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Post by Prometheus on Jul 2, 2011 10:55:27 GMT
There are some AI flaws with the Teranthan Cerebrate.
Since the loot is the most powerful in the game it's important that we fix it so that noone benefits from exploiting that AI flaw, as some already have.
I will replace the spawn after the next shard restart, after I've dropped the loot level to that of a Nemesis. The loot level will return back to it's high levels once we've addressed the AI flaws.
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Post by valasca on Jul 2, 2011 11:30:47 GMT
Well atleast it hasn't been sitting there with merlin killing it every 3 hours with 4 wyvern strike scrolls for about a month. I wonder if he's got a stupid amount of overpowered items.
One of the reasons I've basically stopped playing :-(
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Post by Dekar on Jul 2, 2011 15:30:46 GMT
yeah this is a good decision
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Post by jonhy5 on Jul 2, 2011 16:13:21 GMT
Well, Im so sad to hear that people want to stop playing because this...
Lets clarify some points:
First, I agree that when the cerebrate was moved to destard/hythloth it became easier to kill it and if its so easy to kill it with necro spells, it was easy for everyone (mages), not only for me, so anyone could do it.
Second, I wasnt the only one killing the cerebrate in the last month, I always met with: hellokittie, wildbalony, tweaka, connie(ghost), dosh, el zovao, and already saw hyperion, dash, mastasook, donalduck, valasca at the spot too.
Third, you have to kill like 10 cerebrates to get 1 "good" item, so I didnt get tons of "overpowered" items like valasca think.
Here is a list of all "good" itens that I found in cerebrate:
-5 BR weapons
-3 EF weapons 70-100% cast
-2 meele lvl6
-1 fire prot lvl6
-1 water prot lvl6
All the others "good" itens I have like str/dex mods i found in balron/balrog/sd/gd loot, never found a good mod in cerebrate.
I kill like 20-30 high mobs everyday and rarely see anyone hunting, its not my fault if Im the only one playing hard.
And here are some suggestions about cerebrate to make it more challenging:
-make the respawn time/place random (i dont know if its possible)
-choose a better spot for the respawn (one suggestion: destard level 3 next to the 2 silver dragons)
-he shouldnt cast area spells
-he could fight like angels/nemesis (hiding, healing, casting "animate dead", etc...)
-arm him with a br bow (oh my god!!!)
-put 2 of then together
Lets stop talking and go playing.
See you in game.
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Post by mastasook on Jul 9, 2011 14:56:23 GMT
nemisis loot was horrible last i checked, worse then balrogs, instead of changeing shit why not put it in shame in the 2 buildings put 2 of them with alot of mobs also in the building and try to make it immune to necro spells, if u cant then just place alot of hard mobs on small spawn times.
its not the fact the ai is being exploited its the fact that the once 1 person kills it, he can time it perfect to continue to do so, and no one has the time to find out whos doing it and when to jump him.
thats my problem with this whole thing is i only have an hour or 2 to play and i log on its not there i check and check and check and nothing i have to go, or its up and someone already killed it because there timed it perfect.
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Post by valasca on Jul 9, 2011 19:22:28 GMT
- make him summon mage stalkers and mage hunters like a spellbook summons skeles so people can't lure him away from quick spawns.
- hiding needs to be on.
- make him heal more so he can't just be targeted off screen. atm he only starts to heal from about a third health left.
- give him a casting weap so people can't set shadow drags on him.
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Post by mastasook on Jul 10, 2011 17:38:53 GMT
make him immune to necro magic and put him somewhere thats small, and u cant lure him so ppl cant attack off screen and so we actually have to use the fucking bow, maybe also change targets faster like a silver. i also like the idea of having to go get the silver bow everytime u want to kill it, and if so there should be more then 1.
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Post by mastasook on Jul 15, 2011 17:03:13 GMT
whats the status on this issue? anyone?
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Post by jonhy5 on Jul 16, 2011 18:33:33 GMT
Please, do something or put the cerebrate back, at least there was some activity when he was there.
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Post by killerdeza on Jul 18, 2011 20:27:42 GMT
shard dying........
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Post by trendkill on Jul 19, 2011 3:15:01 GMT
more than a month now with no news on the issue. anything official? scrapping the idea? taking suggestions?
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Post by Dekar on Jul 19, 2011 4:15:05 GMT
the terathan/mr sunshine is siths project and he's been busy with real life for now.
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Post by mastasook on Jul 29, 2011 15:40:41 GMT
well the gating into dungeons seem to work, so lets put him back cause this shit sucks with find the same expert item over and over again.
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Post by Fayt on Jul 31, 2011 3:56:04 GMT
Extensive testing would've avoided the issue... All removing it did was cause a shift in items, much like the one that caused the need of a wipe between first and second ages.
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Post by trendkill on Jul 31, 2011 14:45:10 GMT
Ok now its been a month and all we have heard from staff is "its not my project and i don't give a shit". Clearly they don't give a shit. I have played this god forsaken game for like 13 years and i can't even get a blackrock weapon? Seriously? Fucking weak staff.
If it is how you say Dekar, and it is Siths project and he has been busy. Why not take some responsibility and take it on yourself? Or any other staff for that matter. If one particular staff member is busy with real life things. Which is totally understandable by the way. Then why is another staffer not stepping up? Instead you just post condescending bullshit on the forums?
Its sunday afternoon right now and 19 people are online. I came back to play a month ago to see and kill the sunshine. There were 43 ppl on when i first logged on again. Now i havent seen more than 26. Clearly this is an issue that needs fixing so whats the problem? You guys cant do 1 thing in a months time?
We are all playing this game because we are addicted losers. So why not let us play the game with good stuff? Make the loot higher is your not gonna put in good mobs. I can kill 100 balrogs and not get a blackrock wep. Thats the dumbest thing i ever heard of in any ultima shard. I have literally id' bag upon bags of loot in the past 2 weeks and got like 2 decent mods and 3 ok weps and thats it. I don't even own a stygian dev bow and thats crazy.
This isnt a threat because noone cares but if i cant hunt and get good items im not gonna play. Im gonna give it a few more days and then im done. Youll be back to 20 ppl online, and even less than that shortly im sure. But obviously no one gives a shit. Its a shame to because its a well hosted shard with a lot of potential but its going nowhere when staffers arent giving any time to it.
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