So in preperation for a lot of real time systems, dueling and such we are changing what it means to be 'Online Now'. To what I consider to be a more realistic representation of who is actually online at this very moment.

The current system only considers somebody online if they changed pages within the last 10 minutes. With more and more javascript based systems being added it is quite possible to be active without changing pages now. Sitting watching Side Chat would be a perfect example.

The new system which is going live today will change this. You'll still be able to see when players last changed pages in the color of their name, but they will not be considered offline until they close the browser window or log out.

This will mean that the Online Now number will increase but everybody on that list has a browser window on their computer currently open and logged in to Legacy.

So I've been doing a lot of work recently over on Dev. As with my previous post random fighting while in the hive will be disabled. You will however be able to challenge online players to duels in the hive, and if they accept fight them that way 1 vs 1 in real time. You'll also be able to duel people in your own gang if you wish.

This may later lead to things like combat ratings (much like chess ratings) where you can duel other people to increase it... as the new combat system requires skill. This also means the first thing I'm making is the duel system, the idea being we can test all the abilities and combat mechanics in a 1 vs 1 enviroment before I start working on Hunting and Warfare and get everything balanced / decide if we like it or not.

Warfare and regular combat will go down on Dev when the Duel System goes live, this should happen some time in the next week. I urge any Avatars not currently signed up to the development server to do so if they wish to have a say in the future of Legacy!

It's finally hit home just how behind on work I've been getting recently. Player count is getting kind of low, I don't want to waste money on advertisement just yet. So I'm going to accelerate all the changes I had planned and get them out as soon as possible.

There are tons of things still on my to-do list that have been shifted to the bottom (eg. new gang icons and the staff system). I've also cancelled all my plans for the next couple of weeks. So this is happening, and it is happening soon. Sorry to those who don't like change, but it is coming and if you don't think this whole game needs an overhaul you may wanna take a look around.

I'll be saving up money to blow on advertisement once the changes are done, so if you wanna help the game go buy some subscription time now as it will all go straight to the advertising fund.

Just a short blog for those curious about the staff system I've been working on or those thinking of applying to become staff in the future. Here is a brief glimpse at the way staff see the game through the new remote control staff system or RC for short.



Lots of things are reported to this private staff chat. We watch signups, spectral items, tickets, side chat, the tick process and a whole manner of other events. Staff are required to be logged in to this seperate control panel whenever they are online and can be beeped in much the same way as Online Chat by other staff.