SoulTear

It doesn't seem fair that RPCs can go around attacking people and they can't even retaliate. When is Manu or Shoeps going to start placing the RPC avatars in certain locations like he did Wodin Ullr? The game world is pretty empty right now adding a few RPC characters around would add to the scenery

Heretic Archer His eyes are forever shrouded with dark hatred. His life has been nothing but anger and loss and he has found solace in but one thing: combat. The Gods that roam the skies and shower other with their miracles have only left pain and anguish for him. The Heretic Archer forsakes these Gods with every arrow he lets fly. His loyalty is not pricy and he is weak still, but he will grow into a true monster. Every moment spent serving you gives him the power he needs to defy the Gods. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Too bad no one else wants to do this its a great way to your number of posts on this forum up. Anyway next up is the Heretic Archer, there maybe some connection to Heresy Lane which I suggested the name for to Manu by the way. I was thinking of this Marind Bell creature when I did so.

Aramor Basic Attack Entity. Can attack a random target dealing moderate level I physical damage. Aramors are well known throughout the Realm as they are one of the few entities who will aid anyone, without taking into consideration if their master is good, evil, sane or mad. Contrary to popular belief, there is no foreign spirit living inside the suit of Armor for the Aramor is alive and sentient through a permanent enchantment. At first, the defensive Aramor's plating is made entirely out of Copper. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looks like its fallen to me to get this beastry going. I will do all the low level creatures first. Here is the lowly Aramor (spelling mistake is in the original but I wanted to copy it exactly so I didn't correct it).

Grasan I Basic Lumbering Beast. Can only attack multiple targets and not a single target dealing chaotic damage. Helpless against a single enemy unit and very effective against numerous enemy units. Seemingly resembling an obese humanoid, Huvourers are not very smart and they usually only rely on one basic need – hunger. They usually live in the depths of the Hollow Den but also in the Aramory and they can see in pitch-black darkness. They will devour any wanderer, alive or dead (in case the huge boulder thrown by the Huvourer will hit the unfortunate soul). Aside from that, a Huvourer will also bite and maul anybody's flesh to shreds. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Since no one was interested in the Barren Soul I decided to put another creature up. This time the Grasan since from reading this board it seems to be quite popular. And by the way way I do think it looks cute in a funny sort of way, kind of looks like a giant marshmallow man like the one from Ghostbusters.

Considering the kind of community we have developed here I think you guys might find this puzzle fun to solve: http://www.etheric.com/Sphinx_Stargate/Page2.html Very magic duel like I think, you might even find some inspiration for making a magic duel puzzle from trying it out and before anyone asks no I haven't solved it myself yet.

Barren Soul Basic Healer Entity. Can heal a friendly target for a low amount of vitality. The Barren are the strongest and most known of the Defiled Souls, cursed to haunt the Realm. The curse forces those slain in battle by Necrovians to never truly die, thus transforming them into Defiled Souls. However, there is a grim exception to this rule regarding the Berserkers, the sworn enemies of Necrovion. Upon their death Berserkers are fated to become Barren, an odd ilk of mindless beings trapped in twilight. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discuss story and/or role play related things only please.

Shadowalking - You no longer leave a name trail at any locations when moving for an hour maybe? Not the same as being completely invisible your name still appears at locations you are at. The principles used would be darkness and time I think. Its not that powerful but could still be useful in certain situations like in the heads contest

I also don't believe that time and transposition are opposites or complements, all principles are connected to some degree but that doesn't mean they reflect each other. Manu also says in the description that imagination and darkness are connected but that doesn't make them complements. Time and Cyclicity seem to me to be complements as in Time being duration and Cyclicity being frequency which are the reciprocal of each other: ie Duration = Seconds(time)/Cycle | Frequency = Cycles/Second(time), thats basic physics look it up if you want. The descriptions of the principles have already been made by Manu and can easily be accessed on the website and on this forum. I assumed that Akasha just copied them onto the pages and so created the book of principles. Alche could do the same but we don't know for sure yet if there isn't a physical book somewhere and now that he is there he may as well try and find it pursing a different course then Akasha did. Maybe such a book contains some additional information etc. since it was written by someone else long ago. Manu said there were 2 outcomes to this quest so Alche is presumably trying to get the other one whatever it is so he should probably not do the same as Akasha did. As for Akasha's reaction to Alche's request you are reading way too much into it. May I remind that if Akasha had given the book to him it would have ended his quest right there and then, which would have defeated the very purpose of Alche going there to find it himself. And what do you mean by Akasha needing our help? Her quest is already over and done with.

Mur's exact quote was (emphasis mine): He was probably referring to this post by omegaweapon were he says that Akasha will write the principle book herself: Of course this is exactly what Akasha has started doing somewhere hidden in the game world though I don't know if the book she writes can be considered The Book. There may not be a physical book at all hidden somewhere for him to find, alche may have to write it himself just as Akasha did.

I don't see why crossing it is such a big problem there is a boat right there, the problem is that for some reason you can't use it.

I was not able to see the 'light show' at Angien's Ferry in Firefox. I could see it in IE though. This could be an indication of flash effect compatibility issues with the game in Firefox.

You still get exp for your creatures when you retreat as long as they don't die in battle. So its actually better for you to have a timed battle rather then a fight to the death since if you hadn't retreated you would have died because you were already losing the battle if you retreated in the first place. If you retreated it means your opponent got a win but not a victorious. When the battle times out and the damage you have both done to each other is equal or none then the person whose creatures have the most vitality win. If you attack someone whose creatures are all dead you will also get a retreat.

A 'Retreat' is a soft loss that is you retreat when you lose but the difference between the damage you do and your opponent does is less then or equal to 85%. If its more then that then you get a 'Defeated' but this only applies in MP4 and above. See the 'Balancing fights' tutorial for more detailed information. You can find it on the left hand side of your screen near the bottom with 'How to play' and 'Understanding the fighting system'. Edit- Should be less then or equal to 85%

Those players mentioned were mainly active near the end, there were also a number of MP5s that were moderately active especially at the beginning. I know since I was constantly roaming around looking for heads and there were a number of players here and there with 30 to 90 heads though I never really kept track of their names. However since most of the heads were out of play few MP5s were able to get enough for a decent score or even to compete with those mentioned which is probably why you didn't notice them (e.g. Faraday, Lulu, Constantine etc.). You only went after players with lots of heads that had already done the grunt work of gathering them (e.g. me) before logging out to once again take them out of play. I keep my posts as short as I can given that I want to express myself clearly and prove the validity of what I am saying. If you prefer that forum discussions consist of making cryptic comments, conceited assertions and snide remarks then you may want to go to a chat room for that kind of discussion. If on the other hand you have trouble reading large paragraphs and understanding what they say then just say so and I will break it down for you I am expecting you to answer with yet another barrage of snide remarks or shall we leave it at that

@Venger Shadowice was also very active but he gave up after you and No one started hogging all the heads. He was actually in the lead before me. Glasitg was also pretty active and was the contest leader at the very beginning. @Morgana Sorry I got a little carried away in my previous posts. On thinking about it some more I think I know what you meant by teamwork. You meant that 4 or 5 players should get together and make a pact to watch No one and Venger all day at different times so they will catch them when they log on eventually. Then the allied players could decide among themselves who would win the contest and so get the heads and then repeat that for future ones until all their members have won using the same tactic as No one and Venger and dst did when necessary. The problem with that is that it would mean that a small clique would have effectively gamed the contest in their favour. Multiple groups would make things more interesting but still the contest would then become more about finding an alliance to join rather then actual fighting, running and hiding and I don’t think that’s Manu intended when he created it. By the way how do you like my avatar? Runehawks suck, Mystraven all the way

I was very active in the competition, online almost all day long yet I never saw No one online even once and Venger only very rarely and when he did log on it would only be for a little while and he would log off the instant anyone was coming near him. Many other MP5s were just as active if not more so then me yet if you ask them I can guaranteed they will tell you they hardly ever saw those two online and they would log off as soon as anyone came near. You saw No one online cause he didn't log off when he saw you because as an MP4 he knew you were no threat. Venger and No one on the other hand were not active at all and hardly ever came online. Their only advantage was they that were lucky enough to be chosen by dst who siphoned heads for them because he was board had won the contest before and so had nothing better to do with his time then collect heads for them (he told me this himself in a pm). You can call that "teamwork" if you want but I call it cowardice which disenfranchised all other players, active players from fighting for the heads at all. They couldn't do anything because the heads were not in play simple as that. In the 2nd stage of the contest there were hardly any heads at the Gazebo of Equilibrium and so the second stage was ruined completely because of this. If everyone used this kind of "teamwork" it would be an absolute disaster for the contest. Everyone would stay logged off most of the time and those that didn't would quickly lose their heads and then it would be over for them. The contest would be a matter of who is lucky enough to log on when no one is on. I said this in my previous post but apparently you don't read very well. It was impossible for anyone no matter how active to do anything against those two but how could you understand that since you didn't even participate at MP5? Because of them the contest was over before it even began as any MP5 that seriously participated could tell you. Shadowice and a couple of other MP5s sent Manu some suggestions about how the heads contest can be improved so this kind of "teamwork" will probably not happen in future contests.

If someone takes your heads they can easily log out before you have a chance to react. Once they do you can't spend all day staring at their name to see the instant they come on. We have lives outside the game you know and can't spend all day glued to our computers waiting for the second the head hogs log on. Well maybe you don't Mr. 3 characters. Looks like Lulu was right in the chat you did do it for revenge. Well I hope it was worth becoming what you used to hate

First of all I'm not whining I tried to present an issue which I think needed to be addressed and which explains the Head contest results. At the very least it will allow Manu to know more about player behaviour which was the original purpose of the contest if you can recall and I think you have to admit I did it in as non confrontational way as possible. I neither said that they shouldn't have won for using this tactic nor did I say it should be made illegal (though Manu made hiding in inaccessible areas illegal and this is basically the same thing with the logouts) I simply brought up the question. Secondly just because they used this cheap tactic to win doesn't mean I should stoop to their level. Yes I could have teamed up with Laz and done that but I didn't because it would ruin the contest for everyone. The agreement I had with Laz was completely different, after Venger and No One 'stole' the 2nd and 1st positions I wanted him or anyone else for that matter to get 3rd place so I could participate in the next contest. I helped him a little cause I thought he had the best chance of winning but neither of us logged out with any heads. It wasn't just me and Laz that refused to use this tactic either. Godsend who got about 500 heads from me after harassing me all day did so on the suggestion of Shadowice (they know each other). Now he could have just given them to Shadowice to help him win but considered it a dishonourable thing to do. Thirdly yes sometimes I was offline with some heads but that’s because I can't play this game 24/7 even idle mode only lasts 6 hours and thats completely different from taking heads from someone then logging off immediately so they can't attack back then logging back in when they leave to hide and sneak in a score. I do believe running and hiding is an important and fun part of the contest but taking heads then instantly logging off ruins it. You can ask people that participated I was online very often and quite active during the contest you even attacked me several times but I was unable to attack Venger and No one even once and they were both hardly ever online. At first I just wanted to raise the issue but since you implied that I'm being a sore loser I will have to answer the question: How does doing this ruin the game for everyone? It does so by freezing the entire contest so no one is able to change their rank and get scored once all the heads have been taken out of play. By using it your are effectively guaranteeing a win for yourself, only if someone developed an invincible ritual which no one could break (an exploit in itself) could they win against it (assuming they are also fast and active in getting heads). By logging off with all the heads and then almost never logging in with them you prevent anyone form even attempting to try and score since there are not enough heads in play for them to score thus freezing the contest. Scoring is based on how long you are online with the heads rather then just how many you have and is at random times to prevent players from blocking other active players from scoring. The entire second stage of the contest for MP5 was ruined because of this. Near the end when Laz looked like he might have a chance of getting second place Venger came broke through his ritual only once took all the heads and then immediately logged off before anyone even realized what happened. Just like that the contest was over not just for Laz but also for everyone there that was trying to get the heads in the hope of beating him. It was a forgone conclusion that No one would win even before the contest was over because he had 80% of the heads and never logged on so most players just gave up rather then fighting to the bitter end like in previous contests. He ruined the contest for everyone by hogging all the heads. Imagine if everyone used this tactic then the head contest would become more about quickly farming new heads at the beginning and then logging off before anyone else notices you then a real in game competition between players. Whoever is lucky enough to be logged in when no ones else is around is the automatic winner. Finally sorry for singling you out dst. I regret now naming you and Venger in my previous post. The game is still in the testing stages and players should do whatever they can to win but ... My complaint against dst: Sorry my post are always so long but I always try to be as through as possible in my explanations.

What I am about to discuss is perfectly legal right now in the heads contest but the question is: Should it be? This is the case of when two characters are the same person since multi accounts are allowed in this game and are using both characters to perform separate functions in the heads contest. One character gathers the heads and then when they get enough gives it to the other character who stays logged off with all the heads while the first character gathers more and then so on. The second character only has to log on for a little while every day to get scored and then log off before anyone notices. This way a player can gather a large numbers of heads without exposing themselves to any danger of losing them. I'm bringing this up because I'm pretty sure dst and Venger were doing this by observing their behavior. Which means they are either working together or are the same person. This is especially unfortunate since dst won already so he can't win again but he could use his first character to get his second to win without much risk or perhaps that of a friend or family member. It goes without saying that those that do this have a tremendous advantage over all other players in the contest not only can they use one character to gather heads without danger in the first stage of the contest but they can take heads in the second stage and log out to keep them out of play so the first character does not have to worry about any one catching up with him thus nullifying the purpose of the second stage. I wouldn't be surprised if the reason most of the heads in MP5 are out of play in the second stage is because of people using this tactic. Right now there are not enough heads in play for the second stage of MP5 to make any difference at all in the current ranking.

Recently I tried playing in Firefox rather then Internet Explorer and I didn't have this problem. This was on the same computer I usually play on with Internet Explorer. I also tried IE on a different computer with the same problem so it may be some sort of bad interaction between IE6 and the server. IE is after all a pretty poor browser but I'm used to it unfortunitly.

Not really, ironically this is actually the verse that made me dismiss clue as a possible answer: I hold the secrets To what you seek, Firstly this verse is so cryptic as to be equivocal but this is what I was thinking: A clue isn't something that holds the secrets to what you seek it's just something that can help you find that secret (ie you DON'T NEED a clue to find the secret you seek hence it doesn't hold it). What holds the secret that you seek is the fact that it is a mystery to you but that doesn't fit some of the other verses so I went with answer as the best overall fit. Anyway clearly we were on a completely different wavelength though I still stand by my answer (no pun intended). Giving people 2 guesses is not going to give them the ability to guess the answer to your riddle correctly, Metal Bunny along with the other winners were just lucky the second time if not the first. Then again that may be the point otherwise everyone would get it. Well I can understand how my answer wasn't the one you were looking for even though it did fit but come on, rejecting Lulu's answer because of the qualifier 'specific' that's just being nitpicky.

Well the answer I gave was 'An Answer' and it fits all of the definitions perfectly as much as 'Clue' does even though it still wasn't accepted Just replace 'clue' with 'answer' in Morgana Le Fey's explanation and you will see what I mean but let me elaborate: So is an answer You could say the same thing about an answer Ditto Same thing happens when you find an answer Finding and answer is as well The same is true of an answer This is why I hate riddles, they can have mutiple anwsers and you have to anticipate the one that the riddler is looking for. I hope these riddles won't be too important in the game or 'The Keeper of the Keys' won't have any keys that go into any important areas.

One thing I would like to know is what is [something]?

I'm still getting this problem and its very annoying. I can't attack any of the newer players or read my personal messages becouse of it. Mur please do something I still use Windows 98SE (I know its old but it works for what I use it for) if that could have anything to do with it. Also it didn't happen on the first server the game was on and the temp server only the second server and the current one.

Indeed this what I suggested should be done in my original post on the Battle System Poll. With the current system people will still try to get loses rather then be balanced it will be just harder for them to do so (this will become more apparent after the heads contest is over). As long as the reward for being balanced is a set value while the reward for high honor attacks is unlimited its better to have lots of losses rather then be balanced so things will slowly go back to the way they were before the reset. Glasitg you say honor should be worth something but just what do you think its supposed to try and accomplish in the game? Honor is (or I should say was) supposed to punish a particular playstyle (if you prey on the weak or not) and not just be a stat players should try and pump up so they can us it to get things. The more artificial incentives (like Xp bonus, items, features etc.) are put in for its aquisition the less it will do its job and be an indicator for a players relative strength to your own. Players will then just spam attack so they can get more honor from attacks and use it to get what they want in the game. You may not like it but that is what will happen. Which will turn the honor system on its head since the best players will actually have the most losses and therefore give the least honor while the weak players will give lots of honor and be their punching bags.