Aphistolas

Yeah, it seems to me there are a myriad of means to avert death by mass-summons: -As above, use the Magic Immunity spell or wear Bronze armour. The former of which, if I'm not mistaken, puts the chance of a random effect to 0%, while the latter considerably reduces this number. -Avoid taking perks like ICD, train A/D above the level of the summon, use the best armour and weapon combination available, prime ready with booster pots + Restore ingredients and sit it out. -Disengage + teleport out. I'm sure there are many, many more strategies, though I am not a fighter so my knowledge on strategy is, at best, bad. However, the most obvious thing that occurs is option #3, and better yet the people who unleash zoos lose all the gold. Or of course, you could always just summon back... Reiterating on my previous post slightly: summoning stones are powerful if used correctly, however they are balanced by the fact it's a risk to use them (ie. it is very likely most actual summons are a waste of gold, the emu needed for stones is demanding, etc.) and there are ways to defend against players who use them.

Lol, discussed so many times before, and I personally have always been opposed to removing them. I think one of the 'main' arguments against removing them is their availability; if someone kills you with 50 white tigers, then you can just buy 100 of the same stone to counter.

Ouch, it would be really useful if that number was lowered slightly. I have never been forced to donate anything on the main server GAIWS, though in this server if even one person doesn't contribute... Anyway, I don't have much time tonight, but when I can I'll try to donate some gold. Every little helps .

From a political bystander's perspective, I believe Obama will perform considerably better in the Office than Bush has. I've been vaguely keeping tabs on his views on the American economy and from what I've seen from his speeches it seems he's adamant the ensuing decline is tolerable.

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Uh, I'm just now peeking into this thread, but I seen your post and thought of something, so excuse if it has already been answered: Is this really fair? Every day new people join the game, and as instructed the first essences made are almost always (in my experience) FEs. This increases the probability of getting an EFE and henceforth the number of EFEs increases. Isn't it a little 'punishing' (for lack of a better word) for older players, or players who choose not to make FEs and then mix 10k hoping to get an EFE? It's a little late, but I don't see the rationale behind setting the chance to 0.

Any clues? I don't really see how they can possibly be profitable (though I don't play often, admittedly).

Way to break the rules. @Others: Why is it fair to have this room, when other people have put in time to train much higher than 100 A/D?

Considering the guild involved, I don't really see how this is worthy of a thread. We all know you guys are rich, don't rub it in too much .

So, to go out on a limb, is it safe to assume their main use will be posing? (no complaints to be silenced here, I bought into the tailoring trend )

24 hours? Hardly. Anyway, you can compensate for this by playing the one character for 24 hours a day, right? They don't earn more exp from monsters though. I don't see why a new room that'll give people completely whack amounts of A/D experience is fair, when others have levelled themselves to 140 A/D+.

Yes, because with such a pungent attitude it is really worthwhile to expect positive comments. Yeah, it's a choice between clicking squares or using a disengagement ring if you wish to be quick. Well, carry a disengagement ring. I think it just means some lazybones fighters would have to shorten the marginal work they do to flee, yes. Saying it could possibly make room for other skill work is complete crap, though. That's like saying thermal should give 200 damage/hit to lessen time in PK so more time for peaceful harvesting.

People on PK server hit 100 A/D cap in a few months...

mmm, chicken.

I don't like this from the point that bones/shrooms already have no cooldown, so this would make it even easier to AFK mix.

There shall be no decadent western money with this regime!

Right now, what you described in I is deliberate, AFAIK. It's a sacrifice, either: -You make a low level item continuously. Ingredients are (relatively) easy to obtain, finished product sells for low GCs, you can make enough of them to outweigh the cost of an expensive item. -You make a high level item continuously. Ingredients are lousy to obtain (imagine trying to make 50 ID sets? ), finished product sells for a lot but has a considerably smaller market and you run the risk of failing to make it, completely losing all your (expensive) ingredients. Not to mention the second option requires knowledge and probably more tools, too.

Downloaded it from LabRat's mirror (thanks -- very smooth and quick) a few hours ago. I haven't really had time to test it, but will do once I finish my assignments. (sidenote: I'm assuming once the server is updated, that huge extra space in SRM storage will be walkable? I occasionally wander in there, curious to see that everyone's occupying the same spaces so close to Grawl...)

*bumps into thread* Perhaps you suffer from short term memory loss: Play nice kids

There is already something like this if you look at the "Help" section in-game, though they are in need of updating.

Eh? So ebul Gerbil with his 250 A/D going around killing beavers naked on IP isn't serping? That could be applied for everything in the game (except dragons/giants?) I'd think.

tricky or jaclaw's suggestion. has to be

Greets all, Despite the fact I'm an avid laptop-abuser (surprised my low-level Acer hasn't even got sick on me yet), I've been interested in desktops and top-end computing for awhile. I've looked at quite a few designs and configurations, and I try to familiarise myself with the latest technologies (solid state drives, use of carbon nanotubes in computing, quad core processors, etc.), I'm still a huge hardware n00b though . I know building your own computer is substantially cheaper than buying it pre-assembled from any retailer, and perhaps (when I have the space, and money) I shall make an attempt to create my own monstrosity. Right now I'm only interested in buying retailer parts, as OEM parts seem too require more research for each individual part; I certainly wouldn't want to spend money on my chosen part only to find it clocked at a lower speed, or missing a port! Is there any particular reason to buy OEM? If I were seeking to buy OEM parts, is there anything I should avoid? What about support and warranty, does the manufacturer offer these? What chassis is recommended? Now, I'm not exactly nostalgic for the days of my father's 1998 beige-coloured mammoth of a case, but I'm not ready to throw money at a chrome-plated, glow in the dark, blue light emitting monster either. I understand that buying an appropriate size of case is important if I wish to make full use of the widest variety of hardware. I'm thinking about going with a standard ATX, but I'm curious if anyone has any advice regarding this matter. Preferably, I want to avoid using anything so small it would limit my choice of motherboard (miniITX and such). Assuming that I've managed to acquire a chassis that will suit, I'll need to get an appropriate CPU. I'm definitely not just a surf-and-word person, and I'm more inclined toward gaming and media than simple operations like browsing. For this reason I'd like to select a dual-core clocked at an appropriate speed. Also, I understand having a larger FSB and cache is also desirable. I've been around Intel processors all my life (my family do not believe in high-end computing, for one thing) but I'm curious about using an AMD product. What are the recommendations here? I'd still prefer a dual-core for my needs which is affordable, but allows a little leeway for more intensive games (not something that will stay at a constant 10-FPS on EE3, for instance, but that's probably just my crappy Intel card). In summary, I'm not looking for some kind of divine entity in my computer, I'm fifteen and my budget leaves such things confined to the realm of imagination and wonder . Now I've got my CPU, I need to get an appropriate cooling system for it. I've heard professionals use liquid hydrogen or oil to cool their overclocked machines, however I doubt I'll ever do much overclocking. I see that most come with an integrated cooling system, but some rely on passive cooling. This is certainly not a viable option for me, if I ever get enough space for my own desktop it'll probably accumulate dust over time, and I'll be on it for hours. My current record is around nine hours, but obviously more if I leave it downloading overnight (when I'm away from my computer I tend to put it in a low power consumption mode so it cools on its own anyway). I'm not quite ready to splash for an expensive chemical system, and I don't appreciate noise so I think a single 120MM fan would be sufficient. I'm curious though, is using a single or two 80MM fans better? I've read that 120MM's are both more efficient and quieter. Would it be viable for me to place an external fan behind my chassis for cooling on extra hot days (not that we get many in Scotland), without risking damage to any of the components? I plan to have my fan connected to the motherboard and use a temperature monitoring programme such as SpeedFan. Motherboards that fit my CPU (or the other way around) and case size would also be a priority. I have no idea what I should go for in this department, but something that can use my other hardware to the best of its ability is essential. Also something that can support additional software- such as if I ever have the money or the inclination to upgrade with a secondary graphics card (or one from my father's ancient machine, if the thing doesn't spontaneously combust). I'm wondering what would be the optimal amount of DDR2 (or maybe DDR3?) for my set-up would be. I don't know how having a 64-bit OS benefits me (aside from being able to use more than 3GB of RAM) so I'll stick with 32-bit for the moment. Ideally I'd like to get three 1GB high quality sticks, as I'd like the additional volatile and I'm considering dual booting (never done that before, so it's very risky for me) Vista/XP (Vista for flashy effects) with a Linux distribution that can optimize my hardware for gaming and such. Also, I'd want a graphics card with dedicated memory, to avoid having my memory sucked up with demanding applications. I've read somewhere that having a RAM higher or lower than my FSB makes additional space redundant, is this true? Will I be able to get FSB in all speeds for RAM, or should I aim for the closest approximation? What is recommended here? It's getting late so I need to finish this post prematurely unfortunately. Hard drive: needs to have at least a modest capacity. On previous computers I've lived with <40GB of memory (old desktop, can't remember exact number), 40GB (first laptop) and 120GB (current laptop). 160GB is acceptable, but >200GB is probably more bang for my pound. Maybe around 250? I'm unsure how much I'm going to need here, but I like to play games and I have a modest music/photo library (music fits into 4GB iPod and pictures are usually in JPEG, though I prefer storage in PNG for detail). I'm unsure what effect the rotational speed does. It must have an adequate cache too obviously, especially if I'm going to be running games. Graphics is still a big ? section. I'm thinking either a nVidia or GeForce card, definitely with dedicated memory and of a reasonable quality to make good use of this memory. Maybe a 128 or even 256MB card, though I feel anything further will surely break the bank. I don't have much understanding here, and I know that vendors can fool ignorant customers by releasing new cards with better sounding names, acting much like pheromones to the average-Joe I'd guess. For a reference, I'd like something that can handle Earth Empires/Age of Empires/Guild Wars comfortably, while maybe being able to chug out enough for Sins of a Solar Empire. Okay, too late now, must sleep. Thanks for the replies in advance.

This isn't the first time you've made that post... I highly doubt the status of skeptic is going to change. Besides, titanium ore is difficult to harvest, in my experience.