So, I noticed last year a lot of players got bored and decided to take a break from Vector, and I saw a lot of Mervs and Machines check out Reccy for a while (I got an alt to 50 there myself last year).  Now, some of these ex-Vectorites are coming back while some are on Syntax going for the Trifecta (having a 50 on all 3 servers), for example, DM is doing this.

However, I've seen a lot of Recursionites emigrate to Vector lately...a lot!  In fact over the past week I've already recruited 2 old veterans from Reccy tired of the drama or bored and just looking for better PvP.  So, I think this will be a good year for Vector!

Anyone noticing similar patterns?

If Morpeus is truly alive and he and Neo are coming back, that only means one thing....the beginning of the end.  I seriously hope this is just an elaborite ruse by EPN to instill false hope.....

Cmon, I've seen this movie before....

Had some fun tonite checking out /play times on all my chars (been here since day one):



Villemar: 51 Days 1 Hour 17 Minutes
All Other Alts:  28 Days 1 Hour 3 Minutes


Total Playtime: Approx. 79 Days 2 Hours

OMG I'm such a L00zer!!!!111

I was wondering, of the factions still remaining, which one is the oldest?  I know Furious Angels and the Collective go way back to Summer 2004 at least.  Mine (Les Enfants Terribles) has been around since late 2004.  I'm sure there are a few others from back then.

It would be cool to see a list of all the still-remaining factions in MxO since beta. 

So finally, I've gotten everything except the exec shell that's needed to get my Blood Noble shirt.  I finally found the white hallway and the correct door that leads you into the that T-shaped room with the 4 55's.  Where I got quickly pwned.  I was expecting an Elite Commando-type layout where you have a standard white room layout where you can hang in a corner and lure them out one by one.  That didn't seem to work here...used sneak to stay as far back in one of the halls and the second I went at it with the 55 the other 3 55's came a runnin'.

After that is the Death Room right?  Should I just go right there and sneak into the back room and do my luring that way?  Just curious....I'm pretty much done with all of 12.1 and trying to wrap this all up and this is the last thing I need to do.

OK come on now.  This is really getting aggravating.   This hasn't been fixed since Thursday.  Can we get this sorted please?  Paying subscribers should at least be able to access the game without workarounds.

I felt this posting from Quidormit merited its own thread:

QuiDormit wrote:

Yeah.  I imagine SOE meetings go something like a meeting I had at a couple of years ago at my last job.  I'll never forget it, because it was incomprehensible to me.

(lightly paraphrased to protect the poor useless product and the moron upper management with shady business practices)
Boss:  "So we need to talk about [product] support."
Me:  "Wait, you mean people still pay for [product]?"
Boss:  "Well, yeah.  I mean, it's one-of-a-kind.  It's the only product that does what it does, so there's a niche market."
Me:  "But it's antiquated technology!  No one even uses pagers any more, do they?"
Boss:  "We want to get rid of it, but it brings in money, and it's still profitable as long as we don't spend any time on it.  We need to essentially stop supporting it in the hopes that people will stop using it.  However, we don't want to actively drop it since people are still willing to pay for it.  Some people are paying for it and aren't even using the product any more, and it could be a problem for us if they realize that they still pay us every month for something they're not using."
Me:  "Well, I'm supposed to be the top tier support for it, and I didn't even know it was still in use, so I'd say we have that one nailed down.  Still, that seems... off."
Boss:  "Yeah, you're right.  Still, don't spend any man hours working on it if anything comes up.  If the server happens to die, we'll at least be done with it."

I'd say that accurately describes our current situation, mm?

I've been thinking about this...(and thank you QuiDormit for the OP on Tranque's thread).

Reason being I can see this as the only logical explanation.

Walrus promised us a Producer's Letter which we never got.  We literally get nothing but a complete, utter, total wall of complete silence in regards to this game.

I think we are being completely frozen out in the method that QuiDormit describes.  The more time goes by the more I am conviced of this.  There can be no other logical explanation. 

I think this is a horrible strategy for building a loyal customer base over time.  If this is the scenario here I will never buy another SOE product again (not that I was likely to after all of this...but only a few months ago I was eager to try the Agency.  Now?  Never).  I have a few more things to take care of in the simulation but once that's wrapped up, it's over.

Thoughts?

(And if this is exactly what's going on here, when will your Exit Date for MxO be?)

OK I'm finally ready to tackle the N3O Agents so I can get a second pair of QS gloves and some more QS pills.  I haven't done this yet, my current pair of gloves that I bought will die soon and I've bought a few QS on the MP here and there.

I've noticed that the Datamining Guide here in DN1 is pretty scattershot and uncoordinated, people would just post random tidbits as they discovered them but no one "put it all together" in a definative guide.  Especially in regard to QS/OD drops and tactics etc.

With that in mind, my questions are, how many people are needed to take these guys down, and what's the best loadout/strategy for it?  Also, if you have more people on your team will the number of N30 spawns increase or is the amount static?

Lastly, what exatcly drops and how do you "learn" how to code the gloves or pills?  Is the thing that drops...along with the Quicksilver Frag, a luggable or a singleton?  Does it make a special compliler?  I understand its called a Quicksilver Compilation Module.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I think we need a little inspiration!  WHO'S WITH ME???

In light of all the aggravation we've had to go through over the past couple days, rather than return to double XP, perhaps we could maybe consider triple XP?  Times a wastin!