Are you trying to figure it out yourself? The exact solution is posted on certain websites. I don't recall it taking that long to join.

Elemental Lord Opieus, Expert Warrior Mage of Elanthia
"For a bunch of radical empiricists, the Philosophers' system relies on a whole lot of faith." ~Armifer

>>Keep in mind, it's not an test of endurance, it's a test of something else.
>>Lack of this something else will cause you to continue endlessly.

Both the Necromancer joining quest and the Tapestry "puzzle" are meant to be tutorials on what all the Great Work quests (the stuff dealing with the Necromancer's state of being, such as Redemption) are going to expect from the player.

-Armifer
"In our days truth is taken to result from the effacing of the living man behind the mathematical structures that think themselves out in him, rather than he be thinking them." - Emmanuel Levinas

Hmm. I have two Necromancers. Both took 4 hours to join. I never thought to complain. Didn't realize the time could be shortened ?

And while I enjoyed the Tapestry. I didn't realize it was a puzzle , Thanks !

well that was uncalled for

>>Oh, it's a puzzle alright. And if you can't figure it out, maybe you should pursue a different profession.

Well considering it's been around a year since I messed with it <Tapestry> I can't even find it anymore .....
..... shuffles off to the traders guild .

>>I'm talking about the tapestry. It's a test of... I guess character is a good way of putting it. Eligibility is another word that works.

The one that had the rather notable parody of Necromancers on it?

wait .... are we talking about a "Tapestry Painting" or just a Tapestry ?

>Both the Necromancer joining quest and the Tapestry "puzzle" are meant to be tutorials on what all the Great Work quests (the stuff dealing with the Necromancer's state of being, such as Redemption) are going to expect from the player.


So Im still doubting the individual judgment calls on those that are trying to sum up whom should be guilded. Advanced guild yes but....
Is this really an Elitist guild ? "Be cool or be Cast out" ?

Im a sucker for Rush quotes ? Anyhow I asked because I'm still trying to figure if Im referring to the same object . When I heard "Puzzle" I assumed it was game command interactive .

<<The Tapestry the others speak of was there, its also no longer around so if you missed that event its not likely you are referring to the same thing>>

it was only destroyed in prime. TF and plat still have the tapestry.

It was intended to weed out the "dead puppies" version. However, that is so because - not that that is not a legitimate way of RPing a "necromancer", but because it is not the way to become a "philosopher". And that's the only way to join up as a PC.

NPCs get to take shortcuts. Lyras and Book were both WMs first, etc. Although they weren't actually "shortcuts" when you figure out the amount of time it must have taken.

Mechanically speaking, while the "join quest" for necromancers may take the longest, to me its much more IC - and immersive - for it to take that long than the "zap, you're a WM" thing that gauthus does. :-). The only thing that even comes close is the join quest for thieves in shard <for commoners joining the guild in the first place- not existing thieves just to get in that guildhall> , which, if I recall correctly, has now been broken for approximately 9-10 years.





Preces meae non sunt dignae;Sed tu bonus fac benigne;Ne perenni cremer igne [Dies Irae]

<<Concerning the time to join , I noticed the second time around that one could actually Log out of the Game between "waits" >>

the <NPC> does tell you you don't need to stick around. You can go out of the <place>, go swim, climb, pick boxes, pick your nose, go fight stuff, go do some crafts, go roleplay stuff with your commoner. Took me a few days to join with some characters. <other than my main necros, who waited ==as commoners-- YEARS...for the release >





Preces meae non sunt dignae;Sed tu bonus fac benigne;Ne perenni cremer igne [Dies Irae]

Why? Logging out isn't supposed to erase your interaction with the world.

I Strongly Disagree ! Players of DragonRealms should have the proper amenities. Such as colostomy bags , IV's and the pharmaceutical means to cheat sleep .

WOW actually has little suggestions about spending time doing RL things like eat & sleep during the loading screens...

- Kart

> DR really does need more loading screens.

Isn't that basically what the gondola and various boats are? Loading screens that you can interact with?

>Isn't that basically what the gondola and various boats are? Loading screens that you can interact with?

This is getting drastically off target. I see the gondola, boats, ferries, as points of realism of the game.

We are very lucky that our characters can run, without becoming fatigued at what seems to be at infinitude.

We probably should return to the topic, of Length of time to join the Necromantic Cult: Philosopher's of the Knife.

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Victory Over Lyras, on the 397th year and 156 days since the Victory of Lanival the Redeemer.

I think the current plan is that everyone has to join via Book.

Misread

Maybe!

yes, just tried each by each gate <and a number of other rooms outside each gate, in the case of the east gate, tried all the way til i got to the entrance of the zaulfang> , only got the standard messaging

"You don't think you're close enough to the <CENSORED> to take one of the back routes."


unless whatever you are seeing isn't functioning platside. My primeside necro isn't on the mainland to check, and if its not in Plat, i doubt if it would be in TF yet to check with my necro over there.

Preces meae non sunt dignae;Sed tu bonus fac benigne;Ne perenni cremer igne [Dies Irae]

>>I'm under the impression that ritual only works within a fairly narrow window around the Crossing. As it should.

This is my understanding, too. I have no idea what that person was talking about.