Staff Meeting 017 Summary

Roll Call

cocosolos, Nyu, Wiggo, Zircon

Opening Remarks

Welcome back! I hope that the Return Home to Vana'diel campaign was eventful! Due to the amount of Pull Requests that were submitted during the campaign, we will not be discussing open Pull Requests today so as to allow staff more time to resolve smaller Pull Requests without having to worry about larger Pull Requests immediately upon return from the campaign.

Staff Updates

cocosolos: Reviewing Pull Requests; assisting community members in Discord

Nyu: Capturing information from retail; adjusting base sell prices; will investigate Limbus

Wiggo: Captures

General Remarks

• Discussed need for signifying when behavior in Topaz has been verified from retail captures absent correct information on wiki sources; will consider problem going forward.
• Discussed concerns over meeting capacity for reviewing and testing Pull Requests; Zircon will consider modifications to established Pull Request process to ease staff workload

Pull Requests

As a special circumstance after the conclusion of the Return Home to Vana'diel campaign, open Pull Requests were not discussed during this week's meeting.

Feature Branches (12)

1. adventuringfellow
   • Basic adventuring fellow and initial quests
   • Merge date: Unknown
2. apoc-nigh
   • Implements Shadows of the Departed
   • Implements quest and reward logic for Apocalypse Nigh
   • Partially implements Apocalypse Nigh BCNM
   • Merge date: Unknown
3. blue-mage
   • Fixes to Blue Mage spell damage and attack type classifications
   • Implements "Omens" quest
   • Implements "Transformations" quest
   • Adds capability to craft Blue Mage Artifact armor
   • Add Pinecone Bomb spell
   • Merge date: Unknown
4. dual-wield
   • Work on improvements to how dual wielding players and mobs are handled
   • Merge date: Unknown
5. limbus
   • Updates Limbus entry and chest mechanics
   • Adds all level 75 Apollyon BCNMs
   • Adds all level 75 Temenos BCNMs
   • Merge date: Unknown
6. login-code
   • Makes login error messages more descriptive
   • Merged into release
7. mystery
   • Basic daily tally accruing
   • Capability to use dials to obtain items from most goblins
   • Capability to trade keys to goblins for free dial spins
   • Merge date: Unknown
8. rov
   • Rhapsodies of Vana'diel 1-1 to 1-18
   • Merge date: Unknown
9. teamwork
   • Implements "Introduction to Teamwork" quest line
   • Merged into release
10. trust
    • Basic trust summoning and behavior
    • Capability to quest starting trusts; enabled by default with setting
    • Merge date: Unknown
11. tuning-in
    • Implements Windurst quest "Tuning In"
    • Implements Windurst quest "Tuning Out"
    • Merged into release
12. ziphus
    • Adds capability to spawn NM "Ziphius"
    • Merge date: Next week

Closing Remarks

I would like to thank our community for its patience as we resume official activites after this conclusion of the Return Home to Vana'diel campaign. We hope to be able to keep meeting your expectations!

I will examine our current review process and consider potential improvements to it in hopes of easing the workload placed on our Staff.

Staff and interested community members who may have suggestions on the subject may share them with me, or in our #feedback channel!