saxum Report post Posted July 27, 2011 I understand what ants are - artificial (un)intellegences with certain goals and a lot of abilities (nexus I assume, knowledge,etc). I actually have traded with ants in past buy stopped when I could not tell when they would give something back or would just treat it as a gift. What I have NEVER seen ants do is summon snakes - they kill them regularly like they do all creatures they think they can kill but the ONLY use in game for snakes is summoning which I have never seen ants do so _WHY_ do they kill snakes? Most are high enough level that they do not get any experience that matters and only other reason I can think of to do with them is sell them either to summoners or to those who are doing quests requiring snakes, Why do ants kill snakes? Just lack of coding to tell them creatures which are useful for parts and which are not? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maxine Report post Posted July 27, 2011 The ant pages lists what their desires are: http://el.other-life.com/ants.html And they don't sell items to players, they donate them I think I got most of my snake skins from ant-bags. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entris Report post Posted July 27, 2011 So just because you don't summon you can't kill the things that are used in summoning? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raz Report post Posted July 27, 2011 The ant pages lists what their desires are: http://el.other-life.com/ants.html And they don't sell items to players, they donate them I think I got most of my snake skins from ant-bags. But they do buy They also donated me an animal removal stone once! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
learg Report post Posted July 27, 2011 I got fire sword book once. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Choris Report post Posted July 27, 2011 Why do ants kill snakes? Just lack of coding to tell them creatures which are useful for parts and which are not? I think the point of creating artificial intelligence is not to hard-code in them what is useful and what is not, but let them learn it by themselves by trying everything and seeing what happens. They kill pretty much everything they see (at least until they have died to it a dozen times and realize it's bad for them). Killing snakes also gives them a/d exp, so it's not a bad idea for them to do that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Khalai Report post Posted July 28, 2011 I never get their presence in EL in the first place. Just another violet name spam to me... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tork_unib Report post Posted July 28, 2011 I think the ant's are just trying to help. In case you haven't noticed, they do tend to leave stuff lying about for lazy n00bs like me, and not just snake skins; - bones, wine etc. etc. I for one welcome the presence of the differently sentient in this game, and do not presume to project human-centric ideals onto their behavior. As long as the ants are happy playing the game, they're a welcome part of the community as far as i'm concerned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nathanstenzel Report post Posted August 5, 2011 Maybe the snakes were swallowing their smaller members whole? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DanRothar Report post Posted September 5, 2011 Word has it that ants were what made coding Lenny possible Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saxum Report post Posted September 5, 2011 If they are going to kill them then they should learn to summon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Panatella Report post Posted September 5, 2011 If they are going to kill them then they should learn to summon. Hmmm yes why not but... Why Lenny kill snakes/racoons/skunks/players and can't summon them Ok ants are not Lenny but hey, there are other things to think about Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Devnul Report post Posted September 6, 2011 If they are going to kill them then they should learn to summon. Hmmm yes why not but... Why Lenny kill snakes/racoons/skunks/players and can't summon them Ok ants are not Lenny but hey, there are other things to think about Snake skin can be used in extreme situations as goatskin water bag. I saw Bear Grylls on Discovery showing how to do this. Maybe Ants saw that TV show also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
saxum Report post Posted September 6, 2011 If they are going to kill them then they should learn to summon. Hmmm yes why not but... Why Lenny kill snakes/racoons/skunks/players and can't summon them Ok ants are not Lenny but hey, there are other things to think about Unlike players AND ANTs lenny has no nexus. They can make armor, weapons, potions and essences so I thought why could not one ant from each hill be summoner? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aislar Report post Posted September 7, 2011 sooooo, you're saying, if i don't summon, i shouldn't kill snakes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Devnul Report post Posted September 7, 2011 sooooo, you're saying, if i don't summon, i shouldn't kill snakes? Yes, that is correct Aislar. Unless you want to use them as goatskin water bag. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Entris Report post Posted September 8, 2011 If they are going to kill them then they should learn to summon. You can give them a headstart by giving the ants All the summoning books and what ever else they need to read and you might get what you want Share this post Link to post Share on other sites