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  1. Posted · Report reply

    I just wanted to take the time to thank anyone who helped me make this event a great one. Sadly for many, I will no longer be running events. I feel I owe you a reason for this.

     

    Earlier today I took my bomber alt and decided to go have some fun killing guard bots with another couple players. We had a great time and I invited some people to join in with us on channel 6. I gave them the location of the map and how to enter it.

     

    Apparently this is against the game rules as guild maps are considered game secrets. I did not know this at the time I invited others to join in. For that I am sorry. I really didn't know guild maps were considered game secrets.

     

    For this unintentional action of mine the moderation team refused to help me announce the event, thus decreasing the amount of players able to join in due to lack of knowledge that event was running.

     

    I again thank the many players who have helped make this event a great one and I am sorry for unintentionally breaking a rule I didn't know existed.

     

    PaulB

    GM of BO$$

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    ... During a period of time when a lot of people are on making FEs, it may appear as though you have some type of positive astro because your chances of making a rare is greater when more FEs are being created in the game.

    ... The idea that Enriched, Special items, harv stones is set globally makes sense.. So the more people harvesting or mixing the chance of you creating a enriched or special item should increase....

    Can someone explain the math or logic behind this statement, it makes no sense to me from a probability point of view.

     

    Their logic for their statement is clear as day. If that's how it works is up for speculation but the logic in their argument is there in black and white. I bold it for you.

  3. Posted · Edited by PaulB · Report reply

    Hello all! I'm going to be running this event again Saturday March 29, 2014 @ 5:00pm EST.

     

    Prizes for the hide and seek are going to be as listed below. If you would like to donate items please contact me in this thread, forum PM or in-game PM/IG.

     

    I am donating 3K SRS to the prize pool.

     

    OTHER DONATIONS TO THE PRIZE POOL:

     

    1,000 SRS/100 feast pots/1 serp stone donated by DarkDragoness

    1,000 SRS/100 feast pots/1 serp stone donated by lunarcey

    3 EFE/1 EWE donated by SteelLorD

    10,000 Gold Coin donated by Dragonlore

    1 Staff of Protection donated by CherUT

    4,000 HEs donated by BO$$ guild

    1 Orc Slayer donated by patriot

    1 Mule Glyph donated by Fantastika

    1 Haidir Pass donated by Fantastika

     

    PRIZE POOL:

     

    5,000 Potion of Spirit Restoration

    3 Enriched Fire Essence

    1 Enriched Water Essence

    2 Serpent Stones

    200 Potions of Feasting

    10,000 Gold Coins

    1 Staff of Protection

    4,000 Health Essence

    1 Orc Slayer

    1 Mule Glyph

    1 Haidir Pass

     

     

    Thanks,

     

    PaulB

    GM of BO$$

     

     

    SPECIAL NOTE:

     

    I would like to thank Fantastika for her generous donation of feasting and serpent stones to those of us that #suicide for Joule Day today. Without her donation some items wouldn't be here for the prize pool :)

     

     

    ROSABEL WON! THANKS ALL FOR PLAYING.

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    I decided to make a 12 step program to help assist us EL addicts get better.

     

    Please feel free to share you story here!

     

    THE 12 STEPS TO EL ADDICTION

    1. We admitted we were powerless over Eternal Lands—that our lives had become unmanageable without resorces.
    2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves(radu) could restore us to sanity through rostogol stones.
    3. Made a decision to turn our will over to the number of 4 as not to ignore the rest of our attributes.
    4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of our storages.
    5. Admitted to radu, to ourselves, and to another player in @@6 the exact nature of our wrongs.
    6. Were entirely ready to have radu remove all these defects of character in KF.
    7. Humbly asked Him to remove our negative perks for free.
    8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make sure we killed them in others ways besides magic.
    9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure allies and guildies.
    10. Continued to take personal inventory and gloat about it in @@6 and #GM.
    11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with radu, as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of ways to cheaper rostogol stones.
    12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to ELcaholics, and to practice these principles in all our affairs with CherUT.

     

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    Also would like to add the conversation in 6 so those who were not here understand the conversation which brought this topic up.

    I added bold to key points in question.

    [02:22:19] [PaulB @ 6]: It's hard to break down the rates with astro. And ouch
    [02:22:37] [PaulB @ 6]: I'm skeptic so it should be a steady amount.
    [02:22:45] [YethQ @ 6]: no idea
    [02:23:20] [YethQ @ 6]: I am mostly joking, I am eng L78 dont break too many hammers so much
    [02:23:37] [PaulB @ 6]: :P
    [02:23:46] [YethQ @ 6]: but I used to feel like I broke more htan I made
    [02:24:30] [YethQ @ 6]: and I dont lie, I have perfected the art of the yarn
    [02:24:43] [PaulB @ 6]: I would guess that for the testing to be accurate my breaks should be cut in half after testing 50K with harv med on. Though I expect some variable
    [02:24:50] [PaulB @ 6]: Shouldn't be too much though.
    [02:25:00] [Marty @ 6]: nothing worse than facts ruining a good yarn
    [02:25:02] [YethQ @ 6]: Is good idea paul
    [02:25:43] [alex_s @ 6]: may be there is additional hidden astro ?
    [02:25:47] [YethQ @ 6]: lol @ marty
    [02:25:57] [PaulB @ 6]: I'm skeptic.
    [02:26:09] [PaulB @ guild]: She was joking :P
    [02:26:09] [YethQ @ 6]: I was
    [02:26:25] [YethQ @ 6]: but started wantingto make high end craft stuff
    [02:26:29] [YethQ @ 6]: eng
    [02:26:38] [Maxine @ 6]: skeptic doesnt neccesarily mean you dont have astro for harvesting, it only negates astro for magic and a/d
    [02:27:13] [YethQ @ 6]: really interesting, but you cant test any astro
    [02:27:15] [Maxine @ 6]: as far as I can tell (from reports from others) skeptics still have harvesting and manu astro
    [02:27:42] [PaulB @ 6]: "The astrology doesn't appy to you: no bonuses, no penalties." Doesn't say just magic and a/d
    [[02:27:52] [YethQ @ 6]: but you cannt tell if you are going to have high fail rate cause you cant test it
    [02:27:54] [Maxine @ 6]: yep, so you cant test it
    [02:28:07] [PaulB @ 6]: I'm not testing harvesting
    [02:28:24] [Maxine @ 6]: make rare and fail too PaulB
    [02:28:27] [steelLorD @ 6]: It uses the old system, before astro. Ups and downs occurred over a matter of hours instead of 48 hour cycles
    [02:29:17] [steelLorD @ 6]: I've noticed times when paul would complain that for a few hours he wouldn't get any emps
    [02:29:24] [steelLorD @ 6]: then times when he would get an emp every 500 srs
    [02:29:49] [YethQ @ 6]: my ping not a lot dif but lag is much less
    [02:30:14] [Maxine @ 6]: Interesting hypothesis SteelLorD, I can barely remember the times before astro, was total noob then
    [02:30:58] [PaulB @ 6]: That would only be true if radu left the code in for the old astrology. I'm pretty sure he removed that code to add the new astrology system
    [02:31:21] [PaulB @ 6]: But that's something radu would have to confirm.
    [02:31:25] [steelLorD @ 6]: I remember very well. there was a time of the day i'd harvest and a time i would mix. if i deviated at all, i didn't get any EFEs lol
    [02:32:18] [steelLorD @ 6]: well there was never an "old astrology". skeptic is just the old system.
    [02:32:22] [alex_s @ 6]: he is right
    [02:32:40] [PaulB @ 6]: And if there was 2 seperate astrology systems in EL, how are they affected by the skeptic perk.
    [02:32:44] [alex_s @ 6]: i remember that time too
    [02:33:28] [alex_s @ 6]: new astro system affected
    [02:33:33] [PaulB @ 6]: And where did you get that information that skeptic was the old astro system? I didn't see anything stating that in any forum
    [02:34:14] [steelLorD @ 6]: wow paul lol Astro is the new system, taking skeptic removes astro. ergo you're on the old system
    [02:34:56] [PaulB @ 6]: And how do you know if the old code for astro wasn't removed to impliment the new code? It's not something that's just natural. There is a code for it.
    [02:35:13] [steelLorD @ 6]: well there was no astro before astro
    [02:35:27] [alex_s @ 6]: some my alt was sceptic ))))
    [02:35:27] [PaulB @ 6]: There was. Just not as the current system.
    [02:35:34] [steelLorD @ 6]: there wasn't astro
    [02:36:51] [YethQ @ 6]: well there would not have been any astro til a script was made, when it was made I dontknow
    [02:37:04] [steelLorD @ 6]: astro didn't exist till like 2007. I remember testing it when he first made it. we had to type #astrology to see our indicators
    [02:37:27] [steelLorD @ 6]: before there were stones
    [02:37:31] [YethQ @ 6]: I came in 2007
    [02:37:44] [alex_s @ 6]: i came in 2004
    [02:37:50] [YethQ @ 6]: I think I maybe wrong, maybe 2008 but close
    [02:38:23] [PaulB @ 6]: So then what old system are you talking about?
    [02:39:13] [steelLorD @ 6]: There was no "name" for the old system paul.
    [02:39:58] [steelLorD @ 6]: it was just a chaotic system of ups and downs until radu made asrology and organized it into 48 hour cycles governed by planet movements
    [02:40:20] [PaulB @ 6]: Yes but my point is.... If there was a system in place that fluxuated like a "astro" system, then how do you know that code wasn't removed?
    [02:40:21] [steelLorD @ 6]: You take skeptic and you are no longer governed by the movement of the planets
    [02:40:29] [YethQ @ 6]: gee no wonder he calls himself teh god, eek
    [02:40:49] [steelLorD @ 6]: ok nvm. i'm going back to bed....
    [02:41:16] [Desey @ 6]: Have a good night.
    [02:41:37] [YethQ @ 6]: nn
    [02:43:13] [revi @ 6]: iirc skeptic was introduced shortly after astro came in game, as there were a number of players complaining about the astro
    [02:43:27] [Maxine @ 6]: nini SteelLorD
    [02:44:12] [alex_s @ 6]: alex_s found a Rostogol Stone
    [02:44:30] [PaulB @ 6]: Yea I rememer that. But it's being said that before astro was put into th game there was a system that fluxuated by the hour rather than 48 hour cycles.
    [02:44:32] [PaulB @ 6]: gratz alex.
    [02:44:33] [YethQ @ 6]: I took skeptic and I found Maxine's statement to be the case, I had astro just oculd not test it so got it removed
    [02:45:05] [YethQ @ 6]: is only really good for fighters imo
    [02:45:29] [PaulB @ 6]: Not true :P I don't like breaking more harv meds.
    [02:46:08] [YethQ @ 6]: I kept breaking mine, I kept saying my skeptic waz broken lol
    [02:46:44] [YethQ @ 6]: who knows maybe it was lol
    [02:46:51] [PaulB @ 6]: In 4 months I harvested 1,235,844 items and broke 43 harv meds. That's not too bad
    [02:47:24] [YethQ @ 6]: that is good, I just dont use them except for flowers and when I am realy waning to pick fast
    [02:47:49] [YethQ @ 6]: I make them tho
    [02:47:56] [Marty @ 6]: 3 broke for 1863551
    [02:48:14] [YethQ @ 6]: wow
    [02:48:26] [PaulB @ 6]: hax
    [02:48:37] [YethQ @ 6]: hmmmm, 1 for 2 errr
    [02:48:44] [Marty @ 6]: rarely use thenm :P
    [02:49:20] [Maxine @ 6]: skeptic is for fighters only
    [02:49:57] [PaulB @ 6]: And why is that?
    [02:50:09] [PaulB @ 6]: Harvesters don't like breaking more stuff :P
    [02:50:44] [YethQ @ 6]: she said it earlier, they still get astro for other areas, manu and something elsem maybe she repeat
    [02:51:05] [PaulB @ 6]: That isn't in the description for the perk.
    [02:51:10] [Maxine @ 6]: As far as i can tell, skeptic only affects a/d and magic, not any manufacturing or harvesting related astro
    [02:51:15] [PaulB @ 6]: It says no bonuses or penalties.
    [02:51:44] [Maxine @ 6]: degrade astro might be neutralised to, but that doesnt affect breakages in harvesting, that is just harvesting astro (event rate)
    [02:52:15] [Maxine @ 6]: I know what the perk description says
    [02:52:15] [YethQ @ 6]: now that makes sense
    [02:52:34] [PaulB @ 6]: I would think that anything astro related would be null with skeptic perk. That includes harvesting/mixing/etc. Not just a/d magic
    [02:53:24] [YethQ @ 6]: I took it and had really good days and really bad days for mixing, so I quit it, so I tend to feel that for me what Maxine says makes sense
    [02:53:30] [Maxine @ 6]: Thats what I thought too, and I didnt take the perk, but know people that did and they have reported that they still observe differences in other astro
    [02:54:13] [YethQ @ 6]: one person told me that there are two kinds of astro and skeptic only negates one of them
    [02:54:15] [Maxine @ 6]: the perk was introduced in response to complains from fighters that didnt like astro
    [02:55:52] [YethQ @ 6]: wehn I had skeptic I had to go mix a bunch of bars before I tried to mix high end stuff to see how my mixing was going to be
    [02:55:53] [Maxine @ 6]: SteelLord's comment might be it, that skeptics have 'old' (quicker changing) astro. No way to check that
    [02:56:31] [Maxine @ 6]: except what YethQ just said :)
    [02:57:11] [Maxine @ 6]: when a skeptic pro fails FE's, I think you will become a believer ;)
    Hourly time-stamp: log continued at 2014-03-19 03:00:35 localtime (Eastern Daylight Time)
    [03:00:38] [Roguepeach @ 6]: just like to way in here on skeptic and astro read the wiki description its all there
    [03:02:45] [PaulB @ 6]: Going from that it also leads one to believe that skeptic stops astro for a/d/crit to hit and damage/acc/magic/fail when mixing/rare items mixing/harv events
    [03:02:48] [Maxine @ 6]: what in the wiki describes the issue we are talking about? The wiki just gives the same info as the official perk description
    [03:03:16] [PaulB @ 6]: And would the official perk description be misleading then? Or accurate?
    [03:03:16] [Maxine @ 6]: yes Paul, the wiki just gives the official version
    [03:04:04] [YethQ @ 6]: what it is says it is compared to what peoples real experiences with it are dif
    [03:05:39] [PaulB @ 6]: Well let's say M&P break 1/300 for arguments sake. You could still break more than 1 in 300 but that doesn't mean you're being affected by astro.
    [03:05:44] [YethQ @ 6]: my experiences mainly mixing, I didnt notice the breakage, was less concerned with it, my mixing was H-ll with skeptic
    [03:07:12] [Maxine @ 6]: PaulB, I know about statistics and randomness, I think I have enough statistics to average out random fluctuations
    [03:07:18] [YethQ @ 6]: if is persistanly occuring then you must being affected by something so what is affecting hte skeptic
    [03:07:54] [PaulB @ 6]: Also the astro-like system talked about earlier before astro was put in place didn't get there through osmosis. It would have been something coded.
    [03:08:09] [PaulB @ 6]: I'm more wondering if that code was removed when astrology was implimented.
    [03:08:17] [YethQ @ 6]: all astro must be coded
    [03:08:39] [PaulB @ 6]: I'm talking about the system they mentioned that was here before astro.
    [03:08:55] [YethQ @ 6]: any system must be coded too
    [03:09:05] [PaulB @ 6]: Yes, that's my point :P
    [03:09:21] [YethQ @ 6]: great minds think alike
    [03:09:36] [YethQ @ 6]: and sometimes disagree too
    [03:09:39] [PaulB @ 6]: When astrology was added, was that old code removed is the queestion.
    [03:09:42] [YethQ @ 6]: lol
    [03:10:10] [Maxine @ 6]: I doubt that was removed, best person to ask would be Learner and not radu :

     

     

  8. Posted · Report reply

    After speaking with radu in PM I got some firm answers on the topic at hand.

     

    For starters, there was no system in place before astro that was astro like as some have stated. There was talk that before astro was put into the game that there was some system that varied by the hour instead of how astro works now. This is not true. This iinformation came from radu himself.

     

    Also, there were a few people saying that astro was for fighters only and that harvesters/mixers still had astro effects. This is also not true. Anyone who has skeptic is skeptic completely. Not just a/d and magic as some stated in channel 6 earlier in the week.

     

    I explained to radu about the conversation in 6 and he agreed that the people stating such were incorrect. Skeptic removes all astro effects from every category.

     

    Thanks to radu for clearing this up.

  9. Posted · Report reply

     

    Could be a "boss" monster for lower level players. Make some cool drops, books, armor etc #WORTH #THEDREAM

    Like the idea, but need thing for players straight from creation, because most quit within half an hour of starting (so usually on IP) or before level 40 afterwards, so this might help the <40 group, but will do nothing to help any that are deterred at start, as well as:

     

     

     

    Speculation? Where exactly are you getting this information from?

     

    @senzon

     

    I love the idea of it being a boss monster for low lvls. Another +1

  14. Posted · Report reply

    The page long discussion about breakage of a certain medallion is definitely off topic.

     

    I think these astro perks are totally overpowered and therefore I think they were made with these drawbacks in mind. I also believe there is some strategy behind these perks and therefore it should not be changed because anyone who has the perk may disagree with changing it after such a long time in game.

     

    Could you please explain how you came to this reasoning?

     

    This whole thread was made with the idea of breaking harvester medallions caused by the increase, not decrease of harvest events due to the CoS perk. Very much on-topic.

     

    It could be more on-topic if you could explain why you feel the following view is valid. I'm sure it would help in the topic at hand.

     

    I also believe there is some strategy behind these perks and therefore it should not be changed because anyone who has the perk may disagree with changing it after such a long time in game.

     

     

    Could you explain how you came to this conclusion?

  15. Posted · Report reply

     

    I would also like to note that weren't you aware of the effects of CoS perk before you took it? No perk should be taken without careful consideration of the risk involved.

     

     

    You'd have to find 1 serpent stone per harv med break, or 1 binding per 3 harv med breaks, or 1 enrichment for every 2 harv med breaks... the rareness levels make this not worth it. And I seriously doubt making "reducing the break rate" with the perk would be done to a level that would make it worth it..

     

     

    And what about the harvested items received between harvest medallion breaks? These hold no gc value? The quoted argument is flawed.

  16. Posted · Report reply

    Basically, noone's bringing that up because long-time harvers/mixers don't focus on it.

     

     

    This is your opinion. I wouldn't take this as a general consensus based off your interpretation of others game play style. I think the big issue here is more about the harvester medallion break rates with the CoS perk. More events means more experience, more gold and more blessings. These are all good things. Only downside to it is that you do break more harvester medallions which I agree, can be frustrating.

     

    I would think that a possible solution for this problem would be to request through the suggestions section of the forums that with CoS perk the chance to break harvester medallions is also decreased a bit.

     

    I would also like to note that weren't you aware of the effects of CoS perk before you took it? No perk should be taken without careful consideration of the risk involved.

  17. Posted · Edited by PaulB · Report reply

    Correct me if I am wrong but would more events for astro include a higher chance of finding rare stones which actually help manu workers out in their skills?

     

    Sounds like there is a benefit for it the way it is even though you're breaking more harv meds.

     

    I didn't vote though because I don't believe there should even be perks in game that alter astrology (besides for skeptic). I just noticed that nobody has even brought up this point about rare finds up in this topic considering all the people who would have this perk are manu workers and need binding/serp/enrichment stones and ofc the most wanted nexus removals.

  19. Posted · Edited by PaulB · Report reply

    I'm going to run this event again today Sunday March 9, 2014 at 6:00pm EST and the hide and seek at 7:00pm EST.

     

    I'm running it early so more people are on and have a chance to partake in the fun :)

     

    As always thanks for the support!

     

    PaulB

    GM of BO$$

     

    I am donating 1 Rostogol Stone to the prize pool!

     

    Anyone willing to donate to the pool for the hide and seek is more than welcome to message me either in game or here on the forums. You may also post here.

     

    OTHER DONATIONS TO THE PRIZE POOL:

     

    1,500 SRS donated by BO$$ guild

    1 Enriched Water Essence donated by Stitch

    1 Enriched Life Essence donated by Stitch

    1 Enriched Fire Essence donated by OldSchOol from the best polish guild PL

    1 Haidir Pass donated by OldSchOol from the best polish guild PL

    1 Serpent Stone donated by OldSchOol from the best polish guild PL

    1 Enriched Death Essence donated by Norad

    1 Haidir Pass donated by PrincessTitanium

     

    PRIZE POOL:

    1 Rostogol Stone

    1,500 SRS

    1 EWE

    1 ELE

    1 EFE

    2 Haidir Pass

    1 Serpent Stone

    1 EDE

     

    SPECIAL NOTE:

     

    Radu said in 6 that on new day he is going to make it Sun Tzu. I am still going to run this event but the only people who will be allowed to join in the hide and seek will be those that joined in the party on IP. I will keep a notepad file with the names of everyone attending the IP beam party and award the prize to the one of them that finds me during the hide and seek.

     

    Thanks :)

     

     

    THANKS ALL FOR PLAYING! MYD1 FOUND ME You are in Idaloran [432,597]

     

     

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  23. Posted · Report reply

    Almost correct paulb. In EL someone could actually do it, but not by buying from players. Someone with ~$2k to spend could fix those prices fairly easily by acting like an npc and selling at a fixed cost.

     

    E.g. someone buys 1k binders from Radu and fills all the bots with the first few hundred. Then sells for 5k each on their own bot. If they ever run out, just buy more etc.

     

    Doubtful anyone would do that at this point.

     

     

    Yes, true. But it's not just doubtful that would happen. While it would make radu extremely happy, it's a certainty that it's not going to happen.

  25. Posted · Report reply

    Well, this could all be manipulated if, someone (some great person) bought all the relevant articles ingame and sold at a loss. The problem is a doubt anyone will do that, and its the only way for things being sold in the shop because im 100% certain radu will never make them sold by an npc.

     

     

    This wouldn't work as you say. Someone else would just purchase the items at the lower price and resell for higher price. Happens often. With a open market and no throttle on the price it's impossible for one or even a few people to lower a market "value". That would require a community.

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