Big update! This is an expansion of the Iron Mine area fo adventurers level 6 and up. There are also a number of general game improvements.
- “Cave Explorer” chain of quests for adventurers who have reached Iron Mine. Includes four new quests in all-new areas with lots of new loot and creatures.
- Some areas now have special character encounters. Impress them, and they join your party.
- Lots of typo fixes. Thanks to you testers who have so helpfully emailed me about those. It was especially clear when you copied the encounter text (including encounter title) and made the offending text bold.
- Non-Player Characters (NPCs) now get rid of gear they’re not using.
- NPCs now get the full skill enhancement from gear they have equipped.
- New players now see some helpful text after creating their first character. Right beneath the description of the adventurer’s first turn is a note about how game play works.
- When an adventurer sells gear, they will get 10% of the purchase price. This is the first of several steps needed to improve the game economy.
- Improved error handling: though all quests and activities go through automated testing before being put on the production server, there have been rare cases of a quest glitches. The game engine has always checked for these glitches. Up to now, it notified me and stopped all activity until I fixed the quest. Now it handles the situation more gracefully, notifying me, moving the characters to a safe place, and letting the game continue. If your character is lucky enough to find a quest with a glitch, your character will get to do an activity that is not otherwise available, and get a prize.
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