Why are you guys making the server worse with these fixes such as the 4th job skill quests if you haven't got the manpower to test them first? Also removing the one thing that we actually could do to fix our characters being stuck was a very very good move imo.
I do not think that the 4th job skill quests have made the server worse at all. They were thoroughly tested on the test server. There were over 50 NPC scripts changed, 10 new event scripts, 20 new portal scripts, 20 new reactor scripts and at least 50 quest drops added. And we have fixed all 4th job skill quests issues that have been reported very quickly. If you would like to elaborate more on how you think these quests are making the server worse I will gladly listen to the feedback... But by just assuming that they have not been tested is not very appropriate. I, myself spent at least a week coding and testing all the new content to ensure that everything was in a working order. And as we already stated in the announcement there may be a chance that some files could have been missed when uploading it all to the test server. In regards to the "move your character to henesys fix". Your characters should not get stuck in maps at any time so this "fix" should not be needed. I have only had a positive response so far for the effort put into getting 4th job skill quests to work. Most people enjoy having the extra quests to do to obtain skills.
I think Vesa is just mad because he was stuck for 1 hour at the 4th job place without a response using the ~Gm function: http://royals.ms/forum/showthread.php?t=3097. And it seems like there are a lot of bug reports concerning the 4th job quests.
I guess that I got a little over my head earlier, and I apologize for that. Somehow it feels like some of the quests were not properly tested because all I hear that when people are doing these quests, they either need a GM to help them with it or it is somehow bugged and cant be done. For example just now I got stuck in the guardian skill map, Earlier today I heard that a corsair couldn't do his battleship quest because some of the npc's weren't doing what they were supposed to do. even earlier we found out that the crimson balrog's proposal wasn't dropping (thanks for fixing that) I just did "el nath pq" and it didn't work right but we all got our skillbooks thankfully I hear there has been some people not recieving heroic etcs from tatamo after giving SSS and the fact that HTPQ at the moment needs a GM to finish it. E: Ninja ambush seemed to have some problems too.
Half of those problems you have stated I have not been made aware about so I don't know that they need fixing. The battleship quest I fixed within like an hour without requiring a reboot and was an issue to do with the 3rd job advancement. Crimson Balrogs proposal was fixed within like 24 hours because we needed to add the boat function. Never heard of the issue regarding El Nath PQ. Never heard of the Heroic Star issue. HTPQ, one portal script was missed when uploading files. Should be fixed next reboot. However most people doing HTPQ were doing it wrong anyway x_x Never heard of the Ninja Ambush problem. Considering the huge amount of file changes and everything being coded from scratch, I think we have done pretty well. And we are the first server I have ever heard of to have 4th job skill quests working...
Ninja Ambush: http://royals.ms/forum/showthread.php?t=3061 Kev posted a fix on the thread which apparently doesn't work according to Kael that tried it quiet recently (like sunday morning) The Heroic star bug was experienced by Noob (Hege) he bought 2 SSS that didn't trade for a pent / star, so a GM had to spawn him one (afaik) El Nath PQ = You get stance without surviving the full 10 minutes, But surviving the full 10 minutes is also impossible, the guy dies too quickly. We had 4 people (148 bishop, 124 BM, 122 Shad, 120 Hero) Basically killing the rogs on spawn in 2 hits and the guy still died at 7 minutes left (we tried this 3-4 times).
I just wanted to throw out there that I tested the Ninja Ambush quest after Keiver posted the directions, and it worked perfectly for me. So Ninja Ambush is fine. I'll try to work on testing the other ones you mentioned ASAP.
Like to clarify that the heroic star bug has only been experienced by Hege And when I did HTPQ it was completely messed up (first day) but keiiver was there and just said that none of the right files were upload (I think that's fixed now). Like you couldn't even leave the first stage (it didn't spawn the right key). Would also like to add that Zero could not do the Ifrit without GM help, because the gatekeepers didn't drop the keys. Confirmed to work without any bugs: Resurrection quest Bahamut quest Getting Infinity, Taunt and Dragons Breath through El Nath PQ. Maple Warrior Hurricane Assasinate Blizzard Ice Demon
