Aaaaand that's it for this operation! I hope everyone had fun and the winter blues isn't getting anyone down. Don't worry, christmas is just a few weeks away! Nothing is going to happen for another week. I'd like everyone (if they so desire) to wrap up their scenes. React to what you want to react to, leave, strike a pose, offer to go out to eat, anything you want. Don't expect me to adress much in my next post. Because at the end of the week, I'm going to end the operation phase and start [b][u]Downtime[/u][/b]. Downtime is essentially off-Operation time in the RP. You are free to have your esper do side work, engage in slice of life activities, as well as a slew of other things. You're even free to abstain from posting if you please. Though it's recommended to write during this time since there won't be any opperations going on and it's a great way to develop characters outside of the big operations. These types of posts are often arranged on collaborative writing platforms such as Google Docs, but can even be done through PMs if you hate doing things the easy way. If anyone's unfamiliar with collaborating for posts, I would be happy to elaborate further. Also during this time, I will be making updates to the DoCS, Melody Cost Calculator, and scheming with the Co-GM for future operations. I don't know how long downtime will last at present, but getting the following in order will be a priority. [indent] [b]-Rework healing notes.[/b] [indent]Healing was broken when the RP started, and that was largely because I didn't know how the players were going to interact with it. Presently it's just made in a way that is super expensive at lower ranks, even for stuff that really shouldn't be that expensive to heal to begin with. I've talked to our resident healer boi [@OwO] and shared my thoughts with the Co-GM, and I believe I have a solution. I'll reveal more when it's implemented, but the short version is that all heal notes will be able to heal all wounds, but the more expensive ones will heal the more serious wounds faster. Wounds will also have a rank dependent on the grade of the attack, which will necessitate stronger healing spells to fix them. [/indent] [b]-Rework damage notes.[/b] [indent]Less a re-work and more updating the DoCS to better reflect how [Damage] and [Damage X] work in IC. Given how few people have taken [Damage], I feel like I may have undersold the amount of damage it can do while overselling X. So I'm going to better illustrate how these notes work, as you'll typically be fighting espers and monsters with magic.[/indent] [b]-Rework "static grade" notes.[/b] [indent]There are lots of notes that have no reason to cast them above bronze rank. I want to change that.[/indent] [b]-Implement the auto-updating Melody Cost Calculator[/b] [indent]Once again, healing boi [@OwO] came to the rescue, this time with his vast knowledge of google docs. The new MCC is going to be the sort of thing you copy once and forget about it. All of your copied MCCs will communicate with a master document that I can make changes to, which will effect the melodies in everyone's MCC in real time. So even when I add new melodies or make cost changes, it will all carry over![/indent] [b]-If there's time...add more notes![/b] [indent]I have some note ideas, but I don't want to hype them up before I know I can add them. But I'm thinkin' about it.[/indent] [/indent] And of course, you can let the GMs know you are making changes to your notes if you wish to swap them out. Just remember the current operation has to end first. More details about Downtime will come later once it is in effect. While I would like to ask everyone to wait until the end of the operation to start posting downtime collabs, you are free to start writing as soon as you like. And speaking of starting, I think I'll contact a few of you right now. [@Majoras End] I know you're going to be busy next week, but we can finish the current scene in a collab if you'd like. [@The World] Marrie is free to eat pizza with the Mavericks if she so desires. [@SilverPaw] Fritzi is gunna wanna talk to Jaqueline after this operation. [@Ponn] I'd like to break in the new kid, if you'd like. [@Crusader Lord][@Izurich] If you choose to open the safe, we can do a collab should you choose to bring the box to Fritzi or Viper. Or maybe you just open it up and play with its contents? who knows? WHO KNOWS!?!?!?!? More details for any of these collabs can be found via PM/DM. I think that's everything. OH YEA! [s]There's going to be a survey on the discord. It's recommended that everybody takes that when it drops, but no rush if you can't do it this week. I don't even have it up yet. But I will![/s] EDIT: Survey is up.