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Well, it's something like how "Scotty died" is handled. Forgetting essies/rings is an error as well, but policy is to help only once. In the case of invances, there is actually a solution (which I got from someone who does instances:!): - don't carry teleport essences - put the rings somewhere you won't hit them by accident. Of course, if you die in instance, that won't help. Then again, one can only claim "misclick" so many times before we get suspicious...

The negative part of your suggestion for me is that it becomes even easier for one player to do an invasion or instance (or, dare I say it, instance), on his own: a tank could be strong enough to survive with minimum attention, and killers would kill even faster (also requiring less attention on the tank, and overall). In principle, your idea would be nice (perhaps with a cap on each attribute in addition to the global cap), in practice it sounds overpowered as the game is now (I don't think we'll ever get a limitiaton on the number of characters one player can control at the same time, too hard to enforce without punishing family members or friends playing from one IP). I thought the whole idea of instances was to have multile players work as a team. Anything that makes it easier to have one player control all characters in an instance goes against this... But I probably misunderstood something here.

Keep in mind that mods can put someone back in instance, we don't have to do it. For one, it means a nod has to drop everything they are doing at a moments notice. And then they have to catch radu... Basically, it's a favour. But some start treating it as a right, and get stroppy when we don't jump when they call (or lie about the reason they left). I would stronly suggest invancers carry rostos, as that attitude annoys several of the mods.

Current maxed chars are more than strong enough, if I see one player do solo invances, and if I go by what I hear in invasions. That they can do such things is fine, it's how the game works. But I see no need to get even stronger specialised characters when a complete team can be controlled by one player Such a system of very strong special-build characters might work if the number of characters one player can run at one time were limited to two or three... --- As an aside: I suggested something similar when the cap increase from 48 to 52 was discussed: increase the cap, but limit the total number of attribute pick points. Didn't get much traction then...

Saw you back in game, so the issue seems solved. Moved the topic to the proper section. P.S. Posting how you solved it would have been nice in case others end up with the same problem. But well...

Hmmm... Looking a bit deeper and asking around, it seems you can login allright, but then disconnect after about 40s. Did you get a system update, or change computer just before you couldn't play anymore (I'm thinking of an issue with your graphics driver or openGL).

Changing owner still works the same way. The only way to get rank 20 is the #change_owner command. (#change_rank requires rank 19 and I wouldn't expect it can change your rank to 20. There can only be one guild owner...) You can use "/mercator members on JusT" to see who is online, and "/mercator isonline <name>" to see when <name> was last online.

Sorry, then I have no idea what's happening here. You are connecting to the server (""welcome to the new server!..." shows you have a connection with the server). Unless you type your name as "DEn RUS" and not "DEn_RUS' (the underscore is needed in-game, character names are one word)? Perhaps try an alt, or make a new character?

What do you see when you start the client? Can you connect, do you see any message about IP ban? etc. IP bans typically show up as a message on startup. But, do you have any reason why you would be banned?

Not sure whether this is a bug or a "feature", but... When i tried to deliver the requested rings to Barnes, with all other slots occupied as well, Barnes took the rings, but didn't give the promised 50 000 gc. I did get the crafting experience. A rather surprising result, when Daritha first takes the items and then gives the gold (which ends up in the first slot where you carried the items).

That "Skip! Speeding up..." indicates your computer cannot keep up with what the server sends it (in detail: the graphics cannot be rendered fast enough). You seem to have a graphics card that provides the required functions (as the game starts). Without knowing more about your system it's hard to go beyond generic advice. But a common cause of problems are outdated graphics drivers. Make sure you have the latest, and that you get them from the GPU manufacturer (the drivers from your distribution can be more or less outdated).

You'll still have to contact radu, he's the only one with access to the passwords. Best talk to him in-game, as you'll have to show him it is your character... (and you'll need to pay 5$ at one moment or another)

No, IPs are not unbanned because someone hits them during a trip. IPs are banned for a reason, unless that reason is removed, it would be a bit optimistic to unban such IPs.

For me, your second chance was Ansomne. You blew that one...

You might want to read and apply the full text of that "one month" rule, including the parts about whining, more rule breaking and alts. At best, you are looking at a lot longer than just 1 month... (that's at best, for me permaban sounds more reasonable after all that happened, and skipping for now the end of rule 23: The use of any illegal automated program (...), or scripts will result in an immediate ban from the game.) You made three claims (ignoring the stories about brothers and girlfriends) - Sallas was the first occasion you macroed : proven false (we see a lot more than we show); - You were very sorry and would never macro again: proven false with Ansomne; - you had no previous experience with forums: proven false. That's three out of three... a (not so) perfect score. That's also ignoring the detail that you infringed rule 4 (about circumventing punishment) repeatedly. I don't trust you at all. Or rather, given your behaviour, I trust that you'll start macroing again as soon as you think you can get away with it.. I wish I could lock this thread, enough of you.

Oh, care to explain about Rhagnaroz' sessions? Apparently, that's another lie, it took you less than 2 days after being caught to again use the same macro on another character. Please do not take us for complete idiots, it's annoying. To quote Aislinn:

Still looking at what happened with all those chars. And you can run into surprises when digging. I told you there would have been a chance of that if you had told the truth. After that, I got more lies... making me waste even more of my time (which takes away from the time I can enjoy the game). So you threw that option out of the window. We only got something that might have been true after telling you the chars would stay locked. (Oh, and stop spamming the forums like you spammed me in game; it only annoys people. I'm sure your friends that helped you set up the macro can tell you that as well)

Same: you still claim your brother used the macro, and that just doesn't fit with the observed behaviour. Actually, the more I learn about your past behaviour, the more doubts I have. Too many things just don't add up (at least not to something you would like). I gave you an opening to get off with a rather mild punishment. You refused to take that opportunity. Not only that, you concocted yet another story that just doesn't fit with the facts. I'm done here, enough time wasted

Erm, we did check and consider the facts, several times. That's actually why I don't believe any of your versions (see my first post in this thread). And indeed, as long as we don't unlock any of your characters, there won't be any more mistakes. If we would decide to unlock, we have no guarantees, though (given the truth content of the verifiable parts of your stories, any guarantee of you is worth very little) Enough time wasted on this. P.S. I am willing to believe you were suprised when you woke up...

Three different stories so far. Can't wait for the next episode. Until then, I'll take a rest

Just a few points: - you changed the story several times during the PM conversation: first you claimed it was your alt, and you left it in care of your brother (that still leaves some strange things), but then you changed your story and it was your brothers character all the time. You then also claimed you didn't play at the same time. I told you that had to be checked. Guess what, the check showed the two chars you claimed didn't play at the same time, did actually log in and log out together quite often. It also shows that both characters were used by the same player. And it does not matter if that's you or your brother. then it seems you gave away the Sallas char just today (not supported by any facts either!) - You did not get the IP ban for your PM's to me (though I was tempted when you kept spamming me after I told you I needed to check things and you should take it to the forums...) You got the IP ban after you created several new characters. And I did not ban your IP. Note that we are dealing with at least two rules here. So please do not explain the rules to anyone else, until you show you understand them... The locking of all characters was to get your attention. Had you admitted to the macroing, you'd probably have gotten most of them back quite quickly, and Sallas might have been unlocked after a month. Now that you wasted several hours from several mods, and still are clearly not telling the truth, I'm a lot less happy with unlocking any characters (and I can't unban IPs anyway). So let me start taking a week or so to think about what to do with Rhagnaros (don't even think about asking to get Sallas back, as in the best of cases, "your brother" started playing here with using a macro. Or you are lying...). The other characters? They will all have to be checked. (Oh, and any whining about how you need those characters to play will start the clock again) As for you giving us permission to closely monitor you, thank you so much... I've nothing more interesting to do with my time

While Kaddy's answer is mostly correct (*), it's better to ask this kind of questions through #help_me. At least then you know a moderator will reply. And do not ask this kind of questions in @@6, some have a "strange" sense of humor, and "but xxx told me in @6 this was allowed" doesn't work. (*: While there are no hard limits on the total number of alts you can have, you may want to check rule 7: e.g. multiple creations in a short time can get you some remarks, as can certain names. Other names will just mean an instant lock of the char, with perhaps an IP ban if the person persists)

I have no idea what information radu wants (he is the only one who handles password resets). For the forum, I assume you did check your spam folder?

You'll have to contact radu (entropy on forums) and convince him it's your character. You'll also have to pay 5$ for his time.

Whether firefox is a problem can depend on the number of pages you have open, the sites you visit, installed extensions, etc. (too many variables). I routinely have 30-40 tabs open in 3-4 windows, with no problems whatsoever. But with some sites, the CPU is solicited more than with others. (That's on Linux, btw) First thing to do if you suspect Firefox: stop it, or at least reduce the number of open tabs to the minimum (the EL pages should not cause problems). If that reduces the problems (or makes them disappear), then you're done, as far as EL is concerned.