majestyk

A couple of months ago I too posted a suggestion which was deleted. I did a search before posting it and couldn't find anything like that being suggested ever before, but since I don't know why it was deleted and couldn't ask because I don't know who did it I think it was deleted because it was considered "useless". I think the deletion of threads should at least be followed by a PM to the originator of the thread, stating something like "I deleted your thread because it was a duplicate". If it is a duplicate, the mod probably did a search himself, so he might even share the link to the old thread. And if there are questions remaining, you can at least contact the mod who did it because you know exactly WHO did it (as opposed to now).

My own bot list, taken from my local_ignores.txt file. Those are all bots that advertise in market channel. If you whip up that perl script, you might want to run it against this list also. RICHERY PIGI KARLIN QUARTERMASTER OYSTER LORD_LEGEND KOS_TRADER SHOPRITE SAFE DAISYGIRL VOOTEN TRADER ACHAJA SHARI CAROLINA ANNA AERIGRAN VAKANA C2_TRADER CRAZYGIRL BUSY MONKEYSOUP TITANTA IDLE AGNEUM LADY_LEGEND PEPA SHRIMPTACO CALLIOPE MEDENA EMPORIUM CHARN LILANDRA PASSION NERA MATTAMUS WARMERCHANT SILVERLEAF TALIESIN CLAMCAKE PEACEFUL POTIONE SHEDEVIL LUXE WEASELTURD JMART MEEP_MEEP LICE ATOMSHIP HONOR EVILSHALO TENSAI BLONDINE FAME_STORE GREYSTAR NARAI PALADINA ASTRONOMY GOODGEORGE AAGE ANGELINE MAGELLAN LA_DEALS MIRIA TINKERBELLE VULCANUS AERYN PRINCE_LEGEND MINERVA LIONSGUILD LUMBERJACK TANGLEBONES Edit: 3 new bots over the weekend added on 12th Sept 1 new bot added on 13th Sept

So thats why i haven't found any. Well, I saved a bit of money and a bit of everything for bad times, and I harvest a LOT, but I still didn't ever find a removal stone. Therefore, can't be the reason

After my day of pain yesterday, where I had harvesting events every 2 minutes on average, today was the complete opposite. I harvested about 12k Wormwood without one single incident, about 9 hours of straight harvesting which I only had to interrupt to eat and unload. While I think it is assuring that things even out, I still think that the impact is too strong.

As far as I understood it, the chance of an event varies depending on the harvestable, and I think you are right with that assumption - harvesting something with a low chance for an event combined with a very low bonus could lead to a very low probability. But I doubt ent would implement the system so that you can have a zero probability of an event, at least not by intention. Let's wait and hear his words.

This is my log of pain from this morning. I edited everything out which does not concern astrology or harvesting. I took a sample time of 75 minutes, to make data more accurate - sorry for the long post. Here are the totals: Total time: 75 Minutes Total harvest stops: 41 overloaded: 5 (not an event) cavern walls: 9 pissed off: 7 harvest stops: 6 pickaxes: 5 radon pouches: 3 teleport events: 3 bags of gold: 3 If you subtract the "overloaded" events, I got 36 events in 75 minutes, i.e. 1 event per 2 minutes, or roughly 4.5 damage per minute (walking, unloading etc. included). And if I got the system right, the maximum pain hasn't even been reached - my actual harvest events increase is still rising (currently 189, and rising). Additionally, coal is probably not the resource with the most events, and I fear the coming of an increased harvesting events day. My impression is that the impact of the astrology is too strong, this is just too much for an ordinary day. [09:30:42] You started to harvest Coal. [09:32:57] Make rare: 51, Harvest Events Increase: 39, Degrade: 77, Acc: 69, Att: 42, Def: 96, To hit: 45, To damage: 17, Failure: 82, Magic: 127 [09:32:57] ACTUAL: Make rare: -312, Harvest Events Increase: 153, Degrade: 130, Acc: 1, Att: 1, Def: 0, To hit: 4, To damage: 7, Failure: 0, Magic: -3 [09:34:07] A cavern wall collapsed on majestyk, and hit for 18 points. If there is no cavern wall nearby, can you imagine how unlucky this person was?! [09:34:07] You stopped harvesting. [09:34:10] You started to harvest Coal. [09:34:29] Your harvesting experience limit for this hour expired, you won't get any more harvesting EXP until the next hour. [09:35:22] A cavern wall collapsed on majestyk, and hit for 14 points. If there is no cavern wall nearby, can you imagine how unlucky this person was?! [09:35:22] You stopped harvesting. [09:35:38] You started to harvest Coal. [09:35:41] You stopped harvesting. [09:35:43] You started to harvest Coal. [09:35:57] majestyk just hit a teleport nexus, and departed us. [09:35:57] You stopped harvesting. [09:36:04] You started to harvest Coal. [09:36:48] A cavern wall collapsed on majestyk, and hit for 21 points. If there is no cavern wall nearby, can you imagine how unlucky this person was?! [09:36:48] You stopped harvesting. [09:37:03] You started to harvest Coal. [09:37:19] A cavern wall collapsed on majestyk, and hit for 15 points. If there is no cavern wall nearby, can you imagine how unlucky this person was?! [09:37:19] You stopped harvesting. [09:38:33] Welcome to Nordcarn [09:39:07] You entered the Nordcarn storage [09:40:21] Welcome to White Stone [09:40:47] You started to harvest Coal. [09:40:55] A cavern wall collapsed on majestyk, and hit for 17 points. If there is no cavern wall nearby, can you imagine how unlucky this person was?! [09:40:55] You stopped harvesting. [09:41:02] You recovered 105 material points [09:41:04] You started to harvest Coal. [09:41:24] majestyk's Pickaxe just broke... So sad.. [09:41:24] Your Pickaxe has been destroyed [09:41:24] You stopped harvesting. [09:41:56] You started to harvest Coal. [09:43:05] majestyk's Pickaxe just broke... So sad.. [09:43:05] Your Pickaxe has been destroyed [09:43:05] You stopped harvesting. [09:43:39] Welcome to Nordcarn [09:44:08] You entered the Nordcarn storage [09:45:10] Welcome to White Stone [09:45:31] You started to harvest Coal. [09:48:21] While harvesting, majestyk upset a radon pouch, and was hit for 30 points of radiation damage. [09:48:21] You stopped harvesting. [09:48:27] You started to harvest Coal. [09:48:51] majestyk just hit a teleport nexus, and departed us. [09:48:51] You stopped harvesting. [09:49:10] You started to harvest Coal. [09:51:30] A cavern wall collapsed on majestyk, and hit for 16 points. If there is no cavern wall nearby, can you imagine how unlucky this person was?! [09:51:30] You stopped harvesting. [09:51:33] You started to harvest Coal. [09:52:42] majestyk's Pickaxe just broke... So sad.. [09:52:42] Your Pickaxe has been destroyed [09:52:42] You stopped harvesting. [09:52:47] You started to harvest Coal. [09:52:53] Too heavy, you are overloaded. [09:52:53] You stopped harvesting. [09:53:32] Make rare: 54, Harvest Events Increase: 36, Degrade: 78, Acc: 65, Att: 38, Def: 93, To hit: 42, To damage: 15, Failure: 79, Magic: 124 [09:53:32] ACTUAL: Make rare: -288, Harvest Events Increase: 162, Degrade: 120, Acc: 1, Att: 1, Def: 0, To hit: 4, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -3 [09:53:43] Welcome to Nordcarn [09:54:14] You entered the Nordcarn storage [09:54:29] Make rare: 54, Harvest Events Increase: 36, Degrade: 78, Acc: 65, Att: 38, Def: 93, To hit: 42, To damage: 14, Failure: 79, Magic: 124 [09:54:29] ACTUAL: Make rare: -288, Harvest Events Increase: 162, Degrade: 120, Acc: 1, Att: 1, Def: 0, To hit: 4, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -3 [09:55:36] Welcome to White Stone [09:55:59] You started to harvest Coal. [09:56:26] Mother Nature got pissed off at majestyk, who lost 14 health [09:56:26] You stopped harvesting. [09:56:33] You started to harvest Coal. [09:58:21] While harvesting, majestyk upset a radon pouch, and was hit for 30 points of radiation damage. [09:58:21] You stopped harvesting. [09:59:29] Make rare: 55, Harvest Events Increase: 35, Degrade: 78, Acc: 64, Att: 37, Def: 92, To hit: 41, To damage: 14, Failure: 78, Magic: 123 [09:59:29] ACTUAL: Make rare: -280, Harvest Events Increase: 165, Degrade: 120, Acc: 1, Att: 1, Def: 0, To hit: 4, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -3 [09:59:33] You started to harvest Coal. [10:02:51] Mother Nature got pissed off at majestyk, who lost 13 health [10:02:51] You stopped harvesting. [10:02:59] You started to harvest Coal. [10:04:12] Too heavy, you are overloaded. [10:04:12] You stopped harvesting. [10:04:36] Welcome to Nordcarn [10:05:06] You entered the Nordcarn storage [10:05:26] Make rare: 55, Harvest Events Increase: 34, Degrade: 78, Acc: 63, Att: 36, Def: 91, To hit: 40, To damage: 13, Failure: 77, Magic: 122 [10:05:26] ACTUAL: Make rare: -280, Harvest Events Increase: 168, Degrade: 120, Acc: 1, Att: 2, Def: 0, To hit: 5, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -3 [10:05:56] Welcome to White Stone [10:06:19] You started to harvest Coal. [10:09:36] A cavern wall collapsed on majestyk, and hit for 11 points. If there is no cavern wall nearby, can you imagine how unlucky this person was?! [10:09:36] You stopped harvesting. [10:09:45] You recovered 92 material points [10:09:47] You started to harvest Coal. [10:10:54] You stopped harvesting. [10:11:00] You started to harvest Coal. [10:11:04] Mother Nature got pissed off at majestyk, who lost 16 health [10:11:04] You stopped harvesting. [10:11:08] You started to harvest Coal. [10:11:21] Make rare: 56, Harvest Events Increase: 33, Degrade: 78, Acc: 62, Att: 35, Def: 90, To hit: 39, To damage: 13, Failure: 76, Magic: 121 [10:11:21] ACTUAL: Make rare: -272, Harvest Events Increase: 171, Degrade: 120, Acc: 1, Att: 2, Def: 0, To hit: 5, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -3 [10:13:24] You stopped harvesting. [10:13:47] Welcome to Nordcarn [10:14:16] You entered the Nordcarn storage [10:15:35] Welcome to White Stone [10:15:58] You started to harvest Coal. [10:16:02] You stopped harvesting. [10:16:09] You started to harvest Coal. [10:16:18] Make rare: 57, Harvest Events Increase: 33, Degrade: 77, Acc: 61, Att: 34, Def: 89, To hit: 38, To damage: 13, Failure: 76, Magic: 121 [10:16:18] ACTUAL: Make rare: -264, Harvest Events Increase: 171, Degrade: 130, Acc: 1, Att: 2, Def: 0, To hit: 5, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -3 [10:18:20] A cavern wall collapsed on majestyk, and hit for 10 points. If there is no cavern wall nearby, can you imagine how unlucky this person was?! [10:18:20] You stopped harvesting. [10:20:03] You started to harvest Coal. [10:20:35] Your Pickaxe has been destroyed [10:20:35] You stopped harvesting. [10:20:39] You started to harvest Coal. [10:21:14] Make rare: 58, Harvest Events Increase: 32, Degrade: 77, Acc: 60, Att: 33, Def: 88, To hit: 37, To damage: 12, Failure: 75, Magic: 120 [10:21:14] ACTUAL: Make rare: -256, Harvest Events Increase: 174, Degrade: 130, Acc: 2, Att: 2, Def: 0, To hit: 5, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -3 [10:23:01] A cavern wall collapsed on majestyk, and hit for 24 points. If there is no cavern wall nearby, can you imagine how unlucky this person was?! [10:23:01] You stopped harvesting. [10:23:07] You started to harvest Coal. [10:23:25] Mother Nature got pissed off at majestyk, who lost 12 health [10:23:25] You stopped harvesting. [10:23:33] You started to harvest Coal. [10:24:36] Make rare: 58, Harvest Events Increase: 32, Degrade: 77, Acc: 59, Att: 33, Def: 88, To hit: 37, To damage: 12, Failure: 74, Magic: 120 [10:24:36] ACTUAL: Make rare: -256, Harvest Events Increase: 174, Degrade: 130, Acc: 2, Att: 2, Def: 0, To hit: 5, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -3 [10:25:02] Too heavy, you are overloaded. [10:25:02] You stopped harvesting. [10:25:32] Welcome to Nordcarn [10:26:26] You entered the Nordcarn storage [10:27:13] Welcome to White Stone [10:27:34] You started to harvest Coal. [10:29:53] Make rare: 59, Harvest Events Increase: 31, Degrade: 77, Acc: 58, Att: 32, Def: 87, To hit: 36, To damage: 11, Failure: 74, Magic: 119 [10:29:53] ACTUAL: Make rare: -248, Harvest Events Increase: 177, Degrade: 130, Acc: 2, Att: 2, Def: 0, To hit: 5, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -2 [10:31:11] Your harvesting experience limit for this hour expired, you won't get any more harvesting EXP until the next hour. [10:31:35] majestyk found a bag of gold, getting 14 gold coins [10:31:35] You stopped harvesting. [10:31:38] You started to harvest Coal. [10:34:02] Mother Nature got pissed off at majestyk, who lost 15 health [10:34:02] You stopped harvesting. [10:34:13] You started to harvest Coal. [10:34:25] Make rare: 59, Harvest Events Increase: 30, Degrade: 76, Acc: 57, Att: 31, Def: 86, To hit: 35, To damage: 11, Failure: 73, Magic: 118 [10:34:25] ACTUAL: Make rare: -248, Harvest Events Increase: 180, Degrade: 140, Acc: 2, Att: 2, Def: 0, To hit: 5, To damage: 7, Failure: -1, Magic: -2 [10:34:33] Too heavy, you are overloaded. [10:34:33] You stopped harvesting. [10:34:54] Welcome to Nordcarn [10:35:49] You entered the Nordcarn storage [10:36:36] Welcome to White Stone [10:37:27] You started to harvest Coal. [10:38:20] majestyk found a bag of gold, getting 6 gold coins [10:38:20] You stopped harvesting. [10:38:28] You started to harvest Coal. [10:38:34] You stopped harvesting. [10:38:39] You started to harvest Coal. [10:38:46] Mother Nature got pissed off at majestyk, who lost 13 health [10:38:46] You stopped harvesting. [10:38:51] You started to harvest Coal. [10:39:58] majestyk's Pickaxe just broke... So sad.. [10:39:58] Your Pickaxe has been destroyed [10:39:58] You stopped harvesting. [10:40:11] You started to harvest Coal. [10:41:41] Mother Nature got pissed off at majestyk, who lost 19 health [10:41:41] You stopped harvesting. [10:41:53] You started to harvest Coal. [10:41:57] Make rare: 60, Harvest Events Increase: 30, Degrade: 76, Acc: 56, Att: 30, Def: 85, To hit: 34, To damage: 10, Failure: 72, Magic: 117 [10:41:57] ACTUAL: Make rare: -240, Harvest Events Increase: 180, Degrade: 140, Acc: 2, Att: 2, Def: 0, To hit: 5, To damage: 8, Failure: -1, Magic: -2 [10:42:09] majestyk just hit a teleport nexus, and departed us. [10:42:09] You stopped harvesting. [10:42:15] You started to harvest Coal. [10:42:39] majestyk found a bag of gold, getting 19 gold coins [10:42:39] You stopped harvesting. [10:42:43] You started to harvest Coal. [10:43:28] You stopped harvesting. [10:43:36] You started to harvest Coal. [10:44:28] While harvesting, majestyk upset a radon pouch, and was hit for 30 points of radiation damage. [10:44:28] You stopped harvesting. [10:44:42] You recovered 101 material points [10:44:43] You started to harvest Coal. [10:46:02] Too heavy, you are overloaded. [10:46:02] You stopped harvesting.

That's a misconception I have heard a lot of times. I experienced how it is like to work for a company growing from 15 people to well over 100, and still growing. The attitude towards customers doesn't change at all, the reality is that the sheer size of a company influences the response times. In the beginning, there were maybe 2 or 3 people involved from the point where a bug was reported, reproduced, fixed, scheduled and delivered. It was clear right from the start who was responsible for a problem in a certain part of the product, so he got the report, could start to reproduce and fix it, judge the severity, talk with one superior to discuss scheduling, problem solved. Nowadays, there are more than 3 _teams_ of people involved, countless bug reports come in every day so you need a team to check them, classify, try to reproduce. Only then it is forwarded to the development team, which is a scarce resource (they usually have busy plans reaching months ahead), so it has to be scheduled according to priority between other (probably also high priority) issues. Depending on complexity and priority of the issue, things must be moved around which does probably affect corporate schedules, so a decision has to be made by higher-ups. Due to increasing complexity of the whole product, the vast customer base and their used hard-/software combinations, and the problems which would arise if the fix introduces another problem, the consequential testing effort done by the quality assurance is much higher and takes a lot longer. To summarize: you simply can't compare this. Comparing the response times of a 2-person development team with 1 product used by 700 users to a product developed by hundreds, used by millions is like comparing fixing your daughter's bike with fixing a problem in a Boing 747 passenger plane.

Dear fellow Alchemists, today I offer a deal intended for beginner alchemists. The deal is the following: Since I need many more Fire Essences than I could ever mix myself, I'd like to have them mixed for me. I provide ingredients (roses, snapdragons, sulfur), you provide the food you need during mixing. You get the experience as well as every Enriched Fire Essence that you make in the process, and I get the regular Fire Essences. If you're interested, get in contact with me, and I'll hand out starters batches of ingredients to you. Since I'll give out ingredients in advance, I reserve the right to decline doing business with you if I doubt your reputation. If you want to join, contact me either via PM or via Gossip/Forum PM and I'll get back to you. Looking forward to do business with you, majestyk

When I was in 30ies a/d, I thought at level 50 I'd start to PK. When I was in 50ies, I thought level 70ish would be it. Now I am well beyond that, I am still training occasionally, and I started to realize that if I really wanted to PK I probably would have done so earlier. Since that day might never come for me, I voted no.

If you'd sell them at 1gc, I'd buy them all. Then I'd be the one having control over the diamond market, so I would raise the price to 2gc (which is still way lower than other people's prices) and make a fortune. More on the topic - yes, you'd be able to exert power over the market, so long until your stock is sold out, then things will settle again. Because of unlimited resources, the base price will always be what people think that their time is worth. If a majority of people start harvesting diamonds, then the price will drop. Since there are other ways to get more experience, more money and more fun, I doubt this will happen in a scale large enough to change market prices permanently. It's much more likely that tweaking any other game parameter is going to affect that price (i.e., diamonds required for some new item, a new great harvesting spot, a special item you can only get while harvesting diamonds, something along those lines).

Hi, today I was booted by radu and since then can't log in. I did violate the game rule #20 (Illegal Client) and assume that this is the reason, so I'd like to explain what I did, and why. What I did was that I added a keyboard shortcut to trigger the same function as a click on the "mix all" button would do. The reason I did this is so that I could chat easier during those hours of mindless mixing, since I just had to use the mouse when transfering goods from/to storage, and could otherwise keep both hands on the keyboard. Being rooted in the linux world with both feet, avoiding mouse usage whenever possible is something I strive for. I did not do this to aid my character development or game success in any way, just for added convenience for the player behind the keyboard. Now, all that is left for me is to humbly ask to be unlocked again, and to beg that you take the severity of this modification into account when you consider my plea. Sincerely, majestyk

Thank you. I hereby promise to never use an illegal client again. I am sorry for wasting some of your precious vacation time.

Because I was trying to phrase a forum posting. I started FE mixing, switched to the other terminal with a text file open, switched back after a while. It also took a couple of seconds of plain wondering (or shock) reading your PMs until I fully realized what happened. I wasn't ever booted or banned before, so it was a bit of a surprise. When mixing FEs, I usually use fruit and toadstools, pushing food level up to 55, then start mix-all, and if I get lucky they mix without interruption. And although I chat a lot, I am not constantly chatting, so occassionally it takes a few seconds to notice when something happens. Actually, isn't that a good sign? Humans get distracted, they need to eat, go to the toilet, answer a phone call or IM messages ... if I had automated it, it would surely have tried to reconnect at once, or not? If you have any other questions, feel free to ask them. There is nothing left to tell which I would be ashamed of.

Thank you for clarifying, ttlanhil. Considering me being (at most) an amateur at C it might have well been my own failure to notice that it was already there. I was using Alt-Space to trigger mix-all, and trust me, after a while it becomes natural to use it while chatting. If you think this would be a nice feature for the client I'd gladly submit the patch to berlios if you want to have it.

Radu, I don't want to make the impression that I am denying anything, but I can't think of what you are referring to. I do participate in the "Programming" section occassionaly, but I can't remember talking with you about clients there. I did a forum search for my postings in the last 60 days, and I couldn't spot something either, and I also can't remember any chat even more in the past. If you refer to in-game chat - I can't remember even one real conversation with you (more than just "hi" and "bye"), and even the last time I said hi to you was probably when the hydro ore was added to the game. I do also occasionally comment on your blog, but never about that topic, and I didn't comment at all in the last time. I sincerely don't think it was me you had that chat with. Yours faithfully, majestyk

While looking through the "post a pic of yourself" thread I really got curious about the age distribution of EL players. I think this might hold a surprise for a whole lot of us Cheers, maj

?? He's probably mixing this up with anabolic steroids?

You actually DO have a backpack, only it's invisible. Or where do you think your character puts those armor parts, weaponry and heaps of potions? Into the pockets of your pants?

No, not all things change to lose value, this generalizing is a bit too easy. I can remember a time when a friend sold an NMT for 80kgc, while current going market price was about 100kgc. Now it's 400-500kgc, quite a good investment, eh?

The EL hour is a tad shorter than a real life hour, therefore the EL clock will always "drift".

Just to pick up that issue - since things now seem to be sorted out, how about adding an upper bound? Or are guardbots supposed to get PK points?

So you don't think that no cooldowns will lead to longer fights, huh? I didn't generalize it like that because that is not what I wanted to say. As long as people are willing to throw massive amounts of money in form of RoPs and summoning stones into this I doubt that the average length (or cost) of fights will change much. If they are willing to do so when it's 'real' money (not test server) we'll see, and I think it will all balance itself out sooner or later. Anyway, as I said, I think it's a good idea - even if it doesn't return the identical "old style PK", it will still enrich the game experience by providing a field for different PKing techniques and strategies.

Uhm, IIRC some of the problems of nowadays PK which other's identified were that it is a) too costly and fights are over too fast, and reading this thread I didn't get the feeling that this is going to change. In those old days, there was no way to mass summon that fast, that much. But maybe after the initial mass summoning waves is over things will kinda balance themselves PS: don't get me wrong, I am all for it - sounds like fun

My friend Joss (in-game as well as in the forums) tried a couple of times now and didn't ever hear anything. It would be nice if you could accept him, thank you

I don't think bkc was searching for great places to ambush harvesters or weaker trainers. A shame if that's the only 'active' kind of PK left.