For now on when I have a thought or question I'm just throwing it in this thread.
The first one is for account rules in codex.
This is the current:
1. Accounting:
a. One account per person, multiple allowed per IP (for multiple people in a household).
b. Having more than one account per person is forbidden.
c. Passing items from one of your characters to another is allowed.
Based on events of late I would like to suggest adding:
d. The use of another player's account is forbidden.
My suggestion thread
Re: My suggestion thread
Ah, good idea, i've written that on the codex. For those who don't completely understand the "one account per person".
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Bruce
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Re: My suggestion thread
I noticed that when digging up sand for glassblowing, the sand is not stackable, unlike ores which are stackable. Why is that?
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kellsar wolf
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Re: My suggestion thread
the mul files say what are stackable/not stackable. The appearance of the sand inside of that file doesn't allow it to be stackable.
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Thoughts thread instead.....
The other day I was asked why I didn't have a bio. I responded that it was because as far as I know you can't make one that was rideable or had a backpack. Example I'd like a bio with the look of a hiryu, was rideable, and had a backpack. Oh, and I don't have enough organics saved up for the project. I know you could make one that looked like it, but I am correct that the rest is not possible? I'm asking if that is currently correct, not if it can be changed to be done.
Re: My suggestion thread
Correct. You cannot mount a bio engineered creature. Human bio pets do have backpacks, however.
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Re: My suggestion thread
The animal bios also have backpacks
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Kile Morgan
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Re: My suggestion thread
Ok, but one of my three excuses is still valid so it's all good. Right now I still see a bio as a status symbol so it's not a priority. Also now there is yet some more info on them in here.
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Re: My suggestion thread
Bio's can be made rideable, but that is a decision for Coli to make. i would be interested in hearing why he doesn't want them to be so..
I use a max mule for mining. it can take anything i mine near, so I have no real reason for a rideable Bio,, however, if it were changed to allow them to be rideable I'd have to have one just because being the MOST UBER miner is my lifes goal
I use a max mule for mining. it can take anything i mine near, so I have no real reason for a rideable Bio,, however, if it were changed to allow them to be rideable I'd have to have one just because being the MOST UBER miner is my lifes goal
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Re: My suggestion thread
A while back someone asked me if a looted weapon that was enhanced was still considered looted or player made for purposes of leveled weapon. When I asked no one actually knew so I tested and found the answer is it stays the same, you get the 5 points per level.
I'd rather wait till the codex is updated as +Rayne said in chat last month(like 2 weeks ago) but. Exceptable character names, is that names that are sexually explicit or ones someone finds personally offensive? As I read it the second but I feel that could lead to all sorts of problems. I could go into more details as I tested that today. Just want to see a little less vague rule.
If the rules, in this case the unwritten ones are going to take a while to get posted could the senior staff make sure all the rest are up to date on them. Having Different rules being enforced by staff gets confusing, and I think causes more work in the long run.
Posted this before but I'm going to do so again here. How about having more non game affecting options with multiple payments. Item name change, basic graphic change etc. Things that do not effect the game like a layer or weapon type change. Perhaps including some of these as a bonus with one of the milestones or event. In that part, usually the reward is always ed or organics. I suggest that so more people show interest in them.
I'd rather wait till the codex is updated as +Rayne said in chat last month(like 2 weeks ago) but. Exceptable character names, is that names that are sexually explicit or ones someone finds personally offensive? As I read it the second but I feel that could lead to all sorts of problems. I could go into more details as I tested that today. Just want to see a little less vague rule.
If the rules, in this case the unwritten ones are going to take a while to get posted could the senior staff make sure all the rest are up to date on them. Having Different rules being enforced by staff gets confusing, and I think causes more work in the long run.
Posted this before but I'm going to do so again here. How about having more non game affecting options with multiple payments. Item name change, basic graphic change etc. Things that do not effect the game like a layer or weapon type change. Perhaps including some of these as a bonus with one of the milestones or event. In that part, usually the reward is always ed or organics. I suggest that so more people show interest in them.
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Re: My suggestion thread
Good Ideas...
Only wanted to comment on names.. its always amazed me what people pick for names, and then they get offended when asked to change them.
maybe its just me, but when someone popped into my shard with a name like banna head, or nosebooger.. my thoughts were that they were not "serious" about their characters, and in direct relatioln not really "serious" about the game...
i have been given Grief about my name in the past as well.. because its spelled wrong.. My name came from a story my son wrote about ten years ago. Prince of the shattered throne. the name comes from the prince of the night who was also skilled as a Knight.. i was trying to think of a name, and he suggested the nickname of the character in his story. hence.. KnitePrince.. so yes I am serious about the name and have used it in every game Ive played since then
Goofy names could also come from someone with a goofy personality, someone that enjoys making other laugh, but offencive and slanderous names are usually chosen by someone wanting to get away with something, or immature enough to think they can.
Experience has also shown that those are "usually" the people that cause problems.. but not always... anyhow, back to Kile's suggestions!!
Only wanted to comment on names.. its always amazed me what people pick for names, and then they get offended when asked to change them.
maybe its just me, but when someone popped into my shard with a name like banna head, or nosebooger.. my thoughts were that they were not "serious" about their characters, and in direct relatioln not really "serious" about the game...
i have been given Grief about my name in the past as well.. because its spelled wrong.. My name came from a story my son wrote about ten years ago. Prince of the shattered throne. the name comes from the prince of the night who was also skilled as a Knight.. i was trying to think of a name, and he suggested the nickname of the character in his story. hence.. KnitePrince.. so yes I am serious about the name and have used it in every game Ive played since then
Goofy names could also come from someone with a goofy personality, someone that enjoys making other laugh, but offencive and slanderous names are usually chosen by someone wanting to get away with something, or immature enough to think they can.
Experience has also shown that those are "usually" the people that cause problems.. but not always... anyhow, back to Kile's suggestions!!
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Re: My suggestion thread
On names I'm thinking more like Historical names of mass murderers and serial killers. Not a different spelling of a name then standard or someone that easily could be something different to others. The name Chip to one is just a name, while someone else could think they mean C.H.P. or someone who ran over the family dog.
Yesterday I used Son of Sam as my test because one, he's world known by that and not his actual name, he's a serial killer, it could be possible they are using something similar to Kell, son of Grom or Ned of Kelly. Lastly, Through a former job I got to know some of the family of one of the actual killers victims so on a personal level I can honestly say I do take offense. The point is I could ask them to change that name or Chemical Ali(gassed Iranian conscript soldiers and kurds among other for example) then someone could ask for one of mine changed for someone I've never even heard of. I'm not asking that as I said before. Honestly more like give it it's own section with some examples of unacceptable names that doesn't leave it open to reprisal name changes.
Yesterday I used Son of Sam as my test because one, he's world known by that and not his actual name, he's a serial killer, it could be possible they are using something similar to Kell, son of Grom or Ned of Kelly. Lastly, Through a former job I got to know some of the family of one of the actual killers victims so on a personal level I can honestly say I do take offense. The point is I could ask them to change that name or Chemical Ali(gassed Iranian conscript soldiers and kurds among other for example) then someone could ask for one of mine changed for someone I've never even heard of. I'm not asking that as I said before. Honestly more like give it it's own section with some examples of unacceptable names that doesn't leave it open to reprisal name changes.
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Kile Morgan
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Re: My suggestion thread
Think someone mentioned this before, but could the corkscrew be made to also empty dna vials?
At some point make the specialized containers such as the gem bag be insurable/blessable?
At some point make the specialized containers such as the gem bag be insurable/blessable?
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Re: My suggestion thread
Actually my first bio of what was supposed to be a human but instead was a evil mage also has a backpack also. I'm hoping I can bond it to my necromancer instead. He came out as less then perfect but better then I expected with my meager experience in the area. Again thanks for the information.+Rayne wrote:Correct. You cannot mount a bio engineered creature. Human bio pets do have backpacks, however.
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Re: My suggestion thread
Rather then dig this up and considering I started this thread as a catch all for my thoughts I'll post it here.
A while back +Colibri you wanted to change how mining worked on this shard. Rather then consider alternate ways of
implementing it I just stubbornly said no. I'd like to change that.
Would it be possible to tell everyone a week before doing it and then for a week implementing the change and seeing how people feel about the alteration? This is something I should have asked rather then just planting my feet and refusing to move. I realize it would be more work but I think it would be a better idea. Describing how something would work and doing a demo are two different things.I also realize this may be coming far too late but if so I'm sorry.
Next, again I would like to submit the idea of having some of the edd only purchases such as ones that will not have a direct game effect other then looks, item name changes, changing a headband to a helm etc. I know this is directly opposite of what a couple of others have suggested but for instance it costs gold to do a player mane cahange, why not have an item name change cost gold or tokens.
Another thing again, there is a as you know long list of things that need to be fixed, instead of implementing new functions which will also need to be tweaked, could the broken ones be worked on first, going from easiest to hardest? Could you take the time to have a list of the things currently being worked on and what problems you are stuck on? I can't setup runuo1.0 as I'd have to downgrade too many things I need but I know there are people who would jump at the chance to help in that area, the best I could do is search the runuo forums and link to a upgraded fix. For instance someone had posted the ring sets and for example the regents could be used directly for the key.
Another question since I've seen people claiming it was supposed to be implamented. I know there is a final ver of levelable armor at runuo and it appeared there was a 1.0 and 2.0 ver. Was it ever really going to be implemented here. I mean as far as it goes with me I'm torn between it being too powerful, but then I look at the mage inquisiton armore pieces and start to reconsider. I'm one of those people who like the samurai style armor, but I can never get one setup the way I want so in that way it would be a plus though valor armor would likely make me switch out rather quickly.
My last part in my by monthly ramble is a bit different. I'd like to have bothe players and staff consider newer or average
players. On the one side handing them out full plat armor and weapons isn't that helpful to them getting ahead. Some will then turn around and come to expect it. On the other, I notice some of the older players wanting changes made the basicly exclude them from joining in. Examples Someone requesting tok arties being removed because they had such a high luck they were getting them from every other kill. Another was to raise the difficulty on dungeons because they were getting boared. Events that are one uping the last event and the trend is now to put them mostly in fell. I'm not specificly talking about the +Vertas events, but a trend with several staff. The best event for multiple skilled players was the build a castle event. Everyone could find some place to fit in and work together. I'd like to see more along that setup even if I am never on to enjoy them. When posting about this sort of thing before I believe I did not come out the way I wanted, this isn't about me but about the low and mid range players. Also I hate seeing people post not enjoying themselves because they stand no chance but want to be involved.
A while back +Colibri you wanted to change how mining worked on this shard. Rather then consider alternate ways of
implementing it I just stubbornly said no. I'd like to change that.
Would it be possible to tell everyone a week before doing it and then for a week implementing the change and seeing how people feel about the alteration? This is something I should have asked rather then just planting my feet and refusing to move. I realize it would be more work but I think it would be a better idea. Describing how something would work and doing a demo are two different things.I also realize this may be coming far too late but if so I'm sorry.
Next, again I would like to submit the idea of having some of the edd only purchases such as ones that will not have a direct game effect other then looks, item name changes, changing a headband to a helm etc. I know this is directly opposite of what a couple of others have suggested but for instance it costs gold to do a player mane cahange, why not have an item name change cost gold or tokens.
Another thing again, there is a as you know long list of things that need to be fixed, instead of implementing new functions which will also need to be tweaked, could the broken ones be worked on first, going from easiest to hardest? Could you take the time to have a list of the things currently being worked on and what problems you are stuck on? I can't setup runuo1.0 as I'd have to downgrade too many things I need but I know there are people who would jump at the chance to help in that area, the best I could do is search the runuo forums and link to a upgraded fix. For instance someone had posted the ring sets and for example the regents could be used directly for the key.
Another question since I've seen people claiming it was supposed to be implamented. I know there is a final ver of levelable armor at runuo and it appeared there was a 1.0 and 2.0 ver. Was it ever really going to be implemented here. I mean as far as it goes with me I'm torn between it being too powerful, but then I look at the mage inquisiton armore pieces and start to reconsider. I'm one of those people who like the samurai style armor, but I can never get one setup the way I want so in that way it would be a plus though valor armor would likely make me switch out rather quickly.
My last part in my by monthly ramble is a bit different. I'd like to have bothe players and staff consider newer or average
players. On the one side handing them out full plat armor and weapons isn't that helpful to them getting ahead. Some will then turn around and come to expect it. On the other, I notice some of the older players wanting changes made the basicly exclude them from joining in. Examples Someone requesting tok arties being removed because they had such a high luck they were getting them from every other kill. Another was to raise the difficulty on dungeons because they were getting boared. Events that are one uping the last event and the trend is now to put them mostly in fell. I'm not specificly talking about the +Vertas events, but a trend with several staff. The best event for multiple skilled players was the build a castle event. Everyone could find some place to fit in and work together. I'd like to see more along that setup even if I am never on to enjoy them. When posting about this sort of thing before I believe I did not come out the way I wanted, this isn't about me but about the low and mid range players. Also I hate seeing people post not enjoying themselves because they stand no chance but want to be involved.