Letters themselves will not decay in transit, but if they cannot be delivered after a certain amount of time they will be returned to the sender, mostly for the reasons stated above.
Items /inside/ letters in transit very well may decay while in the post office.
Letters are supposed to be returned if they aren't delivered, but I've had multiple occasions where the letter just disappears in the mail, so it's not always consistent.
Whenever I see stuff like this I wonder if there was some sort of meeting involved and if this is how it went:
Producer: "Ok, people are killing this denizen way to easily and frequently. What can we do to make it more challenging?"
Person A: "Give them a larger health pool so the fight lasts longer."
Person B: "Make them do more damage."
Person C: "Make their attacks faster."
Person D : "Make them deliver nearly every available affliction in the game in a single attack and then follow up with a special attack that is an instakill."
Producer: -stares at Person D silently for a brief moment- "You sadistic sonuvabitch. I love it! You know what, we'll just roll all these together and watch them try then."
You tear open a decorated sleeve and victoriously pull a playing card featuring Seasone, the Industrious from within!
e You carefully place a playing card featuring Seasone, the Industrious into a deck of mystical cards. As you complete the suit, a card depicting a sheep appears in your deck!
. As you open an interlocked cache a bright light shines from within. You have been awarded with The legs of a figurine of the suffering Maya talisman piece!
As you open an interlocked cache a bright light shines from within.
You have been awarded with The torso of a figurine of the suffering Maya talisman piece!
So in one week I got (2) Maran cards, (1) Seasone, and completed (2) Maya figurines... all things that some people have been trying to do for 18 months. And it cost me 50 globes, and about 400cr to finish both sets. Pretty happy so far.
Doesn't that spark those brain cells that SOMETHING is wrong when you can drop 50 globes, and get something that takes others months. . . Even others who, also, drop 50/100/150 globes? Or in some cases 100 caches for not even 1 piece? Surely at SOME level, that piques you to go, "something is wrong here", surely?
Not even one, but 2 of said item?
No one should expect this to happen to them, don't go buying 50 globes thinking you'll get a figurine. You won't, odds are strong you won't even get half of one.
- puts away the almost 4 complete RACES sets and 100+ Vellis, Rurin, Haidion BS cards along the way -
I said it cost me 50 globes because those are the only 2 Maya pieces Ive ever opened for out of every cache opened for races since races was introduced. The rest of the 2 Maya sets pieces came down to smart trades and 2 very lucky refines. In a week.
I never said everything came from that one set of 50 (Ive opened 200-250 this go round because they're averaging about 1600cr per 50 globes for me). The 2 Maran cards were the highlight of another group of 50. The rest have been decent return but not a lot of noteworthy items.
If anything, this round of globes they seem to have tweaked RNG to make it more likely to get good pieces... but in the process, expect 6 complete arachnideye sets as well.
If anything, based on the number of caches I've opened as well as decks, statistically speaking, it was about time for RNG to throw me a fucking bone.
This is why microtransactions really need to have competent legislation. You've shown that spending 575USD may get you the big ticket items, but even then, also claiming how poorly you've had RNG curse you in the past. The price/spending isn't the issue, it's abusing a mechanic that commonly has heavy jurisdiction because of the damage it can cause (gambling) to entice people to keep hitting that button for that next juicy payout, on something that already has addictive tendencies (video games). Microtransactions from a free-to-play game is fine, but why do they have to have gambling?
If games want to keep gambling mechanics, legislation needs to catch up, or a duty of care at the very least.
Typically I agree. It is one of the reasons I haven't spent any money in the last year or so on the game. But I felt like despite the pissing and moaning, the admin worked hard on the Reckoning, and have otherwise been attentive. I know they get paid.. but I also wanted to try my luck.. the first round went so well I bought a second.. similar results. Third was great (over 3000cr off that one).. and the other 2.. all paid out more than I would have gotten if I had purchased credits straight up, with items traded for credits, etc.. I made something in the area of 5000cr off those globes, used them to buy pieces I needed, a new class trans'd, two new toys I had my eye on, etc..
Point being, I went in knowing it was a gamble, it paid off, I tried my luck again and again and kept getting similar or better results. But I'm done now anyway... just posting the results.
If desired, I can post the haul from each grouping.
Finally caved and bought five globes. Opened them up and got:
1 decorated sleeve 1 interlocked cache
40 unbound credits
50 customization Credits
30 upgrade Credits
10,305 gold
49 lobelia seed
20 wood
22 goldenseal root
24 ginseng root
10 cloth
10 coal
32 sileris
10 steel
Not bad... Already had 30 upgrade credits so I have 60 now, and got an interlocked cache before that gave me a band for a ring of finality and a slate for a grievous keyring. At the very least, I feel like I got my money's worth with these globes and am happy with that.
So lets open up that sleeve and get the first Legend Deck card I've ever owned! After debating for a while, I try to shoot for Bakios in the renowned collection, not realizing that it doesn't just include the Aesthetes suit, but also the Intrepid and Impudent suites. So imagine my surprise when:
You tear open a decorated sleeve and delightedly pull a playing card featuring Xylthus, the Outcast from within!
With a flash of light, a deck of mystical cards appears in your hands!
Well, not quite what I wanted, but not bad either - can definitely use this hunting and gives me a bit more incentive to do so. I then learned that I can essentially take this card out of my deck at any time and trade it in for 35 bound credits. I'm very much okay with this card now. Let's try our luck on the cache opening for the blackwave.
As you open an interlocked cache a bright light shines from within.
You have been awarded with The tiger for a grievous keyring talisman piece!
Yeah the deck opening for like 4 different collections/suits fucked me up at first and seemed very unclear (probably intentionally so?) in documentation. I was like "oh I have a 1/10 chance..." come to find out it was more like 1/30 (statistically more like 1/1000+) because it includes multiple suits. Finding out the shit cards at least trade in made it a little better but not by much. That is why I hadn't put much into promos for a long while until this time. This go-round I got far more than I would have just buying straight credits, for sure. Not that credits are even a decent price but... that is another topic.
Now that double XP is over and I have no Elite bonus I finally stopped slaughtering everything on a loop and, prompted by Aramli's drive for all things questing, decided to slow down and explore. Found a few little rooms in well known places I just hadn't been before, finally went around Nur, and also did this:
He has completed a secret blood ritual to safeguard the trolls.
2 Parts of that really annoyed me but actually quite pleased with myself that I managed to work it out alone*
*By working out alone I mean randomly firing commands and words at pretty much everything that moved and most things that didn't. Getting frustrated, leaving, coming back, waiting for mobs to reset, asking people not to bash x or y, being chased around by a warrior and generally swearing at the laptop. AKA Achaean Questing.
"An azure gateway emanating strange humming noises hangs in the air."
Right outside the city walls. What could it be? A God? The anger of Lady Aurora? Or something worse? Pazuzu and his hellfire legions?! Everyone, be careful! We'll be investigating it til we find out what it could be!!
"An azure gateway emanating strange humming noises hangs in the air."
Right outside the city walls. What could it be? A God? The anger of Lady Aurora? Or something worse? Pazuzu and his hellfire legions?! Everyone, be careful! We'll be investigating it til we find out what it could be!!
Nope, occultist made a portal.
...
Well, now don't I look like an idiot....
I too was momentarily excited by the prospect of Pazuzu surfacing. With the changes with forays, this entire night was a disappointment for me.
Adrik Bergson, the Crystalline Song He has attained the first rank in the Fellowship of Explorers.
Never thought I'd get it. So much breaking, entering, and bribing...
Also going Firelord for reasons. Thanks to everyone who's helped me along the way here.
Got it from Icosse foray. Almost didn't have it, because thrall was gonna die.. until @Farrah began to novicekick it into submission to get thrown in. She did, and revived me. I absolutely cannot thank everyone enough for helping me this far.
Your idea (If a player is not within the realms (offline, journal, news, etc) when another player sends them a letter, send the recipient a message that they have been sent a letter by the sender.) has reached sufficient support, and voting has been closed for it.
I know this doesn't mean its going in, but I'm just happy to see it wasn't a stupid idea.
Doctor says my smashed foot issue is likely not a fracture but intricate ligiment and fine bone damage. I am a tap dancer. I have just lost such a major part of my life - losing articulation is incredibly huge. I will never be able to do wings or graboffs again. I was fighting hard to stay a tap dancer with nerve damage and now my fucking foot is COMPLETELY SMASHED because I didn't have enough awareness due to nerve damage to realize where a door was. I am in so much pain and on top of that I have lost so much articulation and fine movement. I'm so sad. I'm so fucking upset. I am so incredibly apologetic to Cyrene because I went fucking crazy upon losing this - it is like losing a physical chunk of your body, but it's not excuse to go crazy IG.
I am just so sad, part of my life can never happen. I already miss dancing and it makes me so freaking sad that when I try to dance it hurts my body.
My personal quest to consume the bodies of all boss mobs continues. Down: Aran'kesh, and a Dreadpilar. To go: A lot.
Am I being serious about this? No. Will I still eat every boss mob I kill like some 80s fantasy villain on a quest to attain POWER via weird blood-osmosis? Yes.
You grasp the corpse of Aran'Kesh, the Fleshrender in your claws as you tear the hapless body in two. Gore drips slowly from your maw as you consume the mutilated remains, savouring the still-warm organs.
Doctor says my smashed foot issue is likely not a fracture but intricate ligiment and fine bone damage. I am a tap dancer. I have just lost such a major part of my life - losing articulation is incredibly huge. I will never be able to do wings or graboffs again. I was fighting hard to stay a tap dancer with nerve damage and now my fucking foot is COMPLETELY SMASHED because I didn't have enough awareness due to nerve damage to realize where a door was. I am in so much pain and on top of that I have lost so much articulation and fine movement. I'm so sad. I'm so fucking upset. I am so incredibly apologetic to Cyrene because I went fucking crazy upon losing this - it is like losing a physical chunk of your body, but it's not excuse to go crazy IG.
I am just so sad, part of my life can never happen. I already miss dancing and it makes me so freaking sad that when I try to dance it hurts my body.
So... as someone who HAS lost 2 chunks of his body, namely legs - in my dream job of being a Marine - dude(ette?) it sucks for a while but sometimes it shows you another path. You have to look at whatever positive shows up, however small, and kind of latch on to that - basically accepting that you can't change shit like this - while also holding out this minor hope that the nerve damage will fade (mine took about 3 months to feel my hand and about a year for the pain w it to end) and be bearable enough to teach or some other aspect you find equally rewarding. I was able to teach soccer teams for my kids, give back via parks and rec commission for the town, going back to school, and it put me on a path where my main outlook was being a mechanic or delivering FedEx, to being a computer forensic analyst which for me is as rewarding if not more (I love tinkering) than mechanics and far more lucrative to support my family.
Basically, keep your head up and push through the bullshit. The suck will pass.
And to stay on topic: Been packing to move whenever I get cleared by the doctor - may not be until this next surgery - but it means I've only been able to log in for about 10m at a time the last few days.
Doctor says my smashed foot issue is likely not a fracture but intricate ligiment and fine bone damage. I am a tap dancer. I have just lost such a major part of my life - losing articulation is incredibly huge. I will never be able to do wings or graboffs again.
I was fighting hard to stay a tap dancer with nerve damage and now my fucking foot is COMPLETELY SMASHED because I didn't have enough awareness due to nerve damage to realize where a door was. I am in so much pain and on top of that I have lost so much articulation and fine movement. I'm so sad. I'm so fucking upset. I am so incredibly apologetic to Cyrene because I went fucking crazy upon losing this - it is like losing a physical chunk of your body, but it's not excuse to go crazy IG.
I am just so sad, part of my life can never happen. I already miss dancing and it makes me so freaking sad that when I try to dance it hurts my body.
I just wish I had retained articulation in my toes. If I had that, I could do most of tap dance, I think. I think I'm caught in a trap where I'm focusing on what I've lost vs what I have.
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Items /inside/ letters in transit very well may decay while in the post office.
Producer: "Ok, people are killing this denizen way to easily and frequently. What can we do to make it more challenging?"
Person A: "Give them a larger health pool so the fight lasts longer."
Person B: "Make them do more damage."
Person C: "Make their attacks faster."
Person D : "Make them deliver nearly every available affliction in the game in a single attack and then follow up with a special attack that is an instakill."
Producer: -stares at Person D silently for a brief moment- "You sadistic sonuvabitch. I love it! You know what, we'll just roll all these together and watch them try then."
Sartan, the Malevolent says in Mhaldorian, "Throughout all things, remember it is I that you serve."
Thank you for taking us this far, @Ysela.
Reaching down with a massive hand, Sartan lifts your head and draws a taloned finger across your throat, the wound closing as He does so.
e
You carefully place a playing card featuring Seasone, the Industrious into a deck of mystical cards.
As you complete the suit, a card depicting a sheep appears in your deck!
As you open an interlocked cache a bright light shines from within.
You have been awarded with The legs of a figurine of the suffering Maya talisman piece!
So in one week I got (2) Maran cards, (1) Seasone, and completed (2) Maya figurines... all things that some people have been trying to do for 18 months. And it cost me 50 globes, and about 400cr to finish both sets. Pretty happy so far.
Not even one, but 2 of said item?
No one should expect this to happen to them, don't go buying 50 globes thinking you'll get a figurine. You won't, odds are strong you won't even get half of one.
I said it cost me 50 globes because those are the only 2 Maya pieces Ive ever opened for out of every cache opened for races since races was introduced. The rest of the 2 Maya sets pieces came down to smart trades and 2 very lucky refines. In a week.
I never said everything came from that one set of 50 (Ive opened 200-250 this go round because they're averaging about 1600cr per 50 globes for me). The 2 Maran cards were the highlight of another group of 50. The rest have been decent return but not a lot of noteworthy items.
If anything, this round of globes they seem to have tweaked RNG to make it more likely to get good pieces... but in the process, expect 6 complete arachnideye sets as well.
If anything, based on the number of caches I've opened as well as decks, statistically speaking, it was about time for RNG to throw me a fucking bone.
If games want to keep gambling mechanics, legislation needs to catch up, or a duty of care at the very least.
Point being, I went in knowing it was a gamble, it paid off, I tried my luck again and again and kept getting similar or better results. But I'm done now anyway... just posting the results.
If desired, I can post the haul from each grouping.
You've just set a new record for this year for that catch!
You reel in the last bit of line and your struggle is over. You've landed a bearded pikefish
weighing 5 pounds and 6 ounces.
You beam broadly.
Just watch out for thieves. They are the worst part of this entire game.
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
1 interlocked cache
40 unbound credits
Not bad... Already had 30 upgrade credits so I have 60 now, and got an interlocked cache before that gave me a band for a ring of finality and a slate for a grievous keyring. At the very least, I feel like I got my money's worth with these globes and am happy with that.
So lets open up that sleeve and get the first Legend Deck card I've ever owned! After debating for a while, I try to shoot for Bakios in the renowned collection, not realizing that it doesn't just include the Aesthetes suit, but also the Intrepid and Impudent suites. So imagine my surprise when:
>> talisman pieces blackwave
He has completed a secret blood ritual to safeguard the trolls.
2 Parts of that really annoyed me but actually quite pleased with myself that I managed to work it out alone*
*By working out alone I mean randomly firing commands and words at pretty much everything that moved and most things that didn't. Getting frustrated, leaving, coming back, waiting for mobs to reset, asking people not to bash x or y, being chased around by a warrior and generally swearing at the laptop. AKA Achaean Questing.
- Engaging
- Rewarding
- Achaea quests
pick 2Disappearing from Achaea for now. See you, space cowboy.
smileyface#8048 if you wanna chat.
Just remember that if you pick 2 and 3, you also get the added benefit of 4. Growing leaves.
He has attained the first rank in the Fellowship of Explorers.
Never thought I'd get it. So much breaking, entering, and bribing...
Also going Firelord for reasons. Thanks to everyone who's helped me along the way here.
Got it from Icosse foray. Almost didn't have it, because thrall was gonna die.. until @Farrah began to novicekick it into submission to get thrown in. She did, and revived me. I absolutely cannot thank everyone enough for helping me this far.
I know this doesn't mean its going in, but I'm just happy to see it wasn't a stupid idea.
Thank you to @Minkai, @Farrah, @Krizal, @Elon, @Adrik, @Mezghar, and @Yen, who all played parts, big or small, in solving this puzzle.
The globe splits open to reveal an offspring talisman!
The special globe prize has been claimed!
Oh... well alright then.
I am just so sad, part of my life can never happen. I already miss dancing and it makes me so freaking sad that when I try to dance it hurts my body.
Am I being serious about this? No. Will I still eat every boss mob I kill like some 80s fantasy villain on a quest to attain POWER via weird blood-osmosis? Yes.
You grasp the corpse of Aran'Kesh, the Fleshrender in your claws as you tear the hapless body in two. Gore drips slowly from your maw as you consume the mutilated remains, savouring the still-warm organs.
Basically, keep your head up and push through the bullshit. The suck will pass.
And to stay on topic:
Been packing to move whenever I get cleared by the doctor - may not be until this next surgery - but it means I've only been able to log in for about 10m at a time the last few days.