Timing

[Aryan]

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A lean, square-jawed woman says to you, 'Keep this ticket and come back later.'
A lean, square-jawed woman gives you a vellum ticket.

Is it possible for the code to tell you exactly how long it will takes? Each item takes different time to complete.

For experience player, you might know how long it will take. But for newbie, they wouldn't know.

[Larrath]

Use 'offer <item>' before you have it tailored, and you'll be informed of both the time and the cost.
I also believe that trying to offer a ticket too soon will have you told to come back in X hours.

[Ghost]

I think attempting to give it back, will just make her say "I am not finished yet."  Though I might be wrong.

Using "offer" beforehand, will make her tell you how long of a time and how much of a cost it will take though.

[deinol]

Usually if you 'offer ticket' they tell you to come back in X hours. I know some of them do this, I don't know if all NPCs of that type do.

[Cuusardo]

I'd definitely offer the piece first before I get it tailored.  That way you'll know how long you've got to wait to get it back.  Different items take different lengths of time to be finished, so it's going to vary from piece to piece.

[Maybe42or54]

And it may be cheaper to have tailored where those materials of that item are more readily found.

[Tamarin]

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A lean, square-jawed woman says to you, 'Keep this ticket and come back later.'
A lean, square-jawed woman gives you a vellum ticket.

Is it possible for the code to tell you exactly how long it will takes? Each item takes different time to complete.

For experience player, you might know how long it will take. But for newbie, they wouldn't know.

How are you a helper without knowing this?

[Anonymous]

How are you a helper without knowing this?

It's clear that Aryan cheated on his helper certification test and for not knowing every mechanic in Armageddon he should be booted from the fraternal order of Helpers.

[Dakkon Black]

I am disgusted someone would try to help withought knowing all first.

Helpers can never learn more.

I would hate to see a helper asking questions in an effort to learn more.

[Ghost]

I don't think a helper is supposed to know -everything-.

He is supposed to know some of the things about the game in detail, but come on people.. There is a human being behind that screen.  No need to be too harsh.

[Tamarin]

Pfft.

[Rhyden]

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A lean, square-jawed woman says to you, 'Keep this ticket and come back later.'
A lean, square-jawed woman gives you a vellum ticket.

Is it possible for the code to tell you exactly how long it will takes? Each item takes different time to complete.

For experience player, you might know how long it will take. But for newbie, they wouldn't know.

How are you a helper without knowing this?

Perhaps Aryan's never played a character who had to get anything tailored before or has always played characters who got others to do it.

Point is: you learn something every day and I don't think anybody should be rediculed for asking any serious question about Arm, or about anything actually.

[Larrath]

*throws a brick at Tamarin for good measure*  Yeah.

Being a Helper isn't usually about knowing semi-obscure facts and being able to survive a lightning round with one hand behind your back and a jambiya up your ass.
More often it's about basic, non-code questions such as how to get a job, or roughly how much 'sid one should keep aside for a rainy day, or why they really don't want to play a half-elf as their first PC and just don't know it yet.

Don't mess with the Helpers or we'll bury you up to your neck in the Red Desert and kill everything within a four-room radius so you'll have to solo-rp forerver.