Dark Age Of Camelot: Grab the Grab Bag

Taken from here

Here it is - short and sweet:

Q: How do I activate an artifact?

A: From Our Lady of Artifacts came this reply:

"To activate an artifact, players have to do three things:

Players also need to be the right level to turn everything in. If players don't meet any one of these requirements when they speak to the researcher, it will give them a message saying 'You're not ready to turn this in and here's generally what you need to do.' It then goes through the steps I listed above."

Now, with that said - we are looking into ways to make it clearer that the player has in fact received credit for the encounter. Most of the bug appeals we're getting on artifact encounters aren't bugged, it's that the player was not part of the group that got encounter credit. Thanks for your feedback so far - as you know from patch notes, feedback often leads to changes.

Q: Bob and Fred kill the tiger and get the (unactivated) Cornflakes Artifact.

They read on the internet that Cornflakes give you tiger strength. So they give the unactivated Cornflakes to George, who could use some tiger strength. They also give George the scrolls that can be combined to form the book that he turns in to activate the Cornflakes.

Can George activate the cornflakes? If he can't, is there anything he can do?

A: From the Evil Encounter Overlord:

"George cannot activate the cornflakes, because he does not have the encounter credit. But if he helps Wilma get her cornflakes, that action will give him the credit he needs to activate his."

George should also NOT combine the scrolls unless he is sure that he'll be activating the Cornflakes, because the resulting book is not supposed to be tradable.

Q: (Insert question about decoys here.)

A: Decoys aren't supposed to be completely convincing representations of players - they should look real enough to confuse an enemy in the thick of battle, but not so much that a real attention-to-detail fellow would be confused.

However, if the decoy appears to be able to see hidden, it's a bug.

Q: I tried putting my guild's emblem on my Flayed Cetus' Skin last night, and the result nearly cost me my eye-sight.

A: Whoops - that's because that cloak along with a number of others in TOA was not supposed to be able to take emblems at all. Thanks for letting us know. It's important to us that the cloaks that CAN take emblems look good, and that cloaks that can't support the emblem not have the option enabled lest it blind an innocent player.

Q: I have a question about the tradeskill tools. There is one that says it has a bonus on minimum crafting quality of 1%. Does this mean that if I craft a 99% weapon while I have equipped this quality tool I would get a MP instead? Or is its purpose only to get 95% quality as a minimum instead of 94%?

A: From the Item and Tradeskill Princess: " The minimum crafting quality bonus raises your quality floor, so as long as you have this item equipped, you should get a minimum of 95% quality on items you make."

Q: I got to spot 3 in the appeal queue, and all of the sudden I'm at spot 12. Eh?

A: Nine people logged in, all of whom submitted an appeal before you did - probably last night or earlier. Logging out doesn't lose your place in line, so if you've got a hot date, don't wait - you'll skip to the head of the line the next time you log in.

Q: Do you have any paying jobs that I could do remotely?

A: Sorry, no - all our paid positions require that you work on site. On the bright side, if you do live around here and land one of our jobs, we offer benefits for all positions, hourly and salaried.

Q: Is it possible to change my character's gender/hair/face/height/stats?

A: If you had to choose the variable during the character creation process, it's hard-wired to your character and impossible for our CSRs to change for you.

Q: My Craftmaster seems to have part of a quest, with the keyword "continue" - that I can't click on.

A: That quest isn't supposed to be active yet, and is not complete. Once it is, you'll be able to... well, continue.

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The main announcement tonight is really to go check out the hot fixes we have been running this evening - the changes all come from your feedback and suggestions.

Other than that, not a whole lot else to say tonight, so I'll let you get back to your battles. Good night and good hunting!