!

Also, the Droid Handler lesser class has been retooled and now has two unique types of droids that any Droid Handler can create even if they’re not a Technician. Droid handling is not just for the Techs anymore.

Finally, there are now several types of special “Advanced Droids” that can be learned by purchasing schematics with Skill Points from special vendors. Most are only available to Technicians, but every player can buy and learn to create their very own R2 unit or 3PO protocol droid to help them out.

See the help files for “create droid” “droid handler” and “advanced droids” for more info and if you’re still confused, just ask somebody.

–The RotJ Staff