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July 2005-Dec 2005

January 2, 2006
No meeting due to Wizlock.
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January 9, 2006
Passed
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*Weapon Enchants : remove weapon enchantments with glory.
* Ships: Adding a purchasable vehicle class.
*Nation Leader Custom Rank - Allow Nation-Selected Rank for Leader.
*Blessing of Thoric - blessing from the healer NPC up until level 25
*Increase minimum stance for feign/vindur gong to aggressive
*Increase feign rating from a cap of 1190 movement to 1800 movement.

Failed
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*Losing higher level eq on lowbies - it was felt that after this happens once people in general pay more attention.
*Harakiem gets to have fun - live execution bans. it was felt that it would lead to abuse.
*Allow Peacefuls to REDIRECT other classes should not have this skill, unless it's redone with lag time or some other downside.
*Infuscate to Overwrite mage enchant

Passed CoE and on Project List
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*Rock Paper Scissors functionality for decision making.
*Remove item keywords from prompt.
*Peaceful Rangers to get Mercuria
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January 16, 2006
The agenda this week was a general discussion of socials and a pet killing proposal which are currently being worked on.

There were no formal voting proposals this week.
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January 23, 2006
Passed
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Magey Clerics No More - proposal of renaming and rewriting the Cleric trance to prayer.
Cowardly Mounts - Mounts to follow players into paintings and portals
Animal Tamer -a mobile is created that modifies your pet into a pacifist at a practical fee. If that pet is a horse or some other mountable beast, the pet is also rendered unmountable after the modification to prevent exploitation from charging barbarians.

Failed
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Mushrooms among other yummy stuff create -food spell receive a bit of an upgrade to provide a wider assortment of food upon casting. It was felt that people can find and/or buy other foods.
Pet Killing and Harassment - Make malicious pet killings fall under the category of harassment
Dag- Allowing DAG to go back to letting people exit the paintings.
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January 30, 2006
Passed
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Dag - Allow DAG to let people exit the paintings without having to recall.

Idea for TS - etched items - use glory to repair (not add more) an etched item back to its original AC.

Failed
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None
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Feb 6, 2006
Failed
Etched items to be restored using glory - Although a well supported idea, the effects sustained by an object are the consequence of use. AC can be added through glory but through the ravages of battle, the scars on an item cannot be undone. Like a crumpled piece of paper, it can be smoothed out but never be as it once was.

Denied by VC
Nations Leader custom rank - This his been denied for orgs in the past.
Ships/Adding purchasable vehicles - Sounds awesome. More specifics please. There just wasn't enough to vote on.
Pet Tamer
Rename the Trance skill for Clerics to Prayer - There was a suggestion that we refer to the dictionary definitions for the two words. The other thing is, given many people are hoping for an upgrade to clerics, making a cosmetic change to the command and echoes is unnecessary.
Blessing of Thoric - Thinking beyond the obvious, there are reasons this works in terms of gameplay.

Passed CoE and on project list
Config channels/tells in buffer
Mounts and Portals

Denied by CoE
Weapon enchants with glory - Alignment, class-based enchantments.. complexities Once tainted by magic, an enchant cannot be undone.
Feign damage increase - The formula is not only based on movement. Damage is not that different from circle. Feign lags less, there are fewer restrictions on it, and mob countermeasures are almost non-existant.
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Feb 13, 2006
passed
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*Experience loss on fleeing from unworthy opponent. Mobiles who give you 0 experience while fighting them take 0 experience when you flee from them.
*Vomica Pravus-
a level 13 vampire skill 45% and lasts 13rds if vomica were raised to 40 or so...and made to last 150-200 rds like curse (it's only comparative spell that i know off) and raised from 45 to 75 or 80% it might make it worthwhile vs the lag it takes to use.


Failed
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None
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Feb 20, 2006
Denied by VC
Vomica Pravus changes - It was felt that Vomica is a very important skill of lower level vampires and despite needing to cast it often, it was easy to do and was quite effective as is.
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Feb 27, 2006
Denied by VC
Experience loss from fleeing from 0 exp mobs - Losing experience is part of the challenge involved with fleeing. It is also felt that players should consider the mobs they are attacking before fighting.
DAG exits - Planning out your actions and carrying recalls is a lesson that the DAG teaches many of our new players.
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March 6, 2006
Passed
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*Isscyl - changes to the Fathomer spell Isscyl. As written, the proposer feels that the lag needs to be reduced from 5 rounds to 3, and that it's duration should increase from 1 round to 6 rounds.
*Change to Warrior Block Skill- Requested Changes: Turn into an AUTOMATIC skill, when wearing a shield Still only gives a "CHANCE" of blocking an attack (hopefully 50%+ ish) IF and ONLY IF an attack is blocked does the shield have a "CHANCE" of getting damaged (Should be low 5% or less range)

Failed
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*Mind fortress - have mind fortress give 10% resist magic and +1 int, instead of -6 sv vs spell +1 int. It was felt this was fine as it is.
*Success echo for hide- Modify the returned "You attempt to hide." message to indicate success or failure. It was felt that rl you can hide but there is no sure way to tell if you truely are. So it is fine as it is.
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March 13, 2006
No meeting minutes.
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March 20, 2006
We had a discussion on Augurers and on the possible vampire skill Engorge.

Regards,
Mari Ke'Miravn

Passed VC and sent to CoE
Ranger Skill (Slash)
Warrior Skill (Block)
Change to Fathomer Spell (Isscyl)
Social - Slep

Denied by CoE
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Call of Heaven - A more powerful form of sanc given to Clerics to provide 75% resistance to attacks.
Just too powerful. There is something like this in the Cleric upgrade but it's self only.

Passed CoE and on the Project List
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Feign/Vindur Gong in aggressive stance
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March 27, 2006
Passed
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Mail Vote Command - The ability to vote on notes in mud-mail.


Failed
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Class-based channel - It was felt that we already have this in Guilds [Guild
Talk] Players wishing to interact with players of the same class should talk
to a guild rep about joining.
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April 3, 2006
Passed - None

Failed
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Guild Proposal - streamline the existing guild structure into one combining classes of similar "theme".
*Example- Clerics + Paladins = Guild of Religion. It was felt that there were no barriers impeding the coordination of guilds. It is not a limitation of code that prevents this coordination. Guilds may work together however, the intended purpose of single class organisations would be lost.
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April 10, 2006
No meeting minutes.
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April 17, 2006
Failed
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Ostat addition spellroll/spelldam --It was felt that this addition could cause significant overall imbalance in the dynamics of gameplay. Spells are already modified by stats such as wis and while adding another item effect to boost spell damage has possibilities, the change would have too massive an effect and would need to be retroactively applied to existing items. This task would be monumentous and logistically difficult to implement.
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April 24, 2006
Passed and sent to VC
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Engorge - A vampire skill used to steal blood from its target without initiating combat however, if failed the mob will retaliate.

Returned for rework
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Mystical Vortex - A spell to modify the damage of magical attacks. Its current scope was perceived as too expansive and too prone to imbalance. It has been returned to the forums to be reworked and made more specific and balanced.

Passed CoE and on project list
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Warrior Block Modification
Mail Vote Command
Hobbies
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May 1, 2006
No meeting minutes.
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May 8, 2006
Passed
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Gith Fathomers - Allow Gith to become fathomers.

Failed
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None
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May 15, 2006
No new business. Forwarding new proposals for voting next week.
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May 22, 2006
Passed
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*NATURE'S GIFT - Druid Spell - Temporarily summons plants and greenery into the room. Basically giving the room the "forest" sector flag, so druids can use their druidic spells."
*Lizardman - Allow non-mana using classes - Warrior, Vampire and Thief to choose Lizardman as a race.
*Ignore modification - ignore to prevent people from giving you things.
*CRUSADE - A spell that assists all devout members of a paladins group by giving a 10% healing bonus.

Failed
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None
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May 29, 2006
No meeting held today due to the Memorial Day holiday.
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June 5, 2006
Passed
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* Donation Weight Check Command - command to allow leaders of organizations to check their donation room weights to keep them in check.


Failed
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* Poison Spring - spell ability to enable Fathomers to poison a spring.
* Barbs Skill - "elemental" like shield skill for rangers.
* Entangle skill/spell - A new spell down for rangers (possibly druids) to weaken the opponents attack and defense.
* Air Vacuum - A new spell for Fathomers to reduce/absorb damage from breath attacks.
* Rigor Mortis - A new spell down for Druids/Nephs to weaken opponents.
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June 12, 2006
Passes
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None

Fails
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None

Several proposals to be moved from the forums to general voting for next week.
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June 19, 2006
Passed
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* Contents weight for auctioned containers - See complete total weight of container being auc'd.
* Nephandi Word of Recall - up recall spell to 95%.

Failed
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None.
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June 26, 2006
Passed
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* Augurer Skill Discern Mod - allowing for discern east <mob> to con mob in a direction.
* Change to "You failed message" to say You failed to cast 'spell name' on 'mob/person'.

Failed
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* Scaled Regen - Regen based upon level and overall hit points.

Discussion
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* Golding Issues and Possible Fixes - Topic Moved to Forum.
 

Passed VC and sent to CoE
Topsite reminder to vote
Prompt token %s (autosac)
Colorized config readout
Gith Fathomers
Spell - Spirit Chain (Augurers)
Spell - Crusade (Paladin)
Spell - Nature's Gift (Druid)
Ignore Modification
Lizardmen reintroduced
Donation weight check
Honor check for IP/Linkdead

Denied by VC
Engorge - Was found to be unrealistic and unbalancing.
Indoor Vamps - Being indoors should not affect hunger. Aslo found to be
unbalancing.
Socials - Huggle/Straddle/Glomp
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July 2006-December 2006

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