All servers will be down for maintenance on Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at 5am PDT / 7am CDT / 8am EDT / 1pm UTC/GMT. Estimated downtime is approximately 4 hours.
This maintenance includes a large amount of High Five bug fixes, as well as the "High Five part 5" patch.
Just a suggestion here but I think it might be a good idea to wait on the News Informer deletion until next week. Might help restore a little faith in NC considering the security debacle? But nevertheless just a suggestion...
When are you fixing Antharas quests? (Dragon Trophy - Antharas, Jewel of Antharas, Land Dragon Conqueror)
We've already killed it twice and none of those 3 quests are working. Are you going to replace all the missed quest rewards when you fix it? Because the 1st one is repeatable quest...
Hi ,
dear Sace would you mind explaining a bit more about this :
Grants an item-skill which replenishes your vitality as you gain experience points for 20 minutes. Re-use time is 12 hours. This item will expire in either 3 hours, 3 days, or 30 days.....
I believe what stupidity wrote is correct , but i dont want to believe that a human brain is capable of inventing something so ridiculous , so i really would be glad if you specify the following :
Are those 3h,3d,30day timers expiring with the passing of real life hours despite the fact you do not have the item equiped or/and your account is not logged in;
or
Those items expire only after you had them equiped for the given amount of time they have .
Again by the description of the event i only would imagine that the first ( completely idiotic)
variation is the correct one , but i decided to ask here .
um who thought this brain child up? lolol i will never even open 1 of my 28 lucky charms lolololol
Don't you still have like 100500 vitality items on all your toons?
I'll make you a deal... Keep your crappy vitality and just give me a ninja hat for keeps. Deal?
Would be nice to get some more rare accessory events. Levelling is easy-mode now anyway. If you're 85 already then these events are even more annoying...
Please dont make the accessories disappear :( I love accessories and you allways give us one and make it gone T_T just give us the accessory without the vitality bonus. Just make stay!
I'll make you a deal... Keep your crappy vitality and just give me a ninja hat for keeps. Deal?
Would be nice to get some more rare accessory events. Levelling is easy-mode now anyway. If you're 85 already then these events are even more annoying...
+1
Sace make this accesories remain in game and tradeable..
and yes krissa i do have like probably 300+ cookies left.... but thats my point ... this wont even make adent in my vit..... 20 min is half of vit 4 for me lol
and yes krissa i do have like probably 300+ cookies left.... but thats my point ... this wont even make adent in my vit..... 20 min is half of vit 4 for me lol
You wil keep your vit 4 for 20 minuts, so instead of burning it till level 2 in your first 20 minuts of nevits blessing you will have it longer. If you have candles or freya pots you can hold it for 30 minuts.
so make a guess how long vit4 is for a dreadnought ?
this few xmas boxes i had burned in no time...
but its always nice to read that everyone is 85 now and have 500+ boxes left. (just lol)
after nc ruined the complete market for players below 84+ there is nothing they can do, except giving vit+++ to make the rest catch up a bit.
im still lvling and perma vit 0 is a pain like c1 ;)
im not sure what this event mean but i hope its NOT only 20min min a day...
...ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of 2-foot-tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a dread complaning cause my xp goes up slow, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.[1]
yep terry,
u should know that a dread cant kill a elpy on TI solo ..
he always feeds a whole party and it IS slow :)
and btw it was meant for the poster above me .. 87 min till vit 2.5 ? Oo
am i supposed to play 10 min a day max ? vit is going down to fast in my little opinion , hehe
Sry but i never got slow xp with mine, the proof of this is that your vit goes down faster then any one that solos. And atm with 9 man party bonus is even more delicious to xp a dread :).
Stupidity is a rare case. If im not wrong hes the guys that have problem with colors or something like this.
Please dont make the accessories disappear :( I love accessories and you allways give us one and make it gone T_T just give us the accessory without the vitality bonus. Just make stay!
+1
Sace make this accesories remain in game and tradeable..
+2
Would be nice accesories to be permanent and tradeable.
I'll make you a deal... Keep your crappy vitality and just give me a ninja hat for keeps. Deal?
Would be nice to get some more rare accessory events. Levelling is easy-mode now anyway. If you're 85 already then these events are even more annoying...
yea that rice farmer hat is the one accessory i want more than anything. but i want a permanent one with big head, thatd be awesome
I'm glad that some of you enjoy the Lucky Clover item that was added today. Please keep in mind that using this item is the player's choice; if you don't want to use the item, or the vitality, you don't have to. It is a small gift to celebrate springtime and/or St. Patrick's day (some country's don't celebrate this).
The vitality hair-accessory items that it gives have an expiration time attached to them-- they're not going to be "removed" from the game, as they will expire on their own. The expiration timer starts when you double-click on the clover and receive the accessory.
The item is a "lucky" clover. As such, what you get from it is random and depends on your luck. Since the vitality buff is on a 12-hour re-use timer, some players will get more use out of it than others, depending on the expiration time.
3 hour accessory: you can use the vitality buff once.
3 day accessory: you can use the buff a total of 6 times. (3 days x 24 hours each = 72 ; 72 / 12 = 6)
30 day accessory: you can use the buff a total of 60 times.
Permanent accessories like these will likely be available in the future, but not yet. For now, enjoy the gift. :)
Yeah, thanks for the nice item, will help a bit to main tain vitality at times. But my doubt is... I didn't find anywhere on forum about removal of hourglass, they did offer a nice xp boost even if you had to pay for it (everything ahs its price) specially for low level players, so they can catch up higher level ones, or for people who want to speed up their sub or alt.
So was it really intented for this patch? (like said, tis not on the patch notes) Would they come back in game? It's really a big turn off to play a sub class or an alt char.
Just a suggestion here but I think it might be a good idea to wait on the News Informer deletion until next week. Might help restore a little faith in NC considering the security debacle? But nevertheless just a suggestion...
lol, what does this have to do with restoring faith in NCSoft??
Yeah, thanks for the nice item, will help a bit to main tain vitality at times. But my doubt is... I didn't find anywhere on forum about removal of hourglass, they did offer a nice xp boost even if you had to pay for it (everything ahs its price) specially for low level players, so they can catch up higher level ones, or for people who want to speed up their sub or alt.
So was it really intented for this patch? (like said, tis not on the patch notes) Would they come back in game? It's really a big turn off to play a sub class or an alt char.
What they removed nevits???
I was about to level up a new character to 6x fast because NCSoft messed up the master accounts and now they remove it?
Again thanks allot NCSoft.
Something else you have changed that you doesn't plan on telling us?
Any more surprises that we should know about or are you done ***** with us?
Chronos is up. The Nevit's Hourglass change was not expected; we're investigating it.
I think it's a permanent change that also destructor mentioned in one of his posts that we shouldn't worry about it creating a big adena sink as it will be removed from the game in some time and we should benefit from it till we can.
Cherishy it while you have it. It will only be available for just couple of months. Soon it will be gone as it did with us.
I think it's a permanent change that also destructor mentioned in one of his posts that we shouldn't worry about it creating a big adena sink as it will be removed from the game in some time and we should benefit from it till we can.
...ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!
Why would a Wookiee, an 8-foot-tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of 2-foot-tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a dread complaning cause my xp goes up slow, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.[1]
To me it looks like someone didn't bother to read the patch notes before pushing the patch live on the servers and posting the "patch" notes on the forums.
Once again NCSoft shows them self from their best side.
btw thanks for the infraction.
well i've subs to lvl.. and while my 3rd sub is only lvl 58 currently... i was hoping to buy a bunch of lvl 61-75 blessing to fly up faster.. but with the removeall.. kinda toast now aren't i..
hmm so whats is there to "investigate" then? Why dosent NC Just do it like they always do.
The only thing I can see is that they are going to take it out but maybe did not want to do it on this patch. Either way it still sux that its leaving regardless and again no word from NC as usual on its removal before or after hand.
To me it looks like someone didn't bother to read the patch notes before pushing the patch live on the servers and posting the "patch" notes on the forums.
Once again NCSoft shows them self from their best side.
btw thanks for the infraction.
What side would that be? Can you elaborate I'm a little dense.
wondereing how the nevit hourglass gets by ncsoft before they implement an antire patch...
do u guys read what korea gives u or just uplaod it to our servers after google translating? no offense intended, but this is pretty lol as it seems like a standard feature with this fog ****
wondereing how the nevit hourglass gets by ncsoft before they implement an antire patch...
do u guys read what korea gives u or just uplaod it to our servers after google translating? no offense intended, but this is pretty lol as it seems like a standard feature with this fog ****
Not sure how Nevit's really has anything to do specifically in relation to FOG but par for the course. But in retrospect and to be as constructive as a possible perhaps it might just be a communication issue with respects to "reading comprehension 100, alex" (or what ever the monetary denomination was) and NC Korea.
Just perhaps a conference call before updates between the involved parties would be order before making committing to an update to fully understand the details of what was contained in the update well in advance would be a fairly productive way of resolving these issues?
Not sure how Nevit's really has anything to do specifically in relation to FOG but par for the course. But in retrospect and to be as constructive as a possible perhaps it might just be a communication issue with respects to "reading comprehension 100, alex" (or what ever the monetary denomination was) and NC Korea.
Just perhaps a conference call before updates between the involved parties would be order before making committing to an update to fully understand the details of what was contained in the update well in advance would be a fairly productive way of resolving these issues?
Not FOG as in Forge of Gods, but fog as the fog that now appears in towns at night. If you read what the NPC tells you then you will understand it.
The error that I said above was on NCSofts side that failed to read the entire part 5 patch notes from Korea before launching it on our servers and I have a feeling that there are allot of other changes as well that they missed.
In Korea they had access to nevits for almost a year before part 5 hit them, on our server we barely had 2 months.
Not FOG as in Forge of Gods, but fog as the fog that now appears in towns at night. If you read what the NPC tells you then you will understand it.
The error that I said above was on NCSofts side that failed to read the entire part 5 patch notes from Korea before launching it on our servers and I have a feeling that there are allot of other changes as well that they missed.
In Korea they had access to nevits for almost a year before part 5 hit them, on our server we barely had 2 months.
Why would I read what an NPC says? It's not like they give me XP or anything. And yes I'm with you on the nevit disparity regarding the NC Korea version vs ours. I never used it but I can feel ya.
Chronos is up. The Nevit's Hourglass change was not expected; we're investigating it.
I hope you can bring back the hourglass :o Especially since there was no warning at all about it being removed. Needs to be a good long warning time as you can only buy 1 per account per day.
I was just starting to stock up on hourglasses on my spoiler who just got her birthday gift :) She lost her bd buff twice last year, I just gave up on it >< Another toon too. I sometimes just lose all buffs for no reason :/ Also want to use some hourglasses on subs :o
And as a lil reward for our troubles, put the News Informer back for a couple weeks with the option to reset the 7 signs quests and the new L81 7 signs too lol plus a double xp weekend! :D
yes my guess (as was alluded to by destructor) they intended to take out nevits all along. NC West was not made aware or did not make us aware of this.
Why would I read what an NPC says? It's not like they give me XP or anything. And yes I'm with you on the nevit disparity regarding the NC Korea version vs ours. I never used it but I can feel ya.
maybe try reading what an npc says before typing on a public forum with your opinion. researching an issue before commenting is usually the smart thing to do.
LOL since when did NC care about what a "few" players wanted or the entire NC West for that matter in other cases.
I know, I just wanted to say ... think twice what you wish, because one day your wishes may come true even if NCwest doesn't have any control about what's being added/removed from the game.
Get over it already, if you wanted to save up extra Nivet's items you would have already done so.
@ 5 mil a pop, stockpiling wasn't always the best option since you might want to focus your cash on something else for a time. However, if they had said 2 or 3 weeks ago that this was coming then some of us would have.
Now is to late.
Thanks for that insightful analysis, Captain Obvious.
maybe try reading what an npc says before typing on a public forum with your opinion. researching an issue before commenting is usually the smart thing to do.
I did the research by reading the thread. The pic of what the NPC says is in it. Like I said why would I need to go read what the NPC says.
I guess NCwest needs again a reason to hand out some vitality-potions.
YAY. :D
Vitality potions are always better then random time junk, i dont like other people to controll whne or when not to use vitality.
Please no more of such hats that give a 20 min buff while u hunt, not good at all.
Stick to the stuff that works best, vitality cookies or lollypops.
and the thing that worked best of all for everyone were those vitality christmass cakes that are exchangeable. More of such things please, just drop all the rest.
With what someone posted about NCKR having this change and the NPC text itself, its clear to me that the removal of the nevit pots was intended by devs. The only problem I can see is that there was no notification to players and apparently no awareness of it on the NCwest side.
But even if they posted it in the H5 part 5 thread that would have been time to get one pot before maintenance. In the past we could have relied on elliebelly to give advance notice of stuff but that's long gone. So really all I can see is an apology from staff about the lack of communication and a commitment to do better.
The past months we've been getting xp and vit events like crazy so the demands with a menu of preferred methods of compensation is really silly. It's like lol lawsuits that try to sue for emotional distress or something. Are people that obsessed about this game that they have to capitalize on a mistake and wring every drop of xp and items out of it? Sure NCwest needs to improve a lot of stuff but demanding compensation just sounds disingenuous and self serving.
Why would I read what an NPC says? It's not like they give me XP or anything. And yes I'm with you on the nevit disparity regarding the NC Korea version vs ours. I never used it but I can feel ya.
I find your statement rather self distructive in the sense that you were asking why there would be anything related to "fog" and yet when an answer is given you make it sound like it wasn't the right answer or that you have a clear excuse for strickly ignoring the fact of it being related to fog....
Actually it's like this post hasn't really any real reason to be aside from the last sentence.
I did the research by reading the thread. The pic of what the NPC says is in it. Like I said why would I need to go read what the NPC says.
are you reading what your typing.... i'm curious to know how this thought is running through your head..
if you read what was posted in this thread therefore reading what the npc said... therefore knowing what "fog" was referring too... then you already answer your question... making your original statement null/void/untrue/inaccurate
make priest of blessing available again and a double xp weekend would be great thank s nc soft hope ul considder ppl s wishes couse not all server is 85 100% skill 30 most of us are small
Sad that there has been over 24 hours since the patch went live and still no apologies from NCSoft regarding the mess up they did with yesterdays patch where they didn't bother to read everything they got from Korea and that their non-existent Q&A team failed to catch that.
Sad that there has been over 24 hours since the patch went live and still no apologies from NCSoft regarding the mess up they did with yesterdays patch where they didn't bother to read everything they got from Korea and that their non-existent Q&A team failed to catch that.
We do apologize for the missing patch note about the Nevit's hourglass change, but we are still working on some details of this issue internally. Once those details are finalized, we will have an official statement. We do have a QA team and it was not their fault.
We do apologize for the missing patch note about the Nevit's hourglass change, but we are still working on some details of this issue internally. Once those details are finalized, we will have an official statement. We do have a QA team and it was not their fault.
I'm not trying to be a complete (how do you say it without the censor) but how does a QA team not know the full details of a patch when it is there job to ensure Quality Assurance.
Nothing against you at all Sace.
But perhaps this apology should be coming from Cabel since that is truly where the buck stops.
I wouldn't say that it is plainly aware but painfully aware that is what should happen.
Nice event ^^
I got some exp by nevit hourglass, for mine surprise, yesterday i can't buy nevit blessing. Ok, I read the patchnotes in day of maintance and read again today and don't found any info about the nevit hourglasse deactivation. Ok. Nice.
Now I go to event. I open mine item. Nice! 3 hous google! I use only one time skill and got a 20 min vitality replenish herb buff, i play in vitality 2 and no got lvl 3 in 20 min exp. Ok, not bad. I'll reuse mine buff now ^^, reuse time is 12 hours. /fail
Now, without nevit blessing and without event buff i'm back to town and see market. Exp without nevit and without vitality is hardcore for me atm.
Finally "we love feedback":
In this event i can't buy nevit blessing and got the lowest prize. "New event: less exp week" is a better name for this event.
You can't buy nevit not in that event, but from now on. Read what npc says about it.
About 12 hours reuse time, it's said in rules. Don't complain if you don't read. You could've used that buff when your vitality dropped to 3 lvl. Then when you exp it would replenished to 4 lvl full and then when buff is off you would've had 4 lvl vit to spend.
I find your statement rather self distructive in the sense that you were asking why there would be anything related to "fog" and yet when an answer is given you make it sound like it wasn't the right answer or that you have a clear excuse for strickly ignoring the fact of it being related to fog....
Actually it's like this post hasn't really any real reason to be aside from the last sentence.
are you reading what your typing.... i'm curious to know how this thought is running through your head..
if you read what was posted in this thread therefore reading what the npc said... therefore knowing what "fog" was referring too... then you already answer your question... making your original statement null/void/untrue/inaccurate
We do apologize for the missing patch note about the Nevit's hourglass change, but we are still working on some details of this issue internally. Once those details are finalized, we will have an official statement. We do have a QA team and it was not their fault.
Can we get an official apology from someone that matters? Not that you don't but I'm about to get medieval...just sayin
we don't want you to have to be the one to say "we screwed up"
we don't mind you introducing someone... so they can apologize...
but we don't want you to bare the burden.
nor will HGM Will Suffice...
break out the Devs... have them take the heat.
because... as i mentioned before...
We like you Sace.(not even just because you're cute)
Good news, we will be bringing the Nevit's Hourglass back into the game as compensation for the lack of warning of it becoming unavailable. We do not have an ETA on this yet, but once it happens, everyone will have plenty of time to enjoy it and plenty of warning before it is removed for good. :) Once the details are finalized, we'll let you know when it will come back.
Good news, we will be bringing the Nevit's Hourglass back into the game as compensation for the lack of warning of becoming unavailable. We do not have an ETA on this yet, but once it happens, everyone will have plenty of time to enjoy it and plenty of warning before it is removed for good. :) Once the details are finalized, we'll let you know when it will come back.
Sweet. Good Choice of Action NC.
Man with the epic donation to Japan and now this you guys seem to be headed in the right direction lets see if it stays that way. But ty for bringing it back.
Man with the epic donation to Japan and now this you guys seem to be headed in the right direction lets see if it stays that way. But ty for bringing it back.
Give me a break, the donation and the return of some in-game service is not even in the same realm. Let’s try to keep fantasy and reality in the correct perspective.
Give me a break, the donation and the return of some in-game service is not even in the same realm. Let’s try to keep fantasy and reality in the correct perspective.
A step in the right direction is still a step in the right direction, sure they still got 57,347 backwards steps to make up but something is better then nothing. I'll give credit were credit is due on a instance to instance basis ofc.
After tomorrow's maintenance, Nevit's Hourglasses will be available for purchase once again. :) This will remain as such until further notice. Their availability will be removed from the game eventually, but we will provide notice of this ahead of time so that players are prepared for that change when it comes.
After tomorrow's maintenance, Nevit's Hourglasses will be available for purchase once again. :) This will remain as such until further notice. Their availability will be removed from the game eventually, but we will provide notice of this ahead of time so that players are prepared for that change when it comes.
thats nice that Nevit's will back, but not so happy that anyway it will be removed in future.. why? why they did faster way to exp, and now against lowering?..for me it strange..
thats nice that Nevit's will back, but not so happy that anyway it will be removed in future.. why? why they did faster way to exp, and now against lowering?..for me it strange..
To my understanding, future game updates will make leveling easier in general, without needing items like this. We should wait and see what the future brings. :)
To my understanding, future game updates will make leveling easier in general, without needing items like this. We should wait and see what the future brings. :)