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#161 BigGrim

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 17:38

is there any chance that the new arena items introduce today :)


So,we won`t get new sets today?


Fraid not. I prefer to get this kinda large scale purge and refresh done in one go after a wee bit of planning. Usually works. :lol:

I know this is a pipe dream, but what chance is there of announcing in advance the LE's that will be used in the new sets to avoid profiteering by just a couple of people? The first person to win one of the new recipes will have the advantage, of course and can have their guildmates buy up everything and jack up prices.


I don't generally like doing this but you never know. Maybe.

Oh, and one other thing while you're working on it, BG, in the past we talked about creating gold arenas with larger prizes than 1 million, like we had in the past. I can't imagine this being very difficult. Any chance you might want to take care of that as long as you're fixing stuff? If not, It's cool. Thank you.


And yes Dale, I shall add some of those high gold arenas across a few level bands. I think we all agreed on 16 to 32 man tournies there, right?


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Grim, before you release the new gear, can you sanity check the values given to enhancements on new gear?

see Ticket ZPL-241351 for an example about what I mean.


Just answered that for ya. Fixed the set bonus but the numbers are correct for enhancements getting to 100 without boosting the stats.

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 17:55

I really like what is coming up and I have also been keeping an eye again every 15 minutes if something new showed up, but still I'd like to point out again, that apart from introducing the new sets with possible changed recipes still the main issues are in the formatting. Many of the mentioned issues involved minor changes with potentially big effects in how the arena is running (16>8 player tournies or changed entry fees).

Don't you think it would be better to first introduce these small changes, see what happens in the arena, and then introduce the new sets? Instead of doing a major reshuffling which definitely will be exciting in the beginning but with a big risk that in two months we're back to the current situation.

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 18:02

Grim, while you're in the mood to answer tickets regarding set bonuses and enhancements, several that I'm aware of, including some I've submitted myself and have disappeared after getting copy/paste answers from support, have had problems with the bhaltairs set bonus. Specifically, it is an attack/damage/defense set, in that order. Yet the set bonus gives +240 to armor, and nothing to damage....please address.

It would be appreciated, considering how much pain and suffering I had to go through just to get my hands on the bloody things.

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 18:07

Don't you think it would be better to first introduce these small changes, see what happens in the arena, and then introduce the new sets?


Actually, many of these small changes were part of my original setup from before I left for Sigma. I know about things like 8 man higher level tournies coz we implemented that after feedback the last time I did this.

Specifically, it is an attack/damage/defense set, in that order. Yet the set bonus gives +240 to armor, and nothing to damage....please address.


I mentioned tweaking the set bonus above but will elaborate here. The 240 Armor was supposed to be damage. That has now been moved to damage to fix the mistake.

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 18:16

SWEET! THANK YOU, Grim.

I like how you fix in 5 minutes what's been a problem for 3 + months...

#166 celendais

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 18:16

why not have a timer on the tourneys? If they don“t fill in X hours they are cancelled and entry fees are returned... Not for moves though.

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 18:33

Don't you think it would be better to first introduce these small changes, see what happens in the arena, and then introduce the new sets?


Actually, many of these small changes were part of my original setup from before I left for Sigma. I know about things like 8 man higher level tournies coz we implemented that after feedback the last time I did this.

Specifically, it is an attack/damage/defense set, in that order. Yet the set bonus gives +240 to armor, and nothing to damage....please address.


I mentioned tweaking the set bonus above but will elaborate here. The 240 Armor was supposed to be damage. That has now been moved to damage to fix the mistake.




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#168 celendais

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 18:43

I used the bhaltairs +armor in my setups :-( no more yathul gems for Celendais now :-(( :?

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 18:51

In reference to what Gravely said about the Bhaltairs set. It shows 240 damage on the items in the set bonus's. =D When i go to join an arena with the Bhaltairs set, its still showing 240 armor on my STATS =/

#170 fs_gravely

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 18:54

[facepalm]...

After checking my actual stats in PvP, I'm getting the same damage score I was getting pre fix.

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#171 evilbry

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 19:02

possibly a caching issue?

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Posted 03 March 2010 - 23:55

Hey Grim i have some idea which items we don't need anymore:
first the Gurgriss parts we don't need them anymore there are a lot set ups now and actually we are waiting 1 or more days for start the tournament
second the potions of shocware,find item we don't need them anymore no1 is using the shockwere potion the find item potion can be get from the auction house>special
second the buff master recipe we don't need it too
I think we should keep the old components but maybe you must rise the time that appear the crystal skull and the little the rest components parts(crow of umbor,gem of mae,fire stone of bothild,silver horn and the arthfaels claw)
i have see in the new guide site the new LE items that you plan to add they are nice i remember the one set was for level 100 the another level 280 and the rest don't remember and please if possibly maybe you must return the Xind Hearth and the Dwarven War Gauntlets :)

P.S and there are still issue that must be fix :)

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 01:19

Hey Grim i have some idea which items we don't need anymore:
first the Gurgriss parts we don't need them anymore there are a lot set ups now and actually we are waiting 1 or more days for start the tournament
second the potions of shocware,find item we don't need them anymore no1 is using the shockwere potion the find item potion can be get from the auction house>special
second the buff master recipe we don't need it too
I think we should keep the old components but maybe you must rise the time that appear the crystal skull and the little the rest components parts(crow of umbor,gem of mae,fire stone of bothild,silver horn and the arthfaels claw)
i have see in the new guide site the new LE items that you plan to add they are nice i remember the one set was for level 100 the another level 280 and the rest don't remember and please if possibly maybe you must return the Xind Hearth and the Dwarven War Gauntlets :)

P.S and there are still issue that must be fix :)



First Off, If you take out Gurgriss it would go extinct. The Arena is the only way to get them. And the pots are OKAY.

#174 fs_philip333

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 01:20

We are going to be stripping out the Arena, This means we are doing a major haul on the items over the next 2 days. Some items will remain there but ideally by the end of tomorrow we should have it completed and new things in the arena also.


Next 2 days? It's been past them two days. :(

Hope i get to the the updates soon :lol:

#175 dragon1234

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 04:19

Hey Grim i have some idea which items we don't need anymore:
first the Gurgriss parts we don't need them anymore there are a lot set ups now and actually we are waiting 1 or more days for start the tournament
second the potions of shocware,find item we don't need them anymore no1 is using the shockwere potion the find item potion can be get from the auction house>special
second the buff master recipe we don't need it too
I think we should keep the old components but maybe you must rise the time that appear the crystal skull and the little the rest components parts(crow of umbor,gem of mae,fire stone of bothild,silver horn and the arthfaels claw)
i have see in the new guide site the new LE items that you plan to add they are nice i remember the one set was for level 100 the another level 280 and the rest don't remember and please if possibly maybe you must return the Xind Hearth and the Dwarven War Gauntlets :)

P.S and there are still issue that must be fix :)



First Off, If you take out Gurgriss it would go extinct. The Arena is the only way to get them. And the pots are OKAY.


There's enough of those sets in the game for them to be taken out of the arena for quite a while. The whole point of taking the LE items out is for them to go up in value to make it worth joining again, Gurgriss badly needs that. I don't think they've been out of the arena since they were first introduced. Also, the potions are fine, cheap way to test out set ups/ get wins.

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#176 fs_chibibucky

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 04:51

have there been any changes yet? its been two days like they said. :|

#177 fs_stickisgod

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 05:17

We all should realize that 2 days = 2+ weeks.

#178 DaleJunior

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 08:01

The changes will be made this week, which everyone would know if they had read the entire thread. Once BG got into the Arena Admin system, it was a bit more messed up than he realized, so it is taking a couple of extra days for him to do things right and then roll out the changes and new items once they are all completely ready. He has said that we will have everything by the end of the week. Have a little faith everyone. It'll get done.

#179 fs_stickisgod

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 08:27

See...I have very little faith in anything the cows say anymore. Their track record re-enforces these feelings for me.

#180 shokolo

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Posted 04 March 2010 - 08:28

Maybe he can add a new move?

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