Aboleths

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Can the last map of Aboleths Part 2 have a warning message added regarding all PC characters resting at the same time disabling the boss spawn please? Or remove this feature?

[chainlink]

Ouch the last time I remember encountering that was in Ssith many many years ago when two of us were doing it with newly achieved demigod characters before the three minute despawn timer was present, nowhere near the frustration of the long haul to the Abo boss fight but annoying nonetheless.

[FunkySwerve]

Aug 21, 2020 16:40:03 GMT @prepared said:

Can the last map of Aboleths Part 2 have a warning message added regarding all PC characters resting at the same time disabling the boss spawn please? Or remove this feature?

You should not be doing this in any area, frankly. We will not be disabling in abos, or anywhere, due to exploits linked to it.

Funky

[condude]

Aug 24, 2020 17:17:14 GMT FunkySwerve said:

Aug 21, 2020 16:40:03 GMT @prepared said:

Can the last map of Aboleths Part 2 have a warning message added regarding all PC characters resting at the same time disabling the boss spawn please? Or remove this feature?

You should not be doing this in any area, frankly. We will not be disabling in abos, or anywhere, due to exploits linked to it.

Funky

I think he's asking for a warning message on it, not it being disabled.

[FunkySwerve]

Aug 21, 2020 16:40:03 GMT @prepared said:

Or remove this feature?

The warning message seems pointless since you shouldn't be doing it in any area. I can add a warning if someone tries to rest and are the last on the map - or just block it. Thoughts?

Funky

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Block the rest of the last person and eliminate the problem.


I can honestly say in my entire HG career I’ve always rested, myself and the entire party, at the same time, prior to a boss. That’s par for the course. Anytime during a run the party needs to rest to recharge, we all rest at exactly the same time too. Sometimes this occurs at the end of the map, or at the end of a given part, sometimes it occurs in the middle of a run / map.

Aboleths Part 2 is the only spot in the entire module I am aware of where the boss spawn is disabled if you do that. If this behavior isn’t okay and shouldn’t be happening then the entire server is doing it wrong.

Because Aboleths operates differently than the rest of the module, I think you just block the last person from resting until someone else is on the map and you fix the problem. You and Acaos on at least seven different occasions over the years have come and spawned the boss for me as a result of this error before you finally told me how I was triggering it and I haven’t had any problems. It’s something that routinely comes up as new players to the run, especially without veteran support run into. As recently as several days ago per Discord.

This would be a fantastic win for the players and I appreciate your willingness to help mitigate a lot of frustration. Thank you Funky.

[chainlink]

Blocking is easier as its extremely unlikely anybody will be soloing with one character so it shouldn't stop anything and if blocked nobody can say they missed the message, it does leave the possibility of a crash or intentional logout I guess though?

[FunkySwerve]

Ok. Block will only be effective if you are in a party, though.

Aug 24, 2020 20:41:16 GMT chainlink said:

Blocking is easier as its extremely unlikely anybody will be soloing with one character so it shouldn't stop anything and if blocked nobody can say they missed the message, it does leave the possibility of a crash or intentional logout I guess though?

Yes, but there's nothing I can do about that - at least not without inordinate amounts of work, and I'm not sure even then.



Funky

[dagoon]

was my party this happened with the other day.... I had no idea party resting together could cause issues as it’s the norm for everyone to sync their tests through out the 6+ months I’ve played here. Madzapper sorted it for us though, so all good. Would have been hellishly frustrating otherwise as that’s a long ass run 😂

[FunkySwerve]

One thing I didn't realize - by virtue of my not having had time to play in years - is that we disabled the old antiex everywhere but abos - thanks to Sabre for pointing this out.

I will take a look at the script to see why it's different.

Funky

[TJ]

Bump, we just got jebatied by this.