More interesting details about the update
Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 4:10 pm
okay first, Joymax has on their website that when it comes to the pigs, "Their cuteness is unbelievable =)" and that's a direct copy and paste quote with the smiley face and everything. I don't think they look that cute 
Okay, 2 more interesting notes. One is that it says the premium ticket gives you "[Special Bonus] Preferred game access" That is veeery unspecific so I'll break it down. One way to do it is to take your request over someone else's when you're typing the image verification since hundreds of people do it within one second. That's a very small advantage and you still won't be able to get on easily at all. The other way, and this is gonna piss off the poor ppl like me, is to boot someone else off the server so a premium person can get on. The server doesn't currently not let people on because it thinks it's funny, it does it cuz there's a limit of how many ppl can get on. It can't just say "Oh, he's a premium ticket user, let's make it 5001" and let them on anyway cuz let's say 500 people get a premium ticket and all try to get on. The server would crash with 5500. So they have to boot 500 people off in that case. Prepare to buy a ticket or get disconnected constantly if that's the case.
Also, in the details about the ticket, it says:
Alchemy Success Rate Increase
There will be an increase of success rate when trying the alchemy by Intensifying Elixir (equipment) and various alchemy items. Lucky Powder and Lucky Magic characteristic are accumulatively applied.
Accumulatively is the magic word because series odds are just about useless. If you apply a 5% three times in series, I forgot how to calculate it precisely but it's like a 7% advantage total instead of a 15% like it would be accumulatively. So I guess it's not as useless as I thought. Still, don't think you're going to magically get +8 or something cuz that's still never gonna happen even if it was a 50% odds increase.
Oh and I suppose I'll throw this one in. For the SP quest U can do with the premiem ticket 3 times in the 4 weeks, here's the rewards:
Quest Rewards
1. 100 Quest Items = 300 SP
2. 200 Quest Items = 700 SP
3. 300 Quest Items = 1200 SP
4. 400 Quest Items = 1600 SP
5. 500 Quest Items = 2500 SP
Now keep in mind, you can only hunt the monsters for 3 hours. The quest may or may not go until the next day but either way, you're gonna have to scramble! Buuuuut you know how farmers usually try to get SP without leveling? Well now they don't have to! I could go kill those giant stone guys outside DW about 5 at a time because they're the lowest level monster that still gives me drops. I'd have 500 quest items in no time if they drop as often as those heart thingies that lower skills.
So 7500 SP if someone does that 3 times. In a couple months, people would have so much SP it's sick. In other words, if you're not farmed, your character is useless now and you should buy a premiem ticket or quit the game. Yaaay Joymax.
Okay, 2 more interesting notes. One is that it says the premium ticket gives you "[Special Bonus] Preferred game access" That is veeery unspecific so I'll break it down. One way to do it is to take your request over someone else's when you're typing the image verification since hundreds of people do it within one second. That's a very small advantage and you still won't be able to get on easily at all. The other way, and this is gonna piss off the poor ppl like me, is to boot someone else off the server so a premium person can get on. The server doesn't currently not let people on because it thinks it's funny, it does it cuz there's a limit of how many ppl can get on. It can't just say "Oh, he's a premium ticket user, let's make it 5001" and let them on anyway cuz let's say 500 people get a premium ticket and all try to get on. The server would crash with 5500. So they have to boot 500 people off in that case. Prepare to buy a ticket or get disconnected constantly if that's the case.
Also, in the details about the ticket, it says:
Alchemy Success Rate Increase
There will be an increase of success rate when trying the alchemy by Intensifying Elixir (equipment) and various alchemy items. Lucky Powder and Lucky Magic characteristic are accumulatively applied.
Accumulatively is the magic word because series odds are just about useless. If you apply a 5% three times in series, I forgot how to calculate it precisely but it's like a 7% advantage total instead of a 15% like it would be accumulatively. So I guess it's not as useless as I thought. Still, don't think you're going to magically get +8 or something cuz that's still never gonna happen even if it was a 50% odds increase.
Oh and I suppose I'll throw this one in. For the SP quest U can do with the premiem ticket 3 times in the 4 weeks, here's the rewards:
Quest Rewards
1. 100 Quest Items = 300 SP
2. 200 Quest Items = 700 SP
3. 300 Quest Items = 1200 SP
4. 400 Quest Items = 1600 SP
5. 500 Quest Items = 2500 SP
Now keep in mind, you can only hunt the monsters for 3 hours. The quest may or may not go until the next day but either way, you're gonna have to scramble! Buuuuut you know how farmers usually try to get SP without leveling? Well now they don't have to! I could go kill those giant stone guys outside DW about 5 at a time because they're the lowest level monster that still gives me drops. I'd have 500 quest items in no time if they drop as often as those heart thingies that lower skills.
So 7500 SP if someone does that 3 times. In a couple months, people would have so much SP it's sick. In other words, if you're not farmed, your character is useless now and you should buy a premiem ticket or quit the game. Yaaay Joymax.
U drove around a Pontiac Grand Am GT and ran over monsters with it or what? I spose that'd go fast too.
