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Yusou Bhoroi

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Change the statue where you toggle points-xp - make the option easier to understand. I believe it's currently Toggle (XP) ... well, is XP what you are at or what you toggle to? Why not just call it "Toggle to XP" - that would be easier.
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This, so much.. the number of times someone has asked me, and then I've got confused/got them confused while explaining it, is funny, but would be better fixed.




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Great Orb Project
I haven't played this in ages, because there were always people abusing a bug, which meant there usually were 7 players in one team and 2 or so in the other. And the glitchers always made fun of the small team which of course usually lost.
I'm not sure if that bug still exists, since it was so frustrating trying to be a honest player that I stopped playing it at all. If it does though, a definite point would be fixing it.


Ah, that's 'glitching'/breaking in/Tjomping. It would be best if they would allow a separate mode for 1v1s/solo games, as it's most often used to allow 1v1s, or to ensure fair games (at least it is in the groups I come from - and the couple JMods who occasionally played with us back when Gop was new, also made use of it, so it was deemed 'ok).

The problem comes in the situations you describe, though, where it's used to deliberately fix the teams for gain of one, and loss of another - updating the token system to reward effort, rather than win/loss, would eliminate this problem, as people would have nothing to gain by doing it, and also it would prevent it from harming those left on their own, as they would still be able to get more than the current lose-all rate.

30-Jan-2016 10:16:34 - Last edited on 30-Jan-2016 10:29:37 by Yusou Bhoroi

Yusou Bhoroi

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We all know this is a minigame disguised as a skill after all.
I'd really love a seperate progress bar for Hard Mode there. Or at least know which one I've already done, since you need to do all for the 'of Daemonheim' Title.

Thok has a right-click option, which brings up a checklist. :)



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I'd replace the Emotes tab instead of Music. I personally sometimes fiddle with my music player during a wave, but you can't use emotes anyway..

Agreed, though you can (/could) use emotes if you put them on the actionbar. Long-duration emotes can be used by a player (not the team leader) as the game is about to end, in order to chuck them from the team as they are returned to the wave-start room, this allows them to be re-invited quickly, in order to skip the waiting-to-start-wave timer. The timer appears to be shorter since the updates to BA, so I'm not sure if the emotes are even being used anymore (though Ik I used to use on speed runs/races, occasionally).



There is also a glitch with BA, where the whole Minigame interface/overlay disappears, so you can't see what to call, or what is being called, the only way to get it to re-appear, is to use the horn in the corner (spam on and off it till it re-appears). When on Hardmode, on wave 10, this isn't an option, so it means you have to restart the wave, and hope for the best it doesn't happen again.

I thought this had been fixed, after bug reports, last Year, but recently had it happen to me on my other accs.

30-Jan-2016 10:30:42 - Last edited on 30-Jan-2016 10:38:59 by Yusou Bhoroi

Aivars

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Ah, thanks for the info on Thok - I tried the smuggler and that Tutor, but don't usually visit the camp downstairs unless I want to buy a reward.
All I know is that I've done all of 2 hardmode floors, and I managed to do the same one again. I know, because I checked the amount of floors in the 'of Daemonheim' title.



I've had that glitch too, but not often, and it always disappeared all by itself within the first call, the first time it took about 5-10 seconds, the second time a bit longer, let's say 15.

I've never played hardmode though, people never were willing to play with me when I admitted that I never had killed the king, so now I decided to save myself the annoyance and stick with NM.

30-Jan-2016 10:57:41

Yusou Bhoroi

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Ah, glad to have helped with that!


Whenever I've had the glitch' it's lasted the whole wave (sometimes carries over log-outs and into next wave), and we've had to do 'manual' calls, which can be a problem.



I'd be happy to do HM with you! :D
I'm a complete nub, but I don't mind doing stuff for fun/losing loads (I never use guides for Quests or bosses, so have to die a lot to learn stuff), so as long as you can put up with that, then I'm game. :)
(have done King before, so I know the basics, just not exactly proficient, and can be slow on my machine, due to it being 1-6 fps).

30-Jan-2016 11:31:03

Yusou Bhoroi

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Bump, and additional suggestions that Gop have a reward that allows abyss boosts to apply to tiaras, and that the RC guild (and indeed TB) have their deposit boxes turned into banks.

Banks are far more common, now, and balancing of them seems somewhat to have gone out the window, or become far less demanding, so the benefits of having a bank to skill at while you wait, far outweighs the negatives (if there are any).


If you like, it could be a purchasable reward (from the minigame), or G.E. access could be (as long as it requires Plagues End, in addition to purchase of the reward unlock, then it shouldn?t become an overpowered alternative, just a convenience to Minigamers - after all, it's not like it's anywhere usefull, given ess prices, and the effort you'd need to go to to get it. What's more, the Aubry one is closer to the telleport, than this would be).

31-Jan-2016 17:03:51

Lord Drakan
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Bump, and additional suggestions that Gop have a reward that allows abyss boosts to apply to tiaras, and that the RC guild (and indeed TB) have their deposit boxes turned into banks.

Banks are far more common, now, and balancing of them seems somewhat to have gone out the window, or become far less demanding, so the benefits of having a bank to skill at while you wait, far outweighs the negatives (if there are any).


If you like, it could be a purchasable reward (from the minigame), or G.E. access could be (as long as it requires Plagues End, in addition to purchase of the reward unlock, then it shouldn?t become an overpowered alternative, just a convenience to Minigamers - after all, it's not like it's anywhere usefull, given ess prices, and the effort you'd need to go to to get it. What's more, the Aubry one is closer to the telleport, than this would be).
Don't see why they would need to be banks though; all it would add is more convenience, and I'm not sure that's a good reason.

But more importantly, abyss boots? Bizarre Boron Fusswell, scryer extraordinaire. OSRS: POH ideas & RS3 minigames & achievement ideas !

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05-Feb-2016 13:14:11

Yusou Bhoroi

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The Master set already has boots, so that'd clash with the skilling set, unfortunately. :/



With banks, it's to encourage people to stick around in the area more - often people who want a game, think that being in the guild for 30 seconds or so, is more waste than they can spare.. so then rush off, with the impression no one is there.

When games are on, it's impossible to tell that, without waiting about 20 mins on each World (and by the time you've checked 2.. there could well be some group that's turned up on the 1st, already .. so it's pretty hard to check Worlds for players like that), something that few will bother even trying for one World.


Having a bank there would allow people to bank-skill, without feeling they're wasting their time. This would mean that more stay, and more get games - and has a cumulative effect, as people will gradually get games more frequently, so will bother trying more, and thus a positive feedback loop starts.

It would also mean that folks that already play a lot, can avoid having to leave so often, and thus risk missing someone looking for games.



Not massively important, no.. but it would certainly help, and Minigames do really need everything they can get. : o

05-Feb-2016 18:49:06

Don Auror
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Whereas I agree with most of those improvements, some of those improvements seem a bit too harsh. For example, I wouldn't like to see an activity bar in Castle Wars. I personally don't even see the problem with loafers: They are not interracting in any way, except for being targets for the opposing team. So why is it such a big deal? It's the same as them not being there, so not really a big deal.

26-Feb-2016 21:59:36

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