Mages are up shit’s creek I guess

[Hagglebaron]

lol so here’s my latest update on the subject. I’ve gotten a drop or two of pet words in groups, and the groups have been cool about mages need before greeding them. Many nights I’ve gone entire sessions without seeing a word drop though.

Alright so just play the game I figure, others are doing the same and you can trade/buy the words. LOL well that’s been interesting. Players are learning they have mages by the balls with how things are currently and robbing people blind on prices for pet words. They know we literally cannot get our new pets, any of them, without these words, and man are they jacking up prices.

To any mages not yet in the post 20 situation, here is what you can generally expect. Any research words you come across will be consumed by you, as you need to make every pet again as part of the next pet. You will never have enough just from your own adventuring unless you get extremely lucky on drops and don’t fail combines. I recommend being in a good guild and networking/making friends to help alleviate this if it’s not something you do naturally anyways. Expect to be robbed blind when you attempt to purchase these words from other players.

Good luck.

[Frug]

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

lol so here’s my latest update on the subject. I’ve gotten a drop or two of pet words in groups, and the groups have been cool about mages need before greeding them. Many nights I’ve gone entire sessions without seeing a word drop though.

The auctions on them (at least in EC) have been... sparse.

https://unixgeek.com/last-week-P1999Green.html

[Hagglebaron]

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

The auctions on them (at least in EC) have been... sparse.

https://unixgeek.com/last-week-P1999Green.html

Yea I’ve had better luck asking directly in levelling zones.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

lol so here’s my latest update on the subject. I’ve gotten a drop or two of pet words in groups, and the groups have been cool about mages need before greeding them. Many nights I’ve gone entire sessions without seeing a word drop though.

Alright so just play the game I figure, others are doing the same and you can trade/buy the words. LOL well that’s been interesting. Players are learning they have mages by the balls with how things are currently and robbing people blind on prices for pet words. They know we literally cannot get our new pets, any of them, without these words, and man are they jacking up prices.

To any mages not yet in the post 20 situation, here is what you can generally expect. Any research words you come across will be consumed by you, as you need to make every pet again as part of the next pet. You will never have enough just from your own adventuring unless you get extremely lucky on drops and don’t fail combines. I recommend being in a good guild and networking/making friends to help alleviate this if it’s not something you do naturally anyways. Expect to be robbed blind when you attempt to purchase these words from other players.

Good luck.

This is a fantastic post.

Joining a guild and having friends is recommended in order to achieve in an MMO?

A dude named "Hagglebaron" who was an EC tunnel trader on blue blaming other people for robbery because supply&demand aren't on his side?

Green server isn't a faceroll for a fresh character like 10-year-old blue is?


I am experiencing significant amounts of Schadenfreude and general amusement.


edit - I get that the mage research situation is bad atm (I've seen probably 30-40 research item drops from a variety of different mob types in a variety of different zones and not one of them was a magician component), but good lord, buck up about it. I clearly remember going without what I would now call essential spells on blue, let alone on live, no matter what the class was. A mage with a 2-tier-ago pet still has more sustained damage in groups than a wizard or many/most melee do. Mages are MOSTLY about their pets but they still have malo, nukes, damage shields, some occasionally-useful summons. Etc.

[Aaramis]

Sounds about right. Mages past 20 unplayable. That was your goal, right, Skorge?

GG.

[Baler]

group, pretend to be a wizard.

[Obrae]

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

Imagine acusing someone of hyperbole then immediately claiming mages don't have 'any' pets.


Oh, and to be balanced, to the person that said mage nukes almost match wizards for only a bit more mana, I just want to point out wizards also get roots very early in addition to a ds, a variety of stun spells and snare. Mages get decent nukes, one if the best ds in the game, and from 24 onwards they seem to be a spell circle or two behind on their pet.

Mage never gets root or any cc. Only pets

[Obrae]

Aye as long as we group we are still at least a wizard and monks get to loot with our bags.

While we wait for a fix, just group as much as possible. Soloing if you are lucky with pet tiers. It should bot stop us to get to 50.

[Baler]

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

While we wait for a fix

What exactly needs to "fixed"?
Shit's Classic

[yraapt]

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

What exactly needs to "fixed"?
Shit's Classic

well verant 'fixed' it about 2 months in when they found the issue. Of course as Skorge pointed out, companies often use words like 'enhance' instead of 'fix' as it is unwise to admit your product was broken.