Coswald Dirthmire

@catnipgames As much as I'll miss the polish and clearer explanations for the patch notes this release, I do appreciate this list. Something like this that updated on each QA patch would be phenomenal.

@catnipgames Still having trouble buying things (the Obsidian Item of Greater Unlearning that's on sale), was the fix supposed to be in the 1502 patch from yesterday?

First full day of the full Blades rebuild! Been having a lot of fun playing other styles but returning to blades really feels like going home again. twitch.tv/coswald_dirthm… #ShroudoftheAvatar by @catnipgames

@ftwcode @catnipgames @shawnbutts Truth is truth, and you make a good point. I can say I love the reduced barrier to entry changes. New durability rules, meticulous XP, crafting jewelry, faster/cheaper Enchanting training, and so on. All those changes have been fantastic for the game.

@CoswaldD @catnipgames Yeah, but you two @shawnbutts and @CoswaldD won't leave the game until the servers are shut off. They need to attract new players with some systems that work for people that don't play 40+ hours a week (or more) frankly I was running 3x clients for days on in grinding mats

@catnipgames While I understand the temptation & popular demand of this, with crafting being integral to the economy & refining XP being fundamental to development as a crafter it'd be a monumental and intricate change, seemingly requiring a major redesign/balance of crafting & the economy.

@catnipgames Wow, this seems like a great step towards putting magic schools on par with physical damage! Am I evil for hoping it comes with a slight fire nerf though?

Crafting Q&A starting in about 20mins in Haven Ridge! Join us in game or at twitch.tv/coswald_dirthm… Thanks to all the Rigionites for letting me be a part of the town's great Q&A series! @catnipgames #ShroudoftheAvatar

@catnipgames 1) Upgrade Founder deed 2) Dance the night away got it

@catnipgames Will these be new creatures that can be tamed, or are existing tames/creatures being changed?

@vulcanjedi @catnipgames @pivcer I do wish the slower training of Taming skills would be revisited. I understand Taming offers a lot of initial power for less XP than most builds but the classless system and easy respecs are such great aspects of the game, and tedious Taming training takes a lot of that fun out.

@catnipgames @pivcer Since the xp spend rate cut it appears raising my alts summon to 89 will take a year. Would be nice if it was the other way around. I would gladly pay 4x the xp to get that back.

@shaner9er who tf bakes soda

dark energy must be baking soda.

@catnipgames Hmm, ran into a snag. I'm on build 1232 on the Windows client and get the "newer version required to play" message when attempting to log in, but restarting the launcher doesn't prompt an update.

@catnipgames Patching now! Anything in particular to look out for?

@catnipgames Excited to see what comes in today! I know it's not a feature release, but plenty of tantalizing bits on QA. *Begins refreshing Announcements forum*

@catnipgames Oh! Any hints on what new fun we can test on QA?

@oidon33 @catnipgames I use it in PvE, where it's powerful, but mostly just a gold sink. Trying to figure out if it's a viable skill for anything but a death mage; passive heals are strong enough to compensate for feedback damage, leaving nothing effective for healing past mobs.

@catnipgames I have tried QA. I use CF and potions in PvP. I understand that this is OP, but Life SP & Fiona Lute heal more and are almost invincible. I have no choice but to go with Life SP. Is this a good balance?

@catnipgames Hehe, the fun begins. Downloading now!

@catnipgames Oh wow! Is this going to include all sources of bonuses? Artifact stats, foods, imbued jems/jewels, masterworks and enchants?

@catnipgames @XeeofSilverdale Death Touch and all magic fist spells crit in the 3%-6% range even on builds where other spells are critting in the 35%-45% range. We're not sure if that's intentional or not