Greetings, everyone. Hopefully this blog message finds you well. I am here to inform the community of something that has honestly been a long time coming.

The short version is, as of this day, I will be stepping down not only as Lead Volunteer Helper but altogether as a Volunteer Helper.

I was hired all the way back in September of 2011 and have had many ups and downs when it comes to Legacy. Both with large and small issues as well as with the community itself on multiple levels. I have tried to return to the same level of activity I had many years ago, but every time I fell short. Whether because of issues in the real world requiring my attention or a few accidents that involved me not being able to do anything.

Ultimately, however, this was not the underlying reason why I just seemed to...fade into obscurity and only show up for large-scale problems. I have simply reached a point where I personally feel that I cannot properly manage the VH team or the community the way that it should be or in a way that is fair to said community. I won't bore you all with the details of what I mean. Just let the main takeaway be that I've come to the conclusion that it is time for me to officially step down and let someone else pick up that mantle. This decision isn't because of anyone in particular or issues regarding the rest of the team or HCS itself. This is 100% my decision.

Now what does this mean for my position? I have spoken to Zorg about this, and he seems to already have a plan in place for this. Of which I am sure he will be divulging and putting into place at his earliest convenience at the start of the week. I do not have specific details that I can divulge right now. Just know Zorg is aware, and he will inform you at a later time in the near future.

Just know that despite everything that has happened, the good and the bad, and despite what I might have said in the moment, I have enjoyed the opportunity to be part of the staff/VH team for 14 years. I have also enjoyed assisting everyone with issues that may have come up along the way.

It has been a long 14 years, Legacy. And I will see you guys around every now and again. But as just me.

~Will

There is a new vote up for a little feedback on the Scavenger ability. Be sure to vote. A thread will most likely be created in the Main Forum for a discussion on it.

I would also like to remind everyone of a few things.

1) I am the Lead Volunteer Helper (VH). Meaning any actions that my VH take that you feel are unjust or unwarranted should be reported directly to me via in game messages. Side chat is not the place to air out your grievances against them as that is against the HCS ToS as Staff Harassment and it will be handled as such.

2) Mods and Guides are lead by the Community Admins. In this case, Wolf and Neltharion. Anything that goes on with Mods or Guides goes to Wolf or Neltharion before me. If the person in question feels they were treated unfairly, they can just as easily come to me and ask me to look into something.

3) The conduct on side chat is progressively getting worse. This is due to things not being reported. My VH and myself cannot be on 24/7. That is why all 5 of us have an "open message box" type of policy. We have no problems handling a situation that is deemed inappropriate, whether it be abuse, harassment, or just flat out toxic behavior.

Please keep these things in mind for in the future.

Name changes.... are changing! From the 30th of October if an account has the name that you require we may be able to help you out.

As long as the account is inactive, not famous and has not been a long standing account with us - we will look at removing the account and freeing up the name. The definitions of inactive, famous and long standing are by our definition so if you're turned away we will explain why.

Generally if the account is level 1-5 and has been offline for 300 days+ we have no issues, if it is ex-staff for example Deeg etc... We will refuse on the basis that it could be abused.

You can submit your requests via the ticket system and myself and accounts dept will review and begin to start the process, you WILL have to wait 30 days for the account to be deleted, unless I can set up a fast track.

Today I have dealt with a few outstanding tickets that hit 100 days old. The complexity of this report meant that we needed quite a bit of time and a lot of log checking. The result of which is Item EXP Farming.

We do not allow players to remove equipment to gain experience or an create advantages for other players. With the new item exp system we have had multiple reports but no clear guidelines. We now have such a system in place and the first people that we found farming EXP are SlJesus and FGame. They have been farming EXP and funding each other with meds.

As a result they have earned themselves a 7 day ban, and we (myself & Zorg) have reset their titans to 0XP and refunded the crystals attached.

I have a few more reports to go through so people will be joining them, thank you to the people who have put in reports, you've helped a lot!