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    Charlie Brown Christmas .... not off to a good start

    Just took forever to do a simple xmas scenario. Slow load time, zone refresh/freeze every few seconds, then the perfect storm of:

    Out of web memory notice, zone refresh, and toys processing in the house, and badabing! Complete and utter computer freeze. Could not even punt out with Task Manager, had to do a hard shutdown and reboot. Not to mention the browser refreshes I had to do in order to see progress on the quests.

    Had to attempt 3 times to drop a simple PFB on one guildie, then again on another trying to time it just perfectly between the zone refresh/freezes. They were successful, though.
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    my zone refreshes dont happen on MY isle... but i went to a friend to drop 100 buffs (achievement) .. and it zone refreshed every 10 sec.. took me ah hour to drop them

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ciara_Belle View Post
    my zone refreshes dont happen on MY isle... but i went to a friend to drop 100 buffs (achievement) .. and it zone refreshed every 10 sec.. took me ah hour to drop them
    geez - 100 fish in a deposit

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narasn View Post
    geez - 100 fish in a deposit
    Not sure how your comment contributes in a positive way to the conversation. Someone who is as experienced a player as Ciara_Belle already knows that sometimes filling a deposit works to fulfill an X number of buffs quest. The operative word is *sometimes*. Other times, it does not. If she was placing 100 buffs, instead of merely using the deposit technique, she most likely had a good reason to be doing so. She was talking about how the every 10 second zone refresh impedes and considerably slows the game play. Whether or not she could have dropped a deposit instead of the buffs is irrelevant and does not change the fact that the zone refresh issue is one of the biggest frustrations in the current state of the game.
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    ANNd zone refreshes are back on my isle

    and if i want to drop 100 buffs i should be able to...
    and ty sp

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    The 100 fish thing is news to me, though sometimes it calls out a specific buff, but yeah, zone refreshes are the worst part of the game. I couldn't even do the Christmas Spirit adventure without those. What the heck? That is like the least complicated adventure in the game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ShuttlePilot View Post
    Not sure how your comment contributes in a positive way to the conversation. Someone who is as experienced a player as Ciara_Belle already knows that sometimes filling a deposit works to fulfill an X number of buffs quest. The operative word is *sometimes*. Other times, it does not. If she was placing 100 buffs, instead of merely using the deposit technique, she most likely had a good reason to be doing so. She was talking about how the every 10 second zone refresh impedes and considerably slows the game play. Whether or not she could have dropped a deposit instead of the buffs is irrelevant and does not change the fact that the zone refresh issue is one of the biggest frustrations in the current state of the game.
    it is called information - I did that achievement and 100 fish works. I shared so any one reading this doesn't follow her lead and spend an hour on it. But hey if someone wants to spend an hour doing it just so they can complain, they are free to do so.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narasn View Post
    it is called information - I did that achievement and 100 fish works. I shared so any one reading this doesn't follow her lead and spend an hour on it. But hey if someone wants to spend an hour doing it just so they can complain, they are free to do so.
    Still not sure how "geez -- 100 fish in a deposit" is information since there was no explanation of what to do and what it even related to. Perhaps next time you could elucidate for those who truly are newer players and are likely not to have understood your shorthand. A more clear approach could have been, "I don't know if this will work for you, but often for buff quests making a deposit of meat and/or fish often works to satisfy the quest. i.e. 100 buffs: just deposit 100 fish or meat on someone's island instead. Just a reminder that what works (or doesn't work) for you, and what works (or doesn't work) on Ares server is not necessarily the same for others and nor is it always the same on Zeus. Offering obtuse or abbreviated information often doesn't work well for anyone. Alternatively, a private message offering more assistance can be very helpful. Happy gaming : )
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    Quote Originally Posted by ShuttlePilot View Post
    Still not sure how "geez -- 100 fish in a deposit" is information since there was no explanation of what to do and what it even related to. Perhaps next time you could elucidate for those who truly are newer players and are likely not to have understood your shorthand. A more clear approach could have been, "I don't know if this will work for you, but often for buff quests making a deposit of meat and/or fish often works to satisfy the quest. i.e. 100 buffs: just deposit 100 fish or meat on someone's island instead. Just a reminder that what works (or doesn't work) for you, and what works (or doesn't work) on Ares server is not necessarily the same for others and nor is it always the same on Zeus. Offering obtuse or abbreviated information often doesn't work well for anyone. Alternatively, a private message offering more assistance can be very helpful. Happy gaming : )
    Although, I don't like to make an assumption regarding someone's knowledge, especially based on years of playing, since my experience tells me that knowledge is usually more dependent on who they talk to in the game. I do tend to make an assumption people aren't stupid because they usually aren't. I can tell new players in my guild 100 fish in a deposit works and they know what I mean. And the geez part was in relation to someone spending an hour trying to buff someone 100 times.

    Also, I have never seen a situation where there is any inconsistency in fish deposits as a means to complete these quests in that they will work for one person and not for another. Even after unity.

    You sure like to complicate things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Narasn View Post
    <snip>Also, I have never seen a situation where there is any inconsistency in fish deposits as a means to complete these quests in that they will work for one person and not for another. Even after unity.

    You sure like to complicate things.</snip>
    Simply because you have not seen it, does not mean it doesn't happen. It has and does. On Zeus in particular, which is why our guild members usually advise people to "try" it. I'm now finished with this conversation, pedantry bores me.
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