23-6-05 - A[nother] little update
First of all a huge apology to [TgR]Killer, CMaster
& Sakletare who kindly sent me updates for the site that I
never got around to uploading to the site. Thanks for most of the
info included in this update goes to them
Todays update includes more info on the Tech Haven level 3 apartment, details on the large Canyon apartment and a new entry for the Black Dragon epic run apartment
10-1-05 - A little update
Happy new year to you all, I hope you had a good holiday
(god that sounds so politically correct!). Couple of updates this
time: the 'new' Tech Haven level 3, some more detail and
screenshots of the 3 non-clan Dome apartments and the large
Canyon apartment. I've also heard a rumor that the furniture list
has grown but I havent been able to verify that.
I nearly came back, honestly I nearly did, Tech Support told me the transfer tool was fixed and I was ready with my credit card in my hand - fortunately it turns out you can use the transfer tool on an inactive account so I was able to discover that the problem hasnt been fixed before paying for another month. Needless to say what with all the goings on with the game I'm not expecting them to fix this anytime soon (seem that expecting them to reply to emails is expecting too much actually) so therefore it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to update the guide first hand any time soon either. At least they didn't wipe the transfer database at the end of the year like they originally said they would.......
Finally congrats to all the apartment competition winners, I
would have posted the winners here but since KK didn't consider
that I might like to be involved I'm not in any rush to promote
their events (or the winners thereof) - sorry guys
12-11-04 - Patches 120/121 released
Theres some new stuff in this patch that effects the
apartment guide, specifically:
- Level 3 apartments may now be purchased in Tech Haven. (I
suspect this will be the old FA Clan apartment)
- Added Barracks Officers to Military P1 selling Military Base
apartments. (Dont really know what this means)
If any players out there can fill me in on the new details I'll update the guide. However there is also a current problem with apartments introduced in this patch.
- You can't change the password for newly bought apartments.
We're checking what causes this.
8-11-04 - Goodbye Neocron 2
Today I cancelled my NC2 subscription. The main reason
for this is due to an ongoing problem where I have only been able
to transfer one of my NC1 characters to NC2 (the transfer tool
only offers me male Psi Monk skins regardless of the characters
gender or class). I reported this problem to support on October 7th
and, I've been informed the person (only one?) who does the web
interface is very busy and hasn't found the problem yet. Couple
this with the fact that the DRE Epic has been broken for a while
(the character I did get transfered is DRE) and you can probably
understand where I'm coming from. I'm also pretty unimpressed
with KK's attitude towards the community (specifically Fan Site
Admins - see previous news) and finally the character wipe hit my
main (the character with most of the apartments) incredibly hard
- so hard in fact that I doubt I'd ever be able to recover (despite
the fact KK said there would be no character wipe).
I appreciate that KK have alot of work to do on NC2 but I'm afraid I have little sympathy. I've been playing Neocron since beta 4 of Neocron 1 and the time that Neocron 2/Beyond Dome Of York took to get released was rediculous (when one considers the original timescale was 6 months after Neocron 1 went retail) - it was questionable that they increased the subscription fee (and some would also add to charge for a product that was originally touted as a free download) to then ship a half-finished product after all that time is unbelievable.
So where does this leave the guide? Well as a service to the players it will remain up, and will be updated if/when players let me know something needs to be added/changed. I'd consider re-subscribing to Neocron 2 if/when KK sort the transfer tool out (assuming they do this before the end of the year when the transfer ability is due to be removed).
6-11-04 - Official 'Best Interior Designer' Contest
Announced!
Full details of the competition can be found here.
While I usually try and keep my personal 'political' feelings off this site (since its not the sites purpose) I have to say I'm disapointed that KK didnt give me a heads up on this, or try and involve the guide in anyway (such as asking me judge/publish screenshots of the winners/entrants or something). When NC2 launched I emailed KK to ask if they were able to give me any assistance in validating the guide contents but I never even got a reply. It's these things that make me think that KK don't care about their fan sites (despite the recent Fan Site kit) especially the smaller, more focused ones. Come on KK I know you are really busy right now but its the fans that will turn NC2 around for you..........
Finally, no I won't be entering. My character cannot simply afford to have a go at this - any cash I do come into will be spent on (re)purchasing apartments I had in NC1 and at that point I'd look at furnishing them. Good luck to everyone having a go though.
3-11-04 - More Updates!
Since the Military Base vendor is now working I was able to
update the appropriate info. Also fixed some DOY info
28-10-04 - Furniture list published (coincidentally
todays patch 'fixed' the fact that DOY furniture was on sale in
Neocron City)
I know the formatting on this needs some work but I wanted to get
it up ASAP as I know some people have been waiting for it.
29-9-04 - Neocron 2 Released
Due to the release of Neocron 2 (previously referred to as the
'Beyond Dome Of York' Expansion pack) the contents of this guide
is out of date. Therefore certain data has been removed until it
can be verified.
Also as a result this guide will no longer deal with the contents of the original Neocron game
In order to get the guide up to speed again I need to rely heavily on the playerbase - as you are no doubt aware there was a cash wipe during the character transfer and as a result, as well as losing all my apartments (and I nearly had them all) I dont have the cash to even replace one of them.
I'm primarily a roleplayer (hence my interest in apartments) and dont run missions constantly, coupled with my low rank I cant hunt for rare parts either (I tend to die alot). For those now wondering how I could afford nearly all the apartments the answer is that, after a previous event, Point Red was a rather good source of salvage tools for any hacker and these could be sold for respectable profit - unfortunately Point Red no longer provides this 'service'
To further complicate matters I have been unable to transfer 3 of my existing 4 characters to NC2 due to a transfer bug (the transfer tool wants to make them all male Psi Monks despite the fact that they aren't). This has reduced my access to the Dome to that of brand new characters (which I have to delete every time I test the transfer tool)