Update 61 Discussion - June 26, 2008

Well i gotta say i think the new stuff looks cool and groovy, though it does make me wonder about how exactly the boxes work due to the whole level of team, level of box thing.

So with my level 50's i buy the level 50 box and do it with some other 50's and hopefully get the level 50 clothing and all be well

But say with my character on vector who is level 34 and too high for the level 30 box, i presumably have to get the level 40 one. But of course finding people your own level and org on vector at the same time can be kinda tricky, so most likely i'd therefore have to do it with some 50's from my faction meaning i'd need the level 50 box, meaning i'd have to wait till i'm level 50 to wear the clothes?!?!


Or have i misenterpreted this somewhere. I do get confused easily.

Whoa... o.O   I understood that perfectly.  I was trying to phind a way to say what you just said, but you said it much better than I could say it!   So... yeah.  I'd really really like an answer to that question too.  Thank you!

Whoa... o.O   I understood that perfectly.  I was trying to phind a way to say what you just said, but you said it much better than I could say it! " width="15" height="15" />  So... yeah.  I'd really really like an answer to that question too.  Thank you!

From the details on the boxes, it seems to me that it takes into account the average level of the team, so if a level 50 wants the level 30 stuff, he will have to team with low level people to bring the teams average to equal or below 30.

Dont hold me to that though...

odj wrote:

Heh I love how they bring Walrus in to break the news when something really bad happens (e.g. nothing new at all in this update) so everyone just goes "Hai Walrus where s your bucket!?" instead of flipping out. " />

Seeing as how we haven't got anything new lets take a look at the latest cinema..... photoshopped picture!



So who's the bird Rarebit? " />

This bird.

Why am I not allowed in? I takes me straight to the loading area. Say the destination is not available?

WHY!

Why am I not allowed in? I takes me straight to the loading area. Say the destination is not available?

WHY!

Oh thanks. Guess I had to find out the hard way.

Awesome stuff though, the wait is gonna blow.

That SSR nerf was complete, utter, total, absolute, epic Fail.   I guess farming gum wasn't a nightmarish barrage of endless tedium enough.   Not understanding why the plan is to make Datamine's population = zero.

My thoughts exactly. Even with a higher than normal drop rate it took a fair amount of time to get the gum you needed for abils/clothes.

Who said I blew threw it quickly? It still takes a fair amount of time to farm the gum, I think it was quite well paced at the rate it was at to be honest, not too fast not too slow.

With something like the Data Mining stuff, you have to spawn the enemies and it is a lottery if you will actually get the enemies you want, these Ninjas have to be spawned from a box.  They are just farms, but they are done in a unique way which makes them fun, the SSR Gum grind is just a plain an simple kill... kill.... kill.... kill.. and the rewards have been slashed.  At least with the Corrupter stuff it is just kill kill kill but you can do it to enemies lower than you so the kills are quicker, and it is sort of unique, just takes a huge ammount of time.

Yes, nothing should be just haded over in game, but people seem to forget that people play games for entertainment, if your not being entertained, the game has lost its purpose.

With something like the Data Mining stuff, you have to spawn the enemies and it is a lottery if you will actually get the enemies you want, these Ninjas have to be spawned from a box.  They are just farms, but they are done in a unique way which makes them fun, the SSR Gum grind is just a plain an simple kill... kill.... kill.... kill.. and the rewards have been slashed.  At least with the Corrupter stuff it is just kill kill kill but you can do it to enemies lower than you so the kills are quicker, and it is sort of unique, just takes a huge ammount of time.

Yes, nothing should be just haded over in game, but people seem to forget that people play games for entertainment, if your not being entertained, the game has lost its purpose.

Any chance we'll be able to get the hotfix before Thursday?

MATHALOS YOU ARE SO IGNORANT. GOD. OF COURSE NOT.

Any chance we'll be able to get the hotfix before Thursday?

I don't think many people would argue with you there. If I was able to generate sufficient quests and items to cover a good variety of buffs and appearance across all classes in an update or two, not to mention gradual upgrading of mission opponent difficulty, then we'd probably be doing the usual successful MMO grind formula of gradual power/level increases as time went on. But we have a tiny team, and even just doing this one half set of gear for one class nearly caused this update (or update +1 week, even) to be the death of me. So I have to be careful about what I put in, and make it work together with what we already have.

Whaaa. 

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"Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
Let's me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
Drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend ..."  - TOOL - Spiral

The pink Gi is a change from the usual black and white stuff RB chucks out. But still, black, white ... and grey.  That's all we ever get? Black and white?  Maybe pink?  *groan*  
As for bonuses - I supposed that should be more left to the PvPers to figure up. They seem to know a bit more about it - honestly.

I always thought the colors of the Matrix are: Green, Red, Blue, then some Black and white. 

Eeeehhh - I just wait for it to open.

Well it was based off of Ninjas, I don't know many ninjas that run around in Neon green.

And I don't think you should insult Rarebit for telling us just how hard it was to create this. That's just mean-spirited.

=( still got sent to the loading area

Kybutra wrote:

=( still got sent to the loading area

tomorrow... lol " />

Phluff wrote:

Kybutra wrote:

=( still got sent to the loading area

tomorrow... lol " />

Then she needs to change her dates.

Griffo wrote:

I was so bummed earlier, I jacked-in and realised I had 3 minutes to get to Sati's Playground before the servers went down, wanted a quick peek " /> However, the Archivist decided that he'll take his time with sending me, in the last seconds before the servers went down THEN he decided to send me, but by then it was too late " />

You would of been sent to the loading area, anyway.

Zudrag wrote:

Griffo wrote:

I was so bummed earlier, I jacked-in and realised I had 3 minutes to get to Sati's Playground before the servers went down, wanted a quick peek " /> However, the Archivist decided that he'll take his time with sending me, in the last seconds before the servers went down THEN he decided to send me, but by then it was too late " />

You would of been sent to the loading area, anyway.

Oooh, is that what they're fixing?

Griffo wrote:

Zudrag wrote:

Griffo wrote:

I was so bummed earlier, I jacked-in and realised I had 3 minutes to get to Sati's Playground before the servers went down, wanted a quick peek " /> However, the Archivist decided that he'll take his time with sending me, in the last seconds before the servers went down THEN he decided to send me, but by then it was too late " />

You would of been sent to the loading area, anyway.

Oooh, is that what they're fixing?

Yah.

Zudrag wrote:

Griffo wrote:

Zudrag wrote:

Griffo wrote:

I was so bummed earlier, I jacked-in and realised I had 3 minutes to get to Sati's Playground before the servers went down, wanted a quick peek " /> However, the Archivist decided that he'll take his time with sending me, in the last seconds before the servers went down THEN he decided to send me, but by then it was too late " />

You would of been sent to the loading area, anyway.

Oooh, is that what they're fixing?

Yah.

No. I don't think they were trying to fix the entrance. They just didn't allow us to go in there.

So now that there are no ships to sink, I will spill the beans.

They have over 9000 Viral Resists, Thrown Resists (I think) and Ballistic resists. The way to hurt them is with MA. They also seem to lack a melee defense buff.

When were these stats released?  o_O

Either way, the box opening and closing animation is awesome, and the Ninja spawn *poof* is cute too just watching them appear from a cloud of smoke.

We just did a successful run on syntax in about 30-40 minutes with 5 50s.

Wasn't terribly hard on the grandmaster box.

Zudrag wrote:

We just did a successful run on syntax in about 30-40 minutes with 5 50s.

Wasn't terribly hard on the grandmaster box.

So... to Solo then?

My colleague forgot to mention the thirteen other people in construct who haven't even finished their first box as I write this.

2-5 could do this if they're organized, but solo will be impossible or very slow.

Anyone know how succeptable they are to viral attacks?

They have the same resistance for all attacks. There is not 1 tree doing more damage than the other (From our tests, or less damage than we'd expect it too). Kill them like you would a lvl 100 Agent and you'll find it easy enough.