Dent

One easy way to get around this is to make it a double keystroke, like the PM reply. Then the client is ready to receive an emote command. Then it is just a matter of picking a key that is easy on both azerty and qwerty type keyboards, like --, ==, or **. Then you get ==yes for a nod, ==no for a head shake and ==plxfreest00f for an explosion.

That should be beer, not bear, as in ; Bucuresti, but after drinking many beer it will be on to Saturn and Busteni.

Ohhh! When I take over the world, I will have a matched set guarding my evil lair.

If this is to be regulated combat in a gladiatorial style, why not provide arms, armour, essences and extras. That way no rostos needed and nobody worries about drops or breaks. It would be a bit more expensive, but with a small entry fee the costs could be recouped and it would make the riff-raff a bit more reluctant.

Without meaning to sound trite or clichéd, the first thought that came to mind with that post was that we could finally get the chance to strike back at the Grue. If you want to keep it as a leopard, then great, but if it is a monster then why not make it mythical. And I would love to see a server message - 'Playername'* has been eaten by The Grue. *I just know that my name will feature there.

On button, yes. Off button does not come installed on these models. Some assembly required, battery not included. All sales final; no refunds or exchanges.

Y'know, if you were looking to rez a funny thread, thanks. Next time, just bump it though. You risk a fail notice on the humour attempt. Of course, you also risk a ban, but hey - win / win for us.

Used to do a lot of fishing up that way. I was disappointed though. Honey harbour had no honeys; just retirees

That is almost as good as the fail pictures

I think Burfoot hit on something good here, and this thread is an excellent example of it. If you are interested in a poll or opinion, start a thread up in suggestions that lays out the proposal and a few key points. Let the people who read that forum (ie - the folks that care enough to make and read suggestions) hash it out for a while to get as much input as possible. Then set a time for the vote, with a time limit on it. Once the time limit expires, do the math, plain and simple. As teh god, you may override any votes that you deem too close, but 51% counts almost everywhere as a majority. This avoids these long drawn out whingefests where every preschooler and his teddy bear drools out an opinion and the rest of the community wastes harvesting time answering. Also it should save on the Maalox bills.

1 DE and 3 HE. that is my favourite one so far, plain but saying alot lol, i would agree with you there Fabio, best one yet, almost sounds riddle like. now if only the person didnt use the old harm ing

1 DE and 3 HE.

Great post pointing out the advantages to all. One thing I would point out, especially to the newer players, is that mixing essences can be a full time job, worth more experience and gold than you can shake a branch at. Want to level quick? Become a supplier - mix essences and set up shop on the invasion days. Heck, even if you give them away, you are still making loads of exp and you get kickbacks from grateful community members.

The test was for right / left brain functions, not 'higher' and 'lower' functions. I found the direction of spin varied according to how I was looking. When reading and considering the attributes, widdershins. On first view, clockwards. Tried while doing algebra, widdershins. While petting pshychokittyfromhell, clockwards. From this I conclude that she was, in fact, naked.

I just love topics like this. While we are having a go: My char's beard is getting a bit rough around the edges and I am hoping to get it trimmed up a bit with the new models. Also, I've been sitting around harvesting too much and the paunch is making the leathers a bit too tight. If you could shave a few polygons off the mid-section... And those boots! My bunions have bunions and the only reason they dont have bunions of their own is the blisters! I could really use something a bit more comfortable, with larger heels. And titanium spikes. Thanks!. Seriously though. Great job folks. Thanks.

Yep. I spend most of my days with less than 10k gc. When I need more, I break out the pickaxe and go after iron. I only make what I need for the next project / book or whatever. It takes some time - months in some cases as I dont spend a lot of hours in game - but I get it done. Set yourself some goals. Not something silly like get rich, because that is meaningless. A goal like getting a COL or a special weapon or piece of armour. Then use the tools at your disposal to go after it. Right now your tools are a bit smaller so it will take some time. That will change by the very nature of the game. You can buy the same piece of equipment harvesting snapdragons as harvesting exotic metals; one way just takes a bit longer. You don't have to take the longest road, but there are no really good shortcuts.

Hey folks, I am helping a buddy get into the game and we are stuck. When I go to make his character, EL closes out without advancing to the character creation. I haven't been on in a while and it has been ages since I created Dent, so I imagine that I am forgetting or missing something. I will try making his character from my computer later today, but it would be nicer for him to be able to chose the character options. Any help would be appreciated, Dent

***UPDATE*** Updated video driver - success! Unfortunately, I am still a n00b and managed to log him in with a mystery password. I know what I meant to type, but it obviously isn't what got entered. I am hoping someone can help us recover the PW or change it to what he had originally wanted. Account name - Satea. ***UPDATED UPDATE*** Issue resolved. Thanks again, Dent

Heh. yeah, it might at that. I will be by his place later tonight, so I will grab it then. It is a legacy type machine (read older model) so his tech specs may be a bit low by many standards. Thanks for the reply.

I dont understand why people insist on picking NPC prices as their starting point. Instead of worrying what the NPCs will pay, think about what it takes the player to make. Instead of trying to base the economy on a semi-arbitrary price, base it on something real that doesn't change. Time is a big factor, and only varies for the amount of effort put in, but it is experience that is the big equalizer. The amount of experience gained does not vary significantly from one player to the next and so should be the basis of your cost estimates. If, tomorrow, the resource prices were dropped to almost nil, (or even changed at all, as has happened in the past) your entire model would have to be refigured. With experience being the deciding factor in your model, you could very easily say that an item or process is worth X amount to you and that amount will hold true against any other item or process you do. It will also be very easy to transfer that value over to other players as they would have the same basic parameters to work with. Case: The price of hemlock (not a real item in game) is set at 5gc from an npc, and .5 to sell to them. There are no significant obstacles or problems associated with harvesting it. It can be used to add poison damage to a weapon. Lots of people want it, so it is a profitable item to harvest and sell. You get, for the sake of arguement, 29 exp from harvesting it and it takes about as long as with vegetables. Is it really worth 5gc? Or will the masses of hemlock on the market cause some folks to sell it for whatever they can get? Very quickly you will find that the price drops to the point where the NPC price is meaningless for figuring out the true value. Then you will get loads of people crying because they are looking at the 5gc NPC price and thinking that supply and demand in an unlimited resource economy means things are broken. They are not. You are just using the wrong parameters to judge your case. Try the experience based economic model and see where it takes you. I am sure you will still find some areas to fix, but at least the problems and fixes will be in tune with the true market forces in the game. Maybe. Economics is pretty slippery even if you have done graduate courses and stuff.

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Definately an interesting idea. One problem I have with the whole argument of trickle down economics is it only works if there aren't too many shortcuts. At what point in the process of getting the bars can it be circumvented by GC or PK? I would be more than a bit annoyed if one of the high level players who needed an extra PP or two to pad his stats decided to PK for a bunch of ore. That is a huge investment in time and effort that is gone; and a bunch of GC, time and effort saved by the PKer. As it is looking, though, I will only be putting my pick points into p/c/w. It is a nice thought that I will be able to buy any PP I need in the future for nexii. Heck, I may even try to organize a drive for bars to sell on ebay. Make some cash for myself and the guild, get some *free* PP and loads of anciliary exp on the side. If it is organised well enough, I bet the entire market in bars could be cornered by an aggressive PK guild. All the nexii they could ever want, loads of ore or bars to sell for massive GC or $$, lots of PK exp, and even better the attention of the entire community on them for 'unfairly monopolizing a valuable resource'. Good luck with it.

I like this idea. I think it will have a positive effect on the game overall. But did you have to do it just as I started a run of 10k?!?

WTF? Thats what I said, but I saw a little 2 go floating up over my head when normally it is just a 1.

A couple of things happened to me during the Joule day test. I am definately not complainig about this one, but items that only take one food point (like reasoning pots) wind up not taking any food off. This may just be an unintended consequence, but I like it. Also, I noticed that I regained double the MP as normal. I dont know if there were any other factors involved, but it coincided with the day so I thought it may be worth looking at.