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MurphySat 26-Dec-15 11:34 PM
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#62049, "Can we get help on flyto?"


          

Sometimes you just can't fly to people and the game fails to explain the reason. They're not a recent ghost and they didn't just log on.

The helpfile does not help.

I think we should know the exact rules for this, it's ridiculous that I can never guess whether I'll be able to fly to someone or not, because I don't know what factors are at play.

  
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Reply RE: Can we get help on flyto?, Drehir, 27-Dec-15 02:13 AM, #1
     Reply I'm sorry, but there must be something else, Murphy, 27-Dec-15 03:09 AM, #2
          Reply RE: I'm sorry, but there must be something else, Destuvius, 27-Dec-15 05:40 AM, #3
               Reply But... "can't fly to them so soon" echo?, Murphy, 27-Dec-15 12:18 PM, #4
                    Reply are you using a final form?, laxman, 27-Dec-15 01:53 PM, #5
                         Reply I was using a manticore., Murphy, 27-Dec-15 10:16 PM, #6
                              Reply I didn't even know there was a quest form out there, laxman, 27-Dec-15 11:14 PM, #7
                                   Reply I'm not playing any air shifter right now, Murphy, 28-Dec-15 12:39 AM, #8
                                        Reply This is strict IMHO, Sertius, 28-Dec-15 11:09 PM, #9
                                             Reply Oh, must have been #3 for me then., Murphy, 29-Dec-15 01:38 AM, #10

DrehirSun 27-Dec-15 02:13 AM
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#62050, "RE: Can we get help on flyto?"
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http://forums.carrionfields.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=47&topic_id=57&mesg_id=57&page=

There might be other things that were changed that I'm not aware of. But that is the last time I remember flyto being changed.

  
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MurphySun 27-Dec-15 03:09 AM
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#62051, "I'm sorry, but there must be something else"
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I know I could not fly to people mid login whereas I flew to them like 5 minutes prior. And they did not die in the meantime.

  
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DestuviusSun 27-Dec-15 05:40 AM
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#62052, "RE: I'm sorry, but there must be something else"
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Certain rooms block it as well, if you weren't aware of that.

  
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MurphySun 27-Dec-15 12:18 PM
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#62053, "But... "can't fly to them so soon" echo?"
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nt

  
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laxmanSun 27-Dec-15 01:53 PM
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#62054, "are you using a final form?"
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some of the lower tier (or utility with fly) might not have unlimited flyto. Otherwise their either just unghosted or logged in. There is also some stuff that makes it hard for multiple air forms to fly at the same person.

  
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MurphySun 27-Dec-15 10:16 PM
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#62055, "I was using a manticore."
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nt

  
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laxmanSun 27-Dec-15 11:14 PM
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#62057, "I didn't even know there was a quest form out there"
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But yeah they have restricted fly to. That's not a true air form.

  
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MurphyMon 28-Dec-15 12:37 AM
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#62058, "I'm not playing any air shifter right now"
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 Edited on Mon 28-Dec-15 12:39 AM

          

but I'd still like to know how it works because I fight air shifters.

Some of the current air shifters also told me they had trouble flying to people. "Can't fly to them so soon" and no idea why.

I immediately remembered having the same problem as manticore. No ghost, not just-logged-on - sometimes flyto would just stop working for no obvious reason. "You can't fly to them so soon." Othertimes it worked dozens of times in a row without fail. I sensed absolutely no pattern in this.

I even bugboarded it but got told it is by design - so can we please learn what IS the design? What are the exact restrictions on flyto? Just five minutes after them logging on / unghosting? Does dropping link and reconnecting count as "logging on"?

  
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SertiusMon 28-Dec-15 11:09 PM
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#62067, "This is strict IMHO"
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1) When they were recently killed
2) When you or them is fresh on
3) When they fought other(s) recently (specifics uncertain and I think are form-dependant)
4) When the place they're in prevents flying, either by your form or the terrain.

  
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MurphyTue 29-Dec-15 01:38 AM
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#62068, "Oh, must have been #3 for me then."
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This is most helpful, thanks.

  
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