This thread is for discussing The Other Side of the Looking Glass, posted on Data Node One, Monday, May 1, 2006.
Message Edited by Walrus on 05-01-2006 05:08 PM
The Other Side of the Looking Glass - Monday, May 1, 2006
51 posts · 2006-05-01 15:54:48 to 2006-05-10 02:42:22
/claim Nice. This came out of nowhere.
Shame about the concert being pushed back again, but you can't help stuff like that. Good to hear that the free trial will start tomorrow. I have a couple people that want to try it out. :smileywink:
Shame about the concert being pushed back again, but you can't help stuff like that. Good to hear that the free trial will start tomorrow. I have a couple people that want to try it out. :smileywink:
Message Edited by ShadowSK on 05-01-2006 05:15 PM
Woot for vet rewards! Corporate Sponser?:smileysurprised:
By the way Walrus the link you posted about Game cards is broken.
By the way Walrus the link you posted about Game cards is broken.
Message Edited by FAOrien on 05-01-2006 07:17 PM
Huh thats why I didnt know the link is broken for me.:smileysad:
Woot there it is!
Sweet now I can run around saying WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!!
Underarmor rocks!
Woot there it is!
Sweet now I can run around saying WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE!!!!
Underarmor rocks!
Message Edited by FAOrien on 05-01-2006 07:19 PM
Thanks for the update Walrus, good luck in E3 
lol, WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE. :smileytongue:
Oh yeah. New clothes anyone?!
So...will we be able to /claim anything right after the servers come back up? :robothappy:
With a new Corporate sponser comes a new simple sig for my rotator:
Now if only they would do the click-clack promo too and add the new Underarmor football cleats. That would put a new spin on the "Boot to the face"
Now if only they would do the click-clack promo too and add the new Underarmor football cleats. That would put a new spin on the "Boot to the face"
Message Edited by FAOrien on 05-01-2006 07:44 PM
Cool.
Whoo hoo for MxO at E3 ... about time!!!
Wish I could go.
Maybe we'll get decent press covereage out of this for a change instead of people just rehashing those ancient articles ...
Hehe.
:robotvery-happy:
Oh my!
Walrus wrote:
For
example, if you find out that by chasing a pigeon while using the Sexy mood,
activating the Repair Tool, and changing your pants makes you unattackable, it’s probably an exploit.
Wow good stuff Walrus! Thanks for the new looking glass!
What type of rewards? Things that we used to get or what?
ShadowSK wrote:
/claim flamethrower
Hey, thx for the update.
How is it possible to add /claim but not being able to add /teamduel?
Just wonder if you are able to add a new feature why not reactive an old one
?
Its been deactivated, so turn it on. We are used to have buggy shizzle.
Dont be ashamed
How is it possible to add /claim but not being able to add /teamduel?
Just wonder if you are able to add a new feature why not reactive an old one
?Its been deactivated, so turn it on. We are used to have buggy shizzle.
Dont be ashamed
What exactly do we have to do to get an award and what can we /claim? It sounds really cool, just wondering if someone here has played an SOE game where they did that.
RemagDiv wrote:
What exactly do we have to do to get an award and what can we /claim? It sounds really cool, just wondering if someone here has played an SOE game where they did that.
Star Wars: Galaxies vet rewards were some decoration stuff like Holograms, Models, Rugs, big*** terminals that looked like the ones on the Death Star, mainly cool/decorative stuff. There was some useful stuff like a kit that made items not decay, but mainly decorative stuff.
Now, do we need more stuff in our inventories, that we can't trade probably when I'm sitting on 3.5 pages full of stuff (and that's the bare essentials)...
.i get a 404 apache error, so no reading for me yet i guess
WE MUST PROTECT THIS HOUSE! Lmao, classic.
Nice OTSOLG Walrus, E3 coverage at last! And vet rewards! w00t!
You sure? I mean, I've seen their ads in game and what not, but I was so going to bet on "Castrol Syntec" because I see their ads more...
ShadowSK wrote:
Ok So I bought the game maybe a month ago. It said a free trial on the box, but it was expired. So I started paying to play right away, So not only did I not get a free trial month, but now your telling me the people who started before me, and now after me get the morbius code. Am I just screwed or will some of us relativly new players be given morbius as well?
It says one character on the free trial versions will get morbius. DO I have to create a new character, will this be awared to my existing character or will I get hosed in this deal?
Ooh, rewards and the /claim system sound interesting. I wonder what kind of rewards you will be able to get. It would be nice to see some rewards for high reputation with your organisation. Mabye agent glasses and an earpiece for 100 or more Machine reputation? Heh, I can hope.
Good news there, nice Other Side of the Looking Glass Walrus, it sounds great. :smileyhappy:
Good news there, nice Other Side of the Looking Glass Walrus, it sounds great. :smileyhappy:
A quick clarification: The only current plan for using the /claim system is for the free trial. However, now that we have the system, we can do more things with it. What that is, is up to the designers.
Walrus wrote:A quick clarification: The only current plan for using the /claim system is for the free trial. However, now that we have the system, we can do more things with it. What that is, is up to the designers.
this can fix soooo many issues...
someone was in beta but their clothes broke
/claim BetaClothes
(if account was flagged as beta then they get clothes, if not then they get a nice error msg)
keep them untradable so people cant make millions, everyones happy..
someone recycled their mobius code
/claim MobiusCode
(if account is flagged as eligible for the ability then they get it, if not then they get a nice error msg)
and the list goes on and on and on...
no more people moaning well i should have it and i havn't no more, or my clothes broke as they will no beable to claim them
just please tell me somehow Ill get the morbius code as well, without having to cancel my account get the free trial and start over. (making me cancel my account just to reregister for a bonus item might not make me reregister again)
The fix for this is just to make the Mobius code Tradable. If we can trade it there will be no problems. Please Walrus!
Thanks for the explanation, Cal. I'm a dope, because I played SWG and used the system myself! I didn't realise Walrus was talking about the same thing.
Well, definitely set something up for long-term accounts aka "Vet Rewards" like SWG did. (3 month, 6 month, 12 month, etc. players with active accounts)
Walrus wrote:
A quick clarification: The only current plan for using the /claim system is for the free trial. However, now that we have the system, we can do more things with it. What that is, is up to the designers.
I`d like to make a comment on the following:
I’ve seen some comments from veteran players about how we’re making these Abilities less special by adding them to a free trial. Why would we choose to use those Abilities instead of new ones?
The answer is simple: Both Abilities are highly useful at early levels. It’s a great incentive for new players to stick around and really get to know The Matrix Online. However, free trial players will only get one copy of each Ability—not one on each character. We want them to get in and enjoy the game, but we also don’t want to make the vets feel their earned rewards aren’t valuable.
Why would be choose to use those instead of old ones? Because the beta jump doesnt use any buffer space and if you pvp, you can remove the need for loading the normal jump giving you an extra few buffer units to load another attack/defense move. So your answer to that question is that we would use the old ability in pvp because it is an advantage over players who dont have it. Allowing the so called vets the ability to have extra moves loaded whilst still having the rather major advantage of being able to jump out of danger.
Personally I started playing around November `05 and I have neither of the beta jump nor the mobius code.
I think the both of them should either be written off or made available to all players. When you think about it I helped to test cr2 and what did I get? a cruddy cap thats no use to man nor beast.
edit* by all means give it away on the trials and such but you should make it available after a certain level to all players,, after level 10 for example when you earned your normal jump anyways,, then you have that option in pvp.
Message Edited by Tzahrkiya on 05-02-2006 07:16 PM
I want my BETA GLASSES BACK!!!! GRRRR!!!!!!
shauntaylor88 wrote:
Walrus wrote:A quick clarification: The only current plan for using the /claim system is for the free trial. However, now that we have the system, we can do more things with it. What that is, is up to the designers.
this can fix soooo many issues...
someone was in beta but their clothes broke
/claim BetaClothes
(if account was flagged as beta then they get clothes, if not then they get a nice error msg)
keep them untradable so people cant make millions, everyones happy..
someone recycled their mobius code
/claim MobiusCode
(if account is flagged as eligible for the ability then they get it, if not then they get a nice error msg)
and the list goes on and on and on...
no more people moaning well i should have it and i havn't no more, or my clothes broke as they will no beable to claim them
hi there,
i cant find the thing for the10 day free trial on the FilePlanet
can any one of you give me the link please ??
thanks
hello to all wrote:hi there,
i cant find the thing for the10 day free trial on the FilePlanet
can any one of you give me the link please ??
thanks
its not up yet, if anything it be up around 10pm - 3am GMT as in TOSOTLG it said afternoon (seatle is 9hours behing GMT i believe) so...
/claim TheOneRing
Muhahahahahahhaha, this is gonna be good. Though it made me frown a bit
to know this concert is going to be pushed back a week again. I wonder
if there will be a new sticker-thing pronouncing the new dates on the
Blue Sky signs in the parks. There's like three already on them because
of the multiple delays, haha.
Muhahahahahahhaha, this is gonna be good. Though it made me frown a bit
to know this concert is going to be pushed back a week again. I wonder
if there will be a new sticker-thing pronouncing the new dates on the
Blue Sky signs in the parks. There's like three already on them because
of the multiple delays, haha.
They are only saving the patch that conteins the Concert stuff, everything else should be out in a another patch this week.
Where did you read that? I didn't know a patch was still scheduled for this week...
Warboy090 wrote:
They are only saving the patch that conteins the Concert stuff, everything else should be out in a another patch this week.
Tzahrkiya wrote:
I`d like to make a comment on the following:
Why would be choose to use those instead of old ones? Because the beta jump doesnt use any buffer space and if you pvp, you can remove the need for loading the normal jump giving you an extra few buffer units to load another attack/defense move. So your answer to that question is that we would use the old ability in pvp because it is an advantage over players who dont have it. Allowing the so called vets the ability to have extra moves loaded whilst still having the rather major advantage of being able to jump out of danger.
Message Edited by Tzahrkiya on 05-02-2006 07:16 PM
He was not asking us why we would use those abilities, he is saying that they have been asked why they are using the same ones instead of coming up with new ones
hope that helps
It doesnt matter how I read the notes Nicksie my point still stands fair and square and that is that anyone who has mobius code and (mainly) beta-jump have a distinct advantage over others when it comes to pvp.
Soe say how they are very useful to low levels but didnt actually mention anything about how useful they are to high levels also. I am merely pulling all sides of the argument into the conversation.
Ask yourself the question - Why are all the "VETS" asking Soe why they are giving out those two abs instead of creating new ones? sry but the answer points to "becoz they dont want these new players to have that advantage" ,, selfish as it is.
There are many ways to look at it and I apologise if this is somewhat annoying to yourself but what this all boils down to is that there is a balance issue here, and players like myself who do not have these abilities are quite frankly feeling a bit cheated.
What I`m trying to get over is that these abs if they are being made available to new players on trial should be made available to everyone who currently plays.
edit* they could have it like the increased red frag drop rates or the vendors buying abilities thing where you could buy these 2 abs from a vendor for a limited time only,, make them untradeable and singular to inventories/code storage and then remove them after a set period of time...
Message Edited by Tzahrkiya on 05-02-2006 09:50 PM
Tzahrkiya wrote:edit* they could have it like the increased red frag drop rates or the vendors buying abilities thing where you could buy these 2 abs from a vendor for a limited time only,, make them untradeable and singular to inventories/code storage and then remove them after a set period of time...
There are many ways to look at it and I apologise if this is somewhat annoying to yourself but what this all boils down to is that there is a balance issue here, and players like myself who do not have these abilities are quite frankly feeling a bit cheated.
What I`m trying to get over is that these abs if they are being made available to new players on trial should be made available to everyone who currently plays.
I agree with this and that is what my last few posts have been trying to say
Im willing to compromise - u guys can keep beta jump/I already have hyper jump- just give me morbius code
Message Edited by DJFAHCORE on 05-03-2006 10:18 AM
DJFAHCORE wrote:
There are many ways to look at it and I apologise if this is somewhat annoying to yourself but what this all boils down to is that there is a balance issue here, and players like myself who do not have these abilities are quite frankly feeling a bit cheated.
What I`m trying to get over is that these abs if they are being made available to new players on trial should be made available to everyone who currently plays.
I agree with this and that is what my last few posts have been trying to say
Im willing to compromise - u guys can keep beta jump/I already have hyper jump- just give me morbius code
Message Edited by DJFAHCORE on 05-03-2006 10:18 AM
I agree too, if you're giving it to new players you should give it to the exhisting players who have supported this game & kept it alive so you could even have this trial. I understand wanting to do whatever to get new players to try the game, but you shouldn't do it at the expense of exhisting players.
And you can't just give Mobius because that would screw over players like myself who have Mobius but not HJ Beta.
maybe Im being ignorant to beta jump, is there a dif btween beta jump and hyper jump. If so I retract my statment about the devs can keeps it/ I want it.
But no matter what give me morbius or give me a subscription to a non SOE game
Beta Jump is locked at level 10, but it doesn't use up any memory points to load. This makes it less than completely useful for exploring and whatnot, but VERY useful as a combat manuever because most people have a better use for the two points it takes to load HJ.
Oh, and for the record, I think this is a little cheap too. I've been around since last April, so I missed out on all of the Beta stuff (fine by me, really. It was a Beta incentive and reward, and it's fine by me if it stays that way) but I don't think new players should get something I (or any other long term but not Beta players) didn't really have the chance to.
Message Edited by ShinryuMxO on 05-03-2006 10:40 PM
It's MOBIUS!!! Not Morbius, OK? Mobius, Mobius, Mobius, not bleeping Morbius!!
Sheesh
Its pretty cheap that because I didn't pre-order the game so I didn't get HJ-Beta (it was the "prize" for pre-order and not Beta like the clothes. I got the game the day it came out and new players are getting it? Its a little unfair. They may as well give every account ONE HJ-Beta (like they are doing for the free trial, only one character is getting it and not anyone they make)
How angry am I? Cold.
New players get a nice HJ-beta.
I have been paying for this game for a year now (missed pre-order and by the time I could afford to buy HJ-Beta, the dev's had decided to make it non-tradeable), and what do I get?
I get the ...
And what about all the others that have joined between beta and now? What do they get?
The same, they get the same too.
Message Edited by Dv01D on 05-05-2006 12:55 PM
/claim pinkunderwear
oh yeah
I just wish we could get an official reponse one way or another on what we are going to get (beta jump-mobius or just F'd over)
Bitek wrote:
It's MOBIUS!!! Not Morbius, OK? Mobius, Mobius, Mobius, not bleeping Morbius!!
Sheesh
Thank you!
I was about to tell 'em myself.
People, it's pronounced like "Moby-us" (think the techno dude, or possibly the whale).
IT DOES NOT RHYME WITH "MORPHEUS"!
Message Edited by djconan on 05-06-2006 11:10 PM
maybe if i had it id be able to see it/ spell it/ and use it/ but i dont/ so i cant/ and i wont
so does anyone actually know when this concert is gonna be???Archived image unavailable: avatar2.gif
