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Camrad_RIP 05.02.23 в 14:19

No, Brother Paladin, I can't give you any pleasure. No one in the temple staff knows about the Forest of the Fallen.

Camrad_RIP 05.02.23 в 14:26

I nodded and, after saying goodbye, headed for the exit. Brother Storekeeper didn't know anything either, ticked off. This was the last of the temple inhabitants I interviewed. The rounds of the others took two days: some were busy, and some seemed to be running to hide lest one restless paladin pesters them. But in the end, I seemed to have gotten around everyone.

Camrad_RIP 05.02.23 в 14:27

The day before yesterday, after Nika, having changed her outfit to a dress and socks and a lollipop in her hand, had counted out a fee in silver and copper and then tried to pity me, sobbing and sadly calling me a stingy knight, I began to think about what to do with my newly discovered skills. Today, as I continued to question everyone I knew and somehow related to the quest, I was still trying to figure out what to do next.

Camrad_RIP 05.02.23 в 14:30

I have to admit that I'm taking advantage of a bug. Some NPCs give short quests and long story quests and assume I'm one of their own, a "light alien" type of NPC. There's me, convincingly playing "temple guard warrior" and having a hell of a lot of reputation. And there's a Plot-AI that, on the one hand, manages the townsfolk's behavior and, on the other, independently calculates rewards for completing the quest.

Camrad_RIP 05.02.23 в 14:32

Again, this is totally out of character! A bloody lot of people have been playing for two and a half years, but suddenly I'm the first to stumble upon... or am I? Like Nika said: "There's nothing more fun than finding new quests"? What do I even know about life beyond level one hundred? Scraps of politics, guild ranking, clan and alliance wars, well, I've watched a dozen or two virtdeo with beautiful battles.

Camrad_RIP 05.02.23 в 14:33

And I only know the economics of it about the Scribbling. Though, even Loynie has blabbed about the size of the tax - twenty gold pieces a week, or a ring. It's a forced levy, of course, but still, the fourth-level novice guild alone has a weekly budget of about two or three thousand freely convertible gold pieces, and they intend to raise a hundred thousand for the castle! And the gold in the game not easy to get. It's only I, poor cheater, do not need anything, but the average player, half of the loot goes to constantly breaking armor, and the rest dispersed a lot of small but necessary expenses. For example, buy a scroll from me, an essence from the enchanter or an elixir vial from the alchemist.

Camrad_RIP 05.02.23 в 14:45

So the guys in the top guilds are spinning some really big bucks. Well, or at least visible ones. And then a certain paladin shows up, miraculously allowing just for the company of the guys he happens to know to get the equivalent of... perhaps ten thousand I saved them.

Camrad_RIP 05.02.23 в 14:47

I walked over to the bench against the sanctuary wall, pulled up a chair, and sat down with my legs stretched out.

Camrad_RIP 05.02.23 в 14:47

It's funny. Now I don't think about switching the virtu on and off at all. My left-hand fingers automatically fold the ring of the "thumb-middle finger", and then I mechanically bend my palm twice, syncing up. And how unusual it was to walk down that corridor for the first time. It almost felt like a robot. Now I am awake, moving naturally, eating well and on time, exercising, and warming up. I even go to the pool twice a week. And I do pretty much what I did before - I grow into the team, create a reputation, and develop algorithms for task performance and employee behavior patterns. Plus get something for myself at the same time.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 10:37

Yep. Won't I have to get out of the game sooner than I planned?

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 10:38

Two months, level thirty-eight. Pretty much everything is going according to plan. It was going, to be more precise.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 10:38

OK: the fact that I got the extra "rings" credited to my account can, with some stretch, be considered a random bug. The fact that I found and used the obvious bug with the interaction between the real and virtual parts of the modules can also be put down to a lack of player-tracking tools. But allowing a player to create such a tangible advantage through in-game methods? Oh, I don't believe it. There can't be that many bugs in a project of this magnitude!

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 10:41

It is possible to drop the quest. Call up the menu, press the cancel button, and confirm. I could even lose nothing on it by having the right conversation with the NPCs, and they were all good to me. Leave the game, even if not forever, even if for a couple of months, to do ... well, a smells module for air conditioners. I won't buy a palace, but I can make money. Then again, I've never done it before, so.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 10:43

I don't even know if I can look for anything on this subject on the web. Maybe I'm already being stalked. At least I haven't put a penny of it into the real world, though I should have. The Adar gold auction rates are going up, the fresh dungeon has started sending more newbies here, and the gold caravans rarely come.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 12:04

But something has to be done. And I'm not at my level, I'm a tactician, not a strategist.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 12:04

Who do I know in the game does quests? Nika?

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 12:05

Eh, Nika-Anika... Okay. Who else?

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 12:05

Nobody. In the Adar "sandbox" are those who like to spin around in the unobliging simplicity of the initial levels, recreating themselves in different guises time after time. The developers have provided plenty of entertainment in every location. Or the guys aimed at the maximum transition beyond, over the passes, to the coastal "pirate" zones, to tiered mountainous kingdoms, to semi-desert "badlands", where you have to consider the ranks and multipliers, where entering the city, you should think how you get out of it, where gold can change its owner ten times per hour, and a list of friends is more important than equipment.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 12:09

I could drop the quest. I could. After all, if I'm stubborn and put all the game's money into boosts, in a month and a half I'll reach level one hundred. Yes. It will not be so well-pumped character, but there is already an off-class "Shield Strike", there is a very good reputation, pretty raised faith, and will be three hundred rings. The goal is close, hampered only by my eternal desire to make things as good as possible.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 12:11

"Comp, link - Questions and Answers. Make a query. Subject - Creators of Destiny. Sub-theme - quests. Question - Looking for rumors of quest chains for paladins. Prerequisite - site certificate. Condition - video contact. Price - twenty dollars. Request made, send."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:41

"Good day!"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:41

So soon? Ah, he looks familiar! Yeah, he's on my list.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:42

"Hello, Elessal."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:43

The boy smiled and bowed, putting his fist to his forehead.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:43

"How did you know?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:43

"You have a flower on your sheath. Are you straight out of the game? I see you've even developed my advice, second glove? The helmet?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:45

Ah, yes. I took off my helmet, replacing it with my glasses.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:45

"Is anything interesting on the paladin subject?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:46

"Are you stuck?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:46

"It's just the opposite. Found a class story-quest."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:46

"Wow!" The guy was surprised. "What level are you at?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:48

"Still in the sandbox, that's the point."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:48

"I can only tell you about our paladin. He's not an Amala, though, but a Laird of the Seer, an emphasis on shields."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:49

"Do you recognize all the classes on the fly like that?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:49

"Yeah, well, that's what I do for a living."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:50

"Transfer."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:50

"Copy that. Thank you! Link... okay, now. Here's the video: done for a laugh afterward. It was the first character to be pumped specifically for the guild. There's a vice commentary. We found two quests from the guide. The special effects are beautiful. That's why I recorded them."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:52

"By the way, how did you want to transfer a paladin?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:53

"With a middleman. Our recruiting officer managed, at the hundredth level, he dumped the character to the hired kid on the record and bought his main character back. Recruiters all live at the hundredth level, the specifics of the profession."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:55

"And the meddleman transferred to the guild?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:56

"Yes, with payment of the fee in gold. The character now counts as guild property, a transfer per player as with the treasury limit, by a vote of at least half of the guild members."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:56

"Can't you just hand it over to the bank?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:57

"The rules, for some reason, forbid it."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:57

Yep. Another confirmation that gaming is almost a second life. The middleman scheme, thanks to accounts, is increasingly popular, and not just in games.

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:58

"So what about the quests?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:58

"There are four typical scenarios - The Lost Document, The Traitor, aka The Missing Messenger, Fulfilling the Vow and..."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:58

"And Search for the New."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:59

"Yes, that's right. You seem to know quite a lot about the subject. What kind of quest have you found?"

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 11:59

"It started in The Lost Document. Then it seemed to go to "Traitor" only to be stalled. The quest that was handed in didn't count."

Camrad_RIP 08.02.23 в 12:00