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[quote name='C Del' timestamp='1306022272' post='41024'] I haven't had that much trouble with PayPal myself, but it sure is annoying that they take a portion of our donations, especially given how difficult it can be to reach our goals. Unfortunately, I don't think we have much choice. We could charge credit/debit cards directly, but that presents security issues which we probably don't want to get tangled up in, and we could use e-checks, but we'll still run into problems with security, international transaction fees, and we would have to use bank and routing numbers, which I expect most people would find very annoying. Sadly, I think PayPal is really our only option. [/quote] Ya even if you took CC payments CDel... Still gotta pay a % to the Credit Card companies too.. So no way around it gotta pay everyone for services some form or another :/ Guess the only way is to donate more, but its like taxes... The more you make the more they take... AAAGGG

[quote name='Gleek' timestamp='1306041236' post='41032'] Sorry, guys I was tiring to fix something and unfortunately the server crashed, and unfortunately this is still a stress test and these things happen, all the Dev's and Gm's along with Beta's are tiring to make it a better game for all players. So try to have a little patience with us. [/quote] S... happens forced me to go eat lunch no biggie, appreciate the fixes, I remember live every Tuesday server was down for maintenance for couple hours. So a short break here every now and again, meh causes us to unplug from the matrix so be it. All for the better of the server, game, and play... No worries, just ring TBs bat phone LOL see ya in a bit!

[quote name='Mattsacre' timestamp='1305898010' post='40929'] Do yourself a favor, don't test the alternate aggrippa content. Proceed on other content. When they actually decode Byakees mental meanderings from the padded cell he writes content from (they themselves being commited in the process) and post it step by step (with appropriate spoiler headers) THEN do the content (only if you are someone that is into painfully following overly engineered iterations.) As someone that has repeatedly crashed into content walls and intermittent bug conflicts. As someone alternately been screwed over by content rewards/recipes. As someone who has consistantly argued, pleaded , begged and even harrangued for not having content PLEASE not be "interconnected" (I.E.(forced grouping)). As someone who has waded through convo trees and "mission briefings" that are clear as and concise as mud. I save myself a fortune in migraine medication, I don't test that content anymore. I ran several progen toons through the content at each evolution and just got driven nuts, I held back a PW at L75 just for content to catch up and run it through (again). Once I saw how the convolutions have continued unabated I left him at L75, if..a big IF it ever gets unconvoluted maybe I'll undock him for some test, other than that only progen action for my part is shoot and loot/build with bigger progen toons. I'm sorry if I sound harsh, it is just one man's opinion that with this convoluted crap the progen spirit is betrayed. Save yourself the pain and grey cells from dying a agonizing molten death, wait for the spoiler or someone to strangle the information from Byakhee [/quote] So by your logic we should all do ourselves a favor and quit testing during the STRESS TEST... Really? Get over yourself, a lot of effort and time has gone into working out the kinks, developing the content and coming up with some pretty descent rewards at the end of the quest chain. Sorry that you had a ruff ride early on, no scratch that, I'm not sorry, deal with it, all apart of trying to turn this into a real solid game! What I don't get is how several people have successfully completed these and yet because you haven't due to inadequacies be it pre-stage when things were just coming to fruition, inability to solve the puzzles or what have you, doesn't necessarily predicate the need to come on here, discourage others, bash the work done and put forth, and so on. If you don't have any constructive criticism, proper bug submission/reporting, suggestions to offer than that crap posted above. Save yourself the keystrokes and time, logoff and don't bother playing/testing! Btw these have been working solid since at least End Feb/early March time frame and I've never once seen you in game asking for advice, discussing said missions. So your each evolution theory is also flawed. Yes the missions are a puzzle and yes they are a challenge. They do not hold your hand, they do not give you it on a silver platter. You solve, work and earn it every step of the way, pay attention to the mission chat tree(not the mission log) and you should have no problems passing these missions (like several others have). Again if you do not wish to participate in them, don't ruin/recommend negativity to the rest of the playerbase who may wish to enjoy/contribute positive results.

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Finally got the woman to take my pics... missing the GETCo shirt though... Surprised I still had them after all these years lol... I forgot about the mousepads and hats too (certainly dont have hat anymore nor the mousepad shame the pad was pretty sweet wish I kept it) Anyways enjoy! [IMG]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/Irishtr/EnB%20Stuff/DSC_1554.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/Irishtr/EnB%20Stuff/DSC_1553.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/Irishtr/EnB%20Stuff/DSC_1551.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/Irishtr/EnB%20Stuff/DSC_1547.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/Irishtr/EnB%20Stuff/DSC_1548.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/Irishtr/EnB%20Stuff/DSC_1550.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/Irishtr/EnB%20Stuff/DSC_1545.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii174/Irishtr/EnB%20Stuff/DSC_1546.jpg[/IMG]

I remember them mousepads... They were actually pretty damn cool... I think mine faded and after years of use got tossed (considering I've always been a trackball user) but was nice placemat for it (thin and texture wise) Had the Galaxy Map on it if I recall (the black version)... Probably long gone those through all the years and moves.

Ah the good ol IRC chats with DEVs... Niobe, Ceredith, Klaata, Taliskar, Hutch, Devon.... The best was attacking Taliskar when he decided to show for his beatings with all the item stuff! And yes in person Niobe had the hyper active giggles from all the candy!

You need to have the L7 PL and a full stack of L7 Flechette Impact Ammo in Cargo before talking to Vigoare to get the (Test the gun mission).

[quote name='Kyp' timestamp='1305071281' post='40485'] Of course not, they paid millions for C&C which was built on this (or a slightly modified version of this) engine. [/quote] Yup they are a greedy conglomerate of acquisitions. EA has bought several other things that the public has never even seen. Simple example like above with C&C, they've purchased company's/games/coding out from others just for the engine itself and tossed the game into their Vaults never to be seen/heard from. Funny when I visited EA HQ and went into "The Vault" all the stuff over the years they have collected and locked away. Kinda funny in the scope of things now looking back, to them EnB was just another stepping stone/floor mat for them to wipe their feet on. Shame as even when offered a couple million for EnB, they still refused...

Do we REALLY need 4 pages and multiple posts about this? Geez wish this talks/efforts were focused into more important matters! Use the ignore list or turn the channel off or even novel idea just visually ignore it. If the person in question is harassing/bashing etc Screenshot and Report them... How hard is this really? Instead of trying to govern/police/tell others how to act... Just remove yourself from the equation (or that person via ignore list) and call it a day already! Wonders how so many people survive/make it in society, much less out the front door! This horse been beat, defibbed, and beat more times than any! Can we just move along already?

If only I was stateside, I'd post this, photos from the Fan Gathering in San Jose and all the TShirts I won for answering the DEV questions lol. 5 Shirts in total (still have) Big Orange Tada-O, GetCO, White EnB Shirt, 2 Black Fan Gathering ones. Original Game, Prima guide.... Yup oh... And photos from the visit to EA in San Jose thanks to some insider networking

[quote name='Terrell' timestamp='1302203765' post='38513'] For a JE you'll have to keep EL and TL ahead of CL. The Coma device isn't working properly yet, but when it does it will help you greatly, because it will reduce an enemy's ability to see you to hit you with return fire. They run from L3 to L9. You also want to get some plasma beams, and a chimaera device (plasma debuffer). There are some Terran manufactured plasma beams that are available at some vendors. Always use the lowest sig engines you can get your hands on with a JE, L2-L4 SS. AFAIK L7 and L8 SS aren't in game yet. You also should make use of your teleport enemy skill (L3 Fold Space), it's not working quite as well as in Live, in that it teleports them randomly, rather than away from you, but it does work at the proper range now. [/quote] Using a Solar Sail on a jenquai is about the most wrong choice you could make aside from the SS8. At level 2-7 you should be using Mercurius, Halley DDO, Triffid, as they have lower sigs and buff to lower sig even further. Versus the Solar sail which provides no benefits what so ever besides a 0 sig on the engine itself the thrust is also terrible compared to the other engines listed. Just saying...

[quote name='Peorth' timestamp='1302999338' post='39250'] Any clue to let you know whether you completed a stage or not would be helpful, especially for people who never ran through the missions before since I had zero Agrippa missions in my log at the time, and as such, didn't know Vegeto was waiting on something specific. So with that in mind, will Vigoare give a hint as to what my next step is after getting the 10 Stage 2 Encryptions? None of the Agrippa NPCs in NV are saying anything (I would assume Composita would, but alas, no dice). Also, will I be able to finish off the rest of the Stage 1 Reactor Missions if I get the L4 Device even though I already started the L2 Reactor Missions? Even more, I was talking to some folks in game and the only way to obtain the L4 device for the reactor mission to build the Auctoritas Remoror Quinque reactor is to be able to disassemble a L5 shield (the shield name has quinque in it, so presumably a L5 shield) to get a non-transferable part. Does that mean that Progen Traders who do not have L5 build shields have no reason (or ability for that matter) to complete the Agrippa stage 1 Build Reactor missions and that they should just start at the Stage 2 Reactor Build missions to try to obtain the Auctoritas Remoror Quinque reactor from a PT that does have L5 build shields AND build reactors? Just trying to get a better handle on if the Stage 1 Build Reactor missions is actually doable for PTs who do not have high enough levels of Build Shields or even completable for PTs who completed part of the Stage 1 Build Reactor missions but also got the Stage 2 Build Reactor missions as it was unclear whether all the Stage 1 missions were actually completed at the time? Since I've heard that others have simply asked a dev to fix their chars to get the appropriate items/recipes in regards to the Agrippa Missions for I'm sure good reasons such as being at a point where it's known that it is impossible to complete stages, I just wanted to see if my char is truly stuck and wasting the past week trying to proceed forward on the missions? If so, that would indicate a big flaw with these sets of Agrippa Missions in that any player new or a little unfamiliar to the missions has no way to determine if they are at a point where they will never be able to complete a stage. I think the idea behind the Agrippa Missions is great, but I think a few minor tweaks such as letting a player know that they already crossed a point of not being able to complete a mission and/or reminding if multiple skillsets are required by the specific PC to complete the mission at hand would make running the missions a bit smoother. At least reduce a bit of frustration... Thanks! [/quote] All good things Peorth, but somethings to point out. Those who had them fixed where those who had done the missions back many many months ago before they became to their more polished state of today. Due to reorganization of certain missions their logs were all messed up. So they required special attention. In your case your on track to complete as a normal person. The only thing is sometimes people get ahead of themselves and yes this isn't a perfect map drawn out for what/where/when your suppose to do these. Mainly because Stage II can sorta be done at almost any point (given certain circumstances are met) and can confuse a player at what stage they are actually in. For example to simplify things for you a bit. Stage I will have Level 1-5 items in it. Stage II will be L6-8 items and Stage III will be L9. So if your after something in those ranges thats a clear indication what stage your in right there. As far building the L4 security optimal override that normally is done before that L5 device (it is given from a Token Bonus Mission) But if the player chooses say the regular mission before the bonus missions are completed they may be getting asked for something they dont have yet ie the L4 device. The same applies to the L2 Calathius Beam for PP/PWs. I have been trying to catch you in game to better answer questions but I think our play times are just missing each other. Here are a few people's names who have completed Stage I,II and III and maybe able to help you along. Cobraking/Cyclone/Sherlock (all 3 of his progens), Lannister, Greggory/Mudshark (has many alts so just holler for those 2 common names), myself (Reddwingman, Redd, Reddfuzion, Reddcurator), I know a couple others too just cant think of names off the top of my head atm. But a good amount of Builders Inc have and I have helped a handful of other folks along too to ensure they get somewhat squared away with these. Yes these missions are a nice challenge loaded with content and could use just a smidgen of polish yet but thats what we are here for. I do like where you mentioned having the NPC kinda ask you "Hey where's this at" during phases that dont clearly identify the item needed to receive the next mission and the previous missions chat text doesnt always state that. Some do so as I said take notes and pay attention to everything they say, sometimes B sneaks in some cryptic stuff and even some stuff to make you second guess lol. All in good fun! Hopefully we'll cross paths in game or perhaps this weekend we can set aside some time to straighten you out.

I dunno... this seems more a PEBKAC problem, but eh, just goes with the territory of paying attention if ya ask me. Granted I too have sold something in a fast frenzy, then kicked myself afterwards but hey my fault eh hehe.

CDel I saw this error before now too with Magoo tryin to troubleshoot his problem. At Game startup just before you could login, Blue error box would say client out of date blah blah and close down the game. Even though we verified patching with enb_up.exe as well as the launcher patches/updates (all went without a hitch) I never could get it to take (not sure what Magoo did/if it ever got fixed. Was certainly a strange one for me to see considering (also made note the game was still playing the old Westwood Logo intro video too. The one thing I noticed different from my installs when talkin with Magoo was he used the original game discs where i had downloaded the enbdemo from here. But honestly that shouldn't of mattered just making mention that was the only thing that differed from all the installs I've done/helped with.

That is the reactor taught at the end of Stage I Reactors. The Theodosius is the start of Stage I chain and the other 2 items you listed are Stage II stuff (which can be done separate/without doing Stage I so to speak). Vegato should be the one to teach it to you provided you show him something he is looking for in the form of a L4 Device from a PS to start the mission to obtain that print.

[quote name='Lannister' timestamp='1302657390' post='38959'] Also, Don't forget that the Road Runner (not the plus) gives a respectable boost to shield patch and it is available and in game. Also at higher levels you have various other items to give the same buff all culminating in the Prismatic Dragon Wing - the TTs ultimate shield recharge buff. [/quote] Funny though the L6 Guardian does more than a L8 RR for that skill hehe.

[quote name='questorzarnac' timestamp='1302654802' post='38951'] [img]http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd341/BushMonkey2008/server-room-with-salt.jpg[/img] who tripped over a wire? [/quote] Looks like some of the Comms closets on my various trips to the sandbox!

Highest is 6. No clue when others will come in. And TTs get up to L8 devices, L9 devices was just part of EAs original template method of make a device 1-9 (regardless of putting any thought into the fact who could / couldn't equip it). There's a EA Dev name that rang out... Taliskar (from what I recall he was incharge of items) a clueless to the world individual - Personally met on couple different occasions and had zero knowledge of the games actual play imo!

Poof... Got outta work for nuttin :/

[quote name='Whisperfang' timestamp='1302606112' post='38893'] Coldfuzion here! For some reason I signed up on this new forum last year as Whisperfang (my sort of current online name) I still mostly go by Efflixi. During 2009 I was a Dev on this project but was unable to keep doing the work and had to go inactive. At some point it looks like all the accounts were wiped from the forums and we had to start over. (I don't remember any of this!) Anyway, I'm back and while I'm not sure I have time to be a Dev I certainly want to try playing again! [/quote] Haha Wassup Coldfuzion! Funny story if you happen to find yourself back in game let me know Would love to share...

Awww was hoping it was a random new explorer into the FB... Was gonna say "Call a cab!"

Some actually do say "Write this down" cuz I aint sayin it again haha. But rule of thumb anything B puts out take some notes cuz they definitely want you use your noggin.

Oh one more lil helper. These guys are the main mission holders/print givers for most of the stuff. They are broken down by discipline. Vegato = Reactors Scuti = Shields Vasi = Devices Telum = Weapons/Ammo Composita = pretty obvious Comps lol These guys are just kinda just related to stuff done with those listed above. I call them Exam/Tester quest givers, I'll explain the differences. Exams are the entrance exams for Stage II. Tester is when they want you to test what you have built or a PW has to on certain later ones as well as one earlier. Inquiro = Exams Invorate (sp? basically only one left not on list/in lounge). = Tester Always remember to take your time and read everything these NPCs say because your mission log isn't always going to tell you exactly what/where/when to do things, it will have been provided during the mission chat trees so clickin away next next etc will guarantee your confusion and getting lost. As mentioned above doing this always has info on the next mission/step to go do as well rather than the NPC sayin ok give me X to start mission Y type deal. It all requires some focused attention GL and again just ask in General/Market for Agrippa Mission folks I'm sure one of us are bound to pop an answer (just be patient though as there are only a handful atm who have gone all the way thru, others are working on em just like you), so we may not always be on spot for immediate answer.