Complete Pandora's Boxes out of Data Nodes???

8 posts · 2007-07-24 21:39:11 to 2007-09-24 09:47:45

#36300290679 07/24/2007 21:39:11 Complete Pandora's Boxes out of Data Nodes???
I suggest you stop spawning complete PB sequences out of Data Nodes. So far I've gained 3 sets of Torturer's Gloves and 2 Tiger Master Coats just from Data Mining. It's OK to get a few Box NPCs out of a Data Node but spawning complete Boxes outta them defeats the sense of getting the items and doing the Box Missions. So either make Box spawns rare or reduce the number of box NPCs that bolt out of Data Nodes
#36300290786 07/25/2007 00:21:09 Re:Complete Pandora's Boxes out of Data Nodes???
lol I thought they didnt drop the PB loot Oo
#36300290821 07/25/2007 01:34:57 Re:Complete Pandora's Boxes out of Data Nodes???
They drop anything the NPC's from the box itself would, you won't, however, get the actual box or the item it would give.
#36300290940 07/25/2007 05:42:58 Re:Complete Pandora's Boxes out of Data Nodes???
"Data Node Boxes" defeat the value of the Box Rewards that you get from the Archeologist and they defeat the Box Quest itself. So here's the options:
A: Remove Box NPC spawns from Data Nodes completely (that option sucks)B: Reduce the number of Box NPCs in Data Nodes so that doing an actual Box still makes senseC: Stop Data Node NPCs from dropping actual Box loot (that option sucks too)D: Make "Data Node Boxes" an extremely rare thing
SMILEY
#36300290945 07/25/2007 05:51:50 Re:Complete Pandora's Boxes out of Data Nodes???
Manua wrote:
"Data Node Boxes" defeat the value of the Box Rewards that you get from the Archeologist and they defeat the Box Quest itself. So here's the options:
A: Remove Box NPC spawns from Data Nodes completely (that option sucks)B: Reduce the number of Box NPCs in Data Nodes so that doing an actual Box still makes senseC: Stop Data Node NPCs from dropping actual Box loot (that option sucks too)D: Make "Data Node Boxes" an extremely rare thing
SMILEY

How about make Box Reward clothing (i.e. Not the Prison Mentality Device) tradeable, so you can make a few info off the side selling the rewards you gain, though to tell the truth, I doubt the price of a pair of brand new Seraphims would be very much.
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#36300325050 09/18/2007 15:10:53 Re:Complete Pandora's Boxes out of Data Nodes???

I made some good money on the Box 1 and 2 guys that kept turning up (especially the Box 1 guys: I already have my Torturer's Gloves, so I just recycled the Blood-Spattered Notes, et al that I found on the guys), and I was finally able to get the Tiger Master's Coat. I was short a couple of scrolls, but this helped immensely, and it inspired me to have a Box 3 marathon... which might extend to a Box 4 marathon this Friday.

But yeah, I could see making the Box 1 and 2 guys a lot less likely to turn up: I lost count of the number of times those mad scientists have popped in out of nowhere when I was data mining Downtown.

#36300325798 09/20/2007 02:30:01 Re:Complete Pandora's Boxes out of Data Nodes???
I don't see a big problem here whatsoever...  the data node spawns don't drop the main item which you need for the items...
#36300328313 09/24/2007 09:47:45 Complete Pandora's Boxes out of Data Nodes???
Manua wrote:
I suggest you stop spawning complete PB sequences out of Data Nodes. So far I've gained 3 sets of Torturer's Gloves and 2 Tiger Master Coats just from Data Mining. It's OK to get a few Box NPCs out of a Data Node but spawning complete Boxes outta them defeats the sense of getting the items and doing the Box Missions. So either make Box spawns rare or reduce the number of box NPCs that bolt out of Data Nodes
Erm No.
As Aquatium said "however, get the actual box or the item it would give."
I don't really see the problem, its not like the spawns are giving out seraphims. And none of those items are tradable