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#61
Shard Changes / HotFix: Champs & Crafting Menu
November 06, 2014, 02:05:00 AM
Champion Spawns are back to working properly.

Crafting Menus seem to be in full functionality again. Though, if it does "break" for you, please let us know ASAP.

Please keep voting by using the command [Vote everyday. Only takes a minute of your time to do the silly captcha so your vote counts... Just match the pictures, all we ask.  :D

Thanks guys.
#62
Shard Changes / Patch & Client 7.0.38.2
October 27, 2014, 07:05:07 PM
Hey folks --

Vorspire made a whole boat load of tweaks and optimizations on some systems. (technical stuff that that won't do any good trying to list them all here)

I updated the Ultima Client on the live box to 7.0.38.2 and did some optimizations and efficiency changes on the live box. Let's see if it makes that subtle difference.


Go to your Ultima Online folder, go to UOPatch.exe, right click and run it as administrator and let it update.
(If it fails: Close it and try to run the patch again)


- King & Vor

#63
Get ready for the wedding of the year.

We are happy to announce Kendra and Tyrone Bigums will tie the knot right here on Pandora on November 1st Date pending, will be discussing it with Tyrone tomorrow saturday. But possible Nov8.

Correction: It will be held at the 8th of November!, And i would enjoy it if you all could talk togheter in regarding which time it should start, sure the biggest ball is in Tyrones hands (or should i say kendra after our trivial persuit event?... ) But without killing my sunday, somewhere around 3-6pm ET ?

This glorious event will be hosted by none other then GM NollKoll. The theme is pink and black and their will be surprises for everyone, Kendra included. (If able, otherwise Noll will prepare everything, and yea let kon do the walk and talk)

We would love for everyone to attend even if you haven't been playing lately please set aside some time to join us in celebrating this wonderful day for not only the couple but for the Pandora shard as a community.
#64
Shard Changes / I Wish to Duel
October 01, 2014, 03:09:50 PM
I have reinstated the command 'I wish to duel' -- Simply type "I wish to duel" and click on someone, if they accept you both go to the Gym to 1v1 -- You do not lose anything and you actually never die. It is perfect for practice or on the hand, settling a score of which Vet is better.

It does have 1 bug I have found so far... When you attack someone, it will act like they are blue and you're going to be a murderer and you're attacking innocent.. Even if the criminal pop up appears.. Ignore it -- Just attack them.. Once it is over, you both will return to normal and go back to wherever you asked to duel in the first place.

Also it opens up a gate when 2 players agree to duel.. So any spectators can follow you to watch.

Keep me posted with anything funky.
#65
Shard Changes / Micro Patch 50 - Old School Insula
August 11, 2014, 11:20:18 PM
Micro Patch 50 - Old School Insula

Micro Patch 50 - Old School Insula

Will effect brand new players...



- We migrated to a new server... You folks should have a better connection and stronger ping. I personally do and the new one is farther away from me.



- New Players will start in Insula near Training Elementals
(Was like this on Pandora for 3 years. Worked well)... So try and hang out in Insula everyone, it is a great community spot. Can't get hurt like Luna.


- New Players will now start with a Skill Codex of 3 skills at 75.
(Was like this on Pandora for 3 years. Worked well)

Many skills you can get GM right inside Insula and being AFK... Others are fun to get... This is my own feelings and has been reflected by some vets. This will give more achievement at the start and allow the learning curve for our shard to be much more efficient... It also allows Vets to help New Players easier without the huge risk.


- New Players will no longer start with the Imbuing Bag.
I have placed a Soul Forge in Insula so they can smelt weapons from new player dungeon.


- New Players will no longer instantly learn all recipes for Imbuing etc.
This will give more achievements for newer players while also stimulating the economy between New and Vets. (It will take some time to see this really take effect, but I believe it will) Newer folks will want to work to pay vets who have the recipe and that means legit trading, not just bumming.


Small patch. New Server. GO HANG OUT IN INSULA!


- King <3
#66
Shard Status / New Server Migrated!
August 11, 2014, 08:15:59 PM
New Server has migrated!

If having any issues logging in right away... Flush your DNS.
Go to Command prompt.

Start -> Run -> "CMD"

> ipconfig /flushdns

Restart UO.



I'd like to get some people's impressions on connection speed? In my case this new server is  1300 miles farther away from me than the other one, but I ping twice as fast on this one.

Run around... Type -ping in game to see ping. -- Let us know!
#67
Shard Changes / Starting Player Hot Patch -6.11.14
June 11, 2014, 04:45:43 PM
June 11th, 2014 - Starting Player Hot Patch

This is a hot patch to buff brand new starting players. This only applies to a brand new Young player and the first char they create on their account. This will help them dive in the game more quickly along with other positive variables.




- Patch the server to the latest client, you should do the same by going into your Ultima folder (where it is installed) Find the UOAutoPatch.exe, right click, Run as Admin. - This should help buggy clients and also gives us access to a lot more content for future updates. Everyone update.

- Added Davie Jones Lock House Deco to Donation House & O Coins.

- The Toolbar will now pop up again for players, you can move this around / minimize it very easily.

- New Player (1st Char, Young Only) start with a dyed robe in pack, blessed to them and named "New Pandorian" for them to look cool right away and for vets to know that they are new.

- The Spell & Casting bag Young player's start will now be ice blue to be recognized easier by a new player.

- New players (1st Char, Young Only) will now start with 100k gold instead of 50k for mostly insurance purposes.

- New Players (1st Char, Young Only) will start with a bag of starter Imbuing material so they can get familiar with the skill right away and know what to look for when hunting.

- New Players (1st Char, Young Only) will start with a normal Bow and 97 arrows.

- New Players (1st Char, Young Only) will start with a bonded normal Hiryu to be able to dive right in and hunt.

- Placed a Powerscroll Exchange in Luna bank.



Working on more soon.

- King

#68
Shard Changes / Voting Update | Made Easy
May 06, 2014, 11:51:10 AM
Extreme Top 100 and GTop 100

After doing some research on statistics and traffic on our domain and the voting sites, we have decided that there is only 2 voting sites worth keeping.

We will focus on buying banner space each month from the donations pot for just these 2 to maximize... But it only matters if you take the 20 seconds each day and type the command [Vote and click on each site.




What does this mean for you? You only have to Vote on 2 sites now as opposed to like 7 or 8 each day. You will get 3 voting tokens for each vote, 6 total of the day. -- This is a Win/Win.

There should be no more excuses of not voting on all sites and actually typing in the CAPTCHA (or it doesn't count at all) in your browser.. All we are asking is you vote on these 2 sites, once a day, by typing the command [Vote.

You can spend your voting tokens in Insula for cool stuff.




Do this for our staff please, we work hard and it isn't asking a lot.

Love you all.


EVERY 24 HOURS YOU CAN TYPE [VOTE AND CLICK EACH VOTING SITE. EACH VOTING SITE YOU CLICK, WITH POP UP THE VOTING WEBSITE IN YOUR BROWSER. TYPE IN THE CAPTCHA, CLICK SUBMIT, CLOSE THE BROWSER... DO THAT ONCE A DAY PLEASE.

#69
Shard Changes / Publish 49.8 - Old School
February 11, 2014, 08:49:29 PM
PUBLISH 49.8
February 11th, 2014


The random freezing seems improved, but not squashed. We will continue to fight it.

Imbuing Gems & Jewels

Since we have removed Mining Carts, all these gems & jewels drop on easy to pretty easy monsters with pretty high drop rates. (Average is 1 out of 15 to 1 out of 30) - The harder the monster, the more to drop.- This will also allow some original dungeons to be used again.

Felucca dungeons will usually be denser than Trammel for obvious reasons.


Perfect Emerald
Best Dungeon to Hunt: Terathan Keep
Terathan Avenger
Terathan Matriarch
Terathan Warrior
Terathan Drone


White Pearl

High Seas Bosses
Treasure Chests
Deep Sea Serpent (They spawn in the water randomly & you have a chance to pull one up)
Sea Spiders
Lobster/Crab Traps

Ecru Citrine
Best Dungeons to Hunt: Despise
Lizardmen
Ettin

Turquoise
Best Dungeons to Hunt: Shame, Despise & Destard
Earth Elemental
Air Elemental
Drake
Giant Serpents


Brilliant Amber
Best Dungeons to Hunt: Covetous & Wrong
Harpy
Jukas

Fire Ruby
Best Dungeon to Hunt: Hythloth
Fire Elementals
Balrons
Hell Hounds
Gargoyles


Dark Sapphire
Best Dungeons to Hunt: Khaldun, Deceit, Covetous
Cursed
Skeleton
Lich


Blue Diamond

Best Dungeon to Hunt: Ice
Snow Elemental
Ice Elemental
Ice Serpent
Frost Troll
Ice Fiend




MISC

- Mining Cart Removed as an option for Veteran Rewards
- The Daily PvP will start with only 2 players instead of needed 4.
- Spawned Khaldun trammel side with Cursed. (Please confirm is there is a Trammel side entrance to it)
- Upped spawns for Gem dropping monsters in all dungeons relevant in Felucca & Trammel
- Fixed a bug where the closed barrel was to heavy to steal in Deceit. It now weighs 6 stones
- Player's shouldn't allowed to hurt/flag on other players in the PvM room (needs test though)
- Added a link to Fish Trophy place on Public Moongate > High Seas > Fish Trophies (Double click the fish on the counters to purchase your trophy with the relevant fish in your pack - If you caught a Blue Marlin, have it in pack, double click the Blue Marlin on the counter)
- You have a chance to catch a white pearl in your lobster trap.
- You can cut the white pearl by double clicking a sword or scissors and it will give you 1 Large Fishing Net Deed for your house decorations.
- Tool bar adjustments / fixes - All the buttons work now, reset the theme & buttons for everyone. Sorry for any inconvenience.
- Updates to Pandora Wiki
- Updated Software on Server Box
- Updated Ultima Client on Server Box


- Scalis the Enforcer
Will always drop 6 or 7 White Pearls along with the rest of his loot.
He has a WAY more chance of dropping his rare artifacts (great to starting an imbuing piece)
To spawn him, you need to obtain a Fabled Net - See our wiki or ask a Veteran for more info.

- Corgul the Soulbinder (to fight him, go to port of sea horse, take a horse south to the island, I don't think you need a water quiver anymore)
Will always drop 2 to 4 White Pearls along with the rest of his loot
Will Spawn 3 times a day instead of 1 time and have a chance to spawn sooner after his last defeat.
#70
Shard Changes / Mining/Gem Carts Removed.
February 08, 2014, 06:42:50 PM
We should have done this a long time ago, but didn't know the extent of how bad it was.

Just for history sake - Those are vet reward items, given on OSI for 1 account ONLY for multiple years of playing. 1 year = 1 month here on Pandora and each person can have 3 accounts, you see how that can get out of control quick.

Not only were they causing massive harm to the economy and flooding gems and what not, but it is the exploit of that which got us to this point.

Towers full of them...

What this has done server wise is assist world wide shard freezes where we actually have a revert.
Players also crashing instantly when running by a house of carts many times. - Myself couldn't even run through Luna without a Client hiccup, now I am teleporting all around.
Etc etc - You get the point, overhaul just not good for the server.



Also with that, Vorspire currently is making some of the rarer jewels drop on basic creatures like Lizardman, Ratman, etc - It won't be hard (most you can get already by hunting easy) and it will be a heck of a lot better than double click macros on the carts. -- Most of all, it will get people back into the easy simple dungeons no one ever uses on Tram & Fel side, which you guys have asked for over and over.
Not to mention this will give new & old players a way to make good money, kill some easy monsters and collect them - Sell them - Etc..  Only thing I am upset about is I should have done this well over a year ago, or really when Imbuing was introduced.. Ah well

- Perfect Emerald
- Emerald
- Ecru
- Citrine
- Dark Citrine
- White Pearl
- Turquoise
- Brilliant Amber
- Fire Ruby
- Blue Diamond

There is no debate on this, no you will not get to choose a different Vet reward, you already get too many rewards with that system over multiple accounts any ways - If you don't have anymore rewards, ask almost any player and they probably have one you can have. - This is a no brainer and any player with some senses already understands.
#71
General Discussion / Battles
February 04, 2014, 10:24:25 AM
I noticed the CTF wanted 5 players each, I changed that to 2 minimum. (Was wondering why no one ever did it, will raise it up when population raises.)

What Battle changes would you guys like to see so they are worth joining each time?
This can be team rules, locations, etc. - Be simple.
#72
If you're a player who is relatively new to Pandora, I would like your advice on a few things as I am trying to streamline the new player journey more efficiently.

If you don't mind, reply:


1. What was some positive things you experienced when you came to Pandora? What are some things that made you stay?

2. What issues did you have when you first logged into the shard? It is a lot to take in as we have many systems and loads of content, but I'm looking for things that you really stumbled on your first couple days?

3. What could we improve on Pandora from the moment you log in and walking around your first day?

4. Anything you want to add, good or bad - As it will give me a better idea how it is when first experiencing Pandora. I'd like to add to the good things and change the bad ones. - This can even include things you ran into in your first couple months that seemed like to much of a struggle.


Thank you.
#73
NEW PERMANENT DONATION PRICES & ITEM LIST
FEB. 2014


Every couple years we change up the donation prices due to many variables, basically to make the items cheaper and more attainable. (some lower than others) - That time has come. - I hope player's embrace this and consider donating as that is the only possible way we are able to keep the shard live. This should allow all types of player's to be able to donate for something really worth having without breaking the bank.

Also....

Many prices have been adjusted dramatically where there is NO reason for the once a year 1/2 off sale anymore - Though instead we will do something special around Christmas time in its place. This should allow players to donate more consistent and not feel like there is a big sale around the corner and in turn miss out. (Some new prices are below the half off mark, some not) - You can donate with stable confidence.




Below is the items and their new prices. Currency is in Pandora Bucks, to make a donation head here: http://www.pandorauo.com/portal/#donate

*Also note that sometimes I don't have an exact grasp on what a specific item is worth in game. I am open for suggestions if you think something is definitely too much or not enough.




ALL PET PRICES ARE AT 50% OF WHAT THEY WERE ON THE DONATION VENDOR.
(As I have counted, almost 90% of donation pets were bought during half-offs anyway. Since those are no longer happening, this will give more players access to affordable and awesome pets)



ETHEREALS

Tiger (+1 time any color dyed from staff special) - 32
Boura - 23
Charger - 16
Chimera (Dino) - 16
Cu Sidhe - 12
Fenzy Ostard - 5
Hiryu - 12
Horse - 2
Beetle - 5
Ki-Rin - 5
Llama - 2
Ostard - 2
Polar Bear - 18
Ridgeback - 7
Skeletal Horse - 18
Swamp Dragon - 12
Unicorn - 5



DOOM ARTIFACTS (WAR EDITION, IMBUABLE)
*See them on display in the Artifact Room

Spirit of Totem - 32
Leggings of Bane - 25
Shadow Dancer Leggings - 25
Gargish Robe of Pure Platinum - 35
Hunters Headress - 32
Robe of Pure Gold - 25
Crystalline Ring - 40
Midnight Bracers - 25
New & Best Crimson Cinture - 40
Spirit of Totem Wings - 40
Gargish Leggings of Bane - 25
Gargish Claw of the Danmed - 25



TOOLS, CRAFTS & MISC

Everlasting Enchanted Apple - 20
Indestructible Smith Hammer - 3
Indestructible Pickaxe - 6
Indestructible Hatchet - 6
Barbed Runic Sewing Kit (10) - 26
Valorite Runic Hammer (10) - 22
Portable Soul Forge - 26
Portable Anvil - 2
Portable Forge - 7
Garden Sheds - 20


SASHES, QUIVERS & OCEANIC FOOTWEAR
*Humans & Gargish, same prices

Glacial Sash - 10
Unholy Sash - 34
Golden Sash - 17
Sash of Stats - 17
Warrior's Sash - 28
Sash of the Magi - 17
Lieutenant of the Valorian Militia - 14

Oceanus Sandals / Garg Pads - 90

Quiver of Attacking - 12
Quiver of Defense - 12
Quiver of Turin - 16
Water Quiver - 26



PET GEAR, SHROUDS, GARG ROBES, BALLS
*Human & Gargish, same prices

Pet Bond Food - 3
Everlasting Shrink Potion - 20
+1 Pet Slot Statue - 35
Hooded Shroud of Shadows - 12
Shroud/Robe of the Sea - 60
Shroud/Robe of No Regs - 55
Shroud/Robe of 1/2 No Regs - 26
Shroud/Robe of Turin - 60
Shroud/Robe of Incognito - 18

Also you can add any of these following Skill Balls to any shroud / robe:

Ball: Add 20% HCI or 20% DCI (Not Both, Just 1) to ANY robe or shroud - 32
Ball: Add 6 Str, 6 Dex, 6 Int to ANY shroud or Robe - 32
Ball: Add 50% SDI (Spell Damage Increase) to any Shroud or Robe - 64
Ball: Add 35% SSI (swing speed increase) to any Shroud or Robe - 21
Ball: Add 40% Reflect Physical Damage to any Shroud or Robe - 50
Ball: Add Weapon Damage (Damage Increase) 45% to any Shroud or Robe - 60




PET DYES

Pink - 7
Frost Blue - 22
Ice White - 18
Cool Green ice - 7
Cool Ice Blue - 7
White - 7
Blue - 7
Yellow - 7
Red - 7
Orange - 7
Green - 7
Blood Red - 12
Blaze - 7
Gold - 7
Shadow - 12
Turin - 18



LUXARY ITEMS & BAGS

Portable Bank Stone - 27 (#1 seller)
Everlasting Bandage - 16
Set All Pet Skills to 130 - 35
Resource Box - 12
Master Runebook - 8
Portable Trash Basket - 3
Donator's Dread Flute - 5
Linked House Gates - 15
Soul Stone - 2
A Good Luck Deed +300 (Add 300 luck to your item) - 27
Blessed Reagant & Bandage Bag (Holds unlimited amount of Regs & Aids, Blessed, a player favorite) - 21
Blessed Potion Bag (Holds unlimited amount of potions, Blessed) - 12
Blessed Item Bag (Blesses your items inside the bag) - 17
Everlasting Shrink Potion (a player favorite) - 20
Welcome Mat - 1
Everlasting Pet Heal Potion - 16
Everlasting Pet Cure Potion - 7
2 House plots joined together - 25 per connection




SKILL BALLS & DEEDS

Skill Ball +5 - 1 (Need power scroll if going over 100)
Skill Ball +10 - 3 (Need power scroll if going over 100)
Skill Ball +20 - 7 (Need power scroll if going over 100)
All Skills set to 120 Ball (Powerscrolls not needed) - 100
3 Skills set to 120 Ball (Powerscrolls not needed) - 25
1 Skill set to 120 Ball (Powerscrolls not needed) - 10
Stat Ball (Re-adjust all your stats) - 3
1 Million Gold Check - 1
Clothing Bless Deed - 1
Item Bless Deed (bless all your gear! No more insurance!) - 12
Spell Channelling Deed (Add Spell Channelling to that weapon) - 25
Control Slot Unlock & +1 Pet Follower - 35
+1 Pet Follower Deed (After you have unlocked) - 20
Abyssal House Paint - 40

All Imbuing Craft Kit Bags Prices cut by 60% on Abyssal Merchant

All Tokuno Pigment prices cut by 50% on Colorist Vendor

All House Paint prices cut by 70% on House Painting Vendor

Large Custom Soul Forge for House - 10






I hope you all embrace these changes and understand why we are doing them. If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me.

Donate Here: http://www.pandorauo.com/portal/#donate


Long Live Pandora.

Thank you all... <3




#74
Shard Changes / Christmas Supplies Here!
December 24, 2013, 10:52:10 PM
Merry Christmas all of you.

There is a Red stone in front of Luna bank to buy Christmas supplies. These are unique rare items you can only get a couple days a year, buy a lot of them!

You can buy them with Pandora Coins... They are cheaper this year than most.


Here is to another year.
#75
Archives / The Worst Sin
September 04, 2013, 01:05:51 AM
Let this be your only warning for the worst sin on Pandora.

I have had reports of vet players taking advantage of other vets by making new chars, and pretending to be brand new players and getting all this free stuff from them.

This is the worst kind of person who has zero respect for our shard and players. I don't want you here.

If I catch you doing this, and I will as I will check all associated accounts and logs of that new player if a vet gives you stuff... you will be perma banned in an instant. - No questions asked.


Vets - I know I spoke to most of you, but whenever you do help a new player out, send me their exact name for me to scout them. (Exact name as in caps, lower-cases, etc.)

Helping a new player is how this shard grows and the core way we can survive. Those who abuse this are scum. Let this be your only warning.
#76
General Discussion / Tomorrow is Sept.
August 31, 2013, 12:54:25 PM
Tomorrow is a new month.

Which means voting sites reset.

Everyone make sure you're voting about every 12 hours. Everyone gets vote tokens for each time they vote and they can buy cool stuff at Insula or Luna.

When your web browser opens, you must type in the captcha and click vote, or it doesn't do anything for the shard. -- We work hard. It's all we ask of you.

Thank you
#77
Shard Changes / 10 Pet Slots
August 01, 2013, 06:30:50 PM
You can now have up to 10 pet followers.


This is to help the part of the new Abyss system that will be in the next publish which will have some hard ass monsters and tier levels.

But you can start getting 10 followers now. Simply buy the Pet Slot Deed Unlock Deed in the donation house, which will also give you +1. Then the normal pet slot +1 deed will give you +1 followers for life up to 10 for each deed you get.

Once Abyss opens, the abyssal monsters will have a very small chance to drop a +1 deed also for the players who cannot afford to donate at all.

Thank you for your donation and support. We really appreciate it.


2 Shimmers anyone?
#78
General Discussion / Tomorrow is a new month.
July 31, 2013, 08:55:48 AM
Tomorrow is a new month.


Which means voting top sites reset to 0.


Please every vote  every day by typing the command [Vote --- Click each site and when browser opens, type in the captcha and click Vote... Each time you do you get Vote Token. You can buy cool stuff with them in Insula or Luna (just added a unique welcome home door mat and adding more soon.)

Your votes is how we get new players. If everyone voted, we could be #1 or #2 and I could buy more banners and really drive in new players. --- If you vote just to collect tokens and don't type captcha, there is a chance you could get all voting items / tokens deleted or possibly banned. We do have some catching nets in place for it.

If you cannot vote in game, when you're bored at work. Vote here: http://pandorauo.com/Ultima/index.php/page,vote.html

We work hard. It is the only thing we ask of you guys. Bring people here. Take 2 minutes and vote everyday.

Thank you.

- Your King
#79
Hey folks. Was just talking to Vorspire about this in the near future & would love to get your guys thoughts.

First off... What is the status of Mysticism? Does it work on Pandora, as in, is it useful?

If so, which spells?

If not, why?

For those of you who can really help. Give us your suggestion for each mysticism spell by using UOGuide or anything else as a guide to keep the spells to do what they are supposed to do... But ideas on damage they should do, and how we can spice them up to make them really valuable on Pandora.

Use this as a guide: http://www.uoguide.com/Mysticism

Give us anything.... Details ---- We want to revamp it. Make it cool.
#80
New Battle!

CAPTURE THE FLAG!

Thank you to all those who did the first run. -- We will better and tweak the course as we go.

It runs 2 times a day.

There are 2 teams on a new expansive course. You get to the other side near the enemies base and double click the flag to capture. Run it back to your base.

You cannot capture a flag if yours is stolen. Kill the person carrying the flag!

When you die, you will respawn to homebase. 10 seconds later you will be teleported back into the battle field.

Use the course to your advantage. Like the 2 walls that run long close together. You can run in between them and are totally protected from anyone outside the walls. Same goes to any flats where you use stairs to get up too. No one can attack you from the ground.


All players, new and old. Make sure to join all the Battles you possible can. You will see them announce in game when they are available to join. You do not have to be a pvper to join them. You lose absolutely nothing by joining, you never even actually die.

BUT EVERYONE GETS A PVP COIN. Win or lose. You can buy great and rare items with this currency at the PvP Coin Arena!

Happy Battling!