My goals for the changes were to:
- Balance around smaller player numbers and make it less punishing to hit at mobs -- ie, tone down mob levels and chasing, especially from LS mobs, to encourage more PK there. We still want there to be decent LS mob support there - but have it be a little less on autopilot with all the mobs.
- Make Ilsae less of a deathtrap for LS to hit with anything except overwhelming numbers
- Make chasing someone a bit easier, especially with the several exits and lack of tracking
- Make that northwest fade patrol actually useful in some circumstances
- I moderately reduced the level of the militiamen, who were relatively high level compared to other support mobs
- But, the militiamen will yell about where they are fighting someone more frequently
- The 2 wandering/chasing Shienaran veteran patrols were found slaughtered in the night
- So were the Shienaran gate-guards
- I downed the burly Shienaran smob: his level was slightly reduced, and his mob support trimmed from 5 Lieutenants to 3
- He also no longer chases, though he still wanders
- He has been assigned a scout to assist him, who may report any enemy sightings back to Far Dara
- He will now occasionally load a torc on low %
- There's rumor of a new, hidden entrance and exit into the passage north of Ilsae
- Some draghkar have taken up roost in the grain silo, and the outer door has fallen into disrepair
- The fade beneath the council chambers no longer chases
- The rat and raven infestation has worsened, slightly
- The outer perimeter of Lockshear is now trackable. The inner is still not. This means it's easier to see if someone has left Lockshear in order to give chase.
- Some twisted trees have taken root northwest of Lockshear, leading up to the fade patrol there
- Shadowspawn have been hacking at the palisade wall in that location, leaving it possible to climb up and over it (but only leading in, not to get back out). This takes time, moves, can't be done in combat, and alerts others nearby.
Try it out, and please report any errors or problems you encounter.