Curse

magao · Feb 03, 2012, 08:11 PM // 20:11

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Originally Posted by kumputermek

Anyone else get shafted? 8 characters 1185 lunar tokens = 395 lunar fortunes no dragons.

You're going to hate me. Also 8 characters, done in groups of 3, 3 and 2, just doing the quests ...

First group got 1 dragon.

Second group got 0 dragons.

Third group (i.e. smallest number of fortunes) got 2 dragons, within 5 lunar fortunes of each other - overlapping celestial dragons in the sky!!!

I should have taken a screenshot on an account that wasn't affected by Spiritual Possession ... but it was so unexpected I didn't even think of it.

So each of the 3 accounts has the dragon they wanted.

Fox Reeveheart · Feb 03, 2012, 10:33 PM // 22:33

I don't know if I want to go through the trouble, I remember doing that one year, around 200 lunar fortunes and no celestial minis at all, that pretty much sealed the deal in me buying my pets during the event for years to come.

Avectius · Feb 04, 2012, 12:16 AM // 00:16

Does anyone have any tips, or ways to NOT get your ass runned over at the start of most matches? People get massacred at the beggining, and I was wondering if you've tried any different methods to avoid getting knocked down.

Thanks!

accelerate · Feb 04, 2012, 12:31 AM // 00:31

Urg. Just opened 310 lunar fortunes, no minipet. *sigh*

kumputermek · Feb 04, 2012, 02:51 AM // 02:51

***UPDATE***

After 512 lunar fortunes I finally got ONE. Bit discouraging when some people only open 4 and get one. Need one more for the GF so I don't sleep in the dog house.

tonini · Feb 04, 2012, 03:31 AM // 03:31

got 1 from 125 gave it away on my alt acc then opened 300 got 2 on my main acc yay ;p

Tullzinski · Feb 04, 2012, 04:57 AM // 04:57

1000 fortunes - 5 minis

Damian Greenthumb · Feb 04, 2012, 05:42 AM // 05:42

257 Fortunes, 3 Minis.

Yuris Sayuri · Feb 04, 2012, 08:37 AM // 08:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avectius

Does anyone have any tips, or ways to NOT get your ass runned over at the start of most matches? People get massacred at the beggining, and I was wondering if you've tried any different methods to avoid getting knocked down.

Thanks!

Use ram+shield immediatly at the gate and dash like 3 sec after ram ended.

should be the safest way but not as fast as keeping ram for uphill.

Missing HB · Feb 04, 2012, 08:45 AM // 08:45

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Originally Posted by Yuris Sayuri

Use ram+shield immediatly at the gate and dash like 3 sec after ram ended.

should be the safest way but not as fast as keeping ram for uphill.

The problem for me this year is especially servor ping.. I had no problem last years but this time i'm getting kded from nowhere like everytime while i'm doing exactly the same thing( especially when i'm not blue or red)... I keep having some joke stucks, easy rubberbands, etc...

Plus i noticed Martin Alvito was in fact right about fast players in top100 this year: i just noticed most are just playing all the day and not playing if they're not blue/red or not having echo super on first boxes.... kinda pathetic and lame but well...I'm not really going to bother this year as 481 will probably not be enough at the end

Martin Alvito · Feb 04, 2012, 09:17 AM // 09:17

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Originally Posted by Avectius

Does anyone have any tips, or ways to NOT get your ass runned over at the start of most matches? People get massacred at the beggining, and I was wondering if you've tried any different methods to avoid getting knocked down.

Pay attention to what's happening around you, and remember what happened before.

Players that use Ram to grief are overwhelmingly likely to continue to do so. Learn who they are, and their patterns, so that you can use Shell before they Ram. Similarly, players that use Ram for speed will use it in the same spots over and over again. Learn where those spots are.

As you play more, you'll start to get a feel for when a mass of players will trigger a griefer's use of Ram, and use Shell accordingly. Keep in mind that a premature usage of Shell is almost always better than a late usage, so don't be afraid to use it.

Finally, notice that Ram has a specific animation, and that it can be dodged via strafing if you're far enough away when it triggers. That can save you if you've already spent Shell or know you'll need to save it for a few seconds later.

Horace Slughorn · Feb 04, 2012, 09:49 AM // 09:49

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Originally Posted by kumputermek

***UPDATE***

After 512 lunar fortunes I finally got ONE. Bit discouraging when some people only open 4 and get one. Need one more for the GF so I don't sleep in the dog house.

you mean you need 1 more for yourself, she gets the first one ofcourse :P

tenderpoison · Feb 04, 2012, 10:27 AM // 10:27

603 fortunes - 1 mini. I guess I should be happy that at least I got one, rather that none.

yitjuan · Feb 04, 2012, 10:46 AM // 10:46

Can I ask one simple question - who named Johai Sohn ???

If you exchange the first letters it reads Sohai John , where Sohai is a cantonese swear word.

Schwarzwald · Feb 04, 2012, 11:29 AM // 11:29

It seems I am quite lucky with the dragon. I think I got it near the 40th Fortune (out of 75 opened in total). Well, less time needed to farm and more time to stand on the Rings.

Tullzinski · Feb 04, 2012, 01:08 PM // 13:08

Watch out for all the bots in RBR too.

Shayne Hawke · Feb 04, 2012, 04:34 PM // 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Avectius

Does anyone have any tips, or ways to NOT get your ass runned over at the start of most matches? People get massacred at the beggining, and I was wondering if you've tried any different methods to avoid getting knocked down.

Paying attention to the racers around you is always a good idea.

Even better than that though is to realize that it's not the end of the world if you get rammed at the start. If you're going for a record, yeah, you're probably boned. If you just want to win though, you're safe with eating the two seconds of time or so and saving your Shell for a later time. There have been all kinds of times where I've been knocked twice before the first checkpoint and ended up in first by the second checkpoint, because the Shell I started with saved me from someone's Ram that they punched as soon as they crossed the first checkpoint.

If you know how to keep your speed up, getting knocked at the start is pretty negligible.

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Originally Posted by Missing HB

Plus i noticed Martin Alvito was in fact right about fast players in top100 this year: i just noticed most are just playing all the day and not playing if they're not blue/red or not having echo super on first boxes.... kinda pathetic and lame but well...I'm not really going to bother this year as 481 will probably not be enough at the end

I agree that it's pretty lame that people multiaccount this arena so much, but I haven't thought up a solution to that yet, so I've got none to offer.

When I recently posted my 483.2k, I had someone in that race PM me later asking me if I wanted to race on his other accounts, so that I could win more beetles. I turned him down, for obvious reasons.

The list last year was cut off just above 482k. That's not hard to achieve, given all of the information that's available, particularly of an entire run that gets 482.9k. People just have to learn how to execute it properly, as well as identify the obvious changes that have been made in the route since then.

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Originally Posted by Tullzinski

Watch out for all the bots in RBR too.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Mister_Smiley · Feb 04, 2012, 05:38 PM // 17:38

500-no dragons
250-2 dragons
250+-5 Dragons
83-2 dragons

Total 9 Dragons

Gill Halendt · Feb 04, 2012, 05:46 PM // 17:46

~ 950 fortunes, no luck.

Got one given as a present from a guildie.

Missing HB · Feb 04, 2012, 06:01 PM // 18:01

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Originally Posted by Shayne Hawke

I agree that it's pretty lame that people multiaccount this arena so much, but I haven't thought up a solution to that yet, so I've got none to offer.

When I recently posted my 483.2k, I had someone in that race PM me later asking me if I wanted to race on his other accounts, so that I could win more beetles. I turned him down, for obvious reasons.

The list last year was cut off just above 482k. That's not hard to achieve, given all of the information that's available, particularly of an entire run that gets 482.9k. People just have to learn how to execute it properly, as well as identify the obvious changes that have been made in the route since then.

Getting 482k on several accounts is still correlated with big luck ( having perfect start + echo super) and entering a lot.. The idea would have been to make the mini unsellable in my opinion, i guess it would still be a great reward for players... I did play a lot today and faced many guys from top50 ( this year) and i can pretty much say that 80% at least did stop if they weren't satisfied...

If they can't do anything against multi launch abuses, the most obvious solution however would be to make players not moving anymore in the arena get dishonor... Basically, what they do is enter and change account if they get fast kd or no super + echo, but that's quite as much as if they /resign on one account, thus they should get dishonor for that ..

side note : i was luckier on fortunes, got a dragon upon 16 fortunes