Greetings from Dead Simon

[Dead Simon]

Hello my fellow collectors, hunters, puzzle solvers and explorers.

I read the forums frequently, particularly this one as it is near and dear to my heart. I too am one of those people that will spend hours trying to get that one artifact even if it means frequent deaths. I will find myself cursing at the insane dev that put the blasted thing at the end of that tree branch and then have to remind myself it was me. I really enjoy the theory discussions and am constantly amazed at the quality of the guides I have seen generated.

As I said I am often reading even if I don’t always post and see the issues you have been having and wanted to address some of them here. I am not going to give away anything specific so don’t worry about spoilers, I know that for most of you doing this particular content, you want to do it for yourselves. What I do want to let you know are some general philosophies, so that if you find something breaking these rules you can be pretty sure it is a mistake or bug and report it here or in game.

I will try to post a little more frequently to keep you apprised of known issues but when given the choice between posting about an issue or fixing it, I am sure you appreciate where I put my time.

Every Artifact should be collectible by every race without using racial abilities. There are some that might require an Epic mount but everyone as access to those. I did personally test every Artifact for this but since that time a few changes have caused some of them to break this rule. Ones trapped behind invisible walls are an obvious example. We fix these are they are reported or I notice them being talked about on this forum.

Every rare Spawn MOB should be killable by both factions. It has recently come to my attention that Pandora breaks this rule and is not killable by Defiants. This was not intentional and we will be addressing it, I apologize for any inconvenience. Keep an eye out for a release note when this is changed.

You should be able to trade or sell every Artifact. I saw some posts and found a few myself that were not. These have been fixed and will be promoted to live soon.

If you have an Achievement listed in your log you should be able to complete it. The only exception to this is if you have the show all characters check box checked and you have characters of the opposite faction. In this situation you will see achievements for both sides and obviously you can only actually do the ones for your current faction.

I realize the frustration that can occur when you encounter these issues and we are working every day to fix them, please continue to submit bug reports and let us know when you spot a problem. In the meantime keep looking into the hidden corners of Telara as you never know what you might find.
- Simon

[Phoix]

Any word on rare mobs that aren't spawning? Off the top of my head Forgotten Sacrifice doesn't actually seem to spawn in Droughtlands and the data for the mob hasn't been pushed to any of the db sites. There are also a few rare mobs that aren't part of any achievements or metas, are these just easter-egg type things or something else?

edit: also anything you can say about the Magic Ticket from Living on the Edge? I realize you can't tell us exactly what it does, but can you confirm that it does have a use in-game and that it's currently working?

[PugPug]

Oh, so it's YOUR fault.

So often I'm out, eyes peeled for artifacts, checking odd little nooks and crannies. Once in awhile I see one and say to myself, "You sneaky bastards. I C WHAT U DID THAR."

I've become addicted to picking up the shinies. It just gets so hard when you are almost done with a zone. I think I have about 8 collections in Silverwood missing 1 item.

It seems like some collections spawn only in certain regions of the map. Is this true, or my imagination?

[Jerle]

Since this is probably the best place to ask: are there any plans to add rewards to raid achievements/meta-achievements? The lack of a title/reward for Conqueror: Greenscale's Blight is.. disappointing.

[ethix]

I'd just like to say that the artifacts are easily one of my favorite things this game has. They generally have a rhyme and reason to their placement, and artifact collecting has fast become one of my favorite things to do.

That and, I can sell the rare ones I get for a couple to several plat

[BrianMorin]

Oh, so it's YOUR fault.

I can vouch for this first hand!

[Starseeker]

I have to say that shinies/artifacts in this game make me chuckle every time I see one in a torch or pot, or hidden in a tree or off on some limb that I have to be a #&$*(&#$ monkey to get to...and I love it.

I love that theres some challenge to getting them and they aren't just splattered all over the ground.

Great job on them, also on the puzzles, which are probably one of my favorite parts of the game

[Noobins]

I love that theres some challenge to getting them and they aren't just splattered all over the ground.

Totally agree with this. EQ2 had collections, too, but they weren't nearly this fun because they were just plopped in the middle of fields all the time. Having shinies in strange places is so much more fun!

[Ailurion]

Yay!

Hi, DS. Good to know that all the achievements are, well, achievable. I was questioning a few in zones that were predominantly geared towards the other faction.

Thanks for the clarification, and I hope any broken stuff is fixed soon.

Cheers!

[whitevamp]

I had for got to post a bug on this one, but there is an artifact in shimmer-sands at Murderer's Caverns.
and if you are up on the upper ledge of the wall you will see an artifact that is floating out in mid air, in words to the center/ inside of the jailed area. ( coming from the bridge. go to the far back wall and its off to the right hand side.)

[Fats]

Thx Simon...nice to see explanation and confirmation on 1 of Devs reading about and working on bugs
Now...can you plz go and poke the 1 responsible for crafting side of the game...

[Rarz]

I find that I literally have hundreds of artifacts that I can't sell through the AH; the pricing has gone through the floor with everyone undercutting each other. I have so many left in my mailbox that it takes quite a while to scroll to the bottom.

How about an NPC where we can get rid of them for something more meaningful than the 1s/piece? Say, maybe turn 10 whites in for a completely random green. And 10 greens for a random blue. Or something.

[Wani]

Words can't describe how happy I am to see this post! :)
Good to know you guys haven't forgotten about us!

I hope you guys have more plans for us addicts, like new sets, new prizes and so no.

But thank you got being such an evil bugger! You don't have a clue how many times i've almost lost it because of a shiny. But there is nothing like the feeling of " aha! " when you finally figure out how to reach the shiney that you have tried to get for ages.

Cheers and keep 'em coming! <3

[Niyo]

I love you mr lore and artifact guy! <3

You make my game so much more worth my time.

The best thing is that when i finish my defiant and get 100% all done...i get to play guardians and do it agian

Anyway, my question is this:

What use does the Token of Batu have?

It says it is a collectible, but it cannot be collected. Ive banked it just in case.

[Roseanna]

Oh hi! I too love the artifact placement in this game. I found one in the steering wheel of a boat once and it made me all smiley. In pots and wells, on top of rocks, inside plants - awesome.

How about an NPC where we can get rid of them for something more meaningful than the 1s/piece? Say, maybe turn 10 whites in for a completely random green. And 10 greens for a random blue. Or something.

I agree - my mailbox is a mess with expired artifacts sometimes too. I've been mailing the ones I can't sell to my alts, figuring any exp will help them out. But I'd much prefer something to benefit my main.