When Equipping a pocketed equipment, if you fill the extra item belt slot and then take the pocketed item off, you retain that item belt slot until you remove the item from that slot yourself.

Steps to replicate:
Equip a pocketed item.
Fill the new item belt slot with something.
Take off the pocketed item.
Notice how in battle and in the inventory screen, the item belt is still filled and completely functional.

So what if the deploy turret skill had 2 uses before it went on cd making 2 bots to make taking the skill more appealing given its hard to balance it without making it stronger?

Applicable BYOND Key - Gozeta

Character Name - Kalti Fonix

Request Type - Young age and lowered height for a child character 

Request Details -  I am applying to have my character, Kalti Fonix, set at the age of 11. He will be in the Korvara setting, to be more focused on RP, rather than to be focused on the combats. I have played characters like this in the past and am aware of such things as keeping them from combat and other things. He would just be strictly a playful little Redtail. His height would be about average for someone his age, 4' 07".

Reason why you are making this request (if applicable) - I just wanna be able to have some troublemaking fun as a youth that might go awry. He clearly won't be fighting, but he would resist the best he can.

Roleplay & Lore supporting your request - Kalti is the youngest child to a loving couple, a Redtail and a Phenex, but his traits come more from his mother's side. He has an older sister, one that carries more traits from his father, her being a Phenex. If I could have them show features of both, I would, but happy with keeping him as a Redtail, I like them more. When he turned eight both his parents were killed in a monster attack. This leaves his older sister, NPCed at the moment, to take care of and raise him. He spends most of his time playing outside in the city of Duyuei. She would be busy most of the time with Military work, leaving him alone to do what he pleases, and a person to call on if his pranks and playfulness ever gets him arrested by the guards.

Fore Note: I’m probably going to be a bit of “raw and unfiltered Blade” here, especially since I’ve decided on writing this… a good month or so before everything happened last year, thereabout?  And when it is posted, I'll simply be copying it from a Google document I wrote it all in, so I hope my writing is not too confusing, and that what I wrote isn’t misinterpreted or misconstrued in any way.  Regardless, thank you in advance to anyone who actually took the time to read my rambling thoughts.

Hello again, everyone.  It’s been a while.  Some of you don’t know me, a good chunk of you probably remember me.  I hope you all are doing well, no matter if I know you or what my personal opinion on you is/was.  Basically one full year already…


I thought I should probably write a mix of what’s going on, and encourage everyone to be friendly and as open about things as they wish.  After hearing about, and seeing screenshots from others of, what’s been going on, especially within this year alone, I think it’d be a good idea.  But that’s just me.


I’m honestly not sure where to begin on things.  I guess I should go for last year, right?  Prior to everything that occurred last year, I was honestly quite thrilled when I got to be a leader character in Korvara.  It’d been a while since I’d had a big role like that in anything, and it felt nice to be able to truly flex some creative muscles again.  For the first couple of months, it was great.  Obviously, I didn’t do everything perfectly; no one did, and to even consider I did would be narcissistic and arrogant on my part.  But it was overall an enjoyable time, and I got to meet plenty of people I otherwise never would have, considering how standoffish I generally am most of the time (and I know several people can testify to this).


For those who can remember, there was a time after where things started to get awkward.  Or I guess that’s how I’d describe it.  I’m not here to point blame, or to say “I was a victim or villain here, and X person was in this scenario, and…”  Nope.  To summarize it, there was definitely a lack of communication, both from myself and everyone else, and I acknowledge that I probably could have done more.  Everyone involved could have probably done better in that, myself included.  Then came the temp ban.


Was I warned about anything?  Did anyone DM me prior?  No, and no.  Like I said in my appeal post, and like I will say again, I wasn’t given a warning, and no one said anything to me, made an effort to get my attention, nothing.  I would have gladly sat down and talked things out if I had this all brought up to me before.  I won’t deny I’m still a little bitter about it, thinking back.  And I can sympathize with anyone else who’s had the same happen to them, because, to be blunt, it fuckin’ sucks.  I would hope that people are now being talked to about that, and given a chance to explain.  From what I’ve read and heard, it doesn’t fully sound like it, but I could easily be wrong, especially when I have limited resources.


And then there was the “day of reckoning” or whatever you want to call it.  I was stressed, my mental and physical health were in the gutter, and I was hearing about people who associated with me were getting harassed and bullied by others.  Does this excuse everything?  Not necessarily, but I’m sure it paints a clearer picture on why everything happened.  I got fed up with everything, and in discussing what to do with several people, the common answer I got was to just take what I’d done and leave.  So I did.  Everything was initially going to be a lot cleaner, and I would have just slipped away in the dark, but that’s not what happened.  And we’re not going to pretend it was.  In essence, I let everything off my chest that had been there for a while, for better or worse.  And I don’t think I have to be the one to tell you that heightened emotions are a particularly strong motivator.


So yeah, I left, and I took what I had with me.  Obviously, there was much more of a tide-fall effect (I think that’s what it’s called, right?  Something like that?) than I’d anticipated, and from what I could determine, things went into hell and a handbasket.  And I genuinely do want to apologize for that.  My intent was to just “take your shit and leave” and move on with life, and to wipe both sides of the slate clean.  I don’t know much about what happened after I'd left, aside from the new document from the ground up and clippings through the grapevine, but I hope there wasn’t too much damage, aside from the main event.  I’d frankly understand if there was some resentment because of that, even.  And I know a few words mean little on the internet since anyone can say anything, so I don’t blame any skepticism from anyone who sees this, in the event I do go through with posting this.


Would I have done everything differently?  It’s hard to say.  If I was sent back in time with the knowledge I have now, I would have put in better measures ahead of time in case of an event like this (and that also begs the question of whether this would have happened, but we’re just going to say it will for sake of ease), just to make sure it would be more like a knife through butter, rather than Pompeii.  If I wasn’t able to retain my memories, it’s hard to say for obvious reasons.  If it was me now, with my current outlook on things?  I’m sure some matters would have been handled in a different way.  Then again, a lot of things could have gone differently with a bit more knowledge or a different opinion on things.  Kind of common knowledge- and I’m rambling.


Right.  Ummm, what to mention next?  Hmm, I guess I should mention I miss y’all.  Even the ones that were a pain in my ass, at times.  I just hope that all the changes that have been made since my departure, and even future ones, will create a more welcoming and friendly environment for players, and one where they aren’t treated as scum for associating with someone/doing something that can constitute a violation of the rules in someone’s eyes.  I’m sure someone’s said it here before, and I just glossed over it or missed it, but I’m certain 90% of the problems I know of (and likely the ones I don’t know of, too) could be solved through amicable communication and an incentive to not hold grudges or to scum fellow players with out of context screenshots.  This doesn’t mean there needs to be the accuser, a GM, and the accused sat down.  If anything, just getting a fair account from both sides, preferably with evidence.  And in cases where someone isn’t accusing, but something is seen, I’d argue the same case; sit down and talk with them so they don’t have a reason to feel like they were assassinated if there is genuine reason to ban.  I’m quite certain that most people are not evil by nature, and would be willing to talk it out if they were politely approached about the situation, especially if it gives them an opportunity to make amends or clear their name before any administrative actions are taken.  Besides, I don’t want there to be another eruption like- I? we? -had that day, because if someone’s pushed to the brink enough, regardless of who they are, they won’t care about the consequences.  And that’s before you take into account that there easily could be people who want to do genuine harm.  This is just my take on the situation, of course, but as someone who didn’t have that, I can quite confidently say it’s probably healthier for the game and community than shadow banning people and leaving things up in the air for them to later piece together.


Enough about that, I guess I should answer some questions someone may or may not have had.  What happened to what I kept?  It’s been going well with that.  I’ve made some changes, obviously, and made sure to erase what association there was prior because of what was agreed upon.  Think I’ve shown a few people what I’ve added and changed up.  But I won’t go into more detail about that.  Maybe, one day, I’ll be able to show off what I’ve done proudly, and to show that what I took wasn’t just a waste thereafter, as some have claimed.  Have I gotten better since then?  Sort of?  I can certainly say that my mental health has gotten better, and my stress levels have gone down some, and I’ll take what I can get.  Do I still think about the game, and of its players?  Actually, yes.  Even as I’m typing this, I’m mentally whalloping myself for not being a better person and checking up on some of you more often than I have.  Just because I’m not the kind of person to message super frequently doesn’t excuse me being a bad friend.


Other than that, I’m glad to hear that everything’s still going with the game, and that people are having a (mostly) enjoyable time.  Part of me would be tempted to get back on and walk around, look at everywhere, just for memory’s sake, but I’m sure that there’d be someone out there who’d have a problem with it, so I’ll hold off on that.  Heard that a new race was added.  That’s quite neat, and I hope it’s fun to play as.  Hopefully it has strong racials and whatnot.  Don’t know too much, otherwise, outside of more leadership shifts and the war that inevitably happened, but I don’t feel I have enough knowledge to fairly comment on any of that.


What have I been up to over this past year?  Eh, not much out of the usual for those who know me, honestly, sorry to say.  Almost finished my Bachelor’s in Game Design and Development.  Still as big of a Pokemon nerd as ever, if my Pokemon Conquest Gyarados sprite profile picture is anything to go off of (that’s a mouthful).  Got back into cooking as a hobby (rather than simply a necessity) and have been trying to experiment more with that, especially with irl circumstances I probably shouldn’t go into too much detail about.


Yeah, I guess that…more or less covers everything?  Once again, I hope everyone’s been well, and I hope life’s been as enjoyable as it can be, even if you’ve also had much of the same going on.  I doubt this post will be left up for long once I post it, but for those who do see it, best wishes to you and everyone in the SL2 community.  If anyone has any interest in DM’ing me for whatever reason, even if it’s just to chat briefly, my user is more or less what you’d expect it to be.  Probably won’t be posting here for a while again, if at all, but I thought a retrospective on everything from last year and a check-in to see how everyone’s doing, as well as what I’ve been up to, might be a proper goodbye and some closure that was never properly had.


So with all of that out in the open, I bid you all adieu and send best wishes your way.  Make the game something you’d be proud to play and be a part of for me, okay?


Sincerest of regards to every one of you in the community, past, present, and future,


Blade


Update Jan 3, 2024:

Give us a second trait in this line that gives us the ability to use the Arcane Tattoo Fist for casting spells if we have no shield / weapon in our subhand without having to have Martial Artist equipped to do so. Mostly just for build flexibility purposes, as otherwise the trait is useless for everyone not using MA.

I think it would be more fair to the other katanas if they gained more proficiency in battle other than having solely on-kill effects, they are not at all considered much compared to the likes of Raijin, or even Hisen now, so I think it reasonably stands to amp up their potentials to have a bit more usefulness for the swordsmen who don't want to be lightning themed (rare as they may be.)

Here are my current suggestions:

Quote:Kouenjin / Crimson Lotus

Potential Skill - Crimson Lotus
Kouenjin's Potential Skill. The Kensei skill Hidden Cut's effect changes in the following ways; Damage becomes Fire magic damage. Monsters who are defeated by this effect explode, knocking away field objects and dealing Fire magic damage equal to Hidden Cut's damage in a 3 Range circle around them.

Changed to:

--Enemies who are targeted by this effect explode, knocking away field objects and dealing Fire magic damage equal to 50% of Hidden Cut's damage in a 3 range circle around them.

If an enemy is killed by this effect, inflicts certain defeat.

Quote:Yukijin

Potential Skill - Ice Lily
Yukijin's Potential Skill. The Kensei skill Hidden Cut's effect changes in the following ways; Damage becomes Ice magic damage. Monsters who are defeated by this effect turn into Ice Points and create Ice Sheets in a 2 range diamond around themself, which last for 3 rounds each (The LV for the Ice Point created is 10).

Changed to:

Enemies who are hit by this effect may be frozen for 2 rounds (with an infliction check), and create Ice Sheets in a 2 range diamond around themself, which last for 3 rounds each. (Frozen Level = 25)

If an enemy is killed by this effect, gain Ice Point Guard status for 3 rounds.

Quote:Akujin

Potential Skill - Dark Moon
Akuijin's Potential Skill. The Kensei skill Hidden Cut's effect changes in the following ways; Damage becomes Dark magic damage. Monsters who are defeated by this effect melt, becoming Dark Water tiles in a 2 Range circle for 3 rounds.

Changed to:

--Enemies who are targeted by this effect gain Dark Resistance Down. (LV = 15, can stack twice), monsters who are defeated by this effect melt, becoming Dark Water tiles in a 2 Range circle for 3 rounds.

Quote:Sanjin

Potential Skill - Mossy Grave
Sanjin's Potential Skill. The Kensei skill Hidden Cut's effect changes in the following ways; Damage becomes Acid magic damage. Monsters who are defeated by this effect melt, becoming LV 30 Poison Pool tiles in a 2 Range circle for 3 rounds.

Changed to:

--Enemies who are targeted by this effect begin to melt, gaining lvl 5 Acidity for 3 rounds, increased to 10 against heavily armored enemies. Monsters who are defeated by this effect melt completely, becoming lvl 30 Poison Pool tiles in a 2 Range circle for 3 rounds.

Eternal Solitude seems to have lost it's attack animation in the new update, I tested a few other weapons I know to have animations and didn't find them without, so this is the only one I'm reporting for now until I find others.

Applicable BYOND Key -sirtrex

Character Name -Linzi Kilima

Request Type - New Technology

Request Details -
I want my character to be able to invent and market a new piece of technology: the focus board.

The focus board is essentially an etch a sketch that uses focus and a focus sensitive sand to allow the user to draw and write on. Its housing is made up of a iron-etherium alloy that gives it decent strength, but also allows it to automatically repair itself from minor damage. It also can expand and contract to different sizes. From the size of a large poster (equivalent of a shout) down to the size of a cell phone (for whispers).

In addition to allowing a user to draw or write on it, the board can be used to print said drawings to paper as well. After pulling a pin, the board can be pressed down to turn the pad into a printing plate. Cover the board in ink, and it can be placed down on paper or loaded into some type of press to make copies of whatever the user wrote or drew.

It was initially designed to allow mute characters to more easily communicate without carrying absurd amounts of paper, but it could easily be used by other characters looking for an convenient place to take notes and share them with their allies.

Usability depends on the user's level of focus control:
     People with excellent focus control can draw or write on it by simply directing their focus into whatever shape they desire, and erase it in a similar fashion.

     Those with less focus control can still draw on it by directing a small amount of focus into their finger or a stylus to draw on it like a regular tablet. And erase it by drawing the focus away from the board in the same way.

     Those with no focus control at all can still use it via a stylus that draws a small amount of focus from its environment. The image decays slowly over time as the focus depletes, but it can be quickly erased by using a focus absorbing bar attached to the side of the board. Shaking it hard works as well, but it tends to only fuzz the image not completely erase it without a certain amount of decay time.

Reason why you are making this request (if applicable) -

Its an idea I had while my character was recovering from a neck injury, and i was RPing being mute. Playing charades with people was interesting, but I was laughing about the immense amounts of paper required for him to talk to anyone in detail.
Necessity is the mother of invention, and i figured this experience could inspire someone with Linzi's expertise to develop such a product.


Roleplay & Lore supporting your request -

With his knowledge of alchemy(lvl 6), metalworking(lvl 3), and his engineering knowledge he was able to fashion this device. His main class engineer can create robots controlled by streams of focus, so making a drawing pad that uses focus to control sand seems well within the pale of his abilities and the technological landscape of Korvara.

Linzi has a small workshop and is trying to find things to sell to further his business ventures to make money for a special project. Should the product perform well he could expand his operations or work with other industrialist characters to mass produce it.

If accepted, I plan to run a product demonstration somewhere showcasing this, and other things he's invented to put his company on the map.

RP justification:

Due to a neck injury, my character was unable to speak for a decent period of time. Forcing him to talk through body language, and writing notes on paper. During this time he wished he had a way to communicate that didn't require him to carry a books worth of paper and ink around, or and endless game of charades. Thus he was inspired to create this product.  His neck recovered, but even with the ability to speak, the pad was a great way to take notes, draw on, or copy his writing to multiple pages. If it was this useful to him, why not to others, whether they could speak or not?

Applicable BYOND Key - Novosprime
Character Name - Vent Newiaser/Mészáros
Request Type - Special Character Trait
Request Details - From 5-6 inches up the left forearm to the tip of her fingers is a light coat of fur. The claws at the tip of her fingers are a little more apparent. It doesn't do anything to boost her abilities or what-have-you, but it's just a side effect from an attempt at healing that barely worked. A requirement to drink a blue potion a day, or every other day, or risk it stop working is also a fun idea to tack on to it.
Reason why you are making this request (if applicable) -

1. It's rad. It's a cool character concept, a strong hero who barely wins a fight, but comes out of with some issue/curse afterwards. In this case, a mutation. It serves as a permanent reminder of what she had accomplished and what it cost her.

2. It adds on to Vent's character. In Vent's family lore, giant wolves (or wargs as I will continue to call them from here on out) are seen as a very much "top of the food chain" way. They're apex predators, to see one is a blessing, but to fight and defeat one only goes to show your strength in relation to the wolf in their blood. Vent's family is very adherent to Lupine-esque ideals such as a strong, dangerous alcoholic drink called Wolf's Blood, howling at the moon as a coming of age ceremony thing, making bloodpacts, and following the Alpha-Follower relationship as it's almost hardcoded into their blood. In the background of the family, this all is brought back to the founder of the family who had heavy ties with blood magic that may have had some side effects on his descendants. To possess this more bestial limbs would to encourage her to further embrace the wolf blood in her instead of this invasion of cat fur.

I have also always seen Vent's body as being a poor receptable for magic perhaps due to the blood magic reason as stated above. Healing magic has a lesser effect on her although this can't be made mechanical, but also makes her body incredibly sore afterwards. Youkai, I feel, are tied to this aspect, too. It's only natural that if a youkai gets installed onto her person for one reason or another, quite the rarity for her, something might screw up. Part of me also wants to give a unique scar or punishment for being so risky with her life to the point of her almost dying.

Roleplay & Lore supporting your request -


This comes from a roleplaying event. With the help of an eventmin, Vent had gone after an alpha wolf to solo it in an attempt to prove that she is the real alpha. This lead to a rather close fight, Vent dropping down to 25% of her HP. Even though she did win, I had no intentions of playing it off as if she came out unscathed or with a few cuts and bruises there. She was a bit fucked up. Bleeding, bruised, nasty scratches and bites. She did go against a big ol' warg. One of the worst injuries was the fact that the claw tore into her left forearm, exposing the bone. 

Vent didn't exactly pick up the scraps of her arm-flesh that was torn off (and the rolls from those trying to help her weren't so great with it). So, a hail mary was utilized in the form of a youkai being installed through Soul Chain, taking into the account that installed youkai will offer small physical changes so her arms might have suddenly grown to be a bit fuzzy to account for the Byakko. This wasn't a foolproof plan, there might have been a chance that the youkai didn't care about Vent especially seeing as she is a wolf and it's a cat! Further taking into account that it's primarily an offensive skill. Yet, the rolls were just barely enough to work. The other solution was cutting the arm off. I was fine with whatever way it went, but the dice and the thinking of the characters pushed it into this direction.

So, working on the assumption that:
Youkai and summoners aren't an exact science. There could be unseen issues caused by youkai who act in a different manner than what their master requested or by summoners who try to experiment or utilize their powers in a rushed manner. 
It's a bit implied that there can be some pretty serious consequences from messing with youkai by the Shapeshifter guy in G6. Although, as I understand, Korvara doesn't share an exact lore with Sigrogana considering how magic was learned from tablets instead of being a gift from the gods and how many races just naturally exist there without said gods or special conditions that brought them there.

I believe there can exist some leeway when considering the strange method use to say that some sort of permanent mark was left upon her, be it a one in a million occurrence or what-have-you.

Test server item chests (gear, weapons, etc) are a bit too cluttered and full, and on lower end computers this ends up causing long freezes that can sometimes even crash your game. This gets worse the more times you have to open them, as well. Ideally, maybe expand the area and spread the items out into further categorized chests. Torso items chest, Leg items chest, Gun chest, Spear Chest, etc etc. It'd also make it easier in general to find what you're looking for.