Pandora Publish 21
Updates to Items and Artifact Changes
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- Updated all Major Tokuno Artifacts. These will be viewable shortly
- To make the adjustment to Pandora easier, Weapons, Armor and Jewelry will now have a color coded name so that its quality can be easily identified
- Junk items will be coded grey (items with less than 100 magical weight)
- Common items will be coded white (items with less than 200 magical weight)
- Uncommon items will be coded green (items with less than 300 magical weight)
- Rare items will be coded dark red (items with less than 500 magical weight)
- Epic items will be coded purple (items with less than 850 magical weight)
- Legendary items will be coded pink (items with more than 850 magical weight)
Changes to Loyalty
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- "Friend Status" is now a Loyalty rating of less than 10,000
- "Citizen Status" is now a Loyalty rating between 10,000 and 30,,000
- "Noble Status" is now a Loyalty rating above 30,000
- To view your current standing, say "showloyalty" in game (**note, this has been changed from "showloyality")
- The amount of Loyalty awarded per kill and the creatures that award Loyalty have both been realigned.
- 2 Points - Fire Antss, Lava Lizards, and Lava Snakes
- 3 Points - Coral Snakes, Korpres, and Ortanords
- 5 Points - Daemons, Gremlins, and Trapdoor Spiders
- 8 Points - All Goblins
- 10 Points - Lowland Bouras, Kepetchs, Goblin Alchemists, Goblin Scouts, and Rot Worms
- 15 Points - Skrees, Sliths, Blood Worms, Putrid Undead Guardians, and High Plains Bouras
- 20 Points - Raptors, Stone Sliths, Lava Elementals, and Iron Beetles
- 25 Points - Kepetch Ambushers
- 30 Points - Toxic Sliths
- 50 Points - Anlorvaglems, Vitavi Renowneds, and Wyvern Renowneds
- Points are only awarded for kills made in Ter Mur
Imbuing 2.0
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- Imbuing has been redesigned from the ground up
- As of this publish, all existing runes and rune chisel's have been deleted
- Most of the existing resources will still work in this system
- Multiple Soul Forges have been added to the world
- You will now have the option to calculate your own risk via the "Imbuing Confirmation" screen
- You know have the option to chose the intensity you would like to attempt to imbue
- The required resources will scale based on the difficulty you choose
- The maximum amount of properties per item remains 10
- Success chance has been modoified, but can be seen on the fly on the Imbuing Confirmation screen
- A new property called Magical Weight has been added to all items
- The maximum weight per item is now 1200.
- An item cannot be imbued more than 20 times
- The amount of resources gained from unravelling an item has been slightly increased
- Junk items yeild no resources
- Common items yield 2 magical residue
- Uncommon items yield 1 enchanted essence and 2 magical residue
- Rare items yield 2 enchanted essences and 3 magical residue
- Epic items yeild 1 relic fragment, 2 enchanted essences, and 3 magical residue
- Legendary items yield 2 relic fragments, 2 enchanted essences, and 4 magical residue
- Rough stones are no longer used for imbuing
- Dozens of resources have been added to imbuing. The required resources match OSI and can be viewed on uoguide.com or uo.stratics.com
- Existing bonuses still factor into play (Gargoyle Bonus, Exceptional Item Bonus, Crafted Item Bonus)
- There is now a negative 5% bonus for using the common forge in the Royal City
- There is now a positive 5% bonus for using the Royal Queen's Forge inside the castle in the Royal City.
- In order to use the Queen's forge, you must be of Noble Status
- Imbuing is now accessed via the Skills gump
- All resources can be obtained by killing monsters in Ter Mur, by Killing Peerless bosses in Ter Mur, and by killing most champions
- For the time being, items will no longer break upon fail
Companion Volunteer Staff
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- We are now accepting applications for a new Volunteer Position -- The Companion
- The Companion role is done by regular players. It is not a new character
- Companions are charged with helping new Citizens of Pandora learn the lay of the land
- Companions will be alerted when a player log's in for the first time so they can offer assistance and welcome them to the shard
- Young Players will now recieve a Companion Page Ball that will allow them to page a companion for assistance
- Companions will have the "Player Volunteer: Companion" staff title
- Companions will have a dedicated channel in chat
- An application will be posted on the forums shortly. Please email your interest to
[email protected] PvP War System Overhaul
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- Due to wanning activity, Factions will be eliminated from Pandora
- All faction items will be deleted
- To replace this, Chaos / Order Guilds have been reinstated
- You can now gain points by killing opposing guards
- We will steadily add artifacts that can be purchased using points acquired via Chaos / Order PvP
- You must be in a guild and the guild leader to declare your guild either Order or Chaos
- To declare your guild order or chaos, Access the new "Guildmaster Functions" tab in your Guild Information menu
- There is a 7 day delay on changing alignment
- To recieve your Chaos or Order shield, say "chaos shield" or "order shield" to the guards in Castle British or Castle Blackthorn
Events and PvP
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- Added better support for staff members to create events on-the-fly
- Added better support for staff members to have custom rewards for on-the-fly events
- Added a staff run, team based PvP event
Other Updates
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- Fixed an Exploit involving Spell Trigger
- Added Corpse Summoner's to our world. While costly, these individuals will be able to help you out in a pinch
For more information on magical weight, please view http://uo.stratics.com/php-bin/show_con ... tent=30739 (http://uo.stratics.com/php-bin/show_content.php?content=30739)
Also added a new donation pet, Charger of the Fallen. Comparable to a BEEFY Greater Dragon, this pet can rez you and only takes 3 slots!