EQ!: VeteranRewards

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Hi folks - I have just trecently returned to EQ1 from EQ2 and have one
rather basic question (among many) but this one will suffice.

How does one activate these VeteranRewards? I've got them in my AA tabs
(last one on the right) but have no clue as to how to activate them or
transfer them to a hot key.

Assistance would be appreciated. thanks

DavidN

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In article <2vydnQjKfsYjmwnfRVn-qA@comcast.com>, louvjr@comcast.net
says...
>
> "David" <Focaipoint@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:1116990185.463641.23840@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi folks - I have just trecently returned to EQ1 from EQ2 and have one
> > rather basic question (among many) but this one will suffice.
> >
> > How does one activate these VeteranRewards? I've got them in my AA tabs
> > (last one on the right) but have no clue as to how to activate them or
> > transfer them to a hot key.
> >
> > Assistance would be appreciated. thanks
> >
> > DavidN
>
> David:
>
> While in the game type /veteran to claim your reward.
>

And if they're already showing up in your AA tabs, meaning you've
already done the /veteran thing, you transfer them to a hot key by
pushing the hotkey button in the right hand side of your AA window
(underneath your AAXP bar, and the +/- buttons where you determine what
% of XP you are diverting to AAs...

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42 wrote:
> In article <2vydnQjKfsYjmwnfRVn-qA@comcast.com>, louvjr@comcast.net
> says...
> >
> > "David" <Focaipoint@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:1116990185.463641.23840@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > Hi folks - I have just trecently returned to EQ1 from EQ2 and have one
> > > rather basic question (among many) but this one will suffice.
> > >
> > > How does one activate these VeteranRewards? I've got them in my AA tabs
> > > (last one on the right) but have no clue as to how to activate them or
> > > transfer them to a hot key.
> > >
> > > Assistance would be appreciated. thanks
> > >
> > > DavidN
> >
> > David:
> >
> > While in the game type /veteran to claim your reward.
> >
>
> And if they're already showing up in your AA tabs, meaning you've
> already done the /veteran thing, you transfer them to a hot key by
> pushing the hotkey button in the right hand side of your AA window
> (underneath your AAXP bar, and the +/- buttons where you determine what
> % of XP you are diverting to AAs...

Thanks. It's so damn obvious now that someone pointed it out to me,
particularly since I have four plus years in on this darn game makes it
even mor embarassing. <g>

davidN.

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Steptoe wrote:
> I entered the /veteran command and then examined the AA screen.
> The hot key button was grayed out, and I wasn't able to train any of the
> items.
> Are the veteran items tied to signing up for a one-year subscription
> extension (offered initially during the April 11 through May 11 time frame)?
> Or do you just get the veteran benefits without the need to subscribe
> for the year?
> Thanks,
> Steptoe

You need to sign up for the year subscription. I wasn't aware of the
cut off date. Oh well.

I dont get to play for hours at a time so these "use once a day"
abilities are really nice...betweeen the "max out your stats" ability
and the servant, i can get an hour of good solo time. I finally used
the once a week full rez ability last nite...died in dulak's harbor and
the group was breaking up.

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zigipha@hotmail.com wrote in
news:1117111878.735963.79980@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

>
>
> Steptoe wrote:
>> I entered the /veteran command and then examined the AA screen.
>> The hot key button was grayed out, and I wasn't able to train any of
>> the items. Are the veteran items tied to signing up for a one-year
>> subscription extension (offered initially during the April 11 through
>> May 11 time frame)? Or do you just get the veteran benefits without
>> the need to subscribe for the year?
>> Thanks,
>> Steptoe
>
> You need to sign up for the year subscription. I wasn't aware of the
> cut off date. Oh well.
>
> I dont get to play for hours at a time so these "use once a day"
> abilities are really nice...betweeen the "max out your stats" ability
> and the servant, i can get an hour of good solo time. I finally used
> the once a week full rez ability last nite...died in dulak's harbor
> and the group was breaking up.
>

No you don't. I do not have that subscription, and I do have my veteran
rewards working just fine.

Steptoe, did you select one of the veteran rewards in the AA window? The
hot key button should ungrey when you have done so.

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On 26 May 2005 05:51:18 -0700 in
<1117111878.735963.79980@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
zigipha@hotmail.com graced the world with this thought:

>You need to sign up for the year subscription.

no.

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bizbee <tuberoo@earthlink.net> writes:
> >While in the game type /veteran to claim your reward.
> >Lou
>
> Ah! you have to be in the game! I was doing my email and kept typing
> it over and over, and nothing happened... then I was on my homepage
> and had the same result. I never occurred to me to try it <in the
> game>.

Those of us with experience in tech support know better than to
assume any intelligence on the part of the user. Heck, not only
do you have to be <in the game>, you also have to have your
computer turned on. And plugged in. (Unless you're running on
batteries, of course.)

Oh, and remember to press the <enter> key after typing /veteran.

-- Don.

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In article <Xns96639EFEAFFA6richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4>,
RichardRapier@netscape.net says...
> Don Woods <don-ns@iCynic.com> wrote in news:7wis14e8tk.fsf@ca.icynic.com:

> As a customer with experience dealing with tech support, I know better
> than to assume any intelligence on the part of the tech... :b

Of course "Mary" and "Rick" in an indian call centre talking broken
english reading out of a book of troubleshooting scripts are not
"technicians".

Unfortunately when you call "tech support" that is often who you are
dealing with, and sadly is all many companies even employ.

A good company has real techs available.

Of course, I don't begrudge them a buffer of flunkies to shield the
sanity of the real techs from the idiots with their non-functioning
unplugged printers, thier modems plugged into the network port, and
generally impaired knowledge of right and left, or where the Start Menu
usually hangs out...

All I ask from a good flunkie is that he recognize that I might know
more then him, take me through his book of "magic-troubleshooting-
scripts" as quickly as possible and escalate me to a real tech when its
done with a minimum of fuss.

In a perfect world, I'd want to skip the magic-scripts entirely, but if
I could skip them, so could the idiots, and there goes the sanity of the
techs I want to talk to, so I'm willing to jump hoops for a couple
minutes.

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42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1d013bd09274fb88989b4e@shawnews:

> In article <Xns96639EFEAFFA6richardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4>,
> RichardRapier@netscape.net says...
>> Don Woods <don-ns@iCynic.com> wrote in
>> news:7wis14e8tk.fsf@ca.icynic.com:
>
>> As a customer with experience dealing with tech support, I know
>> better than to assume any intelligence on the part of the tech... :b
>
> Of course "Mary" and "Rick" in an indian call centre talking broken
> english reading out of a book of troubleshooting scripts are not
> "technicians".
>
> Unfortunately when you call "tech support" that is often who you are
> dealing with, and sadly is all many companies even employ.
>
> A good company has real techs available.
>
> Of course, I don't begrudge them a buffer of flunkies to shield the
> sanity of the real techs from the idiots with their non-functioning
> unplugged printers, thier modems plugged into the network port, and
> generally impaired knowledge of right and left, or where the Start
> Menu usually hangs out...
>
> All I ask from a good flunkie is that he recognize that I might know
> more then him, take me through his book of "magic-troubleshooting-
> scripts" as quickly as possible and escalate me to a real tech when
> its done with a minimum of fuss.
>
> In a perfect world, I'd want to skip the magic-scripts entirely, but
> if I could skip them, so could the idiots, and there goes the sanity
> of the techs I want to talk to, so I'm willing to jump hoops for a
> couple minutes.
>

If it was just a couple of minutes, I'd agree. Far too often, I end up
spending 15 to 20 minutes jumping through hoops, restarting the system,
etc, all so they can confirm what I already know, and told them at the
start.

--
On Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr>
Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Soothsayer of 70 seasons

On Steamfont in <Insanity Plea>
Graeme, 28 Dwarven Mystic, 24 Sage, Retired
Aviv, 15 Gnome Brawler, 30 Provisioner, Retired

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42 <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in news:MPG.1d07ea7e5d02c934989b56@shawnews:

> In article <Xns96685A5091C7Brichardrapiernetscap@130.133.1.4>,
> RichardRapier@netscape.net says...
>
>> > In a perfect world, I'd want to skip the magic-scripts entirely, but
>> > if I could skip them, so could the idiots, and there goes the sanity
>> > of the techs I want to talk to, so I'm willing to jump hoops for a
>> > couple minutes.
>> >
>>
>> If it was just a couple of minutes, I'd agree. Far too often, I end
up
>> spending 15 to 20 minutes jumping through hoops, restarting the
system,
>> etc, all so they can confirm what I already know, and told them at the
>> start.
>
> Meanwhile between the time on hold and the jumping through hoops the
> real problem *AT THEIR END* has been sorted out by their own back end
> people and their front end flunkies think they've helped another client
> by making you turn off your computer.
>
> Sound familiar?
>
> Heh... fortunately this sort of madness primarily only occurs with
ISPs.
>

Fortunately, my ISP is one place where I do not run into this problem.
They are a small outfit running a wireless ISP for my area. They have
been extremely reliable, but when I have had issues, the tech support
person I talk to is also the same person who actually takes care of the
problems, not some flunky with a script.

--
On Erollisi Marr in <Sanctuary of Marr>
Ancient Graeme Faelban, Barbarian Soothsayer of 70 seasons

On Steamfont in <Insanity Plea>
Graeme, 28 Dwarven Mystic, 24 Sage, Retired
Aviv, 15 Gnome Brawler, 30 Provisioner, Retired