This thread is for discussion of the Halloween Update, which is scheduled to release on Thursday, October 23, 2008.
Halloween Update Discussion - October 23, 2008
54 posts · 2008-10-22 14:16:35 to 2008-11-02 13:49:04
"Added a 30-minute "safe time" to the level 100 Agent spawns on Zionites outside of Richland. This means that within a single neighborhood, if a level 100 Agent spawns on you, there won't be a chance of another spawning on you for at least a half-hour."
Thank you good sir..It was about time!
The Agent adjustment seems like a fair compromise.
Thank you on the new agent timer and do the the new missions start this week or next week?
Thankyou for finally doing something about the agent spawns.
New missions after Halloween I believe.
I can't complain about the Agent timer, is it permanent or just the duration of the Halloween period? I suspect permanent as it's in the bug fixes (although it wasn't really a bug as far as I was aware).
I would have liked different locales to have the zombies spawn than last year, or even have them spawn in more than 2 neighborhoods per district but I'm not going to complain about it.
Thanks for the Agent fix thing. 
Yay! Halloween is finally Here!
Awesome!
Yay I cant wait!! ^^
Zombies pwn, that is all.
Can't wait.
Virrago wrote:
Added a 30-minute "safe time" to the level 100 Agent spawns on Zionites outside of Richland. This means that within a single neighborhood, if a level 100 Agent spawns on you, there won't be a chance of another spawning on you for at least a half-hour
WUT??
no 
well it's restricted to a neighborhood. still...
*activates squirrel disguise* now hate me!
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Yes! I can't wait!
Pulling an all-nighter tomorrow night to farm some masks. 
ArchDuke wrote:
Yes! I can't wait!
Pulling an all-nighter tomorrow night to farm some masks.
You're not the only one hehe
Can't do the all nighter tomorrow, but I'm counting the hours till the patch goes live.
Shinryu wrote:
ArchDuke wrote:
Yes! I can't wait!
Pulling an all-nighter tomorrow night to farm some masks.
You're not the only one hehe
Can't do the all nighter tomorrow, but I'm counting the hours till the patch goes live.
Yep, and I might actually get up early and play some before work and class in the morning.
Please convince Rarebit to give you some tips on controlling zombie spawns / playing Zombie Scourge so you can come party with us, Virrago! We could have mini-apocalypse games! PLEEEAAAASEEEE!
/Braaaiiinnnnssss.............
YAY!
Would of been cool to have Halloween crits. IE crits about Halloween.
Masks work though I guess.
Shinryu wrote:
ArchDuke wrote:
Yes! I can't wait!
Pulling an all-nighter tomorrow night to farm some masks.
You're not the only one hehe
Can't do the all nighter tomorrow, but I'm counting the hours till the patch goes live.
Your not the only one 
HutchieJNR wrote:
Shinryu wrote:
ArchDuke wrote:
Yes! I can't wait!
Pulling an all-nighter tomorrow night to farm some masks.
You're not the only one hehe
Can't do the all nighter tomorrow, but I'm counting the hours till the patch goes live.
Your not the only one
2 and a half hours
ChloeAnn wrote:
HutchieJNR wrote:
Shinryu wrote:
ArchDuke wrote:
Yes! I can't wait!
Pulling an all-nighter tomorrow night to farm some masks.
You're not the only one hehe
Can't do the all nighter tomorrow, but I'm counting the hours till the patch goes live.
Your not the only one
2 and a half hours
The patch is done on mine I believe, Just waiting for the servers.
HutchieJNR wrote:
ChloeAnn wrote:
HutchieJNR wrote:
Shinryu wrote:
ArchDuke wrote:
Yes! I can't wait!
Pulling an all-nighter tomorrow night to farm some masks.
You're not the only one hehe
Can't do the all nighter tomorrow, but I'm counting the hours till the patch goes live.
Your not the only one
2 and a half hours
The patch is done on mine I believe, Just waiting for the servers.
same
Mhm. Waiting on servers. Bah I wish theyd fix the quote trees.. >_< they too big!
Just changed From Down to Closed.
Um.. you probably have thought of this...
But dont mining spawns, the wasteland corruptors, Sati bpxes, and the lvl 100 agents work off the same "spawn slot" so you cant have more than one at a time?
so does the 30 min "safe time" affect those others?
It will make spawn hunting in DT anoying if i have to wait 30 mins after getting an agent!
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But aside from that great update!
I'm in.
Please try to make zombies NOT attack low lvl NPCs from missions (stat hack especially), other than that can't wait.
Is it just me or do zombies take forever to spawn now?
Neoteny wrote:
Is it just me or do zombies take forever to spawn now?
Yeah, Too long.
Neoteny wrote:
Is it just me or do zombies take forever to spawn now?
Having the same issue. I've been standing in Gracy for about 15 minutes with no spawn.
Pumpkin in Manssen doesn't work on Syntax.
Arkiya1 wrote:
Neoteny wrote:
Is it just me or do zombies take forever to spawn now?
Having the same issue. I've been standing in Gracy for about 15 minutes with no spawn.
They run on the same timer as Agents, WCs, sati boxes, or another set of Zombies. If you have any of these already active the zombies wont spawn.
GamiSB wrote:
They run on the same timer as Agents, WCs, sati boxes, or another set of Zombies. If you have any of these already active the zombies wont spawn.
A good idea, but none of these were active. That was the first thing I thought of.
Arkiya1 wrote:
GamiSB wrote:
They run on the same timer as Agents, WCs, sati boxes, or another set of Zombies. If you have any of these already active the zombies wont spawn.
A good idea, but none of these were active. That was the first thing I thought of.
Then it may just be bad "luck" in spawns. The way the spawns work is that every 300seconds (at least I think its 300 but not positive here) you have a chance of getting whatever the spawns are for the area your in. If nothing spawns you have to wait another 300 (or whatever it is) until you can get another spawns.
This is excluding sati boxes which always spawn once you open the box but again if you have one active you can't get another else to spawn while its timer is still going.
Pumpkins might also be on the same timer because I know you can't get the lupins to spawn while your being attacked by Zombies and Ive yet to have zombies attack while fighting off lupines.
Not digging the whole "Can't see beyond 10 feet" thing.
As opposed to eval, I love the darkness and would still love to see it more often during the year than just at Halloween.
I am, however, seeing the zombie spawn issue others have mentioned here. It may just be bad luck, but I've experienced quite a few times this year where I'm just waiting around for zombies and nothing happens. This has happened in every zombie district I've tried, though it seemed to happen less in Mannsdale than it did in Furihata. Gracey, Mannsen and Ikebukuro were the worst though. Maybe it's tied to area population as well, sort of like how the complete corrupted are supposed to work. Mannsdale is very popular for hunting, so you get lots of zombies. Furi is semi popular, so you get a medium amount. Gracey is a wasteland, so you get very few or at least a lower chance? *shrug*
IT'S LIKE I'M PLAYING SPORE WITH NO EYES
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
I have had the oposite problem to most in cammon and mansdale...
I cant do ANYTHING there without being attacked repeatedly.
I was fighting nonstop for almost an hour in one spot before the spawns finaly stoped for about 5 mins.
I know i could have jumped away but where is the fun in that eh?
eval wrote:
Not digging the whole "Can't see beyond 10 feet" thing.
Just increase your lightpool radius?
Anyone else noticed if you have a sim by a lantern the sim gets a spawn too?
you are then left with a box that cant be searched that after a few spawns of it really gets in the way due to their very long fade time.
Personaly i find area hax of most use buta few people i have fought with have used sims and this has gotten anoying pretty quick
Gerik wrote:
Pumpkin in Manssen doesn't work on Syntax.
They dont spawn things everytime.Sometimes u get nothing 3 times in a row.I think wearing a mask on or being on team influences that factor too, not sure tho.
NeoExcidious wrote:
Gerik wrote:
Pumpkin in Manssen doesn't work on Syntax.
They dont spawn things everytime.Sometimes u get nothing 3 times in a row.I think wearing a mask on or being on team influences that factor too, not sure tho.
No... It doesn't... You should always get a spawn.
Gerik wrote:
NeoExcidious wrote:
Gerik wrote:
Pumpkin in Manssen doesn't work on Syntax.
They dont spawn things everytime.Sometimes u get nothing 3 times in a row.I think wearing a mask on or being on team influences that factor too, not sure tho.No... It doesn't... You should always get a spawn.
I've noticed this too, but I think I know the solution.
I think the zombies and the JoL spawns are on the same timer. So, if you have Zombies spawn on you in Camon or the like and leave before clearing them, you won't get any JoL spawns until those zombies despawn.
ArchDuke wrote:
Gerik wrote:
NeoExcidious wrote:
Gerik wrote:
Pumpkin in Manssen doesn't work on Syntax.
They dont spawn things everytime.Sometimes u get nothing 3 times in a row.I think wearing a mask on or being on team influences that factor too, not sure tho.No... It doesn't... You should always get a spawn.
I've noticed this too, but I think I know the solution.
I think the zombies and the JoL spawns are on the same timer. So, if you have Zombies spawn on you in Camon or the like and leave before clearing them, you won't get any JoL spawns until those zombies despawn.
Nope, used the pumpkin last night with zombie spawns on us in Mannsdale and it worked (became kinda laggy too lol).
Not sure if this has been noticed before, but the Serpah and Persephone masks seem to be under seperate naming conventions. You have a "Wet" Seraph Mask and a "Ill Persephone" Mask.
Should it be either "Wet Seraph" Mask or "Ill" Persephone Mask?
Sorry, just nitpicking...
So pumpkins don't spawn anything in International anymore for me in some areas...
Gerik wrote:
So pumpkins don't spawn anything in International anymore for me in some areas...
I've also experienced this tonite in Richland with 3 different pumpkins in a row
Are the pumpkin locations posted anywhere?
caillech wrote:
Are the pumpkin locations posted anywhere?