Remember that guy who was banned on blue for leveling fast in kunark?

[gnomishfirework]

The rivervale plat exploit is a similar situation but I have not heard about bans.

Excuse me if this has been discussed, and I don't want to seem like I don't appreciate everything the devs do, because I do. It is just that I prefer a consistent enforcement of rules. When something like this happens, it concerns me.

Obviously, it could just be the devs are discussing what to do about it.

I don't know the whole situation, but I know the quest was removed or changed. If this is the case, then why not the same reaction when this already happened? Flooding plat at this early of a stage is far more damaging to the health of a server over one guy leveling through the early 50s fast as fuck because he spent tons of time preparing for it.

[Doors]

I agree. Wipe it clean.

[gnomishfirework]

I agree. Wipe it clean.

Wipe it all? I guess that's the best solution. I'd say do it on a weekday at like 3 am, too.

[Cwall]

did someone say wipe?

[Hasbinbad]

Wipe it clean.

[Brinkman]

Uthgaard alread posted saying they could find out who did the quest, and where the plat went.

Guess *someone* would have to do something about it though .... Uthgaard would already be cooking their eyeballs on a skillet.

[tsaC]

still have no idea wtf this is or what went on but no plat from that quest should b in game

[tsaC]

and by that i mean excess amounts of gems and shit too or maxed shit like blacksmithing jewcrafting

[Brinkman]

Uthgaard alread posted saying they could find out who did the quest, and where the plat went.

Guess *someone* would have to do something about it though .... Uthgaard would already be cooking their eyeballs on a skillet.


Just wanted to clarify, I know its been addressed. I have no idea what happened to the person(s) doing the quest, nor the plat.

[Darksinga]

tried doing that quest as a elf and I got like 9 gold each time only <.>

I heard as halflings you would get 10 plat a pop though. Tbh, there were 100+ people doing it, so highly doubt anything is going to happen.

[Mafakka]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3i2RACs1rw

[socialist]

People made like one or two hundred plat off it before it got removed. Nobody got xp or items out of it and nobody's gonna be able to do anything significant with their mad illegal platz. In a couple of weeks there'll be more plat legally entering the economy every day than was gained from this broken quest. I'm guessing that's why they haven't bothered to spend hours and hours looking through logs and figuring out who got how much. They probably don't wanna ban a hundred players on launch day either, especially for something so minor. I wasn't there and I'm not bothered, so save your tears for when the real exploits come up.

[Amelinda]

We are all aware that player punishment is always a private matter between staff and player. so don't expect any staff member to come out and say "CAST WAS BANT FOR XPLOITS DA QWEST"

:P

[Salty]

Multiple quests have been disabled the past few days.

[gnomishfirework]

We are all aware that player punishment is always a private matter between staff and player. so don't expect any staff member to come out and say "CAST WAS BANT FOR XPLOITS DA QWEST"

:P

There have been public announcements on action taken on matters such as this. The kunark incident involved a single person and was addressed. Hackers have been announced as 'x' accounts banned.

No one in this thread has asked that the individuals be exposed.

[Mafakka]

We are all aware that player punishment is always a private matter between staff and player. so don't expect any staff member to come out and say "CAST WAS BANT FOR XPLOITS DA QWEST"

:P

That player can also re-brand themselves with a new alias.

[gnomishfirework]

People made like one or two hundred plat off it before it got removed. Nobody got xp or items out of it and nobody's gonna be able to do anything significant with their mad illegal platz. In a couple of weeks there'll be more plat legally entering the economy every day than was gained from this broken quest. I'm guessing that's why they haven't bothered to spend hours and hours looking through logs and figuring out who got how much. They probably don't wanna ban a hundred players on launch day either, especially for something so minor. I wasn't there and I'm not bothered, so save your tears for when the real exploits come up.

Confirmed exploiter.

Also, if you think 100 or 200 plat doesn't make a significant difference on a new server, you arent a very knowledgable player or you are a liar.

[gnomishfirework]

Also, was this quest broken or was this how it functions on live?

[Darwoth]

i made more plat levelling like normal and doing quests in q hills than the people who sat at level 3 for 2 days running back and forth farming plat.

[gnomishfirework]

i made more plat levelling like normal and doing quests in q hills than the people who sat at level 3 for 2 days running back and forth farming plat.

Good for you.

What does that have to do with consistent enforcement of rules, though?

[Tombom]

Good for you.

What does that have to do with consistent enforcement of rules, though?

http://i39.tinypic.com/2u56t5j.gif

WHOOP WHOOP BPA BPA!!

[UrsusMajor]

To the OP, QQ more please.

http://gfx.glittergraphicsnow.com/albums/ll149/glittergn/carebear/carebear006.gif

[Tombom]

To the OP, QQ more please.

http://gfx.glittergraphicsnow.com/albums/ll149/glittergn/carebear/carebear006.gif

love it!

[Jerin]

Also, was this quest broken or was this how it functions on live?

Functioned the same on r99 as it did on BETA and on Blue99

[Jerin]

Wipe it all? I guess that's the best solution. I'd say do it on a weekday at like 3 am, too.


Mack will be selling full suits of armor within 2 days again, at cost to help me
skill up ...again.

maybe we should eliminate all the good quests out there so you gimps
can be on an even playing field

[gnomishfirework]

Functioned the same on r99 as it did on BETA and on Blue99

Why was it taken out then?

Here is what I was hearing in-game -- Hundreds of people were using an exploit to make hundreds of plat.

What it sounds like is a lot of people were doing a quest that just pays well. It sounds like it took over a day of doing it to get over 100pp.

It doesn't sound as if anyone exploited anything.

[gnomishfirework]

still, to be safe im killing all halflings. Gotta redistribute the plat.

[Jerin]

I did the quest..

You have to run from the wall in Misty to an npc in the rogue guild building.
Upon turn in you can get Coppers all the way up to some Plat, per turn in.
1 box per trip. There is no exploitation. You just run back and forth.

People only brag about the turn in that yielded a few plat pieces, they
dont brag about making 5 trips that netted them 7 gold total.

There are no halflings with spells up to lvl 50 like some have claimed lol
You would have to do that quest over and over, and STILL be doing it.

I dont understand all the crying really..how many on this server have been
playing EQ for years or played for years. Most of us have mastered this old
ass game.

Just cause a new server opens up, are we gonna roam around and get lost in zones we already know like the back of our hands? Were gonna cast harmony on each other cause it makes mana regen faster?

Of course not, we've already figured this shit out.

well.. given the bitching and moaning, some of us apparently are still in the dark.

i swear to god the next bard i group with that doesnt twist Jaxons jig is getting a beat down..my cleric needs that shit

[Darwoth]

Good for you.

What does that have to do with consistent enforcement of rules, though?

if people doing quests are against the rules i think being forced to share air with people like you should be to.

[Bohab]

Were gonna cast harmony on each other cause it makes mana regen faster?


lolol oh yes

[Authority]

Stop calling it an exploit. It's not. It's being smarter than your dumb ass. And no, for the record, I didn't get anything from this.

[UrsusMajor]

if people doing quests are against the rules i think being forced to share air with people like you should be to.

Bro don't be suckin up all my airs!

[tsaC]

Stop calling it an exploit. It's not. It's being smarter than your dumb ass. And no, for the record, I didn't get anything from this.

how is this being smart bro? these ppl are like lvl 4 hahaha

[gnomishfirework]

Stop calling it an exploit. It's not. It's being smarter than your dumb ass. And no, for the record, I didn't get anything from this.

I was relaying what I was told. no information seemed forthcoming, but it was confirmed it was removed from the game.

If it was removed, it is perfectly reasonable to assume it was an exploit.

Now that it has been talked about, it doesnt look at all like an exploit, you are correct. I don't even see a reason why it was removed from the game.

All this talk is silly if it really took that long to make it. These people earned that plat, as far as I am concerned.

[Jerin]

my shaman in the feerot managed to come up with enough pp
for my cleric to make him a set of armor

by lvl 4

[tsaC]

These people earned that plat, as far as I am concerned.

They sound like asian gold farmers, we know what WoW does to asian gold farmers. Lord Rogaine, dispatch the Holocaust

[phatboyta]

My concern is that on the 3rd day of the server being live I am seeing multiple people in full banded. Unless those people had their guild feed them money, there is no way they could farm enough plat to level blacksmithing up and make a full set of banded that quickly. These people have more than just the 100-200 plat or so they exploited, they have a corner on a pretty massive market at this stage in the game, which gives them a large advantage in the many weeks or even months to come - especially because this is a pvp server.

[valithteezee]

Wipe it clean

[Vile]

my shaman in the feerot managed to come up with enough pp
for my cleric to make him a set of armor

by lvl 4
confirmed two boxer

[Zalaerian]

confirmed two boxer

[Jerin]

you guys are idiots

[Jerin]

confirmed two boxer


In 24 mins of playing my shaman in the feerot i gained 8pp,
he has 8 hours played and ony 2 yellows into 4.

If you cant save up enough to buy some armor in a few hours,
you should quit.

[Cwall]

In 24 mins of playing my shaman in the feerot i gained 8pp,
he has 8 hours played and ony 2 yellows into 4.

If you cant save up enough to buy some armor in a few hours,
you should quit.

fuk ur hxc bro

[Jerin]

Its all about the lizard meats

[gnomishfirework]

Its all about the lizard meats

4 meats = a lil over 2 gold after you sell the axe.

They don't drop super often. The other quest gives less (I believe).

Innothule is the place to make bank.

[Danger]

innothule=36pp before level 5 son

[tbox]

i made more plat levelling like normal and doing quests in q hills than the people who sat at level 3 for 2 days running back and forth farming plat.

Yep. As much or more.

[Hailto]

This thread makes me glad i switch back to blue. Enjoy your time there bros.

[juicedsixfo]

Makes me glad too

[Silentone]

Zalaerian






OMFG YOUR AVATAR JUST MADE ME TEAR, then i called my coworker and we both laughed so hard the entire office turned around LOLing still

[Shinabaa]

People did not just make a couple hundred plat, I did the quest for 30 mins and got. 66 plat. So for those that spent 2 days doing it, they prob got closer to 1k

[juicedsixfo]

Great, start the fucking game over because someone bought some Fine Steel from an armor merchant!


God damn bunch of babies in this thread

[georgie]

fuck that i had the week half bustin my ass

[Bruuce]

i did the quest 3 times on the first night to some of my lvl 4 spells. when i logged in after work the next day the quest was disabled. no one spent days doing this quest. the amount of money you get from the quest is insignificant once youre level 5+. it p much just helps you get youre lvl 4 spells and some cloth/leather merchant shit. imo the quest should be enabled because misty sucks dicks as a starting zone

[Bazia]

i did the quest 3 times on the first night to some of my lvl 4 spells. when i logged in after work the next day the quest was disabled. no one spent days doing this quest. the amount of money you get from the quest is insignificant once youre level 5+. it p much just helps you get youre lvl 4 spells and some cloth/leather merchant shit. imo the quest should be enabled because misty sucks dicks as a starting zone

If you don't think people made a 100's of plat from this, you sir are dumb.

[Jerin]

People did not just make a couple hundred plat, I did the quest for 30 mins and got. 66 plat. So for those that spent 2 days doing it, they prob got closer to 1k

You sir are a fucking liar

[hotstud]

Oh well, just like some people got banned for MQ and then 300+ people didn't this is the same situation. There was literally a train of people running back and forth from that quest, likely around 250 accounts did that quest.

http://bachelorfrog.com/showimage.php/1229/unleash-a-fart-and-everyone-can%27t-breathe-deal-with-it.jpg

[Bruuce]

If you don't think people made a 100's of plat from this, you sir are dumb.

instead of someone using their time to level initially, they decided to repeat a quest thats been in every variation of p99 since its inception. and they used plat gained to get a leg up on some tradeskills and spells, at the expense of being behind in levels.

should we also refrain on doing other quests that have rewards higher than the level youre currently at? stein of moguk? testament of vaneer? should these quests be removed too?

wipe my dick