Test Server: March 17, 2005 [sv1.0.15.23.test]

[Boo Boo Bumbletoes]

Originally Posted by aurora borealis

That's your perogative, many others do think it's worth it. I don't get the obsession so many people seem to have about time! Lizbeth is my mom (in case you didn't know), and when we run the factory, it goes like clockwork. I never measure how much time something takes, it seems it would take the fun out of it!

First of all, I get the feeling that you think I was being disrespectful towards (your mom): I was not and apologize if it came off that way. What I meant about not making sense was Disney's coding that awarded different merits depending on the order you fought the cogs. Your mom's explanation was very clear and I understood it and (sincerely) thanked her for it.

As for the time thing: My obsession over time is not at all that. I was wondering aloud about the efficiency of spending the extra time required of backtracking in the hopes that maybe somebody had already done the research and could/would provide the results. But you have to also consider that I, and from what I gather; most people, do not run the factory for fun; I run it because I have no other viable/reasonable option. I want to fight the VP and Disney has set it up so that I have to do something that I really don't enjoy doing (11 times, and soon to be 29! ) to be able to do that which I do enjoy. I'm simply trying to minimize my efforts.

Please don't take any of this as disrespectful or even contrary to anything that you've stated. Text is often cold when it is not meant to be; it's just one of its' limitations.

[aurora borealis]

Originally Posted by Boo Boo Bumbletoes

First of all, I get the feeling that you think I was being disrespectful towards (your mom): I was not and apologize if it came off that way. What I meant about not making sense was Disney's coding that awarded different merits depending on the order you fought the cogs. Your mom's explanation was very clear and I understood it and (sincerely) thanked her for it.

As for the time thing: My obsession over time is not at all that. I was wondering aloud about the efficiency of spending the extra time required of backtracking in the hopes that maybe somebody had already done the research and could/would provide the results. But you have to also consider that I, and from what I gather; most people, do not run the factory for fun; I run it because I have no other viable/reasonable option. I want to fight the VP and Disney has set it up so that I have to do something that I really don't enjoy doing (11 times, and soon to be 29! ) to be able to do that which I do enjoy. I'm simply trying to minimize my efforts.

Please don't take any of this as disrespectful or even contrary to anything that you've stated. Text is often cold when it is not meant to be; it's just one of its' limitations.

Sorry, I honestly don't know what got into me. This was the third thread I've been involved with where someone was talking about the time issue. One of the others who posted is completely obsessed with the whole notions of saving a couple of minutes. I'm sorry I even mentioned it in here.

About having fun in the factory, I've been doing mints so much lately, that the factory is a pleasant change. At least it is for now, if they change it I don't know if I'll go in it at all.

[Lizbeth]

It really doesn't take that much time to go back.

[Solid Squirrlee 2]

Most of the reason PPL even talk about the different routes is to gain more merits and save time. Before Cash HQ came to Open I used a 599 merit route it was a wash (1 minute Longer) on time and it gave you 18 extra merits Now some would say "Big Deal!" but here was my point: if you ran 9 of the 599 routes your final run was for 109 merits, where the final run using the 581 route was 271. My route made it so you could solo the final run without regagging so the extra 9 minutes per run was actually less in total time and even less if you had a team that was all on the same amount as you.

Time is an issue to many players but I did it because it worked for me. To each their own...play the way you want and have fun...that is what matters!!!

[kurt.10]

Originally Posted by __LuckyDucky__

• Fixed a bug that awarded an excessive amount merits and/or item recoveries in any multi-stage battle (i.e. buildings, factories, mints). Now the number of merits received will be increased by the same multiplier used for the gag skill credit.
  For example, merits recovered on the third floor of a building will be multiplied by a factor of two. The result is that in most cases the number of merits gained after the bug fix is comparable to before the fix. Item recovery rates have not been adjusted.
  
  For more information about how the skill credit multiplier works please refer to the Player's Guide.
• Fish Bingo Wednesdays will now last all day, from Wednesday 12AM PT to Thursday 12AM PT.
• Reduced Train noise volume by half in the Train Yard.
• Fixed two crash causing bugs.
• Various typo fixes.

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