Villemar_MxO wrote:

What about his post do you disagree with?

Darkhawk wrote:

If Rarebit's ideal intention was to force ppl to lvl up to being able to do the chapters and stuff - that was a complete asinine idea. Never force players to do such things because they won't. We do what we want, when we desire to to so and have the time. And in this case - not everyone has the time, a high lvl alt, or the patience for this "New System".

Cadsuane wrote:

It is not ridiculous to expect players of an MMORPG to level their characters or to work for rewards. 

Hopefully this will make it clear to you.  

Villemar_MxO wrote:

Shinryu wrote:

Cadsuane wrote:

It is not ridiculous to expect players of an MMORPG to level their characters or to work for rewards. 

Of course, but this isn't about levelling, getting rewards, getting items/equipment, etc.  This is about the core storyline; something that used to define MxO.  Outside of once in a blue moon LEs and the not-so-monthly monthly org meetings, there is no real way to take part in the story right now if you can't do the critical quests.

One could certainly say that we now have rewards/equipment, etc. to reward those interested in grinding for it, so that area is squared off.. but the way the content has shifted almost entirely over to these farm/grind jobs with level restrictions has alienated a lot of MxO's core playerbase.  There is room for both, and it wouldn't take a ton of work to strike a balance most players would be happy with.

Why are you even responding to someone who is clearly just mocking / insulting all of us for no reason other than to mock and insult? 

That was not my intention at all.  I happen to agree with much of what is expressed, Shinryu's quoted post being a good example.  My post was more of a response to the last paragraph of Darkhawk's post which I rather disagree with.

It is not ridiculous to expect players of an MMORPG to level their characters or to work for rewards. 

I'd like one male pair please.

I volunteer to guard all the doors hold all the keys a clue. 

Shinryu wrote:

but they did keep dropping Coder Subs

I noticed this too.  At first I thought 'uh oh, Rarebit made them drop the wrong thing' but then Claws started turning up as well so I just mentally shrugged and kept going :)

I understand why people like to recall or disguise into the zone but frankly it's not very far and any load should be able to brute-force their way down.  I do like this kind of encounter though.  It lets us reuse old areas for new purposes and gives first-timers something weird to look into. 

What we should be asking is what happened while the Oracle was away that she couldn't be around for. 

They're only level 53 or 54 or something, what exactly is giving you trouble?

Donatello!

:'(

Good call.  I support this suggestion. 

The closest I could find was some green lvl26s with 1%. 

I haven't checked to be sure but the most Accuracy a level 10 is likely to have should be 28. 

This isn't the thread of the dead remember, let's see some interesting buff combinations :)

Swiper, no swiping!

Bayamos wrote:

Damage isn't that useful

Quoted for Truth.

Croesis wrote:

Smith Voids - Standard scaled buffs or something perhaps with protection against being Smithied. Perhaps have a subtle flame effect in the lenses, layered in kinda same way as the snowglobes.

I like the sound of this.

Hisagawa wrote:

LOL!  That was worth 14.99

Gotta keep people subscribed somehow...

I see you need a /shades emote. 

Bravo CyberCasket, bravo.  Feel free to send me a tell if you need any help or advice. 

www.thetetragrammaton.com

Standard state duration is 8 seconds. 

It's just the one. 

I'm far too lazy to do it myself and the person I contracted has vanished.  Please post quotes, best offer wins job. 

*basks in everlasting NZ summer*

Purple is a fruit. 

WTB

Nice work, this could turn into something very interesting. 

Ribena. 

The gloves could be easily fixed then by giving them a required level and points rather than percents. 

I'm not surprised I got the balaclava wrong as I don't use MKT much, feel free to post a better version :)

Thanks, I forgot he'd posted that. 

Well there's no arguing with mathematics but I think the reason it's this way is because the true purpose of the corrupted code is to be traded for bandanas or headgears and Rarebit didn't want people to have to recycle them if they ended up with extra.  This isn't a point against your suggestion. 

monkeymanx8 wrote:

When is the expected release date for the next update?

<3

I thought it would be good fun to have a thread where people could suggest ideas for new Chapter Items. Please don't suggest anything too overpowered, most items have some kind of weakness to balance out the benefits.

My suggestions:

Patient Gloves

Max Health +15%          Max Inner Strength: +20%

The female version could look like red Arasiki Driving Gloves and the male version could be a brown fingerless type so that each would match the appropriate Widow's Moor Cap.  The strength of these gloves is the sizeable improvement to health and IS and the detriment is having no defense or resistance (NB: they preclude the use of Quicksilvers).  Originally I thought to set these at level 50 but then I realised they'd suit any level as their strength scales accordingly.

Balaclava

Thrown Resistance 20pts            Ballistic Damage Resistance 20pts

Disguise Duration 10pts              Invisibility Duration 10pts              Stealth 10pts

Level 30.  This should look essentially like the full-head masks we have now only perhaps with a camoflage pattern or something.  The advantage of this item is that it makes it easier for Spies to access dangerous areas and the disadvantage is the lack of protection once caught.

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Monday, Jan 27, 2009

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Aterum: Yes love, but the Machinists won't stand for the killing of their own.  They'll retailiate. 

PixleKitty: Yes, I am sure they will.  I don't know what he's up to.  Seems strange that all those Zions showed up.

Aterum: Hrrmmm, yes.  I think BloodlustV is up to his old tricks and trying to stir the pot.  And make the orgs upset at each other.

PixleKitty:Eh?

Aterum: I've been around longer than you, it's his MO.

Aterum: He gets the Zions involved, makes the mechs go after the Zions, tries to get off scott free ...

Aterum: and a whole big mess errupts

PixleKitty: Well ... won't it be fun for us to see what happens?  Is there any way we can benefit from this?

Aterum: Hrrmm, if we keep ourselves low, and out of the way for the most part.  Probably.

Aterum: Heh eh, BloodlustV does have a tendency to bite off more of the bone than he can chew. 

Aterum: And then getting in so much trouble, no one can save his sorry little butt.

PixleKitty: Oh my ...

Aterum: Don't feel sorry for him.  Cause and Effect!

Aterum: It is the consiquence of his own actions. 

Aterum:We just have to worry about how we can benefit from anything from all of this ourselves. 

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I hope they lock him up.  People shouldn't be allowed to get away with turning into goats to avoid being charged. 

I don't really know, I just want to clear the space.  Maybe I'll set it off and see what it looks like. 

Those ones would have been a mission item rather than a normal item.  They vanish once the mission ends.