Wizzy

Saxum is correct, not that Radu is a communist, but price fixing is a communist style control, that always fails, and produces shortages, etc. However, the most significant difference is that the supply of essences from npc are endless. There are no shortages.... You can buy 1 or a billion billion of them.... or whatever number it may be that doesn't cause C programs to crash... which maybe something like 18,446,744,073,709,551,616..or something to this effect. I argued years ago to remove all items from npcs and let the free market prevail, along with shortages, savings, hording, market production shifts, but everyone just OMFG fr33 markets r scary and we love price fixing..until price fixing created the omfg no one buys my essess/pots or whatever.. A good example of this was removing c2 rings from npcs, prices seem to have stabilized and ebul crafters r getting rich buying ess from npc to make c2 rings.. which Barnes seems to use a lot.. I wouldnt remove serp stones from the bars for example, I would remove items that use wolf bars from npcs and remove wolf bars from npc and let the prices float, dont worry, they will stabilize, might make every thing a cost a little more, but price is relative to supply and demand. So be it. Might even see steel long production and iron sword for tin/bronze again. Remove hydro bars from npc too, good gold sink as is, but prices will go up on hydro, and guilds will find ways to get it, it would at least be more interesting then buying from npc. Likely less hydro coming in, but I bet removal stones drop in price, as people cant use 1-20 of them every recon day without the hydro to back it up. But I bet if a nexus removal cost 250k, you wouldnt mind risking a rosto for hydro then... The same with potions, summon stones, etc, Raising prices of essences at npc will just cause price increase of all items, and there will soon become less items that makes sense for mixing, and just buy from npc instead.... Please see bronze armor and rapier for examples... So in short, remove all items that can be made from players from npc sales. Let the free market work, supply and demand and price will sort itself out. When fire essences hits 100gc each, the alt armies (Bring back rule 5 too) will jump into gear and the flood the market quickly, driving down prices of efe and fe at the same time.. that is when I corner the death essence market :DDDD Wiz

Ok, lets try this. 1) 2) 3)

PM me your IP adress Wiz

Likely someone in the past had the same IP you have now, and did something abusive and got that IP banned. Will take a look to see if that address can be re-instated. Check back in an hour

It is called WTF for a reason! Add Acid Snow!

I believe it was Radu that banned them, I do not know the reason. Suggest you send him a pm in game to this thread. Wiz

I have been a moderator for over 10 years in this game. In all that time, I have tried to be fair, impartial, reasonable in every way dealing with the rules as they have been defined, and players, some of which make it very very difficult to be impartial. Let me make one thing perfectly clear. This is not about me. In fact, it is not about you either. This in fact, doesn't belong on a public forum. and should imho be a topic for game moderators, before being dragged into the communal channels. When rule 5 was abruptly removed, there were a lot of consequences that were not considered, Some of which you highlight above. However, there is a precedent set by Radu for alts to be "actively played". As I see it, and others, the use of alts to camp hydro route, or other maps do not fit the definition as "actively played" This has gone on for some time, and I am willing to bring reasonable arguments, and take reasonable measures to rectify what is believed by many, a serious flaw in game play that stems from the removal of rule #5. I am pressing the issue, because it has been ignored for far too long. I have thrown a lot of hours in the past 10 years as a patient moderator, a newbie helper, a rule enforce, an event planer, a contest maker, and invasion host, for the entertainment of all in game. Do you really think I don't care about Eternal Lands as a whole, and only care if I can get easy hydro? This is not about me. This is not about you. This is a topic of game rules and moderation of those rules.

Radu You are avoiding the topic at hand. The topic is not about making hydro route easier, or harder, or adding some flowers to the caves.... It is not about pk, and it is not about map changes. It is not about bombs, or phoenix leveling, The topic is about using alts to camp 24/7 that are not actively played to benefit a main character. The topic should read "Should alts that are not actively played in game be allowed for camping purposes". I fail to see how using alts to safely spy on hydro route is any different then to use alts to safely camp Ivan spawns, Joker spawns, or used to pin mobs in a multi combat map for defense trainers. One is legal, the others are not. The underlying principles for each case are the same. Wiz

So for example, The alt army of Stivy that just camps areas to spy on hydro harvesters is aginst the rules?

Why would you prefer this? The only reason that I can think of is that you know where those spots are. Truly random appearances of Joker levels the field for new and old players alike. Random spots makes joker hunting impossible, because he can hide behind every tree and rock on (nearly) every map. So all you must do, without any further hint of his location, is to run across the whole EL world, look behind every single bush, check every house or cave or secret place. Think about how many time that would take, that would take days or even weeks and it would be quite frustrating, when someone else finds joker before you, after you searched him for days and weeks. Or, you find him after searching for him for a week and all you get is a leather or a bread. Not really entertaining IMO. Piper Have you tried Joker hunting in OtherLife? The hints Joker gives certainly help narrow down the search. Worth checking out before you make your opinion certain.

That is all fine and dandy! After the p2p Mermaid race that I can use to go fishing on horse back though.

With alt armies what does it matter the nexus cost?

Read this book, then tell us.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland

Are you on Novacs first quest? The one that you need to kill the brownie in IP?

Aquila On more than one occasion people have begged me for invasions, and I agreed by accepting hydrobars for my time. You have done nothing wrong, and the ones that provided the hydro bars did it willingly and without coercion. Some people do not realize that invasions can take many hours of time and that you are not here to be their exclusive entertainment director. Cheers

SInce the quest is more about breaking shit, and consuming resources, let those that wish to consume do so. Allow BROD or Acid rain to count as item break for quest. What does it really matter if it takes someone a few minutes, or years to complete, as it seems to be about consuming resources anyhow. Let them consume.

I am pretty sure the npcs already do report your progress, not sure about Buni, but the the other two do

I suggest adding a global message when grapes are dropped from mobs, as some folks do hunt grapes, and it is not much fun no knowing if your efforts are futile or not. A global message, much like "player_x found a pear" would be very helpful. Radu has said he would consider adding this message if there is enough support, so please feel free to show your support below. Wizz

Recommend upgrade to Windows Ubuntu asap

Who needs Netflix when we have EL forums.

Do you think you are a good pker, but can't compete? PK Contest to be held in 2 Weeks, Sunday September 6th 2015 @ 18:00GMT Contest Rules: You will need to create a new charater and it must have PKC in it's name. For example, I would create a char called WizzyPKC You will have two weeks to train up your charater. You Can trade with your Main charaters Freely You will be limted to Human Nexus 4 Equipment must be limited to Human 4, and resets while wearing equipment or nexus transfer is not allowed Gods, Perks, Attributes are up to the player Equipment restrictions and other Bans for contest No Summoning (Includes Stones) No Bombs, Wards, Caltrops No Glowy Swords, Bolts or Arrows No RDHOLM No Brod, Bod or swords with those effects. No Elven Bow No rare Magic armor, Ubbers, Tit Helm of Life, Ect. Contest will have two parts. Team events (chosen at random) in KF And Last player standing (arena) You have two weeks to prepare. Prizes (So far determined) 1st Place Team contest 10 daily cooldown reducers 10 Haidir Passes 5 Horse Whistles 2nd Place Team contest 100K GC 1st Place Arena Challange 1 Purple Royal Cape 2nd Place Arena Challange 1 Red Royal Cape Please add your +1 to this thread if you are participating Wizz

Thanks everyone who participated in this event. Do remember this was a test run for a much larger contest planned (details soon) Congratz to Cad and Rabbitman 1st and second place.

To be determined, I am trying to figure out the best time for Euro/America. I am thinking about 2:00 AST which would make 18:00 GMT, and 10am Pacific

I just spent the last hour re-reading the thread from 2012, which lead me to re-read threads from 2009, to 2006, etc, etc. I enjoyed EL for many years, I tried my best to help guide it in a positive direction Eternal Lands (imho) has the potential to be the Online Indi version of "Magic the Gathering" without the printed trading cards. There are so many great things about this game, but, when it comes to PK there seems to be a lack of vision. I can not possibly fix it. And I am (personally) very disapointed I had such little influnence no matter how hard I tried to effect (affect) and change or alterations to game mechanics. Wiz

I would comprimise, I would remove rc bombs altogether, I would reduce damage from bombs, and would increase the effectiveness of wards, caltrops, and snares. This way, engineering could still be important to pk, and remove the aspect of the .5 second undefendable kill.