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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 mailto:xeenuo@gmail.com">xeenuo@gmail.com
 
 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

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For more information on magical weight, please view http://uo.stratics.com/php-bin/show_con ... tent=30739

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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!