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#221 FORN

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:13

it is possible i guess to have other quests that need those items - but imagin the UBER EPIC reward we would then haveto give!

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:25

it is possible i guess to have other quests that need those items - but imagin the UBER EPIC reward we would then haveto give!

Volcano flail of Win! hehehe


a level 1 weapon with +100 Hypnotize, and 3k attack :P ;)

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:25

it is possible i guess to have other quests that need those items - but imagin the UBER EPIC reward we would then haveto give!

Volcano flail of Win! hehehe


since i know you're reading here - will the elemental titans give 1st place a drop of some kind? right now 2-5 get guild RP, and 1st gets nothing.

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:30

They wouldn't need "better" stats than the Epics have now, just different stats, different gear and different levels.

also if it's a recipe at the end, then the player should be able to make only 1. One way to do this is to have a quest item that is also bound rewarded somewhere along the quest and needed to make the item.

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:30

You know how you keep such things from EVER happening. You prepare. You don't just come up with an idea, throw it all together and tell everyone about it. You develop an idea (that's why they call them "Developers"), you pick a few people to test it (i.e. Hooftest - wtf else is he there for?) you work out all of the Bugs (i.e. server lag etc.) and then you present it to the general public. And viola! You actually have something that isn't going to cause any downtime, server lag or any other unforeseen issue. KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid!

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:31

it is possible i guess to have other quests that need those items - but imagin the UBER EPIC reward we would then haveto give!

Volcano flail of Win! hehehe


since i know you're reading here - will the elemental titans give 1st place a drop of some kind? right now 2-5 get guild RP, and 1st gets nothing.


it would be more fair if they dont give anything :S

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:36

it is possible i guess to have other quests that need those items - but imagin the UBER EPIC reward we would then haveto give!

Volcano flail of Win! hehehe


since i know you're reading here - will the elemental titans give 1st place a drop of some kind? right now 2-5 get guild RP, and 1st gets nothing.


it would be more fair if they dont give anything :S


i keep seeing that argument but i don't get it. how is that more fair?

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:37

I like Uralus' idea

How about if the recipe is for a different item from a different level. For instance: you have the 700 sword you want an amulet. You need to do the quest for the 500 trident to use in the recipe for the 600 amulet. If you want the 800 amulet it will consume the 700 sword.

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:47

it is possible i guess to have other quests that need those items - but imagin the UBER EPIC reward we would then haveto give!

Volcano flail of Win! hehehe


since i know you're reading here - will the elemental titans give 1st place a drop of some kind? right now 2-5 get guild RP, and 1st gets nothing.




Sure we will sort that out for you guys :)

(not the flail :D )

#230 SgtDrunkie

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:50

it is possible i guess to have other quests that need those items - but imagin the UBER EPIC reward we would then haveto give!

Volcano flail of Win! hehehe


since i know you're reading here - will the elemental titans give 1st place a drop of some kind? right now 2-5 get guild RP, and 1st gets nothing.




Sure we will sort that out for you guys :)

(not the flail :D )


Sorting it by getting rid of RP or sort it by adding something to first?

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:57

Just been talking to the coders about it for you guys. It will be fixed as soon as possible, ill let you all know what path they have chosen and when its implemented :)

#232 fs_knc

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 12:59

it's a nice tuesday for some creeps in the caves, eh?

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 13:00

its unlikely to be an item, since the whole thing with this is not to hunt the titan, its to kill the titan so many times for the quest reward.

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 13:02

add RP for 1st place aswell :)

#235 shokolo

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 13:02

They can drop pink ribons ^^

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 13:05



since i know you're reading here - will the elemental titans give 1st place a drop of some kind? right now 2-5 get guild RP, and 1st gets nothing.


it would be more fair if they dont give anything :S


i keep seeing that argument but i don't get it. how is that more fair?

The Frackers just want to stop everyone from being able to get their titan epics by hogging all the kills to get first place on the elementals ;)

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 13:08

nah, that's not the goal i was looking for. i see taking away any RP/other reward as making this pointless to kill unless you're doing the quest, which (not right now, but in the future) will make this epic quest a bit easy, since there won't be much competition to kill it. we might as well call it a fancy world map visible champion.

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 13:23

nah, that's not the goal i was looking for. i see taking away any RP/other reward as making this pointless to kill unless you're doing the quest, which (not right now, but in the future) will make this epic quest a bit easy, since there won't be much competition to kill it. we might as well call it a fancy world map visible champion.

Look at this from the HCS perspective.

There's say 25-30k people level 100 or higher, so next consider the quest is released how intended(not like the current one was).

if just 10% of these people choose to do the quest (item not bound, so needed for guild or resale, or whatever) that's still ~3k people needing to do the quest.

Next consider the titan HP, say 3k. Reasonable assumption is 3-4 spawns on a good week.

How long will it take the existing players to earn that reward? That is truely epic. Especially with other players up and coming all the time who will have an interest in it as they reach level 100.

This is why titans should not have a prize for first. As soon as there is any prize of value, it becomes a game of economics and the average joe bloggs no longer has a reasonable chance of getting the epic as one or (if we are lucky) 2 guilds hoarde all the kills for personal gain. I can assure you this is not what HCS intend with these quests.

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 13:39

In a perfect system only players that want to do the quests would keep killing the Titans and it would be nice to reward their guilds with RP or some drop if they do very well or work as a team to Titan hunt the elementals..

Since its not a perfect world though, there could be a tweak with which players that have completed the 500 kills would not be any longer possible to keep killing them. That would make the quest completion competitive, without it being impossible :)

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Posted 23 March 2010 - 13:41

nah, that's not the goal i was looking for. i see taking away any RP/other reward as making this pointless to kill unless you're doing the quest, which (not right now, but in the future) will make this epic quest a bit easy, since there won't be much competition to kill it. we might as well call it a fancy world map visible champion.

Look at this from the HCS perspective.

There's say 25-30k people level 100 or higher, so next consider the quest is released how intended(not like the current one was).

if just 10% of these people choose to do the quest (item not bound, so needed for guild or resale, or whatever) that's still ~3k people needing to do the quest.

Next consider the titan HP, say 3k. Reasonable assumption is 3-4 spawns on a good week.

How long will it take the existing players to earn that reward? That is truely epic. Especially with other players up and coming all the time who will have an interest in it as they reach level 100.

This is why titans should not have a prize for first. As soon as there is any prize of value, it becomes a game of economics and the average joe bloggs no longer has a reasonable chance of getting the epic as one or (if we are lucky) 2 guilds hoarde all the kills for personal gain. I can assure you this is not what HCS intend with these quests.


sure, right now it's incredibly competitive. give it a couple months after most have completed the quest or given up. i think these titans will sit for DAYS. the water titan already does but even the lower ones would be the same way.


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