Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion

66 posts · 2008-03-19 15:17:30 to 2008-04-02 20:10:33

#36300430099 03/23/2008 11:58:48 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
Kybutra wrote:
Since we are on the subject of luggables, I'm getting a little tired of running threw every white hallway just get a hold of them in the international district.
:O So that's where they are..
#36300430125 03/23/2008 13:08:39 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
Michael1 wrote:
Kybutra wrote:
Since we are on the subject of luggables, I'm getting a little tired of running threw every white hallway just get a hold of them in the international district.
:O So that's where they are..
It's really not that hard if you know where you're going...
#36300430337 03/24/2008 03:06:56 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
Rarebit wrote:
cloudwolf wrote:
SolidRevolver wrote:
GoDGiVeR wrote:
@ Devs: Make luggables drop (AND remove the effects) on death, NOT reconstruct, thank you. That would lessen the number of people dual clienting to keep hold of a certain luggable.
  1. Drop on death
  2. You need to hold the luggable to get the buffs, once you drop the lug, you lose the buffs

They used to look silly and work silly, you have sorted the looks, now fix how they work >_<

Agreed, bring them back closer to their original spec, you know, the one that everyone got excited about when they were first announced. No hardlining inter-district either. heh.
I don't know what announcement you're looking at (I've seen you post this at least twice now), but the user being able to drop them and retain the buffs was the *original* development spec, and by original I mean like five years ago or so when they were first being worked on. I know what you mean but you need to get a new line. You can state what your opinion is without trying to pass it off as some kind of universal truth.


Every time, jeese.

Look, i am sorry for always being the only one of these forums to post my views in a truth suggesting manner.

Its not intentional. Its not like i'm trying to spread some sort of collection of well thought out lies to try and progress my grand plan for MxO forum domination ¬_¬

Anyway, i was working off this.

"Luggables cannot be taken outside of the Matrix. So a player with a luggable has to stay in the game or drop it so someone else can pick it up. You will also automatically drop it if you teleport via hardline or otherwise leave the main Matrix construct.

That also means the luggable will be dropped if the player carrying it dies. What's that? Did I hear some cheering from our PvPers? SMILEY<img src=

Yes, one of the main reasons to add luggables to the game is to give PvP some meaning"

(empthesis added)

As for retaining buffs, Maybe i misinterupted some of that, maybe i don't go trawling through news archives to validate my opinion every time i post a vague memory, maybe i wasnt a member of the dev team 5 years ago. I don't know. Again, my apologies for any misleading i may have done.

#36300430386 03/24/2008 07:40:19 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
MotorZ wrote:
Michael1 wrote:
Kybutra wrote:
Since we are on the subject of luggables, I'm getting a little tired of running threw every white hallway just get a hold of them in the international district.
:O So that's where they are..
It's really not that hard if you know where you're going...

It may not be hard but its a pain in the *CENSORED* to run every white hallway until you get it right.
#36300430715 03/24/2008 16:09:13 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion

Were the drop rates of the Smith Frags edited at all?  They seems to be dropping very slowly and considering how many you need to get all the male and female shirts (170 I think) it will take a while and if you cant log on as much as I can.

Its taken over an hour to get 20, that equals about 8-9 hours to get the set.

#36300430797 03/24/2008 20:20:57 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
Kybutra wrote:
MotorZ wrote:
Michael1 wrote:
Kybutra wrote:
Since we are on the subject of luggables, I'm getting a little tired of running threw every white hallway just get a hold of them in the international district.
:O So that's where they are..
It's really not that hard if you know where you're going...

It may not be hard but its a pain in the *CENSORED* to run every white hallway until you get it right.
heh, well the Halls do follow exact set of coordinates. So based off of what direction and how far the luggable is from your current location, usually it can be narrowed immediately down to 3 hallways or less.

But truthfully, I'm just being an *CENSORED*; luggables should drop before entering the halls because it is just simply frustrating to get around.

EDIT: oh and Solid, I noticed that too. There's a few spawns of three or two Smiths that don't drop frags whatsoever. The single Smith spawn nearly always has a frag. Thinking of this...assuming we get another set of masks for Halloween next year, there needs to be some changes, or the rare masks will become super rare masks.
#36300430829 03/24/2008 22:10:14 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
Try grouping with other players.  The more players, and the higher their levels, the more chance you'll have of spawning more and higher levelled Smithlings.  The higher the level of the Smithlings, the higher the chance they will drop frags.  This is observation only, you'll have to ask Rarebit to be sure. 
#36300433056 03/28/2008 11:38:20 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
Quick question, will the firewall candy only work during the anniversary event...i know that the whole point of it is to protect you from the Smith virus, but will you be able to get the groovy green firey effect thing happening? Or is it another email strorage job?
#36300433062 03/28/2008 11:47:16 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
Dulux wrote:
Quick question, will the firewall candy only work during the anniversary event...i know that the whole point of it is to protect you from the Smith virus, but will you be able to get the groovy green firey effect thing happening? Or is it another email strorage job?

They'll work all year round, but they will be just for show.  The Brownies worked all year round too I think.
#36300433078 03/28/2008 12:06:10 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
Dulux wrote:
Quick question, will the firewall candy only work during the anniversary event...i know that the whole point of it is to protect you from the Smith virus, but will you be able to get the groovy green firey effect thing happening? Or is it another email strorage job?
I sent a PM to Rarebit asking this very question... he must be busy sorting through all of his PM's and I wouldn't be surprised if he just thought 'wait and see' or just deleted it as one of a number of silly PM's but yeah, I've stocked up on candy, just in case, for the occasional use for the rest of the year!
#36300433619 03/29/2008 17:52:30 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
I assume the Anniversary Event will end on Thursday April 3rd?  I wanted to know so I can budget my farming time.
#36300433621 03/29/2008 18:06:24 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
It's true – in honor of the game's three year anniversary, the hugely popular 'Smith Virus' will return to The Matrix Online from March 20th until April 3rd
#36300435272 04/02/2008 13:19:30 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
If I remember correctly, when the event ended last year, the collectors were still around for a few days so that people could still redeem any Smith frags that they still had in their inventory.  Will this happen again, or should I make sure that I trade in all of my Smith frags before the server restart?  (I have a lot of them.)
#36300435782 04/02/2008 19:06:26 Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
((

Goodbye Smith Virus

It was... a great pleasure and I hope that you become cannon in a future next to us.

( Almost crying because this ended. xXD )

))
#36300435784 04/02/2008 19:11:17 Re:Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
Omega0 wrote:
If I remember correctly, when the event ended last year, the collectors were still around for a few days so that people could still redeem any Smith frags that they still had in their inventory.  Will this happen again, or should I make sure that I trade in all of my Smith frags before the server restart?  (I have a lot of them.)
The collectors should be gone once update 59 is Live.


#36300435829 04/02/2008 20:10:33 Anniversary 2008 Update Discussion
KevinX wrote:
((



Goodbye Smith Virus



It was... a great pleasure and I hope that you become cannon in a future next to us.



( Almost crying because this ended. xXD )



))
Just sped-farm 20 frags because I only had tonight to actually participate in the Anniversary event.

T_T