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Knarfling · 03-26-2001, 11:08 AM

I was bugged by those same questions for years. But I did get to ask one of the programmers about it on a different board and found some possible answers.

1. The Lodestone had NO use. It was indeed the joke that everyone thought it was, ie lodestone vs. loadstone. I asked about it several times and one of the programmers told me that she could find no reference to it in the source code (other than finding it, of course).

2. The Fools Map was a wild goose chase.

3. The X was a neat place for unlimited monsters. (Yes, I think there was a better place, but where else could you randomly find two godzilli?) If you walked around the X and then stepped into the center, you had another random encounter. Sometimes it was little stuff like crows, and sometimes it was godzilli.

4. I admit to having help on that one. After the fact, it made sense to me because of the Stone and it being the only map with holes in it. But I didn't catch on to it.

5. I agree that it is silly of her to ask if you found a ship, but she doesn't know that you had to find a ship to get to this point. She wasn't on the quest. And if you lie, you can choose to follow with either the Umpani or the T'Rang. I wonder how you will start with Wiz 8 that way? (Personally, I often find it better to start from scratch.)

6. Devils Falls were a place that was supposed to be in the game, but got cut out. I don't remember if it was a time factor or a space factor. The Red Mountains was another area that got dropped.

7. That one I never did figure out. I forgot to ask about that because I was SSSOOOO disappointed about the lodestone. I was SURE that there had to be a use for it.

Knarfling

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Only two of my personalites have delusions, but one of them is paranoid and the other is out to get him.

03-26-2001, 11:08 AM	#6
Knarfling Drow Warrior Join Date: March 6, 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ, USA Posts: 295	I was bugged by those same questions for years. But I did get to ask one of the programmers about it on a different board and found some possible answers. 1. The Lodestone had NO use. It was indeed the joke that everyone thought it was, ie lodestone vs. loadstone. I asked about it several times and one of the programmers told me that she could find no reference to it in the source code (other than finding it, of course). 2. The Fools Map was a wild goose chase. 3. The X was a neat place for unlimited monsters. (Yes, I think there was a better place, but where else could you randomly find two godzilli?) If you walked around the X and then stepped into the center, you had another random encounter. Sometimes it was little stuff like crows, and sometimes it was godzilli. 4. I admit to having help on that one. After the fact, it made sense to me because of the Stone and it being the only map with holes in it. But I didn't catch on to it. 5. I agree that it is silly of her to ask if you found a ship, but she doesn't know that you had to find a ship to get to this point. She wasn't on the quest. And if you lie, you can choose to follow with either the Umpani or the T'Rang. I wonder how you will start with Wiz 8 that way? (Personally, I often find it better to start from scratch.) 6. Devils Falls were a place that was supposed to be in the game, but got cut out. I don't remember if it was a time factor or a space factor. The Red Mountains was another area that got dropped. 7. That one I never did figure out. I forgot to ask about that because I was SSSOOOO disappointed about the lodestone. I was SURE that there had to be a use for it. Knarfling ------------------ Only two of my personalites have delusions, but one of them is paranoid and the other is out to get him.