About the recent updates

stellalunagirl • 15 November 2012 at 12:39 AM

With the recent updates I have some questions...

The Strongroom for EC and now more recently Items, claims that when you put it in there it is "completely safe" and "cannot be stolen."

When in reality, it can EASILY be stolen (should someone hack into your account and go for you travels and EC).
There is nothing stopping your travels/EC from being stolen. I am guessing this idea was adopted from Neopets where there is an item and NP strongroom. The difference is that they require a PASSWORD.

So is the strongroom is suppose to deter hackers from stealing EC/Travels through name only or is @Ian or any of the mods (@orderedchaos @meteoroid @plookle @byfelisa) going to update it an include password protection?

Second question. Travel rarities. I think some are quite inaccurate. (Perhaps these rarities are old and have yet to be updated to which I suggest that happens soon)
For example, a Big Pink Heart travel (which I can find in the TA easily almost all the time) is rated as "EXTREMELY RARE" whilst kinump patch travels are describes as "VERY RARE".

I know there is not much of a difference but I think it would be better to update the travel rarities.

icymuffin • 15 November 2012 at 12:56 AM

Perhaps it didn't mean being stolen by a hacker?
[After all, if you have a safe password, no one can hack into your account. I don't think hackers is a relatively common occurrence, really]


And I think that the amount of times a travel appears in the TA is based upon the rarity [and chance] so I don't think there really is a way? o_O


But please do correct me if I'm wrong. These are just my guesses 😋

crescentfeather • 15 November 2012 at 1:00 AM

A PIN number, perhaps?

stellalunagirl • 15 November 2012 at 1:02 AM

@icymuffin

Then what would be the point of saying that is is "completely safe"? What would be the point of a strongroom at all?

asi • 15 November 2012 at 1:16 AM

@Stellalunagirl

Personally I've been waiting for an update that lets those random events you get in Neopets happen, like...

"OH NO! Meepit highwaymen cornered you and stole 6,391EC!! How terrible."

icymuffin • 15 November 2012 at 1:31 AM

@stellalunagirl

As asi said. I think that's what it is referring to ;D

I mean, supposedly there will be more items coming up soon. So it seems likely in a way ^^

asi • 15 November 2012 at 2:03 AM

@Icymuffin

You didn't ping me D: *false hurt* X3

Can't wait for new types of items 😊 I hope they'll let us keep freeze potions in the inventory, and such ^^"

icymuffin • 15 November 2012 at 2:06 AM

@asi
I didn't know if you'd want a ping or not ;^;
I feel weird pinging peeps xD

That would be really awesome! And then random events happening everywhere. It would be really nice to see a plot event starting that out, but I suppose we just had one 😋

Ian • 15 November 2012 at 1:39 PM

@stellalunagirl

Great thoughts about the Strongroom.

Eventually, we plan for Random Events to happen on accounts. Strongrooms will safeguard EC and items from these random events.

Additionally, we have plans to expand to using a PIN feature required to withdraw EC/items from your Strongroom. This will contribute to the safety net.

The verbage might be a bit premature, yes, but it's still the general idea we're building towards.

Thanks for your concern.

Orderedchaos • 15 November 2012 at 2:00 PM

@stellalunagirl *tosses in two cents about the travel rarities*
The travel rarities (words) are based on the number rarity not the desirability of the travel. So even though the Big Pink Heart has a rarity of 95 (extremely rare) it isn't very desirable so people don't buy it and it piles up in the TA. The reverse happens for some of the more common but highly desirable travels like the space travels, some have a rarity value of only 60 but since everyone wants them they get bought up as soon as they appear.