Geldon

Should've posted this here, I guess: Comments: I play this game because I enjoy making things -- It is no longer fun to make things. I used to get my OA lvls by harving diamonds every hour. Now I can do it almost 3 times faster by making HEs. I can understand how making complicated items can take a long time to mix, but 4+ seconds for leather gloves & basic potions? If you include the delay for alch'ing Gold/Silver Bars, Crafting now takes 6+ times longer than before. If I can't manu leather/clothing/basic items quickly how will I be able to get my lvls high enough to make more complicated items? Other games have automixing & 0% fail rates -- Amazingly, they are still fun to play. (A close to 20% failure rate on gold/silver bars & rings when I am well above the recommended lvls is extremely frustrating!) I understand that the delays have had some positive effects on the EL economy, but there are other ways of changing it without imposing a delay on production. Reducing the outrageous spread between NPC buy/sell prices would be a good start. Suggestions: Short term - Tweak the current system (SOON please!) Increase HE times slightly Decrease other item times slightly Increase EXP points for basic items that take longer to make. Medium term Consider Automixing/eating -- Autoharvesting is GREAT, automixing could be too. Addition of positive and negative mixing events. Reduce failure rates for players that have the recommended lvls. or... Consider giving exp points for failures (I often learn more about something when I fail at it.) Long term Redo for more interactivity as planned. ... and please keep the following in mind: Also, if you can't shift the burden of tedious tasks to the computer, at least make the task LESS tedious -- NOT MORE tedious.

I agree with Piper and Heretic. If I had a mule I would PREFER to bag-trade. Also if the DEVs are so concerned abt having unfair advantages, we should reset the whole player database again. <---(sarcasm) Why? Now it takes at least 3 times longer to level Potion/Manu/Crafting. Everyone who leveled these skills before the last update has an unfair advantage over those who are leveling them now. If i would have known the update would include longer mix times, I would have leveled all these skills to 20+ before it happened. Now it's taking me forever. For these reasons and those stated by heretic -- PLEASE increase the EXP points for these skills by an amount proportional to the mix time increase. (lowering mix times slightly would also be appreciated.) If this can't/wont be done then I say allow multi-char interaction -- (If I had a mule maybe I could actually get some work done.) And as Heretic said, it would amost be counter-productive to try lvling multiple chars. If players are willing to put in the time, let 'em reap the benefits. (This post has been edited for those unable to detect sarcasm)

Does anyone know why the server keeps going down?

I've got a few more encyclopedia ideas. What do u think? Non-Harvestable items section - to describe pickaxes, empty vials, meat, wine, ale, animal items, sigils, etc add buy/sell info to all items - kind of store that buys/sells, and prices for potions, essences, bars, sigils, etc. NPC info section? (Name of each NPC & what they do) Like an EL phone directory or who's who <-- i wouldn't want to do this one ( just throwing out the thought) #2 is the most relevent to me & I would be willing to do it. If you don't like these ideas, what area of the encyclopedia do you think needs the most work or should have the highest priority ? (Haven't heard from Roja since I started posting. Hint, Hint. )

and if they reset after going godless would they still have EXP boost? ...or would they have to do God quest again? <_<

Felt almost like a DOS attack

Ok, new harvest section is ready for use and forwarded to teh banned 0n3na for inclusion. Each item has its own page and has: a pic of each item, a short description, EDIT: (Some include a subtle hint on where to find it) all the relevent stats I could think of, usage info, and links to usage items (ie. you can jump directly to fire essences from red roses, etc.) The Harvesting index is in a 2-page quick reference format, so u can still see the most relevent stats from the index page. I'm sure it can still use a little tweaking -- there are no descriptions for flowers yet (just usage info) Page formatting may need to be adjusted I tried to test all links & pics, but may have missed some Hope this helps the EL community. Enjoy.

Yes I've been playing with this lately as well. I think it's fun on a related note: I enjoy "Teleporting to Range" while sitting, but I've noticed it only works with sit lock disabled. I wish teleport to range would work with sit lock enabled because if the spell fails without my noticing it, my char will get up and walk to where I wanted to TP -- not my desired effect at all

I have edited my harvesting section to pack more info into the small space, including recommended harvest level. If the DEVs wish it I could break each item into it's own section with a picture and more info like "where to find it" and "uses" like the alchemy and potion sections. -- let me know. I will forward the changed section to teh banned 0n3na, so she can include it if she wishes.

Hmm... Maybe she's actually serious about leaving this time. (I figured she'd be back again after she cooled off for a week or so, like last time -- guess not.) I still have her most recent versions, plus I've made a few updates myself. jamesvm offered to host my updates, so I'll try to get him the files asap.

I vote yes. Enjoy the best of both worlds

I've been using an ealier version of CrusadingKnight's CVS client, so I think I already have the proper directory structure. I can't work with .tar files on this computer. Can you verify if the following is correct?

It's completely empty. (after clearing log, the infamous fontv.bmp msg doesn't even come back) EL window doesn't even open. as soon as I double click, the error dialog pops up. You want me to post the registers/stack data?

This crashes on startup on my machine even with new e3dlist.

Ah, I see. Looks cool, tho! BTW: can other CVS Client users see the fire? This could be fun! edit to answer my own question.... Nope, only I can see MY fires.