Artefact Status

[Mark]

I've split this off of Quick Questions as it's grown a bit past the original query.

while we're on the topic of artefacts, how do we handle artifacts being held by non-active players? (both according to the rules and also the etiquette of the site)

To my knowledge the last time this was mentioned Omni said that they'd just be lost as long as the person holding them was gone, unless it's one of large importance.

The only one I can see fitting a large role currently would be Goku's Indigo Star Piece. Not sure how long Alex wants to wait for them to come back before working something out there, but I imagine it'll be tossed back into rotation at some point if they don't return.

Just to add something to Mark's statement, we usually find ways to bring "lost" artefacts back into the game if someone with an artefact switches or leaves the site for good - for instance by having them appear as rewards to an event.

To my knowledge this hasn't happened (though I'd love if it did). The only two instances of artefacts resurfacing of which I'm aware are the Malefactor and the Tarrasque Armament. The latter is due to the Tarrasque having not actually died during the first encounter (so ripping another piece off makes sense) and the former I imagine is owing to the fact that it's sentient and it would make sense for it to resurface.

Of the last 3 site events that we had, one gave a unique artefact (Warlock Soulshard in Hero's Graveyard) and the other two only gave vanity items (Champion belts in Colosseum and DA16). Former artefacts like the Horcrux, Dragon's Maw, and Digital Uplink Device have remained gone. I think bringing some artefacts back has been considered, but what I mentioned above is the only official thing I've heard (I'd love to be corrected, though).