New Player and Role / Class Packs Disabled

[Lee Hammock]

There is an issue with new player and role/class packs currently such that we have disabled them to avoid further problems. They will be available again as soon as we get a fix for the problem.

[Krillnar]

So, uh, I went ahead and right-clicked mine already. Is that a problem?

[Lee Hammock]

Krillnar wrote:

So, uh, I went ahead and right-clicked mine already. Is that a problem?

You just can't get them until anew until we fix the issue. If you already have them you still have them, or if you have not used yours yet it will be available once we get the fix in.

[Mbando]

Yea I popped mine open the moment I logged in :)

[KotC Carbon D. Metric]

Mbando wrote:

Yea I popped mine open the moment I logged in :)

Ditto, the 5s helped me post some choice items on the Keeper's Pass Auction house. Not to mention survive running there with the healing potions.

If anyone is interested here is a screencap of whats for sale right now.

[Thod]

I think the problem was that if you accepted the pack you got an extra one every time you crossed a hex boundary.

Baron - one of the EL members reported it when his number of new packs reached 15.

Sorry for everyoe who missed out - I'm included as I moved but didn't accept the pack before moving from Ossians Crossing to Emerald Lodge.

[<Kabal> Daeglin]

Suppose it makes a perk for entering early and bracing the wilds lol

[T7V Jazzlvraz]

Thod wrote:

I think the problem was that if you accepted the pack you got an extra one every time you crossed a hex boundary.

To refine that supposition, I'll bet it was if you crossed hex boundaries before you opened it. I opened mine immediately, and never saw any others, despite travelling from Marchmont to Phaeros.

[Ryan Dancey]

We will be fixing this with a tiny patch tomorrow morning.

[DeciusBrutus]

Should those of us who encountered this bug trash the extras, or leave them alone?

[Kadere]

Do an Oprah with them. And a class pack for you, and you, all of you!

[DeciusBrutus]

I'm not sure there could be a more clear-cut case of gaining an obviously unfair advantage from an obvious bug.

[Kadere]

I was joking, though perhaps I didn't make that clear enough. I do agree with your suspicion that trashing them is the best approach.

[Illililili]

Meh, in two weeks the +1 gear you got will be crap anyways

[Deianira]

Silly question probably answered elsewhere, but I've been swamped by Real Life a bit. I've got the add-on packs for my whole group on my account (they were made as part of the original pledge), so how do I distribute them to the various other EE accounts on my pledge?

Also, hoping to get in game on Sunday. Babysitting Mom this weekend and that is not conducive to sitting at the computer for long stretches...

[Ryan Dancey]

Deianira - you need to email [e-mail], and tell us the account names of who should get what, and we can distribute them.

[Deianira]

Ryan Dancey wrote:

Deianira - you need to email [e-mail], and tell us the account names of who should get what, and we can distribute them.

Thanks! Will do that.

[sspitfire1]

DeciusBrutus wrote:

I'm not sure there could be a more clear-cut case of gaining an obviously unfair advantage from an obvious bug.

Enjoy it while you have it. You could do the noble thing and trash them; but a) no one would really know you if you did it, b) no one would care if you did or not, and b) the majority of players won't.

If you don't want to keep them for your self, then keep them for Phaeros.

In both the short-run and the long-run, however, they amount to a small boon, not a major game-breaking advantage. The copper in the New Player pack is enough for a new player, not a 1 year old account. Likewise for the gear in the Class Pack.

[Ryan Dancey]

If you have extra packs due to yesterday's bug, just don't use them or destroy them or trade them. We're gonna try and figure out the best course of action and then we'll let people know what to do.