User:Aperio

Work-In-Progress

==T3 (EARLY and END)

• SEARCH - Founder (Test of the Archaeologist)
  • Clearing House for trading Relics for Test Passes
• Silk / Thistle Expert
  • Created FIRST Diagram for Thistle Creation
  • Created Online Thistle recipe Solver (based upon finding voids with pre-existing Thistle.xls)
  • Thistle Trainer (chat me to discuss; reference Sun-Aj)
• Genetics Researcher
  • Vine Focus
    • Mutagens - Ariella / Eldrad?
    • Flowers - Ariella
    • Flax - See Tedra
    • I know I'm forgetting a few
  • Developed "Solvent Distributions" technique for genome research and validation
  • Genetics Resource (chat me to discuss)
• Aperio's Diabolical Thought Puzzles
  • I feel my Tomb of the Immortal was one of the best in Egypt and wish that test had survived to T5. I hate the silly dot puzzle...
• Wanderers Guild - Inherited

==T4 (EARLY)

• Wanderers - Inherited (Abandoned and Quit T4 - chat me to discuss)
  • Designs to be a leader in Egyptian Research AND be a Mentorship Guild could not be supportive and often seemingly at cross-purposes (shortage of effective leaders)
  • Provided guild-activities and resources, like Kits, Mentorship, and Walkthroughs for many principles in the early game
    • Enjoyed leading efficient weekly Initiation into Worship; 2 sponsors & 2 candidates (most resources are reusable/renewable)
    • Managed Empty Hand Tower Kits for a quick pass, accelerated skill acquisition, and an obvious reciprocal task for new players (replenishing the kits to gain access to more advanced Kits for other tests)
• Obelisk Guild (Failed but Elegant & Viable - chat me to discuss)
  • PHILOSOPHY: Build Queues are flawed; Anarchy is manageable with dedication
  • APPROACH:
    • MEMBERSHIP: Members/Candidates build & maintain an increasing reserve of materials
      • To Demonstrate readiness to build (none of this, "Is so-and-so ready?" nonsense
      • To Clobber "Queue-jumpers" (more on this BELOW)
    • SELECTION: Lottery among all candidates (First-Come; First Serve is inefficient and unfair)
      • We numbered each candidate's "tickets" and had each candidate quickly throw out a number (3 second time limit) which we hashed against the pool to select a winner
      • A candidate has 1 ticket + 1 ticket for each lottery in which they were not picked (there would be some bloat so this could be improved)
      • Ensures candidates are active, knowledgeable, and prepared on schedule
      • Fairly distributes build chances amongst even new members while slightly favoring players who have been waiting longest
      • The other side of the coin is that it reduces the reward for a competitive build from disenfranchised players who would otherwise have been shut out of a cooperative build by an entrenched (and un-managed) build queue.
    • ENFORCEMENT: Guild automatically overbuilds any "queue-jumpers" and candidates re-supply material reserve
      • Distributes overbuild risk among all hopefuls
      • Creates a disincentive to compete by putting the will of a group again the will of an "individual(?)"
      • Draconian; yes. Provides an effective compromise for a cooperative Obelisk pass; unproven but a superior system. It made me the "bad guy" in though.

==T5 (LATE)

• Newly Returning (Could use materials help - chat me to discuss; SEE BELOW)
  • Genetics Researcher
    • May produce a Flax product first since current strains do not match Tedra's work and it would be a fresh challenge
    • Vines secondary; but could be persuaded to focus here instead
  • Thistle / Silk resource (chat me to discuss)
    • I've forgotten / misplaced some of my work products
    • Being newly returned, I have limited motivation to do silk until I can produce it unassisted (level 28ish?)
• Tests - don't care. I just want to achieve the levels necessary to resume my T3 genetics research service as I found that most rewarding.

(more coming)

==Preliminary Materials Wishlist (stuff I can't quickly detain or is otherwise distracting from main tasks)

=== Highest Priority 1x huge quartz 1x huge ruby 1x huge topaz

=== High Priority (HUGE time-sensitive OPPORTUNITY) 7x nut's essence 6(12?) thermometer 1x yellow alabaster marble 3x mud alabaster marble 2x oyster shell marble

=== Medium Priority 2x cucumber seeds 2x eggplant seeds 2x pepper seeds 2x watermelon Seeds

=== Low Priority 8x knife blade