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Shangreloo

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Where did my gold ring go??
« on: July 29, 2006, 02:42:46 pm »
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I spoke to the person I was supposed to speak to to get the ring for the other person, got her the items she'd requested (not an easy task considering my rather sad combat skills).. got the ring back to the person who had requested it.. transferred the ring from my inventory to the trade screen.. and it's gone!  Doesn't say "Quest Completed", there's no longer a ring in my inventory, apparently 'you know' who didn't get the ring in the trade, what happened to the ring??
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Karyuu

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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2006, 02:44:04 pm »
The server was -just- restarted - could it be that you were in the middle of the trade when this happened?
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2006, 02:45:09 pm »
It was taken by a hobbit who took it to the fires of mount doom :|


anywya what karyuu said, or some kind of bug
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2006, 02:46:51 pm »
I wondered that as well, Karyuu, so I signed out then signed back in again.. no ring.
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2006, 02:50:08 pm »
The problem is that if the restart happened while you were in the middle of the trade, there could very well be a large chance that the item is lost into the void that binds. Did you get a restart/disconnect message during/shortly after the trade?

This is the easiest explanation I can provide at the moment, as we don't have reports of items vanishing from trades often at all. I wouldn't even be sure what else to attribute it to.
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2006, 02:56:46 pm »
Quote from: Karyuu on July 29, 2006, 02:50:08 pm
I wouldn't even be sure what else to attribute it to.


Hobbits??

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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2006, 02:58:54 pm »
No, a disconnect did not happen while I was in the middle of the trade that I'm aware of. But it's been my experience too that a disconnect is not always apparent at the instant the disconnect happens, so I'm not entirely sure whether or not I was disconnected at the time of the trade itself. If I was disconnected wouldn't the ring have reappeared back in my inventory when I signed back on?

I've already completed the other quest, was given the gold ring, and thought I had delivered it to the person who had requested it. Does this mean that I will not be able to complete the "Gold Ring" quest? Now the person who had requested the ring refuses even to talk to me, just tells me he is too busy.
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2006, 03:02:12 pm »
Well, if the next step with that NPC is to give a ring, talking won't do the trick. But you can try acquiring the ring again... Long process, I know :) The other NPCs should still respond to their previous triggers.
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2006, 03:04:17 pm »
Right now I'm thinking it's not worth  my time to do the same quest twice.
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2006, 03:12:40 pm »
Aw.. but you get such a cool reward.. :} Well, better luck whenever you pick it up again.
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2006, 04:10:03 pm »
Ok, a friend was nice enough to help me out and met me to give me the items I needed.

The woman will not take the items a second time.

At my friend's suggestion I have tried asking her for a quest only to be told that she doesn't need anything right now.

So my question still stands: Does this mean that the other quest, which is dependant on the ring, which I once had and tried to trade to the NPC who requested it, but which disappeared at some point during the trade, cannot be completed? Because.. right now it looks like the answer is "No".
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2006, 04:16:36 pm »
Did you talk to her before giving her the items? At this point I would suggest that you discard the quest and try to get it again - keep in mind though that NPCs don't always give a quest one after another, so you may have to wait a bit (minutes/hours?) if the NPCs have no job for you when you ask.
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2006, 02:52:13 pm »
 I discarded the quest yesterday, have tried to get it again today, no luck. It's been roughly 24 hours, and I still cannot get a quest from her to replace the ring that disappeared in the trade.

If a system is buggy, should the completion of quests really depend on items from other quests that might disappear in the middle of a trade and that may not be able to be obtained a second time?

Just a thought.
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2006, 11:49:14 pm »
..From her? A 'he' starts the quest from the very beginning :) When you discard a quest, go to the very first NPC you went to the previous time. Quests have lock-outs, which basically prevent NPCs from giving them out to player after player. If someone got the quest from the NPC before you (or several someones), you would have to wait some more and keep trying some more.
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Re: Where did my gold ring go??
« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2006, 11:53:51 pm »
Actually, unless it has changed, the gold ring quest i not part of the familiar quest.  They are 2 diffent quests.  At least that is how it shows up in the quest window anyway.
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