DM Run in June

[JustDan]

http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/GemStone%20IV%20Announcements/Important%20Announcements/view/1372

So... looks like they're going to keep this going for a while. I have two tickets to this next run on Memorial Day, but with the watered-down prize pool, I won't be buying any more tickets, I don't think.

How many more months will they sell out these runs, I wonder?

[Rhawk187]

As long as they keep selling out.

[Warriorbird]

Can I get an extra charged gold ring? Pleaaase?

[Gizmo]

http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/GemStone%20IV%20Announcements/Important%20Announcements/view/1372

So... looks like they're going to keep this going for a while. I have two tickets to this next run on Memorial Day, but with the watered-down prize pool, I won't be buying any more tickets, I don't think.

How many more months will they sell out these runs, I wonder?

Initially they intended to do a run every few months. I think right now they are going to milk it for all it's worth though, then eventually you'll see a tapering of it once everyone grows tired of the prizes...Maybe once every 2-3 months?

Then again who knows, maybe they'll run it every month, and continue to suck money from people :P

[Jarvan]

With them putting such heavy restrictions on ticket sales. I doubt it will sell out fast. Maybe not sell out at first at all.

Can't buy a ticket if went on first OR second run? that's stupid. Tickets on sale for an hour already and maybe 6 sold.

It should be if you went on the previous run, not both previous runs.

[MrMortimur]

With the restrictions in place to prevent people from running multiple times I kinda see the back to back runs of a way of spreading the wealth. If the runs were only every 4-6 months I'd be a bit irked to be restricted from buying a ticket. But once a run doesn't sell out I imagine they'll tone it down and bring us a festival instead.

[Jarvan]

They had what appeared as two pay events listed.. both sounded more Rp/Merchant then huge amounts of items.

[DaCapn]

Gotta pay for that new co-lo!

I did the April run so I couldn't buy one right away. I saw a May ticket open up a couple days ago, tried to buy it and got the "you've already purchased the maximum number of tickets" message. I did all kinds of monkeying around with cookies, cache, signing in and out, etc and couldn't buy it. The ticket went sold a few hours later.

I sent a message to feedback the instant I had the problem and posted on the forums after the ticket went sold. Still have yet to hear anything in either place.

Anyway, just letting you guys who have done a run know that even if you should be able to buy a ticket, maybe you won't be able to anyway.

[Nattor]

did they ever post the prize list for the one next week?

[JustDan]

did they ever post the prize list for the one next week?

Not yet. They want to sell as many June tickets as they can before revealing that the new prize pool is 33% unlimited crystal amulets, 33% feras weapons, 32% H4H chests, and 1 forehead gem.

[Nattor]

good point.

[chrenraf]

where would the prize list be at if it is released?

[Jarvan]

in the droughtman forum on the boards

[Ceyrin]

I went on the first set of runs earlier this year... and I don't even remember what the prize I got was.

I'm sure I could look it up as it's probably preserved here on the PC, but that just goes to show how underwhelming the prizes generally are... either that or how bad my memory is.

In either case, I'm signed up for several more underwhelming prizes over the next month. I can hardly wait...

[Kitsun]

The better way to get them to tweak the prizes upward is to stop signing up.

[JustDan]

The better way to get them to tweak the prizes upward is to stop signing up.

:yeahthat:

And make sure to post on the officials that the REASON you're not signing up is that the prizes got a touch too watered-down, and the novelty has worn off enough to where it's not worth it in your opinion.

[chrenraf]

I've never done a Dm, but signed up for one. Do you get exp while this is going on? Because crap prizes and spending 2 hours with no xp would not be cool. At least fi you get exp you have an experience (as long as you are getting some coin lol) no experience and crap prizes would be lame. If that is the case I would rather grind nelemar.

[JustDan]

I've never done a Dm, but signed up for one. Do you get exp while this is going on? Because crap prizes and spending 2 hours with no xp would not be cool. At least fi you get exp you have an experience (as long as you are getting some coin lol) no experience and crap prizes would be lame. If that is the case I would rather grind nelemar.

No XP earned, to my knowledge. Generally you get some coin, and a chance at a half-decent prize. I think most prizes have sold for 3m or more, with a few notable exceptions.

[Archigeek]

The real prize is for winning your round. That prize and the grand prize are excellent prizes.

[Ceyrin]

The real prize is for winning your round. That prize and the grand prize are excellent prizes.
That's what I'm in it for.

[Roblar]

This prize list looks alot more impressive to me than the last one:

a serrated rolaren knife inlaid with a mosaic of colorful glass
some ebon full plate armor
a slender black alloy longsword
a thin-bladed black alloy wakizashi
an open-backed carmine silk gown threaded with lustrous gold
a dark emerald green silk houppelande with bloodjewel beading along the neckline
a gold-laced satin ballgown trimmed with panels of copper brocade
an imflass and brass armillary sphere
a brass and gold disk
a brass and gold disk
a ruddy crimson drakar sledgehammer with a bone spike on its head
a visored silvery rolaren greathelm crowned with a crimson plume
a leaf-carved green rolaren band inset with a square-cut emerald
a ruic-stemmed black iron pipe etched with a spiral of runes
an aquamarine and mithril entwined wand
a three-legged polished steel cauldron with thick brass handles
a clenched golvern fist brooch gilded with crimson eahnor
a gold-inlaid blue mithril case with a thin glass plate on its front cover
a slender black rolaren scabbard with a polished silver throat
a circular gold and mithril brooch wrapped in a braid of brass
a thick golvern cuirass emblazoned with a pair of crossed silvered crystal wands
an obsidian and crimson rolaren sledgehammer
a silver-limned black rolaren warblade
a fel-hafted vultite waraxe
a black rapture cloak
a silvery faewood staff inlaid with a spiral of faenor ivy vines
a suit of mottled imflass platemail emblazoned with a pair of crossed axes
an enruned witchwood box
a circular golden rolaren medallion
a gold-swirled black mithglin torc
a folded cerulean silk sash
a silver-clasped blue brocade mantle embroidered with golden thread
a set of thickly quilted double leathers studded with brass
a rune-embroidered supple black leather pouch tied with golden satin drawstrings
a bevel-edged steel box
a ruby-inset steel box
a suit of fluted eahnor platemail inlaid with ruby flames
a carved green jade and red jasper rose brooch backed with silver
a heavy golvern slab
a bent blued steel rod
a crystal-domed blue scarab ring
a silver-stitched tanned leather wand belt
an enruned black ora jackal's head ring set with faceted bloodstone eyes
a chaos maul
a rectangular steel belt buckle with a brass and gold frame
a brass-studded boiled leather bracer
a thick silvery faewood runestaff capped with a dull white soulstone orb
a twisted fireleaf runestaff
a gold-mouthed crimson eahnor warhorn
an azure leather gauntlet with a tiny quartz orb attached to each knuckle
an etched dusky grey runestone
a striated misty grey runestone
a fel-hafted vultite waraxe
a suit of forest green brigandine
a suit of forest green brigandine
a gold-swirled blue ora hatchet
a fine-toothed dark urnon key
a square mistwood humidor with golden mithril hinges
a colorful fused glimaerstone rod
a slender dark orase runestaff carved with a spiral of runes
a thick illthorn staff crowned with a pyramid of azure blazestar
a clenched golden fist brooch gilded with crimson mithril
a gold and silver ring
a gold-runed thin bronze ring
a pristine white jade wand capped with a soulstone shard
a carved white opal rod inlaid with mithril bands
a rectangular golvern tower shield inlaid with a polished eahnor rune
a bronze shade-lizard
a slender veil iron dagger with a topaz-inset hilt
a spiral-inlaid black onyx band
a spiral-inlaid black onyx band
a slender blue tanik rod wrapped with bands of polished bronze
an agate-set ipantor yumi
a rune-carved thick mithril claidhmore inlaid with glaes and eostone
a small rolaren-scaled fish with faceted sapphire eyes
a carved silvery lor amulet
a carved silvery lor amulet
a carved silvery lor amulet
a slender blue tanik rod wrapped with bands of polished brass
a slender blue tanik rod wrapped with bands of polished copper
a silver-tipped crimson eahnor stiletto
a pair of matte black leather boots laced with blue silk
a pair of matte black leather boots laced with silver satin
a pair of matte black leather boots laced with grey cotton
a rectangular orase tower shield fitted with a polished golvern spike
a carved dark haon rod
a pair of polished golvern bracers traced with spidery silver runes
a razor-edged crimson drakar waraxe
a circular golden zelnorn buckler inlaid with a spiral of eahnor
a glossy black adamantine greatshield emblazoned with a silver tower
a thin-bladed golden kroderine wakizashi with a silk-wrapped hilt
a suit of zelnorn-scaled brigandine
a long kroderine rapier with a brilliant golden tip
a drakar-edged black rolaren hatchet
a pair of eahnor-studded leather bracers
a braided rolaren and faenor circlet
an oak-shafted golvern sledgehammer
a polished crimson eahnor breastplate emblazoned with a golvern wyvern
a coraesine war hammer
a faceted ruby heart censer enameled with a budding rose

Edit: Just re-read the thread title, this list is for this weekend's run.

[fallenSaint]

Honestly a better looking list than I had expected to see.

[JustDan]

Honestly a better looking list than I had expected to see.

Quick! Go buy June Run Tickets!!!

That being said... I agree. Nice looking list. Hopefully I do a little better than last time.

Only three gowns? A mithril claidh? FGB? A fel hafter? Adamantine? Zelnorn? Coraesine? Kroderine? Rapture Cloak? MULTIPLE sets of plate mail? Who made this damn list anyway??

[Kronius]

Yep, looks a lot better. Maybe they took your advice and ramped up the May prize list to sell out June sales... In reality, they'll have to keep getting better to keep ticket sales up.

...rapture cloak... mmmm

[Ceyrin]

a chaos maul

I just peed a little.

[thefarmer]

I just peed a little.

It's not super impressive.

Other than the epeen factor of combining the words chaos+maul, I guess.

[bremerial]

http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/GemStone%20IV%20Announcements/Important%20Announcements/view/1372

So... looks like they're going to keep this going for a while. I have two tickets to this next run on Memorial Day, but with the watered-down prize pool, I won't be buying any more tickets, I don't think.

How many more months will they sell out these runs, I wonder?

I've avoided buying more tickets recently, choosing to concentrate on the occasional heckle and seemingly fruitless wooing of Droughtman. However if the runs continue beyond June, I will attempt to acquire another ticket. Who knows. I may end up with a whole wardrobe of gowns. :tumble: (Please god no!)

Lets face it. These events could be run between now and Christmas and they'll always sell out... Personally, I'm hoping for a little gap between events though... I don't want these events to become run of the mill, like a trip to the bank or a walk to Icemule.

[Kronius]

I've avoided buying more tickets recently, choosing to concentrate on the occasional heckle and seemingly fruitless wooing of Droughtman. However if the runs continue beyond June, I will attempt to acquire another ticket. Who knows. I may end up with a whole wardrobe of gowns. :tumble: (Please god no!)

Lets face it. These events could be run between now and Christmas and they'll always sell out... Personally, I'm hoping for a little gap between events though... I don't want these events to become run of the mill, like a trip to the bank or a walk to Icemule.

ehh, I'm mixed... while I'd rather not see it become an every month occurrence, at least they're doing something. Even if it is a big money grab, gives people a chance to get a decent item they wouldn't really been able to get otherwise. Plus, running the maze is fun.

[bremerial]

Plus, running the maze is fun.

That, I can't deny Kron. On a purely ancilliary note, the verbal interplay regarding the matter of matrimony with Droughtman (or the man/woman behind Droughtman on any given day) has been quite funny.

Seems like i'll have to settle for social intercourse as - to inaccurately paraphrase the Borg * - "persistance is futile"



* Star Trek - C'mon now! Did I really need to explain that one? :D

[Musicalia]

Anyone seen a June list?

[JustDan]

Anyone seen a June list?

Negatory... and to be honest I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't release the list early. They're not actively trying to sell tickets to another run at this point (the way they were last time).

[shad0ws0ngs]

Lists up

http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Quests%60Sagas%60Events/Droughtman%27s%20Challenge/view/1694

[DrxLecter]

wow, what a crap list compared to may...