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Title: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: chadz on January 11, 2011, 02:08:33 pm
Retirement is back. Level 31 with heirloom and gen increase, level 15-30 without.

Also, you cannot/don't have to change the name any more.

The Database was freed of the old retired chars, and to celebrate this, you can now revert to your original name. For about 7 days, you are free to change your name to whatever you want.

Then it's clan tag / typo change only again.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Draedan on January 11, 2011, 02:17:34 pm
so when you say you cannot/don't have to change the name anymore...
does that mean you don't have to make a new char when you retire and keep the same one?
or am I just retarded.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Ishar on January 11, 2011, 02:18:22 pm
Retirement is back. Level 31 with heirloom and gen increase, level 15-30 without.

Also, you cannot/don't have to change the name any more.

The Database was freed of the old retired chars, and to celebrate this, you can now revert to your original name. For about 7 days, you are free to change your name to whatever you want.

Then it's clan tag / typo change only again.

I'm sorry, but it's not exactly clear for me: 7 days from NOW, or 7 days from each retirement? I kinda like the generation numbering, does your post mean it's out of the picture now, or just not mandatory?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Helrekkr on January 11, 2011, 02:20:38 pm
Does retirement only require level now ? (as in, it no longer needs 1 week ? )
Does retiring before 31 still give the generation xp  boost ? If yes and if a character no longer has to be 1 week old to retire, we could be seeing gen 20 players in a matter of days.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Dekiri on January 11, 2011, 02:23:48 pm
Can we get a one time respec since those changes where massive and many have really messed up chars? Would be really nice, considering how long it takes a casual player to get to a higher level still
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Balton on January 11, 2011, 02:28:02 pm
I'm sorry, but it's not exactly clear for me: 7 days from NOW, or 7 days from each retirement? I kinda like the generation numbering, does your post mean it's out of the picture now, or just not mandatory?

Agreed, I enjoyed the ability to alter my name each time I acquired a respec.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Angoman on January 11, 2011, 02:45:06 pm
As it seems retiring under lvl 31 means character reset, no xp, wpf or gold boni, no heirloomed item, no new generation, am I right?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Astinus on January 11, 2011, 02:45:42 pm
Great I can have my name back!

Hate you!
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Pongest_Lenis on January 11, 2011, 02:49:00 pm
Do you think setting this high limit is fair on the new players who play this game? Seeing as with such a high requirement they will never catch up to those who are genrations older then them also i started playing a week before the patch and was not able to retire in time before the patch launched even tho i had the gold and level requirement and feeding off of scraps of info based on new retirement i have not bothered to grind to 31 as was told hierlooms were to be at 30.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Gristle on January 11, 2011, 02:55:22 pm
Don't be so concerned with everyone else. Just go at your own pace. I am gen 6, and there are still people almost 10 generations ahead of me. This fact does not dissuade me from playing in the slightest.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: XavierX on January 11, 2011, 02:57:36 pm
chadz, seriously? The grind to 31 is brutal. Make it worthwhile with heirlooms. Meanwhile, give everyone who isn't crazy enough to do that grind the opportunity to retire at 30 with just the XP bonus.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Dekiri on January 11, 2011, 03:04:47 pm
I personally don't mind the tough requirement for heirlooms, but not being able to respec after such massive changes without having the grind again would be bad. I really hope we get a one time respect without loosing our exp
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Braeden on January 11, 2011, 03:06:51 pm
We totally had that already, Dekiri.

Personally, I'm excited.  Makes heirlooms something to look forward to.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: forgivers on January 11, 2011, 03:10:17 pm
how do you exactly change name without deleting your char, and also original name was forgivers and its not listed
guess i'm missing something out
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Quamara on January 11, 2011, 03:10:39 pm
I personally don't mind the tough requirement for heirlooms, but not being able to respec after such massive changes without having the grind again would be bad. I really hope we get a one time respect without loosing our exp

u can retire with 15 without bonus and with 31 with bonus now
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Dekiri on January 11, 2011, 03:11:27 pm
Yea braeden we had that, but the changes got changed again massivly thats why i ask. I had a dedicated cbowman and with the dmg changes and upkeep changes its ridiculous considering the long reload time you can now absolutly forget getting kills with the crossbow unless you are really lucky.

It basically messed up my char and it takes people like me weeks to get back to level 24
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Dekiri on January 11, 2011, 03:12:30 pm
u can retire with 15 without bonus and with 31 with bonus now

true ... i can retire and loose all the exp i earned wich is the point i am trying to make.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: ThePoopy on January 11, 2011, 03:25:38 pm
hmm, when you said you wanted heirlooms to be something special i thought you would put it at lvl 35
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Kalem on January 11, 2011, 03:33:42 pm
how can we change the name now? ...  i am lost...
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Puppybull on January 11, 2011, 03:33:50 pm
People are pissed. Not me though I'm cool with it I just made a bunch of gen 1 chars
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Prpavi on January 11, 2011, 03:39:26 pm
how can we change the name now? ...  i am lost...

this
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Zoidberg on January 11, 2011, 03:42:01 pm
Yes stones you can heirloom stones! i did it  :lol:
Heavy Stones   2   
weight 4
requirement 0
spd rtng 96
shoot speed 20
thrust damage 13 blunt
max ammo 12
weapon length 7
accuracy 100
Secondary Mode
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: forgivers on January 11, 2011, 04:28:41 pm
how can we change the name now? ...  i am lost...

+2
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Poetrydog on January 11, 2011, 04:31:23 pm
how can we change the name now? ...  i am lost...

+3
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Tuonela on January 11, 2011, 04:38:48 pm
how can we change the name now? ...  i am lost...

I believe it has something to do with "change your name to" button.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: forgivers on January 11, 2011, 04:41:47 pm
I believe it has something to do with "change your name to" button.

the one that delete your char ...
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Pongest_Lenis on January 11, 2011, 04:47:20 pm
Think the grind from 30 to 31 should be 2 million not 4 or do what some one else said and stage retirement and have at 25 or 30 the ability to retire for the exp bonus alone.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Golradir on January 11, 2011, 04:49:51 pm
how can we change the name now? ...  i am lost...
make a new char, at the site log in at your old click on change your name and it should pop up :|
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: iood on January 11, 2011, 04:55:08 pm
make a new char, at the site log in at your old click on change your name and it should pop up :|
and deletes ur charachter as well as all ur xp....
and whe u r lvl 28, u do not want to become lvl 1:)
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: krampe on January 11, 2011, 04:57:31 pm
and deletes ur charachter as well as all ur xp....
and whe u r lvl 28, u do not want to become lvl 1:)

For the not so smart THERE ARE TWO BUTTONS!

Namechange != Retirement
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Babelfish on January 11, 2011, 05:02:45 pm
For the not so smart THERE ARE TWO BUTTONS!

Namechange != Retirement

Thats like over half the player-base  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Lizard_man on January 11, 2011, 05:06:19 pm
just to make sure as i'm also a little confused and half asleep, i used the change name button, Warning: name change pending, so this won't delete my character and i will keep all my items with the new name ??
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: krampe on January 11, 2011, 05:09:02 pm
Oh it will delete a character, the character you're changing the name to, as it has been since the name change was there.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: MrNicklebe on January 11, 2011, 05:09:34 pm
Ok, some questions:

1, My char is gen 3 do I keep the exp bonus I gained from my pre-patch retirements? Or will I lose them if I retire now using the "without bonus" option.

2, Since I've retired twice, do I get to heirloom two items (or one item twice) now that heirlooms have reset?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: krampe on January 11, 2011, 05:16:10 pm
Ok, some questions:

1, My char is gen 3 do I keep the exp bonus I gained from my pre-patch retirements? Or will I lose them if I retire now using the "without bonus" option.

2, Since I've retired twice, do I get to heirloom two items (or one item twice) now that heirlooms have reset?

Uhh that needs some very hard thinking...
1. Of course you loose all your bonus because you lost every bonus with every single retirement.
2. 2 retirements = 2 modifer, 2/3 = 0,66, rounded up = 1, So you get five items ten times heirloomed

Reading this explains the behaviour on the servers a lot. BRAAAINZZZ
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Quamara on January 11, 2011, 05:45:46 pm
if you choose retirement without bonus you keep your existing bonus..just did it
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: MrNicklebe on January 11, 2011, 05:50:57 pm
if you choose retirement without bonus you keep your existing bonus..just did it

Thanks for the the clear reply.  :)
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Elmetiacos on January 11, 2011, 05:58:11 pm
If you choose Retirement Without Bonus you simply delete your character. Your heir is generation one and receives no equipment whatsoever. Just done it.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Arson on January 11, 2011, 06:49:59 pm
I think it's completely reasonable to ask for a very clear-cut document on exactly what retirement is and how it affects your character. I was drawn to cRPG about 2 1/2 weeks ago by a friend. I've enjoyed the game so far, but finding clear answers on certain subjects is nearly impossible. This thread is a perfect example. Players are left speculating about what may or may not happen. What's the issue with making a post containing exactly what retirement is? There shouldn't be any secrets here. A community this small can't afford the luxury of misinformation.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: ThePoopy on January 11, 2011, 06:50:59 pm
If you choose Retirement Without Bonus you simply delete your character. Your heir is generation one and receives no equipment whatsoever. Just done it.
FAIL
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: MrNicklebe on January 11, 2011, 07:43:14 pm
If you choose Retirement Without Bonus you simply delete your character. Your heir is generation one and receives no equipment whatsoever. Just done it.

I was wondering if retiring this way links to the way people who retired pre-patch got to chose a certain number of new heirlooms depending on how many times they've retired already. So I had retired twice pre-patch and got to chose 1 new heirloom but someone who had retired say 10 times got to chose more.

So for example you retire 3 more times without any bonuses and on the 3rd retirement you get to chose a new heirloom?

Not sure if I explained myself very well there, but I hope someone will get what I mean  :P

Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Elmetiacos on January 11, 2011, 08:02:02 pm
FAIL
So your sock puppet has already said, with no explanation why.
EDIT: Oh I get it - because I retire and keep the same name - but what if I want a new character with a new name? Is that allowed?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: ArchonAlarion on January 11, 2011, 09:14:52 pm
So i did the name change, but now I can sign in with both my old name and new name and they both have the same stats and items. BUT i cannot access the chars in game.

PLEASE HELP ME.

edit*: now my old char is gone, but i cannot use my new char in game, although it shows up fine on .net


It was the gender switching bug. Please fix this.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: TheMark on January 11, 2011, 11:13:33 pm

Also, you cannot/don't have to change the name any more.


I think people were thrown off by this statement. chadz meant that when you retire you don't have to change your name to make a new guy but you will still have the option. They are changing the retirement naming from pre-patch (i.e. start at "name" retire to "name_I" to "name_II")  so you can retire with character "name" to character "name" without any problems.

Please correct me if I am wrong

You can't change your name like you used to per retirement. Take advantage of chadz's deal to change character names within the next 7 days now!
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Punisher on January 11, 2011, 11:16:13 pm
If you choose Retirement Without Bonus you simply delete your character. Your heir is generation one and receives no equipment whatsoever. Just done it.

That's bullshit, I did it this morning after it was released and your xp is reseted to 0, nothing else changes. You are still the same generation as before, keep all your stuff and gold.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Socrates on January 11, 2011, 11:37:36 pm
Cool to see heirlooming back up, sucks you cannot change your name though. I kind of liked that feature maybe make it an option to change your name if you heirloom with the bonus?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Punisher on January 11, 2011, 11:40:23 pm
Cool to see heirlooming back up, sucks you cannot change your name though. I kind of liked that feature maybe make it an option to change your name if you heirloom with the bonus?

You can always pay 1000g and apply for a namechange.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: ts_knaiz_timothy on January 11, 2011, 11:45:15 pm
So I'm still a little lost.  What does a modifier do?  Is there anyway I can see what my items will be like after I add the modifier BEFORE I commit to it?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: ts_knaiz_timothy on January 12, 2011, 01:09:14 am
DAMNIT chadz!  You freaking changed the Elegant Poleaxe.  I had a tempered that was 94 speed, no is  a heavy of 90 speed!  If I wanted a slow ass weapon I would've used a bardiche.  Now I wasted my only modifier.

There was absolutely no way for me to know about the change ahead of time.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Dwarden on January 12, 2011, 01:22:36 am
so how it works now ...

is up2date ruleset / guide on this which is nto full of 'speculation' guesses ?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: balbaroth on January 12, 2011, 03:40:53 am
finally i can retire! but...

   Sturdy Sarranid Guard Armor
weight 14
abundance 100
head armor 0
body armor 47
leg armor 7
difficulty 13
   Thick Sarranid Guard Armor
weight 14
abundance 100
head armor 0
body armor 48
leg armor 8
difficulty 15

   Thick Sarranid Guard Armor
weight 14.5                                                 
head armor 0
body armor 48
leg armor 8
requirement 11

   Thick Sarranid Guard Armor
weight 14
abundance 100
head armor 0
body armor 48
leg armor 8
difficulty 15

i get 2 choices of heirloom for my armor , which is weird because i only have one  :( and it seem back to give 1 armor bonus instead of 2 on the fix the .200 patch , 

Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Blackstone on January 12, 2011, 04:14:21 am
Quote
For about 7 days, you are free to change your name to whatever you want.

*Grins in appreciation*  :)
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: EliteDragon on January 12, 2011, 04:35:11 am
If you choose Retirement Without Bonus you simply delete your character. Your heir is generation one and receives no equipment whatsoever. Just done it.

That's bullshit, I did it this morning after it was released and your xp is reseted to 0, nothing else changes. You are still the same generation as before, keep all your stuff and gold.

So which one is right?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Socrates on January 12, 2011, 05:24:20 am
You can always pay 1000g and apply for a namechange.

Only for clan tags though later on.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Turkhammer on January 12, 2011, 05:27:56 am
What is the difference between retiring without the bonus and retiring with the bonus?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: chadz on January 12, 2011, 07:44:40 am
I think, for the future, complete name changes will be allowed 24h after a retirement. Need to code a notification for the admin team first, though.

Also, something that caused confusion:

You are bound to the gender with which you joined the game first. If you then change gender, you spawn naked, just like when joining with another players nick.

When retiring, you are able to select a new gender if wanted, but only the first time you join after the retirement, then it's carved in stone again.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: krampe on January 12, 2011, 01:32:21 pm
You are bound to the gender with which you joined the game first. If you then change gender, you spawn naked, just like when joining with another players nick.

When retiring, you are able to select a new gender if wanted, but only the first time you join after the retirement, then it's carved in stone again.

Sexism? Don't join a NA Server you get banned for this!
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Erasmas on January 12, 2011, 01:58:31 pm
C'mon, krampe, these are just health & safety precautions :D NA guys love that stuff. Multiple gender changes may cause numerous health problems, including inability to... spawn with eq. But you can do it if you want, so np.  :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: krampe on January 12, 2011, 02:54:20 pm
C'mon, krampe, these are just health & safety precautions :D NA guys love that stuff. Multiple gender changes may cause numerous health problems, including inability to... spawn with eq. But you can do it if you want, so np.  :mrgreen:

LOL :D
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Jalum on January 12, 2011, 05:14:20 pm

Does retiring at level 15 give you an xp bonus or not?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Ramsay on January 12, 2011, 05:32:32 pm
not
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Beans on January 12, 2011, 07:37:10 pm
Does retiring at level 15 give you an xp bonus or not?

No.

It is most useful for new people who fuck their stats up and want to restart without losing all the items they bought.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Turkhammer on January 12, 2011, 07:47:51 pm
Could someone in the know post a noob's step by step guide to retirement as a sticky?
I've never retired, under the old system or the new and I don't wish to mess it up.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Tornkik on January 12, 2011, 08:14:39 pm
Is the soft cap going to be changed to 31 instead of 30? Leveling from 30 to 31 is as much xp as leveling from 1-30 all over again.  :?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Socrates on January 12, 2011, 11:57:37 pm
Indeed Softcap should be 31 as it makes your character stats equals by the 3's IE staying at level 30 offsets stats like 21 - 14 and such.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: downer on January 13, 2011, 02:27:16 am
Indeed Softcap should be 31 as it makes your character stats equals by the 3's IE staying at level 30 offsets stats like 21 - 14 and such.

Only if you don't convert any skill points to attribute points.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Immolarian on January 16, 2011, 02:19:46 am
30>31 takes way too long imo, should make it a bit shorter if you ask me.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Gristle on January 16, 2011, 09:28:32 am
Retirement taking much longer now is the whole point.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Stormcrow on January 18, 2011, 01:53:39 am
It would be nice if at lvl 30 you had a choice of heirloom or xp/gold bonus and at lvl 31 it was both.
30-31 means about 4.5million xp(atleast for me), thats like two weeks of playing. Lvl 31 is juct a bit much and once im there im not sure that i will want to retire  for a petty +1 and a little extra xp. This should seriously be reveiwed.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Farrok on January 18, 2011, 04:09:20 am
It would be nice if at lvl 30 you had a choice of heirloom or xp/gold bonus and at lvl 31 it was both.
30-31 means about 4.5million xp(atleast for me), thats like two weeks of playing. Lvl 31 is juct a bit much and once im there im not sure that i will want to retire  for a petty +1 and a little extra xp. This should seriously be reveiwed.
+1
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Heroin on January 18, 2011, 07:36:28 am
You don't HAVE to retire. Retirement bonus is there as a tiny reward/incentive for those who WANT to grind beyond the normal player. You'd be perfectly fine playing the game from generation 1 and never retiring, ever.

So you get to level 31 and don't want to retire and do it all over again? NO PROBLEM. DON'T.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: IG_Saint on January 20, 2011, 07:10:30 pm
I think, for the future, complete name changes will be allowed 24h after a retirement. Need to code a notification for the admin team first, though.

Anybody know if this has been implemented now? I'd quite like to change the names of some of my alts.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: ThePoopy on January 22, 2011, 08:52:07 pm
can u still do random namechanges?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: UrLukur on January 22, 2011, 10:59:08 pm
Anybody know if this has been implemented now? I'd quite like to change the names of some of my alts.

+1, i also want to change name of my alt.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: weight on January 22, 2011, 11:05:45 pm
Try it?
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: UrLukur on January 22, 2011, 11:08:49 pm
Try it?

What if it don't work ? I should grind for lvl 31 and retire ? :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Rumblood on January 24, 2011, 02:12:07 am
Ive been trying to get my name changed since the new patch, but never got the option? Thought I was out of gold, but that wasn't it....

Do you have to change the name during a retire? Because I tried retiring to the character name I wanted (the old way), but it didn't work, and then name change didnt work.


??????????????
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: EliteDragon on January 30, 2011, 10:22:31 pm
Steps:

1) Create another character in-game and name it w/e you want to change your name to.
*NOTE: Don't delete your the character with the old name just in case you still want to be playing during the time the name change is PENDING.
2) Join a cRPG server with character that has the new name.
3) Navigate to your character creation page (c-rpg.net).
4) Scroll down until you notice "Change your name to:" w/ a drop-down box next to it.
*NOTE: For those with the cool-looking character creation page (EYE-CANDY), navigate to the "Settings" tab at the top.
5) Click the drop-down box and click on the name of the character you created for the name change and click the "Change your name to:" box.

The drop-down box changes to something along the lines of name change pending. You should have your new name in within an hour to a few days, depending on if an admin is on at that moment. Once your name has been changed, you can no longer login with the old name and have to login with that new name from then on, or until you decide to change the name again.
Title: Re: Retirement back, without name change
Post by: Mustikki on January 31, 2011, 12:37:32 am
And an important Note:

Namechanges are only allowed for either fixing typos or adding / changing clantags.
It should usually happen in 5-24 hours. Whining about it not being
fast enough extends it to a week. Thanks for taking notice.
Also, it costs 1000 gold to apply for a namechange.