Coin Caches, and other node spawns - Yield Please

If you see someone standing there. Please yield and let them have it. Go find another one. I get bundles of complains over people "stealing" nodes and quite honestly I think it's silly. However it is sending the wrong reputation about our family. Take the long road and get the next one.

I try not to take a node if I see someone standing there but if something is popped and the person doesn't move for it after a minute I will take it.

and if we're both running for it, it's fair game

and if you have a fast mount, then sometimes the guy standing there wont even render until you picked it up

People steal coin nodes from me all the time! One time I did /rude cause it was one of those days. Now I just roll my eyes and wait for the next one. edit: not people in this guild

» Edited on: 2011-06-08 11:44:08

I love community building activities and I can't figure out why people are so stressed about, if I can't find any, then I'll que for a warfront or stalk Isabella on the forums. There is enough to do.

>.> <.< *sneaks away, looking over her shoulder for any bad booies*

^^ when I first read that I added an extra b.

I agree with Bashir ... I have actually counted to 30 (slowly, not like a little kid whose mom said she could get out of the chair when she counts to 10) and poked people who were standing next to coin caches - and they just stand their blinking their eyes - I pick it up. But I really doubt that they even noticed I took it - as I back away slowly and they are still staring into space. Generally if I see someone standing at one of the spawn points I don't even stop there - just keep riding. If I can't collect stashes easily - I just go off to the highlands and come back at 2 a.m. when there is less traffic. Since I don't craft - I'm not even sure what to do with the stuff - I get from the quests except send it off to a few crafters I know.

I must appologise as I have probably been guilty of this (although I've yet to earn any obvious ire). I've favoured staying mobile on a coin hunt to give everyone a fair go at reaching a spawn as it appears, and thus have little sympathy for those who stand around at a spawn, camping the node and denying it to those around them. As such, I've been taking the opposite approach. I yield to those who beat me in a fair race to a spawning cache (rather than continuing to dive in and attempting to out-click them when it appears), but if I see someone standing around, camping a node waiting for a cache that is yet to spawn, I've had no qualms about diving in when the spawn appears if they don't immediately collect the cache (half the time they are usually afk to add insult - how many other players could have finished their cache collections and cleared the way for others, but passed by because that afk player was camping a spawn?).

I'm guilty of it, but I think its fair. You can either run around and get the coins or stand in one spot. I've done both. When I stand in one spot I've had people come and take the coin pile and move on. It was my choice to do the stand strategy and his/her to do the run. I can't tell who's been at it for longer so there is no way to decide who "deserves" the coin. Claiming you get the coin because you were waiting for it seems silly to me. I'm waiting for it to, I just happen to be running around checking other ones also.

Just because someones done it to you doesn't mean you should do it to them. Remember hate breeds hate. All you do is pass it on. We should be the Examples on our server of what Honorable, respectful, and caring people are.

sighs.... Ok, I understand the "turn the other cheek, take the high road" philosophy. But honestly, what happened to personal choices. I mean, I honestly get tired of having to be a "helper bunny, goody-two-shoes, take it on the chin" person. While I am honest, to a fault sometimes, both irl and in game, I am not the most social butterfly. I don't go out of my way to screw anyone, but catering to those who are just going to bitch no matter what I do, or waste my own time on afkers camping things, is not something I would do irl, so why the force of the issue in a game? Sorry, but if they are afk or not picking up the item, I give them a 30 sec count. After that its too freaking bad for them. That's how I've always done it in any game, and isn't going to change now. I also think the "how you reflect on us" line can be taken too far. We are are not a fragile guild, nor an inexperienced one. Too much micro-management based on one personality type is not healthy nor warranted.

ok cinder i love ya dearly but you taking this alittle to far this is just a suggestion to help the family this not telling you that you absolutely have to do this or you kick out of the guild this is just precautionary step to help resoulve this problem we are not tell you how to play we are just suggesting this.

» Edited on: 2011-06-09 12:59:13

yer probably right clan. my apologies to all. did I mention I hate the heat of summer? erg.... I'll go back to hibernating. lol

I can't wait until i can move out of Florida, too f'ing hot!, it makes Booie grumpy.

Cinder - I hate the heat of summer also and that is why I gave up being a desert dweller (18 yrs. in Phoenix, 20 yrs. in Las Vegas) and moved the the high hills of Prescott, Az. :) I truly believe your 30 sec rule is fair - especially since that is how I handle it ;) and I consider myself extremely fair. The way I look at it - Trion should actually increase the rate and location of the coin stash drops - for as many people that run around there just aren't enough of them. I know there is suppose to be some challenge to it, but with the limited location and limited number of drops - they are causing the conflicts. I would prefer it if they dropped them out in the rest of the world also so that I can find them while questing and exploring - instead of making us all run around like headless chickens in circles. That isn't a challenge - it's a frustration.

» Edited on: 2011-06-09 14:25:37

While I have no problem with carrying out Fog's request, I do think that it is incredibly petty that people would report players for beating them to a coin cache. I am beginning to lose faith in the MMO community, Gaiscioch renewed that faith and it's good to see other guilds on faeblight with a community spirit, but two people running toward the same cache have equal right to claim it. I'm tired of humanities sense of self entitlement.

Honestly, there's rarely enough competition for the coins anymore that you can't ride around and find at least 3-4 spots without someone camping or afk. If you do give it the 30 seconds... then I'd personally call that fair. Personally, I'd rather just ride on to another spot, and see about grabbing one with nobody there. It's less likely to cause drama; and drama belongs on TV, or in a movie... not in my game and my life!

I'm surprised that this is a problem. The coins constantly spawn over and over in so many different places. Even when someone grabs a coin I am camping, it's not much of a loss, and I figure most are not being malicious in any way. It would be different if this were some type of rare spawn that required hours of camping.

I'm looking to 1.3 coming out as the coins go away. Best Day Ever!