Fun new feature

Nandarie · 05-15-2003, 03:02 AM

Being patched as we speak was an interesting new feature that happened to one of my guildmates, and apparantly has been happening throughout others servers. This new feature? - Characters randomly going ld and being automatically deleted.

Out of every mistake the EQ team has made since I've played the game, I think this has to be their ultimate blunder. I guess it must be easier to delete characters rather than hearing complaints about 1018 errors.

Congratulations on this impressive milestone. You set the bar, you raised it, and now you demolished it.

Warrik · 05-15-2003, 03:03 AM

Look at the bright side....your not getting 1018 anymore. Theyr're doing you a favor by deleting your characters anyway.

Nebuchadnezzar · 05-15-2003, 03:04 AM

Checking out the Jedi system for SWG i see...

Duppin · 05-15-2003, 03:04 AM

Those characters obviously accidentally got their Jedi flag set! They're testing out the permadeath system for SW:G...on EQ!

Hope people are able to get their characters restored.

edit: dammit, someone beat me to it!

Kodylan · 05-15-2003, 04:57 AM

That's not new...been happening for a few months now. Happened quite a bit on lanys when they were putting in the raid flag code.

Iannis · 05-15-2003, 10:47 AM

"...
BWAHAHAHA!
...
that is all."

-Smedly

on the plus side, it's SO MUCH easier to cancel your account if your character magically disappeared.

ICELL · 05-15-2003, 02:33 PM

With all the talk of WoW and things EQ is missing like dynamic content, I was thinking that creating a GM-level position for the sole purpose of adding a dynamic element to server encounters would be well worth the expense. Not "GM" events, but what would you think of this:

The development team (either EQ or WoW or whatever) designate one or two people to play, full-time, any mob of their choosing. They can tailor this mob's drops, hit points and abilities to suit the particular encounter or zone or add the "flavor of the day". This guy basically logs on whatever server he chooses, picks a zone, spawns his playable mob, and plays till he gets killed. He can choose to spawn during a raid encounter, in a dungeon where XP groups are playing, or even in a city zone. He can use /shout and /say to communicate if he wants to. When he gets killed, he creates a new mob on another server and does the same thing.

This would add dynamic content (although quite limited and rare because it would be spread across servers) and keep things interesting and a bit exciting for players. There would have to be guidelines for playing this type of mob, but I believe it would spice up things and be well worth the investment for game designers. If you ran one of these companies, would you consider adding this kind of feature?

Rani · 05-15-2003, 05:21 PM

Yup not new. Had 3 people in my guild p00f that way. At least they got restored pretty fast.

This happened about a month back (around the time of the door patches, as we used to joke about how it was good they were fixing "important" things).

I guess they havent fixed this bug yet.

05-15-2003, 03:02 AM	#1 (permalink)
Nandarie Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 26 -1 Internets	Fun new feature Being patched as we speak was an interesting new feature that happened to one of my guildmates, and apparantly has been happening throughout others servers. This new feature? - Characters randomly going ld and being automatically deleted. Out of every mistake the EQ team has made since I've played the game, I think this has to be their ultimate blunder. I guess it must be easier to delete characters rather than hearing complaints about 1018 errors. Congratulations on this impressive milestone. You set the bar, you raised it, and now you demolished it. __________________ 65 chanter Saryrn 65 cleric named Lagspike

05-15-2003, 03:04 AM	#3 (permalink)
Nebuchadnezzar Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,777 +0 Internets	Checking out the Jedi system for SWG i see... __________________ I eat grass like an ox and shat like a fox.

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Iannis Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Butt Hugging Moose Jockey Posts: 4,968 +0 Internets	"... BWAHAHAHA! ... that is all." -Smedly on the plus side, it's SO MUCH easier to cancel your account if your character magically disappeared. Last edited by Iannis : 05-15-2003 at 11:08 AM.

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05-15-2003, 03:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
Warrik Ive been reading these boards since noows....that makes me uber Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rhode Island Posts: 2,094 -3 Internets	Look at the bright side....your not getting 1018 anymore. Theyr're doing you a favor by deleting your characters anyway.

05-15-2003, 03:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
Duppin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 4,469 -17 Internets	Those characters obviously accidentally got their Jedi flag set! They're testing out the permadeath system for SW:G...on EQ! Hope people are able to get their characters restored. edit: dammit, someone beat me to it!

05-15-2003, 04:57 AM	#5 (permalink)
Kodylan Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 2,107 +0 Internets	That's not new...been happening for a few months now. Happened quite a bit on lanys when they were putting in the raid flag code.

05-15-2003, 02:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
ICELL Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 86 -1 Internets	With all the talk of WoW and things EQ is missing like dynamic content, I was thinking that creating a GM-level position for the sole purpose of adding a dynamic element to server encounters would be well worth the expense. Not "GM" events, but what would you think of this: The development team (either EQ or WoW or whatever) designate one or two people to play, full-time, any mob of their choosing. They can tailor this mob's drops, hit points and abilities to suit the particular encounter or zone or add the "flavor of the day". This guy basically logs on whatever server he chooses, picks a zone, spawns his playable mob, and plays till he gets killed. He can choose to spawn during a raid encounter, in a dungeon where XP groups are playing, or even in a city zone. He can use /shout and /say to communicate if he wants to. When he gets killed, he creates a new mob on another server and does the same thing. This would add dynamic content (although quite limited and rare because it would be spread across servers) and keep things interesting and a bit exciting for players. There would have to be guidelines for playing this type of mob, but I believe it would spice up things and be well worth the investment for game designers. If you ran one of these companies, would you consider adding this kind of feature?

05-15-2003, 05:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
Rani Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 55 -1 Internets	Yup not new. Had 3 people in my guild p00f that way. At least they got restored pretty fast. This happened about a month back (around the time of the door patches, as we used to joke about how it was good they were fixing "important" things). I guess they havent fixed this bug yet.