- Japan Tforming
- Login Problem
- New Areas?
- Mortal Ideas
- Auction and Bandages
- Meditate Pre-reqs
- 'Bug Fix' Reports
- 5stat Determination
Japan Tforming
Vito says, 'is the japan tform thingie ever going to get fixed?'
Carnegie says, 'Why? Whats it doing?'
Vito says, 'it makes all of your eq undamaged, but does not fix ac until after you rent out'
Carnegie says, 'Whoa. Thats weird'
Vito says, 'yeah, been doing it for a while. at first i thought it was ingame, but i am fairly certain it is some sort of bug'
Carnegie says, 'I see the the report(s) on it, and I see Nestor has them set to be addressed. I know he was working up a massive 'update' of odds and ends and fixes for Japan and other spots, but I also know he's on vacation this week'
Carnegie says, 'I'd expect to see it addressed before too long. But no, I don't have an eta on it'
Login Problem
Dairos says, 'Did anyone figure out whats going on with the
"reconnecting..." thing when alting? My friend T had problems
yesterday, and every time I tried to alt to this char it would freeze and all
that would come up is my HP/MV bar'
Carnegie says, 'Hmm'
Dairos says, 'he could still play but i had to close out my client entirely'
Carnegie says, 'Sounds like the character was doing the 'ghost' thing, but to be honest that's way beyond my technical ability'
Carnegie says, 'You might look up Lorenzo about it if you see him. Unfortunately, he's -also- on vacation until this weekend'
Dairos nods solemnly.
New Areas?
Dairos says, 'any new other areas in the works currently?'
Carnegie says, 'Other than...'
Dairos says, 'Ys, Titanic....those are the only two I know of'
Carnegie says, 'Yeah. Alexandria and Zanzibar expansions are both in various stages'
Carnegie says, 'Two others have been proposed but havent been started yet'
Mortal Ideas
Dairos says, 'any of the area ideas submitted by us mortals?'
Carnegie says, 'I don't have direct access to the file where the old area ideas are stored... but no, I don't think so.'
Carnegie says, 'Not saying not to suggest them, but there's a pretty huge time dedication for a builder to commit to an area. And unless it happens to be an idea submitted he/she is super into...'
Carnegie says, 'They'll go with what holds their interest/expertise first. Ideas are always good though, gives people stuff to consider. Allows them to guage interest'
Dairos says, 'I was just working through a couple of ideas and wondered if there is a better way to submit that idea than "idea" command, due to length, etc.'
Carnegie says, 'You can always mudmail/email the dept head responsible directly. If nothing else, we can formally a submit it as an idea without the character restrictions morts have'
Carnegie says, 'The more detail you provide though, the better'
Carnegie says, 'There's a vast difference between getting something that reads... like...'
Carnegie says, '"You guys should do more games"'
Carnegie says, 'As opposed to someone suggesting a specific game, with ideas on the mechanics of it, etc.'
Carnegie says, 'In fact, Waldo was around earlier this spring for about a month. THAT was an idea someone outside of staff suggested. They were pretty specific about providing background'
Carnegie says, 'That was just one mob though, not a complete area or anything :P'
Caja says, 'did anyone ever find waldo?'
Carnegie says, 'Yeah. You had to locate him multiple times for a prize... but I know a handful of people managed to'
Dairos says, 'that's pretty cool'
Carnegie says, 'Not me. Bugger seemed to run from my morts :P'
Dairos says, 'because I've had alot of time to think when I was away and I got a couple of fun ideas I'm still working out the details on'
Carnegie says, 'Waldo might show back up at some point. Or someone similar. It's a pretty easy game to let run for a while.'
Carnegie says, 'When you suggest something, you mean?'
Caja says, 'yes . if we suggest something'
Caja says, 'or if we have an idea for a game'
Caja says, 'or if we run it i mean'
Carnegie says, 'Whatever you can provide. Just 'flush' the idea out a bit. If it's something like a game: give ideas on what you think scoring/prizes should be like, where it should be played, etc'
Caja says, 'ah ok'
Auction and Bandages
Caja says, 'ok. so i guess i don't really understand the reason behind
eliminating certain items from auction'
Zillah says, 'caja's here to bring up a sticky subject. =P'
Caja says, 'mmm sticky!'
Caja says, 'so please explain'
Caja says, 'my alt doesnt make bandages'
Carnegie says, 'Recent changes on auction do two things: 1) They eliminate the 'clutter' from the automated system to allow other items to be sold. 2) They reinforce auction as a suplimental service and NOT as something players should rely on daily'
Caja says, 'and being pke isnt there a problem with pk interference or soemthing?'
Carnegie says, 'We're aware that not everyone has make bandage skill. There are literally 100s of places to buy bandages in game. Same with boats, etc.'
Caja says, 'i'm restricted to getting bandages from pke chars? i'm totally not sure'
Carnegie says, 'Well, now you're restricted to getting them from shopkeepers'
Dairos says, 'did they add more mobs that sell bandages recently?'
Caja says, 'they dont sell rolls'
Dairos says, 'because i noticed a few new places'
Caja says, 'they only sell bandaids as far as i know'
Zillah raises his hand.
Dairos says, 'either that or I'm just dumb, or drunk, or both'
Kelvar says, 'also consider that bleeding is something that you can incur from pke and not pke... you could become bleeding with a pke timer, but not from a pk situation'
Carnegie says, 'We havent added any new shops, no'
Kelvar says, 'sooo there's really no easy way to track something like that from their end, or at least as far as i would know'
Carnegie says, 'K. Hold up a sec.'
Yablo says, 'i can think of 2 easily accessible places that sells rolls'
Caja says, 'ok i know of one'
Carnegie says, 'Buying rolls: I can think of 2 or 3 in Tudor/sherwood alone, to give you some idea'
Kelvar can think of almost every inn selling individual bandages...
Caja says, 'that's what i just said. individual bandages. not rolls'
Kelvar shrugs helplessly.
Caja says, 'you've been here longer than me'
Caja says, 'i dunno where they are'
Carnegie says, 'That said, if it looks like rolls of bandages should be added to more shops, thats totally something we would consider'
Caja says, 'thanks'
Zillah says, 'the limit should be raised. A lot of places only sell 4 rolls and then they're "out"'
Zillah says, 'imo'
Carnegie says to Zillah, 'Hm. I wasnt aware of that. If thats the case, I'd tend to agree.'
Carnegie says to Zillah, 'Idea that for me please?'
Zillah nods solemnly.
Carnegie says, 'As for the PKE part of your question:'
Carnegie says to Caja, 'You can idea the increasing # of shops selling rolls too. Couldn't hurt to have it in the feedback system now.'
Carnegie says, 'Bandages from non-PKEs to PKEs is something pretty hard for us to monitor closely, as I think Kelvar mentioned'
Kelvar nods his agreement with Carnegie.
Caja says, 'meaning it dont matter ?'
Carnegie says, 'Is it technically against the rule? Yeah. Thats assistance from a non-pke source'
Zillah says, 'meaning we police ourselves'
Kelvar says, 'meaning use your own head when it comes to that. if you think it's a bad idea, don't do it.'
Caja flops about helplessly.
Carnegie says, 'Pretty much, yeah.'
Caja says, 'crap'
Kelvar says, 'err on the side of caution, and whatnot'
Caja says, 'so dont buy from no pke'
Carnegie says, 'My suggestion to the pkers who arent as familiar with shop sources:'
Carnegie says, 'Pull out your non-pke. Do some looking. You'd be surprised how many you'll turn up. Then you wont need to worry about getting them from non-pkes'
Carnegie says, 'Just as a silly example:'
Carnegie says, 'Without giving specific details away, i know of a lvl 5ish mob that has like 4 rolls on him at all times. Any pke can kill him for a quick source'
Zillah says, 'I was just going to throw in that I was under the impression that certain things were pulled from consign because of abuse, not availability'
Dairos says, 'why can't all players roll up bandages?'
Carnegie says, 'Ah. I'll answer those in reverse order.'
Carnegie says to Dairos, ''roll' command is part of 'make bandage' skill. Thats up for review currently though.'
Carnegie says, 'Im not making any promises. But it's been discussed in the last couple days'
Carnegie says to Zillah, 'As for your question: I haven't been personally involved in any 'abuse' situations. But then again, that doesn't mean much. I'm not here all that often.'
Carnegie says to Zillah, 'So I can't really comment on what did or didn't happen.'
Carnegie says, 'One thing I will mention, since we are still on the topic'
Carnegie says, 'I know several people have shown concern for newbies with the bandage change'
Carnegie says, 'I'll confirm that the staff is -VERY- newbie oriented in our discussions. And in this specific case, the fact that new players don't bleed right away and never have the 500 gold to use automated auction makes it a bit of a moot point'
Carnegie says, 'If it looks like the change -is- effecting that new player experience, well, we'll absolutely re-evaluate.'
Dairos says, 'good point'
Zillah says, 'I didn't realise that newbies don't bleed at first. Makes a whole lot more sense now'
Zillah says, 'i knew but it did not register I should say. @_@'
Yablo says, 'are people expecting true newbies to learn the auction system before asking on chat for a bandage?'
Meditate Pre-reqs
Kelvar says, 'You're going to hate me for this question, and you probably won't
be able to answer it, but it's bothered me for the better part of a decade'
Carnegie says, 'Heh. Super.'
Caja says, 'wow'
Kelvar says, 'Why does meditate have that randomass number for a spirit req?'
Yablo says, 'it was higher before, be happy for that'
Carnegie says, 'It was changed less than a decade ago, I think'
Dairos says, 'that is kinda weird'
Kelvar says, 'better part I said :P'
Kelvar says, 'But I'd be happier if it rounded up or down. Poop or get off the pot.'
Carnegie says, 'I don't know. If I had to guess, I'd say someone did a fair amount of math on stat totals and determined from a balance perspective, it needed to be that high'
Carnegie says, '...or that low. At that point.'
Kelvar says, 'Well, I just think that with the onset of all this stat regen gear, a skill like that would've been reviewed'
Carnegie says, 'yeah, there's a valid point there'
Carnegie says, 'For all I know, it -has- been reviewed since mana regen. I dunno.'
Kelvar nods his agreement with Carnegie.
'Bug Fix' Reports
Wrym says, 'could you define "* bug fixes" in snapper terms!?'
Carnegie says to Wrym, 'Yeah. It means its backend stuff, normally not related to a specific issue. General code improvements to increase stability.'
5stat Determination
Dairos says, 'how do you figure out how much rent/dam/hit/regen/stats an item
can have? I know the net 5, but I needed more detail because I wanted my area
idea to have those too'
Wrym says to Dairos, 'black voodoo magic.'
Straussy says to Dairos, 'We have rules for items to be considered balanced.'
Carnegie says to Dairos, 'There's a pretty good point system in place. We can't share specifics, but there's tons of icky math involved.'
Straussy says, 'it goes beyond net 5, though'
Carnegie says, 'And then the rent value... *whimper*'
Dairos says, 'Well I wanted a balance for the ones I've already written down....wanted it to be as much detail as possible'
Carnegie says to Dairos, 'Base it off items you already know the properties of. Best you can do from the mort-side.'
Dairos says, 'so I guess I just need to use my best judgement, or just make the names and let you guys figure all the stat stuff out'
Carnegie nods his agreement with Dairos.
Straussy says to Dairos, 'If you have an idea for an area that you'd like to publish yourself, I'd recommend running it by LadyAce first and then propose it.'
Dairos says, 'I was thinking about just leaving stats out and just the ideas....because that was the part that appealed me'
