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Thread: PHASE III MA quest... robbed
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Voluptua
Mon May 09, 2005 6:22 am
#1
So I spend a few hours gathering Sith disks.
Turn them into the Captain, and he gives me 3 shield decoders.
Spend a few hours finding a base that one will work on.
Cooridinate with some friends, get a group.
Heroically (and barely) capture the commander (turrets shoot 10 shots a second, hmm).
The guy WALKS and WALKS SLOWLY across the hilly terrain.
We were 6k away.
We stay with this guy within 30 meters. The Sith guys never even got close.
We dodged agro. We headed off enemies.
After over an hour of this, we are 1800 out. I can almost see the end. We were all so happy!
The dude falls over dead from poison.
...
...
It's bugged, I want my unlock. I sent in a ticket.
I hope I get it.
hirosue
Mon May 09, 2005 6:44 am
#3
Its not bugged hes supposed to die 1 hour after you capture him from poisen . Bearing in mind the terrain and the distances involved . the only way to do this quest is to keep killing sith until you get the shield codes for either MU or OMEGA . i.e. the bases closest to the village .
It is a pain , but this is really the only way that you will be able to walk this " elderly " commander to the village withing the 1 hour timer .
Swan-Jedi
Mon May 09, 2005 6:59 am
#4
hirosue wrote:
Its not bugged hes supposed to die 1 hour after you capture him from poisen . Bearing in mind the terrain and the distances involved . the only way to do this quest is to keep killing sith until you get the shield codes for either MU or OMEGA . i.e. the bases closest to the village .
It is a pain , but this is really the only way that you will be able to walk this " elderly " commander to the village withing the 1 hour timer .
I am sorry but I disagree. Prior to CU he walked at speed where he could theoretically travel from ANY of the camps to the village. Since CU, it only possible for him to travel from only the 2 nearest camps. This IS a bug.
KindKnave
Mon May 09, 2005 7:21 am
#5
Before the CU a friend of mine did this mission from the base close to Science Outpost, they walked 6000m. I did it from a base 3000m away and he walked the same speed I did ( I have no terrain negotiation bonus ). I would like to think its bugged but after seeing post after post where Devs say,"Blah blah blah Is working as intended," I am not sure. 
Message Edited by KindKnave on 05-09-2005 09:23 AM
Kylrathin
Mon May 09, 2005 9:07 am
#6
The key is the commander walking vs. running. Pre-CU, he ran with you. My partner had novice scout and he kept up with her just fine, even running past the Sith spawns alonog the way (we had 4 of them, the base was 7200m out). From what everyone is saying now, he WALKS instead of RUNS. Hold down your shift key while you move forward to see what I'm talking about.
Impossible to finish.
Dueller
Mon May 09, 2005 9:13 am
#7
Pre CU i had to go 6500 meters, and the commander RAN after me. I agree with original poster - u were robbed, likehundred of others.
Message Edited by Dueller on 05-09-2005 06:13 PM
Azzag
Mon May 09, 2005 9:23 am
#8
I'm in exactly the same situation on Chimaera.
I've now got 19 shield decoders for pretty much all different bases (I think I have 3 duplicates, that's all!) and not a single one of them is less than 6000m away.
I've now tried it several times with 6000m bases and it's possible to walk the commander around 4500m before he dies. This is without stopping and trying to avoid unnecessary hills along the way. I had several high level Jedi with me fighting off any agro so we didn't have to stop once.
Before the CU, or at least last phase - I'm not going to blame the CU, we had no trouble getting him back in time! In fact I can remember us using MOUNTS to speed things along and the commander would keep up!!
Now he could barely keep up with my grandmother and her zimmer!!!
I sent a ticket in-game about this and was greeted with the reply (in person mind you!) of "try to do it quicker" - PURE CLASS 
Luckily Melee Accuracy isn't absolutely critical to me unlocking, I can simply wait for Phase 4 and do one of the branches there but I am MAD as hell at my wasted time and my GUILDS wasted time trying to help me complete a futile quest.
Ridlaw, JEA
Shikkari
Mon May 09, 2005 11:22 am
#9
Voluptua wrote:So I spend a few hours gathering Sith disks.Turn them into the Captain, and he gives me 3 shield decoders.Spend a few hours finding a base that one will work on.Cooridinate with some friends, get a group.Heroically (and barely) capture the commander (turrets shoot 10 shots a second, hmm).The guy WALKS and WALKS SLOWLY across the hilly terrain.We were 6k away.We stay with this guy within 30 meters. The Sith guys never even got close.We dodged agro. We headed off enemies.After over an hour of this, we are 1800 out. I can almost see the end. We were all so happy!The dude falls over dead from poison.......It's bugged, I want my unlock. I sent in a ticket.I hope I get it.
Did it yesterday. FIrst time we had same issue as you since the base was about 6k away...not a chance. Second base was a success as it was ~3k from village and we had about 9 minutes left by the time we got to the village. I would guess that any bases farther than 3.5k arent worth trying. Lamda base is the close one we had success with so I would try looting as many codes as possible until you get one for Lamda base(not sure if any or closer than Lamda).
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RooksBiH
Mon May 09, 2005 11:25 am
#10
This quest should be possible no matter what base a player attacks. Everyone who has taken this quest should get a free unlock.
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