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  3. Posted · Report reply

    Hopefully this is the last step of a rather embarrassing saga.

     

    I was told today, after selling my character in the heat of the moment in 2013, a lot of my buddies were scammed by the purchaser (SouLLove or Madalinux). Some scammed for HEAPS. This is my faiult - I should have cleared my buddy list.

    There's a lot of weird stuff in my storage because the character (renamed Leyl) was banned shortly afterwards, if it's your gear I'd like to give it back to you. Apparently it made it to channel 6, so who's got the ancient chat logs?

    There's the chance someone had stopped playing because of this so I need to bring it up. There's a lot of friends who I can't contact directly, so if this is passed along to get my apologies across. it'd be appreciated.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    The Real Zenial

  5. Posted · Report reply

    HI all,

     

    Thanks for the replies.

     

    Removing the old files worked. The client produced new files and are updating normally. Thanks Burn.

     

    They weren't read only and the disk wasn't full.

     

    The Event Viewer has listed a tone of errors for 08/01/2017 for Service Control Manager and DistributedCOM. I can't find anything directly related to EL...

     

    -Zenial

  6. Posted · Report reply

    Hi guys,

     

    PC info:

    Windows 10 64 bit

    Eternal Lands Version 1.9.4

    I had EL working fine for a while, I'm not sure what caused it but my setting changes in View Options and side Spell Bar won't hold when reopening the client on any character.

     

    Chat log and quest log are updating to:

    C:\Users\citzy990\Documents\Eternal Lands\main

    but the other files in there have stopped updating as of 08/01/2017 including el.cfg and el.ini

     

    When this first happened my initial effort was to reinstall EL (as animation program is set to be on by default and makes all characters one solid colour (found that setting by fiddling).

     

    Thanks in advance for your help.

     

    -Zenial

  7. Posted · Report reply

    Please welcome Eternal Lands' newest guild!

     

    Guild name: Sleepy

    Guild tag: Zzzz

     

    Guild Sleepy has 2 members. The guild URL is: http://sleepyel.webs.com/

    General info: Huh? What? We're the sleepy guild. We're players who are online way past our bedtime. We are also very lazy and sloth-like.

    Joining the guild: Ask...

    What's the most classic Eternal Lands theme of all time? Any TRUE EL Player has stayed up into the early hours of the morning; trying to get that level up, finish an instance, doing a competition or just screwing around with friends.

     

    Come on, you know you're sleepy. Join now.

     

    -Zenial

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    Another possibility: decrease the contribution of a player's natural a/d and instead give then a phoenix a/d depending on IT'S levels - so it would become a secondary way towards battle' date=' other than a/d training.

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    Well, as you know, currently the phoenix can contribute up to 14 extra attack level. So this isn't possibility, it's fact.

     

    First of all' date=' noone will shapeshift into a phoenix (except for leveling and bragging purposes) while they can't be made in-game.

     

    I already suggested a recipe similar to Mule Glyph e.g. 1 ELE + 1 EFE + 2 MoP + 60 phoenix feathers = 60 phoenix glyphs - one glyph costing ~450gc with current market prices

     

    Second, phoenixes are magical creatures. They should be able to cast all spells. On the contary, their magic ability should be even improved as compared to normal state ! For example by +25% additional spell effect, or by giving them NEW spells which only a phoenix can cast, e.g. a flame burst (create+fire sigils, 4 FE as regents)[/quote']

    It's possible, that these two fixes are enough to make it worthwhile.

     

     

     

    @Gwaew/Wizzy : if talking mathematics, and encyclopedia is correct, the actual formula would be

     

    CF needed = 700 * level + 100 * level * (level + 1) / 2

     

    so... less than squared but more than proportional

     

    >> "I have no word to call it, so I just call it Expensive. "

    YES ! that fits PERFECTLY! :D

    Wizzy

     

    Posted 07 November 2011 - 10:29 PM

     

    View PostGwaew, on 07 November 2011 - 10:05 PM, said:

     

    View PostWizzy, on 06 November 2011 - 07:55 PM, said:

    The phoenix is a lot more to level then 1.5million. The amount of creature food is exponential with each level

    Hi, sorry for questioning that, but if el-wiki isn't completely wrong or outdated (which does happen admittedly ;)), the amount of creature food for each phoenix level is neither exponential not twice as high as for the mule.

     

    * It says CF needed to gain next level increases by a _constant_ 100 CF each level. (1st level reached after 800 CF consumes, 2nd after 900, 3rd after another 1000 etc.)

    * It also says that (while the food consumption in transformed state is indeed twice as high as for the mule) the total amount of CF needed to be consumed for reaching that next level is (initially) the same: 800 CF. That would only mean you level (initially) twice as fast, slowing down with higher levels.

     

    Now, since I have no first-hand experience with flying, maybe one of the "< 10 players" could comment on these statements.

    -> DC? Any corrections ;) ?

     

     

    Well it has been many years since I sat in a math class, right

     

    first level 800, 2nd 900, 3rd 1000 etc, if this is not exponetial, I have no word to call it, so I just call it Expensive.

     

    Glad we all agree - it's way too expensive. I think 1.3mill max (and that's with improvements/balancing from current version)

     

     

    First of all, noone will shapeshift into a phoenix (except for leveling and bragging purposes) while they can't be made in-game.

     

    I already suggested a recipe similar to Mule Glyph e.g. 1 ELE + 1 EFE + 2 MoP + 60 phoenix feathers = 60 phoenix glyphs - one glyph costing ~450gc with current market prices

     

    I likes your formula!

     

    Second, phoenixes are magical creatures. They should be able to cast all spells. On the contary, their magic ability should be even improved as compared to normal state ! For example by +25% additional spell effect, or by giving them NEW spells which only a phoenix can cast, e.g. a flame burst (create+fire sigils, 4 FE as regents)

     

    No new phoenix spells... No. I'm not sure whether giving phoenix any spells is a good idea. From a role play perspective, you're idea is great. But for gameplay it will make the fight less competitive, by making the same options available to both lots of players (phoenix and normal)

  14. Posted · Edited by Zenial · Report reply

    Hello everyone,

     

    Its been a year and a half since the phoenix was first introduced to EL. In that time, I've seen <10 players shape-shifted to phoenix. I want to leave a reminder now that these were designed to be a competitive combat addition. There has been no changes to phoenix since its introduction. Its a shame to see aspects of el to be implemented and not utilized as intended.

     

    I'd like to make some comparisons and suggest balancing changes without straying too much from their original specs.

     

    1. 1*level fire protection.

    2. 1*level chance to dodge hits, and it stacks with the 5% default chance and with the evanescence perk.

    3. 1*level extra attack

    4. 5*level to 'reborn', in addition to the day of the dead effect.

    5. If the player has magic immunity cast before shape shifting, the spell will not wear off while in the phoenix form.

    6. Based on the level, there is a chance to not get a cooldown when using an item.

     

    1. Max fire protection from a normal set of armor (RDHoLM + IDA Set (worth ~360kgc) is 11 heat protect. Max Fire protection from Pheonix is 14. In PK scenario, we could expect Thermal Serpent Sword (+10 fire damage) Fire Bolt (+10 heat damage). 14 has no benefit over 11 heat protect. (Assuming dmg:protect scale is 1:1)

    2. No comments

    3. Phoenix has no armor or weapon damage bonus. Max basic armor = 32. Max basic weapon = 40-60. Suggested 2 or 3 * level extra attack. Max 28 attack bonus might compete with Mage Pants and RDHoLM, as phoenix cannot heal.

    4. Phoenix will only be carrying CF and maybe rings, so rosto threat is irrelevant. Complementary to this, should be a HP bonus relevant to shapeshift level, no restore spell is very significant. Lack of predictability is also a burden to the phoenix player.

    5. No comments.

    6. While phoenix cannot benefit from the same variety of items as other players, I can see good use with summon stones.

     

    Cost of Phoenix

    9600 Creature food is required to complete Mule Leveling. Pheonix uses twice as much CF per a minute. So total cost to level pheonix = ~1.5Mill GC

    This is far too expensive when compared to it's armored opponent. Consider two players of equal level and stats. Pure combat of phoenix should be higher than it's opponent as the other player more options with spells and changing equipment to suit.

     

    Let me know what you think ;)

     

    EDIT: Grammer

  15. Posted · Edited by Zenial · Report reply

    Buying up to 100k coal.

     

    Price depends on quantity:

    Less than 10k = 2gc each

    10k to 50k = 2.2gc each

    50k to 100k = 2.3gc each

    100k = 2.5gc each

     

    -Zenial

     

     

    Also, let me know if:

    1 - You regularly harvest or collect furs for GC

    2 - If you're a newer player that would like to do ings+food mixing for exp only.

  18. Posted · Report reply

    Xanthus, on Oct 2 2010, 11:40 PM, said:

    i also finished the quest :pickaxe:

     

    its a nice quest to do

     

    BUT

     

    reward is not good

     

    i suggest to people not to do it (astro effects changed are ridiculous) and not worth even considering doing it if u are skeptik

     

    :) Skeptic here.

     

    Titanium long sword is too soon in the lineup, in my oppinion. It is a rare ingredient item.

    For the rare ingreds items, I must agree that the xp reward is not in line with the cost of ingredients.

    The reward has to be looked at long term, you may burn a lot of bindings, EFEs and bars in the process, but you have that 'edge' of positive astro forever. Your GC will recover. But yeah, I can see the opinion changing on skeptic perk from here on.

     

    I'm keen to finish the quest when I get the level :)

     

    Good luck to those who are in the running for this competition. :)

  21. Posted · Report reply

    Detta....

     

    I did the same thing; seen a lot of people do it. Welcome to Eternal Lands.... in a few weeks in, lots of people go through an "I HAVE IDEAS" burst... been there... done that... learnt better.

    Look at this educational video:

     

    I went back, and looked at your other threads to evaluate what you had suggested and peoples responses, but you've edited out your posts. ;) I'm sorry you felt the need to do that.

     

    -Zen

  22. Posted · Edited by Zenial · Report reply

    Please Makayi don't be upset, be assumed amused.

     

    If you think about it, having the power to make other people move can be very handy ^_^

     

    You also have to accept that in the process of weighing up how safe your gear is there are a lot of questions to go through:

    • Do you know them? No
    • Do you know the guild? No
    • What value can they take up to? Maybe alot.

    Once you have more renown amongst the community, people will trust you more.

     

    EDIT: Hit enter half way through my post - I'm newbie!

  23. Posted · Report reply

    Hey Mayuki!

     

    I'm glad to hear you're making progress!

     

    After a while, all the abbreviations become second nature, you'll pick it up :)

     

    I am getting better at not forgetting to bring something. Walking all the way to a store and realising I forgot my money or trying to harvest and not bring gloves/pickaxe is annoying.

     

    There is an option (I don't know if it's just with a CVS client) that is called "Save last row" which allows you to click on your "Sto all" feature and you will not sto anything on the bottom row of your inventory window. So try to leave your pickaxes/HEs/srs/fruits that you usually bring with you in your bottom row and you will not have to worry about that anymore.

     

    Not just CVS, this is in stable too. :icon13:

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