Cotton picking discussion

[Vanth]

Discuss the cotton picking job here.

[Fathi]

Hot DAMN.

[Synthesis]

I hope the security is very good if you cannot leave at all until picking a set amount.

/paranoid
//doesn't mean they're not after me

[Archbaron]

Hot DAMN.

[AmandaGreathouse]

This is about the greatest week ever for changes (well, 2 weeks, I'm still pretty stoked about pouring, too).

[That70sDrovian]

I can't wait to be able to try it out

[Ammut]

Wow, playing a commoner just got easier in Tuluk.

[Ourla]

Whoah.

All my loves are belong to you.

[number13]

You must pick a minimum amount of cotton for Dasari before you can leave, and you will be paid for all the cotton you pick for them.  Just as with the clay digging job, you will need an empty container to put the cotton in.

What happens if you enter the field without the empty container?

[Synthesis]

You must pick a minimum amount of cotton for Dasari before you can leave, and you will be paid for all the cotton you pick for them.  Just as with the clay digging job, you will need an empty container to put the cotton in.

What happens if you enter the field without the empty container?

The mul slave uses your ass as a "container?"

[Winterless]

Total Wyn.

[Thunkkin]

Awesome.

Also, don't forget Niddy Noddys.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niddy_noddy)

[tortall]

*This project began with Laeris in 2003 or maybe earlier.  During its long gestation it has been worked on by a number of staff members without whom it would not be possible.  Kudos go to Laeris, Vendyra, Ashyom, myself, Nyr (for helping me test) and Morgenes (because I am a scripting idiot, and he is a scripting god).

I remember Vendyra... She was at APM 2002 with me... And ASHYOM! My Kadian imm... ~sniffle~ I so overloaded him with updates... But he loved me anyways!

Oh, yes, code, AWESOME!! Can't wait to get a change to try it out.

[mansa]

This is fantastic.
Maybe it should be added to "what you know" along with the clay and wood logging jobs - so new players have "something to do" when they get into the game.

[brytta.leofa]

Amazing to see Arm the First getting new things like this.  Thanks.

(Obligatory: even if it is for them durn northies.)

[jhunter]

Dammit! This is cool but I won't be able to check it out with my current character. *sniffle*

[Jdr]

See, this is why the South is better than the North. Where Southies get by with an honest hardworking labor job of being a mercenary trained in the art of battle, your plebian Tuluki picks cotton and shovels clay. 

[Zalanthan]

See, this is why the South is better than the North.

I was under the apparently false impression that the North specialized in silk and the South specialized in cotton.  I now presume the farms outside Allanak are primarily devoted to grain production, which makes sense for a population of that size.

[Riev]

I've had so many characters that I started in Allanak, simply because I understand the basics behind mining and salt grebbing, and each were an "easy" source of income, with appropriate dangers (Well, once I had a giant walk across the flats, that was scary enough to make me stop for a while)

This makes it SO much easier to make a little money as an independent, which I thought was very lacking for new players in Tuluk. NOT everyone knows about the best places to go for wood and other things. While I -would- like to see more of a danger, thus more of an income, this makes it easy even for Wall-Dwellers to make enough 'sid to drink and eat.

Thanks for all the effort, -all- of you imms!

[SMuz]

See, this is why the South is better than the North.

I was under the apparently false impression that the North specialized in silk and the South specialized in cotton.  I now presume the farms outside Allanak are primarily devoted to grain production, which makes sense for a population of that size.

Hmm.. why is it that bread and flour isn't very easy to find in 'Nak then? Or maybe I'm just not looking at the shops right.

[number13]

This makes it SO much easier to make a little money as an independent, which I thought was very lacking for new players in Tuluk. NOT everyone knows about the best places to go for wood and other things.

It's common knowledge, I think, that life as an independent is easier in Tuluk.  As for the wood, there's a forest -- right outside of the gates. Try the woodworking helpfile for additional hints.

[Cutthroat]

See, this is why the South is better than the North.

I was under the apparently false impression that the North specialized in silk and the South specialized in cotton.  I now presume the farms outside Allanak are primarily devoted to grain production, which makes sense for a population of that size.

Hmm.. why is it that bread and flour isn't very easy to find in 'Nak then? Or maybe I'm just not looking at the shops right.

1575 (Year 35 Age 21)
    Several merchant houses make silt skimmer expeditions into the Sea of Silt, pressing into the unknown reaches south of Red Storm. Sometime during the trip, they attract the attention of the enigmatic and impossibly large Silt Giants, also known as "true giants." The giants chase the skimmer expedition back to shore, making landfall in Red Storm East. Over the course of the next few years, a few giants, so tall that their silhouettes are visible for miles, settle in Red Storm East, driving out the farmers and workers who, until then, produced much of Allanak's grain. Famine sweeps through the southern parts of the known world as grain becomes all but unavailable in Allanak and elsewhere.

This is a good change, though. I especially can't wait to see those new craftable cotton items coming into the game.

[DustMight]

Oh, it's great!  And I mean that seriously.  Having the ability to harvest resources, give some to the city and craft the rest or sell is awesome.

Can't wait to see "wheat picking" or some other resource like it for Allanak - you know, one where 1 day old warriors don't stand a real chance of dying to get at.

I hate to say it, Nyr, but once again this is an example of the North getting stuff (include Luir's in this) and Allanak getting the boot - to which I was referring in my vitriolic post on Luir's and their Kadian shop.

[Thunkkin]

Oh, it's great!  And I mean that seriously.  Having the ability to harvest resources, give some to the city and craft the rest or sell is awesome.

Can't wait to see "wheat picking" or some other resource like it for Allanak - you know, one where 1 day old warriors don't stand a real chance of dying to get at.

I hate to say it, Nyr, but once again this is an example of the North getting stuff (include Luir's in this) and Allanak getting the boot - to which I was referring in my vitriolic post on Luir's and their Kadian shop.

I bet there's a constructive, polite way to suggest this to the volunteers making us free stuff to play with - instead of somehow believing that they are persecuting you.  You are not getting the shaft.  You are not getting the boot.  You are getting a free game.

Also, street sweeping in Allanak would be -awesome- if coded. 

>forage dirt

[DustMight]

Thunkinn - it's not ME getting the shaft - it's the city of Allanak and all the players that prefer that city. 

I believe I wrote "Alanak is getting the boot."

I can not say why or how the staff figures out which goodies go where, I'm just pointing out that it is uneven and artificial while most of the game seems very organic and real.  I am suggesting the staff look at balance and add to point A and then to point B. 

There is little doubt that we have loyal players of either city that prefer only to play those cities.  To be fair to both, it seems balance would be in order. 

I ask you - do more players play Tuluk because the culture is so rip-roaring awesome or because there are more coded opportunities.

I submit it is the latter.

In the end it makes the rest of the world boring and it isn't logically consistent with devastation that befell Tuluk not so very long ago.

But - as I mentioned - I think coded jobs are awesome and adding another is great.  I did mention that didn't I? Yeah, I did.