BanthaRaider Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I wanted to get the blue Matrix Datacron today.. headed to that sandcrawler..Ballon was far away.. k.. lets wait.. about 20 min later that thing gets close.. 30-40 min travel- no problem. I did some crafting checked my keyboard settings for some changes, then decides to tab out to check my mail... about 30 min of traveling so far. Before i tabed out i saw the crawler withthe glowing datacron.. yep soon ill get it.. tab out.. check mail 2-3 min.. get back in.. i find myself on the ground !! i had antoher person with me up there... he was besides me.. NO Ballon around us! like it never excist! almost 1h for this? u got to be kidding! ( no i wont cancel, i am just pretty ****** about this bs ) So, if u are trying this.. never tab out and watch the screen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halofax Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 No way, you have to play the game while you play the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twolow Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) It has a habit of despawning. It wasn't because you tabbed out. The balloon will vanish and reset randomly. Edited January 25, 2012 by Twolow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vistram Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I play in windowed mode maximized and use my 2d monitor for things like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisz_Rethon Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 taht must be the single most f****d-up datacrons (yes, theres 2 of em on that crawler) in the whole game. Fortunately I always kinda had good ride companions for a little chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BladeStrike Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I've travelled on it twice with no problems. Pay attention next time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch_TwentyTwo Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 It has a habit of despawning. It wasn't because you tabbed it. The balloon will vanish and reset randomly. But Alt Tabbing is never gonna be a good idea because it forces a graphics reload which can glitch you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calsetes Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 taht must be the single most f****d-up datacrons (yes, theres 2 of em on that crawler) in the whole game. Fortunately I always kinda had good ride companions for a little chat. I wish I had known about that when I went and got the one on top. .... I need to ride the slow-moving balloon of death a second time with that guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPaq Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) I wanted to get the blue Matrix Datacron today.. headed to that sandcrawler..Ballon was far away.. k.. lets wait.. about 20 min later that thing gets close.. 30-40 min travel- no problem. I did some crafting checked my keyboard settings for some changes, then decides to tab out to check my mail... about 30 min of traveling so far. Before i tabed out i saw the crawler withthe glowing datacron.. yep soon ill get it.. tab out.. check mail 2-3 min.. get back in.. i find myself on the ground !! i had antoher person with me up there... he was besides me.. NO Ballon around us! like it never excist! almost 1h for this? u got to be kidding! ( no i wont cancel, i am just pretty ****** about this bs ) So, if u are trying this.. never tab out and watch the screen! You get kicked out of the balloon when you go afk. Nothing new. [usual Interwebz comments ] Edited January 25, 2012 by IPaq Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umbral Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 No way, you have to play the game while you play the game? I bet your the type that calls standing in fleet for hours spamming a LFG message "work" right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJDrakken Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 They need to either A. speed that damn thing up or B. Find a new method to get to it. JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddayyy Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) This datacron is absolutely horrendous. Waiting for 30 min for a baloon? Srsly? Not to mention when I went there today the baloon had just left the spot where you board it, so now I have to spend like 1+ hour doing this. Datacrons should give some fancy clothing or something and not permanent stats. By giving permanent stats you are forcing this down the throat of raiders who want to max their character's stats. That's seriously annoying. And you expect me to do this for every one of my characters? The designers really dropped the ball with this. Please when expansions are released, DON'T implement these types of datacrons with permanent stat boosts. Make them give a vanity reward, so that those who enjoy doing this type of activity have a reason to do it but those who don't can ignore them without being at a disadvantage in the activity they enjoy (in my case raiding). Edited January 25, 2012 by ddayyy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrionPex Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 SWG had a bugged quested called "Hero of Tattooine." Picture searching 100 square mile desert for an NPC that randomly walks in circles. This was OK when the game had the Ranger class (you could use the search feature), but after NGE no dice. Took days and sometimes weeks to find him (sadly, the quest broke and there were a few people who searched and searched. They are all in a mental hospital now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanthaRaider Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 AFK? no lol.. maybe 1-2 min but most time at the keyboard. Like i said.. there was another player right besides me. he wasnt afk either. Both on the ground at the same time.. so yea. that thing can despawn?? who the hell programmed that bs?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cytheria Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) had a few probs with that on my smuggler, decided to go for the balloon run, first attempt saw the balloon despawn on the current rider, and respawn infront of me and several other ppl at the crawler, just past the point where anyone could jump on to it. 2nd attempt saw my pc go absolutely crazy as we reached the final jump, meaning I missed the crawler by about a foot. got it on the 3rd run... barely (needed a friend with a grapnel just to get the 2nd cube) Its not the best datacron run by a long shot... Edited January 25, 2012 by Cytheria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPaq Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 This datacron is absolutely horrendous. Waiting for 30 min for a baloon? Srsly? These datacrons should give some fancy clothing or something and not permanent stats. By giving permanent stats you are forcing this down the throat of raiders who want to max their character's stats. That's seriously annoying. And you expect me to do this for every one of my characters? The designers really dropped the ball with this. Please when expansions are released, DON'T implement these types of datacrons with permanent stat boosts. There is nothing that can be done to please those that complain... But: When do Universe, Inc. is planning to release the "get real" patch to fix those humans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IreScath Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) Just so everyone knows... You do NOT need to take the balloon to get either of the datacrons. All you need is an Iquisitor or a Sith Juggernaut (jugg > inquis... easier to aim) Go to the side the red datacron is on and move down to the corner that is closer to the ground.. now move diagonally away from the crawler. Someting like the following ___________ | | | | | | | x |__________ . You wanna be around where teh dot is. (except more to the left... it doesnt let me indent here. "X" is the 'lowest' corner of the crawler, closest to the ground Then duel your pal and have him force push you on the crawler... much easier if he does so while you jump i nmid air.. only liike about 3 or 4 pushes to get it... pretty easy. So yea.. dont wait 40ish minutes for this.. just run out there and get it...lol. Edited January 25, 2012 by IreScath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPaq Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 AFK? no lol.. maybe 1-2 min but most time at the keyboard. Like i said.. there was another player right besides me. he wasnt afk either. Both on the ground at the same time.. so yea. that thing can despawn?? who the hell programmed that bs?? The game will put you AFK quite quickly in some instance. But you're more than welcome to keep up your current attitude about "your" situation. In my case, I'll be getting that Datacron on my 7 other alts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monthigos Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I must have gotten lucky. I got to the crawler right as the balloon was passing, talked on the phone the whole time I was riding and then jumped down and got both datacrons without a hitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kauhu Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I've travelled on it twice with no problems. Pay attention next time. Again, the balloon DOES randomly disappear. Saw this happen when my friend was riding it with many others and she deffo wasn't alt+tabbed or /afk when it happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkhosis Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 I got it yesterday without problem. Only problem was I missed the jump to the datacron and had to ride that crap twice. All I can suggest is don't tab out in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IreScath Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 ...like I said.. don't take teh balloon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journeyer Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 If you get disconnected or timeout, you spawn on the ground under the balloon. As others have said, stay in game, active. Nothing you can do about getting disconnected if it happens (happened to a party member when I got mine). I understand that it seems frustrating to tab back into the game and find the balloon gone...but my feeling is that if you're away from the game, come back, and don't know what happened, it's pretty hard to legitimately complain. Other thing about folks saying the balloon needs to be faster/needs to be alternate ways to get it... I disagree. The balloon is a perfect example of a reward--you see something in the game, you think to yourself "I'm going to take a chunk of time to try this hilariously outrageous thing, just to see what happens," and for your efforts in extreme exploring, there's a shiny reward. It's *exactly* what should happen. And, getting 2 big crons for a 40 minute balloon ride is pretty darned nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsunz Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 OP..same thing happened to me just now ...and I was NOT afk. I got booted because of EXHAUSTION. I was 35 minutes into the trip,..and almost there when BAM! exhausted and dumped to the ground Nice going FAIL ware. You not only made the quest horrendous with the slow speed...a bug has just sent this fail datacron quest to the stratosphere level of bugged quests. You failed to think about the consequences of a bug in an incredibly slooooooooow datacron quest There is no reason the balloon should be moving that slow when there is the possibility of a bug dumping you like that :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddayyy Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 ...like I said.. don't take teh balloon You're assuming we have force pushers available. Also isn't doing that an exploit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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