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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.24 02:18:00 -
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Just wondering at what point "Celestially collosal bad luck" becomes a bug?
Glancing at the ever increasing numbers who are suffering such supposedly astronomical "bad luck"... and thus totally nullifying the veracity of said statment.... can we not get a little bit of reassurance on this matter?
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.24 12:42:00 -
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Very droll (not) and totally pointless post Astrid.
Players are concerned rightly they have been or are wasting their time due to either bugs or "hidden" conditions that add nothing to gaming experience but can seriously detract from it.
Do you think its fun and amusing to do over 500 missions only to discover that agent gives neither implants nor BP missions?
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.24 17:01:00 -
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"Celestially COllosal bad luck" x 1 - mebbe
x 7, 8 9 and rising....
doesnt sound so "celestially collosal" to me.
C'mon DEVS throw us a frikkin bone here...
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.24 19:30:00 -
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Morkt, I doubt the Devs are reading any of these posts. Only Z is checking here and he is likely just interested in explaining how the "new" agent system will work.
They read them - at least papa used to at one point...whether or not they comment is another matter.
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.24 21:13:00 -
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What happened is this:
Somebody had done a lot of missions and they thought "hrmm this seems wrong -e verybody else is getting BPs but not me". SO they filed a petition.
Of course the GMs didnt know the answer sot hey asked the Devs. The Devs said "Well its not a guarenteed thing - its a %chance per missions after X succesful missions, os, theoretically, if you are really unlucky it could still take you 550 missions to get the BP"
So the GM goes back and says:
"No it works fine you are jsut celestially collosally unlucky".
And because that is a meme they keep on saying it because they believe it.
Meanwhile, back at Dev-HQ, the devs didnt actually check the code, because they *know* how its supposed to work and they've only had notice/questions from one Dev...
And so the vicious cycle goes until until,e ventually, someboyd either checks that the "fail % roll" flag is permanetly set to "fail" (or whatever) or the same GM ends up with multiple petitions and starts to think, as we are doing:
"Hmm, well, that doesnt seem so much like bad luck anymore as infectiously bad luck thats starting to breed."
 
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.25 16:43:00 -
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Well, there was one guy who said he could predict accurately when someone would get a BP. Oh wait, that person was Morkt 
Still works too... and its reasonably accurate.
Thats half my point - those who have received the BP mission have done so as predicted (including myself).
Those who havent, seemed doomed to an eternity of frustration, hence my belief that if you fail the roll first time you will never get it (flag stays firmly at "no")
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.25 18:41:00 -
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nah.
I've swapped agents for caldari and received the BP mission.
Minmatar i've only ever had one level 3 and its a no-show on the BP mission.
I still favour the "failed the roll and permanently bugged" option, its the msot likely as far as i can see and explains why there is no rhyme or reason tot he failure but why my predictions are, in all other instances, accurate.
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.26 14:06:00 -
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This is what i said would happen.
The GMs now believe memetically that its "all down to luck" and are bascically making up different figures as serves.. as and when each remembers.
They dont talk with the devs on each petition so **** just you being fobbed-off with the "accepted story".
Happens in all MOGs where the GM/Petition system is totally seperated from the Devs.. old story.
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.29 00:05:00 -
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Would be nice if someone on the dev team actually checked and let us know,
No, that would be miraculous, not "nice".
FWIW the entire BP missiona ward is down to pure luck. That's the official GM stance as checked with the CCP Devs.
Luck.
(How so many people tend to be so lucky within such a narrow grouping of mission nubmers though is really a matter for study and has amazed interstellar mathematicians)
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.29 01:28:00 -
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totally disilluisioned about the whole game tbh...
cant believe such a cruddy system was even contemplated let alone used.
pretty much wasted three weeks of game time when ic ould've been doing a hundred more interesting and profitable things... even some that are *gasp* enjoyable.
truly sucks.
Possibly the worst element is that the devs havent even deigned to comment, there is no "help" or assitance, note ven a query into whether it is, was or could be a bug - total blanket stonewall silence.
Can you spot the "valued customers" signs?
Can you hell.
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Morkt Drakt
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Posted - 2003.10.29 13:31:00 -
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Morkt , you have stated that you have gotten 1 bp though , was that with the same character ?
If so , then you may only be able to get 1 bp mission per character, even if you switch to a different race agent and all.
Have any other characters also received a bp from another race agent , and are now not getting another from a different race agent??
Different agent, different faction. DEV already said youc an get one BP per faction (4 total)
Yes other-race people have received BPs..
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