Forum Signatures for the Official Forums

The Making of a Guild Signature!

Many guilds and groups show consistency and unity on the official boards through a unified signature theme;  when discussed as a group we decided that this is something we would like to do.   Donning our thinking caps, Minerva and I (with periodic feedback from multiple parties) went through several iterations of signature design.  The goal was to create something that could be customized or used generically, as per the preference and level of effort that each user wanted to spend on this.

I'll spare you the details of the design process, and the amount of times I was told, "No, Shim, the guild cannot be represented by a giant cat face" and instead just display here the output, for the sake of posterity.

There were of course early iterations.....

Which used the same more or less guild 'symbology' but were highly customized.  We decided to go for simpler which is how we ended up with what we ended up with.

In the decision process I kept suggesting things like:

And Scoffer wanted pickaxes:

Minerva made a royal decree as leader, though.  No cats, no pickaxes.

Generic (Blank) Signature 

This was the 'base' template provided, so that anyone could simply add their name and be done with it.  We went through several iterations of what 'symbol' or 'logo' should be used to represent the guild, but in the absence of any heraldry (yet) we eventually just came up with the fancified crown of the obsidian to the left.  I think this was mostly because everyone likes money.  Who doesn't like money?  I still think we should have gone with the giant cat head.

Customizations:

(Minerva isn't using this, this was a joke...ha)

She's using this:

This is what happens when Luca wont tell you what he wants, people just start throwing things out there so you end up with several ....options....

Then of course, there's Arkah...

who..."fixed" his signature...

So there you have it, think I got everyone who's been set up so far.

If you still haven't got a signature, and you want a signature, please contact Shimizu in game or on the OOC/Discord signature channel to make arrangements.

The Revamp of Elysium Mines

So a while back they redid Elysium Mines, changing it from a cloned scene to a new, unique, inspired-by-Knossos-architecture type thing.  Its really a stunning zone, and certainly worth a visit.

Of course, with the creation of any new scene, players will immediately go investigate if there's anything of interest or value, any new deco not nailed down, etc.  You know who you are.

With a mine, it became obvious to Scoffer and myself that a map was needed.

This has gone through several tweaks both before and since, as people learn their own route, but posting this here for the sake of posterity:

And of course this also happened....

This is how to do mining.
No, really.