Display Name Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Wow! First Winter Event in three years and I decided to run this TF to badge my toon! Oof!!! https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Lord_Winter's_Realm I usually run 20-24 players because it takes a while to recruit and players get antsy. The wiki says you can have up to 36 but I'm not waiting that long. The main reason people want to do this is to farm Candy Canes. I think you need something like 250 to purchase *all* of the badges from the Candy Keeper. And that's just the badges. Candy Canes shot up in price, too! Ouch! This particular TF has some bugs. Like, serious bugs. They're probably all known, so don't go in expecting to badge Bug Hunter! I just thought I'd post a few things I've learned from being repeatedly asked "can we go, again?" 1) You lose the star. Players should be notified of this before you start so that you can get it back ASAP. 2) Players will drop. However, one of the best features of this TF is that you can recruit while the TF is running! Whut...? Yes! I've done it over and over. 3) You might be one of the players dropped. And worse, you might have to get reinvited five... I said FIVE times. Yes! This happened to me! The best approach to running this TF is educating your league prior to starting. It can save a lot of frustration. 4) When Lord Winter's hp are brought down to 75%, he'll summon a Winter Guardian. You don't have to go looking for it. It will come to you. It *is* important to keep Lord Winter from regenerating. Some players will inevitably break off and go looking. Some will stay on Lord Winter. I usually don't interfere with either group because they're both doing something useful. 5) BTW: Lord Winter will summon a Winter Guardian at 50% and 25%, too. 6) If you go looking for the Winter Guardian and find it, don't say "Here!" No one know where you are in the league, and you can't Follow someone by clicking their name in the chat. Type $loc to broadcast your location. See how easy that was? This TF is not that hard if you educate the league prior to starting. Good hunting! 2 @Super Whatsit Superbase passcode (Excelsior) is "passcode-6475" It's all a Nemesis plot. But not everything is a Nemesis plot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZekeStenzland Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 Technically, this is a trial, not a task force. AFAIK, all trials have the “roster scrambling” bug, from Death From Below to Incarnate Trials. This isn’t specific to this trial. Second, if you see someone shout “here”, you can just click their name in the league roster and they become your current target. Just type f to auto follow to their current location. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidge Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Display Name said: 6) If you go looking for the Winter Guardian and find it, don't say "Here!" No one know where you are in the league, and you can't Follow someone by clicking their name in the chat. Type $loc to broadcast your location. See how easy that was? Jessme Ritin': I find it easier to click on the leaguemate's name and "follow" then it is to mess around with $loc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Display Name Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 Maybe I should clarify: searching through a list of 24 names (especially with my eyes) takes too long. Simply typing $loc in the chat is very efficient in comparison. @Super Whatsit Superbase passcode (Excelsior) is "passcode-6475" It's all a Nemesis plot. But not everything is a Nemesis plot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironblade Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 21 hours ago, Display Name said: 1) You lose the star. Players should be notified of this before you start so that you can get it back ASAP. 2) Players will drop. However, one of the best features of this TF is that you can recruit while the TF is running! Whut...? Yes! I've done it over and over. 1) This is a common occurrence in a lot of trials. 2) Because it's not a 'task force'. Being unable to invite new people is a defining characteristic of task forces. Also, I don't think there are any task forces that allow more than 8 people (i.e. one team). 17 hours ago, Display Name said: Maybe I should clarify: searching through a list of 24 names (especially with my eyes) takes too long. Simply typing $loc in the chat is very efficient in comparison. Cool. That's your preference. Personally, I just type "Here" and so does everyone else I've done this with. I don't recall ever seeing someone use coordinates. I don't see that as more convenient, despite the fact that I actually have a keybind to show me my location already set up on all characters. 1 Originally on Infinity. I have Ironblade on every shard. - My only AE arc: The Origin of Mark IV (ID 48002) Link to the story of Toggle Man, since I keep having to track down my original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoneyMaker Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 18 hours ago, Ironblade said: Cool. That's your preference. Personally, I just type "Here" and so does everyone else I've done this with. I don't recall ever seeing someone use coordinates. I don't see that as more convenient, despite the fact that I actually have a keybind to show me my location already set up on all characters. Sure, that's more convenient for you. The point is using $loc is one extra keystroke (shift+4 for the dollar sign, and three letters) and is more convenient for everyone else. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidge Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 37 minutes ago, TheMoneyMaker said: Sure, that's more convenient for you. The point is using $loc is one extra keystroke (shift+4 for the dollar sign, and three letters) and is more convenient for everyone else. Now I am curious: what are the rest of the people in the zone supposed to do with the $loc info? Are they supposed to have a keybind of some sort to use the location info and set the minimap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srmalloy Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 40 minutes ago, tidge said: Now I am curious: what are the rest of the people in the zone supposed to do with the $loc info? Click on it, and it sets a map marker. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High_Beam Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 26 minutes ago, srmalloy said: Click on it, and it sets a map marker. 1 Girls of Nukem High - Excelsior - Tempus Fabulous, Flattery, Jennifer Chilly, Betty Beatdown, Totally Cali, Two Gun Trixie Babes of War - Excelsior - Di Di Guns, Runeslinger, Munitions Mistress, Tideway, Hard Melody, Blue Aria Several alts and of course my original from live on Freedom, OG High Beam (someone else has her non OG name) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game Master GM Crumpet Posted December 13, 2023 Game Master Share Posted December 13, 2023 The "here" shout annoys me. "OK great, where is here?". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game Master GM Crumpet Posted December 13, 2023 Game Master Share Posted December 13, 2023 1 hour ago, tidge said: Now I am curious: what are the rest of the people in the zone supposed to do with the $loc info? Are they supposed to have a keybind of some sort to use the location info and set the minimap? if you type /loc it tells you your location. Good for narrowing down badge locations if you don't have vidiotmaps. typing $loc tells you your location but also puts it into the chat box which if players click on it generates a marker on the map to follow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortguy on indom Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 bucksnort PvP Capture the Flag! Bring some fun into it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironblade Posted December 17, 2023 Share Posted December 17, 2023 On 12/13/2023 at 7:50 AM, TheMoneyMaker said: Sure, that's more convenient for you. The point is using $loc is one extra keystroke (shift+4 for the dollar sign, and three letters) and is more convenient for everyone else. No, the way I do it is apparently more convenient for MOST people. I'm doing it the way I have always seen everyone else doing it. Originally on Infinity. I have Ironblade on every shard. - My only AE arc: The Origin of Mark IV (ID 48002) Link to the story of Toggle Man, since I keep having to track down my original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusiphur Malache Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Somebody said in the chat, the sky changes color when the guardian has been summoned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlet Shocker Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 12/13/2023 at 2:44 PM, GM Crumpet said: The "here" shout annoys me. "OK great, where is here?". Clearly it's not where you are. Otherwise you'd be here too 1 The Ghost Slaying Axe. The very best there is. When you absolutely, positively got to kill every motherspectre in the room, accept no substitutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironblade Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 23 hours ago, Scarlet Shocker said: Clearly it's not where you are. Otherwise you'd be here too It's like Buckaroo Banzai said, "Wherever you go, there you are." Originally on Infinity. I have Ironblade on every shard. - My only AE arc: The Origin of Mark IV (ID 48002) Link to the story of Toggle Man, since I keep having to track down my original post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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