put npc back in the game

bumpertobumper · #1 06-13-2001, 07:43 PM

stefan, one of the biggest complaints i hear is from the new players.which is, i need to make money but without money a cant make money.i suggest you put the npc back at the starting area that gave people 30 gralats one time only.this way they can buy the fishpole and bait and at least get a start.if they choose not to do this and lose the money then its their own fault.then when they beg for money you can say, hey you had a chance to make money and squandered it.

KJS · #2 06-13-2001, 07:55 PM

accually that would be to ez to get money then (because they could work in teams 1 guy resetes his account a lot while the other gets all the money and they split it afterwords)....

so there should be something that you get money but you have to work hard for... (like you should have to work harder then mining)...

I say that so people don't do it after they have enuff money and then they start paying for mining stuff (because if its something to start off for money it should be harder because it is free.)

Fai · #3 06-13-2001, 07:58 PM

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Originally posted by KJS
accually that would be to ez to get money then (because they could work in teams 1 guy resetes his account a lot while the other gets all the money and they split it afterwords)....

so there should be something that you get money but you have to work hard for... (like you should have to work harder then mining)...

I say that so people don't do it after they have enuff money and then they start paying for mining stuff (because if its something to start off for money it should be harder because it is free.)

I don't think resetting would let you get it again. Would it?

nO1 · #4 06-13-2001, 08:05 PM

Yeah it would....because it resets all account flags......
unless you add a flag to the account....like the jail one...but i still reset my accounts when i had the banned flag...even tho you're not meant to...um....any way

I think KJS is right....

IceHawk · #5 06-13-2001, 09:30 PM

Put an IP thing on it.

KJS · #6 06-13-2001, 09:34 PM

what about the people who dont have static ip's... so there ip changes all the time (like on aol)...

that wouldn't work out

milotheman · #7 06-13-2001, 09:36 PM

i tried doin the reset thing, it dont wrk

KJS · #8 06-13-2001, 09:38 PM

when you resete your account it brings you back to were you choose bomy or human...

it deletes all your flags...

and all your money and hearts...
and it delets your online time for that server...

I know all this because SLP resets his account all the time on 2001 (that is because like he wants to be a bomy then a human then a bomy and so on it is annoing lol...)

Rekad · #9 06-13-2001, 10:57 PM

when that 30 gralat startup NPC was added, I was gonna do it with my friend but he couldnt because he had some weird disease called "morals". I think its an STD

Admins · #10 06-13-2001, 11:04 PM

The npc can remember if an account got the money,
but its not really good to give away free money.
Any ideas for such a job for humans?

Admins · #11 06-13-2001, 11:05 PM

May be some cook in Harmonia who needs
bushes for his salad?

Rekad · #12 06-13-2001, 11:07 PM

maybe make a guy on Antora Mountain that needs some Harmonian Bushes for a salad, 1 gralat for a bush

G_yoshi · #13 06-13-2001, 11:08 PM

mmmm......bush salad......sounds good.....I think it would be better if it had spam in it

Rekad · #14 06-13-2001, 11:10 PM

and maybe he will reject certain bushes because they arent ripe

Rekad · #15 06-13-2001, 11:12 PM

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Originally posted by G_yoshi
mmmm......bush salad......sounds good.....I think it would be better if it had spam in it

sorry, the only meat I eat is from bomys

Admins · #16 06-13-2001, 11:14 PM

I guess you can't walk with the bush to
Mount Antora, there is a big river

Rekad · #17 06-13-2001, 11:17 PM

go up through Bogenera and past Silverstun, I think you can, cuz Ive been all over Graal with one horse

Admins · #18 06-13-2001, 11:24 PM

Oh I will try
But might be hard, when there are people waiting on
Mount Antora and kicking you after you carried
the bush for 10 minutes

Rekad · #19 06-13-2001, 11:29 PM

hey, the only other way to get money at the beggining is to kill... so maybe newbies can go on a quest to kill baddies and they get 30 gralat

bumpertobumper · #20 06-13-2001, 11:32 PM

stefan, you say you dont want to give away free money, ok, when a person chooses to be a human give them the fishpole and bait npc.if your a bomy you can go straight to kicking oysters to get pearls without spending any money at all.so bomys can make money immediately,so the fishing gear would be fair to give to a human.

la-la-la · #21 06-13-2001, 11:33 PM

it wasnt hard for me to git money at all
it took me about 2 days which was about 14 hours and i pked enough to git a gold hammer and gold axe and started mining i skipped fishin altogether

Rekad · #22 06-13-2001, 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by la-la-la
it wasnt hard for me to git money at all
it took me about 2 days which was about 14 hours and i pked enough to git a gold hammer and gold axe and started mining i skipped fishin altogether

because you have skill, something most graal players dont have... I got my start from Magnus, he gave me a metal axe and gold hammer for free!!!
MAGNUS RULZ!!!

grim_squeaker_x · #23 06-13-2001, 11:42 PM

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Originally posted by la-la-la
it wasnt hard for me to git money at all
it took me about 2 days which was about 14 hours and i pked enough to git a gold hammer and gold axe and started mining i skipped fishin altogether

Try doing that if you want to have 0 kills

revalation · #24 06-13-2001, 11:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by KJS
accually that would be to ez to get money then (because they could work in teams 1 guy resetes his account a lot while the other gets all the money and they split it afterwords)....

so there should be something that you get money but you have to work hard for... (like you should have to work harder then mining)...

I say that so people don't do it after they have enuff money and then they start paying for mining stuff (because if its something to start off for money it should be harder because it is free.)

Accualy it wouldn't because I tryed it.

Fai · #25 06-14-2001, 12:00 AM

We need a free job that gets you like 1 gralat in like an hour. THEY SHOULD GRALAT RESET TOO. It's no having worthless gralats. Bring some value back into them...

Rekad · #26 06-14-2001, 12:43 AM

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Originally posted by Fai
We need a free job that gets you like 1 gralat in like an hour. THEY SHOULD GRALAT RESET TOO. It's no having worthless gralats. Bring some value back into them...

the problem with a money reset is this: most things you need to get money at can have like 2 people doing it before it getting crowded, so if 60 people were online, about half of em would be trying to get the same fishing spot, and then we would all get angray

Tyhm · #27 06-14-2001, 05:03 AM

There are much longer (and better!) threads on the subject of money management in Future Improvements