DARK DEMON

Happy birthday :)

Note: The following is just an opinion+overview, not criticism. IMO we should indeed be happy and pleased with the progress being made but not stop here. We still have a lot to do. :) Before Stage 12 we used to talk about how "clumsy" MD is and how most newbies never stay because the filters are too strong, etc, but now I think that's starting to change, which is good. MD is gaining a lot in many areas that had untapped potential now. I am looking forward to a Stage 13 who's main goal would be to start moving MD in that direction. We really do need new players, and the influx rate is too low. When A25 first started we were told there was a tutorial redesigning... may I know how far this has gone? (edit: I'm not talking about advertising here, I mean making MD more suitable+welcoming+attractive for newbies) One thing I'm very happy about is that in this Stage actually we have had the least amount of "leavers" (speaking of vets here). Our bonds have held us strong together for all this time... but I really do worry sometimes that they might start breaking soon if stretched tooo long... I hope not. Its just a scary thought I get sometimes. We need more threads in this long rope. Newbies have always been a source of activity for vets too (I remember in my time old vets used to teach and guide us so much and spend time with us trying to make us feel welcome, but I haven't seen those people teach anybody in a long time because there are no/very few people to teach...) Then there's one thing I always say in these kinds of topics: I still very much dislike the way many things are started but left incomplete, and another big thing is started instead. Creature Totems, Night Mode, New Labyrinth, New Tutorial, etc... it will happen again: these things get abandoned and years later you will forget what they were supposed to be and what to do with them. I strongly suggest that any major uncompleted things be completed before advancing to Stage 13. (there was a topic Chew made about this earlier with his stage-advance-proposal, but I can't seem to find it now, it had more details). I would like to restate that this is not criticism, because I for one am very happy with A25, Mur returning, new RP items and big changes finally taking place, etc. I just think that making it properly organized and doing it in an order is essential, and that we should set priorities and follow them rather than doing stuff randomly (not talking about bugs or minor fixes here, but major projects). Maybe the community can decide these priorities to know the general opinion of what needs to be focused on.

So does my Ring http://magicduel.invisionzone.com/topic/16141-list-of-backslash-occurrences/ http://storenow.net/my/?f=3df92ae68e19e287bd8b3f83c27f7eb9

Deal made. Topic can be closed please.

You are not understanding my point. Automated or not, any -spell- or wishshop item is either earned or is role related (or also gifted but that is very rare). There is no way to "buy" these wishshop items or spells. Choices within the wishshop indeed vary from worthless to useful spells, BUT, at to access any of those you have only one way: earn a wishpoint. For the shop, everything is bought with credits, and now wishpoints too. Items that some people would have to buy with WP's, will now be very common, much more common than spells. My point is: a WP-costing item can be worthless, it doesn't matter, as long as the only way to get it is a wishpoint (or earning it, not paying for it). Thus, it will always remain 'special' in some way. Linking the only un-buyable thing in the game with credits would be a good decision if it actually allowed earning/hard work to be equal in value to paying, but it isn't equal. Who here values 8 credits (or even 20 credits) more than a WP?

At what cost? WP-undervaluing? Aren't WP's the only thing that we EARN and cannot buy? WP's wouldn't be directly undervalued, but what I'm trying to say is that in your opinion, shop should give equal advantage to a person who spends $8, and a person who spends a lot of time and energy to earn a WP? I am aware that there are many wishes worth only $1, but this is further devaluing it as well. -edited to clarify grammar- It is not my opinion, its the community's. Has anyone in MD in the past few years made any major trade with a trade value other than 1 gold to 5 credits? At least not publicly in the market for all I know.

I will of course make entries public if: 1) The one sponsoring it wants this to ensure that his reward is being given fairly (last time, you were more into this than the sponsorer himself) 2) The quest isn't research/spoiler-related I don't see how this is linked to my post or this topic though. A WP is no way worth 1 gold 9 silver (which is 8 credits), that's just horribly undervaluing. I was referring to Mur's own build a drachorn in RL quest in which he valued a GG drach the same as a WP.

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IMO it should be at least 50. Last I recall, Mur offered choices between rewards of a GG drach and a WP. GG drach is about 10 gold, and 1 gold = 5 credits, so a WP amounts to 50 that way.

http://storenow.net/my/?f=ee13c3324fa84628e852974a66a5fb75 And now, I withdraw from the quest.

http://storenow.net/my/?f=ec82b53ccc02a23469aff6acd75c5d78 http://storenow.net/my/?f=07ff1586b77728248f91c0ff1e2157b2

Ok, there's a huge mess-up. I saw Z's footprint and apparently he has a Gold Watch (broken) item. http://storenow.net/my/?f=3269ecd180330ffd9bb9a09d3625dc81 So I go to GoE and start talking to people about it, confused, thinking that sasha gave it to him. Then sasha suddenly wakes up and passes the apparently second Gold Watch (broken) to me. Now: 1) I refuse to suffer and score more points, during a time when I was reporting a potential rule-breaking (i.e sasha giving the watch to Z) 2) The quest shouldn't have taken place with an item which already exists on another person I request Asthir take the watch back and pause the quest, resuming it from an hour before I make this post, with a different item. (i.e 18:20 ST right now) To clarify: sasha did not pass the gold watch to Z, it is a second gold watch and it caused confusion.

...not getting tagged makes you ineligible for scoring? :O

http://storenow.net/my/?f=c0131c0a37833504cca79846a55b8478

http://storenow.net/my/?f=8a4ae500297ea3940527ae83574b8484

I can't dictate how you use your revive item since it is indeed yours. However... I must say that you are definitely not the only one freely reviving people... there are others. As to my general opinion about this: I don't disagree, but I believe such an item has potential for a lot more than to fulfill revival tokens. This is not the best example of role-playing with this item, that one could come up with.

Yeah I agree, there should be multiple voting.

I have told you this before in chat many times and will repeat. Nobody will show all their research to you if you don't show interest in that particular subject. Research is not done for the sake of researching, it is done because you actually feel really attached to that subject, to the extent that during such a research one tends to forget about time and other precious things which we are otherwise usually so worried about. (speaking only of "genuine" research here). Asking questions about something is not research, it is learning. Yes, the two words "research" and "learning" overlap each other, but they are not the same. Take an example: if lashtal discovers something extremely amazing about shades, does a Lorerootian have a right to demand to know? Sure, if they are friends, they can share, but it is still lashtal's choice. Now think about a NML dude who spent quite a while observing shades, revealing promising conclusions and his own theories/ideas. I think lash would be much more inclined to researching together with this NML guy than the Lorerootian who just asks/demands answers for the sake of knowing and satisfying himself, and not contributing. (the above is just an example, totally random, not intended to be directed at anyone, sorry for taking lashtal's name, I hope he doesn't mind) The following is just my opinion. In your case, Change, honestly from what I have observed since a long time and talked to you many times about, is that you are focused more on the people and yourself, rather than the research subject itself. You want to please people and please yourself, not contribute to the research. That's not how it is and is probably the reason you often feel frustrated. Currently your issue is: you expect full clear answers but get subtle hints or "spoiler!" comments only, hence you are not satisfied. Don't expect, instead focus on reaching that position where people come to you with questions about the research and expect you to be the one knowing answers. Prove yourself worthy of the knowledge. There's a reason we "do research" and not "speak/talk/ask/say research".

Memory stones do not expire

I believe he means erolin heat, guys, not XP. Try a different browser?

What if the watch-holder goes inactive, or some other matter comes up, that the watch remains with one person for a very long period of time?

One example is my Ethereal Ring's description. Maybe other crafted items too? Does anyone else have the same problem?

Item names, yes, with the "rn". Along with old PL's

Well, Chew gave us an example, I think it should be like that. Aeo, Fossil of the year is during MD awards, but the Fossil medal itself isn't :P For vet medal, well, you're eligible Aeo of course. You don't have the medal, but that doesn't mean you're not a vet.

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