End of the Road: A Noob's Farewell to Arcadia
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Following this thread, I decided to go into Robin Hood mode yesterday.
I camped Iku all day and killed it 13 times in a row, leaving drops for lower levels if they were there, or dropping them in town randomly on the occasions when I was there alone
During my time there I saw many adventurers, a couple vanished as soon as they saw me unfortunately, but most stayed for a chat, which was nice!
It was clear a number of these players have been attacking each other over this boss, and I wanted to try my best to bring that to an end. I attacked a few as and when required just to set the tone and prompt a dialogue. Everyone had a chance to explain things from their perspective.
Eventually I ended up on friendly terms with everyone who attended that boss throughout the day and I think everyone who had got off on the wrong foot with each other has now resolved their differences and can move forward peacefully. Had some great chats with many of you!
I'd encourage everyone who wants to go for that boss to be patient with each other and share where necessary, there's no need to let impatience, frustration or greed get the better of us, we are all stronger together
I camped Iku all day and killed it 13 times in a row, leaving drops for lower levels if they were there, or dropping them in town randomly on the occasions when I was there alone
During my time there I saw many adventurers, a couple vanished as soon as they saw me unfortunately, but most stayed for a chat, which was nice!
It was clear a number of these players have been attacking each other over this boss, and I wanted to try my best to bring that to an end. I attacked a few as and when required just to set the tone and prompt a dialogue. Everyone had a chance to explain things from their perspective.
Eventually I ended up on friendly terms with everyone who attended that boss throughout the day and I think everyone who had got off on the wrong foot with each other has now resolved their differences and can move forward peacefully. Had some great chats with many of you!
I'd encourage everyone who wants to go for that boss to be patient with each other and share where necessary, there's no need to let impatience, frustration or greed get the better of us, we are all stronger together
The thing I found most disappointing, is that this being a level 116 boss, I saw 9 characters approach throughout the day (not including myself) and 6 of them were level 180+, and the lowest was 150.
Imagine being level 116 and trying to get this boss, no chance!
Please where possible try to be fair and kill things more level appropriate, there are loads of bosses out there that can be killed with less drama than this one
On that note, I'm holding a firestorm book for you Mr Fail, will pass it to you whenever I next see you around
Imagine being level 116 and trying to get this boss, no chance!
Please where possible try to be fair and kill things more level appropriate, there are loads of bosses out there that can be killed with less drama than this one
On that note, I'm holding a firestorm book for you Mr Fail, will pass it to you whenever I next see you around
Marshall9889
Active Member
One easy solution - just take the HP rune out Ikus drop files .
haplo123
Active Member
The higher-level bosses need to be made more attractive to kill.
sithouena
Newby
Easiest solution is just to be nice to someone who got the boss first, ask for help/group. Not just throw disgusting profanities and threatens to quit the game because he can't have the boss all to himself. I'm all for sharing drops/boss but he came at me very rude in the beginning.
I've talked to someone about what is Somango's deal and the dude who I spoken to told me that he's actually was willing to help Somango to get the book he needs but got turned down. He's been offered help but does not want to because he said that he can handle it himself. Now look what happened, denying the helping hand and posting this thread like some kind of a victim.
You're a victim of your own actions, drop your pride and ego. There is nothing wrong from accepting people's help..
I've talked to someone about what is Somango's deal and the dude who I spoken to told me that he's actually was willing to help Somango to get the book he needs but got turned down. He's been offered help but does not want to because he said that he can handle it himself. Now look what happened, denying the helping hand and posting this thread like some kind of a victim.
You're a victim of your own actions, drop your pride and ego. There is nothing wrong from accepting people's help..
EpicFailWizard
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Your words paint a realm where shades of gray mingle with the black and white. I concede, frustration clouded my judgement, and a more graceful handling was within reach. For this, I offer my apologies.
Gratitude also flows to those who extended their aid; truly, the heart of this community beats with kindness and support.
May your gaming adventures be filled with joy and excitement. With this, I draw the curtains on my lamentations. Feel free to close this thread as you see fit.
tl;dr: Acknowledging things aren't as simple as I portrayed, apologizing for my frustration. Thankful for the community's help. Wishing everyone happy gaming and signaling the end of my complaints. The thread can be closed.
problem is gold, people have resorted to noob boss farming as an income stream (with chance of runes)
This is a direct side effect of GM messing with the economy and not balancing it
I know gold needed a nerf, but look what people are resorting to! Which in effect will nerf new players.
Needs to be addressed some how
This is a direct side effect of GM messing with the economy and not balancing it
I know gold needed a nerf, but look what people are resorting to! Which in effect will nerf new players.
Needs to be addressed some how
The re-evaluation of item prices is not the issue (a natural response to the increased rate of item drops which were disproportionate to their rarity).
Primarily it is a result of the noob progression update last June which increased all drop rates on lower level monsters (up to 10x) so that there was appropriate drops to accommodate faster levelling. This is what led to easy farming of lower level bosses and the market flooding with gold.
Resolving this (sensitively) is what will help nudge players into other territories
As I said, gold needed a nerf, item price needed to be sorted, my point is people will always try find the easiest way to make gold and unfortunately noob bosses and the 8 zt witches are the easy way right now, both need addressing imo
ggggfv
Active Member
What skills do you acquire young adventurer? I would be happy to bestow upon my leather purse full of gold trinkage to source these mythical magic balls of fire and ice that yield from the sky for you.
Me any plenty others offered him books and he straight up refused them. He'd rather everyone just stays away and let's him have Iku to himself for a few weeks until it drops. Tried explaining that's not going to happen
ggggfv
Active Member
Dont think thats what he said, he would rather be able to hunt it himself which i totally understand, he raises some very valid points regarding higher levels being able to hunt a boss they have no business hunting, i agree with alsiral with regards to what recently happened with gold and higher levels taking the easy opportunities to be able to obtain it, this needs looking at.
That’s the 4th top tier player to offer their help and still knocked back lol what else can anybody else now do. Maybe if accepting support from the community we might see an epic win for the EpicFailedWizard
ggggfv
Active Member
I think the only reason hes refusing is because hes trying to make the point of he’s original post where as he would like to hunt on a fair playing field on hes level, us giving him what he needs is nice but all it does is gloss over the fact hes unable to obtain what he needs via the intended route, which i agree with and i commend him for not taking up the offers and sticking to hes guns, a formidable ally i shall be taking under my wing.
I appreciate that and I agree for the most part. I explained to him in pm that I strongly commend his style but remind him it's also a team game, and accepting a bit of help from time to time in specific cases doesn't detract from the overall experience. The fact that ike is always camped by loads of higher level players is one such hurdle, there's no shame in skipping it by taking a simple handout. The book he needs has been in my bag since Tuesday. If he wants it he can have it
I have decided to take a more positive approach to this subject in the sense that such a lucrative boss is available to all so early on in the game. He has slayed a Champion version, just been unfortunate with drops. Any of those Iku he has killed could have dropped something worth more value than the book and he could sell and raise funds to buy the book plus gear. Isn’t that what everyone does at every boss? Just keep killing them and hope to hit that jackpot. It’s like he’s decided to play his own version of the game and is then complaining about it.
If Iku drops are nerfed to deter high lvls (which it won’t) then who would that truly benefit? Only the server in my opinion. People are free to hunt whatever they like.
If Iku drops are nerfed to deter high lvls (which it won’t) then who would that truly benefit? Only the server in my opinion. People are free to hunt whatever they like.
ggggfv
Active Member
people being free to hunt whatever they like is what has caused this, iku has always been a targeted boss and tbh i have no clue why? ive not been to iku since i played project69 so im not too sure on what it drops but it does seem its camped an awful lot for such a low lvl boss, i dont understand what business high lvl players have at a 140 boss,
Haha it’s not even that high it’s like 113, all them bosses around that level (tree, tyrant era) are like next door to safezones so I think that is a way to make some easy gold to someone that can be arsed