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[HOT PATCH 60.1]

HOT PATCH 60.1
August 11th, 2015 - GM NollKoll

-Fixed the 125% scroll drops

-Fixed some minor ToT's arts

-Added infested peerless drops on Corgul.

-Fixed granite drop rate and the granite type thats dropped now works in crafting! (Use stona in luna to turn in none-working granites)

-Decreased the chance for infested paragons to drop parties.

-Increased the overall toughness of Infested creatures, but not by much.. Very Very Very small buff.

- World auto save times increased a bit to not be as often.

*Hopefully a fix for boats, superdye to dye pets, fertile dirts and decrease the "rolling range*" of some infested arties to come soon, atm super svamped irl!

*Let's call it Rolling stats and the Rolling range is from X to Y, ie Weapon Damage 20-60% so the rolling range is between 20-60%, and a decrease in the rolling range would be 40-60% for example. (But do not bring out the fanciest of champagnes yet! I wont make it super easy for you all, but alot better depending on artifact system!

[Selling ANY items in Pandora for real life money to other players is instantly bannable for the person selling them and the person buying them.]

Selling ANY items in Pandora for real life money to other players is instantly bannable for the person selling them and the person buying them.

You ARE allowed to have the player donate to the shard and buy something off you with Pandora Bucks inside the game.
That's OK.

All donation items are tagged and easy to track to see where they move. You will eventually get caught. No questions asked, all accounts banned.

We work really really hard, countless hours, days and energy (for over 5 years now) to give you all a free and awesome gaming experience and hobby. We are only online because of donations, sever bills and what not aren't cheap for a real time live experience like you have. --

The items you get for donation are for donating to shard and our way of saying "thank you". Trying to sell donation items or any other items in game to other players for real money is instantly bannable. Buying them because you can get them for a "deal" or "cheaper" is instantly bannable. -- Both situations are taking advantage of our property and taking money out of the shard's pocket and in turn, every other player's pocket.

It's common sense. But there really isn't anything common about common sense so I am posting this now. -- To make our job even more efficient, if you see a player doing this, let us know. You will be anonymous and you will receive a reward. That goes for any exploits or taking advantage of any system through the world. --


This is your final and only warning. Thank you for taking the time to read this and having empathy for our work and efforts.


Summary: Illegal to sell in game items/pets for real life cash. Everything else is fine.

Love you all.

- Kon

[I been working for the past couple weeks on a new donation store. (It was pretty packed in the Trinsic building). The new store is live on Pandora, simply use a Public Moongate to get to it. It looks much better. Also, some prices have been tweaked and some things added. Will continue to tweak and add to it as we go.Thank you for the support and consideration!]

I been working for the past couple weeks on a new donation store. (It was pretty packed in the Trinsic building).

The new store is live on Pandora, simply use a Public Moongate to get to it. It looks much better. Also, some prices have been tweaked and some things added. Will continue to tweak and add to it as we go.

Thank you for the support and consideration!

You can donate to the shard here: http://www.pandorauo.com/portal/#donate

[It's a new month! That means it is ever important to type [Vote in game for vote tokens everyday and vote on all the sites. If you're at work and bored, you can vote here:]

It's a new month! That means it is ever important to type [Vote in game for vote tokens everyday and vote on all the sites. If you're at work and bored, you can vote here: http://www.pandorauo.com/portal/#vote

Your vote brings new players. Please make sure to type in the captcha when on the voting sites. PortalUO is the only site that wants you to register to vote, please take the 1 minute and register then you will never have to do it again and the autofill will make it automatic.

Thank you so much!

[I have made some updates and tweaks to our home website and mainly our Community forums.- Updated the forum engine versions, making it smoother and more efficient for your experience on the boards.- Added a translation mod to both the home website and Community forums. This will allow any foreign speaking people who stumble on Pandora to be able to translate everything instantly and see how to play, while not deterring them away because they don't know English. If you look at the top of the Forums, in the center is a drop down menu. Whatever language you choose it will change all Topics, posts, replies, etc to that language. Very useful. -- So tell your foreign friends.- Other misc tweaks and improvements.]

I have made some updates and tweaks to our home website and mainly our Community forums.

- Updated the forum engine versions, making it smoother and more efficient for your experience on the boards.

- Added a translation mod to both the home website and Community forums. This will allow any foreign speaking people who stumble on Pandora to be able to translate everything instantly and see how to play, while not deterring them away because they don't know English.

If you look at the top of the Forums, in the center is a drop down menu. Whatever language you choose it will change all Topics, posts, replies, etc to that language. Very useful. -- So tell your foreign friends.

- Other misc tweaks and improvements.

[PVP Battles are back.All players, new and old, even if you don't PVP.. Join them. You have nothing to lose (you never even die) and everyone gets a valuable PVP Coin just for participating. They are Free For All style.]

PVP Battles are back.

All players, new and old, even if you don't PVP.. Join them. You have nothing to lose (you never even die) and everyone gets a valuable PVP Coin just for participating. They are Free For All style.

To join a battle: type [Battles in game and click the 'Battle' that is Queuing and Click 'Join Queue'. When the Battle is 3 minutes from starting, it will send you a message to join it.

The Battle that are back (times in PST):
FFA - 5AM, 10AM, 3PM, 8PM
Doom Colosseum - 2AM, 7AM, 5PM, 11PM
Red Light District - 1PM, Midnight

We are still in Season 89 (type [Battles and click 'War' to see rankings) -- Remember that the Winner of each Season gets the Battle Necklace with 3FC and the runner ups get some cool imbuing materials.

[Publish 55 - Collection Series]

Publish 55 - Collection Series


Gold Shop

We have a lot of new items, artwork and animations going into the game / Gold Shop with this patch. I need you guys to reply here on what prices should be for each item once you see them on display or let me know after I set these items up in the Gold Shop (Doors will be locked, will take me about 30-hour to set up)

Gold Shop: A new store in Pandora that aims for selling classics and unique wanted items in exchange for the gold coin. It is located behind Britain's West Bank (Trammel). This is part of our Pandora Gold Sink effort for players to spend a lot of gold; creating less of it overall on Pandora in turn raising the value of it. Balancing the economy. It will take time, but it will happen... Bloody inflation. This will also give all gold, everywhere, a lot more value and purpose instantly for both new & vets!

*To buy an item, you must cash the amount for it all in lots of gold stacks in your bank. The Gold Metal Chest only accepts raw gold coin from your bank. You must have the latest client to see these.

New Items Added and in Gold Shop:

- Ageless House Token -- It's expensive, but aimed for the filthy rich in our gold sink efforts. It does exactly what you think, you double click it, click the house sign you want Ageless and it will never decay. (Only will fall if your account gets deleted). It also will turn your house sign a Light Gray Color.

- Santa's Reindeer Collector Statues -- Collect all 9 Reindeer.. 9 you say? I thought there was 8! Well, I added Rudolph (he's probably the toughest to get)! When you buy a Reindeer from the Gold Chest, it will be randomly 1 of the 9. You roll the dice to collect all of them.
*I also added colorful text on the Reindeer descriptions saying it is a Collector's Item and it is 1 of 9.
Rudolph, Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen!

- Santa's Sleigh

- +200 Luck Deed -- Add +200 Luck to any item.

- Serpent's Crest -- places on the wall of your house.

- Ancient Fame Book -- Will instantly give you max Fame.

- Ancient Karma Book -- Will instantly give you max Karma.


- King's Collection
All new artwork / animations. Must have latest client to see. -- Will be on display and for sale in Gold Shop later today.

Monastery Bell (East)
Monastery Bell (South)
Bird Lamp
Dragon Lamp
Dragon Lantern
Koi Lamp
Stained Glass Lamp
Tall Double Lamp
Tall Lamp


- Huntmaster Collection (trophies)
All new artwork / animations. Must have latest client to see. -- Will be on display and for sale in Gold Shop later today.

Grizzley Bear
Gray Wolf
Cougar
Turkey
Bull
Boar
Walrus
Alligator
Eagle


- Fireplace Collection
All new artwork / animations. Must have latest client to see. -- Will be on display and for sale in Gold Shop later today.
Changed heat sources to allow the 3 new fireplaces to allow cooking.

Blue Fireplace (East)
Blue Fireplace (South)
Gold Fireplace (East)
Gold Fireplace (South)
Green Fireplace (East)
Green Fireplace (South)



- Crafting Collection
All new artwork / animations. Must have latest client to see. -- Will be on display and for sale in Gold Shop later today.

Smithing Press
Place in house, is both a Forge and Anvil in 1. (can be turned in both East/South with Interior Tool)

Sewing Machine
Place in house, works like an unlimited Sewing Kit


- Plant Collection

A Potted Coffee Plant
All new artwork / animations. Must have latest client to see. -- Will be on display and for sale in Gold Shop later today.


- Art Collection
All new artwork / animations Must have latest client to see. -- Will be on display and for sale in Gold Shop later today.
flippable = can turn direction when locked down with Interior Decorator Tool

A Swords Crossed wall mount
A Pandora 5th Anniversary Painting (East)
A Pandora 5th Anniversary Painting (South)
Castle Painting (flippable)
Horse Painting (flippable)
Ship Painting (flippable)
Fire Painting (flippable)
Cello Instrument (flippable)
Easter Goose (using Turn on Interior tool locked down will make it open wings)
Easter Goose Egg (using Turn on Interior tool locked down will make egg hatching)


MISC.

- Upped the weight from 100 to 1000 on the Interior Decorating tool to be able to turn the Huntmaster Trophies in another direction.


The gold shop will be non accessible for about an hour while I set all these new things up in Pandora. Will allow you guys in after! -- Please take the time to [Vote.

More coming soon!

- King <3

[It's Saturday night my time.I will be putting in a new publish tomorrow (Sunday) that has a good chunk of new artwork, decorations, utilities, animations and some other misc. tweaks.Some pretty sweet looking stuff folks. Can't wait to show it to you.I'll start by placing all new items in the new Gold Shop after I insert the patch. Would like player's input for prices of each item once you can see them on display.Remember to [Vote !]

It's Saturday night my time.
I will be putting in a new publish tomorrow (Sunday) that has a good chunk of new artwork, decorations, utilities, animations and some other misc. tweaks.

Some pretty sweet looking stuff folks. Can't wait to show it to you.

I'll start by placing all new items in the new Gold Shop after I insert the patch. Would like player's input for prices of each item once you can see them on display.

Remember to [Vote !

[Use UOSteam Only.Do not use Razor. It is no longer updated and sends bad packets and communication with our newest client. We have reports of people's items disappearing when using Razor along with other slew of problems. There is a reason why UOSteam is the only one listed to download on our website. Very important.]

Use UOSteam Only.

Do not use Razor. It is no longer updated and sends bad packets and communication with our newest client. We have reports of people's items disappearing when using Razor along with other slew of problems. There is a reason why UOSteam is the only one listed to download on our website. Very important.

[Gold Sink Stone Added to start our steady process of lowering the overall gold on Pandora and in turn raising its value. (just like real life)!I am going to start with 1 simple item and expand from there.. BETA if you will. -- First added: The +200 Luck Deed for 62 million gold. The Gold Sink Room and Chest to purchase it is behind West Britain Bank Trammel in the top floor of the Artists Shop. -- You have to cash checks & have 62 million in actual gold piles in bank to buy it.]

Please follow the Gold Sink topic here for your suggestions and comments:
http://www.pandorauo.com/community/index.php/topic,11569.msg33759/topicseen.html#new


Gold Sink Stone Added to start our steady process of lowering the overall gold on Pandora and in turn raising its value. (just like real life)!

I am going to start with 1 simple item and expand from there.. BETA if you will. --

First added: The +200 Luck Deed for 62 million gold. The Gold Sink Room and Chest to purchase it is behind West Britain Bank Trammel in the top floor of the Artists Shop. -- You have to cash checks & have 62 million in actual gold piles in bank to buy it.
That might seem expensive, and it is. If you see the stats below, for us to make a dent we have to target the Veteran filthy rich players on Pandora. There will be more items added soon and some will be lower, some higher.


Current Economy Stats. In Billions.

Total Gold in Pandora (including Coins, Checks, Bars, Books)
18,224,974,561
or 18.25 Billion

We will add more items soon, keep the ideas coming (remember to think what is right for the shard as a whole, not just personally) and the price in Gold you think is right. To give your suggestion - Post in our active thread here: http://www.pandorauo.com/community/index.php/topic,11569.msg33759/topicseen.html#new

Let's see if we can make a dent?

[I have changed the minimum Imbuing skill level to be able to 'Unravel Runes' using a Rune Chisel & Rough Stones to 0.0. Previously it was at 100.0. (left over from the old days).You will also be able to start gaining the Imbuing skill at 0.0.*Remember you must be around a Soul Forge to create them. If not, the "Make Now" button with be grey.This means that a newbie (even if they don't start with 75 Imbuing on their char, which they should) is able to Unravel runes instantly and start gaining... I also tested that this same formula to allow you to gain up to to max Imbuing skill of 120.0 by Unraveling.]

I have changed the minimum Imbuing skill level to be able to 'Unravel Runes' using a Rune Chisel & Rough Stones to 0.0. Previously it was at 100.0. (left over from the old days).

You will also be able to start gaining the Imbuing skill at 0.0.

*Remember you must be around a Soul Forge to create them. If not, the "Make Now" button with be grey.

This means that a newbie (even if they don't start with 75 Imbuing on their char, which they should) is able to Unravel runes instantly and start gaining... I also tested that this same formula to allow you to gain up to to max Imbuing skill of 120.0 by Unraveling.

I have also updated the Imbuing Pandora Wiki page for a Quick Tip Guide to gaining Imbuing right at the top. http://www.pandorauo.com/wiki/index.php?n=TrainingRoom.BasicImbuing

Remember to type [Vote once a day for Voting Tokens that you can spend at the Vote Stone / Vendor in Luna and Insula. Make sure you type the CAPTCHA on the web pages when they pop up to vote. Your vote brings new players and it is all we require. -- Thank you!

[Vorspire, Noll and me are upgrading the live server box today. Migrating to a new operating system and hardware that will be more reliable to the players. This doesn't happen often as we hate being down all all (99% uptime in over 5 years), but it is totally worth it. There is no exact time that will migrate will take, could be 1 hour, could be 6 -- We will work fast as possible.Thank you all for your patience as we continue to strive to give you the best gaming experience possible.]

Vorspire, Noll and me are upgrading the live server box today. Migrating to a new operating system and hardware that will be more reliable to the players. This doesn't happen often as we hate being down all all (99% uptime in over 5 years), but it is totally worth it. There is no exact time that will migrate will take, could be 1 hour, could be 6 -- We will work fast as possible.

Thank you all for your patience as we continue to strive to give you the best gaming experience possible.

[Patch up your UO Clients all the way to over 7.0.43 +Good to do this without us letting you know once and awhile so you can always see new hue, graphics, land etc. in game. Head to your UO Folder where it is installed on your computer. Find UOPatch.exe.Right click it >> Run as Administrator. Let it finish patching and close out of it. I am also patching the game play files on server side.]

Patch up your UO Clients all the way to over 7.0.43 +

Good to do this without us letting you know once and awhile so you can always see new hue, graphics, land etc. in game.

Head to your UO Folder where it is installed on your computer. Find UOPatch.exe.
Right click it >> Run as Administrator. Let it finish patching and close out of it.

I am also patching the game play files on server side.

[There is now a total of 6 voting sites added to the [Vote command in game. Please make sure you type the [Vote command at least once a day and type in the CAPTCHA when browser pops up so the vote actually counts. It only takes 1-2 minutes to go through all of them. There is a new voting site Portal UO (formally JoinUO) which is getting a lot of traffic, but requires you to register to vote (it is the only site like that), please take the minute to register once and then you never have to do it again.]

There is now a total of 6 voting sites added to the [Vote command in game. Please make sure you type the [Vote command at least once a day and type in the CAPTCHA when browser pops up so the vote actually counts. It only takes 1-2 minutes to go through all of them. There is a new voting site Portal UO (formally JoinUO) which is getting a lot of traffic, but requires you to register to vote (it is the only site like that), please take the minute to register once and then you never have to do it again.

You can see the new sites we are competing on here: http://www.pandorauo.com/portal/#vote -- If you happen to be at work or away from UO, you can use this link to vote. You can now get up 11 Vote coins a day.


New Items Added to the Voting Stones
(which can be found at Insula & Luna bank along with Vote Vendor):

- Ethereal Tiger
- Skill Codex: 1 Skill set to 100
- Donator's Exceptional Flute (blessed, unlimited charges)
More added soon -- Prices set considering getting 11 voting tokens a day and being able to buy them from other players.


We work super hard to make this the best experience for you. A home away from home. The minimum we ask is you vote everyday. Your vote brings new players.

Love you all!

[Anyone have any ideas for simple and effective gold sinks in game? Ways to make players spend more gold overtime fairly to help gold economy.For example: next reboot the [myhouses command costs more gold to use then it did. Not a lot, but enough over time will help. -- Taking simple suggestions like this.Don't even think about mentioning trading gold in for Pandora Bucks either lol.Thanks.]

Anyone have any ideas for simple and effective gold sinks in game? Ways to make players spend more gold overtime fairly to help gold economy.

For example: next reboot the [myhouses command costs more gold to use then it did. Not a lot, but enough over time will help. -- Taking simple suggestions like this.

Don't even think about mentioning trading gold in for Pandora Bucks either lol.

Thanks.

[PUBLISH 54 - January 19, 2015]

PUBLISH 54 - January 19, 2015
The near Pure Mage or Dexxor is now a viable option.

This is more of a premium addition to the last patch 53 which was added yesterday. Patch 53's main focus was to add back the accelerated 4/8 (Faster Casting / Faster Cast Recovery) casting along with new character being able to start with 75 Imbuing on the SKillCodex. Read the notes here: http://www.pandorauo.com/community/index.php/topic,11565.msg33310


Publish 54 Changes & Notes

Please reply below for any bugs or issues resulting from this patch so we can address them.

- Swing Speed Max has increased to 1.0 as opposed to 1.25 (1 swing per second with enough dex/swing speed increase, it's pretty quick!). This will make dexxers more viable in a increased casting world.

- Hit Chance Increase (HDC) Cap is now a "hard true" 75%. Use [MyStats for accuracy.

- Defense Chance Increase (DCI) Cap is now a "hard true" 75%. Use [MyStats for accuracy.
*Using Divine Fury temporarly gives a +10 HCI bonus even if it doesn't show up in [MyStats, but they lose 20% DCI for the trade off.

- Glass Fukiya damage increase. These are great weapons that can be used with skill and timing as a kill shot when someone is low health.
*Damage is random though depending on your parrying, armor and other protection. Sometimes you get a prime hit, sometimes you don't (or even miss).
*Glass darts & weapon can be made learning Glassblowing and using a Blowpipe.

- Tweaked the caps in [MyStats command.

- Replaced the old everlasting donation flute with an exceptional version. (it is slightly more expensive then non-exceptional). It is in the Donation House.

- Slightly adjusted spell casting animation delay and Next Spell Delay to team with the overall faster casting.

- Sped up all BASE casting times on magery spells to about 0.3 seconds depending on circle.

- Monsters that drop Oceanic Coins have a chance to drop a bit more of them (at least a chance of 2 more per than usualy) on the following creatures: Kraken, Poseidon's Limbs, Sea Spiders, Southern Dolphins. (kill the ones in the world now for respawn).

- Another attempt at making Ankh Dungeon drop Treasures of Tokuno again when stones are green.
Someone please test it out and confirm it in a reply here please? CONFIRMED! WORKS!
*Ankh Dungeon is in the Ilshenar facet. The Dojo & Mines are in Tokuno. You can get to both by using the public Moongates.

Remember to use the command [Vote everyday and consider donating to the shard.
Godspeed.

- King

[Small but potent patch. 4/8]

Small but potent patch. 4/8


- Changed casting back to 4/8 speed. (Pandora was originally like this for many years) It is a mathematical equation that speeds you up when you have 4 faster casting and 8 faster cast recovery from jewels and other items on your character.

*This applies to Magery, Necromancy, Mysticism, Spellweaving.
*Chivalry is capped at 2 Faster Casting if the skill is over 70.0
*Will be monitoring PvP and running tests from here on out. Think of this as a trial, so you vets please post in reply here. Keep in mind it will take a bit to adjust, and it does require more skill to be good with it. So give yourself a fair chance before stating opinions so we know they are accurate.


- New players that start with 3 skills at 75.0 now can choose Imbuing and Mysticism also.

- Remember to Vote in game by typing [Vote everyday. Actually type in the CAPTCHA for the vote to count. Your vote brings new players. Tell your friends.
- King

[Christmas Trees are for sale in Insula.]

Christmas Trees are for sale in Insula.

ho ho ho

[At the request of players, I have added the following Doom Artifacts (War Edition) to the buy stone at the Donation House using glorious Pandora Bucks.]

At the request of players, I have added the following Doom Artifacts (War Edition) to the buy stone at the Donation House using glorious Pandora Bucks.

Armor of Fortune
Bracelet of Health
Divine Countenance
Gauntlets of Nobility
Hat of the Magi
Helm of Insight
Leggings of Bane
Ornate Crown of the Harrower
Ring of the Vile

Note that the buy window goes into a 2nd page, use the arrow to see the rest.
You can make a donation for Pandora Bucks here: http://www.pandorauo.com/portal/#donate 
Thank you for the support.

- King

[We have heard your pleas and appreciate you all being so patient. Noll is a real champion for all of you and he pushed to have things looked at in more depth.Basically I had to become a player & play to figure it out...I got on the ground today as a player char to narrow down the freezes & why (thanks to the players who helped me out with testing). At the same time Vorspire was on Skype and I would send him all my collected info and suggestions and he would make a change in the code in live time. -- Looks like we got it.There was other changes and optimizations along the way today, a lot of technical tweaks.Many vets did champ spawns and went through the whole thing without a freeze after the patch. Now keep in mind, that it is an online game and sometimes you will simple freeze or crash... But you all know the difference... Thanks again Pandorians. Onward & upward.]

We have heard your pleas and appreciate you all being so patient. Noll is a real champion for all of you and he pushed to have things looked at in more depth.

Basically I had to become a player & play to figure it out...I got on the ground today as a player char to narrow down the freezes & why (thanks to the players who helped me out with testing). At the same time Vorspire was on Skype and I would send him all my collected info and suggestions and he would make a change in the code in live time. -- Looks like we got it.

There was other changes and optimizations along the way today, a lot of technical tweaks.

Many vets did champ spawns and went through the whole thing without a freeze after the patch. Now keep in mind, that it is an online game and sometimes you will simple freeze or crash... But you all know the difference...

Thanks again Pandorians. Onward & upward.