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The event "Recovering the Lost Arcane Relics" is underway, and ends in 3 days, 18 hours.

rare purging
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raginggnome



Joined: 11 Feb 2004
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 1:19 am    Post subject: rare purging

Just out of curiousity, how many hours are we expected to play a month to keep our rares. Just lost all of the items I've spent the last week getting, and I'm pretty sure I logged in more then ten hours. I forgot the name of my character and just remembered about a week ago. Kinda sucks losing everything after just finishing my items yesterday lol
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Faelon
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:13 pm    Post subject:

15 hours a month, as I recall.
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beia



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:42 pm    Post subject:

When is the reboot for rare equipment? Is it random because I also lost a ton of stuff on a guy with 13 hours and none of it is back in the game yet.
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Olyn
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:58 pm    Post subject:

It is random.
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Olyn
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:59 pm    Post subject:

You can check your characters on dashboard to see if they have enough hours. "Alive" means character exists. "Active" means character exists and has logged sufficient hours to keep rares. (Verified characters only, of course)
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beia



Joined: 18 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 2:21 pm    Post subject:

Is there anyway rather than making the reboot random, we can schedule it each month. It would be like during a surge or something, on that day you could expect a huge turn out to get loot.
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Olyn
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 2:34 pm    Post subject:

Regularly scheduled rare releases would disenfranchise players who can't make it at whatever we come up with for a scheduled time. When these releases are unannounced, the more you play, the greater your chances of being online when it happens.
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beia



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 2:59 pm    Post subject:

:/ yeah because people want to sit around all day waiting for loot so they can actually play the game effectively.
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Kornhole



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 3:12 pm    Post subject:

You don't really need loot to "play effectively", just gotta not suck ass!
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Davairus
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 4:33 pm    Post subject:

You're asking for a scheduled reboot so you can go grab back all the rares you hoarded last month.

There's already a solution. Put enough time on the character if you want to keep your rares. If you're not playing enough, its because you're not playing the game competitively. Nevermind "Effectively". You are just choosing not to compete and being stripped of the rares, and that's completely justified. Expecting any assistance from the Immortals getting them back (e.g. rebooting the game) is utterly asinine. There are probably Immortals who have mortals who wouldn't mind the luxury of rebooting the game and getting that shit themselves, but that would be under the shady tree, so don't expect that shit done for you.

Let me know if you have any other questions.
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Lorne
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 5:11 pm    Post subject:

^ +1

Stop hoarding and play the game. Malicious beast/TT can get the job done pretty well most of the time.
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Slogosh



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:21 pm    Post subject:

There are obvious solutions.

Instead of wearing rares, sell them, farm some armor, and then play the armor gamble game.

Get sets, then replace parts of the set with some key rares. Stock up your gold so the next time you're purged you can engrave that same rare again.

Play longer on a character, which promotes healthy userbase.
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beia



Joined: 18 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:43 pm    Post subject:

I suppose, I suppose. I remember a time when the reboot was always around the first of the month. Maybe I just got use to that. Incase one month I neglect my toon I just start over at the beginning of the month. We all have lives to attend to. I wish I could play more.
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Ceridwel
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 7:42 pm    Post subject:

Roll a Keeper?
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beia



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:31 pm    Post subject:

I could do that but then I would lose the immersion I currently have ! People would hate me.
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ottif



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:38 pm    Post subject:

I'm sorry did Lorne just say stop hoarding.
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beia



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:44 pm    Post subject:

I know right Lorne was hoarding some nice EQ and did little to squat for like a year until he finally got purged. QQ

Also rolling a keeper does not sound like solution. We have went almost 2 months now without a repop.
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Slogosh



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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 9:02 pm    Post subject:

If he was able to do that then he had the hours to do that. If you don't have the hours to do that then his answer makes sense.

Right now I have to do this sort of necro entomb for a character or two because while I like them they're not as fun or interesting as some I have going. I have to sell their stuff and try to set item them.
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divsky
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:55 pm    Post subject:

Players today have it easy in terms of rares. There used to be a time when someone wearing 2 white gold bracelets, a minor globe and a crusader's sword was considered "decked out in rares". I once got PKed because someone wanted my mithril vest. That was when we had a larger playerbase.

Now there are some rares that I know will *always* be in. I can get a full suit of rares (albeit low-tier rares) for every single equipment slot at any given time.

In short, stop whining, you fuckers already have way more rares than you deserve.
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Lorne
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 1:51 am    Post subject:

I never got purged, I died to Sevaush, was a good fight.

I don't consider anyone a hoarder if they play enough hours to keep it. I mean any of you idiots can just kill me and take it. Oh wait, you didn't. K.
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