Adventurer's Guild Released in Prime!

[Nilandia]

You guys be careful with the guild. It's exceptionally addictive. ;)

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The Bounty system has been released into Prime! Adventurer Guilds are located in each major town in the following locations:

Wehnimer's Landing: North Ring Road
Teras Isle: Glaes Street
Solhaven: Latirus Lane
River's Rest: Sandy Path
Icemule Trace: East Road
Ta'Illistim: Fraendel Var
Ta'Vaalor: Glimaerstone Var
Zul Logoth: Ruby Tunnel

This system introduces a way for players to earn experience, fame, silver, and Bounty Points redeemable for various goods and services. To participate, go to your local Adventurer's Guild, find the resident taskmaster, and ask him/her for a task. You can check your task progress and other bounty information by using the BOUNTY verb. Tasks may include:

1. Killing creatures of various sorts, including some creatures special to the bounty system
2. The retrieval of heirlooms
3. Skin collecting
4. Gem collecting
5. Herb procurement from specific locations
6. Escorting travellers between towns
7. Rescuing lost children

Tasks will be tailored to your level and ability. When you complete your task you will receive Bounty Points, redeemable in the rewards shop located in each guild location. Current rewards include:

Crystal Amulets: 100 points
Gold Rings: 500 points
Random Treasure Chests: 250 points per tier (Tiers 1-10 available, with higher tiers being richer chests, on average)
Random Magical Items (a random item charged with a random unidentified spell): 1000 points
A Weak Potion of Accelerated Unlearning (instantly migrates all unlearning CMAN points): 100,000 points
A Strong Potion of Accelerated Unlearning (instantly migrates all skills): 250,000 points
A Potion of Body and Mind (grants 1 stat reallocation): 1,000,000 points
Society Reset: 500,000 points (finding this reward is a bit of a puzzle)
Enhancive Item Recharge (partially recharge an existing enhancive item): Variable point cost based on enhancement type.

You may also create a personalized enhancive item through the Adventurer's Guild Badge system. Your badge will reflect your achievements and status in the guild (and is attuned to you). The better you perform, the more prestigious your badge can appear, and the more powerful an enhancive item it can become. A badge can enhance any stat or any character skill of your choosing, as well as mana, health, stamina, or spirit. A sufficiently upgraded badge can even enhance two or three attributes at once. Please note that creating and charging the badge is a two step process, once you pick the bonuses that you wish your badge to grant, you must then charge it. Adventurer's Guild badges are somewhat cheaper to recharge than other types of enhancive items, however.

This release officially ends the Beta testing phase in Platinum. However, we have decided to not remove the existing bounty points from beta testers in Platinum, as previously planned. Our thanks to all those who helped test this system!

Coase

[Celephais]

A Potion of Body and Mind (grants 1 stat reallocation): 1,000,000 points

OH HELL YES!

... I'll trade someone 10,000 crystal amulets for a potion if you accidently select the potion and you meant to get amulets.

[zhelas]

Looks like it will be fun. :grin:

[Kuyuk]

awesome!

[mgoddess]

Hell frickin yes, it's about time! *goes and gets addicted again*

[Celephais]

Anyone know if the potions are attuned? Same question for all the items really... (i can't imagine the amulet/rings are attuned...)

[zhelas]

Did they make it so that you have to be the one to find said item, example an herb, or skin? Preventing you from buying one or having someone else get said item for you.

[Sean of the Thread]

You think that is fun.. just wait to see how much fun you have in the SUPER ADVENTURER'S CLUB!

[Sean of the Thread]

Instantly migrates all skills? So that is basically an instant reallocation if I understand correctly? If so that's pretty fucking retardo.

[Numbers]

Stat reallocation. Redo your stat numbers.

[Sean of the Thread]

Stat reallocation. Redo your stat numbers.

A Strong Potion of Accelerated Unlearning (instantly migrates all skills): 250,000 points

[The Ponzzz]

I'll toss some answers out there for you all.

ANyone can forage, skin and even kill creatures for you to get tasks done. For foraging and skinning, you do not have to be present. For killing X amount of creatures, you need to deal some damage to the creature. For HEIRLOOM you need to be the one SEARCHING or LOOTING it to find it.

Escort missions are rough, but kinda fun with a group of people. Landing to Illistim isn't worth the time it takes, IMO.

The potions are attuned, but the minor prizes are not.

Any other questions, I can try to help out with.

Mario

[FinisWolf]

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[FinisWolf]

SOOOOOOOoooooooooo

[FinisWolf]

3x1t3D !!!111!!

Finis

[Numbers]

Ah, sorry, thought you were referring to: A Potion of Body and Mind (grants 1 stat reallocation): 1,000,000 points

[Makkah]

The guardsman says, "Ah, so you're from the Adventurer's Guild? Yes, we do have a task for you. We've noted a troubling increase in greater construct activity in Old Ta'Faendryl. We'd like you to cull their numbers a bit for us. Killing 27 of them should do nicely. Report back to me when you are done."



wow that sucks

[FinisWolf]

Um, OUCH!

Finis

[TheEschaton]

So, escorting someone from Ta'Illistim to Solhaven means ACTUALLY WALKING WITH SOMEONE ALL THE WAY across the mountains? Meaning I need the 2010 silvers and everything?

-TheE-

[Numbers]

Uh huh. And from what I've heard, those people you escort have a really crummy DS, so it's real easy for them to get killed.

[Asha]

Sounds like something new and something vaguely more interesting than cobbling so I'm quite excited by it.
Nice one.

[TheEschaton]

Wow, WTF IS THIS!

An elven traveller fearfully exclaims, "It's an ambush!"
>
An elven traveller looks for a safe place to stand away from the excitement.
>
A dwarven marauder swings a handaxe at you!
AS: +402 vs DS: +456 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +78 = +56
A clean miss.
>
[Roll result: 41 (open d100: 47)]
An elven marauder reaches out and grabs at the end of your nose!
You step back, snorting quietly.
>hide
Roundtime: 3 sec.
You attempt to blend with the surroundings and feel confident that no one has noticed your doing so.
>stance offensive
An elven marauder pulls out a white crystal and rubs it!
An elven marauder looks considerably more imposing.
>
...wait 1 seconds.
>stance offensive
You are now in an offensive stance.
>
A dwarven marauder pulls out a blue crystal and rubs it!
An invisible force guides a dwarven marauder.
>am maur
What were you referring to?
>am mar
You leap from hiding to attack!
You swing a battle ravaged waraxe at a dwarven marauder!
With no room to spare, the dwarven marauder blocks the attack with his reinforced shield!
Roundtime: 8 sec.
>l
An elven marauder swings a bastard sword at you!
AS: +476 vs DS: +237 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +18 = +282
... and hits for 28 points of damage!
Glancing slash to your shield arm!
You are stunned for 1 rounds!
>
[Whistler's Pass, Road]
You notice a dwarven marauder, an elven marauder, an elven traveller and a cobblestone path.
Obvious paths: east, west
>
A dwarven marauder swings a handaxe at you!
AS: +477 vs DS: +195 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +53 = +367
... and hits for 44 points of damage!
Deep, bloody slash to your right thigh!
You are knocked to the ground!
The guiding force leaves a dwarven marauder.
>
An elven traveller tries to get behind you for safety.
>squint
>
An elven marauder swings a bastard sword at you!
AS: +476 vs DS: +142 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +18 = +377
... and hits for 48 points of damage!
Quick flick slashes your forehead!
You are stunned for 6 rounds!
>
You are still stunned.
>
A dwarven marauder swings a handaxe at you!
AS: +402 vs DS: +116 with AvD: +32 + d100 roll: +17 = +335
... and hits for 45 points of damage!
You are knocked sideways several feet by a blow to the back.

It seems you have died, my friend. Although you cannot do anything, you are keenly aware of what is going on around you...

You mentally give a sigh of relief as you remember that the Goddess Lorminstra owes you a favor.

...departing in 10 mins...
A dwarven marauder laughs in victory!
He roots through your pockets and takes some silver coins. With an evil grin, he pulls out a belt pouch and stashes away his ill-gotten gain.
>
An elven marauder pulls out a small statue and rubs it!
A faint silvery glow surrounds an elven marauder.
>l
[Whistler's Pass, Road]
You notice a dwarven marauder, an elven marauder, an elven traveller and a cobblestone path.
Obvious paths: east, west
>
An elven traveller flees, his eyes wide with terror!
>

An elven marauder mangles your helpless corpse!

>
A dwarven marauder slips into hiding.
>l
>
[Whistler's Pass, Road]
You notice an elven marauder and a cobblestone path.
Obvious paths: east, west
>
An elven marauder slips into hiding.



That fucking blows! I have to defend him against random ass marauders?? I can't even defend myself against marauders that train.

-TheE-

[Sean of the Thread]

Ah, sorry, thought you were referring to: A Potion of Body and Mind (grants 1 stat reallocation): 1,000,000 points

Do you know anything about A Strong Potion of Accelerated Unlearning (instantly migrates all skills): 250,000 points?

[Nilandia]

Escort bounties require that you actually walk it, yes. When you do them, expect at least once for bandits to attack the traveler. You can cast spells on the traveler to help their DS and the bounty has undergone a number of tweaks to prevent the bandits from killing the travelers too quickly, such as attacking you first.

You know if they fixed it so you could cast mass spells on them yet, Mario, or if they were still looking into it or it was rejected?

It should also be noted that if you get a bounty that you don't want, you can ask the taskmaster for removal and you only have to wait 15 minutes or so before you can get another.

Gretchen

[TheEschaton]

So, after dying, and getting a new task, this is what I'm given:


>ask guards about bounties
The guardsman says, "Ah, so you're from the Adventurer's Guild? Yes, we do have a task for you. We've noted a troubling increase in Ithzir scout activity in Old Ta'Faendryl. We'd like you to cull their numbers a bit for us. Killing 25 of them should do nicely. Report back to me when you are done."

Errr...damn. Not that scouts are a problem...it's the adepts and seers I have a problem with.

-TheE-

[Some Rogue]

Lawl, looks like half the quests from WoW.

[Asha]

So, after dying, and getting a new task, this is what I'm given:


>ask guards about bounties
The guardsman says, "Ah, so you're from the Adventurer's Guild? Yes, we do have a task for you. We've noted a troubling increase in Ithzir scout activity in Old Ta'Faendryl. We'd like you to cull their numbers a bit for us. Killing 25 of them should do nicely. Report back to me when you are done."

Errr...damn. Not that scouts are a problem...it's the adepts and seers I have a problem with.

-TheE-

Lol that's an example of something easy. What's the perks for something as piss easy as that?
Can't wait to try all this out tomorrow.

[TheEschaton]

Piss easy if your rogue wasn't trained as a locksmith, and only nominally as a combatant.

-TheE-

[AestheticDeath]

How many points do you get for completing tasks? Is it different points for each one? Or like ... one point per task?

[TheEschaton]

When I finish a task, I'll let you know.

-TheE-

[Bobmuhthol]

I got 250 points for foraging for sassafras leaf for the healer and 349 points for rescuing a young girl from the Landing glacier.

[Snapp]

A human traveller arrives, following you.

A gnomish brigand suddenly jumps out of the shadows!
A half-elven brigand suddenly jumps out of the shadows!

A human traveller fearfully exclaims, "It's an ambush!"
>
A human traveller looks extremely uneasy about his situation.
>
You feel at full magical power again.
>
The surroundings respond to the soothing melody of your song, becoming calm and still.

:heart: song of peace heh!

[Olanan]

Look what I miss, being on hiatus.

A stat change and fixskills would make Vant not suck. :up:

[Snapp]

I earned:
[You have earned 322 bounty points, 500 experience points, and 3220 silver.]
For taking someone from Landing to Solhaven.

[Lucas]

does my task become nullified?

[Celephais]

Anyone know what happens if you're saturated and turn in another quest? does the exp get thrown away? or does it continue to fill your head?

[Sean of the Thread]

What's the most points you can earn per task?

[Hips]

does my task become nullified?

No. The only thing that gets rid of a bounty is to ask the guildmaster to remove it.

[Mesaphe]

A stat change and fixskills would make Vant not suck. :up:

Keep dreaming, dear

:flees:

[Celephais]

I got a 475 point one followed by a 439 point mission.

Both were 800 exp and 10 times the coins as points.

So I'll have earned 10 million by the time I can buy my stat potion.

I am absoutely loving the saturated absorbtion. Had a 36 exp pulse in a one person group, best so far, will do some massies as soon as I finish my third quest.

[Olanan]

I like this, it fried me from one task.

Will Vant gain a level for the first time in 14 months? Stay tuned!

[Celephais]

Hmm... so my extensive knowledge (two and a half bounties) has led me to this equation...

1,000,000 points divided by 450 per (average so far for me) =
2222 bounties times 800 exp per =
1,777,777 exp to get the re-stat point.

Holy crap.

[Jolena]

Here's another tip from having done these in Plat for a few months. If you get a task that you do not like, and have something else to do like hunting, etc, go do those things first, then turn in the task. When you turn it in, ask for another one immediately and it will be granted.

And yes, for someone asking, the points vary depending upon your level and what the task is. Also, if you are doing a 'boss' task where you have to kill a particularly 'mean' creature, your points are lowered if you don't do the most damage to the boss creature. It is in your best interests to kill that boss creature yourself, without the help of anyone with you for damage (I don't see a difference in points if the other person subdues, binds, etc), so that you get the max bounty points possible.

[Nilandia]

Gotta love being saturated. Even better is being saturated for over 45 minutes to the point of thinking that you're stuck. :whistle:

Gretchen

[Jolena]

That's happened to me so often in Plat :lol: James and I do our tasks together usually, so I'll end up saturated the entire time he's doing his and most of the time clean through doing my next one as well. The tasks are designed to set you up in an area that is +/- 5 levels of your character's train, so I'd always learn in his tasks and he in mine as well. :heart:

[Bombadil]

Hmm, doing these tasks may be faster then hunting...maybe, no?

[FinisWolf]

I have received: (Level 17 Bard)

164 points Heirloom
254 points 25 mountain ogres
400 points foraging
??? points Heirloom <Haven't checked in yet, waiting for my mind to drop>

Finis

[Artha]

Hmm, doing these tasks may be faster then hunting...maybe, no?
Without having played GS in over a year, I'm going to guess not, simply because they provide a benefit other than straight exp and money.

I'm going to guess it turns out to be something like WoW, where grinding is more efficient if you're on rest exp (or in this case, XXX), but quests (in this case, bounties) are more efficient if you're absorbing at the regular rate.

[FinisWolf]

Just a heads up (like i need to say this), but foraging sucks with a character that has ZERO ranks of survival!

I could of sworn (and I know I am right) that it is based on a characters skill, and level. So if one has no skill, wtf are they giving that task for?

Finis

[Sean of the Thread]

good point.. think it was an oversight?

[Bobmuhthol]

I foraged on two different characters with no survival pretty successfully.

[Jolena]

James foraged with his character in plat, who has no skills in survival, and did fine. And you do not have to forage your own, you can have someone else do it if you need to.

[Bobmuhthol]

??? points Heirloom <Haven't checked in yet, waiting for my mind to drop>

Why?

[ELO]

[Tsin (faint)]: "Ok paying 2k each need 3 pieces of white chalcedony... anyone?"

I was wondering what that was all about. ^

Anways, this looks friggin' awesome.

[Jolena]

I always turn in the gem tasks, personally. Too much of a headache for me to worry with. I figured the net would be flooded with people buying them in Prime though, once it hit. Good luck with that one.

[Jorddyn]

So, this made me decide to check out the game again. Of course, billing is closed, and my account is deactivated, so I now have to wait until tomorrow.

I'm so not patient.

Jorddyn

[Stanley Burrell]

Recharging enhancives seems pretty badass, IMHO.

I am really glad I worked out my stat reallocation to a T. I would still, very, very much, try and shoot for the benefit of recharging a 2400 point premium enhancive before a hypothetically fux0red character status.

Way cool.

[The Ponzzz]

Don't be too excited about the recharging just yet. People are losing them within 48 hours in plat...

[Shari]

Can someone give me a reference point for the Guild in Illistim? I have no idea where the hell that street name is at.

[TheEschaton]

From the south entrance to the bank, e, e, s, se, se, s, somewhere there, look for a pebbled walkway.

[Bombadil]

Don't be too excited about the recharging just yet. People are losing them within 48 hours in plat...

If anyone knows what the point costs to recharge and on average how long they last per recharge that'b super.

[Numbers]

It takes way too many points to change the look of the badge. 10k just to change the material?

Also, in regards to the recharging, does that apply to other enhancers? Or to the badge? In other words, how long does the badge last as an enhancer?

[Jolena]

You don't spend the points to change the badge, you realize. None of those cost any points. You just have to have that many saved up to do it, regardless.

[The Ponzzz]

Yea, what Jolena said, the badge is to show rank, you spend nothing to do it, just requires you have X amount of points

[Numbers]

Oooh, gotcha. I don't have 10k in points yet, so when I tried to change my badge, and the guy was telling me, "You need # more points to be able to do that," I thought it meant that those points would be spent. Good to know, thanks.

[Apathy]

Keep posting quests folks, this is getting my credit card finger itching...

[Numbers]

The first quest I went on with my level 38 ranger had me go to the glacier in Danjirland to rescue a lost child from arctic titans. I went in completely belled, and starting killing titans and frost giants. A good while after I had fried, the child showed up and started following me. I then had to escort him back to town, we got ambushed on the way by a human robber, but ended up getting back safely. Netted me around 400 bounty points, 1k in experience, and 2.5k in silver.

Unfortunately, that was the third task I had gotten. My first was a gem quest which I abandoned, the second was to escort someone from the Landing to Zul Logoth, which I also abandoned. The one I'm currently on needs me to go kill 27 shadow mares.

[Jolena]

Interesting on the human robber ambushing you. I have not experienced that at all in the several child rescue quests I've done in Plat. perhaps its something new they are doing in Prime?

[TheEschaton]

Maybe the human robber was from a transport quest that someone failed to kill.

I know when my elven marauder killed me and my traveller went away, the marauder stuck around and tried to kill everyone who tried to rescue me.

-TheE-

[Jolena]

That's a bug. It shouldn't do that, from what I understand in Plat. This has been discussed before and the ambushers were not supposed to attack those not involved in that quest, etc. It may be that because they were helping you out after you died, the ambusher was sticking around, but definitely a robber should not have just randomly attacked someone escorting a child home.

[Nilandia]

It's been said on the officials, however, that the bandits will stay until the area unloads.

Gretchen

[Ignot]

so, can i just keep doing bounties and filling up my exp bucket even though I already am completely saturated? Or is there some kind of cap?

[StrayRogue]

So is the experience a flat bonus, or does it contribute to the maximum our minds can hold?

[Things2Come]

>Are any of the reward potions transferable? In other words can we pass off a fixskills potion to a person on a different account? On our own account?

The potions aren't attuned, you can sell them to other players if you so desire.

Coase

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Wow, that's going to be a hot seller on the market.

[StrayRogue]

This is stupid:

Jarivyth nods to you and says, "Looking for something to do, Lucene? I've got just the thing for you. If you want to know more, simply ask me about BOUNTIES."
>
Rafaele confers quietly with Taskmaster Jarivyth.
>ask jari for task
Jarivyth looks annoyed and says, "I'm kind of busy right now, Lucene. Come back in a few minutes if you want another task."

[StrayRogue]

Hot:

Jarivyth says, "All done with that assignment? Good job, Dude!"

[You have earned 1145 bounty points, 650 experience points, and 2814 silver.]

[The Ponzzz]

holy fuck, 1145 points? What was th task?

[StrayRogue]

Recover 10 greater faeroth hides.

[Things2Come]

Are the skinning tasks able to be completed with 0 FA/Survival ranks like the foraging tasks?

[StrayRogue]

1) Strength 11) Strength Bonus 21) Maximum Mana
2) Constitution 12) Constitution Bonus 22) Mana Recovery
3) Dexterity 13) Dexterity Bonus 23) Maximum Health
4) Agility 14) Agility Bonus 24) Health Recovery
5) Discipline 15) Discipline Bonus 25) Maximum Stamina
6) Aura 16) Aura Bonus 26) Stamina Recovery
7) Logic 17) Logic Bonus 27) Spirit Recovery
8) Intuition 18) Intuition Bonus
9) Wisdom 19) Wisdom Bonus
10) Influence 20) Influence Bonus

28) Two Weapon Combat Ranks 74) Two Weapon Combat Bonus
29) Armor Use Ranks 75) Armor Use Bonus
30) Shield Use Ranks 76) Shield Use Bonus
31) Combat Maneuvers Ranks 77) Combat Maneuvers Bonus
32) Edged Weapons Ranks 78) Edged Weapons Bonus
33) Blunt Weapons Ranks 79) Blunt Weapons Bonus
34) Two-Handed Weapons Ranks 80) Two-Handed Weapons Bonus
35) Ranged Weapons Ranks 81) Ranged Weapons Bonus
36) Thrown Weapons Ranks 82) Thrown Weapons Bonus
37) Polearm Weapons Ranks 83) Polearm Weapons Bonus
38) Brawling Ranks 84) Brawling Bonus
39) Ambushing Ranks 85) Ambushing Bonus
40) Multi Opponent Combat Ranks 86) Multi Opponent Combat Bonus
41) Physical Fitness Ranks 87) Physical Fitness Bonus
42) Dodging Ranks 88) Dodging Bonus
43) Arcane Symbols Ranks 89) Arcane Symbols Bonus
44) Magic Item Use Ranks 90) Magic Item Use Bonus
45) Spell Aiming Ranks 91) Spell Aiming Bonus
46) Harness Power Ranks 92) Harness Power Bonus
47) Elemental Mana Control Ranks 93) Elemental Mana Control Bonus
48) Mental Mana Control Ranks 94) Mental Mana Control Bonus
49) Spirit Mana Control Ranks 95) Spirit Mana Control Bonus
50) Elemental Lore - Air Ranks 96) Elemental Lore - Air Bonus
51) Elemental Lore - Earth Ranks 97) Elemental Lore - Earth Bonus
52) Elemental Lore - Fire Ranks 98) Elemental Lore - Fire Bonus
53) Elemental Lore - Water Ranks 99) Elemental Lore - Water Bonus
54) Spiritual Lore - Blessings Ranks 100) Spiritual Lore - Blessings Bonus
55) Spiritual Lore - Religion Ranks 101) Spiritual Lore - Religion Bonus
56) Spiritual Lore - Summoning Ranks 102) Spiritual Lore - Summoning Bonus
57) Sorcerous Lore - Demonology Ranks 103) Sorcerous Lore - Demonology Bonus
58) Sorcerous Lore - Necromancy Ranks 104) Sorcerous Lore - Necromancy Bonus
59) Mental Lore - Divination Ranks 105) Mental Lore - Divination Bonus
60) Mental Lore - Manipulation Ranks 106) Mental Lore - Manipulation Bonus
61) Mental Lore - Telepathy Ranks 107) Mental Lore - Telepathy Bonus
62) Mental Lore - Transference Ranks 108) Mental Lore - Transference Bonus
63) Mental Lore - Transformation Ranks 109) Mental Lore - Transformation Bonus
64) Survival Ranks 110) Survival Bonus
65) Disarming Traps Ranks 111) Disarming Traps Bonus
66) Picking Locks Ranks 112) Picking Locks Bonus
67) Stalking and Hiding Ranks 113) Stalking and Hiding Bonus
68) Perception Ranks 114) Perception Bonus
69) Climbing Ranks 115) Climbing Bonus
70) Swimming Ranks 116) Swimming Bonus
71) First Aid Ranks 117) First Aid Bonus
72) Trading Ranks 118) Trading Bonus
73) Pickpocketing Ranks 119) Pickpocketing Bonus

I thought boosting the ranks gave you the bonus? I presume that by choosing Bonus, you get a higher amount than you would via ranks?

In addition, do actual stat's (not the bonus) affect anything, or is it all drawn from the bonus?

[StrayRogue]

Are the skinning tasks able to be completed with 0 FA/Survival ranks like the foraging tasks?

You have to be able to skin the beast. So it would be hard.

[Drew]

Here's my log with the stone sentinal boss I had to fight:


Out of the corner of your eye, you see an ancient stone sentinel approaching. It must be the creature that you've been tasked to kill!
>l
A stone sentinel gorges itself on the body of a dead stone sentinel.
A stone sentinel points at you!
You hear strange noises come from behind and to either side of you.
>

>
An ancient stone sentinel sings a lilting melody in a strange but beautiful language.


>
An ancient stone sentinel points at you!
An ancient stone sentinel hurls a roaring ball of fire at you!
AS: +388 vs DS: +372 with AvD: +37 + d100 roll: +52 = +105
... and hits for 1 point of damage!
Blast of flames to back. More bother than pain.
The roaring ball of fire strikes you, blossoming into a much larger sphere of flame upon impact.
... 5 points of damage!
Minor burns to neck. Feels uncomfortable.
607 sent
*** TypoHelp: Converted "607 sent" to PREP 607 and CAST AT sent

>You gesture while summoning the spirits of nature to aid you with the Sounds spell...
Your spell is ready.
>
You gesture at an ancient stone sentinel.
An ancient stone sentinel seems to be distracted by something.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
(Forcing stance down to guarded)
>
.610

[Press the ESCape key to abort script.]
stance offensive
prep 610
You are now in an offensive stance.
[Script]>cast
stance defensive
Wait 1 sec.
[Script]>You don't have a spell prepared!
[Script]>stance defensive

[Script finished!]
You are now in a defensive stance.
>
You are now in a defensive stance.
>
.610

[Press the ESCape key to abort script.]
stance offensive
prep 610
You are now in an offensive stance.
[Script]>cast
stance defensive
You gesture while summoning the spirits of nature to aid you with the Tangleweed spell...
Your spell is ready.
[Script]>stance defensive

[Script finished!]
You gesture.
The droning noises scattered about you cause a lapse in your concentration, causing your spell to fail.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
Cast Round Time in effect: Setting stance to guarded.
>
Cast Round Time in effect: Setting stance to guarded.
>
An ancient stone sentinel pounds at you with its fist!
You skillfully deflect the attack with your sword!
>
.610

[Press the ESCape key to abort script.]
stance offensive
prep 610
You are now in an offensive stance.
[Script]>cast
stance defensive
You gesture while summoning the spirits of nature to aid you with the Tangleweed spell...
Your spell is ready.
[Script]>stance defensive

[Script finished!]
You gesture.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>
Cast Round Time in effect: Setting stance to guarded.
>
Cast Round Time in effect: Setting stance to guarded.
>
A long thorny vine suddenly sprouts from the ground and begins to thrash about violently!
The long thorny vine lashes out violently at an ancient stone sentinel, dragging it to the ground!
... 15 points of damage!
Slight leg hold.
>
Chaotic flares of multicolored light rise up from the floors and skitter along the ceiling.
>608
*** TypoHelp: Converted "608" to INCANT 608.

stance offensive
...wait 1 seconds.
>You are now in an offensive stance.
>stance offensive
You are now in an offensive stance.
>608
*** TypoHelp: Converted "608" to INCANT 608.

You make a simple motion, quietly invoking the Camouflage spell...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture.
You blend into invisibility among the surroundings.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
>amb sent
Wait 2 seconds.
>amb sent
>
An ancient stone sentinel stands up with a grunt.
An ancient stone sentinel heads south.
>
Wait 1 seconds.
>amb sent
What were you referring to?
>sneak s
You feel your ambush opportunity slip away.
[Darkstone, Dungeon]
The walls are covered with moist, putrid mold and the mortar crumbles beneath the slightest touch. You sense that small, dark, malevolent eyes are watching your every move with interest. You also see an ancient stone sentinel, a banshee and an intense shimmering circle.
Obvious exits: north, south
Roundtime: 3 sec.
>amb sent
...wait 1 seconds.
>amb sent
...wait 1 seconds.
>amb sent
You leap from hiding to attack!
You swing a black executioner's sword at an ancient stone sentinel!
AS: +356 vs DS: +49 with AvD: +25 + d100 roll: +43 = +375
... and hit for 102 points of damage!
Brain driven into neck by mammoth downswing!

[You have completed this portion of your Adventurer's Guild task.]
The stone sentinel totters for a moment and then falls to the ground like a pillar, breaking into pieces that fly out in every direction.
The deep blue glow leaves an ancient stone sentinel.
An ancient stone sentinel seems to lose an aura of confidence.
An ancient stone sentinel no longer seems distracted.
Roundtime: 6 sec.
>
A banshee claws at you!
With no room to spare, you manage to parry the blow with your executioner's sword!
>
>loot
You search the stone sentinel.
It carried a battered gold box on it!
An ancient stone sentinel crumbles to dust.
>

[Drew]

I'm really enjoying the adventurer's guild! I just ignore the gem ones and the escort missions (haven't got a short one yet), the foraging ones are easy so that's nice. Only done three or so and turned down five, so maybe that's the key. Also it's new and shiny.

[DCSL]

Heh, I ignore the undead-hunting and foraging ones. I spent half an hour foraging for red clover blossoms. Didn't find a single one, so I said fuck it.

[Drew]

Just did my first escort mission, they killed my halfling traveller really quick. At least it was only 5-10 minutes into the mission.

[Aaysia]

Heh, I ignore the undead-hunting and foraging ones. I spent half an hour foraging for red clover blossoms. Didn't find a single one, so I said fuck it.

agreed. Fuck foraging in OTF forever.

[VorpalBlade]

Hmm, wonder how much a stat allocator potion would sell for in silvers....100 million? maybe more?

[Latrinsorm]

Strength stat and Constitution stat add to base weight which lets you carry more without being encumbered. Aura stat is what determines your max spirit. Other than that I can't really think of anything.

Speaking for greater faeroth specifically, my approximately like-level warrior has a hard time skinning them at .5x survival and FA, so I imagine it would be very hard to get 10 faeroth fangs with 0x in both.

Finally, if it was up to me, I'd have the marauders stick around until the bodyguard and traveler decays or are rescued. Can the traveler be raised or are they total perma-death NPCs?

[StJimmy]

Society Reset: 500,000 points (finding this reward is a bit of a puzzle)

If this is a puzzle, it is truly the lamest one that's ever existed in game. Found it in 2 seconds flat.

[Landrion]

Lawl, looks like half the quests from WoW.

You mean from UO? And Id be surprised if UO invented it either.

[Landrion]

This is awesome looking. Im really tempted to reactivate.

[Jolena]

Are the skinning tasks able to be completed with 0 FA/Survival ranks like the foraging tasks?

No, they would not be. But here's the reason why. The pelts must be at a certain quality before the furrier will accept them from you as part of your task. He/She will tell you what quality he/she expects of the pelts when you go to them to ASK about bounty. If the pelts are not that quality, he/she will just take the pelt and pay you as normal without the messaging of "You have # left for your task". I always skin at least 2-3 extra for those tasks with my ranger in plat because there are bound to be at least 2 or so in my bundle that aren't the necessary quality Dakris requires.

Good news is that you don't have to skin them yourself. You can pay someone to do it, or if you have a friend that will do it for free, go that route. The furrier will tell you as much when you ask them about your bounty task.

Also, don't forget about the word BOUNTY in game, as it gives you a review of your task as well as your total points currently and your total accumulated points.

[Laccon]

this is tempting to come back.......and making me regret selling laccon, it looks awesome though.

[TheEschaton]

If you fail a task, does this somehow detriment you in any way? Besides the wasted time?


-TheE-

[The Ponzzz]

Nope, just wasted time, as of now

[Bombadil]

Doing a heirloom retrieval...gotta kill a critter. I go to location site, do I kill the critter where the critters usually live or can this unique critter be all over the general location mentioned?

[Doughboy]

bring in a child from the thanatoph bowels...

>ask rhet about bounty
Rheteger says, "All done with that assignment? Good job, Bisco!"

[You have earned 763 bounty points, 1000 experience points, and 7630 silver.]

....

Your mind is completely saturated. It is imperative that you rest immediately!


escort traveller to Icemule from Landing

[You have earned 812 bounty points, 1000 experience points, and 8120 silver.]

Your mind is completely saturated. It is imperative that you rest immediately!

[Celephais]

Until they introduce Guild's sting...

Still no one researched the true exp bucket cap? I'd really like to know if it's worth waiting till your head clears a bit before turning in (because if you're resting to turn in, and there is no cap, you could just turn in and absorb faster)

[firegirl]

Collecting triton shells.
[You have earned 1250 bounty points, 1000 experience points, and 8750 silver.]

Torquise gems
[You have earned 650 bounty points, 1000 experience points, and 600 silver.]

taking dignatary from WL to Solhaven
[You have earned 146 bounty points, 500 experience points, and 1460 silver.]

Killing uber Steed in Shadow Valley
[You have earned 412 bounty points, 800 experience points, and 4120 silver.]

saving a kid in Shadow Valley
[You have earned 412 bounty points, 1000 experience points, and 4120 silver.]

collecting black opals.
[You have earned 1050 bounty points, 1000 experience points, and 5750 silver.]

[Bombadil]

It's been over an hour killing storm giants....when is the heirloom carrying storm giant gonna show?

[StrayRogue]

This is really pissing me off:

>forage for soft white mushroom
d100(Open): 173
As you carefully forage around you find no trace of what you are looking for. You are not even sure it could be found in this type of climate.
Roundtime: 8 sec.

1x in Survival and Perception and still fuck all.

[Tea & Strumpets]

This is really pissing me off:

>forage for soft white mushroom
d100(Open): 173
As you carefully forage around you find no trace of what you are looking for. You are not even sure it could be found in this type of climate.
Roundtime: 8 sec.

1x in Survival and Perception and still fuck all.

Try messing around with the wording if you are sure you're in the right area.

Ex.

Forage for soft mushroom

Forage for white mushroom

[Celephais]

This is really pissing me off:

>forage for soft white mushroom
d100(Open): 173
As you carefully forage around you find no trace of what you are looking for. You are not even sure it could be found in this type of climate.
Roundtime: 8 sec.

1x in Survival and Perception and still fuck all.

I've also heard to remove "for" ... just:
forage soft white mushroom

[Some Rogue]

"You are not even sure it could be found in this type of climate."

If I remember right, that message right there means you are not in the right spot.

[Bobmuhthol]

Usually that message is pretty accurate, from what I've seen...

You're in the wrong room.

[StrayRogue]

>location
You carefully survey your surroundings and guess that your current location is Gossamer Valley or somewhere close to it.

No, I'm not.

[Some Rogue]

You can have several different climates in one area...it's kinda fucked up like that.

Here's a map of that area with the different climates shown:
http://www.outdoorelanthia.com/maps/ti/maps/TI-EasternDragonspine.gif

[Landrion]

>location
You carefully survey your surroundings and guess that your current location is Gossamer Valley or somewhere close to it.

No, I'm not.

With that message either the herb isnt there or the syntax on the forage is wrong. Foraging is really picky (pun unintended), which is why I stopped doing it.

[StrayRogue]

Yes. I've not dropped all gem quests, escort quests, heirloom searches (where you have to kneel open-handed), and forage quests.

[Hips]

Is it true that it was posted on the boards that the potions aren't attuned?

[Asha]

If they're not that would explain why Tsin corp has been camped there.

[Bombadil]

Guessing stat potions can go for 200-300 million silvers once they start coming out. Probably because of rarity not everyones going to be adventure guilding only for a full year to get this potion, most of them want the other items.(except possibly Tsin's company). That and stat changing is permanent and for capped players who screwed up few years ago get another chance.

[AestheticDeath]

I don't see them going for that much, when anyone can earn them given the time.

[StJimmy]

Submitted bug regarding a dented iron chest to play.net's bug tracking database with these details:
"Tier 10 chest - 2500 bounty points. 2805 coins and a silver wand. This is obviously an error."

Lesson learnt, don't waste time buying chests.

[Latrinsorm]

Belnia's current rate would get her to 1mil points in 75 days. She is a ranger, but is certainly far less than a year.

The story with attunement is that Coase says they aren't attuned.

[JJBummer]

28 Trali Shaman later...
[You have earned 439 bounty points, 1000 experience points, and 4390 silver.]

[Asha]

Killing a single griffin got me 900pts 900 exp and 8k coins.
I don't plan on doing this to get points for a realocation potion though. It can be a way to fry again without being forced to hang in EN.
Edited to add :
Unless you have to be in EN to fry from the guild at 100 trains :(

[Bombadil]

I don't see them going for that much, when anyone can earn them given the time.

Well so can silvers. And silvers usually come a bit easier, unless there are more people doing adventure guilding then old fashioned hunting/boxing/skinning. And remember you can also get silvers from adventure guilding too.

Belnia's current rate would get her to 1mil points in 75 days

How many hours playing time? 2 hours a day? Then we can calculate silvers to points conversion.

[AestheticDeath]

You dont see alot of people buying 100-200 million silvers either. Thats a discreet small group as far as I know. When you can pay $1000 for a lvl 100 character, I dont see anyone paying the equivalent of $3000 or therebouts to fix it.

[Drew]

My guess is fixstat potion will go for 10-15 million.

I'm working towards one but if it comes up for that price I'd probably buy it.

[Asha]

Anyone know why in Icemule they're giving me tasks for Illistim?
Or what I do to fix it?

[Olanan]

O RLY?

I'll get right on that. :D

I've never had more than 4.5m before and I had to sell everything on me to get it.

[Meges]

>location
You carefully survey your surroundings and guess that your current location is Gossamer Valley or somewhere close to it.

No, I'm not.

You're in the right area, but not in the right room. I had one foraging task in OTF where the "sample" was only in one freaking room. What also sucked was I had to have 8, so that meant waiting for the room to reset after I foraged the initial 5 samples. You have to love haste.


Meges

[Stunseed]

Anyone know why in Icemule they're giving me tasks for Illistim?
Or what I do to fix it?

Your bounty resides in an area/creature within 5 levels of you. Since Icemule Trace has no level 100 area, you're sent where there is.

[Nilandia]

Allow me to recommend a site for people with foraging tasks. http://www.outdoorelanthia.com/maps Use them, print them, love them. I wouldn't go out without them.

Also, to find out which climates/terrains the stuff is that you're looking for, I highly recommend Alisaire's UFS, also known as the Ultimate Foraging Script. She put a ton of work into it and it's a necessity for those looking for foraging stuffs.

The site that it was on was taken down or is somehow otherwise inaccessible, but web.archive.org has it at http://web.archive.org/web/20050205152453/ek.manatree.com/ufs/ It comes in both Wizard and SF flavors.

Enjoy!

Gretchen

[Asha]

Your bounty resides in an area/creature within 5 levels of you. Since Icemule Trace has no level 100 area, you're sent where there is.
Shame. I'd hoped there would be rogue massive creatures wandering an area the hunter was tipped he'd be.
It'd appear just to the bounty hunter when he entered the right area, and it would only attack the bounty hunter.

So.. No escape from EN then.
Great. [/sarcasm]

[AestheticDeath]

Anyone know if there is a speed factor involved? Quicker you get the task finished the more points you get? Or are they all just base points per task?

[Nilandia]

Porcell told me on the officials that there were problems with the UFS link, so I pulled them from the archive and uploaded them to my old Geocities page (having problems with my current webpage hosting company). Geocities won't allow cmd files, so I zipped the Wizard script and uploaded it that way. Everything else is unchanged from EK's original.

You can find them at http://www.geocities.com/ladynilandia/ufs.htm

Gretchen

[Merzbow]

My guess is fixstat potion will go for 10-15 million.

I'm working towards one but if it comes up for that price I'd probably buy it.

If so, that will be a bargain.

[Drew]

Once a bunch of people start approaching one million points the the cost will be pretty reasonable.

[StJimmy]

My guess is fixstat potion will go for 10-15 million.

I'm working towards one but if it comes up for that price I'd probably buy it.

I dunno, I'd pay that just for the skill migration potion. My stats are fine, I just made a bad fixskills decision and don't want to wait a whole year.

[Drew]

I dunno, I'd pay that just for the skill migration potion. My stats are fine, I just made a bad fixskills decision and don't want to wait a whole year.


Of course over the last year there were like 4 fixskills. Might see more again too. I imagine that will keep the price of fixskill potions lower.

[AestheticDeath]

I may be stupid, as some have told me on here. But.. I think they should do the potions in a tier system like the treasure chests. Tiers 1-5. Tier 1 potion for anyone lvl 20 and under. 2 for 21-40, 3 for 41-60, 4 for 61-80, 5 for 81 -100 or beyond if that ever happens.

Otherwise you are going to have people abusing the system, using a low level to get all the quests, being able to do them no problem with help from older people. Basically have little to no risk, And get it done in half the time.

And if you abused it enough, I mean assuming you did the quests long enough to get to a million points with a low level characeter, you wont have leveled too far. You would have done alot of the same exact quest over and over. So you have no trouble figuring it out. All you do is reroll another guy after you hit a mil points and sell your potion. Redo all the same quests and all that.

I can easily see a persistant person being able to get 1million points in less than a month.

[FinisWolf]

I may be stupid, ...

You are right, you are stupid. For more reasons in just this one post then I care to begin to mention.

Finis

[FinisWolf]

Anyone know why in Icemule they're giving me tasks for Illistim?
Or what I do to fix it?

It's your level. I know there are closer areas to do the same things, but for some reason they coded it that way ... perhaps they got lazy on the coding (just a guess), as it seems to be a very in depth system.

Finis

[FinisWolf]

One escort trip from Mule to Illistim:

Three attacks from bandits and marauders ...

[You have earned 1432 bounty points, 2250 experience points, and 14320 silver.]

And in triple X! Loving it!

Finis

[Landrion]

Of course over the last year there were like 4 fixskills. Might see more again too. I imagine that will keep the price of fixskill potions lower.

Not that I have heard this anywhere. Now that there is an avenue to earn them in game, if it was my game Id probably be turning down the freebies a bit.

[Jorddyn]

So, I had to walk a traveller from the Landing to Solhaven. Not a huge deal.

There was a troll, I tried to kill it... and suddenly remembered why it is important to type out more than two letters.

Jorddyn, oops?

[zhelas]

So, I had to walk a traveller from the Landing to Solhaven. Not a huge deal.

There was a troll, I tried to kill it... and suddenly remembered why it is important to type out more than two letters.

Jorddyn, oops?

:rofl: Been there done that but i killed someone named Trolken before while hunting hill trolls

[TheEschaton]

A person named Trolken shouldn't be hunting trolls. What a jackass.


-TheE-

[zhelas]

Being saturated. I think the last time I ever saw this was in GS3 days. Were you able to get saturated prior to the Adventurer's guild release in Prime?

[El Burro]

I did it once after getting an RPA.

[zhelas]

The rewards seem to be a nice balance to the existing treasure system. It looks like it will give the lower trained folks a way to make some silver.

[StrayRogue]

It sucks badly that Adventure Guild badges are so ugly, so long, and so unalterable.

[Doughboy]

It sucks badly that Adventure Guild badges are so ugly, so long, and so unalterable.


I agree with you 100% on this one.

[Stanley Burrell]

Saturating on fried and parking your butt in a node when XXX kicks in is, as Borat would indenitely exclaim upon the matter, so nice.

[Latrinsorm]

You are right, you are stupid.I thought it was the best idea that one could come up with for stat potions. I'm still disappointed that they're in unattuned at all.

[Danical]

Saturating on fried and parking your butt in a node when XXX kicks in is, as Borat would indenitely exclaim upon the matter, so nice.

I like.

[zhelas]

I thought it was the best idea that one could come up with for stat potions. I'm still disappointed that they're in unattuned at all.

Even though the guild went through beta testing, it is still new. I can almost guarantee they will make changes, especially if they start seeing abuse.

[zhelas]

Saturating on fried and parking your butt in a node when XXX kicks in is, as Borat would indenitely exclaim upon the matter, so nice.

I am looking forward to my XXX this weekend.

[OoK]

It seems like the lower level people are getting less bounty points than high level people. I'm getting 800-900 per task I complete, whereas others are seeing in the 300-400. Furthermore, it usually doesn't take me more than 15 minutes to complete my tasks (trading escorts and gems).

-OoK

[Jolena]

Bounty points vary depending on level, yes.

[AestheticDeath]

You are right, you are stupid. For more reasons in just this one post then I care to begin to mention.

Finis

Why dont you say what you really think?

[Volstock]

Hm any help for me please? I have to kill an Illokes Shaman because it's unruly and killed a bunch of guard or something, but I've been hunting in Stronghold and killing everything I see for the past seven hours and I never see this boss monster. Any ideas guys?

[Kuyuk]

If you only kill the ones you're supposed to, it arrives pretty easily. Took 2, then 3 for me (in illoke, jarl's then major elementals)

K.

[Stretch]

First construct I killed had the heirloom I was searching for.

[You have earned 687 bounty points, 800 experience points, and 6870 silver.]

Almost retarded amount of exp. I'm absorbing 37 per pulse right now.

I hope this gets downtweaked.

[holocene]

anybody figure out if tasks stack in exp saturation yet? (i.e, you're saturated but complete another task?)

[Bobmuhthol]

There's no exp cap.

[AestheticDeath]

Anyone else get a delayed task time after having just completed one?
>ask rhe about task
Rheteger says, "All done with that assignment? Good job, Ishar!"

[You have earned 160 bounty points, 800 experience points, and 1600 silver.]
>ask rhe about task
Great Lord Elsun's group just arrived.
>
Rheteger looks annoyed and says, "I'm kind of busy right now, Ishar. Come back in about ten minutes if you want another task."

[bubbauno]

Always a 15 minute wait as soon as you are assigned the task.. if it takes you longer than 15 minutes to complete then there won't be any wait time..

[bubbauno]

Can someone from plat answer a question for me? Trying to interpret the info from Krakiipedia..

"Obviously, the more upgrades you get, the bigger its enhancive capacity will be. On top of that, the two or three highest-ranking upgrades on your badge have the potential to unlock its ability to hold more than one enhancement."

5 categories.. 10 levels each..

For each one, there is a chance to unlock an extra enhancive on your 8th, 9th, or 10th upgrade? So you could possibly unlock an extra on the 8th and then not have to upgrade that category anymore? I assume it will tell you if it was unlocked?

Was also told that badges only allowed 3 different enhancive skills as maximum.. does that mean only 2 extra unlocks out of the possible 5 is maximum?

[Ignot]

Hm any help for me please? I have to kill an Illokes Shaman because it's unruly and killed a bunch of guard or something, but I've been hunting in Stronghold and killing everything I see for the past seven hours and I never see this boss monster. Any ideas guys?

Use your location verb and check your in the right spot. Just cause there is shaman there doesnt mean your in the right place. From my experience, once your in the right place the boss should appear pretty quickly.

[Jolena]

Can someone from plat answer a question for me? Trying to interpret the info from Krakiipedia..

"Obviously, the more upgrades you get, the bigger its enhancive capacity will be. On top of that, the two or three highest-ranking upgrades on your badge have the potential to unlock its ability to hold more than one enhancement."

5 categories.. 10 levels each..

For each one, there is a chance to unlock an extra enhancive on your 8th, 9th, or 10th upgrade? So you could possibly unlock an extra on the 8th and then not have to upgrade that category anymore? I assume it will tell you if it was unlocked?

Was also told that badges only allowed 3 different enhancive skills as maximum.. does that mean only 2 extra unlocks out of the possible 5 is maximum?

I wish I knew, but I don't believe anyone in Plat has had the fortune of getting enough points to unlock the badges to that level yet. There are more than few people with high amounts of points as well, but none with that type of enhancive ability yet.

[bubbauno]

So my theory is that each of the 5 categories upgrades a certain ability of the enhancements.. Such as max bonus or duration.. Seems like the first enhancive I tried only lasted about a day.

Anyone else think they figured out which category corresponds to which ability upgrade?

[Things2Come]

"Seems like the first enhancive I tried only lasted about a day. "

So you purchased a charge of an enhancive and it only lasted a day? That's kind of depressing, I would have hoped they lasted longer.

[Celephais]

So my theory is that each of the 5 categories upgrades a certain ability of the enhancements.. Such as max bonus or duration.. Seems like the first enhancive I tried only lasted about a day.

Anyone else think they figured out which category corresponds to which ability upgrade?

How many points did it cost you to charge it?

[Ignot]

one day? fuck that...

[Renian]

I thought boosting the ranks gave you the bonus? I presume that by choosing Bonus, you get a higher amount than you would via ranks?

No, you probably get a higher amount if you choose ranks. I think you can hold up to ten ranks on a capped badge slot, and only up to a +5 bonus. But the fact that you can choose bonus AND ranks allows you get a maximum bonus of +15 by using two capped slots, provided you were already at the point of maximum diminishing returns. Assuming a capped slot is after five upgrades, which I imagine it is.

This will also allow you to get a maximum stat bonus of +10. +10 from the base stat for +5 bonus, and +5 direct bonus. +10 STR anyone? I most definitely dig a semi-permanent Phoen's Strength on top of 509 and Surge. Or hell, how about +10 to your AGI and +3 to your DEX for my fellow giants, allowing us to swing a lance in 5 seconds?


In addition, do actual stat's (not the bonus) affect anything, or is it all drawn from the bonus?

As far as I know, not so much except for Aura, Logic, and Discipline. Your exp pool size is determined by 800 + LOG base + DIS base. Your spirit points are determined by the AUR base/10 rounded up.

[bubbauno]

Another possible thing to consider is that it's completely random and whatever category you upgrade will just increase a random abilitiy.. More bonus space, rank space, or duration of enhancive.. Who knows..

[FinisWolf]

A guess on the durations:

Initially they only last a short time. Once Charged, they could last like the gift box items (hopefully longer in my case, cause all 5 of mine died in 2 weeks).

Finis

[TheEschaton]

My gift box items still haven't died. Of course, I never take them off and put them on, which is supposed to be what makes them deplete, no?

-TheE-

[Nilandia]

My gift box items still haven't died. Of course, I never take them off and put them on, which is supposed to be what makes them deplete, no?

-TheE-
There's a small chance of depleting a charge if you wear and remove them. A GM on the officials, I believe it was Ildran, said that he wore and removed an enhancer at least 100 times and not even one charge was used up.

Gretchen

[Amber]

My gift box item was used up in about two weeks. Only ever took it off once. I assisted and was told that it was normal, but a friend who got his a couple weeks before me still had his for at least a year afterwards.

[Dwarven Empath]

I did one!

Jarivyth says, "All done with that assignment? Good job, Medi!"

[You have earned 898 bounty points, 800 experience points, and 8980 silver.]

Guess its ok, I'm gonna try another one tomorrow.

Medi...

[Ignot]

I finally got one of those fucking kids down from Pinefar without getting it killed! Hoot!

[AestheticDeath]

I had to help 2-3 different groups tonight who were trying the escort missions through the glacier... None of them woulda made it otherwise. Im thinking most of the younger people should be skipping those.

[FinisWolf]

My gift box items still haven't died. Of course, I never take them off and put them on, which is supposed to be what makes them deplete, no?

-TheE-

I never did either. Logging in and out also can deplete charges. As well as random rolls while you are logged in, though not as likely.

Finis

[bubbauno]

Well that didn't last too long.. Looks like they put a cap of 40 exp a pulse while saturated.. I was lovin that 50-52 a pulse but guess it was too good to be true.

[Stanley Burrell]

If I get the AG's treasurer to add an upgrade to my badge, does it use my spendable bounty points?

Sorry for da bump.

[Bobmuhthol]

No. It's based on how many total lifetime points you have.

[Stanley Burrell]

Thanks, yo.

[YancyDC]

Okay, I was browsing here on a whim, and this sounds awesome. I'm coming back to GS. Not that anyone cares. :)

[thornhappy]

Yay? I dunno. I'm always sort of pleased whenever someone comes back, since it'll help GS's case for longevity... heh

Your passive-agressively flagrant cry for personal attention is another matter however. :P

[mgoddess]

Seems like the advent of the Chronomage Travel System has opened up bounties to be in different cities then the one you're currently in...

>location
You carefully survey your surroundings and guess that your current location is Ta'Vaalor or somewhere close to it.
>
>ask tora about bount
Torasidr says, "Hmm, I've got a task here from the town of Kharam-Dzu. The local furrier in the Company Store has an order to fill and wants our help. Head over there and see what you can do. Be sure to ASK about BOUNTIES."

[Elvenlady]

That's happened to me in Vaalor too, prior to the introduction of the Chronomage Travel System. I guess it's because your character is too high a level for hunting etc. in the area.

[mgoddess]

That's happened to me in Vaalor too, prior to the introduction of the Chronomage Travel System. I guess it's because your character is too high a level for hunting etc. in the area.

Huh...weird. Well, alrighty then. First time it's happened to me...guess it makes a modicum of sense. :shrug:

[Merzbow]

Does first aid affect foraging in addition to perception and survival? Planning to retool my chars for 1x in perception and survival for ease of foraging, is this a waste?

[Latrinsorm]

My empath triples in first aid and doesn't appear to be any better than my warrior who .5xs survival and first aid. Foraging is a really finicky formula, but 3x to .5x/.5x probably would have shown up somewhere.

[AnticorRifling]

A Strong Potion of Accelerated Unlearning (instantly migrates all skills): 250,000 points


.......

I know this is late but that's a waste of points.

[mgoddess]

Not a waste of points if you used up your yearly fixskills the day it came out...and then decide three months later you wanna change.

[Merzbow]

My empath triples in first aid and doesn't appear to be any better than my warrior who .5xs survival and first aid. Foraging is a really finicky formula, but 3x to .5x/.5x probably would have shown up somewhere.

Hmm, will my survival ranks cause Skinning tasks to kick in, or does only First Aid do that?

[StrayRogue]

Kick in? What?

[Merzbow]

Kick in? What?

The Guild doesn't give you skinning tasks until you have some minimum amount of skinning-related skill. I've heard First Aid ranks count, but do Survival?

[StrayRogue]

I've been given tasks for skins with ranks in neither skill.

[Merzbow]

I've been given tasks for skins with ranks in neither skill.

Odd... I've never gotten skinning tasks, and posts on the officials confirm that one won't be given skinning tasks unless you have relevant skills.

[Silvanostar]

you'll get skinning tasks with survival ranks.

[Fallen]

Just a little blurb. Upgrading my badge in order (All aspects updated 3 times aside from the gem) at 270k points, I was able to get the spirit recovery boost.

[Daniel]

I've never gotten a skinning task with either of my characters.

[AnticorRifling]

Not a waste of points if you used up your yearly fixskills the day it came out...and then decide three months later you wanna change.

I guess if you don't know any other way then the potion is good to go.

[Merzbow]

you'll get skinning tasks with survival ranks.

Crap. Then I'm only making forward progress if I make my character good in BOTH skinning and foraging. 1x in all three of survival, first aid, and perception is out of the question. What do people suggest I put into skills to at least be moderately good at skinning/foraging?

[Latrinsorm]

You know you can trade tasks in, right?

[Landrion]

You know you can trade tasks in, right?

Oh god yes, you'll get a cacaphony of posts telling you how great it is to trade tasks if you dare complain about one on the officials.

[Merzbow]

You know you can trade tasks in, right?

If I can make my characters viable for these tasks with a minimum of investment, I won't have to, hence my previous question.

[StrayRogue]

I'd say it's easier to have one character who can skin/forage really well, than a couple who can't do it very good at all.

[Fallen]

>any chance we'll get the ability to see how many bounties of each type we've completed??

Yes, it will be added.

Coase

[Stanley Burrell]

>any chance we'll get the ability to see how many bounties of each type we've completed??

Yes, it will be added.

Coase

Sweet.

We should be able to choose what sort of tasks we get too.

Maybe have an EXP and/or bounty point and/or silver reduction modifier for more and more repetitions of the same sort of task.