alurra

I used the term that many players on this server identify with. I obviously don't agree with it otherwise I would not have put it in the ' ' marks.

... a bagel with cream cheese or maybe a bowl of harvest crunch granola cereal ..   unless it's Sunday, then it's "family breakfast" morning and its usually:   Pancakes Bacon Toast Eggs OJ Chocolate Milk Coffee

There are also missions given by NPC's in the game that the primary reward is explore xp. I can't remember which ones off the top of my head, but they are there. :D   You have the option to do jobs from the terminal, specifically explore jobs. Many will tell you it is pointless since they 'nerfed' it back in ST4. It wasn't technically nerfed it was just brought back more into line with what was in live. Of course it made it more difficult to quickly gain a level, hence the 'nerf' ;)   There are multiple ways to get explore xp, but it really does depend on your race/class the rate at which you gain it. The same applies to trade and combat as well.         *corrected for my lost n't in wasn't

Gunney, I never play my TT in a combat situation so please forgive me here, but isn't the hull patch, at least, completely spammable, as in no cool down time at all? I don't know about the shield portion.

Crash and burn .... 1:53 PM EST

There should be a little "Multiquote" and "Quote" button on the lower right hand corner of each post. You can use the first to quote multiple people in any given thread or just the quote button to quote a single person in a thread, like I have done here. If you don't have those buttons, it is likely something your browser may be blocking. I personally use FF.

    Actually, that is against the TOS and will earn you a ban. That is considered interfering with 'triggered' mobs.   I read your details of what happened and what you are calling KSing is not classed as such. You weren't engaged on the mob thereby nobody could steal the kill from you. While I find it disagreeable that you would be working on a nav and someone else would just warp in and take the boss it still isn't considered kill stealing. Might I suggest the old 'standby' method that many employ? If you can't beat them, then join them. Sit cloaked and hidden and wait for the boss to spawn. Go in with the intent of killing the boss and then leaving again. Many are using this method and there are many gentlemens' agreements revolving around just such a matter.  If someone else engages the boss after you have already begun your assault on him then that would be considered KSing, and while still not against the TOS, many of the players frown upon activity like that and we tend to self regulate that type of behaviour when necessary.   I wish you luck in your search for the goodies that Desash brings.   Fly Safe   -Alurra

This thread is not productive, nor is it something that should be continued.   I trust that we are all adults and can act in such a manner.   The point of a 'suggestion' thread is so that when someone does have an idea, that idea can be talked about, tossed around, altered, changed and have input from multiple sources. This is how change is made.   Please try to keep it civil gentlemen.

The Wiki is run by the players, Naughtious, not by the Emu Team. The data that is present there is due only to what the players have input and has no input from the team. If you have information you would like to contribute, I believe it is Ralen who leads the board there, but not positive on that.

There is something on your machine that is flagging it. This is not the 'normal'. Perhaps you have a malware program or something similar that is causing the problem to occur. I have never heard of anyone having this particular issue before.   If you want 'exact' assistance to get to the root of the issue, I think you're going to have to figure out which program is quarantining the files causing you to have to re-download them each day.     Good luck!

I think my Agrippa PP, Eutropia is missing the mission(s) to make the devices for the FB and Gate raid, otherwise, she's done every mission, I believe. She has a finished missions count of 220. She's still at OL 138, so not even to 150 yet. Let me know if I'm missing anything and I'll be HAPPY to go do them :D

I know I totally cut your entire response off, but this was the only thing to grab my attention enough to generate a response. What makes you think you can't cloak loot now? The only thing you can't do cloaked is mine.

Maybe I should have made it more clear then, Blacklung.   My intent was to stimulate the members that are not of the larger guilds to nominate someone to speak on their behalf.   At the time of the posting, I was making an attempt at posting as a player, and not that of the Player Advocate. Since I only have the one forum account, it is difficult to post as anything other than. That is why I chose to put the information in this particular forum as it was not intended to be related to the ADV position.   We all understand that the raids are open to the entire server. But when you get an entire servers population in one spot trying to all get the same thing, a rotation schedule would seem to be the best option to keep everyone from tripping on one another and pointing fingers and laying blame. I, as a player, would prefer to have less drama, finger pointing and laying of blame. It makes my gaming experience more tolerable.   To the 'bolded' statement in your response. I understand what you are saying and will step out of this conversation now.   *edit to add* I see that the bolding didn't work, at least not on my screen, so I've also now underlined it. LOL

I am a Player Advocate. My position is to bring you, and the rest of the player base closer to the Dev Team.   As an Admiral in Static, I feel that I would have a conflict of interest in being the public spokesperson when it comes to matters of raid rotations and such.   That Is why I have asked you, and also those who represent the public to please choose someone that can and/or will represent your best interests as the 'public'. Please see my response to Thomas.

Good afternoon/evening everyone. Today, I attended a meeting consisting of VGE, BI and Static. We wanted to discuss the possibility of slotting DT into the current 'skip week' on the rotation we all share.   We all agreed this would be a good idea and decided to implement this beginning this Saturday Jan 10th. This first week will belong to VGE as they are the next group slotted to go into what was previously the 'skip' week.   So the 'new' rotation looks like this:   RD Base GoBB Controller DT (which consists of Scooter and McQuicken)   I would like to take this time to say that we would love to see a member of the 'public' represent the rest of the un-guilded / smaller guilds population. We all feel your voice is also important when these kinds of things come up and we would like to include you on anything that should arise in the future.   We have all been adhering to the 'Gentlemens Agreement' regarding the current raid setup and I would like to think, as adults, we will all continue to adhere and include the new week as well.   For those of you who may not know, the "Edge of No Place" and "The Roost" are the places where the raids; located in DT; appear to be spawned. Nobody really has the 'triggers' completely figured out, but there is a general idea of how it works in place.  With that knowledge in mind, we would like to make a request, that these two points be hunted carefully so an accidental spawn is not triggered. This is not a demand, so please don't read more into it than is intended. We are only trying to get everyone involved so everyone who wants, can benefit from the content. Bickering and arguing will not achieve that goal.   For those of you who are not in one of the 'BIg 3' guilds, do you have any thoughts about anyone you'd like to put forth as a representative for you? It should be someone you trust and feel will represent you fairly. If you have multiple nominations, we could always hold an 'election' of sorts if necessary. A few names were put forth by those in attendance at the meeting today, however, I feel it would be best if the public give us the names that they feel most comfortable with this role.   Please try to not flame this post. It's not the intention of putting it here. It is only here to try to help open up the lines of communications. We all know that not everyone will be pleased with this new arrangement and we would all like it if there can be a reasonable response and hearty discussion opened up to help alleviate any misgivings that might be surrounding this.   As always.   Fly Safe   -Alurra   ***edited to add****   If you have any questions or concerns that you would rather not put on this public post, you can contact me privately and I will make the issue known without revealing you if you prefer.

Very glad that you were able to find and complete the raid Efi. Very sad to see that there are still those who will take advantage of a situation no matter the costs to the rest of the players of the game. There will, sadly, always be those who are more than willing to begin drama where none is needed nor wanted.   Fly Safe   -Alurra

With the public having a week in the raid, they are bound by the raid rules as the big 3 are, so the short answer is no, they should not be triggering raids outside of their rotation slot.

I would like to add my own comments on this.   yesterday I was able to spawn the L20 ceremonial guard 4 times in the space of roughly 15 minutes.   I don't know if your scan range is low and you aren't seeing it or what the issue was, but I can verify the spawn is working fine.

Hey hey, THOSE kinds of pics are best left on your old 35mm camera :P

Your thoughts on this are respected, Syber, however this particular forum that you are currently in *points to the Real Life moniker* was designed SPECIFICALLY for posts just such as this.   There are very specific hard rules for this area of the forum. To that end, the players that have the desire to speak about 'Real Life' can do so freely as long as the rules are followed.

Using substandard rocks I tell ya! Not big enough or heavy enough to keep them small! I sympathize with you. It won't be long and he'll be driving! :D   My youngest grandson just turned 1 the end of August. Time does fly!

This post has so much potential for trouble.   I do have an opinion.   I don't know all the facts vs fictions in this case. Honestly, I don't want to know. The people that NEED to know are those that need to make a decision on how to proceed. Criminally or not criminally.   If we spent as much time holding ourselves accountable for our own actions and worrying about what we were doing in our lives as we do worrying about other peoples actions and if they are being held accountable we might not have to endure the media frenzies to give us the 'reality tv' that they think we all crave.  Give me the facts, not the sensationalism. A cop shot someone. The reasons behind the shooting are being investigated. If he is found to have acted outside of the laws and duties prescribed by his job as an officer of the law he will be prosecuted and held accountable for his actions.  You can then follow up at a later date with the outcome. He was within the regulations set forth or he was found to have acted outside the law.   *Tries to imagine Walter Cronkite as a new anchor today.*   They would probably fire him because he can't keep up with Kardashians. *shrugs*

*burp*   Oh sorry, excuse me. *smiles sheepishly*   Happy Thanksgiving, even though I am a day late and a drumstick short ;)   Fly Safe!   -Alurra

It was brought to my attention, via a private message, that apparently there is a 'rumor' circulating that Static guild was shuttering the doors and removing ourselves from the raid rotations. I believe this is where this particular topic is trying to lead. I thought I would help alleviate any wonderings and such regarding this rumor.   It is rumor and speculation only. Static is going along just fine and we intend to keep our raid slot, but thank you to all of you who are always thinking of us and our well being. It is such a great feeling knowing that we are always in your thoughts and our name on your lips. Truly, it is a blessing.   To all of you who run around the server ensuring all the raid triggers have been 'pulled' in a timely fashion, based on your understanding of a timely fashion, we all appreciate the hard work you continue to do, keep up the great work.   So, in conclusion. Static is not going anywhere. Static is not now, nor have we been discussing dropping out of the rotation. You can consider that part of the rumor mill disassembled.   Fly Safely   -Alurra

I guess my only question would be. Is how is it determined when a raid trigger has been active for a long while (meaning it's the same trigger) as opposed to being a different trigger that has recently spawned?    I know last week the RD base was spawning roughly every 40 hours. The variable timer appeared to be broken ....   With the implementation of Blacklungs raid sector my second and third question would be.   Other than to try and cause unwanted, uneeded and unwarranted drama WHY would anyone even suggest 'sniping' a raid trigger on any raid week? Wouldn't that be intentionally causing issues where none apparently have been since the last rotation was implemented?