connection issues?

[Red Squirrel]

Anyone getting connection issues, did a EA patch break something that I did not hear about yet?

It just seems abnormally dead in the past few days.

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[Dumples]

Anyone getting connection issues, did a EA patch break something that I did not hear about yet?

It just seems abnormally dead in the past few days.

I don't know about everyone else, but real life has been busy for me lately. I only get on for short periods of time here and there. I have been on for a couple hours scattered across the past few days though. I didn't yesterday since I read about the database issues. I didn't feel like dealing with reverts and crashes.

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[Tom]

I was on before work no problems.
Yesterday was bad. I was on before 11am central time and killed a sepreme lich and got my first masterpiece weapon and while i was looking at it server crashed hard. lost it when it reverted. UUUUUUUUUrrrg it was a masterpiece bow. I was so mad. I had big plans for it. LOL

Question: I am working at a college and when i try to play from here I get stuck in loading screen. Is this because they block it over thier wireless network or is there a way to play it anyway?

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[Red Squirrel]

They probably block all outgoing ports except for 80, 21 and 443 and maybe a few other standard ones.

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[Dumples]

I might rant just a little here as well since you are asking. While there have been some decent changes and additions to the server recently, there have been a lot of changes that seem to be for silly reasons. Changes to existing systems that are annoying enough to make people avoid them altogether. I speak for my wife who also plays, since I hear her complain like crazy when she says she is frustrated as hell and doesn't have as much fun with certain things. I know you guys are worried about balance "just in case this server becomes big". But the thing is, that unless you can miraculously advertise in same you you haven't thought of yet, this is and will stay a relatively small shard. Worrying about a few people getting a bunch of bods and runic stuff, or more artifacts than the next person is dumb. Worrying about AFK resource gathering and AFK macroing has become a rather petty direction to focus your valuable time. I'm not saying the quality of work is bad, but the reasoning doesn't seem reasonable or clear to me lately.

I'd rather people were able to do the resource gathering and whatever in there off time so that when people are on, they can focus on the fun stuff. I loathe trying to get artifacts anymore with the low chances I usually have. I've scattered the older artifacts I've had a while across my multiple characters and just use the regular loot I get now to complete my suits. I don't bother enhancing much because I don't have time to spend getting resources for the little time I play. Ther crafting system is an interesting alternative, but shouldn't have been an all out replacement. The whole thing with the smith and tailor timers in the crafting system being tied together is annoying. gathering resources is already a pain, but having to worry about protecting myself in order to do the chore of collecting resources is even mroe a pain. This is starting to not be fun. The constant changing and balancing of somewhat strong pets in order to create balance when you can't really use pets in most of the newest area anyway(and if you can get to the end boss with a tamer, dont tell anyone or the pet you used will get nerfed).

I dunno, I'm sure that sounds harsh, but its a point of view right now.

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[Tom]

So Red help a neewb (cpu) out that means NO? I cant play from here?
LOL

Server is small been small. But I am back and so is Doc. We are on when we can. I left before because I was and always will be a collector. I had one of almost every item in game. Now that i am back I need a lot more to add to collection. I cant complain because I have not found all the changes yet. However I can tell there was a lot.

I was never a PvP er because i suck at it. I love what has been done here but the nerfs hurt people like me. I just want to spend time fighting monsters. If they are to strong and my pets are nerfed down where is the fun in that.

I never effect the economy because i never trade or sell. I ask for something if I cant get it my self but then forget to look to see if anyone replied. I give away stuff without asking for anything in return most of the time to any friend that needs it.

I was recently on a server that I loved no pvp at all and interesting creations. I could not update past 5.0.9.1 so I could not come here and play was booted do to patch difference. I would not have left that server if I had not been banned for fighting a monster from a ledge. GO FIGURE!! Red has made an interesting server and for the most part leaves you alone. That is why I always return here.

Help me to hehe first link and the last. They are 1 time a week votes. If you vote more they don't count. If we stay in top 20 on those 2 people will come. I vote 5 times a week. (using cpu's at home and work) On the last server we went from 10 people on line to 30 average while I was there voting. It can happen but most people only try shards that seem to rank up there.

Hey Red can you make a stone in Luna bank that when clicked opens web browser to vote links. One at all banks would help remind people to vote. Heck you could give a reward to players when we hit top 20 and each week we stay thier nothing special pop a bronze token or something in packs. Rewards or not a stone with a link to vote would help alot of people never go to forum. And have the town crier announce every Monday, "remember to vote."

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[RecoElgred]

that sounds good a stone for voting , maybe with the rewards too sounds good add it in. and a stone for the website too cos im sure some newbs dont know about this website , when i first started i didnt know aobut this for like 3 months.

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[Red Squirrel]

Yeah I could probably easily add a stone.

I've also wanted to code a special stone that can read data from a text file to display a gump with information for newbies. Should be easy enough to do.

And what are these nerfs people speak of?

AWs... try finding a tamable one on demise, hell, try finding a CU SIDHE on demise... wont happen.

bod system... its now EASIER to get stuff. You work more, but your chances of getting stuff are bigger. Also the work is way less tedious then bods. It's a win win situation.

Once the wood/ore drops have been properly calibrated, it will be a walk in the park. Just have to give it time, the drop rate being low is a known issue but can't be fixed overnight.

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[RecoElgred]

no offence but THIS ISNT DEMISE so why compare it to it? demise sucks this shard was once good now look at it =/

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[Red Squirrel]

Exactly so why are people complaining?

We work our asses off to make the shard better then just because we fix stuff that people can abuse, people quit, without considering the 10+ benificial things added in that same update. Pretty stupid if you ask me. If you want to abuse bugs, go on OSI or Demise, both have tendancy to leave bugs open to public for very long amount of time without bothering to fix them.

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[Dumples]

Well... I never compared it to Demise. I'm not really trying to offend anyone. Was just trying to express an opinion. Other than playing on it, it's not my server so I'll just leave well enough alone and let things go as they go. I will add that my point is probably being missed.

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[Death]

Alright, opening this up to discussion:

What are you unhappy with on the server and why? I want to hear everyone's points. We change things in order to keep a balance and to improve on certain systems. Of course, that does not always mean we make the best descisions, but players don't tell us so we never really know. Therefore, it's best that you actually tell us these things so we can work on improving it.

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[DOCTOR THUNDER]

the archer nerfs are rediculous. Swing speed = nerfed, damage = nerfed, and now you have to stand in the same spot for 1.75 seconds before shooting. When I was fighting on the field, I would hit the person with serp arrow and they would have enough time to cast cure multiple times and even heal up before i could shoot again. Red won't listen to me though, he thinks thats balanced.

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[rizzen]

to be honest i havent played much lately coz im not happy with the new bod system (it WAS easier before) gathering resources is a pain in the ass as t is without having to fight off elementals and such, i love the shard but the constant nurfs/changes make getting ahead really hard. edit. I dont want balance, I want fun

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[Death]

the archer nerfs are rediculous. Swing speed = nerfed, damage = nerfed, and now you have to stand in the same spot for 1.75 seconds before shooting. When I was fighting on the field, I would hit the person with serp arrow and they would have enough time to cast cure multiple times and even heal up before i could shoot again. Red won't listen to me though, he thinks thats balanced.

Hmm k. That was bumped recently so we'll test it out and see if it needs some more tweaking. I agree that archery can have some more life breathed into it, especially with such nice ml bows.

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[Nexus Graveheart]

One thing I noticed just a second ago is that furniture doesn't take the hue of the wood it is crafted with. Don't know if that's intentional or not.

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[DOCTOR THUNDER]

its very frustrating that my favorite character went from overpowered unstoppable killing machine to pvm only duty because of all the nerfs. there has to be somewhere in between.

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[DOCTOR THUNDER]

I dont want balance, I want fun

I agree, and the new monster AI still ticks me off with the non stop healing at under 20% life. It makes pvm frustrating instead of fun or challenging. The monster casting is crazy anyways, 4 rat mages can kill me if they cast the right stuff.

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[Nexus Graveheart]

I agree with what Doc says about the mass healing spells cast when low on health. It gets annoying when it takes over 20 bolts to kill a lich.

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[DOCTOR THUNDER]

the AoA system needs work too. I log in, kill stuff till I get an AoA, then leave fel and log out. Its not worth it to stick around and try to get another because the chance goes down to .000000000000001% or somn. And what happened to the vorpal chicken spawn? why was that taken out? At the sanders spawn the bodies dont even last long enough to check out half of the loot.

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[Death]

One thing I noticed just a second ago is that furniture doesn't take the hue of the wood it is crafted with. Don't know if that's intentional or not.

Ya that's something we wanted to add too but that is proving to be more difficult than it sounds.

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[Death]

I agree with what Doc says about the mass healing spells cast when low on health. It gets annoying when it takes over 20 bolts to kill a lich.

I agree with that too. I saw a changeling spam in mani then spirit speak so fast I could have sworn I was fighting zorak in the weald. A delay is being added to that as we speak.

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[Death]

the AoA system needs work too. I log in, kill stuff till I get an AoA, then leave fel and log out. Its not worth it to stick around and try to get another because the chance goes down to .000000000000001% or somn. And what happened to the vorpal chicken spawn? why was that taken out? At the sanders spawn the bodies dont even last long enough to check out half of the loot.

The vorpal chicken spawn still exists, just it's random with a few other mobs so it won't always be a vorpal chicken, might be a lich or lich lord from time to time.

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[Red Squirrel]

to be honest i havent played much lately coz im not happy with the new bod system (it WAS easier before) gathering resources is a pain in the ass as t is without having to fight off elementals and such, i love the shard but the constant nurfs/changes make getting ahead really hard. edit. I dont want balance, I want fun

Someone on another shard had calculated the odds of getting a runic hammer with the old system. Lets just say it was 1 divided by some insanely huge scientific notation number. The new system makes it WAY easier to get the higher end rewards. The old bod system is purely based on your scripting skill, and ability to break the rules without being caught. Its even that way on OSI - 90% of bod rewards are obtained using AFK scripts. No human will actually sit there and fill out 100k+ bods by hand, its just not possible.

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[Death]

Also, with new craftables that will be going into the standard crafting system, even the lesser runic tools will be worthwhile.

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