Update 13APR

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Updates (13 APR):
Some changes to the spells display page
The spells page in the Mage Tower and the Spell Summary page have 
had some changes, notably:
Cooldown time is now displayed in an international "13APR10" format 
rather than the British "13/04/2010" format. (Stormcrow mutters 
something unintelligible about Greenwich under his breath)
Runes now, correctly, show as "uncastable" when you have a rune in 
cooldown on the Spells page, rather than on the second "Review Spell" 
page
Spells in cooldown on foreign targets would remain visible in the 
target's spell summary even though the effect had expired.  This is no 
longer the case.

4 New Spells in the Runes School4 New Spells for the
 Runes School have just gone live - the Seeking
 subschool.  These Runes are defensive in nature, and are cast on your 
city.  

However, they only detect specific types of hostile diplomats who arrive
 at your city - and slay them.  Before you prepare one of these Seeking
 spells, you will have to define what you wish them to target - Scouts, 
Spies, Thieves, Saboteurs or Assassins.  When a hostile unit or units of
 this type enter your city, the rune will activate.  It will ignore 
other unit types.

As this is a complex magic, its research, casting and upkeep 
requirements are higher than that of a standard Slaying rune; however, 
as it is a more focussed magic, the number of charges each rune keeps 
has been substantially raised.

Enjoy.  Oh, and Saboteur units are being re-enabled on Thursday the 
15th; so this is especially timely for many of you!

Edited by GM Stormcrow - 13 Apr 2010 at 17:29

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GM Stormcrow Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3820	Topic: Update 13APR Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 14:19
	Updates (13 APR): Some changes to the spells display page The spells page in the Mage Tower and the Spell Summary page have had some changes, notably: Cooldown time is now displayed in an international "13APR10" format rather than the British "13/04/2010" format. (Stormcrow mutters something unintelligible about Greenwich under his breath) Runes now, correctly, show as "uncastable" when you have a rune in cooldown on the Spells page, rather than on the second "Review Spell" page Spells in cooldown on foreign targets would remain visible in the target's spell summary even though the effect had expired. This is no longer the case. 4 New Spells in the Runes School 4 New Spells for the Runes School have just gone live - the Seeking subschool. These Runes are defensive in nature, and are cast on your city. However, they only detect specific types of hostile diplomats who arrive at your city - and slay them. Before you prepare one of these Seeking spells, you will have to define what you wish them to target - Scouts, Spies, Thieves, Saboteurs or Assassins. When a hostile unit or units of this type enter your city, the rune will activate. It will ignore other unit types. As this is a complex magic, its research, casting and upkeep requirements are higher than that of a standard Slaying rune; however, as it is a more focussed magic, the number of charges each rune keeps has been substantially raised. Enjoy. Oh, and Saboteur units are being re-enabled on Thursday the 15th; so this is especially timely for many of you! Edited by GM Stormcrow - 13 Apr 2010 at 17:29

Wuzzel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Status: Offline Points: 605	Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 14:47
	How will this work with the normal slaying runes? The "seeker" runes will trigger first and then kill the hostile diplomats? If you dont have seeker runes up, will the normal slaying runes still kill the hostile diplomats?

GM Stormcrow Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group GM Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Location: Illyria Status: Offline Points: 3820	Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 14:50
	Only one spell of a specific school type up at any one time on the same target, Wuzz... So it's EITHER Fear Runes OR Slaying Runes OR Targetted Slaying Runes. Makes strategic choice of which spell to cast much more interesting, no?

Wuzzel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Postmaster Joined: 26 Feb 2010 Status: Offline Points: 605	Posted: 13 Apr 2010 at 15:00
	ow yeah i forgot you can only have 1 rune up. I was thinking about another school. My bad. And yes now you have to make strategic choices. Or you can slay all with 250 rune. Or you can target a specific class with a 400 rune. Interesting indeed. Edited by Wuzzel - 13 Apr 2010 at 15:01