Over the course of the last month, our Immortal team has worked on restructuring shapeshifting and hopefully solving some of the issues regarding the ability. Many of the complaints concerning this skill have been addressed and we hope the new changes only strengthen shapeshifting in general.
Shapeshifting is now structured similar to supplicants and necromancer pets. What this means is, the higher up in your classo that a player has chosen druid, the access to more unique forms this player will have.
Mana costs across the board, both upkeep and initial shift costs, have been greatly reduced. The major complaint regarding shapeshifting centered around the mana costs and the inability to stay in form for any length of time. We are hoping this addresses this complaint. It should also enable players to do more damage in form, as many of the abilities rely on mana to perform and the player should have much more due to the lower costs.
Lag has been decreased for most of the forms.
An additional twenty + forms have been created( thanks Chobbs!!!) and spread out throughout the life of a character’s levels. New creatures will be available at levels 40+25 and 40+32, as well as more Avatar forms. We are hoping the additional forms helps ease the pain of those of you who are losing the ability to shift into certain creatures by the scaling change. The newly created forms have some very interesting abilities, such as intercontinental travel and chopping on Lyme.
Overall, Id like to thank everyone who helped with the project but mostly Chobbs who led the charge. This was a total team effort.
Please remember there will be many adjustments and bug fixes pertaining to the new changes and forms, as they have not been thoroughly tested yet. Please report any bugs, abuses to one of us. This was a major project with Isabo and myself adjusting much of the shapeshift code, so there will be issues to fix. As well, with Chobbs creation of 20+ new forms, there is bound to be an exploit or two and bug or five that will need to be touched. Please don't be afraid to suggest changes in abilities or stats or simply share a new idea.
The new helpfile is shapeshift creatures. We will be adding much more shapeshift eq and other fun things such as abilities which will be unlocked if a certain item is being worn in form.
Enjoy,
Splork