whatever this new task system is, how about having it give a paladin the ability to do some task/thing/whatever that will double his TM ranks. Allow it to be done up to three times but will not grant him more then 80% (or more ) of his highest magic skill. Once that % is hit, said paladin will no longer be able to gain ranks in this method.

Lets face it, not many are going to backtrain 300+ ranks to hunt on level but give us some options aside from the two fairly weak ones we have now: suck it up and backtrain or pray for grandfathering.

that's got to be other options you will all consider aside from here are 300-400 TM ranks or telling us we are SOL. I hate what you are doing to our spells but accept it for what it is worth aside from the fact that tons of stuff in this game aren't balanced so why do this now. THAT aside, let's put some more options on the table

might something like this even be mentioned to be on the table? What else can we think of that maybe we'll have to do some work but also get rewarded for due to this change?

I don't honestly see a point to this with the foraging quests:
They took awhile to begin with and really don't pay out too much.
The only real damage I can see don eis to people who are playing around with the delivery system...it hurts most others (like the kill bossers/kill creature people.)

On an unrelated note:
Why is foraging so difficult for survival tertiaries...I mean, christ, you should atleast be able to get to bewildeirng!

I can understand your frustration, but honestly, I know Empaths with more TM than most war mages. I know thieves and traders with TM in the hundreds (trained pre-MD changes).

It's not like there weren't ways to train it.

I don't foresee any grandfathering occurring. I'd be happy if it did, but not unhappy if it didn't.

-Desperado Clemency Apollonia, Journeyman Empath of Elanthia

>prod raccoon
It might be a bit safer if a young raccoon was dead first.

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Well maybe its slightly more plausible of a suggestion for Paladins. I think it'd be ridiculous for Empaths to get grandfathered TM though.

-Desperado Clemency Apollonia, Journeyman Empath of Elanthia

>prod raccoon
It might be a bit safer if a young raccoon was dead first.

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Aaarrrgghhhh.....

TM is being discussed in about a dozen other folders. I guess even the Tasks folder is no longer a refuge from it.

>Task System is now back on preview in Prime and Plat. The Foraging task has been greatly expanded and the payout system has been reworked.

Thanks for your hard work Obseden! I will check it out.

-Desperado Clemency Apollonia, Journeyman Empath of Elanthia

>prod raccoon
It might be a bit safer if a young raccoon was dead first.

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interestingly enough, both places will generate the boss atiket.

at least they did under tasks 1.0.

schvartz <who had the choice of atikets or wandering out to mr'iss or aesry to kill stuff>


<<If nothing else, maybe some Magic Using guilds will now feel the joys of "You cannot steal here.", at least for a while.--Solomon>>

and not having the 30 sec rt for 2 kill tasks would be nice too.

Additionally, if one goes all the way from haven to crossing <or vice versa> for a delivery task, to get another task you have to wait. That isn't so good either.

I DID like the reimbursement my MM got for killing some wind hounds. :-) being as nothing is otherwised gained from those things. It was nice.

And if Mo keeps trying to kill me by trying to send me to mer'kresh to kill 29 celepeze, i'ma gonna scream!

schvartz <s'kra that avoids mer'kresh, thank you very much>




<<If nothing else, maybe some Magic Using guilds will now feel the joys of "You cannot steal here.", at least for a while.--Solomon>>

Yeah, the skill-range might be skewed a little high unless there is a range like...

Little below - normal - little above with payouts graded on that scale.

I'm only getting three boss tasks now, atik'et boss (little below) Dinego boss (probably at level or so), and Celpeze boss (probably little to more than a little bit above).

Same with the kill tasks it seems.

I am --- Navak

>What NPC would one ask to get these boss tasks?

Gemseller in Haven.


Elusive
mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur

>> It would be worthwhile if we could have multiple tasks to take to Crossing such as are the norm for contracts. <<

Actually, not the norm.

"Interprov" contracts, meaning spans provinces, can only have ONE from each province at once.

And really, I don't think there is an interprov broker in Qi or P5, so that leaves 3 provs.

Brokers in Haven, Crossing and Shard.

So yes, a contract from haven to crossing, would be only ONE contract at a time. Though you can stop at say, dirge and other places and pick up more contracts that are no longer interprov.

In addition to the young, i see it as a way for empaths to earn coin without being dependent upon tips.


<<If nothing else, maybe some Magic Using guilds will now feel the joys of "You cannot steal here.", at least for a while.--Solomon>>

>>The current use of the system that I see is for younger ones to have an excuse to explore, and forage, and hunt. Plus the added coin.

I guess that would be true if the system didn't scale.

However, I don't really see many newbs running out to kill 20 Celpeze or fight a Malchata boss.

I am --- Navak

yeah, mo wanted me to go kill 29 celepeze. I asked mo if he wanted a scar to go with that tattoo on his head.

schvartz


<<If nothing else, maybe some Magic Using guilds will now feel the joys of "You cannot steal here.", at least for a while.--Solomon>>

>Mo says, "Ya aren't a Barbarian, Kydosha. Stop yappin'."

The warrior mage guildleader (Gauthus?) in the crossing did the same thing. I assumed he wasn't supposed to be working, but I really don't know.

the following are supposed to give tasks in crossing:
mags,minstrel, beggar, urchin, agonar,kalag <while he's still alive in tf- only thieves of course>,gauthus, kssarh,kalika,verika,silvyrfrost, and annael. the trader and cleric guildleaders don't, and aren't set up to do so in prime.

in riverhaven the following are supposed to give tasks: fara <furmonger>,anthehemor <whatever his name is, the gemshop guy>,crow <thieves only>,maisie,mo<barb GL>,ievia<ranger littlefolks trainer>,jelna<cleric gl>,willowbrook <trader gl>, and the paladin guild littlefolks guy in the noble inn.

i tested all of them with some of my TF characters except crow in haven in TF, cause i didn't have my thief in the neighborhood. And just had the negative results with Mo and Annael.


<<If nothing else, maybe some Magic Using guilds will now feel the joys of "You cannot steal here.", at least for a while.--Solomon>>

>the trader and cleric guildleaders don't, and aren't set up to do so in prime.

My cleric was able to complete many tasks from the crossing guildleader. It was the first thing I tried.

EDIT: Hey, let's quote the right line.

>>Every single Riverhaven and Crossing GL in Prime gives tasks.

The Moon Mage GL in Haven wouldn't give me one earlier. She gave the standard "please rephrase whatever it is you said" thing.

~Kashik

I'd recalled during the last discussion on the matter, that nobody gave Kill Boss Tasks in the Crossings. Is that still the case? If so, would it be possible to have a giver of Kill Boss Tasks added to the Crossings? Thank you!

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The town guard or maybe even someone among the military might be better, since they're more likely to have much more current info. Don't we have some units permanently stationed now?

J'Lo, I'm a ranger.. I'd believe anything.....
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