Massive Armor and Bonus Rescale (in Changelog)

In preparing for the great changes that are to come this month, I've gone and created all new sets of armor, and rescaled their values. I've also applied my tweaks to the challenge bonus system. You should see the values applied immediately. This will provide an early test of what we are going to call CB2.1.

I... am... amazed. Sounds very intriguing!

yeap ... confused ... my ac went down and i don't know what anything is now ...

All New Sets!!!!!

WWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


BRING THE PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm getting a -43% challenge bonus for beating Yanki with 6.5mil score, whilst my PR is at 5.5mil. He's the biggest character I can beat at the moment. Seriously, not funny.

Disappearing post? Is this a joke or not? Deleting my entire fightlist is not particularly amusing.

Hehe, funny! :D

april fools right?

Inde, your bonus is negative? It shouldn't be that low. Can you try finding an average of where it's at, compared to the rest of your fightlist? That data would really help.

I can only beat one person now from my previous fight list lol.

My halidon familiar doesn't appear in the battle ? is this april fool's joke.. because it's not THAT funny. It's a little bit funny though. ;)

Post-battle stats
Inept Apprentice Homicidal Maid
Encumbrance 0.07
Experience 128,544 128,549
Hit Points -2,784,441 -268,524
Strength 13,100 195
Dexterity 23 158
Armor Class 163 138
Unarmed Combat 4,480
Melee Base to-Hit 50
Melee Bonus to-Hit 268
Direct Damage 455
Total Evasion 123
Damage Inflicted 0 0 / 182,603

my tAt is equipped along with an AoJ. why is it not showing up?

hmm... check out the name of the tattoos when you inspect people... random names.

April Fools...

i am getting negative cb show up in post as well, but i am not sure it is applying as my total xp isn't that different. i am in 6/20 so i guess it could be display error.

what is odd is that it really shouldn't be negative and is bouncing around. against dark horizons, it was -86% one fight, -99% the next and then -8% the very next fight against him.

join Chat fools NS is addressing the problem ...

Whoa the score/system rocks!

No more farming like the old days you have to hit ppl after they fight or a -cb% woot! I just had a -34% CB agaiinst Dagobah!

Aw, you deleted my post NS.

Ha. Ha.



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It's a new adaptive algorithm that should weigh your bonus against how CB thinks you should be performing. It should vary between fights, but certainly not to that extent! If you can't figure out how to get it to stabilize, post here.

so 6/20 is no longer immune to negative cb?

So it's an accidental prank. Still counts!

well since i can fight now, its weird. i can get a 91% bonus against The Immortals, for example, and then for the next 2 get -40%, and then positive again. Similiar stuff also happens with all opponents

Well all it looks like really is the -(my challengebonus from before).

I went from 70% cb to -(65 to 80%) cb. So, maybe cb has unrealistic idea of how well I should be doing?

It's totally awesome is what it is :-D

Scy - well, remember that CB is wagering you against all the rest of the fight ladder. There's something like 16000 active parties. Maybe you're doing better than you thought?

i just fought dark horizons 8 battles in a row, results below are cb,xp:

-72,131
89 ,119
-3 ,113
83 ,145
61 ,162
-51,154
85 ,93
49 ,112

Same results. My bonuses are all over the place. Nemesis vs Zang's Test shows up -82% and then the next time +33%. Why is it so inconsistent?

Revs - it's not inconsistent for everyone, just a few people... I fixed a few outliers already. Most of the people in Chat have had their bonuses fixed.

I fought Zandagarth twice.

Fight #1 = 1%
Fight #2 = -43%

when we are buggy, is it the attacker or the defender? in effect do we need to let you know that we are getting quite random cb on many opponents or do we need to name the opponents it happens on?

Figured it out already earlier dudemus. If you want a steady bonus let your opponent fight first then hit them. In essence it makes you more proactive in the Farming process.

zen, going by what ns stated here:


i shouldn't be seeing the variance i am, also if nothing is broken why is he fixing people in chat?

Interesting, Zenai... I'm not sure if that's an exploit, or if I should leave that in. I'm leaning towards the latter, since it's hard to do.

Does Z's solution work for you, Dudemus?

i asked above if 6/20 is no longer immune or if that is buggy, could i get a response please!

6/20 can still be immune under certain circumstances. Below 6/20 cannot be under any.

NS have you told them about the CB t-shirt thing ... or if its possibly the single minion problem ?

8/20 here and its all over the place bonus wise. One character went through the roof to 99% bonus while many more when down to -50% bonus or more.

And maybe NS only fixed the chat goers problems because they are just that ... chat goers ... be a full part of the game guys !!! and gals ;)

I wonder if it's only a Bonus challenge display problem ? Because with -10 or -80 % challenge bonus, I'm still getting around the same like when I get 90 % bonus challenge.

My bonus % seems to mean nothing, even though i get -70% i still get a decent bonus, like as if it were 70%. Is this NSs idea of april fools?

Rewards
Cash (total) $872
XP (per minion) 705

Bonuses
Challenge bonus -91% (why is this negative?)
Clan bonus 13.1%
NCB (xp only) 445%

so with rewards that high, why would I worry about CB at all?

Been talking around and it seems that each Regen is affected slightly different and requires a bit more work. The main back and forth is stability of CB%. After a bit of testing I have found these few things to be true you all may test this for yourselves.

Stable an separate fights to achieve optimal CB

10/20=6-7
9/20= 5-6
8/20=4-5
7/20=3-4
6/20=1-2

If this is an exploit then woot 6/20 Rocks baby! All the more reason for ppl to work for that stable CB! Excellent work NS!

I ran off earlier, but still got the randomness in challenge bonuses. Here's me fighting 10 times against...

Legion of Darkness
(CB, XP)
-26%, 379
-86%, 549
55%, 402
-25%, 602
2%, 543
-96%, 493
25%, 387
-88%, 429
-11%, 429
-22%, 379

Zandagarth
(CB, XP)
-73%, 669
-74%, 624
87%, 388
0%, 666
71%, 573
-98%, 666
17%, 602
-90%, 363
24%, 560
39%, 511

Every character in my fightlist gives me the same weird results.

Hehehehe.

Averages out on -27,2% for CM Burns against Legion of Darkness, and 4,9% against Zandagarth. Sorry for the double post.

Still pretty funny stuff.

he fixed the bonuses for me guys... join chat if you need help

I have randomness as well, and can't access chat until in 4+ hours. :(

and going from 89% to -80% challenge bonus is not really realistic now is it?

My bonuses are totally random, though my rewards seem normal. You mean this is a bug, and is not an April fools prank? Really???

CB2.1

welcome to hell....

I have noticed it resets every 7-8 fights if you are Farmed yourself. Ingenious to say the least! Mad props NS!

Looks like random changes of item descriptions, total AC, and reward bonus (display only).

If you are still gaining EXP at a similar rate, and training raises levels the same amount, that would prove this is just an April Fools' joke.

However, for someone with an unstable fight list (or looking for new targets), this day is pretty much a waste of an NUB/NCB, because there is no way to really tell what a good bonus looks like.

No this is totally not an april fools joke, its much too serious for that.

I got fooled. :/

It looks to me like we are getting the same rewards as always, its just the % that is being reported off-scale. Don;t pay too much attention to it (unless it is still around tomorrow).

Bonuses all over the place on the same teams. one time it's negative next time it's positive.

Annoying.

Keep an eye on everything *but* the Challenge Bonus part ~_^

Yes I know, I already do keep an eye on those things, and I just now noticed the challenge bonus lol ;)

Everyone's bonus should be fixed now.

You 1st of April is over?

You mean*

Well Done NS

Which armors were created / added / changed?

Was any of is true? Are we getting new items?

No, it was just April 1 pranks.

Nope.

Was any of this true?

is what I meant



Sad sad day :(

You mean there is no CB2.1 coming? :(

Well there might be but if it is well it will be a long time in the coming.

I think the date of arrival is somewhere around 4-1-2011.

NS is taking it easy, hoping 2012 hits us first :)

Wait, so I just got back and read this. Was it all an April Fools' joke, or was it a failed improvement? Confusing

April fools joke.