Swordsman Archive
Thread: Nod to the DEV's for the 3 weapons
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Fishtank
Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:34 am
#1
Thanks!! The bleeds suck but the new weapons are cool. No one else got as much in the weapons department.
Beats just taking the bleed nerf with nothing new!
One question though...is the scythe a limited time weapon...bit of a noob question, but once all the scythe's are used up, and there aren't any schematics left...what then? Does it turn into a million dollar weapon that we have to pay people to go dig up the schematic for us who haven't done the quest? I thought I read that weaponsmith's loose it after 2 uses...
KraytDragonMan
Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:11 pm
#2
You can easily do the quest over again, just go to the quest reset person and reset the quests...
Thunderheart
Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:55 am
#3
Just a tip: cool:
All players can do this quest and will always be able to it at least once. There are also two other ways to get the scythe.
Shaft52
Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:59 am
#4
Not that anyone is going to SHARE those ways....
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for discovering stuff in game... but a hint would be nice.
Talons72
Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:03 am
#6
Thunderheart wrote:
Just a tip: cool:
All players can do this quest and will always be able to it at least once. There are also two other ways to get the scythe.
How about telling us the other two ways, or at the very least a hint. Its only fair since we've had to wait on this weapon for seven months.
TroThorns
Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:43 am
#7
Thunderheart wrote:
Just a tip: cool:
All players can do this quest and will always be able to it at least once. There are also two other ways to get the scythe.
The Tatooine scythe quest giver won't give the quest to a weaponsmith I know because "he lacks the skill to complete the quest" or something like that - he has no combat skill. My TKA/Smuggler certainly has the combat skill, but the quest guy won't talk to him....
Is this just a bug? 
Zarghanon
Wed Feb 18, 2004 11:59 am
#8
Let's look at the math. Say there's 5000 people on a server and 2500 managed to obtain only 1 schematic. The schematic has 3 uses so 3000 weapons can be made from a schematic. 3000 x 2500 = 7 500 000 scythes. I don't you will run out of these anytime soon.
Talons72
Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:22 pm
#9
Zarghanon wrote:
Let's look at the math. Say there's 5000 people on a server and 2500 managed to obtain only 1 schematic. The schematic has 3 uses so 3000 weapons can be made from a schematic. 3000 x 2500 = 7 500 000 scythes. I don't you will run out of these anytime soon.
Wrong. The schematic only has 2 uses and requires identical loot only components to make. This means you cant make a factory schematic for more than two. This is based on info from the test center that states the loot only components are looted in sets of 2 or 4.
Arrya
Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:24 pm
#10
Zarghanon wrote:
Let's look at the math. Say there's 5000 people on a server and 2500 managed to obtain only 1 schematic. The schematic has 3 uses so 3000 weapons can be made from a schematic. 3000 x 2500 = 7 500 000 scythes. I don't you will run out of these anytime soon.
Actually, you can't do a large manufacturing run of the Scythe. They require loot drop components similar to krayt tissue from the new dungeon so that will limit the uses of each sechamtic to a much lower number.
MonroeThanes
Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:42 pm
#11
ummmmm everyone can NOT do the sythe quest as it stands now, im a master weaponsmith/smuggler and merchant and the woman in mos entha wouldnt talk to me, said to come back when i was stronger. whats the point of that? i can do the other quests before the krayt dragon and i have just as low a chance surviving the krayts AoE attack as anyone else. why not let the player chose the difficulty of the missions we take?
oh yeah, i was grouped with 15+ other people from my guild when we were all trying to get the schematic, about 6 people were able to get the quest, why cant everyone do this?
and the geonosian cave is needed to construct these things, we need the power cubes, any chance of making a lootable power cube so that each sythe doesnt have to be assembled by hand like krayt weapons? i know alot of weaponsmiths that just wont do krayt weapons because its a headache, wouldnt mind a bit making a sythe if i didnt need the identical loot components. maybe a schematic for a regular power cube and all the lootable ones would be enhancers?
Ko-aIri
Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:46 pm
#12
Thunderheart wrote:Just a tip: cool:All players can do this quest and will always be able to it at least once. There are also two other ways to get the scythe.
Thunderheart, this statment seems in error. Perhaps you can help?
If all players can do the Scythe quest from Hedon Istee in Mos Entha, then why does my fiancee's main character, who currently is Master Merchant, Master Artisan, Master Tailor with a tiny bit of pistol, get a message saying something to the effect of "the task I have is beyond your abilities?"
My main character, who is currently 4/1/0/3 rifleman (silent hologrinding
) gets NO message whatsoever when I try to converse with him if I have my rifle (current primary weapon) eqipped. He does not talk, he just rotates toward my character and looks at me blankly. If I unequip my rifle, I get the same message from him that my fiancee gets, even though I am ALSO Master Creature Handler and have tagged along on these missions with my friend and could do them with ease because of this fact.My second account, who is Master Bio Engineer, some Politician, some Fencer, some Marksman, some Artisan, gets the "too weak" message.
My fiancee's second account, who is Master Marksman, some Commando, some Smuggler, gets the "too weak" message.
My guildmate, who is Master Teras Kasi, Master Pistoleer, some Fencer, is able to do the quest.
My friend, who is Pistoleer 4/4/4/3, Bounty Hunter pistol tree 4, and some other misc. skills, can ALSO do this quest. He is not master of anything but Marksman and Scout.
My original theory was that one had to be a master of an elite combat profession (thereby limiting the player base that can do these missions) but since my friend, who is NOT master of an elite profession at ALL can do it, that's obviously not the criteria.
As you can see, out of 4 accounts, none can do this quest. So how can "all players" do this quest? Is it bugged? Is there another issue at hand we're missing? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I realize there are "two other ways" to get this schematic, but I'm really concerned with why this quest in particular doesn't work.
Message Edited by Ko-aIri on 02-18-2004 02:48 PM
PadreBook
Wed Feb 18, 2004 2:06 pm
#13
Zarghanon wrote:
Aaah, thanks for clearing up the schematic on the Scythe. I thought it would work the same as other drops like the Featherweight FWG5 or the Modified Republic Blaster.
Also, for those that cannot do the Scythe quest. I read somewhere on the forums that you have to have Swordsman skills. I don't know if this is a rumor and cannot verify it myself.
Yes, basically the Swordsmen get hosed because of the rare loot drop required. No factory runs. I do Pike I know what I mean by hosed with the special weapon schematic drop.
Padre
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