3.17.2013
46 Hot Patch
- New players will now start with a book that gives them 100 in all skills.
We came to the conclusion that the real game of Pandora is getting items, imbuing, and getting those skills to 120. This should not effect gameplay, only keep newer players who do not want to build a character for the 10th time in their 15 years of playing UO.
- All players will have a book in their backpack that will set any skills that are 99.9 and below to 100. This will not effect skills over 100.
- The last 2 crashes were from the shrink system. This has been fixed.
- Animal Lore will now display bonding info
- FixMe gump cannot be moved
- Vehicle / Boat movement packets are fixed.
- All Renowned Mini-Champ bosses now have a 1/10 chance to drop Relic Fragments
- GeoLocation optimised with async functions
- Various other optimizations & fixes.
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thy kon
i think you might be right with the skill thing.... good call :]
good idea saves a lot and you still have to work at 120 skills.
avan
Thank you for giving us established players a little perk..by jumping our skills too :)
Time to spend some more money..Yahooooo....Nigel
BTW....Great Job Kon and Vor....Nigel
Thanks a lot, was about time. ;)
(Please fix the imbue system, need it lol)
Quote from: zaxarus on March 18, 2013, 09:10:50 AM
Thanks a lot, was about time. ;)
(Please fix the imbue system, need it lol)
What was about time?
Set skills to 100.0
I think for newer players this is a reason to stay, cause they can start with collecting scrolls etc etc.
;)
Quote from: zaxarus on March 18, 2013, 10:59:10 AM
Set skills to 100.0
I think for newer players this is a reason to stay, cause they can start with collecting scrolls etc etc.
;)
Agreed.
Question, you change it to where champs drop 1/10 or just mini champs? Just killed Neira with Drakania and no relics dropped. Just looking for clarification on this matter.
Quote from: Walker on March 18, 2013, 01:36:05 PM
Question, you change it to where champs drop 1/10 or just mini champs? Just killed Neira with Drakania and no relics dropped. Just looking for clarification on this matter.
Champions haven't been touched. They continue to drop Relics, some more than others. Players who hunt them a lot could give better insight. That was many patches ago hehe.
Sure about Neira? She should drop always 1 Relic. Only (real) Champ i know who can drop 0 to 1 Relic is Coon.
100% positive. Drak never got close to the corpse and i checked it first, no relic. First champ i've killed without one.
first real champ iv heard of without one too...
i did semidar champ.it was always dropping one relic.but now not dropped :)
Quote from: Empati on March 18, 2013, 03:54:27 PM
i did semidar champ.it was always dropping one relic.but now not dropped :)
Ok, confirmed: 0 Relics on Champs... ^^
Apparently the drop rate of relics on champs is not 100% but 50%. Wish that would have been clarified somewhere so that the players would have known. This to my knowledge has never been the case from the numerous
Quote from: Walker on March 18, 2013, 08:00:51 PM
Apparently the drop rate of relics on champs is not 100% but 50%. Wish that would have been clarified somewhere so that the players would have known. This to my knowledge has never been the case from the numerous
That is what the scripts say, but if there is an issue please let us know ASAP.
Apologies for not clarifying... But if it was 100% instead of 50% would you have not done the champion?
You can always buy them from other players. Economy is good for the soul.
Sorry that post was posted halfway through deleting that sentence and missing like 4 or 5. The post was to clarify to everyone that there was a drop rate, and actually yes I wouldn't have done the spawn lol. It was a random Lost lands spawn and it happened to be Neira. I woulda moved on :P
I'd like to know when someone gets a relic from ANY champion. Please let me know which Champ & when.
I am also adding other ways to get relic frags in game... For example the top 8 after the top 2 each week will get 3 relics, pretty much if you join battles you will get them (fairly easy to make it in the top 10 since it resets each week)
Also you can buy 1 Relic Fragment for 61 Voting Tokens... So you are guaranteed to get about 1 a week. If you buy them from other players, then you could collect a several just a bonus through the week. (remember killing monsters is always the best option, but think of these other ways to get them just bonus things)
Champs or mini-champs? I got one off a mini champ just now.
I've had a weird issue that there was absolutely nothing on champ corpse until about 3min after it had died...Maybe that what other are experiencing?
Quote from: Konstantine on March 18, 2013, 08:26:57 PM
I'd like to know when someone gets a relic from ANY champion. Please let me know which Champ & when.
19/03/2013 (22:00:00)
2 relic from primaveral lich (PVP)
6/6/6 tali are back too ! Thanks !
3/20/13 baracoon and rikktor - around 10-11 am- ish
At first glance, I believed the gm in all skills was a good thing...However, it has actually made my existence here a moot point.
Don't get me wrong...I'm not exactly complaining! I"m just stating my obvious.
I know I play a bit differently than other players (as we all do) as a crafter....gatherer....there is no need for me...everyone has the ability to craft what they need, or gather what they need.
So I have to either come up with another reason for living here...or move along :( I know you have to please the majority of the people..and you will never please everyone. I'm just saying....Are we sure this was such a good thing?
Is this bringing new people to the shard...or are we losing again?
I think it's too early to say if these changes bring new players / keep players. All I can confirm is that there are several shards out there where you start with 100.0 in everything. Seems to me that the majority loves it.
The advantage is that you can - as a new player - still concentrate on earning +100 skills (PS's) - hard enough to get some of those, especially the rare ones (not always a 120!). So if u have 120 in Blacksmithy i am sure that people with 100.00 or less than 120 will constantly buy.
Still i do know what u mean. But on the other hand: Changing back would be a little silly now, wouldn't it?
On another note:
Will there be a patch soon to fix the imbuing bugs and problems? Atm all collecting of mats seems useless cause there is no way to make a weapon like it has to be...
I am really waiting for a patch for days now and hope it will come very soon.... ;)
Your trade skills depend on materials. I don't think everyone with 100 in all skills is gonna always have a giant hoard of every resource available, or am I wrong?
Crafting update tonight, I will be shouting for people to test beforehand.
Quote from: Vorspire on March 22, 2013, 11:34:48 AM
Your trade skills depend on materials. I don't think everyone with 100 in all skills is gonna always have a giant hoard of every resource available, or am I wrong?
Crafting update tonight, I will be shouting for people to test beforehand.
To the materials: That's right, i forgot that.^^
To the update: refering to imbuing? ^^
Gray,
I completely understand where you are coming from, I am also primarily a crafter (although I do love PVM to keep my blood moving) but....most people do not want to spend the time it takes to gather the materials and then craft them and then put them on a vendor. It takes a lot of work! So I really believe that regardless of all skills being gm, most people just want to fight or hang out and yak with friends or whatever it is they do. I still buy carpentry items - I know I can make them but I find chopping wood excrutiating and I just don't want to.
So you are not only still needed but very much wanted too!!!
Yes, you will be able to create Imbuing Runes Stones that contain the properties you can imbue.
You will be able to use the Runes on items to apply the properties.
The only time you need Imbuing skill is when you craft the runes, applying them doesn't require any skill (unless it's a very unique rune)
Imbuers will be able to create the runes and trade them, you won't have to pass on an armor part to a trader and hope they give you it back (and your fee).
That sounds outstanding Vor, next patch?.....Nigel
Quote from: Vorspire on March 22, 2013, 01:38:00 PM
Yes, you will be able to create Imbuing Runes Stones that contain the properties you can imbue.
You will be able to use the Runes on items to apply the properties.
The only time you need Imbuing skill is when you craft the runes, applying them doesn't require any skill (unless it's a very unique rune)
Imbuers will be able to create the runes and trade them, you won't have to pass on an armor part to a trader and hope they give you it back (and your fee).
Genius. And property counting...?
This is pretty much a new imbuing system and will be a lot more lenient when it comes to penalties and imbuing equipment.
Total counts and weights have been improved to allow for more props to be imbued on items.
I've also factored in imbuing for Talismans.
Items will give you direct feedback (via the hover-props) on your current equip rating (aka weight/intensity), rune slots and how many times the item has been imbued.
The amount of times an item can be imbued has been substantially increased - you can imbue an armor piece up to 100 times.
You can either max out the rune count, or max out the weight - whichever first.
And yes - next patch - later tonight - will open a test for people to come help debug it all :)
The imbuing re-write also prompted me to re-write the item craft gump (the one that shows resources etc) - it's had a total overhaul and will give you all the feedback you require to make your crafting decision.
Nice Vor, please let me know how to log on to test site, I will make every attempt to help out this time....Nigel
This is what ive been waiting for :D
*rubs hands*
Would it be wrong for me to say Vor's news just made me get squishy?
Lookin forward to trying this stuff out.
LOL......Nigel
I have been thinking about returning to this shard lately. I have a done a ton a shard hopping lately and this one is the only one im really attracted to. I logged in to find all my currency is gone from bank... So that kinda pushed me away. But then I read this thread. These updates sound awesome, but now I have no money to test anything out. The server population is still pretty low. there was only 14 people online the other night when I logged in.
What can we do to bring in new players, and vets that have left?
Have you guys thought of returning some things to normal?
Ore/Wood respawn rates? Before I left a few months ago it took hours for those to respawn. I guess I could understand why. (to many resources in game) Thing is theres so many resources stuck in the houses of players that no longer play.
Have you guys thought about modifying the IDOC system to start letting some old houses fall?
And will a GM ever contact me about me issue I said above? With my currency missing?
I posted a thread and also wrote a ticket in game. But no reply.
Or is it just gone?
PM me in game, we will hook you up, great to have you back....Nigel
I agree with Gray on the 100skill ball thing. I really enjoyed gaining my skills, and it gave me a sense of accomplishment to gm them all. After i worked up all my skills, i felt a little to committed to the shard with all that time i invested to go anywhere else...
Also, I'll hop the test shard when i get home tonight. I think the address/port is saved onto my razor, but could you re-post it in case im wrong. Thanks.
Quote from: jamisoncrzy on March 22, 2013, 04:52:14 PM
What can we do to bring in new players, and vets that have left?
Have you guys thought of returning some things to normal?
Ore/Wood respawn rates? Before I left a few months ago it took hours for those to respawn. I guess I could understand why. (to many resources in game) Thing is theres so many resources stuck in the houses of players that no longer play.
Have you guys thought about modifying the IDOC system to start letting some old houses fall?
1) There is now a suggestion board on the forums if you had anything you'd like to see returned to Pandora. I feel as if the admins take notice of it when putting in updates.
2)Ore spawn seems to me as normal rate, but the wood rates are still a pain.
3) IDOC is back. There are NO ageless houses anymore. All houses go into decay after 30days, and collapse after 7days or so.
Yea, and 30 days from the date of the patch when we changed the decay for housing, any abandoned houses will start the 7 day IDOC process - my guess is there are a few houses that will go on the same day.
Vor. How do I log on the test shard?....Nigel
It's not up yet - I'll make a post when it is.
Ok TY Vor...Nigel
Quote from: Vorspire on March 22, 2013, 06:37:20 PM
Yea, and 30 days from the date of the patch when we changed the decay for housing, any abandoned houses will start the 7 day IDOC process - my guess is there are a few houses that will go on the same day.
Nice! I like the sounds of that.
So how's it going, the testing, the... stuff and so on..? ^^
Note to self (and everyone) - Don't use CCleaner to wipe MFT Free Space on a merged/raid hard-drive.
I ended up spending a lot of time recovering Windows and files today due to a system failure caused by this.
Testing will resume today, again, I'll make a post about it soon.
Vor, the test shard up yet?....Nigel
Sorry Nigel, had my hands full preparing for a friends' funeral, so been quite distracted. I hate March, every year it brings bad news.
Sorry for your loss Vorspire, the Ides of March indeed. :(
I didn't want to say anything about it, because it's not an excuse to skip work, hehe. Just got a lot of distractions going on this month. No one needs to be sorry about it :)
Well no matter how you look at it vor take your time mate we will be here :)
I am so sorry for your loss Vor......Nigel
Is there any chance the new patch will come the next days?
And sry for loss, i can say this month sucks to the bone in every way, yes...