Rainbow in the Dark - Trap Puzzle Solves

[Zorlinta]

My own compilations (using format csv), this data collected on normal difficult and soloing it.

Mob on way, Trap with beholder, Fire elemental (past beholder), 1st electrical trap, 10',8',2',4',6',12'
Elemental, Yes, Yes, No, ok, ok, floor, n/a, n/a,n/a
Elemental, No, No, No, Trigger electrical, ok, ok, floor, n/a, n/a
Elemental, No, No, No, Trigger electrical, ok, ok, skiped, floor, n/a.
Rusty, No, No, No, Floor, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a
Elemental, No, No, Yes, Trigger electrical, Ok, Ok, Ok, floor, n/a.
Rusty, Yes, Yes, Yes, ok, ok, ok, Trigger electrical, ok, floor.
Elemental, Yes, Yes, Yes, Ok, floor, n/a, n/a, n/a, n/a

[Oreg]

http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=137255


"I am a quest designer. I write quests and stuffs. Oh, and occasionally I taunt players with the solution to a certain treasure trap in a very dark dungeon."


"Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody." -V

"Use nickels. Nickels is money too, guys" -Pickles the Drummer

[cryptic]

well that has been his Sig before mod 6 came out, so i don't think the clue is in his sig. But i did suggest everyone pulling a defferant gear at the same time.



but these are his posts about these chest:

"When you figure it out, be sure to let me know. "

*Pulls up a chair and readies a large bag of popcorn*

Oh, pay me no mind. Continue, please. "


i do think this is fun for him

[jjflanigan]

well that has been his Sig before mod 6 came out, so i don't think the clue is in his sig. But i did suggest everyone pulling a defferant gear at the same time.

Are you sure about that? It would have made 0 sense prior to Mod 6....

[cryptic]

some sigs, don't make sence, lol

but if i'm wrong, then what could nickle mean? five???
everyone would be 6


Use nickles: would that be use 5's, if you pull the center then every 5th one, counting 12 as one then the first you would pull would be 8 and then just pull them counter clockwise. but then what would the Everyone in his sig mean?

[Nyp]

I say recovered because I don't believe we "solved" anything.

Six players, each assigned to a different button.

Count...1, 2 (center pushed), 3 all click their buttons.

The electric trap went off. We had no rogue so I don't know if this was preventable. The 8, 10 and 2 were lit. I then activated 6 then 4 then 12 and the wall went down and the floor didn't drop. Quest was on Normal.

I think we just got lucky. BTW, the contents of the chests were average junk and NO ingredients which was more disappointing than the 6 scrolls I pulled .

[Gordo]

Is there a chest above the beholder? Someone said if you can get him to telekenesis you up there, you'll fina a chest.

[BlueLightBandit]

Is there a chest above the beholder? Someone said if you can get him to telekenesis you up there, you'll fina a chest.

Yes, but you won't get to it if you're wearing a deathblock item.

/sigh

[Gordo]

Another person responded today on a different thread and said they were up there and there was no chest... Is it a special chest or just regular loot? What do you need to do to get up there?

[JohnWarlock]

I'm sorry for this barely understandable brainstorm I'm about to share, but it's 11:34pm and I really don't want to think or try solving a puzzle... but I did wonder something, after reading all the thread... it seems that there are 7 orbs at the end of RitD. Now my way of thinking is as follows, if it has to do anything with the puzzle, then the extra orb, should tell you if it is clockwise or counterclockwise... hint at it being RED=RIGHT=CLOCKWISE, also the way to see could be double the number of the orb, 1=2, 2=4 and there are your lever positions, now if you want more work, try using the color wheel. Where:

12 = Yellow
02 = Green
04 = Blue
06 = Violet
08 = Red
10 = Orange

as opposed to:

- Red
- Orange
- Yellow
- Green
- Blue
***Indigo
- Violet

leaving Indigo blank, or off the puzzle, ergo if it is Red, then go clockwise, if not go counterclockwise, and you can always try that addition thing to find the lightning bullet. Just a suggestion


*** RIP Gary *** You'll be Missed

[query]

I have a developer question for the CONFIRMED crud:


Why is it that sometimes the searched trap box appears BEHIND the inaccessable gate without "initiating and finishing" the gears?


I've seen it, I've known that there are up to three trap boxes, and I'm keeping to the confirmed of my own post by not speculating if the lightning and/or floor is only due to the trap boxes or not.


But I'd like an answer why an alleged disable solution is not accessable if you SOMETIMES have to solve the gears first?


And I'm hereby suing you E.D. for evilly eating popcorn watching other people suffer. As any guild member and player on Thelanis will attest, Erifer was doing this BEFORE you, and you are infringing on his trademark action.

I will be willing to settle for a full disclosure of the rainbow gear room, so there!


(If anybody can get where the last two words of my sentence above are taken from [both reference topic and location area of that topic,] you get 10,000 XP and a +1 on your next posting. And unlike the developer of this mod quest, I guarantee a solution. The previous sentences do mention a hint in context to the location/theme of the topic. This is a much better example of what a clever puzzler and hint really is rather than scorpions and color tiles being red, don't you think...oh wait, many didn't SOLVE my riddle yet, did you? )


Edit: Dangit, my riddle busted the thread again!

[Wizzly_Bear]

has everyone else had as little luck as myself in figuring this out? or is the silence due to some unannounced solution?

[Ragons]

Went in several times last month to just to play with this puzzle. I only got the gate to open once. My successful attempt was:
6
10
12 (lighting)
2
4
8 gate opened.

I don't think the lighting is any indicator when the floor will drop. I believe it just a random trap.
I look up and down the hallway looking for any indicators but didn't see anything. I cleared the crest room several times looking for differences to give any hints but found nothing.
The loot in the chest was poor so I started to think it just may be another route into the crest room. Take this route, get the crest and d-door out. You can avoid the hallway fights.
The hardest puzzles I have found usually have very simple solutions. We tend to complicate things. If the solution is discovered I would not be surprised if the answer was a simple one.

[aldan]

My Gosh I thought this thread had been dead for months. Cased closed guys, trap is random.

Too funny.

Actually I think its not random and keep hitting that darn trap. Dont do anything else but rinse and repeat. LOL

[Yvonne_Blacksword]

gave up on the rainbow being the clue thing.
gave up on ever finding a solution.
gave up on the chests.

started using the time people spent in the quest trying to figure out which gear to activate to organize inventory...

Then it happened. I did it in a guild/pug combo and a quiet member typed..."I will do the puzzle.."
I though...hmmmm...
A ranger/rogue combo...my full rogue self thought..hmmmm.

I went to the trap side of the room, a dance party insued with the tanks/ cleric and casters..and the 2 trixters went behind the wall...

The other rogue typed, you don't have to be here...I said...I am not woried.

The other rogue expertly disabled the trap, I hit us both with a resist electric from a wand...just in case.

then she started in...12....6...little pause...10....4....little pause....8...2....

no lightning...no floor drop...gate open.

so what did it?

was it opposing numbers on the wheel of death?

was it insider info...<tinfoil hat wearers everywhere say the DEV's are watching...and laughing at us...>

was it dumb luck?

Yes, it was the first time I ventured that side of the wall for the rolling of the cogs...

Maybe...I am the lucky rabbit's foot?
/wink

[Wizzly_Bear]

gave up on the rainbow being the clue thing.
gave up on ever finding a solution.
gave up on the chests.

started using the time people spent in the quest trying to figure out which gear to activate to organize inventory...

Then it happened. I did it in a guild/pug combo and a quiet member typed..."I will do the puzzle.."
I though...hmmmm...
A ranger/rogue combo...my full rogue self thought..hmmmm.

I went to the trap side of the room, a dance party insued with the tanks/ cleric and casters..and the 2 trixters went behind the wall...

The other rogue typed, you don't have to be here...I said...I am not woried.

The other rogue expertly disabled the trap, I hit us both with a resist electric from a wand...just in case.

then she started in...12....6...little pause...10....4....little pause....8...2....

no lightning...no floor drop...gate open.

so what did it?

was it opposing numbers on the wheel of death?

was it insider info...<tinfoil hat wearers everywhere say the DEV's are watching...and laughing at us...>

was it dumb luck?

Yes, it was the first time I ventured that side of the wall for the rolling of the cogs...

Maybe...I am the lucky rabbit's foot?
/wink

my own personal 1 successful completion also followed the opposing gears theory. however, the three following attempts with same method failed.

[Coldin]

Thread Necro!

My group just ran this. We got it down to one more lever using the star method. We thought we had it. But much to our surprise, as we pulled the final lever, the floor broke.

So, basically, it's a totally random chance. Even if you pull the levers, not hitting the wrong one, you can still lose. Makes me think that either all your levers might be safe (with some still activating the traps), or 1 or more are always unsafe. Order doesn't even matter.

So, Eldorudo, am I right?

[bobbryan2]

My new theory... is that the first time someone runs the quest, they can get it right.

The few people I've ever seen open it... it's their first time in the quest. Absolutely nothing to back that up but anecdotal evidence though.

[Volpe]

I have to wonder if Eldorudo uses a brand name popcorn, like orvell REDinbacher.

[darkrune]

THIS THREAD SMELLS LIKE ROTTING FLESH AND CEMETARY DIRT!!!!!

for the sake of the god's let it die in peace!!