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Friday, October 19th 2012, 3:13am

Only 1 channel instead of 3???

So lots of us have noticed that there is now only 1 channel at Xaviera, the butterfly daily, instead of the 3 channels... Is this a permanent move to keep down dogmeat farmers or what is happening?? There are some other places too that have been reduced in channels, but can't think of any at the moment. Artemis server btw.... same on other servers??:mad:

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 5:05am

noticed this as well at NJF where we usually meet for siege

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 4:16pm

Alright, I got more information to share:

In regards to the channels being changed to 1 available in several zones, this is indeed intended.

The most frequent visited zones will still have more channels. We will observe the impact these new settings will have and I gladly collect your feedback on the matter. :)

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 4:21pm

Quoted from "Dionaea;574566"

Alright, I got more information to share:

In regards to the channels being changed to 1 available in several zones, this is indeed intended.

The most frequent visited zones will still have more channels. We will observe the impact these new settings will have and I gladly collect your feedback on the matter. :)


I'd suggest giving Malevolent back the 3 channels, people on Artemis were killing all 3 Mandaras across channels, now there's only one Mandara.

It'd be nice if SJF had 3 channels, but that's never going to happen, Xaviera makes sense no real reason for more than one channel since there are better/easier dailies now.

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 4:47pm

Quoted from "Kefkai;574568"

I'd suggest giving Malevolent back the 3 channels, people on Artemis were killing all 3 Mandaras across channels, now there's only one Mandara.

It'd be nice if SJF had 3 channels, but that's never going to happen, Xaviera makes sense no real reason for more than one channel since there are better/easier dailies now.

I think Xav still deserves 3 channels. Dogmeat still sells for 1.5 million per stack on Govinda, and its a good way for lv 50's to start out their gear up career. Also, not everyone has lv 70 secondary classes. And its going to be VERY crowded in Xaviera, and very short on butterflies when people try to level second/third class there during double XP.
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Friday, October 19th 2012, 4:59pm

I don't know about other servers, but on Reni my alt does flies on secondary. Never enough people to form fly raid, rarely I get another fly runner. Dogs, I see one person, sometimes two. Rarely three. In other words, no need for 3 channels that I see. Most people in new zones.

Granted, Reni is a little unusual in that respect because of.... well, you know. Still, I think the channel distribution works well with toon distribution.
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Friday, October 19th 2012, 5:13pm

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I don't know about other servers, but on Reni my alt does flies on secondary. Never enough people to form fly raid, rarely I get another fly runner. Dogs, I see one person, sometimes two. Rarely three. In other words, no need for 3 channels that I see. Most people in new zones.

Granted, Reni is a little unusual in that respect because of.... well, you know. Still, I think the channel distribution works well with toon distribution.


During Double XP?

I was reminded of the triple XP we had last time, I'm pretty sure was after Rorrzan was released. Channel 1 Fly raid was full (36 man) with 10 people on waiting list. Channel 2 fly raid was full 36 man. Third channel had about 15 people or so. While we might not have triple, that scene was just enough to convince me that I don't want to only have 1 chan, no matter what. Some things you just can't forget. :(

People still need flies for these types of events if they want to level up second/third classes that are not al 70. I'd hate to be crowded on 1 channel with 1 fly raid that has 50 people on the waiting list and 80 people runnign around trying to kill butterflies as fast as they spawn and raging at each other.
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Friday, October 19th 2012, 5:29pm

Dio want feedback, I can't get my elite, a few guilds are camping 75 bosses they know exactly when they spawn, then they have aggro fights between two guilds. End result they loot right away and are not holding it open or announcing it cause others will know when it spawns. Its become silly watching 2 guilds war in WC cause one bugged the spider queen then another comes in and grabs aggro. Take the elites off 75 bosses.

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 9:55pm

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Dio want feedback, I can't get my elite, a few guilds are camping 75 bosses they know exactly when they spawn, then they have aggro fights between two guilds. End result they loot right away and are not holding it open or announcing it cause others will know when it spawns. Its become silly watching 2 guilds war in WC cause one bugged the spider queen then another comes in and grabs aggro. Take the elites off 75 bosses.


^this, it's freaking ridiculous that most of us can't get our skills because of other jerks.

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 10:02pm

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Restrictions may apply. Offer only valid when Clockwork downs a boss. The state of the boss being held is subject to all international laws of Taborea. Clockwork may reserve the right, at any time, to loot the rest of the content. Clockwork will make an effort to hold the corpse unless otherwise prohibited. I cant believe you actually read this far trololol.

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 10:16pm

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^this, it's freaking ridiculous that most of us can't get our skills because of other jerks.



This has become a major problem on Artemis, with the advent of new patch it has become incredibly easier to gear and stat, and many guilds including our own are successfully running KBN hard mode. So what has happened is there are easily 12-15 guilds who can down a world boss. If it were 1-2 it would be aless competitive environment. But when you take randomness of a spawn time out of the equation it's now a farm. There are charts showing days and time of spawn including channels.

This thread would have never started if 75 bosses were so coveted. I kow its not Gameforges fault, but I do know you all have a button to adjust spawn times, and frequency.

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Friday, October 19th 2012, 10:26pm

Little idea, make this easier for all of us, is when a world boss is downed, have an extra "corpse" (no loot) of the boss spawn that lasts for ~30min-1 hr.

For example, wodjin is downed and looted. Where wodjin's original spawn point is, have a downed npc named "Corpse of Furious Wodjin" there so that people can use their beacons. Or something.

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Saturday, October 20th 2012, 1:34am

Once all of the QQ'ers leave the lack of channels will no longer be an issue... so gets to getting already!

But yah, anything like this does suck, because it tears servers and guilds apart... in all but the most legit guilds, you'll have a few folks killing these bosses, and not even inviting other guild members, let alone non-members. I'm glad I'm not in one of those guilds, but I hear they exist, and that's probably why eventually they fall apart.

As far as dog meat goes... you won't be able to farm as much, but for those that sale it (if you aint selling, why not just do butterflys?), at least you'll be able to sale for a lot more, the few scraps you can get.

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Saturday, October 20th 2012, 9:59am

Going back to the OP, I definitely prefer multiple channels in Xav, at least. Granted I only play in the mornings, while doing flies/garg/shadows, I kill dogs back and forth. Even with other people, I can typically get 20-30 dogmeat a day just running back and forth for dailies.

I find it more annoying when trying to kill abyssal shadows and there are 2-3 people there and we're fighting for the kills.
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Saturday, October 20th 2012, 2:28pm

I will make a suggestion here that a guildie mentioned. When a world boss spawns that is lvl 75 version, have a servr wide banner show like all those other announcing advertisements that no one really cares about. That way its fair game for all guilds and players to fight it out. And not jsut a few who want to ninja camp it.

Also letting the corpse lay for a duration of maybe 60mins. because thats the cooldown on the beacon so u can do it twice on one kill.

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Saturday, October 20th 2012, 4:10pm

Quoted from "GarySandstorm;574674"

I will make a suggestion here that a guildie mentioned. When a world boss spawns that is lvl 75 version, have a servr wide banner show like all those other announcing advertisements that no one really cares about. That way its fair game for all guilds and players to fight it out. And not jsut a few who want to ninja camp it.

Also letting the corpse lay for a duration of maybe 60mins. because thats the cooldown on the beacon so u can do it twice on one kill.



Great ideas, I logged on yesterday after work and asked if any bosses were up I was told no, they were killed at their scheduled spawn times. Wow guess earning a living doesn't coincide with getting elites. Dio you see a problem here yet?

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Saturday, October 20th 2012, 8:56pm

Quoted from "GarySandstorm;574674"

I will make a suggestion here that a guildie mentioned. When a world boss spawns that is lvl 75 version, have a servr wide banner show like all those other announcing advertisements that no one really cares about. That way its fair game for all guilds and players to fight it out. And not jsut a few who want to ninja camp it.

Also letting the corpse lay for a duration of maybe 60mins. because thats the cooldown on the beacon so u can do it twice on one kill.


That's an awful idea, it turns killing the world boss from patience into a race between guilds (which sometimes it already is ie. what happened yesterday with PPK)

I can definetly vouch for Ebi's concern too though, we tried to hold the boss as long as we could for him, I was like "guys lets hold this for Ebi" and the corpse vanished in maybe half an hour while holding it. Still my suggestion is it would be great if you could trade the damn sigils from the world bosses then everyone could be happy, I mean even for the 50 elite you could buy the items off AH, why not with the 60 elite? Or has this suddenly changed from not being a P2W

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Saturday, October 20th 2012, 9:14pm

From four channels ter three ter one. From FA ter EU ter GF. Me hateth ter look at the future here.

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Saturday, October 20th 2012, 10:57pm

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From four channels ter three ter one. From FA ter EU ter GF. Me hateth ter look at the future here.


We used to have 4 channels? o.o
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Saturday, October 20th 2012, 11:09pm

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Little idea, make this easier for all of us, is when a world boss is downed, have an extra "corpse" (no loot) of the boss spawn that lasts for ~30min-1 hr.

For example, wodjin is downed and looted. Where wodjin's original spawn point is, have a downed npc named "Corpse of Furious Wodjin" there so that people can use their beacons. Or something.


This would solve a lot of problems

I really wish they would implement something like this