Unofficial Guess the upcoming changes thread

[John]

As per the recent changes I thought people might enjoy guessing what the changes will actually be.

My guesses as to what will definitely be in place:
    Look character will be treated as an hemote from the next release.
    House Tor will be reopened.
    The price of spice is being rebalanced to encourage its use.

My guesses as to possible but hopefully unlikely:
   Psionics will be phased out and the psionicist guild removed.

Why the last one? Armageddon is low fantasy apparently. Psionics could be seen as not in keeping with the game's current direction. After all, nothing says high fantasy like every single person in the world having a psionic ability (that or science fiction). It's unlikely because it's an OOC convenience but staff might think they've found a better way around it.

My guesses on what will definitely be in place is because these things actually add to the game and are sensible additions (by this I'm largely referring to spice and look hemote. Tor will always be an on again/off again clan).

[MeTekillot]

People being able to be paid to carry messages from city to city is itself a pretty cool avenue of roleplay. Letters actually become relevant as clandestine communication.

[MeTekillot]

Rule number one of the Zalanthan wastes: Don't fuck with the man who carries your mail

[MeTekillot]

Aides actually become relevant instead of a second stun pool for the noble if that particular noble cares to posture and not let people 'contact' them.

[MeTekillot]

It could actually be like Dark Sun proper, where only random people in particular are able to use psionics.

[Jihelu]

Or people who train it but psionics are scaryyyy

[MeTekillot]

Psionic potential must be declared with a token. Anyone found using psionics without the token is declared and executed as a mindbender whether they actually are or not.

[solera]

No Survivalists. Not only Majickers, but harmless root grebbers are on the slippery slopes now.

[LauraMars]

[najdorf]

april fools?

[najdorf]

for a moment, I thought it was real.
you got me, staff.

[solera]

Nah, it's always real. Saturday curfew was done away with on April 1.

[Akariel]

I am currently using my limited coding knowledge to change the way rats work in cities. In the future, if you kill one rat, ten more will spawn and be aggro. This will continue for each rat killed. Rats in non-cities will now be gurth.

[Bogre]

It's usually some real changes hidden in 'gotcha'!

Arm has the best april fool's for sure.

[najdorf]

I am currently using my limited coding knowledge to change the way rats work in cities. In the future, if you kill one rat, ten more will spawn and be aggro. This will continue for each rat killed. Rats in non-cities will now be gurth.

playing too much heartstone lately?

[IAmJacksOpinion]

I thought people might enjoy guessing what the changes will actually be.

My guesses as to what will definitely be in place:
    Look character will be treated as an hemote from the next release.
    House Tor will be reopened.
    The price of spice is being rebalanced to encourage its use.

My guesses as to possible but hopefully unlikely:
   Psionics will be phased out and the psionicist guild removed.

Came over here to make this exact thread... Agree with your list.

[Jingo]

Nyr told me on teamspeak that there is a rare chance for a "Rat King" to spawn if you kill enough rats. It's bite is lethal and it carries 10,000 coins on it's corpse.

Edited by Nyr: It also has a cute little rat king crown of metal.

[Lizzie]

Confirmed:

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Immortals
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The constellation of Nyr circles about the center of the sky.

There are 1 visible Immortals currently in the world.

There are 10 players currently in the world, other than yourself.


[Delirium]

Rangers are being removed from the game, and being replaced by four subclasses:  Stalker, Rider, Herbalist and Bow Assassin.

Okay... you got me. I snerked.

BECAUSE IT'S A JOKE RIGHT GUYS

[LauraMars]

Psionics will be phased out and the psionicist guild removed.

if only

[Jihelu]

TBH if Armageddon was to get less Dark Sun I'd say remove psionics.

[Jihelu]

"The constellation of Nyr circles about the center of the sky."
Stars confirmed

[IAmJacksOpinion]

I want to clarify, I think that removing the psionic guild is probably on the table. I don't like the idea of it, but I think it's on the table. (They'd probably become subguilds, amirite?)

I severely -doubt- that psionics (contact, barrier, expel) will be phased out.

[Lizzie]

TBH if Armageddon was to get less Dark Sun I'd say remove psionics.

--because its second most significant inspiration, Dune, didn't have psionics?  Having never experienced or read about Dark Sun, but every Dune book Herbert and his son wrote, I always assumed the Lirathan templars were patterned after the Bene Gesserit.

[Jihelu]

TBH if Armageddon was to get less Dark Sun I'd say remove psionics.

--because its second most significant inspiration, Dune, didn't have psionics?  Having never experienced or read about Dark Sun, but every Dune book Herbert and his son wrote, I always assumed the Lirathan templars were patterned after the Bene Gesserit.

Weren't Dune psionics like, only available to a very few people, even more so than Dark Sun/Armageddon?

My Dune knowledge isn't great.