Yeah as to the:

In answer to the "how the heck do I answer that" question - check your logs, and explain it succinctly

I did that and more, I would be glad to give you my 3 pages (3 pages in vi - linux editor,  only on Toda nobody else in that 3 pages) of logs to browse through to see how thorough I have been.

Actually, I even just recently had 2 seperate players give me the answer they used (and they used the same exact phrase) and still she does not complete the quest. I am thinking at this point this may be a bug/glitch.

*edit*

We seem to be WAY off topic here, I am sorry for this thread getting started here at the end of another and I would move it but I believe a moderator or admin might have to since it involves many users posts.

Honestly, if this was a one or two time situation or if I had only tried taverns, this would be not that bad but I have been playing for a month now (on Planeshift but way longer in other RPG/MMORPG's and MUD's) and I have tried at the arena, at Harnquists as it seems to be a good gathering point. I have also tried many single users when I can catch them not in full run. Problem (for lack of a better word) is that single players sitting still are usually either AFK or busy in other screens and don't often see or pay attention to the chat box at these times. As to the groups, they remind me of WoW players... "you are not our level so you don't exist".

These forums are literally littered with posts like "go in game and ask other players in character", "try asking other plyers out of character with brackets [ ]", or "this is not the place to ask that question". With these posts in mind I do just that and get "taunted" as you call it in game, or worse simply ignored by the mass of the group completely.

Don't get me wrong, I love the concept of the game and the in game play is shaping up nicely. Still, when new people have questions and the in game help chanel tells you ask in game and so does the forums and you can't get help in game... something HAS to give.

I don't expect answers to this question here in this forum but as an example, I have a quest from Toda in Ojevada to get her armor shipment. I tracked that down and get back to her with her order details and she asks:

"Thank you. I am curious, though. What took so long? It was a simple enough errand...".

HOW THE HECK DO I ANSWER THAT?? OK, so I start with all the usual suspects (telling her all people I spoke to and all places I went etc....).  NOPE, no way would that work. So can't finish the quests as you must answer that question. Given the AI of the NPC's this answer could be ANY combination of words and NPC names! MY God, I am so sick of being told "I don't understand you, can you use different words?"

With nobody answering in game for days now on even a clue of what she maybe looking for in her answer, and no other clue in the dialog, I am left bitter and simply about to drop this quest. I also feel that if things don't change this is only the first of MANY dropped quests.   

 
I appologize for being off topic and I am not trying to antogonize a flame war here but I am seeing A LOT of questions in this thread on *HOW* to use a skill, how to write code/manage resources, and even worse many answers describing how to do either. My thought is that if we can't stay on topic (in this case the topic is creation of a list of skills that can and cannot be used), then we will end up with exactly 1 GIGANTIC post with random posts about everything in no order.I

My 2 cents:
If no topic matches your question/complaint/thought/answer please CREATE one in the appropriate forum, hence the name of this utility we are using (forums). If you are in a topic and have an answer or a question that matches the heading at the top... then you can post freely. 

hmmmm...

/bag just gives me the response:

Sorry. Unknown command (Use /help)

but I think I know what you are referring to.  Sorry, I didn't think of that window in my previous post.


Problem remains thought, I have lost items and money and I think it is safe to assume that "lag" is not the issue here. I am aware that hardware is not the only cause of lag, network latency, and many other factors can be attributed but as I have stated, I do not see typical "lag" symptoms and the refresh has not brought back trias or items. This is a bit more that just lag I am afraid.

and as far as missing items, server lag has been known to make inventory appear as though items are missing, when in fact all it takes is a refresh or two and they seem to magically be back.

Well, that might have been the case for the trias since I can't say for sure that it didn't "refresh" and show up after I started earning, I doubt it though. In the case of the armor repair kit though, I am still playing (hours later) and still no repair kit has returned. Are you saying I should have to log out and then back in? If that is the case then that is a bit of an issue as nobody will want to do that everytime items dissapear due to lag, and on the other hand if you are saying that I can play for hours and still not see this item "refreshing" in my inventory then that is a bit of a problem as well.

Thinking of the players experience, simply writing this off to lag and refresh issues is probably not the answer a player would want to hear. Imagine mining or fight creatures for a week to get enough drops or trias to buy a nice weapon or armor and then logging off only to log on the next day and find it has simply vanished. Now you ask for help and are told "a refresh or two and they should magically be back". Add to that, as in my case, they don't come back.  This will dishearten players quickly.

Also, typically with lag I should see slow downs, mouse hangs, random character/NPC oddities lik e teleporting, etc... I have not really experienced any of these problems today that I have noticed.

Given these facts, is there anything else that comes to mind with this issue?