I believe tips check against your security level, not your combat level or the level of the opponent you're fighting. As far as I understand the system, that's WAI.
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Per the Issue 18/Going Rogue patch notes:
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So yeah, that sounds bugged to me.
| Upon reaching Level 20, defeated enemies that are Level 20 or higher will now have the chance to "drop" a Contact Tip. |
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[QUOTE=Largo;3160021]I am guilty of having fun with this game in weird ways. For instance, I go to the ice crystal in my base, take the old Posi TF on my level 50 tank to get auto exemplared to lvl 15, then dont do the TF, but just run around Skyway beating up Trolls, Ogres, Calibans, Supas...because its fun.
Lol-I do that too.
I'm getting tip missions on my lvl 24 widow, from lvl4 snakes...
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I don't even bother to exemp.
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In answer to your question no they shouldn't drop that low. /bugged
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Months back in Beta i had tips dropping from level 1 Longbow when using Ouroboros on my Elec/Elec Dom to run Breakout and /bugged it then. i can only guess it's working as intended regardless of how the patch notes are phrased.
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Originally Posted by Largo
I am guilty of having fun with this game in weird ways. For instance, I go to the ice crystal in my base, take the old Posi TF on my level 50 tank to get auto exemplared to lvl 15, then dont do the TF, but just run around Skyway beating up Trolls, Ogres, Calibans, Supas...because its fun.
But Im getting tips falling. Thats my question. Should tips be falling from lvl 15 Calibans? I thought they had to be lvl 20 and higher? |
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Well, I bugged it. But its really not hurting anything. When Im autoexemped in TF mode, I cannot access the Tips missions anyway. I have to quit the TF, then the Tips give missions at lvl 50. So it must be ok by the PTB. I agree though, their wording of the patch notes says something completely different than what is actually happening.
Maybe they thought everyone would just play in Praetoria until lvl 20, then come to Paragon or Rogue Islands and the tips would start falling then. If you think of the player starting off in Praetoria, the patch notes make perfect sense.
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That is a bug and every time the developers found a hole like that in beta they tried to plug it.|
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Should tips be falling from lvl 15 Calibans? I thought they had to be lvl 20 and higher?
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Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
I believe tips check against your security level, not your combat level or the level of the opponent you're fighting. As far as I understand the system, that's WAI.
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Near the beginning of beta they level bumped players to level 20 so that they could test the alignment system. The tips system is designed for level 20-50 play.
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Originally Posted by Largo
Well, I bugged it. But its really not hurting anything. When Im autoexemped in TF mode, I cannot access the Tips missions anyway. I have to quit the TF, then the Tips give missions at lvl 50. So it must be ok by the PTB. I agree though, their wording of the patch notes says something completely different than what is actually happening.
Maybe they thought everyone would just play in Praetoria until lvl 20, then come to Paragon or Rogue Islands and the tips would start falling then. If you think of the player starting off in Praetoria, the patch notes make perfect sense. |
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What Snow Globe said. If you are ex'd down below 20 you are not supposed to get tip missions.
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I am guilty of having fun with this game in weird ways. For instance, I go to the ice crystal in my base, take the old Posi TF on my level 50 tank to get auto exemplared to lvl 15, then dont do the TF, but just run around Skyway beating up Trolls, Ogres, Calibans, Supas...because its fun.
But Im getting tips falling.
Thats my question. Should tips be falling from lvl 15 Calibans? I thought they had to be lvl 20 and higher?
-Largo
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Member of Thought Sanctum VG on Victory
Member of St0rm Batallion SG on Guardian