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I think we should be able to turn in the TOT items as well.. cause I have SOOOOOOOO many of those its insane!
Don't worry, I think you missed this post:I am so very very unhappy with the idea of needing to have KEPT red crystals to do ANYTHING at all in the up coming event..
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Please consider NOT needing the RED crystals for those of us that have costumes to trade.
And this:A lot of people forgot or didn't get around to turn in all their red crystals before the event ended. So we had the option of either letting them trash their crystals (or use them for decorations) or give them one last chance to turn them in. We chose the latter.
Generally speaking, it was more beneficial to have turned them in during the event than it will be trading them with Sarah. But at least those who missed the deadline now have a final chance to do so IF they want to. Note however that turning in red crystals now will NOT give you one of the old Halloween costumes.
And yes, you can choose the costumes you want from her.
*mumbles something about spoilers*
It's not 1 for 1. This works pretty much like the spring cleaning (with a friendlier UI - at least I think so!)turning in 1 Halloween costume for one of the new costumes is very fair especially when we can pick which one we want.
Each Halloween costume has a value based on rarity, the rarer costumes being worth more obviously. Sarah's costumes also have a different cost. So for example, it might take 3 skeleton costumes to get 1 exotic costume, or a single gazer costume for that same exotic costume.
In some cases, it will be 1 Halloween costume for 1 (or more) exotic costume(s). But in most cases, it will be the other way around.
Question, how many red crystals will be needed to trade for 1 of the new costumes?It's not 1 for 1. This works pretty much like the spring cleaning (with a friendlier UI - at least I think so!)
Each Halloween costume has a value based on rarity, the rarer costumes being worth more obviously. Sarah's costumes also have a different cost. So for example, it might take 3 skeleton costumes to get 1 exotic costume, or a single gazer costume for that same exotic costume.
In some cases, it will be 1 Halloween costume for 1 (or more) exotic costume(s). But in most cases, it will be the other way around.
Speaking of which...any plans on bringing them back? I finally have some that will allow me a chance at the val hammersThis is more akin to the blackrock traders except this time you actually get to pick what you get.
It's actually rare to see warriors complaining about being left out...Esp swordsmen...now worries im shouting down 2 of my acc anyways about had it until theirs more balance to ALL skill sets.. me and all my guild members are swordsmen and have been waiting A LONG TIME to get a piece of the pie really over it at this point.
Maybe rename uo "tamers and mages" online TM Hunnn!
And have them blow up another island?Speaking of which...any plans on bringing them back? I finally have some that will allow me a chance at the val hammersThis is more akin to the blackrock traders except this time you actually get to pick what you get.![]()
I do tire of folks stating with attitude that paying monthly to play automatically entitles them to one of everything available in the game. per character, usually.Griping constantly about an event before it even begins to take place is CERTAINLY not going to make the devs want to do anything special for us.
THANK YOU SAKKARAH for all you and the others do!! ESPECIALLY PUTTING UP WITH THIS UNRULY BUNCH!
Me too. And I think one of these days it's going to hit Sak that the whining will never stop. No matter how great an event or a release or whatever, someone will be unhappy and want to communicate it very loudly. For now though I'm really appreciating getting all the extra info she passes out in an attempt to appease the anxious/whiny.I do tire of folks stating with attitude that paying monthly to play automatically entitles them to one of everything available in the game. per character, usually.Griping constantly about an event before it even begins to take place is CERTAINLY not going to make the devs want to do anything special for us.
THANK YOU SAKKARAH for all you and the others do!! ESPECIALLY PUTTING UP WITH THIS UNRULY BUNCH!
Nice job so far Devs. I was thinking you would publish to Origin today, but we will see how next week goes. I'm looking forward to whatever you have brewing.
QFT ! All three of you!Me too. And I think one of these days it's going to hit Sak that the whining will never stop. No matter how great an event or a release or whatever, someone will be unhappy and want to communicate it very loudly. For now though I'm really appreciating getting all the extra info she passes out in an attempt to appease the anxious/whiny.I do tire of folks stating with attitude that paying monthly to play automatically entitles them to one of everything available in the game. per character, usually.Griping constantly about an event before it even begins to take place is CERTAINLY not going to make the devs want to do anything special for us.
THANK YOU SAKKARAH for all you and the others do!! ESPECIALLY PUTTING UP WITH THIS UNRULY BUNCH!
Nice job so far Devs. I was thinking you would publish to Origin today, but we will see how next week goes. I'm looking forward to whatever you have brewing.![]()
ya just need to simply adapt..im a pally swords and rarely have a hard time getting in the top attackers lists for events..good mana leech katana, dmg inc, ar ignore the hell outta it..you will do just fine for swords...or ya can adapt and take up archery on the same char..just soulstone the swords when using archery..etcnow worries im shouting down 2 of my acc anyways about had it until theirs more balance to ALL skill sets.. me and all my guild members are swordsmen and have been waiting A LONG TIME to get a piece of the pie really over it at this point.
Maybe rename uo "tamers and mages" online TM Hunnn!
Is the point value of the crystals dependent on what you killed to get them? People on test center are getting 20 points for a single red crystal acquired from white wyrms as opposed to 3 points for a bloodworm costume or 2 for a gazer costume. If values dont get adjusted, it will have been MUCH more beneficial to save the crystals rather than the costumes.Generally speaking, it was more beneficial to have turned them in during the event than it will be trading them with Sarah.
ur joking right ?Is the point value of the crystals dependent on what you killed to get them? People on test center are getting 20 points for a single red crystal acquired from white wyrms as opposed to 3 points for a bloodworm costume or 2 for a gazer costume. If values dont get adjusted, it will have been MUCH more beneficial to save the crystals rather than the costumes.Generally speaking, it was more beneficial to have turned them in during the event than it will be trading them with Sarah.
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Yeah, it would have. If anything should be 5 crystals for one point the same cost as the minimum turn in for one of the costumes. Doesn't make much sense for folks with 5 red crystals get a 100pts and the one who turned them in and got a skeleton gets 1 pt.Is the point value of the crystals dependent on what you killed to get them? People on test center are getting 20 points for a single red crystal acquired from white wyrms as opposed to 3 points for a bloodworm costume or 2 for a gazer costume. If values dont get adjusted, it will have been MUCH more beneficial to save the crystals rather than the costumes.
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Who exactly has said that?ALSO, for those of you who claim to have done the quest and "I got my 5 costumes and stopped"...that's bs because there is almost (ALMOST) no way you did it and got the exact 5 costumes on the first 5 tries.
It was actually pointed out in a FoF, so props to them putting it on the official news.Who exactly has said that?
See, that's just BS. Leftover red crystals need to be 1 point or less each for not listening to the devs saying "turn them in before this ends cause otherwise you're SOL".Is the point value of the crystals dependent on what you killed to get them? People on test center are getting 20 points for a single red crystal acquired from white wyrms as opposed to 3 points for a bloodworm costume or 2 for a gazer costume. If values dont get adjusted, it will have been MUCH more beneficial to save the crystals rather than the costumes.
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What I have heard from other message boards outside of stratics is that... (spoiler)Question, how many red crystals will be needed to trade for 1 of the new costumes?
Same as before? 1 for 1 for first timers and 5 for 1 for subsequent ones?
Kii, MariamATL was stating people had claimed to get all 5 masks in just 5 'tries' - to quote her again,It was actually pointed out in a FoF, so props to them putting it on the official news.
But, I don't remember reading it, even though I used to read the FoFs, so I guess I blanked that one.
Yesssss haha trade in everything!Wish we could trade in some of those darn black cats![]()
Where do all you people come from? What about you life is so pathetic you take the time to come to a place like this to spread unhappiness? You have one witty thought in your life and you want to take the time to share it. Ok.Wrong. you should have to play to get the items you want. Just because I pay for a gym subscription does not mean i grow muscles without going inside the building.
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I like the idea that people who missed out on Halloween will still be able to participate in this event, however I have to agree that the points need to be adjusted. Pretty much all of us would have stockpiled red crystals rather than gathering the costumes. Either the red crystals need to give fewer points or the costumes need to give more.What I have heard from other message boards outside of stratics is that... (spoiler)
1 red crystal will be *2* points. But one skeleton costume is just 1 point. If so, this is ridiculous! 1 skeleton took *5* crystals to get. If this is right, it is up to *10* times better to have hung on to your red crystals, which is totally contradictory to the advice from FOF November 6, 2009 (better to trade in for costumes than to hang on to crystals).
...Sakkarah, please say it ain't so!
If it required no thought or effort, why was it too difficult for you to do? You don't pay to receive free items. Your subscription entitles you only to the privilege of being able to log on and play the game (provided of course that you abide by the rules that they set for it). Items like these were a bonus for people who take the time to play their game.You didn't "play" to get those items. You logged on. That's all you did, within a certain period of time. You didn't do anything that required thought or effort
So... if in the Halloween event, you got enough gems to get a set of the masks, and therefore stopped, because you had a set of the masks - you have less to trade in, and therefore fewer of the 'full' set, than someone mindlessly farming for every last mask and gem?QUOTE]
Yes Aurelius I misquoted you because although you did not say you got 5 in 5 tries you must have been really close if you have less to turn in. Frankly I was one of those mindlessly farming the event because I never ever got two of the ones that I really wanted. I just don't begin to see how you would have nothing to turn in with a full set of masks unless you a) purchased your masks or b) sold the extras even though they said hold them........
Anyways......on a separate note.....aren't these events meant for us to "mindlessly farm" them in order to give us something new to do? I mean aren't we supposed to do these and gather stuff since this is the only time this event MAY ever show up in game. Isn't that what we did with TOT or Thanksgiving turkeys? Honestly I would much rather mindlessly farm stuff from an event while the event is going on than to go pvp during the event and not have anything from that said event. BUt then again I am a collector and a Trammie so I live for these events!
Now, now... I've not found anymore absurdly bad rubberbanding to show Phoenix, so it's unlikely that there will be any more "Sosaria-shattering kabooms"... (where did I put that explosive space modulator??? Great, the vorpal bunny has it)And have them blow up another island?Speaking of which...any plans on bringing them back? I finally have some that will allow me a chance at the val hammersThis is more akin to the blackrock traders except this time you actually get to pick what you get.![]()
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I'm trying very hard not to be a collector, because I know how easily I could slip into that, and in the past I've ended up not spending my time 'playing the game' but rather 'farming like crazy for the missing piece of a set', and it can get a bit out of handAnyways......on a separate note.....aren't these events meant for us to "mindlessly farm" them in order to give us something new to do? I mean aren't we supposed to do these and gather stuff since this is the only time this event MAY ever show up in game. Isn't that what we did with TOT or Thanksgiving turkeys? Honestly I would much rather mindlessly farm stuff from an event while the event is going on than to go pvp during the event and not have anything from that said event. BUt then again I am a collector and a Trammie so I live for these events!
Wow THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!You know what? You posted about seeds of renewal, how you couldn't get enough, and I offered to grow plants for you on atlantic if you supplied some seeds and potions. And you pretty much ignored me as I found out because later in that thread you admitted you didn't even bother reading most of the posts.
Why is that? This is a thread you made. Why would you make a thread just to ignore the majority of the replies?
BTW there is such a thing as posting too much, it's called spam. When one makes multiple posts about the same subject, it is spamming. When one makes multiple threads about trivial subjects it is also spamming. There is no rule as to the exact number of posts, it's up to the moderator's discretion on what they consider to be spam. Much like the rest of the rules. The Rules of Conduct are a guideline, and the mods/admins have the ultimate say on how the rules are enforced. Just FYI.
It's not ridiculous, at all.How can a person with
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That is just plain ridiculous
I posted 3 topics in a day 1 time. I posted 2 topics a couple times.
I sent you an apology, but then I saw this. You have got to be kidding right. You posted 17,271 times and called me a spammer... roflmao
I'd be happy if u could turn in reds for ONLY the old costumes. If I had any idea that they would even consider changing their quote in the FOF, I would of saved them. I know, i know you can trade costumes in but i have a lot of lesser value and would of loved to just pick the ones i wanted off the red crystal value. I hope there is a way to turn in some items besides masks and crystals to get some costumes too.
Well how about all these dumb blue crystals I have? Also I would obviously trade in a Yellow Crystal for an exotic costume!!!!A lot of people forgot or didn't get around to turn in all their red crystals before the event ended. So we had the option of either letting them trash their crystals (or use them for decorations) or give them one last chance to turn them in. We chose the latter.
Hm.. again what I have is second hand but the numbers were like 1 for skeles, 2 for gazers, 4 for dream wraith. Sigh.So maybe you have 5 characters on your account and you remembered to turn them all in. And you got 2 skeles, a gazer, and 2 bloodworms. If the rarity of the costume turn ins scales up say 1,3,5,7,8 for the originals, you could potentially get credit for (2x1)+(1x3)+(2x5) = 15 pts. With just another turn in point, you could qualify for two of the rarest costumes.
I actually wasn't even calling him a spammer, I was explaining about spam. It is very easy also to think you are making a cute post, but the mods will see that you have made five "cute posts" that really have no content whatsoever, and they will move them all for being spam. It's something people can do unknowingly, when they are new to messageboard posting.It's not ridiculous, at all.How can a person with
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That is just plain ridiculous
I posted 3 topics in a day 1 time. I posted 2 topics a couple times.
I sent you an apology, but then I saw this. You have got to be kidding right. You posted 17,271 times and called me a spammer... roflmao
It's very unridiculous, actually.
Spamming is about content and intent of the post, as opposed to the quantity.
Wow! Thanks for the information. I haven't been able to find this or go to test to check it out. Thanks a bunch Crysta!!!The previous list was missing a few and was out of order, so here's the list of costume point requirements:
Zombie - 1
Mongbat - 2
Fire Elemental - 2
Wisp - 3
Giant Toad - 3
Gore Fiend - 3
Terethan Warrior - 4
Ophidian Warrior - 4
Ophidian Matriarch - 4
Solen Warrior - 4
Wolf spider - 4
Maddening Horror - 5
Cyclops - 5
Centaur - 5
Pixie - 5
Minotaur - 5
Titan - 6
Exodus Minion - 6
Skittering Hopper - 6
Lady of the Snow - 7
Satyr - 7
Oni - 7
Ethereal Warrior - 8
Giant Pixie - 8
Wanderer of the Void - 8
Drake - 8
Do you happen to know how many points each of the old costumes gives you. I was stupid and just turned them in and didn't bother seeing how many points each gave me. I did turn in a dream wraith afterwards and it gave me 4 points but I know on my regular shard I wouldn't turn one of them in since I only have 2. Thanks in advance.The previous list was missing a few and was out of order, so here's the list of costume point requirements:
Zombie - 1
Mongbat - 2
Fire Elemental - 2
Wisp - 3
Giant Toad - 3
Gore Fiend - 3
Terethan Warrior - 4
Ophidian Warrior - 4
Ophidian Matriarch - 4
Solen Warrior - 4
Wolf spider - 4
Maddening Horror - 5
Cyclops - 5
Centaur - 5
Pixie - 5
Minotaur - 5
Titan - 6
Exodus Minion - 6
Skittering Hopper - 6
Lady of the Snow - 7
Satyr - 7
Oni - 7
Ethereal Warrior - 8
Giant Pixie - 8
Wanderer of the Void - 8
Drake - 8
If it is only 4, that sucks. It should be bumped a notch...at least for the hardest two.Do you happen to know how many points each of the old costumes gives you. I was stupid and just turned them in and didn't bother seeing how many points each gave me. I did turn in a dream wraith afterwards and it gave me 4 points but I know on my regular shard I wouldn't turn one of them in since I only have 2. Thanks in advance.