Alter Aeon Recent Changes and Additions

Recent code and server updates can be found in this changelog.  Only the
last 20 changes are listed.  For a complete list, click here.

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---- Jul 22, 10 [1080]
More infrastructure work in preparation for new classes.
Change player event logs to only hold last 8 login/logoff events.
Add more stats to who -level.
More pk arena fixes.

Optimization and reorg of the 'mob aggro' routines. This rework randomizes
aggro targets, preventing the player at the top of the list from always
getting attacked first.

---- Jul 21, 10 [1079]
Universal movement lag for walking between rooms has been added.
Fix 80% casting bug in grandfathered spells.
More bugfixes and improvements to pk arena clanwars.
Minor improvement to detect poison.
Fix minor pagebreaking bug in socket code.
Start adding infrastructure for necromancer teeth skills and spells.

Various minor cleric class updates:
Remove and cure poison improved.
Clumsiness curse improved.
Holy weapon and spirit hammer improved.
Reveal curse mana cost lowered.
Clumsiness changed from level 17 to level 10.
Monitor skill raised from level 4 to level 19.
Charm spell raised from level 15 to level 16.
Enchant armor raised from level 16 to level 20.
Spirit hammer is now part of the 'divine aid' spellgroup.
Faerie fire raised from level 4 to level 5.
Ward good raised from level 23 to level 25.

---- Jul 20, 10 [1078]
Group recall cast in your recall no longer recalls you again.
Various minor improvements to the automatic pk arena code.
Add support for member/elder addition and removal to clan log.
Improve knock spell.  It should work on objects now.
Minor cleanup to staffcast targetting.
Allow summon to work across greater distances.

The mage spells 'feeble mind', 'weaken', 'clumsiness', and 'lethargy'
have been moved to cleric and installed into the new cleric 'curses'
spellgroup.  All of these spells are grandfathered, so if you had
already learned them, they will continue to be usable.

---- Jul 17, 10 [1077]
Minor bugfixes to arena code and automatic arena clan wars.
Add support for grandfathering spells when they switch classes.
Fix carry bug in candle spell.

---- Jul 16, 10 [1075]
Minor updates to bot detector, and new bot detect stats added.
Weightless containers may now be merged for 1000 credits, see FAQ 2.10.
Minor updates to the object composite for builders.  You may see
some changes in enchantable items and objects with spell resistance.

Updates to pk arenas, especially in regard to the 'clanwar' setting.
Addition of basic 'arena event' code, which allows arenas to be run
automatically.

---- Jul 14, 10 [1073]
Updates and improvements to pk arenas.
Fix up minor parsing bug in clan 'set door'.
Fix minor ignore bug for spam flagged players.

---- Jul 13, 10 [1071]
Add code to track spell usage in pk.  This should help us balance pk
combat as we see which spells are overpowered and underused in pk.
Enchanted equipment should no longer have RELIC/EPIC/etc flags.
Add pk arena option to disallow scrolls/potions/staffs/wands.
Various minor multiplaying checks.

---- Jul 11, 10 [1069]
Allow class specific display of spells and skills on web pages.  For
example, http://alteraeon.com:8080/spells/mage
Improve rounding of last term in timestamp display.
Autobrief now works when climbing.
Fix missing send when darkening an already dark room.
Fix damage/level bug in leap attack.
Make farsee an annoyance spell and reduce saving throws against it.
Minor bot detector improvements.
Improve eloquence filter to include extended ascii transforms.

Add object identify flags to show remarkable/exceptional/epic unique items,
as well as old style antique/relic flags.

---- Jul 05, 10 [1067]
Fix dclient map update bug in resurrect.
Leap attack now costs less movement when it fails.

Color spray, displacement, and all of the invisibility spells have been
put into a 'mage illusion' spellgroup under 'dancing lights'.  The level
on invisibility has been raised from 22 to 23.

---- Jul 01, 10 [1065]
The new 'prayer for the dying' spell is now dependent on group recall.
Spellcasting infrastructure for new classes.
The 'climb' command no longer can be used while you're sleeping.
Clan pk rank now times out faster.
Clan area cleanup should now also destroy old clan doors.
The 'boot' command can now be used by clan elders to force unwanted
trespassers in clan areas to recall.
Only clan members can group summon non-members into clan areas.
Player channel 'allow' and 'disallow' commands have been added to let
others use a channel without giving out passwords or admin permissions.
Sending email no longer has room sends.
Raise leader exp at very low levels.

---- Jun 25, 10 [1063]
Add new high level cleric grouping spell, 'prayer for the dying'.

---- Jun 24, 10 [1061]
Bug fixes to recent charm code updates.
Improve help pages for various spells.

---- Jun 17, 10 [1059]
Even more class code updates.  The basic skill/spell trees are mostly
understood, but not yet implemented.  Probably a couple months away still.

Slightly raise/tweak damage on chain lightning.
Event based regen and spell maintain should now be a bit more compatible.

---- Jun 16, 10 [1056]
Updates to clan help pages.
Allow extra eqset slots to be purchased for 500 credits each.
Update http xml interface to handle new class levels properly.
Add a 'release' command to release charmed minions from your control.
Auction no longer shows the seller of an item (auctions are anonymous.)
On auction termination, the current auctioner is lagged for a short
period of time to allow others to interrupt back-to-back auctioning.
Various code typo fixes.

---- Jun 15, 10 [1055]
The dice command can now be used over channels.
Minor updates to consider.
Updates to entangling roots to remove charm dependencies.
Major updates to charm code.  Expect crashes and weirdness.
A 'minions' command has been added for tracking charmies.
Fix typo in 'brag castability'.
More class code updates.
Random object generation has been tweaked.

---- Jun 13, 10 [1053]
Some socials can now only be done if you're friends with the target.

---- Jun 07, 10 [1052]
Fix minor display bug in consider.
Fix crash bug in revenge.
Minor updates to bot detector.

---- Jun 03, 10 [1050]
More confusion strings added.
Cost of weightless expansions cut in half, to 500 credits for 120 pounds.
Minor adjustment to 'too low level' send on mob consider.
Fix display of poison negatives in dclient stat window.
Simplify ownership of clan doors and fix permission problems.
Monster lore will now give a send for intrinsic-wield mobs.
Improve display of clan dues calculations via 'clan dues' for elders.

Poisoning from poisoned attacks has been modified.  For low damage hits,
you'll be less likely to be poisoned, and the saving throw widths now
more closely match the other saves and should also reflect percentages
on the stat display.

---- May 31, 10 [1048]
Fix minor sorting bug in 'who pk'.
Improve display of clan fame activity stats on 'clans'.
Fix various display bugs with new clan costs.
Low level exp caps now have a random component added to them.
Recursive carry bug using group summon fixed.
Prevent display of uncastable/unlearnable spells on mortal 'spell list'.
Some changes to userload graphs, and addition of a new graph that tracks
an internal server value (which mortals don't care about.)

---- May 28, 10 [1046]
Set room delete now works for cleaning up clan areas.
Minor cleanup to 'who rank' command.
Increase spread of fame titles for high-fame players.
Change description of Suboria area sector description.
Clan elders can now diselder themselves via 'clanset <name> elder'.
Fix bug with wear strength for shields not working properly.
Negative cast ability is now more powerful than it used to be.
String change on spellcast fail due to insufficient levels.
A new activity/fame measure has been added for clan rankings.
New clan gold costs have been enabled.

Bound equipment that is dropped and left on the ground will self
destruct in a little over an hour.  This should help reduce bound
equipment spam in public areas.

A lot of updates to mortal building permissions for clans and non-clan
rooms.  Expect bugs and weirdness.