A few weeks ago, I joined a Limbus linkshell. I’ve known about this shell for a while, as many of my friends have been active in it, and have known how great the rules structure is. Up until a few weeks ago, I just didn’t want to join another shell. I got tired of politicing in endgame shells, and really, to be flat honest, there’s nothing I really want from 90% of the endgame content out there. Sure, Nashira would be nice to have. Is it a must? Not at all. Upgraded AF is kinda shiny, but not that big of a concern to me.
However, this shell, like many others I’m sure, allows you to trade your points for coins. In my book, this is an awesome thing. I have no jobs that can even wear Homam. I’m far enough behind on Nashira that really, unless the shell does Ultima runs every 3 weeks, and no Omega runs, I’ll probably never get it. So for the moment, I’m attending every run, and basically cashing out my points all the time.
To date, we’ve done 2 Omegas, 1 Ultima, and 1 “Zone Farming” run (Apparently they already had a Ton of chips saved up). I cashed out the points for 3 of the 4 runs (still an Omega run to cash out), and got a 15 coin bonus, on top of the 7 coins I got from the coin split. If I were to just sell the coins straight away, I have a cool 175k from 2 weeks of work. Sure, it’s not the best moneymaker out there, but really, think about the time required to get that. 60minutes for 1Omega+1Ultima, 1 hour for Zone farming. That’s a good 80k/hr rate. And if I want to get the Brutal for my warrior (because I already have Loq) I’m 33% already.
On the latest Omega, as we farmed, we actually got no Chip drops, but 2x AF+ drops, one of which was BLM, which I got. Yay! However, we also got an Adaman ore that autosorted to a friend (who gave it to me!) and a ton of coins, so the next farming run should be sweet. When Omega died, he dropped legs (which went to a friend again!) and Hat. Of course, nobody wants hat, so it went up to autosort. Apparently, while I was busy D2ing everyone, I forgot to pass. So I now have a shiny red hat that I might never wear. It sits right next to my Denali Bonnet, which shares the same fate.
DKP: The Quest
I’ve officially started writing code for the DKP. Nothing really usable yet, mostly relation code, the general queries I’ll want for the webpages. I’m using the runs from my old Limbus LS as a guide for data. Granted, there were not a lot of runs, so I might have to get some data from somewhere else as the project grows, but so far it’s a lot less complex than I had figured.
Organizationally, from a Member’s standpoint, you’ve got characters that you can be linked to (yes, more than 1), which are then linked to Endgame shells that use the DKP system. Each character has (currently) a Primary job, a Secondary job, and a listing of all jobs leveled for the shell.
From the Items Standpoint, you are able to add items Before or After they actually drop. I prefer to have all items available before they drop, but YMMV. You can also add Point Values for those items.
From an Events standpoint, there are Events Types (for instance a generic Apollyon NW run), Events (for instance, the June 03, 2009 Apollyon NW run), Attendance for each Event, jobs used on that event (if desired), drops from that event, and the Point value of the event.
History-wise, it will, of course, maintain the histories of each item, and its’ point cost at the time of dropping, who it dropped to, when it dropped, what Event it came from.
I know, a lot of it is basic DKP stuff. But it never hurts to write it out and see what people think. I’m open for comments, and would love some input. I’ve always been a staunch beliver in designing things fully before implementing them, as it’s always much harder to change your implementation based on minor details.
I’ve recently been sic’d the job of managing the DKP of my linkshell due to lack of expertise in the area from well, everyone in my linkshell. I’m a total amateur at it but is eager to learn more. I wish you luck in your endeavor and will be watching this space for updates.