Zombie Man

Ebil-o FTL June-21 & Feb-22-2010
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  1. Zombie Man

    pet problems

    They're now only allowing to have one Vet/Vanity pet out at a time. It was in the last Patch Notes, but easy to miss since they stealth edited the change in.

    So, this was done on purpose. There has been no official word why, but, the best and most likely correct guess is that too many animated critters out, each with their own animations and AI, creates too much lag. And there are more vanity pets in the work -- the patch notes leaked, presumably on accident, that there's a mini snow beast and cherub vanity pet in the works.

    Also, since this change, there's been about a dozen threads begging the Devs to allow the Buff Pet to be exempt from the mutually exclusive toggle rule.

    Also, since their spawn can be made to be mutually exclusive, then they should let us have access to all the Buff Pets if we want.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
    Well, if he want's a canine football, he's on the right track >.>

    <- Has a deep sated dislike of small dogs due to a house sitting weekend with a "lets hide under the couch cover so they can't see me when they sit down" dog.
    You're sated on small dogs?

    Must have had a lot of them.
  3. Get the music here: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Music

    Ogg is an open source codec. If any program or player can't load in that codec to play ogg files, then it's a pretty limited player. Even Windows Media Player can use it. Your browser should have a plugin available to play them natively.

    Audacity is a pretty well known media program that handles ogg out of the box and can convert to and from.
  4. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    We won't have an item discounted each and every week. We're certainly aiming to have discounted items on a regular basis, however it's not going to be every week.
    <shakes head>

    Has anyone in Marketing there ever done *retail* marketing? Because what you are describing is a huge marketing fail.
    • Sales moves slow moving 'inventory.'
    • Sales encourages people to try out consumable items they wouldn't ordinarily use, and thus can hook them on it such they they'll continue to buy it at full price.
    • Sales drives people to the interface to see what's on sale and thus encourages POS impulse buying.
    • Sales make the company seem generous and eager to please and creates customer goodwill.

    Marketing and advertising for retail, which is what micro-purchases are, is a different creature than marketing and advertising for subscriptions.

    Not having something new on sale on a consistent basis is not good for your bottom line.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    Autumnal Path Aura is 40 points lower than yesterday.
    Do I get a refund?



  6. Quote:
    3. The upshot of this is that you can ditch the Shepherd anywhere you want. So, e.g., leave the Shepherd in front of Ms. Liberty and fly to the top of the Atlas Statue and there will be an abandoned dog in front of Ms. Liberty. If you're in TF mode, you won't log out. If enough people do this, Ms. Liberty will look like a dog lady.
    So, I just left two German Shepherds in front of Ms. Liberty all afternoon and the zone was abuzz. Typical snapshot of broadcast as people were running by:
    sewers team lookin for 2 more
    full thanks
    room for two for sewer trial, spt for invite
    team full, thank you
    starting sewer trial pst for invite or yell
    sewer team lf more pst for invite or yell
    sewer team lf 3 m. pst for invite
    sewer team lf2m. pst for invite
    last spot. u know u want it
    just queue up, it iwll fill
    full. thanks
    lookin for sewer team
    sewer team lookin for members pst
    Just queue up for sewers, the group will fill automagically
    room for 3 on sewer team
    room for 2 pst
    last call room for 2 on sewere team
    Sewer team lfm
    scraper lf swer team
    looking for sewer team as well
    LF Farmer, pst*
    any sewer teams forming?
    So, it's a success!
  7. And it will be pre-tinted so you can have various shades that run the gamut of light medium silver and moderate medium silver.
  8. It's a bug. A leak of a future set. It will eventually get corrected.
  9. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lazarillo View Post
    Given that you can't gift points or market items...I'm not sure there'd be much reason for such a sale this year...
    Typo fixt (obvious you meant 'can't').

    Ah, but I can gift myself.
  10. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    The dog disappears when you get outside of 200 feet away from it and will subsequently reappear when you get back to within 200 feet (if you're verticle).
    That's not the case.

    I drop my dog by Ms. Liberty and set her as a way point. Hovering at 172 yards, I can still see my dog as a little speck. Past that, it's beyond the draw distance. However, going up to the zone's ceiling at 294 yards above Ms. Liberty, my dog is still viewable by other players near Ms. Liberty.

    It's at a height of about 100 feet (33 yds) that the dog decides to stop following me.
  11. We've already had reports on Virtue of several serious bites on the catgirls in Pocket D.
  12. German Shepherd pet now Live: 500 Points.

    Video here.


    Stupid Shepherd tricks:

    1. Fly straight up. Unlike other pets that frantically try to follow you and run around jumping up on stuff, the Shepherd just sits there waiting for you to get back low to the ground.

    2. Fly laterally and perch somewhere high that the Shepherd can't get to. The Shepherd will just remain where he is waiting for you to get to a place he can get to.

    3. The upshot of this is that you can ditch the Shepherd anywhere you want. So, e.g., leave the Shepherd in front of Ms. Liberty and fly to the top of the Atlas Statue and there will be an abandoned dog in front of Ms. Liberty. If you're in TF mode, you won't log out. If enough people do this, Ms. Liberty will look like a dog lady.
    500 Points.

  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
    it wasnt stealth implemented, its even listed in the patch notes for 11/10
    Quote:
    Pets
    • The following list of pets have been turned into mutually exclusive toggles. This means that you may only have one of these pets out at any given time. Going forward, vanity pets will all fall into this category.
      • Rikti Pet
      • Demon Pet
      • Mekman Pet
      • Redcap Pet
      • Clockwork Pet
      • German Shepherd Pet
      • Light Fairy Pet
      • Dark Fairy Pet
      • Blue Wisp Pet
      • Red Wisp Pet
      • Shield Oscillator Pet
      • Power Oscillator Pet
      • Shield Drone Pet
      • Power Drone Pet
      • Cherub Pet
      • Mini SnowBeast Pet
      • Vanguard MVAS
    O Hai!


    Stealth patch notes. Stealth feature announcements. lol.
  14. Quote:
    Cherub Pet
    Mini SnowBeast Pet
    LOL.

    Way to bury the lead.
  15. Did a little research. The patch notes copied to the Wiki doesn't have that section of the notes, so, it's most definite that it was added after the fact.
  16. Quote:
    Pets
    • The following list of pets have been turned into mutually exclusive toggles. This means that you may only have one of these pets out at any given time. Going forward, vanity pets will all fall into this category.
      • Rikti Pet
      • Demon Pet
      • Mekman Pet
      • Redcap Pet
      • Clockwork Pet
      • German Shepherd Pet
      • Light Fairy Pet
      • Dark Fairy Pet
      • Blue Wisp Pet
      • Red Wisp Pet
      • Shield Oscillator Pet
      • Power Oscillator Pet
      • Shield Drone Pet
      • Power Drone Pet
      • Cherub Pet
      • Mini SnowBeast Pet
      • Vanguard MVAS
    1. I'd like to suggest that the Buff Pets not be treated like vanity pets. We should be able to have one of each out.

    2. I have a complaint about process: There have been a dozen threads talking about this, and no word from any Dev or Moderator about it. Is it a 'fix' or a 'bug'?......... Silence.

    This was not in the Beta Patch Notes. Nor was in the original patch notes published on 11/10. It was added after the fact after most forumites read the OP. I point you to this:

    Quote:
    Last edited by Freitag; 11-11-2011 at 05:37 PM.
    You added that in after the fact without any other post saying the Patch Notes was updated, thus bypassing the Community Digest.

    I am... perturbed at the lack of communication and faulty procedures that exacerbate that lack of communication.
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master View Post
    it wasnt stealth implemented, its even listed in the patch notes for 11/10
    It wasn't in the Beta patch notes.

    I certainly did not see it in the patch notes when they were published on 11/10. I blame this...

    Quote:
    Last edited by Freitag; 11-11-2011 at 05:37 PM.

    Stealth patch indeed.
  18. Oops, I lost track of what was in Beta and Live.

    So, definitely the Dog. Zwillinger practically gave that away with an obvious clue.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    The devs said that having both out was server-intensive.
    I don't think they said anything. That was a (probably accurate) guess on the part of players... unless I missed something from a Facebook Friday or something.