Asymptomatic

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Dragon-Killing Slackers!

A few of you have signed up for Legend of the Green Dragon, but nobody has even made it off the Isle of Wen yet. What gives? How am I supposed to rack up affiliate points if you guys don’t slay a dragon or two?

I’m level 10 and I’ve joined a clan, and I think I’ve been pk’ed about 10 times. Dang distractions while I’m playing the game make my session time-out, and if you don’t stay in an inn when you’re logged out, you’re fair game for PvP death.

For the Meek

It’s difficult to get even hardcore developers to patch experimental/prototype features. To make it easier to see what I’m talking about, and possibly tempt them into trying it, I’ve made a screenshot.

This isn’t committed, this is only currently available in a patch to 1.6. I’m really waiting for comments on the UI and the functionality of the patch.

Permission Change Overview in 1.6

I spent some time over the weekend implementing changes in WordPress’ login system. In 1.5, a user’s capabilities are determined by their user level, a number that represents how powerful they are.

The problem with the 1.5 system of user levels is that you don’t really know what a specific level can do without having a reference in front of you. And every time you want to add a new capability for users, you have to figure out where in the 10 discrete levels is the best place to put it.

Changes in the 1.6 user scheme are going to change all that. Instead of using numeric levels, users will have Roles.