Rebalancing of mid-level ranges – weapon dice and mob hp Lasher, May 19, 2010 While playing Aardwolf as a new user things move along quite nicely until around level 70 or so, at which point there starts to be a big slowdown. After looking at the game balance in this level range, we have made a few changes. Combined with the equipment finding commands added during the last update, we hope these changes make the game a little more enjoyable for newer players and the faster leveling speed benefits everyone. Mob Hit Points: The amount of HP that mobs have has been lowered for most levels above level 60 You can see the old vs new chart at: Very high level mobs haven’t changed much, but most of the other mobs on the way up have. Weapon Average Damage: The amount of damage allowed on game load weapons has been increased at most level ranges. If you use game-load weapons you might want to consider acquiring new versions. The old vs new chart can be seen at: As you can see, this flattens out the curve and allows for a decent increase while still leaving a large gap between game load and aard weapons. MUD News
Mud Clients – 256 Xterm Color Mode April 17, 2011 Syntax : xterm – Turn 256 color mode on/off. color 256 – See a table of the colors. color raw256 – See table of colors with no mud parsing. Aardwolf now supports Xterm 256 color mode. Whether or not you can see Xterm 256 color depends on your client. See… Read More
Web / Dissolve Rewrite. May 28, 2013 The web spell has been rewriten and has many changes. Before I get into the details I want to reflect on the state of Aard in general for a while. Somewhere along the line we (I) got reluctant to make these kinds of changes because of the effect it *might*… Read More
Spellup change, pet experience levels, other updates. October 28, 2010 A number of minor changes and updates went live today. The first three are the most important for most players: Pets and charmees no longer have any affect on experience gained for a kill. There is no longer any downside to using them other than having to manage them. Added… Read More