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I would add in here that it's also possible that a covert factioned Doc also has some extra reasons to be wary when buffing anyone who would "appear" neutral to them. Primarily because it is always possible that this supposedly "neutral" individual they are trying to buff could be a TEFfed opposing faction member. If that is the case the buffing Doc would get an opposing faction TEF (meaning they can now be killed by thier OWN faction) and they would be immediately ejected to the front door if they are in a building. So coverts do put themselves at a certain level of risk in that manner. They also have the risk of at least getting a TEF if they buff their own covert members (and obviously if they do Overts), but at least they can expect that their own coverts are less likely to lie about having a TEF so the Doc can at least be better prepared either way.

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Zarlor wrote:

I would add in here that it's also possible that a covert factioned Doc also has some extra reasons to be wary when buffing anyone who would "appear" neutral to them. Primarily because it is always possible that this supposedly "neutral" individual they are trying to buff could be a TEFfed opposing faction member. If that is the case the buffing Doc would get an opposing faction TEF (meaning they can now be killed by thier OWN faction) and they would be immediately ejected to the front door if they are in a building.

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Ummm...

You can't heal/trade/buff opposing faction members if they are TEF'd. If you are worried about getting a TEF, it's actually safer to buff the blue dots instead of the purple ones. You can only get TEF's from the purple dots

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Zarlor wrote:

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Shadow2k wrote:

Ummm...

You can't heal/trade/buff opposing faction members if they are TEF'd. If you are worried about getting a TEF, it's actually safer to buff the blue dots instead of the purple ones. You can only get TEF's from the purple dots

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You sure about that? I don't do much public buffing myself and I know some kinds of TEF changes did go in, so I don't doubt I could easily be wrong about that. Maybe that's just what used to happen, then.

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Message Edited by Kobya on 03-08-2004 02:36 PM

Unfortunately, the point of being covert is to appear to be neutral, while not actually being neutral.. Having their own color would defeat that purpose..

-T
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Message Edited by Traigus on 03-08-2004 05:38 PM

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Shadow2k wrote:

It's been this way for a long time now. They changed it to where you could not help/trade with overt or TEF'd members of the opposite faction back in the first month of the game.

Now, that's not to say there aren't bugs from time to time, where you can get TEF's on other members/npc's of your own faction. But, those bugs all involve group TEF, pets, or AOE shots. Only way a doc will get a TEF when buffing is by buffing members of his own faction that are TEF'd or overt.

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Coverts getting TEFd by opposite faction with a TEF was still in last I heard.. and it was intended too (TEFs are a local situation "someone saw you" kinda thing, so helping somone that has a TEF gets you a TEF).

-T

That's they way it goes I guess.

I can forgive people like that if they are Roleplaying, they don't have to buff you, simple.

Does the search filter allow you to find a neutral doc?

And don't get pist-off when you get a faction buff denial, keep trying, I'm a Reb and I'll buff a straggling Imp for some cash.

I won't buffa group of ImpsEVER, cause they are probably going off to destroy something Rebel (DIRTY IMPS!)

I am rebel and regularly buff rebels for free and charge imps 15k. I don't do this all the timebut on a fairly regular basis. I still buff the imps but I do charge them more than average for them. Other times I just charge 10k a pop. I won't buff PvP guild members of imp faction either. If they are going to hit my friends (who mostly PvP) I don't want it to be my buffs that give the imps the edge they need. I am also a CM so if I get a real jerk I ask if they want to duel because it will help with the buffs, I hit them with good diseases to as many stats as possible before they kill me. (usualy I can get all 6.) and tell them not to be a jerk next time. (ok so I only did this once but the guy was being a total arse hole.) Was realy funny because it was on Dant and there were no other docs around that day. Poor guy. I feel almost bad about it but I met him the next day and he was much more cival so I buffed him.

LOL that's funny

Bout the name color idea.... hmm that's too bad. Ohh well,I wish I had enough skill points to go with doctor along with tka but I don't want todrop weaponsmith.

here on ahazi i've never seen such problems.

there is always several docs buffing at each major city on each planet