American_Angel

Originally Posted by Soulwind

Just to add one caveat to the responses you've already gotten:

You can only have 5 tip missions "completed" at a time.

Each "completed" tip mission expires (so it can be "completed" again) in 20 hours.

If you've used up your 5 slots [you can see them on the tips screen] then new tips
won't drop until at least one of the completed tip slots expires and opens up.

[There's actually 3 things there - total tips completed for current alignment (need 10 total to get a morality mission), total tips completed for alignment shift (need 10 total to get a morality mission), and currently completed tips blocking your 5 per day limit]

If you aren't getting tips then
1) make sure you're fighting level 20+ mobs
2) make sure you're on the right side (Paragon/Rogue Isles) if you are a Vig or Rogue
3) make sure you have open slots in your 5/day marker

Originally Posted by Quasadu

It seems to me that what bases really need is a complete overhaul of the base designer from the ground up to make it more user-friendly, stable, and feature rich.

The problem with that, is that base building is by design only used by part of the player base - namely those members of the SG that have permissions to do so. Therefore the amount of time and effort that such an overhaul needs is not warranted by the number of players it would appeal to.

The solutions suggested so far have been (1) people could create their own SG and their own bases, and (2) personal apartments could be added in addition to (and possibly linked to) SG bases.

The problem with (1) is that it encourages isolation rather than community building. That's bad, so that's out.

(2) sounds good and doesn't really present any problems except this: most (if not all) of the time, only one person is going to see your personal apartment. Screenshots and possible visits aside, it's not going to be the community-wide shared form of player created content that warrants a lot of development work for its own sake.

It seems to me that the one thing that could provide a bit of development priority to this would be to find a way to make the hypothetical new Base Builder tool compatible with the Mission Architect. Add spawn points and other necessary mission features to the base maps that can be activated when the maps are used in active missions.

This way, the base builder is also a mission map builder and, in my opinion, adds a whole new layer of depth to MA.

I know that a base builder overhaul and fully customizable MA maps have both been asked for, and it makes sense to me to bundle those suggestions into one tool (and I'm sure someone else has probably suggested that too). I think that might give the Devs the justification to put the resources into it.

Originally Posted by Bionic_Flea

Oh! I forgot the best one of all. Increasing number of characters allowed in SG.

Originally Posted by Amy_Amp

Here's the short version of my issue with bases. The only reason to use a base is for crafting and that is depending on what zone you are in. Period. It doesn't matter how uber sexy the base building community makes their bases look if nobody takes the time and effort to actually go into them.

The devs have done a good job of nearly eliminating the need to use a base for travel as they have made a number of ways to ease travel use for all players. You are basically looking at restricted zones as being "out of the way."

Base raids? (laughing)

Easiest thing to do is to make the mission computer worth a damn. Missions from it should give bonus prestige. All the more so for more members of the SG being involved. Let's say you get a prestige factor of 2 for SG members, 1.5 for coalition members, and 1.0 for anybody else. You could even have a porter that goes to whatever mission you get from it. You could even make unique maps/zones for some of the missions. Now people want to go due a SG mission. Now startup SGs get help in terms of prestige.

Even if the quick and easy fix for not doing base raids would be to include the various Items of Power as buyable through prestige, at least this would give older SGs something to burn their excess prestige on. I'm just sitting here listing items that could be given to bases and just shaking my head this hasn't been done yet. "Dude, we got the Super Defensitor. It gives us all a small def bonus," or "We got the Ultra Craftinator. It helps us save 10% on crafting cost."

Originally Posted by Nericus

Yes, some red name mention of bases would be nice. Increasing salvage bins beyond the limit of 30 would be nicer. I fondly remember the days of having hundreds of items in them.

Originally Posted by Dreamt

Pie for the Impish Kat.

Thanksgiving is approaching so pumpkin is always appropriate.


I like chocolate.


Non-traditional peanut butter.


Just remember in your excitement to use a fork. Else you end up looking like this guy.

Originally Posted by Impish Kat

Also, you can only have a max of 18 storage units (includes all salvage, enhancement & insps) for a base, no matter the size.

Originally Posted by Major Deej

Unfortunately, between RI State Laws being what they are and NCSoft not wanting to go through the pain of the RI State Law process under Chapter 11-50-1, we RI players have been left flailing in the wake of disinterest and bearaucracy. I don't fault NCSoft so much as I blame RI. I tried, using State Rep Patrick Kennedy at the time, to try to get this law changed or ammended, however, he left public service, and no one has shown interest in supporting me towards this from my multiple emails to our legislature.

Here are some links that give the dreary and unhappy details:

Section 11-50-1 of Rhode Island General Laws

and for easier reading:

How Stuff Works related article

Put simply, NCSoft doesn't want to pay the fees nor do the paperwork and posting required by RI State Law, understandably.

"Any person, firm, or corporation proposing to engage in any game, contest, or other promotion or advertising scheme or plan in which a retail establishment offers the opportunity to receive gifts, prizes, or gratuities, as determined by chance, in order to promote its retail business, where the total announced value of the prizes offered to the general public is in excess of five hundred dollars ($500), shall file with the secretary of state upon a form that he or she shall provide a statement setting forth: (1) the minimum number of participating objects to be made available; (2) the minimum number of prize winning objects that will be included in the promotion or advertising scheme or plan; (3) the proportionate opportunity of winning prizes; (4) the minimum value of prizes to be made available; and (5) the rules and regulations pertaining to the promotion or advertising scheme or plan which shall include the period of time and the geographic area to be covered by the contest. There shall be a filing fee of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) when the statement is filed. Failure to file a statement shall be a misdemeanor."

The only chance we RIslanders currently have is if the prize item has no redeemable value (electronic or digital, per se), or the total prize offering doesn't exceed $500. I've discussed this with Ocho and Avatea, and when (no value) free items or equivelant digital giveaways (such as costume codes) are done, I figured Rhode Islanders should be allowed to participate in those particular contests, since it doesn't seem to count under Section 11-50-1 of Rhode Island General Laws. Both have told me their 'legal eagle' would be forwarded my information. No news or changes have occured on this front yet, nor the last couple "under $500" contests.

Regardless I'm not upset, just disappointed that once again I don't get to play in the sandbox with the rest of you for this.

Originally Posted by GhoulSlayer

One thing that bothers me, I live in the Eastern time zone, the servers normally go down at 7am for maintenance and are back up around 9am or so. When I read that there was going to be a 4 hour downtime I ASSumed that the servers would be back up around 11am or at the latest by noon. I just read it again and the scheduled time for them to come back up is 1pm. It could realistically be 2 or 3pm before they actually do come back up. I play mostly in the daytime so there goes most of my day out the window.

Still, if i19 does come out today I'll forgive them.