Thank you for the Wolf Mission Timer
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Posted on: 2005-02-22 21:32 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
When did they add the timer? I know a few patches back they added the hurl boulder power to the wolves that had a much higher chance to disorientate you.
Timer? on all wolf missions? But...but....I have a wolf ission right now! (Fix dimensional patches, or something). What happens when I long on? 
This will not change already existing werewolf missions. Thank you devs for listening to those of us who use them for fun and enjoy herding. This will only effect new missions.
P.S. There are other missions that can and are being herded btw. Just as good as wolves. Hate to break your heart, but there is no reason you can't enjoy the game anyways. Herders aren't hurting you at all. Looks like a good compromise the devs made.
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Timer? What happens when I long on?
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It'll be ....long-over-with 
And so will your Eggs.
*Ding!*
I feel as though I will now miss something that the game offered. I never PLed on Wolves and I feel that I missed out on some of the content that was in the game.
I don't suppose they would consider adding a new herding mission that gives tons of xp? I really want try out the power leveling thing, it sounds like it might be fun during the dull spots.
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I feel as though I will now miss something that the game offered. I never PLed on Wolves and I feel that I missed out on some of the content that was in the game.
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The funny thing is that this is actually how I felt when Kora got nerfed. I really wanted to level my emp def on kora once I got to 40. I have leveled my various characters in different ways, and I was hoping to have one character who was a fruit farmer.
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Timer? What happens when I long on?
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It'll be ....long-over-with
And so will your Eggs.
*Ding!*
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No, sriouly...this is a part of a story arc. if I fail this its bye bye for an arc for me. I would log o now, but unfortunatly I ned to sleep, and before I was occupied.
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Timer? What happens when I long on?
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It'll be ....long-over-with
And so will your Eggs.
*Ding!*
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No, sriouly...this is a part of a story arc. if I fail this its bye bye for an arc for me. I would log o now, but unfortunatly I ned to sleep, and before I was occupied.
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Failing a mission does not affect your story arc.
Still here, even after all this time!
Failing missions usually has no consequences on arcs....unless they changed these specifically, and I really doubt they would.
You fail it, it'll just say: "
Buck up !! Good news !! Shadowhunter's wolves all picked up Smallpox when you guys visited and it turns out, you did eliminate all of them !! And Shadowhunter stubbed his toe on an upturned root....so he's not gonna conqueur our world cause you failed this mission. You just aren't gonna get influence or adoration of millions of fans on this mission....but, hey...guess what...the NEXT Praetorian AV ......."
Heh...don't worry fail or not you're still ok.
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Level 53: Arrows/Devices/Munitions Blaster
....and hopeless Science-Natzi.
However, this will make it difficult to complete your Praetorian set for the badge.
well i for one am really mad about this one of the really fun things i enjoy about this game is being able to help friends lvl quickly by doing these missions, its one of the only fun things left for a lvl 50 character
A timer for a mission like this where its required to defeat Shadowhunter isn't right, IMO. Did the devs even REMOTELY consider editing the Souviner for if you fail that mission? Lets see, my answer is a resounding NO based off their past efforts at things like this.
I dont care if other wolf maps get timed. Its when something like this that has an AV that is timed at an HOUR and is needed for a badge/accolade, it just doesnt feel correct, IMO.
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It's good that they're reducing the spam in PI, but did they have to make it a stealth timed mission? I'd be in bed right now... 
I return to Kemen after the Council Earth mission, intending to log off, and he starts a timer on me, the *******.
I don't like any mission with timer, from end the clockworks/skulls fight to close dimensional ruptures (or whatver it's called).
Before logging of, I always make sure I have missions for the next session, I go to my contacts and choose a mission. Sometimes, I admit I don't pay attention and I get a timed and I have to stay longer to complete it.
(exception: timed oranbega missions, I take them and let them pass while I do something else, Oranbega should only be timed for me).
Yeah, i'm surprised they did the timer. It's a fix, but like other's said...there's other herdable mobs-- besides, did they now time Requiem's Wolves too ? And his last mission is full of wolves...did they time that ? That would suck for Requiem (not so much Shadowhunter since you meet him like 6 million times heh.)
Served Cold.
Level 53: Arrows/Devices/Munitions Blaster
....and hopeless Science-Natzi.
Can anyone confirm that Shadowhunter is timed?
I have the Shadow Hunter mission right now, and it isn't timed. I have yet to enter it...I actually intended to finish it. However, maybe I fall into one of those players that have a "legacy" Shadow Hunter mission.
I just go tthat stupid mission after the patch, no timer. I wish there was. I've defeated shadowhunter at least 3 times already, I'm sick of him. I clicked all the bones and he was just as difficult as every otehr time I fought him. No, this isn't going to effect anyone's chances at getting the praetorian badge, you can very easily fight every single praetorian AV 3 times just by doing your own missions, let alone helping other people out.
Hah, so is this seen as a give in to the forum whiners or a move to shut them up on the devs part? Seriously, after numerous boostings of wolves via increasing their resistances and givng them ranged status effects did anyone really still bother to herd them? I mean sure they were easy but there is easier XP than wolves out there. /e shrug
This should at least get some of the board calmed down till they catch wind of all the new PL tricks. 
Not that I partake or anything but if anyone who complained about the wolf missions thinks they just scored a victory well sorry to burst your bubble but all the hardcore PL'ers had already moved on from wolves when their resistances got boosted. All you did was make it harder to enjoy beating a tough AV.
This was not a "fix". It was the devs telling us that we will play the game that we pay for the way they want us to or they will change it so we do. BOOOO!!!
I made a few rambling comments on this topic in reply to a different post.
A timed AV mission with 15 glowys to find is not a good idea. Whether or not wolf herding should be stopped is not the point. This punishes too many people.
BTW it doesn't change wolf missions that have already been accepted. So does this really do anything more than the hurling boulders accomplished? The game's been around for almost a year now. I'd have to say probably a good 95% of hardcore pl'ers already had a toon wiith the wolf mission before the timer.
If the devs have any sense, they will realize their mistake and either take the timer off or make it a really long timer.
Now everyone will get tells and broadcast will be clogged with "Plz help defeating Shadowhunter I only have 10 min left" and "Will pay for the Shadowhunter mission, mine failed cause I ran out of time"
Wolves are timed ?! WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Don't have to herd the wolves no mo'! hmm hmm... hmm hmm... Goin away for Portal Corp!... mmmm goin North toooo Rikti Site! Don't have to herd the wolves no mo'... hmm... Shadowhunter aint gonna be my ho... goin back to where the levelin is slooooow
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BTW it doesn't change wolf missions that have already been accepted. So does this really do anything more than the hurling boulders accomplished? The game's been around for almost a year now. I'd have to say probably a good 95% of hardcore pl'ers already had a toon wiith the wolf mission before the timer.
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Will they, perhaps, make it a timed one when they accept the mission on the reset?
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The Devs have solved one of the silliest things in this game.
Farming Werewolves.
The timer was the solution many people suggested and it should help clear out some of the tells you get as a high end tank.
Such as: hay u got wolves mish? Can you pl meh?
Now people can go back to playing the game hopefully.