I’ve noticed my character in his current setup has been severly limited by the loss of some very important quest items from previous paid quests that I was not around for. Some of these quest items one could actually build a character around. I would be willing to pay a *generous premium* specifically just to be able to access some of these past quest items if that can be done. It just doesn’t seem right to have my characters penalized or damaged in some way just because I returned a bit late.

Not sure about all that, but I can think of an rp prop or two from some past quests that I could base a guy on.

Maybe a time travel quest that hits a few old stories where you can pick one out of a selection of items from those stories?

Sweet is the sound of the pouring rain,
And the stream that falls from the hill to plain.
Better than rain or rippling brook,
Is a mug of beer inside this Took.

I too am sad I missed out on the heart, albeit for 1606 in my case, but because of its lore I don't expect or even necessarily want another chance at that specific quest item. But it's not impossible to see it in other forms; there was even a limited-quantity opportunity to be spun to get 712 on a rune tattoo or magical item at CCF back in May. Personally, I'd recommend asking for x/days in the Duskruin wishlist thread:

http://forums.play.net/forums/GemStone%20IV/Paid%20Events:%20Adventures,%20Quests,%20and%20SimuCoins/Duskruin%20Arena/view/9801



(All that said, I wouldn't call not having 712 or any other outside spell a penalty... more like having it would be a bonus.)

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x/day of Cloak of Shadows would be nice, yes. <nod>

I'd pay to redo a portion of the GSS so I could get the other three parts of the sword in addition to the one I secured. Or, hey, the whole sword, already forged. That'd be pretty sweet and completely appropriate to my main character.

- Overlord EK

>You now regard Eorgina with a warm demeanor.

I would gladly pay 75 bucks for a x/day CoS item. And that’s the thing, there really isn’t a way to get CoS or Dauntless unless you drastically alter your character’s training path or do something else that’s not really feasible. While with this, I can just raise it and be done with it. I got the idea this EG actually. If you can snap your fingers and bring back the necrop why not put a simucoin barred door and let us get the hearts as well? It doesn’t seem like too much of a tall order.

No. Not talking about paying in silvers. I’m saying 75 U.S. Dollars cash, heck 150 bucks cash. It was a dream (wish I can dredge up that old forum post) of being able to get something like this and it became very real between 2013~2016 and I don’t think it’s too fair to penalize people just because they weren’t around for it (darn that real life!). I mean, this isn’t a giftbox item everyone got for the web transition, this is a serious piece of hardware. To simulate something like this through scrolls (which run out quick even if you got a high level sorc) will require massive post cap TP investment as well as a scroll infusing sorc and of course the actual scrolls which there is no stable supply of. I wouldn’t be complaining if there were some other way (or an item in HESS etc.) that can do the exact same thing, but there isn’t.

Absolutely,and in fact there’s clawback for people who haven’t met requiremrnts for vacation time... going into the future. And that’s someone’s job we’re talking about.

This is some silly quest you throw 50 bucks over 3 years for and in return you get a capstone legendary item that’s mechanically (and probably in silvers) worth more than a golvern claidhmore. Back in 2010 if you whipped out a 5x/day self-charger CoS requiring little (is it zero?) MIU and threw it on the open market it would easily top 100 mil probably a lot more. And I just noticed the spirit battery (insane) this could go in a grand auction and noone would bat an eye and probably it’ll be up there in terms of most prized.

Talk about a participation trophy! Yowzers!

In Law there is something called ‘precedent’, which is there so everyone going forward from when that precedent was set can be treated equally by the court. In game terms this is tantamount to my character hard capping his stats at 90 rather than 100, especially since this item isn’t unique or earned but rather effectively doled out to anyone who participated at Feywrot.

I know you guys all have one and it’s hard to see it from the perspective of someone like me but because it’s character bound (I can never acquire it) this isn’t an item much less a direct buff to the character itself (it’s as if everyone’s stats maxes out at 105 but mine is still at 100) and it’s like my character is forever flawed because of it. (it is, no other way to look at it).

It does require MIU to activate, especially if you want any real duration for the spell, though that's kind of a minor point.

I'm saying this as a capped cleric with 2x MIU who would get 9.25 hours from a 5x/day item and missed out on getting one... I have no doubt that one day I'll have that many daily uses. There'll be future opportunities in some form, whether it's a 1x/day at Duskruin, an auction, spins at a high end silver event, or something else. The most recent chance was less than six months ago as a rune tattoo.

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I did Necrop, it was doled out. There's posts on other boards that effectively stated, "yeah, just go in a group you'll get it in under an hour." This wasn't some, "only 3 will survive this, maybe... if your name is Roblar." kind of thing. If you put in a few hours (really just having fun playing the game) you would've gotten it (heck there was a script written for it) and Necrop was FUN! the GM that did Necrop was on ball and he dropped it in Caligos imho (after getting a chance to taste both), if it was the same person.

I spent more than 50 bucks this EG (and was planning more till I realized I got everything I needed) so that was a non-issue. Remember, if I were at the event that 50 bucks was for ALL of EG the heart just came with it.

Finally, there is no way to get 5x casts of CoS every. single. day. And if you got any idea on how, please share. In order to even begin simulating that, I would need a high level Sorcerer alt just for scroll infusion, find or more likely buy CoS scrolls (probably crazy rare), and then completely alter my characters training path to Arcane Symbols. CoS is incredibly powerful, probably a reason why it's the only defensive spell on the Sorc list. +25 DS and +20 TD(?!) is absolutely nuts. I have a 6x +8 permanent TD T5 encorcelled shield that will sell for 25 mil+ in a snap. And that's a shield, this thing is a spell able to be worn by anyone. Do you know how insanely valuable an extra +20 to TD (generic,on top of everything else) is to a warrior? It's priceless. And it can be had every.single.day.5x.

Leafy,

That's the crux of the issue at hand. This wasn't some raffle or that literal 'Cloak of Shadows' that does CoS x1 a day. Those are legit won or hard gained items either through luck or going through Dusk 1 trillion times, to those people I say respect and enjoy your item. Plus, these are unique items like Excalibur.

No, this is a participation trophy that anyone could have gotten, literally a watery tart was distributing Excaliburs between 12'~16' ad infinitum. That's the issue. Basically, between 12'~16' in the month of October if you paid 50 bucks (peanuts, especially for this game), you would've gotten a permanent awesome buff to your character, a GM reached into the character manager and started adding numbers to your stats.

The only consolation to all this Leafy is that you're in the same boat as I am. Let's bask in the warm glow of our permanently gimped characters.

Given the undead-theme with the heart and all, I wonder if new ones could be items one gets from doing enough Reim? If they were there, it'd let people get them who missed them (maybe this way, there'd be a per character limit?), or characters that missed out, to get them for a similar event investment. Or something from the quest system otherwise.

_ _ _
Myasara says, "Raining rocks down on my city was not the best course of action."
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Nishima put a group of five partially frozen corpses in the Nishima disk.
Several frozen limbs peek out of the disk in a macabre fashion.

Are you being sarcastic Briar? Not sure hence why I’m asking.

The eye of Thalior is a single unique one-of-a-kind item.(it’s even named after the one player that owned it) This heart anyone could have gotten as long as you participated in Feywrot, doled out much like the Caligos rings. That example (if serious) makes zero sense. Also, if I wanted the eye I could buy it off whoever has it now (unless it’s lost in the sands of time which then noone can have it).

@Wyrom
Here’s the bottom line. If you open Necrop back up (which you guys already did; so no in-game problems there) and let us buy-in (willing to pay Simu A LOT) just to let us get the hearts (not asking you to open all of Feywrot here) it would make a lot people who are in the same boat very happy.

*Doesn’t negatively affect anyone.
*Probably just a flag or two to let us grab the hearts in there.(it was already fully opened!)
*Simucoin only for uncursing (no problem, I’ll buy that too).
*Will pay a premium to get this. (and you may think I may not after you implement, no prob, I’ll buy the Simucoin on standby as long as you give the OK on this.)
*Undoes a lot of people’s permanently damaged characters by letting us get this direct character buff.

I could have gotten this heart on 3 characters and couldnt be bothered to do it. I have ZERO issues hunting as a capped Paladin or Wizard WITHOUT the heart.

I understand that you missed out on the opportunity to acquire, from your perspective, a great item. No arguement there. Just like I missed out on 20k Bloodscrip Nerve Staves with Rot Flares and Acuity Flares because I was not playing when they were released. 20k Bloodscrip for a rune staff with rot flares. 20k. -.-

My character IS NOT permanently damaged because I missed out on the opportunity to acquire a rot flare rune staff for 20k though.

As I gaze over the horizon, the wind tugs at my cloak and whispers, "Adventure" in my ear.

Whick's body sways back and forth for a bit.

* Whick drops dead at your feet!

Seems like it'd be a huge hassle to bring something like this back, because while it would afford some people a chance at one, it'd give others yet another upgrade, right? Or is the proposition that it only be offered to people that missed at least 1 of the 3 years the event ran? Even if you get one, though, wouldn't you still feel like you're behind people that now have FOUR years' worth of upgrades?

Where does the madness end!

I think this is a great idea, though. I'd love an x/day 712 item for the current-market equivalent of ~10 million silvers.

If we're bringing back events, I stopped playing for about 3 months that just happened to coincide with the 2016 auction. I'd appreciate one of those items, please.

That opportunity has come and gone. You missed it. Move on.

I think its pretty much because the Product Manager has said not once, but twice now, that the hearts are not coming back?

sigh Well you’re the big boss so there’s nothing I can do. I just hope there’s some scroll, imbedables shop, whatever with some of these spells in the upcoming Dusk/Events/festival. I’m definitely not alone in this position. Thanks everyone.

<<<Just like I missed out on 20k Bloodscrip Nerve Staves with Rot Flares and Acuity Flares because I was not playing when they were released. 20k Bloodscrip for a rune staff with rot flares. 20k. -.->>>


>>FYI, it was 50k ;)

And there were only a small handful available. You had to be really quick at the scrip gathering and a bit lucky too.


Speaking in Faendryl, Jahosk says, "You will now be known as Blade Durakar, the Palestra."

<And it was back when sewers gave ~90 scrip per run
And a ~5 minute arena run was only worth ~130 scrip (you waited 20 minutes, I think it was, if you wanted the max ~225)
And no one had bloodscrip saved up from prior runs

> And there were only a small handful available.
Yeah. 3, IIRC.>


Sorta.

Correct on the sewers. The arena was also different but I got the 2nd rot flare runestaff in 18 hrs or so by not maxing the scrip per run and going for speed (didn't get a prize per either).

I didn't start immediately and was kind of a late request for me to select it. The first person was buying alot of other's script.

I had some bloodscrip I think 12k saved up and would have had more if not for previous sales (this was before high end stuff so wasn't much for me to spend on).

There was initially 3 I think maybe 5. But then another 2 or 3 were restocked. My fear of doing all that (it was my first painful Duskruin grind) and inventory being gone were unfounded!