ROCKtropia POPshop Dungeon Master Key BPs

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5 October 2016

DUNGEON MASTER EVENT

Race to acquire a unique Key Blueprint to become the sole Master of a Dungeon. Procure Loot and Mob upgrades to drive your key sales for profit.

The Next Order Deadline is in... 63 days

KEY BLUEPRINTS
Dungeon Master Key BPs’ are unique unlimited blueprints used to manufacture keys to a particular dungeon. Once you acquire a unique Key Blueprint you will be the only person in the Universe who can craft the keys to the dungeon it unlocks. You can also procure upgrades for your dungeon to generate more revenue.

PRICES IN USD ARE WITHOUT MU

Abandoned Mines
Mines are expansive cave systems filled with werewolves guarding a mother load of hard to find ores.

Bohanan
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 10 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 000 000
Price in USD: 10 000

North Ridge
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 12 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 200 000
Price in USD: 12 000

Asabol
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 14 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 400 000
Price in USD: 14 000

Cresent Peak
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 16 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 600 000
Price in USD: 16 000

Yukans Pass
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 18 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 800 000
Price in USD: 18 000

Duggers
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 20 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 2 000 000
Price in USD: 20 000

Steampunk Zeppelins
The heavily guarded Steampunk Zepplins contain a treasure trove of crazy gadgets, ornaments and ornate weapons. You can purchase Zeplin Oil to move across the planet. (once per VU)

Tangerine Zeppelin
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 25 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 2 500 000
Price in USD: 25 000

New Harlem Zeppelin
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 30 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 3 000 000
Price in USD: 30 000

NWO Prison Riots
Start a Prison riot in NWO to cover your escape attempt. However you will have to fight to stay alive amidst the chaos. But if you successfully escape freedom is not the only reward.

NWO A Block
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 10 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 000 000
Price in USD: 10 000

NWO B Block
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 12 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 200 000
Price in USD: 12 000

NWO C Block
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 14 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 400 000
Price in USD: 14 000

NWO Chowhall
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 20 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 2 000 000
Price in USD: 20 000

NWO Shower
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 25 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 2 500 000
Price in USD: 25 000

NWO Shu
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 30 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 3 000 000
Price in USD: 30 000

NWO Prison Escapes
Prison escapes are action packed escape tunnels hidden in NWO solitary confinement cells.
Escapes can only be acquired by ROCKtropians' that possess a NWO Solitary Confinement Cell Deed. The enterance to your escape will be placed in your cell.

Cell Escape 01
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 8 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 800 000
Price in USD: 8 000

Cell Escape 02
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 11 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 100 000
Price in USD: 11 000

Cell Escape 03
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 12 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 200 000
Price in USD: 12 000

Cell Escape 04
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 13 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 300 000
Price in USD: 13 000

Cell Escape 05
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 14 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 400 000
Price in USD: 14 000

Cell Escape 06
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 15 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 500 000
Price in USD: 15 000

Cell Escape 07
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 16 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 600 000
Price in USD: 16 000

Cell Escape 08
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 17 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 700 000
Price in USD: 17 000

Cell Escape 09
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 18 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 800 000
Price in USD: 18 000

Cell Escape 10
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 19 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 900 000
Price in USD: 19 000

Secret Island Temples
Sacred temples are hidden throughout Secret Island. Their Mystical treasures are guarded by Ghosts and Spirits.

Sacret Light Temple
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 10 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 000 000
Price in USD: 10 000

Sacret Souls Temple
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 15 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 500 000
Price in USD: 15 000

Sacret Volcan Temple
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 20 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 2 000 000
Price in USD: 20 000

Wasteland Subway Stations
Abandoned Subway stations are located in the zombie infested Zomhattan. Battle waves of zombies for as long as you can to Loot useful items from the years before the Apocalypse.

Financial Street
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 10 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 000 000
Price in USD: 10 000

Lower West Side
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 11 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 100 000
Price in USD: 11 000

Industrial Street
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 12 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 200 000
Price in USD: 12 000

Lower East Side
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 13 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 300 000
Price in USD: 13 000

Flesher Street
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 14 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 400 000
Price in USD: 14 000

Industrial Junction
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 15 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 500 000
Price in USD: 15 000

Logan Street
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 16 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 600 000
Price in USD: 16 000

South Street
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 17 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 700 000
Price in USD: 17 000

Union Station
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 18 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 800 000
Price in USD: 18 000

Basements
Basements can be found below Shops and Pubs. This is where shopkeepers store their stock and Valuables. Be Warned the More Valuable the Shop the More likely the Shop Owner will have high level thugs to Keep guard.
Basements can only be acquired by the respective ROCKtropia Shop Deed Holder.

UK Fashion
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 2 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 200 000
Price in USD: 2 000

Wasted Rockstar
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 2 250 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 225 000
Price in USD: 2 250

Tangerine Basement 03
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 2 500 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 250 000
Price in USD: 2 500

Tangerine Basement 04
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 2 750 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 275 000
Price in USD: 2 750

Tangerine Basement 05
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 3 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 300 000
Price in USD: 3 000

Tangerine Basement 06
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 3 250 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 325 000
Price in USD: 3 250

Tangerine Basement 07
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 3 500 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 350 000
Price in USD: 3 500

Tangerine Basement 08
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 3 750 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 375 000
Price in USD: 3 750

Tangerine Basement 09
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 4 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks:400 000
Price in USD: 4 000

Tangerine Basement 10
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 4 250 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 425 000
Price in USD: 4 250

Tangerine Basement 11
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 4 500 000
Price in ROCKbucks:450 000
Price in USD: 4 500

Tangerine Basement 12
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 4 750 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 475 000
Price in USD: 4 750

Tangerine Basement 13
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 5 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks:500 000
Price in USD: 5 000

Tangerine Basement 14
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 5 250 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 525 000
Price in USD: 5 250

Tangerine Basement 15
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 5 500 000
Price in ROCKbucks:550 000
Price in USD: 5 500

Tangerine Basement 16
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 5 750 000
Price in ROCKbucks:575 000
Price in USD: 5 750

Pub Brawls
Start a brawl in a Pub and Steal some Booze while the Landlord looks for his shotgun!
Pub Brawls can only be acquired by ROCKtropia Pub Deed holders

Bar Fight 01
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 10 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 000 000
Price in USD: 1 000

Bar Fight 02
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 15 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 500 000
Price in USD: 1 500

Bar Fight 03
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 20 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks:2 000 000
Price in USD: 2 000

Grand Theft Auto
Employees at certain businesses have been known to leave a window unlocked for the right bribe. These dungeons automatically unlock vehicle loot.

Bonzos Chop Shop
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 10 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 000 000
Price in USD: 1 000

Gas & Go Docks
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 15 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 500 000
Price in USD: 1 500

The Armory
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 15 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 500 000
Price in USD: 1 500

Harlem Industrial Skatepark
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 20 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 2 000 000
Price in USD: 2 000

Shipping Crates
Shipping crates are managed by import/exporters and may contain a small variety of Goods, sometimes however they are used for smuggling contraband. Beware these Mystery containers are often heavily guarded.
Camp Crunk Shipping Crates can only be acquired by Camp Crunk marketstall holders. All other crates can be acquired by anybody.

Zomhattan Stacker 01
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Clothing
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 2 500 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 250 000
Price in USD: 2 500

Zomhattan Stacker 02
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Decorations
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 3 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 300 000
Price in USD: 3 000

Zomhattan Stacker 03
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Furniture
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 3 500 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 350 000
Price in USD: 3 500

Camp Crunk Cloth Crate
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Clothing
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 2 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 200 000
Price in USD: 2 000

Camp Crunk Deco Crate
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Decorations
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 3 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 300 000
Price in USD: 3 000

Camp Crunk Furno Crate
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Furniture
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 4 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 400 000
Price in USD: 4 000

Docklands Multi Crate 01
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Clothing, Furniture & Decorations
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 7 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 700 000
Price in USD: 7 000

Docklands Multi Crate 02
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Clothing, Furniture & Decorations
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 8 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 800 000
Price in USD: 8 000

Factories (Team)
If you are even thinking about stealing from a factory you had better bring a truck or two to carry off your loot otherwise you are better off robbing a Shipping Crate

Harlem Cloth & Co
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Clothing
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 10 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 000 000
Price in USD: 10 000

Harlem Decotown
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Decorations
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 12 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 200 000
Price in USD: 12 000

Harlem Furno Factory
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Loot Type: Furniture
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 14 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 1 400 000
Price in USD: 14 000

Castles
Castle Raiders will need a battering ram and an army. The Search for the treasury will lead to a medieval adventure. Just hope you don’t get locked in a dungeon… The first to acquire a castle key blueprint will also have the castle named for their avatar. ie. King “NoNames’ Castle.

Castle 01
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 50 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 5 000 000
Price in USD: 50 000

Castle 02
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 60 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 6 000 000
Price in USD: 60 000

Castle 03
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 70 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 7 000 000
Price in USD: 70 000

Castle 04
Key Max TT: 80 PED
Left In Stock: 1
Price in bananas: 80 000 000
Price in ROCKbucks: 8 000 000
Price in USD: 80 000

MEDICINAL MARIJUANA Legalized in ROCKtropia Virtual Reality

MEDICINAL MARIJUANA Legalized in ROCKtropia Virtual Reality!!

June 15th 2015 Latest New VU Blues!!!

Over 3000 Fixes relating to quests, triggers, balancing, mob parameters, dungeons, items, models

NOTE: Dungeons Must Be re-activated by Mindark to Enter!

Caves (Total of 20 Dungeon Experiences Fixed)

- Fixed bug where dynamite cannot be placed.
- Increased dungeon length from 1 hour to 1.5 hours for low level dungeons
- Increased dungeon time limit from 2 hours to 3 hours for mid and high level dungeons.
- Added track based lighting in underwater caves for easier navigation.
- Removed keys from underwater locations
- Added lanterns to clearly indicate key positions.
- Reduced Foe Spawn to a more manageable level

Booty Raids (Total of 20 Dungeon Experiences Fixed)

- Fixed bug where time in caused 1st objective not to appear
- Fixed bug where avatars become trapped when using doors or trying to pass through doors (Not tested tallest possible avatar WARNING)
- Fixed bug causing door explosion 2 not to trigger.
- Fixed occlusion blocker preventing smashing of glass on lootbox.

Crib Raids (Total of 20 Dungeon Experiences Fixed)

-Fixed issues where final door leading to loot box would not open.
-Added extra fix where in the event the door does not trigger the door will become de-physicalized and can be trespassed to reach the loot box.
-Fixed landing spot in sewers where it was possible to get stuck between the sewer wall and destructible glass.

Sewers (Total of 20 Dungeon Experiences Fixed)

-Added RED FLARE Markers to the quickest way through the sewers. You can’t get lost now.

Penthouse

-Fixed issue where climbing the pipes was impossible. Removed climbing element and replaced it with simple stairs to reach the roof.

Firewall

-Fixed issue causing foes to spawn inside the center columns. Center columns have been removed.
-Fixed issue where shooting firewall was not possible.
-Fixed issue where it was possible to get locked out of the firewall. This mechanic has been removed you will never be locked out of the firewall.

General Fixes

Fixed npc animations that were causing npcs to trigger the wrong animations.
Fixed name on Zombie Kong Teleporter. Now named “Empire Z Tower”
Thing Blood found in the Arctic is now called “Cold THING Blood”
Thing Blood found on Rocktropia is now called “Warm THING Blood”
Cold THING Blood can now be refined into Warm THING Blood (Ratio 1:1)
Performance and Optimizations across all servers.
Particle Reduction and Optimization to reduce crashing on multiple particle effects
Fixed size of Tommy Gun. Fits better in hands.
Removed Speed Metal From Zombie Kong Loot
All police Quest Mission Triggers Moved To Ground Level and placed on roadways. Driving around main roadway around COD will trigger them provided you are a cop.
Street Kings given individual names based on stats for easier identification.
Fixed Quest Triggers for over 30 quests where one would have to fly into quest trigger to activate. All quests have been brought to ground level and are triggered in relevant spots such as roadways, paths, and entrances.
Fixed skill progression on Tommy Gun SE it now follows proper BLP progression.
Removed duplicate name on teleporter ROCKtropia Research Facility. To avoid confusion the TP found near snow caps is now called Ice Station
Fixed TP Rickenback Ridge where it was impossible to utilize

Hell

You can now equip amps in outer ring. Is currently Designated Outdoor Mining Area.

Unconfirmed Rumors!!

Unlicensed Fight Clubs popping up in New Harlem.
Old Harlem struggling with Wolf Problems. Local Law enforcement offering rewards for Help.
Shipment of Police Weapons Stolen! Officers preparing Crib raids to recover stolen goods.
Demon Hackers Trafficking Modified Vixens
Demon unrest in Hell! Ominous implications. Explore Club Hell with Caution.
Ore Black market operated by thieves in Hell suspected of rewarding Stolen Skills to miners.
Cartographers excited that only one Map Fragment still needed in search for KING KONG!

WARNING!
Known Issues - To Be fixed for upcoming Patch!

Travel Agent not yet providing Transport to Secret Destination.. Please Don't give her your bananas!!!!

Rocktropia vu notes 9 dec 2014

Rocktropia Dec 9th 2014 VU Notes:

Stable managers added to Tangerine and City of Dreams.

Pet buffs now available. Puny panther Spawn added to the isle of the Lost Avatars (The Deed for this land area is still available for 15 Million bananas, see Zombie kong if you are interested)

Taxed Lands in North reduced, mobs affected include Werewolves, Possessed Wolves.

The outer circle of Hell is now accessible to Explore, this area is still in development. Currently only Oil and Lyst can be mined...

Hunting and Mining Taxes in Hell reduced to 2.5%

King Kong map fragments found on Zombie Kong are being analyzed and we are close to a breakthrough in understanding the nature of this Map... Announcement could come soon. Keep collecting in the meantime

Sunsout Tacotuesday Gunsout discovered limited UFO

Here are the pic's from the UFO that was discovered today.

The ufo hadn't loaded in the loot window yet (but the UL snub nose did )

Also, a second UL King Kong Tommy Gun was looted today, so mine is not unique anymore, but that's ok It was looted by a good guy.

Will be putting it on caly auction today after i fly around for about 5 more hours

BTW, it does NOT decay with use like some other stuff like the broom, decayed from damage (I was too excited and spawned it forgetting the next Kong we were killing does AoE)

ZOMBIE KONG IS THE NEW BOSS IN TOWN

ZOMBIE KONG is No Ordinary Boss! He Holds Secrets….

The Fates of KING KONG and ROCKTROPIA are intertwined You Must unravel the truth.

The More Map fragments that are collected the more we can learn! When we have enough information we will announce the Game plan!

In the Meantime Let the name of ZOMBIE KONG reach the furthest corners of the Universe. Even the Aliens will take an interest if you Battle him Enough!

Collect the Bananas in Zomhattan ROCKtropia needs them and will trade valuable Real estate for them.

Make 17 Your Lucky Number too!!!

ROCKTROPIA 19 March 2014 VU NEWS

The landscape of ROCKtropia has been altered forever, citizens and visitors alike are advised to check the “New Map” before venturing out!

The future is bright, so long as we can hold back the Zombie hordes and discover the cure!

ZOMBIE KONG continues to terrorize Zomhattan, the waves of Zombies surrounding him are out of control! Please do what you can to contain him! We are preparing a Massive Campaign to Recruit New Players to assist in the Battle! You are Not Alone! Hang on as long as you can!

in the meantime a ROCKTROPIA Homeland Security base has been established to protect The City of Dreams from the Undead!

Loyalists will “Share” in the loot! For safety all new ROCKtropia arrivals will Spawn at the CND Lagoon as New Harlem is too Dangerous. Please assist them, hold their hands, nurture them, one day they will grow up to fight and party beside you.

Valuable Resources have been Discovered in the Arctic, but to protect the future from Contamination all off world Goods have been restricted!

Crafters and Traders are requested to manufacture and stock local goods for Arctic Explorers!’

But BEWARE The THING. it is Still out there! New Arrivals are Advised to Sign up for a Tour of Duty and earn valuable Free starter Equipment.

3-18-2014 VU Notes:

ROCKTropia – March 18th VU Notes. (actually 19 March)

• Increased Zombie Flesh Drop Rate
• Increased Rotten banana drop rate.
• Werewolf Spawns increased
• Werewolf Mission Broker added
• Vampires returned
• Vampire Mission broker added.
• Banana Weight Reduced
• Vinyl Weight Reduced
• Lemmy’s Castle added
• Beer Garden Added
• Mining Resources from Old Servers Consolidated
• Werewolf Mine instances added Somewhere
• Iron Quests restored
• Mission chains fixed
• Zombie Kong Wave Spawner Fixed (17 Waves – Reduced lvl Kong)
• New Loot added to Kong
• Mineral Resources added to arctic Server
• Item Restriction added back to Arctic – ROCKtropia Items only. Mindforce implants will be removed.
• Event Forts Added.
• New Island areas added to Zomhattan Server.
• City of Dreams starter Area Refurbished

Known Issues:

• Horny Little Devils Still invisible
• Some Forum Trolls Textures still messed up
• Motorhead Royalty Spawns not in stadium
• Lemmys Castle Mobs need re-organizing.

Unconfirmed UFO Sightings in ROCKtropia

Many unconfirmed rumors have been circulating of UFO sightings in the vicinity of the Empire State Building and even Alien abductions.

This doctored photo recently surfaced on the internet, depicting an Alien autopsy taking place at the Zomhattan Research Facility.

Please do not come to ROCKtropia in search of Aliens. We have more than enough problems as it is!

A New Research Facility has been established on the outskirts of Zomhattan. Doctors or anyone with Med School background are encouraged to volunteer to assist in ROCKtropia’s efforts to find a cure for the Zombie Virus.

NEVERDIE is requesting that the die hard ROCKtropia loyalists be ready to defend the facility in the event of overwhelming Zombie Wave Attacks!.

Lemmys’ Army Back from Hell!

A Volcanic Eruption originating in the Depths of Hell, has created a new Volcano and opened a Portal for Hellspawn to pass through. Rumors are swirling of Motorhead Security rebuilding Lemmy’s Castle Brick by Brick and a also Stadium to house the Private Beer Garden of the Motorhead Royalty

legions of Vampires have been spotted too, it is suspected they may be trying to rebuild their cathedral, but at this point it is uncertain where that might be.

Some of Lemmy’s Warparty may have had their Beer Spiked with Bath Salts, they are raging for blood, we must subdue them this weekend…

ROCKtropia wants nothing more than return of the Metal GOD, but we must keep the Planet in balance as best we can..

Those who are with us, stay away from Zomhattan. Rumors of ZOMBIE KONG in residence are also spreading…

Jon NEVERDIE Jacobs admits some mistake on RockTropia

Interesting post from Jon NEVERDIE Jacobs:

For a long time I have heard negative feedback about the amount of NEVERDIE branding on ROCKtropia..
I have largely dismissed it... But I guess some people dont like to visit ROCktropia because of the NEVERDIE Branding..

There are some Who Believe that it is not the economy that is holding ROCKtropia back, but the NEVERDIE Brand.

I on the other hand, feel the biggest issue facing ROCKtropia is a well balanced economy that can at least to some extent hold its own with Calypso and other Planets... followed by the need for a great starter experience, followed by a fantastic marketing campaign...

I have been trying to address the economic issues with little success for the last three years..... I Know, we need better balanced mobs, too many High level mobs, We need better loot lists, too many of the items that drops are TT food, we need some Rare items with High TT. I know we need to re-balance all the Weapon BPs and add a decent Number of Unlimited BPs... Of course we need to make sure the weapons are also worth crafting... We need to review all the ingredients required for the BP's to make sure they are dropping in the right proportions and we need to make sure that MU cost of the ingredients is not so high that the weapons become too expensive to hunt with...

I also know we need a Lot more decent weapons in the Loot, so that hunters are not entirely dependent on crafters... We also Probabaly need a Bunch more Mining Amp BPs or other tools that use up Dedicated RT resources...

And we need to address Bugs... And we need to do alot more events...

These things I do know and for various reasons I have to start over almost from scratch to make this happen...

But Do I also need to Remove the NEVERDIE branding? And do you want to have the RT specific ORES and Enmaters names changed so that they are no longer named after Cocktails and Music genres? I only ask this because some people out there would like me to believe that this is the big Problem.

SO please I encourage you to vote in the Poll if you are someone who visits ROCKtropia and has feelings on the subject...
Share your sentiment...

A big Yes or a Big No... also please write anything else you may have to say in this thread, because I need you to weigh in on the subject... Also please ask your friends who don't visit this forum to come and say there piece..

This is an important opportunity to express how you feel about the NEVERDIE brand in Entropia Universe...

Finally I will clarify what NEVERDIE means to me...

Firstly I wasn't born with the name NEVERDIE, but my avatar was, its a name I came up with when I wrote a movie script back in 1999/2000 about a World Champion MMO Virtual/World Gamer... it was a fictional Character... I liked the Idea of a gamer who was so good, that he Never died...... That was how it started..

A couple of years later, I heard about Project entropia and I realized it was much like the Worlds i had imagined in my story,I signed up to beta test and I named my avatar Jon NEVERDIE Jacobs, the name of the character in my script was Jean NEVERDIE Baptiste... (Jean Claude Van Damme was interested at the time)

So thats how the Brand got started... I still want to make the Movie or a revised version of it, of course my own Virtual life has become Very colorful and I continue to try to build the brand with the hope that one day I can make it big enough to launch a movie...
I'm very excited that I am working now with Universal Studios bringing Movie IP to ROCKtropia and Entropia Universe and who knows maybe that will lead to something Virtual becoming a Movie one day... Stranger things have happened right?

some other things have happened along the way that affect how I feel about the name NEVERDIE, someone I cared for very deeply died and through that NEVERDIE came to mean something else to me, it has come to mean Striving to live forever, never giving up, it also ties in with a Sci-Fi dream of mine that we may one day be able to upload of consciousness into our avatars and actually Never die...

Also because of the success of Club NEVERDIE and the feedback I have received over the years from people who aspire to be succesfull in Virtual Reality, I see NEVERDIE as a sort of symbol of living the digital Dream.. of what can be achieved in a virtual world or a video game... I know that I fail many times, so perhaps the story of NEVERDIE may even end up a cautionary tale. But regardless, I'm touched that even if just for a few people the name NEVERDIE inspires some kind of hope...

LoL okay so u get the picture... Now let me know what you feel, I'm listening. Please get as many people to vote as you can, coz there are people who would like to see this Brand erased from RT and unless enough people say that NEVERDIE isn't the problem, then they may even succeed...

LINK to the POLL http://www.rocktropia.com/forum/t17969/

New ROCKTROPIA Weapon Blueprints Needed urgently

Mesage from Rocktropia:

We know its tough to find the Blueprints much needed to inspire local manufacturing on ROCKtropia. So we are offering a Special Reward for anyone who Discovers a New ROCKTROPIA Weapon BP, between April 18th and May 18th 2013..

A Piece of Limited Special OPs Armor… Only two per Avatar can be won.

You will be given a choice of Male or Female Armor and your choice of Part, subject to availability… The sooner you make a Discovery the More likely you are to get the piece of Armor of your choice…

Please Post a Screenshot of your Discovery in the dedicated thread on RT Forum.. Dated no later than may 18th

Good luck in your Crafting!

Any necessary clarifications of rules for this event will be posted in the Forum. All rules will be subject to adjustment to provide the fairest possible event.

Neverdie Studios has created QuestBomb

Watch out! A Quest Bomb has been detonated and now there is a new way to earn cash in the whacky virtual world of ROCKtropia. If you fancy yourself a connoisseur of virtual reality and pop culture and think you can write with panache, then why not get paid for it?

ROCKtropia the wild and irreverent virtual world that you love to hate so much, the planet that brought you Motorhead’s beer garden where you can fight each other over kegs, the planet where you can go out with mining gear and dig up exotic cocktails, the planet where the streets are lined with Bootylicious Android Video Vixens who actually slap you and smack talk back when you are rude. Yes we are talking about the crazy planet that has Cyber Demons for you to crush in Hell and Forum Trolls you can exact revenge on and Zombies you can mash and Rock N Roll Dragons u can bash and Gang bangers you can slash and Rocktropia citizens who dance their virtual asses off so you can collect their sweat and make money for your honey.

Yes Rocktropia, the Planet where you can step inside a movie theater and find yourself butt naked in the Arctic on a Mission to Hunt The THING, the planet where the music never stops, where you can win electric guitars signed by Rock Stars, the planet where Vampires and Werewolves war eternally, where broomsticks and hover boards collide in mid air, the planet where the great battle between Good and Evil is waged and where the outcome may affect the future of mankind.

Yes that place called ROCKtropia is now ready for the critics!

So if you want to become a contributor to Quest Bomb Dot Com and review Missions and Quests and Dungeons and Blueprints and Hang Outs and other Peoples Writing styles and Rocktropia Machinima Videos etc, then Register at Questbomb.com, submit an example review in the following thread http://www.rocktropia.com/forum/t17764/then contact yours truly NEVERDIE at Rocktropia.com/forum and if you are approved we will get you up and running.

But how do you make money?

Write your review or Article on the site be sure to include Screenshots and then Save it, if it passess Quality Control and we publish it, then you will earn 5 ped, which you can collect weekly at the CND Lagoon. If you include Video, nicely presented then a published review or article will be worth 10 Ped. You can write as many reviews as you like each week, but we will only Publish those that are really well presented and as the best reviewers raise the bar, it may become more difficult to get your reviews published… We will accept more than one review of the Same thing, if you have something else to offer.

Questbomb is not a database site, but a creative outlet for those who want to creatively Critique and Celebrate the pop culture capital of Virtual Reality… (And hey ROCKtropia is still in its infancy, so get real, Rome wasn’t built in a day, the more you support and nurture this world the more chance it will grow to fulfill its promise) Ulitmately the reviews and articles published on Quest Bomb are also to help those unfamiliar with the Entropia platform get a taste for the variety of content and fun on offer.

Neverdie Studios has created QuestBomb.com to be a site for contributors and the Entropia community to critique and celebrate the creative process involved in the development of Rocktropia, also to stimulate an interactive communication between Neverdie Studios and the players, and to shed light on the vast Rocktropia Virtual World and its Quests in an easily accessible way to gamers around the world.

The primary focus will be on Reviews written here on Quests, Planet Themes, Items, Monsters, Dungeons, etc… Basically if it is related to Rocktropia, we want a Review on it. (And sometimes more than one review if you have more to add or a different opinion to another reviewer)

If you want to become involved by writing Reviews because you love the game, or are looking for an alternative to other in game options for collecting currency, then you need to contact NEVERDIE to become a Reviewer for QuestBomb.com

ROCKTROPIA Virtual World Celebrates 10 Years of Entropia Universe!

Ten years ago Entropia Universe, which was known at the time as Project-Entropia, bravely went Gold. Back in those days, Mark Zuckerberg was tinkering with Facemash, World of Warcraft was still 22 Months away from Launch, Second life was still 5 months away from official launch and would not add currency until the end of 2003 and Gamers in general still embraced the idea of paying subscription fees and had a big problem with Micro Transaction Economies.

Way ahead of the curve, Entropia Universe bravely stepped out with full blown MMO gameplay built around the brilliant concept of Real Cash virtual Goods harvesting, manufacturing and trading. A concept designed to Empower the Gamer by giving a real cash value to the time spent engaged in playing online.

Entropia was (still is) an important new frontier land, a Wild cyber West where heroes live and die by the gun (or their wits). Hundreds of thousands came from all over the globe seeking Virtual Fame and Fortune, The first decade saw glorious days, heroes names burst across the virtual night sky like shooting stars, great discoveries were made, priceless treasures traded for record breaking sums, Heroes came and left, some even died leaving traces of their lives in the Virtual Soil, many, many Quit when times were hard.

A few from the earliest days held fast to the virtual dream and have never let go, today their names Beloved or Notorious, resonate with the weight of the Historical first days of a new promised land. Many who joined after the first wave can claim their Avatars are older than their flesh and blood children.

Fortunes have been made and lives changed even during the infancy of Entropia Universe, the whole world has marveled at some of Entropia Universe’s record breaking landmarks, but the world has largely shied away from the hardship and challenges faced with exploiting the extraordinary opportunities of Entropia Universes Rich and Dazzling landscapes, preferring the relative comfort and safety of farming their time away on Facebook or Hacking and slashing their avatars into retirement and anonymity in World of Warcaft.

Despite the World, Despite changing technologies, despite the naivete of the press who clamor around Fads.. Entropia has Survived, evolved and expanded like a Good Universe is expected to do, as its DNA prescribes. Despite everything, Entropia Universe has against all odds reached a very important milestone and the heart of the Universe beats with the Loud banging Dreams of Virtual pioneers from around the world, many of whom have logged thousands upon thousand of hours laboring and striving for greatness, may of whom have tasted the sweet fruit of their labor. many of whom continue to create the virtual human infrastructure that holds the Universe together, that sustains it through its darkest hours and growing pains.

if You were to look at the evolution of Entropia Universe with a time lapse camera then you could see that there is a momentum behind it, that the events of tomorrow were already set in motion yesterday, you would see that it will continue to grow and evolve, The blood of the Universe is oxygenated with Human Dreams and it is capable of Magic, it has a power of it’s own, that is greater than its individual creators, it has the power to inspire, touch, choose and nurture future heroes who may becomes the champions of the future.

It has the power to bring people together in what may appear at first chance meetings, but what will sometime in the future feel like fateful meetings. Some soothsayer types would like to believe it may even have the power to Save the World, to save Humanity.

Planet ROCKtropia which will later this Year announce a New Magnificently Exciting, Major Virtual Movie Adventure in partnership with Universal Studios, would like to mark the Start of the 10th Anniversary of Entropia Universe with a Firework Display of Global messages from its pop culture loving pioneers. The Display of Global Fireworks shall start on Feb 7th and end at midnight on February 10th-

Prizes for the highest single loot globals/HoFs will be awarded in the Hunting Mining and Crafting professions to Solo Players (No teams) Only the top 3 Highest loots in each category will be considered for the top 10. The 10 Entry into the top 10 will come from a Highest single loot Zombie Apocalypse Hunting event to take place in Zomhattan. Be Aware only 99 tickets will be available for this event, So be sure to register Early..

In addition to the TOP 10 Global HoFs Event a special 10th Anniversary item may possibly be found on the following mobs:

Werewolf Warriors, Zombie Bikers, Street Kings, Crunk Shark tooth Assasin’s, Code Demons, White Wolfs, Motorhead Royalty and Young Pop Dragons
Here is the list of prizes for ROCKTropia’s Entropia Universe ten-year anniversary event:1st Place – Chronicle Thigh Guards TEN Edition (M) + Armor Plating Mark. 10C (L) TEN Edition
2nd Place – Chronicle Helmet (F) TEN Edition
3rd Place – Chronicle Gloves (M) TEN Edition
4th Place – Armor Plating Mark. 10A TEN Edition
5th Place – Armor Plating Mark. 10B TEN Edition
6th Place – Arsonistic Chip III TEN Edition
7th Place – Paladin Thigh Guards (M) TEN Edition
8th Place – Paladin Helmet (F) TEN Edition
9th Place – Paladin Gloves (M) TEN Edition
10th Place – Arsonistic Chip III (L) TEN EditionItem Info
Chronicle Armor TEN Edition
Durability: 6200
Stab: 74 | Cut: 65 | Impact: 26 | Penetration: 18 | Shrapnel: 14 | Burn: 18 | Cold: 8 | Acid: 10 | Electric: 8Paladin Armor TEN Edition
Durability: 2650
Stab: 8 | Cut: 15 | Impact: 16 | Penetration: 9 | Burn: 16Armor Plating Mark. 10A TEN Edition
Durability: 3160
Impact: 8 | Penetration: 12 | Shrapnel: 6 | Burn: 36Armor Plating Mark. 10B TEN Edition
Durability: 3160
Cut: 10 | Impact: 14 | Penetration: 4 | Cold: 34Armor Plating Mark. 10C (L) TEN Edition
Durability: 14320
Impact: 9 | Shrapnel: 39 | Burn: 14Arsonistic Chip III TEN Edition
Range: 55
Ammo: 60000
Decay: 0.10500 PED
Req Level: 19.5
Delay: 1.3 sec
Cooldown: 11 sec
Damage Burn: 300

ROCKtropia October 9th Release Notes

Updates And Other Things You Need To Know

• New items added.
• Increased performance updates.
• Quests Fixed. Ivan should now be able to fix your missions. (Give this fix a few days to take effect because mindark must activate it)
• ROCKtropia Nuclear Facility is fixed up and ready for PVP action
• Level 1 Unlimited Lockpick kit BPs and Hell Keys BPs added to the Technician
• Reset Timer increased on harder crib raids, sewer raids, booty raids
• Company Mission mob spawn reduced in Penthouse
• Attribute tokens added to certain missions.

The Thing in Entropia Universe

New horror movie is coming out on 14 of October 2011. It's called "The Thing". On the site of the movie ( The Thing Website ) there is link to a game. Most likely this will be the new area on Planet Rocktropia in Entropia Unievrse. For people never played Entropia this will be like small free mini game and if they like it they will stay in the game. For old Entropia players it is like a new small area where you can go only from Rocktropia.
Here is a trailer of the new (2011) movie "The Thing":

And now more about the new Arctic Area:

There are some good points, but also some more bad points.

The Good:
-The setting is very fitting and enjoyable. It's a fresh feeling you get when first arriving and hearing the music. I would almost call it creepy.
-For the most part the missions are very well done, though very short and linear I found them much more enjoyable than any other missions currently in the game. Some could use slightly more detail, but I'm also very picky so maybe they are just fine.
-It would have to rank among the top experiences for a starter player, free weapons and ammo, clothing (though only usable a few times) and 2 vehicles which a player not looking to deposit immediately would have fun using.
-New weapons! Though the flamethrower is currently bugged and can't be used in the Arctic, visually it is very well designed and it's always great to see new things in Entropia. "The Thing Infection" melee weapon is also...interesting.

The Bad:
-After finishing the extremely short "Episode 1" your experience in the Arctic is basically over. You have 2 mob choices, THING's and Wolves. I flew the entire planet and it's possible I was delusional from the blinding white, but that's all I could find.
-Hunting "THING's" will only appeal to a small % of players in the game. You can only use weapons and FAP's looted from Rocktropia and the Arctic. Total cost in time and peds was around 2k cycled ped to get a few small medkits and weapons. The alternative is paying around 200%+ on auction.
-The loot is very unsatisfying from THING's. I'm guessing there are 4 items to be looted, only 2 of which I found one each of with over 1500 peds cycled. Medkit(L) with a max TT of 50pec, The Thing Infection which is standard melee weapon that does 15 max damage, barely good enough to kill even the smallest level THING's. I will assume they also loot the flamethrower and shotgun, but haven't seen them yet.
Other than that, you get High/Low Grade ammo for the most part which cannot be sold at auction. One explosive projectile at a time, eye oil, oil residue, and wool I believe. Of course the normal random ammo types are included as well.
Overall I found the first part enjoyable, but after the quests were over it was a monotonous grind hoping there was something of interest in this new creature. Besides not being quite as broken, it's almost exactly the same as Ancient Greece. If I had to rate this area on a % of completion, I'd give it a 20% at best. At least Greece had some interesting scenery. I've honestly seen better maps from a random generator.
It just blows my mind how anyone would release something like this in the current state. It certainly isn't a great business model for getting repeat guests on your planet. I know personally when the next update comes, I won't make haste to see what the new things are in the Arctic.
If you have not been there yet, I would still recommend going. The quests and items provided are definitely worth the trip.

The Missions:
There are 2 tracks... scientist and soldier... i don't know if there are significant differences... other than the fact that a Soldier gets a shotgun, and a scientist gets a pistol!
I think there are 22 missions in the chain.... one needs to do 20 missions first ... before he/she can activate the "Hunt the thing" and after that "the escape".
I think there is no good guidance on how to complete the missions ... one just has to try the npcs, and follow the track once activated. The most help one can get is by asking other fellow players...bearing in mind that one might get wrong guidance (of curse unintentional) !
Of the initial 20 missions, there are some that have to be done sequentially... and for some other missions no such requirements ...so try every npcs including vehicles..
I think other than some bugs most missions are very easy...( I got the "Lights Out" bugged.... had to abandon it, and then restarted to finish it)
The hardest of all these missions is the final one ..."Hunt the thing" and then "escape"
One need to kill only one "the thing" after falling through the hole! .......and it's not that hard to kill one! I had BAMF zk6. so it was easy for me.... I tagged one from safe distance... and then the escape got activated....
and this escape part is the most difficult.... coz there are a lot of mobs... and one really need to know how to escape...and I've seen many people got stuck there.

List of the missions alphabetically:
The main intention of the list is to quicly identify which one you are missing. The sequence here is similar to the list you;ve in your mission log!
1. no title (name)
2. Army weapon Crate (364 183)
3. Camp Campbell Location
4. DNA Verifications.
5. Driving towards the mountain
6. Find your destination
7. Gearing up for Adventure
8. Hunt the thing (entrance for the Hole 38337, 19281)
9.Lights out
10 Meeting Dr. Marconi
11. Pick Up supplies (to activate run west from this point 38296, 19354 and then follow the road to south)
12. Reconfigure Satellites
13 Searching Vehicles
14. Searching Vehicles (2nd)
15. The adventures Begins
16 The story Unfolds
17. The wager
18. Up the Mountain
19. weapon Cage
20. Weapon Training
21. Welcome to camp Campbell
22. Your weapon of choice

Objective view about ROCKtropia

I found this post on the forum and it is describing the similar expiriance I had on Rocktropia.

A friend of mine was stuck at No way out of prison and wanted to get out so badly that he offerd to pay the 80 peds if I bring him a big tp chip and Mind Essence.

So there I am on RT, a planet I never imagined I would fly to for the various reasons I have mentioned in so many threads. That said I thought, well its free, so check it out. Here we go

I arrived, tp's towards the prison and BAM was instantly dead. Took me a while to figure out that I needed a phone and stuff. As I was in a rush to get to my friend I skipped the exploring part and had my soc help me to do this quickly. I thought, if you were a new player, this is something that could potentially be pretty cool (as it keeps you ingame for a bit, without having to spend ped that you might not even have yet). For an old time player it was rather annoying cause I know my way around etc. Maybe implementing an option that if you first TP to Rocktropia, you get the stuff (so you can continue with your gameplay) and if you are a new player, well then enjoy getting the stuff and learning about the game.

So then I did a little exploring. The TP's are sometimes wide spread, sometimes very close together unlike Calypso where a minor jump is almost getting your from one tp to another - Not a bad thing. All in all the planet is reasonably accessible with many area ideal for a miner and concentrated spots with mobs (that I liked).

After a little chat with some soc members I pulled my Isis and started shooting Zomibes. Spend about 1k ammo, had the odd global and found quite a few items in loot (mostly mindforce chips which made me happy since I enjoy skilling that).

Other then zombies you find a lot of uber creatures and also something that can only described as 'hookers'.

This is where I once again was reassured that it was a ND run planet. So there are 'girls' in underwear dancing in front of me looking like whores whilst I listen to rock music screaming words like '!!!!!!!!!!!!' '!!!!' 'fuck' and the rest. Great I thought since afaik you can play this game when you are 12 ... So unless you make this planet 18+ this is totally out of order.

The music itself is anything but rock. Lots of ghetto rap with many swear words and lots of really bad tunes that noone ever heard about it tbh ... Where is the rock I thought???

After finishing shooting half naked sluts and after I turned down the music (just too god aweful), I went mining. In a nutshell, the same as on Calypso really.

Problem here, same with hunting, all the RT stuff has absolutely no markup on. I now have over 1k ped of RT stuff and am tempted to tt it all as there isn't even a chance to sell it at auction for 101%.

Conclusion

RT is not that much different from Calypso. The problems here are that there is virtually no player base. I have counted half an hour and sometimes even more inbetween 2x globals and the auction has a mere 27 pages last time I looked. The missions are either bugged (i.e. not doable) or rewardless. The RT gear is (today) worthless as seemingly there aren't any good bp's out or there aren't any interested crafters. The music is mediocre at best and often extremely offensive in its language (no concern to me, but thinking about the kids playing this game, huh). The mobs are different and do give out interesting items (low level, but still) but those half naked dancers have ND written all over (and again, kids playing the game, huh). This trip leaves me with the exact same opinion that I had prior to going up there. It isn't worth the travel fee, especially for miners as half the time you mine tt ores/enmatter and the other half you would find on Calypso/Amethera as well.

Oh, yes. I have been to Hell as well. I have to state upfront that I have never mined on foma so I have no comparison but to the Calypso mining.

Travel atm is free from RT and none of the domes are taxed (NOICE!!). Upon arriving I spoke a friend of mine (Slither) who was mining there as well and he told me how mining works (less claims, but bigger) ... So I slapped the first 105 amp onto my trusted 105 finder and started in a random 'hell mine'.

nrf, nrf, nrf, nrf ... After 20 !! drops I found an X blau and thought, bloody hell (lol, no pun intended). The X was followed by many more nrf until I hit 70 peds of copper and after one amp I was down by over 100 peds. Not really my cup of tea I thought.

Left hell that day.

The next day (yes aren't we all gambling addicts??) I returned but decided to only amp with 101 ore amp and mine enmatter without an amp. I had 140 bombs and probes left and in a nutshell I found on enmatter 3x V's (seriously, not joking, that was all I found from 140 probes) and ores I found X, X, XI and then the 130th bomb was a 280 ped baby hof on narc. I came out with a tidy profit (both runs combined) and thought, that's it, go while you are ahead.

So mining is like foma as far as I can tell with the advantage of zero tax. Resources I found were decent ores but also low level markup stuff and RT ores. (so from a markup point of view, lots of better places on Calypso and Amethera as all RT ors are basically tt junk).

The domes itself are not 100% yet. TP's are all missing and if you jump, you find yourself under the next hell mine with nothing to do. So you had to hit t after every dome (not a biggie though to me). Some hell mines had creatures (and yes, slutty whores too ... one breed was called 'Horny little devil'). Most of the mobs, as stated by Tzepu are quite uber and I saved myself the ammo to hunt them.

All in all, an interesting place to visit, BUT if you are after markup, hell is not your place to mine. Also you can come out quite broke (my runs combined minus the baby hof would have been like 30% return) so it is def. not for everyone.

Once you need a coin for transport and once the domes are taxed I wouldn't see many reasons to go as it isn't anything special. But for those who are already on RT, GO NOW as it is free.

Release 11.9.4, ROCKtropia 2.0!, Hangars on Calypso, New Items, Shinkiba, Music

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As the title suggest a lot of new stuff is happening in Entropia Universe with the implementation of release 11.9.4. So let's try to summurize everything.
Hangars are back on Calypso, but no spaceships for now. Every hangar has its own teleporter. Chug's hideout got teleporter. Daikiba was renamed to Shinkiba and also looks different now. New missions are introduced. There are more achievements now. Some new items. New (L) guns are dropping - Chikara Vamachara Mk.I (L) and Chikara Vamachara Mk.II (L) (laser rifle), Chikara Mudra Mk.II (L) (fist), Chikara Ashvin HR1 (L) (FAP).
More new stuff on RockTropia. Club Neverdie was moved to another location and was replaced with new club that still don't have textures. New (L) armor is dropping - Colonizer (L). Still no unlimited weapons as advertised in the release note. Calypso mobs are all over the place. I sow Drones, other people sow Daikiba/Shinkiba and other mobs across Rocktropia.
I am hunting on Rocktropia at the moment, but yesterday I crashed 20 times after the new update and it is not normal for PC to crash playing Entropia Universe. I got the message that I don't have enough RAM, but if 4 GB RAM is not enough for this game I will have to travel to the future to get better PC. So now I try to stay away from towns and places with a lot of mobs and this seem to solve the problem.
After all this "change" people are wondering What did SEE actually pay 6 million dollars for?
This version update brought a lot of questions. The loot from Calypso can be looted on Rocktropia, now even the mobs from Calypso are going to Rocktropia. People are mad about that, but may be MindArk are doing this to help the economy on RockTropia. Not that I like it, but I am hunting for few days on Rocktropia and I don't believe anyone will pay me any mark up on my Rocktropian loot. For the first time I am happy when I loot oils, skins and nova fragment. I know I can get more than TT for them, but not for the Rocktropian loot.
But all this make me wonder:
Is RockTropia really different planet or is it like Crystal Palace or F.O.M.A. - Fortuna? This will make Planet Arkadia the first really new planet. At least that is what Arkadia Team promised. Or may be we are going to find snablesnots on Arkadia when we arrive.
Is Calypso going to stay the same or everything on the planet will be moved to Rocktropia and See Digital Studio will have to make their own mobs, weapons and armors? May be even new player base.
And then again: Who is Jon Jacobs NEVERDIE? Is he employee of MindArk? Is he the owner of MindArk? Is he just a face that can talk in front of the camera and make you wish you byu appartment in the virtual universe?
If we know this we can predict better where RockTropia and Project Entropia will be in the future.
For the regular player RockTropia looks unfinished, un-unique with no economy going on, with big lag and a lot of bugs. But regular player cannot see into the future. Just few months ago probably 50% of the forum posts were "This game is dyeing!", "The sky is falling", but now no one is saying that anymore. RockTropia is music planet and people forget that music is huge business with huge money. Huge money to invest and also music companies can make huge money in the virtual space. People are paying $1.29 USD for song on iTunes, why not pay 1 PED to purchase a song in Entropia Universe. Now one player can get music cheap and other can benefit from the better loot because of the more money in the game. Money that usually people spend outside the game for music. Now it is not so strange to see Planet Michael Jackson is it?
We see gaming and music industry combine forces in this MMORPG slash RCE slash FPS game. May be soon movie industry will join too.
For me RockTropia is still under heavy development, WTF are all those ??? mobs, ??? teleporters and non stop BS that turns out not to be true. But it has big potential thanks to Neverdie and Music companies and some day may be the desired destination for all players.