"Sir, I've bought 3 of your Ford Fiestas, and none of them have let me compete in Formula 1 races. Please fix this, else you are scamming me out of money when I keep buying them!"

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TG, TG, GL, et al.

"Disagreement with the fundamental plan at this point is akin to supporting Richard III vs the Tudors."
-Raesh

I would also like to see bonding mechanics improve. A bonding potion should do everything possible to keep an item from being lost.

After all, items in this game can have a lot of significance, and the potions are an extra cost on top of that.

I wrestle with my own misconceptions of a bonded weapon, often. I've come to the realization that bonded weapons (and other items) ultimately help to prevent grave-robbing. They do not serve as a method completely* prevent item loss due to other sources, such as if the janitor decomposes my weapon or because I forgot to pick up my weapon while leaving a hunting ground. This idea has helped me considerable in deciding if and when I should ever bond something, often times this comes as a resounding NO for any thrown weapon.

Nikpack

I'm still confused how people lose their weapons in the first place.

I mean, I know the typical ways they are lost and most of them seem entirely preventable with minor amount of work. I personally have bonded weapons and have never lost one. (Knock on wood.)

So what's the deal, bad scripts? Lack of players paying attention? An inquiring mind wishes to know!

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Salute a drowned sailor? You ought to brush up on your protocol, Kasto.

>So what's the deal, bad scripts? Lack of players paying attention? An inquiring mind wishes to know!

I've lost three thrown weapons to typing "get [weapon]" and accidentally hitting 3 on my numpad instead of enter and wandering SE as a result. And yes, they despawned instantly.

Fortunately I only use steel-forged thrown weapons for that very reason.

>> I'm still confused how people lose their weapons in the first place.

>throw axe

>>::connection lost::

Yeah I have lost bonded thrown weapons this way. Thrown weapons will usually be immune to the janitor, but if they lodge and the creature despawns, then they are gone instantly. Good news though is that when this happened to me, the GM replaced my item (since it was registered)

I've also lost bonded weapons by stopping my script and walking off, not remembering to check where my bonded thrown weapon was first.

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>>Yeah I have lost bonded thrown weapons this way. Thrown weapons will usually be immune to the janitor, but if they lodge and the creature despawns, then they are gone instantly. Good news though is that when this happened to me, the GM replaced my item (since it was registered)

>>and ONLY because it was registered.

Careful with that because. Registering a thing only gives GMs the tool so that they can recreate the original item. It doesn't guarantee that they will find that you deserve to have you item replaced. Registration only prevents they "Well I want to replace your item but can't because I don't know the exact specifications of your lost item."

A lost connection is often times not ground for replacement - and that's the crux of the situation. Bonding doesn't cover user errors or faulty connections.

Nikpack

They sure lose a lot of customers due to the inability to fix this issue in the game and the unwillingness of some GMs to be helpful. And it makes the game a lot less fun to play for those of us who are unwilling to use their favorite weapon because they're worried about item loss.

I hate to complain without being helpful, so I would suggest making held items not drop upon death. Or at least fix the policy so that GMs will replace a bonded, registered item when lost.

in 1997 I lost everything, literally everything. I think I got mad, called the GM I assisted bad words, quit, then re-subbed two months later. Granted I was 16.

It happens.