Aislinn

Question for you all: when you are talking about getting a "black screen", do you mean the entire monitor goes black or just the EL window? I ask because I've had a handful of times my entire monitor went black and chalked it up to monitor troubles but now I wonder...since it doesn't happen often but always when actively doing something in EL. (I run dual monitors and it only happened on the one I was actively doing something in EL on so I just figured my monitor was going bad. It hasn't happened in ages though.)

The reason for this post: [14:17:34] [Aislinn @ 145200]: Just a heads up all, per radu just this week, it IS against invance rules to run straight to mb spawn and even more against rules to grab it and leave. [14:19:43] [TheCarnageX @ 145200]: can u make that an offical forums thing before people get in trouble like i nearly just did lol [14:20:49] [Aislinn @ 145200]: hardly the first time it's come up but sure, I'll post the conversation later. Should be kind of obvious. [14:21:26] [TheCarnageX @ 145200]: not really its a known thing that people do serping it form someone already on it sure but ive never even heard the notion of going for it being a problem [14:21:46] [TheCarnageX @ 145200]: taking it and leaving sure as rules state unless you really haft to you shouldnt leave invance until end [14:22:37] [Aislinn @ 145200]: here's the thing: you max capped people who don't get exp yet still run for it completely eliminate everyone else's chances to get it [14:23:53] [TheCarnageX @ 145200]: fair enough just please make a forums post or smth as i know buddies that do it and are in no way knowing they are violating a rule same as i just nearly did [14:24:03] [Aislinn @ 145200]: this is a team event, not a run and grab the best you can before everyone else is able [14:24:19] [Aislinn @ 145200]: if you actually played for your levels, you'd kjnow., Funny the rest of us do. [14:24:40] [TheCarnageX @ 145200]: Not as if ur own guildies dont do the same thing tho is it [14:25:26] [Aislinn @ 145200]: I am trying to do my part to contribute to this invance, not argue with you. Take your gripes privately after invance, please. Invances: Invances are team events. The entire point is to clear the map within a time limit. Everyone who shows up is part of this invance team. Everyone who shows up is expected to stay on the map to help the team win from start to finish. It is not a place to farm the bosses, serp your other teammates, train a/d experience, go AFK because you're at work, or stand around at the gate while others do the hard work. If you bring more than one character, all characters need to be actively fighting. If you are at work, don't come unless you can still actively fight. If you're only here for the MB, just don't come. The problem: Common sense. It seems that some people think anything goes if it's not explicitly laid out for their precise situation. The current invance rule set does cover participation requirements but later only specifies undercappers who don't receive the end experience. Now we have a max a/d (and to some extent max attribs) issue unique to this range - these characters also receive no experience at the end but can pretty much walk around unscathed as they are the equivalent of overcappers elsewhere and have no higher range to jump to but are still allowed to enter. As anyone who does the 145-200 knows, it's been an ongoing problem that some (I am not saying every one does it) very high level and high attribs characters have been joining and running straight to the mb spawn(s) before the invance even starts - waiting to grab them before anyone else can get there and either soloing them or calling their buddies over. Even more obnoxiously, some often leave after mbs are gone since they won't get the end exp anyway. Apparently some have missed the memo that this is a big no-no, even if it should be obvious. That is not team invancing. That is abusing the situation to boss farm. [As a little side note here, it's also rude and obnoxious to do the same thing in invasions - show up when it starts and is packed full, find the bosses (like mbs and casties), and kill the bosses immediately while nobody else can do it yet, then leave as soon as the bosses are gone and go instance. You know who you are.] Solution for now: So here is the conversation I had with radu (permission granted to post) earlier this week after listening to quite a few invance goers' complaints. [13:20:44] [PM to mercator: tell radu What do you think of the idea of removing the mb from the 145200 invance?] [18:07:01] [PM from radu: why?] [18:16:53] [PM to radu: so people who are maxed and don't get any more a/d exp don't show up, run over to grab it, and then leave :p] [18:16:53] [PM from radu: Automessage: I am currently away from my computer] [18:20:52] [PM to radu: the invance has a nice reward without it, and people get pissed off when some people enter, go straight to the mb spawn area and wait for it.] [18:23:15] [PM from radu: but that's a bit against the rules, no?] [18:23:44] [PM to radu: I think you'd find people would rather the trouble be removed than have to play reporter :p] [18:23:56] [PM from radu: no] [18:24:12] [PM from radu: they should report those doing it] [18:24:40] [PM to radu: then it causes a ton of fighting and drama and pisses everybody off] [18:38:53] [PM from radu: why? rules are rules] [18:40:02] [PM to radu: it just ruins the fun of it for everyone else] [19:19:34] [PM from radu: well, again, we can ban them from invances] I'm sure most people who participate in invances know this, but for those of you who borrowed your max a/d character and don't know what players who actually play know, there is a mod command to ban players from invances. I'm not a fan of this solution. I'd rather just remove the problem. So don't expect leniency from me if I have to handle it further. I go to have a good time and work hard to do my part. If that gets interrupted by selfish, greedy twits who should know better, and I have to spend that time instead dealing with you and listening to your angry pm spam because of it, it won't go well with you. You are warned. Spread the word.

Revised October 26, 2021 Invances are team events. The entire point is to clear the map within a time limit. If you enter, you *must* help the team win. No sabotaging other players. Gatekeeper must never go AFK and must allow people through the gate. No AFKing for *any* reason, anywhere. No leaving the map (with the exception of a quick restock) for any reason and then come back near the end just for the experience. If you must AFK, you must exit the invance and not return. This is not an event to farm bosses, serp other players, train a/d, stand around at the gate while others do the work, or go AFK. If you bring more than one character, all characters need to be actively fighting at all times. Do not show up just for the bosses or run over to the boss spawns to wait for them before it even starts. If you do not get experience (undercappers or maxed 178ers), you cannot go and cherry pick what mobs you want then leave. You must go in good gear - "good" will depend on the range and will be more flexible for the lower ranges. You are not helping the team if you show up in leathers/augs, iron swords, and training arrows, no matter how high your stats are. If you go *only* as an archer and will not do melee, you must have reasonably high AP, must not use training arrows, and must come down from the walls and continue to range in the field when those mobs are gone. Plan to shoot approximately 300 arrows (or 200 with Ethereal Ranger perk/bow). Observers are allowed but you must not clutter the channel with chat, are not allowed to cherry pick mobs to kill, and are not allowed to pick up bags. You must not get in the way or inconvenience those who fight. This also applies to alts of team members who are not in range. If you see someone breaking these rules, report them via the #abuse command immediately while the invance is still going on. It's difficult to check it out if you report it two days later. **Lower ranges (40-60 and 60-80) do not have the archery and gear requirements. **Breaking these rules can result in you being banned from invances.

For completion: this new rule set will replace the old rule set in the ingame Encyclopedia and in the Official Rules forum section. The old set will be moved and saved elsewhere. Also Radu has requested these be put in the EL-Wiki so I'll be sending pm's to Vino and Ghrae for EL-CEL. Invance Rules Invances are team events. The entire point is to clear the map within a time limit. If you enter, you *must* help the team win. No sabotaging other players. Gatekeeper must never go AFK and must allow people through the gate. No AFKing for *any* reason, anywhere. No leaving the map (with the exception of a quick restock) for any reason and then come back near the end just for the experience. If you must AFK, you must exit the invance and not return. This is not an event to farm bosses, serp other players, train a/d, stand around at the gate while others do the work, or go AFK. If you bring more than one character, all characters need to be actively fighting at all times. Do not show up just for the bosses or run over to the boss spawns to wait for them before it even starts. If you do not get experience (undercappers or maxed 178ers), you cannot go and cherry pick what mobs you want then leave. You must go in good gear - "good" will depend on the range and will be more flexible for the lower ranges. You are not helping the team if you show up in leathers/augs, iron swords, and training arrows, no matter how high your stats are. If you go *only* as an archer and will not do melee, you must have reasonably high AP, must not use training arrows, and must come down from the walls and continue to range in the field when those mobs are gone. Plan to shoot approximately 300 arrows (or 200 with Ethereal Ranger perk/bow). Observers are allowed but you must not clutter the channel with chat, are not allowed to cherry pick mobs to kill, and are not allowed to pick up bags. You must not get in the way or inconvenience those who fight. This also applies to alts of team members who are not in range. If you see someone breaking these rules, report them via the #abuse command immediately while the invance is still going on. It's difficult to check it out if you report it two days later. **Lower ranges (40-60 and 60-80) do not have the archery and gear requirements. **Breaking these rules can result in you being banned from invances.

I sent a complete rewrite draft to radu and will let you know as soon as he okays it (or after we hash out some details if needed ).

I'll talk to radu. I think the whole thing could use a redo but at the very least this bit needs to be condensed and added. How much time do you think we have?

I unlocked MilesMercator after a chat with Vino. Revi did the locks but he had to be away for a bit and after looking at logs it doesn't seem that anyone else benefited here. Revi will still handle the original issue when he gets back.

So you ended up really close to me! I love it here! Thank you so much for sharing that.

Lovely! Where were you? I'm up in the fringe of Lakes Region by the Maine border.

Gotcha!

Done.

Your IP isn't banned here so that's not the problem. Is it possible your ISP is blocking port 2000? I see nothing from the IP you are posting here from. It might help if you tell me what character name you are trying to create. Forums and the actual game are separate entities. Being online in forums has nothing to do with game access. There is a thread for requesting account approvals. It also would help if you happened to mention the account name here, as well.

Why not just click the "S" on the HUD on your client?

Just want to say I really enjoy your photography. Thanks for sharing!

Well according to this link here... http://www.eternal-lands.com/forum/index.php?/topic/56879-request-for-unblocking/&tab=comments#comment-563667 ...the megatron character will not be unlocked ever. Also during your stay here, there were many abuse reports about really foul and abusive language from you.

I have both thermy and fire serps. In instances, invances, and invasions, I use thermy as my default. It seems to work really nice for me on swarms of yeti, FT, trice, Lorcs/Ltrolls, giants, acw, rd, and black dragons. I switch out to fire/fa for nasps, mb, and milf (also often I use thermy/fa for nasps). Fire and shield for icy, big blue, ldb, and ldp. Casty either hally or fire. I love that they each are 2 emu. I have both insured and well worth it imo. I've never tried magic or ice serps. (Anything lower I'll use hally). Regarding phantom warriors, the radioactive titanium long sword melts them like butter.

More buddies!

Agree.

The two eye candy effects I've observed are: The particle columns that happen after I kill a mob occasionally are bigger and brighter than they usually are. The mana drain spell effect is occasionally bigger and brighter than it usually is. Both can happen if I cast the spell or kill the mob, or if others do also. Doesn't seem to be a distinction there. The entire screen doesn't change, just the specific eye candy event does. It may happen on other things that I just haven't paid attention to, or it may not. No idea. I have no idea when this started other than it's been happening for quite some time and I just thought it was supposed to. I did speculate once in a while on various reasons somebody might have coded it this way, like the mob was special in some way or something. As far as I can tell, nothing "bad" happens (for me) like client crashing, or going blank or bright or black. I just pegged it as one of those EL quirks that nobody ever explained. Then one day during a recent invasion somebody casually mentioned it and others (including me) said "Yeah, that happens to me too!" so I posted. My details: Max Effects Framerate: 45.00 Min Effects Framerate: 12.00 Light columns threshold: 2 Max Idle Cycles Per Second: 32 FPS: Limited to 45 Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 Vendor ID: NVIDIA Corporation OpenGL Version: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.63.01 Client Version: Latest Git OS: Linux arch 5.13.9-arch1-1 I guess I should add I have no idea what most of these settings do or what they should be set at (other than FPS). I don't know what default is, or remember if I've tinkered with them or not.

My particle rate is set to 40 and I still get it.

Me again, sorry So for a while now, I've noticed that every once in a while a spell effect (for example mana drain) would show up that looks like 3 times the intensity of how it normally looks. It also seems to me that the particle effects when a mob dies has the same issue - every once in a while, one would be much more powerful and intense. Today in the invasion somebody else made a comment about it and it turns out others see the same thing happen - but only once in a while. The general consensus is it started happening with #ver 1.9.5p9 but I personally have no clue when it started. Any ideas on this?

Yes please. Even if all the behaviors worked, I find the summon window inconvenient and awkward at best while in the midst of fighting. I'd much rather a simple toggle like glow on/off (and a nice little letter to click like glow has).

Locked. (Debating whether to prune it or just remove the entire thing.)

Yes, that was the problem, although in my ctrl O options there are two separate ones: "Relocate Quickbar" and "Relocate Quick Spells" in the HUD tab. I had been using the right-click options on the bars themselves. Solved, tyvm!

One thing I've noticed on the client is when I'm making my client window smaller by dragging the edges in, when I go to resize it to the default size I've set in options, the quickbar and spell bars do not go back to their original positions on the side hud. They should start right below the EL icon at the top right but after resizing, they are at least a good inch lower and I have to enable moving them again to reset them back to normal.