Ragefire makes global news on BBC

[zanderklocke]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2129912.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2255330.stm

Some things never change.

[pasi]

Buncha givlers in SR.

[SupaflyIRL]

Originally Posted by pasi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Buncha givlers in SR.

[Swish]

Use of the word "bottleneck" was interesting, you're right... still high demand for dragon pixels [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[getsome]

RF spawned twice in 4 hours two days ago. Cleric epics should be entering the server at two per week tops, and usually one per week.

Having RF up basically every day is an abortion to the cleric epic of classic eq.

[spoils]

Originally Posted by getsome [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

RF spawned twice in 4 hours two days ago. Cleric epics should be entering the server at two per week tops, and usually one per week.

Having RF up basically every day is an abortion to the cleric epic of classic eq.

lol @ how many "Wts cleric epic mq"...

jus sayin...

btw wts 17 cleric with epic...lulz. no i r srs.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by getsome [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

RF spawned twice in 4 hours two days ago. Cleric epics should be entering the server at two per week tops, and usually one per week.

Having RF up basically every day is an abortion to the cleric epic of classic eq.

Think of those poor guys who don't want to do it themselves though, why...they'd have to pay 150k+ ? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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[Ele]

Originally Posted by getsome [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

RF spawned twice in 4 hours two days ago. Cleric epics should be entering the server at two per week tops, and usually one per week.

Having RF up basically every day is an abortion to the cleric epic of classic eq.

If you have something to report, make a bug report or add on to one of these.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=60446

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=65798

[getsome]

Feb 13, 2002

http://www.mobhunter.com/mobhunter_a...190646841.html

** Quest Related **

- Made adjustments to the Whistling Fists quest
- Reduced the spawn time of the Zordak Ragefire in SoldungB. He will now reappear every 24 hours
- Repaired some problems with the Luclin Owlbear Dart and Vah Shir Runed Totem quests

http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20020213.html

Quest Related:

Made adjustments to the Whistling Fists quest.
Reduced the spawn time of the Zordak Ragefire in SoldungB. He will now reappear every 24 hours.
Repaired some problems with the Luclin Owlbear Dart and Vah Shir Runed Totem quests.

August 23, 2002

http://www.thesafehouse.org/forums/s...ead.php?t=7079

The following is a message to Guides/GMs from Brenlo, head of Customer Service, SOE regarding the post at pub23.ezboard.com/fgraffe...9860.topic

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Brenlo wrote:
This did in fact occur at my direction. It is not a change in policy but rather a single case exception. Please inform anyone that questions regarding this issue that it was not the norm and that Ragefire is being reworked to try to solve these community issues.

Brenlo Bixiebopper
Everquest Customer Service Manager
Sony Online Entertainment
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So yes, the Xev respawning of Rage for each of the clerics contesting the spawn did in fact happen and the above message from Brenlo also tells us of an upcoming change to the spawn.

Edited by: JustWatchingYou at: 8/23/02 5:48:10 pm

Sep 4, 2002

http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20020904.html

Quests:

There is a fellow named Moltak in Sol Temple. Killing him gives a negative faction adjustment with the True Spirit faction. BUT, if you have a very, very bad faction with True Spirit, killing him will also reset your faction to a more tolerable level. So don't mess with this fellow unless folks on the True Spirit faction are willing to kill you on sight.

Made some modifications to the faction effects of the Wizard Epic quest.

A powerful warder has been seen in the Skyfire Mountains. Those who seek retribution against Ragefire would be wise to speak to her, she may be able to provide information about his whereabouts.

[Ele]

Originally Posted by getsome [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Feb 13, 2002

http://www.mobhunter.com/mobhunter_a...190646841.html

** Quest Related **

- Made adjustments to the Whistling Fists quest
- Reduced the spawn time of the Zordak Ragefire in SoldungB. He will now reappear every 24 hours
- Repaired some problems with the Luclin Owlbear Dart and Vah Shir Runed Totem quests

http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20020213.html

Quest Related:

Made adjustments to the Whistling Fists quest.
Reduced the spawn time of the Zordak Ragefire in SoldungB. He will now reappear every 24 hours.
Repaired some problems with the Luclin Owlbear Dart and Vah Shir Runed Totem quests.

August 23, 2002

http://www.thesafehouse.org/forums/s...ead.php?t=7079

The following is a message to Guides/GMs from Brenlo, head of Customer Service, SOE regarding the post at pub23.ezboard.com/fgraffe...9860.topic

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Brenlo wrote:
This did in fact occur at my direction. It is not a change in policy but rather a single case exception. Please inform anyone that questions regarding this issue that it was not the norm and that Ragefire is being reworked to try to solve these community issues.

Brenlo Bixiebopper
Everquest Customer Service Manager
Sony Online Entertainment
------------


So yes, the Xev respawning of Rage for each of the clerics contesting the spawn did in fact happen and the above message from Brenlo also tells us of an upcoming change to the spawn.

Edited by: JustWatchingYou at: 8/23/02 5:48:10 pm

Sep 4, 2002

http://www.tski.co.jp/baldio/patch/20020904.html

Quests:

There is a fellow named Moltak in Sol Temple. Killing him gives a negative faction adjustment with the True Spirit faction. BUT, if you have a very, very bad faction with True Spirit, killing him will also reset your faction to a more tolerable level. So don't mess with this fellow unless folks on the True Spirit faction are willing to kill you on sight.

Made some modifications to the faction effects of the Wizard Epic quest.

A powerful warder has been seen in the Skyfire Mountains. Those who seek retribution against Ragefire would be wise to speak to her, she may be able to provide information about his whereabouts.

Except none of your links or information is relevant to the version of Zordak Ragefire that we have and should always have on Project1999.

The above links regarding Zordak Ragefire (human merchant) after he was moved to the Fire Giant castle on January 23, 2002 and the human/dragon version that was in Skyfire Mountains, but before the Skyfire Pearl shard farming change later in September 2002. There were also numerous issues with broken spawn timers and lack of spawning after the devs patched in the new versions of Ragefire (merchant-SolB and human/dragon-Skyfire), which resulted in the above noted February 13, 2002 patch ~3 weeks later.

http://everquest.allakhazam.com/hist...es-2002-1.html

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January 23, 2002 3:00 am
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*** Patch Information ***


** Quests **

- Ragefire portion of the Cleric Epic quest has been changed. Please
see the Developer's Corner on our web site for more details

http://www.eqclerics.org/forums/showthread.php?t=4828

Normally this isn't something I'd do. But, well, I'm going to outline the changes we're making to this quest in rather close detail. But first, let me try to explain the concern that players had with this quest.
With arguably the most popular Epic Quest item, the Cleric trying to gain his Epic item usually finds plenty of people to help in the process. Clerics are commonly the first in line with guilds to help with their epic quests. So Clerics tend to get further in their epic quest faster than many others. This has lead to a very nasty 'bottleneck' for Clerics trying to complete the quest. The Ragefire portion of the quest has been creating a lot of static among players.

So we have decided to make a change to the end portion of this quest. To reduce confusion and to help people understand why we're making this change, I'm going to give out a few specific details. These changes will go Live with the patch tonight.

For those that are not interested in quest details, consider the rest of this post SPOILER INFORMATION:


First, the 'merchant' version of Zordak will now appear at a different location in SoldungB. He will appear once each day (except after a server comes down, then he will spawn in one to three days). The appearance of this NPC will no longer require the absence of Lord Nagafen.

The cleric still turns in his Shimmering Pearl to Zordak. But now the merchant Zordak will return a Swirling Pearl to the Cleric and disappear.

At that point the Cleric will need to head out and look for him. A killable version of Zordak will appear independent of the pearl turn-in every few days (except after a server goes down, then he will appear a little faster). Killing Zordak will transform him into dragon form, and the Cleric (with help?) must kill him immediately.

The new dragon Zordak will drop a heart that is a container that requires the Swirling Pearl to be combined in it to create the Heart that is turned in to Omat.

The rest of the quest remains the same.


The goal of these changes is to reduce the problems with the bottleneck that existed before. They will not remove that bottleneck, but hopefully will remove the nasty competition for a single spawn with so many people willing to be? rude to each other.

Alan