Perspective. Please Read.

[King Kong]

 


I wanted to point this out, just to give some players perspective and to be have more knowledge whenever we have a bug, or a crash, etc etc.

It's important to read this. About half way through you can kind of start skimming cause you will get the idea...



I updated my client this morning. This is the latest official paid shard news from OSI. Remember this is the paid shards, which they have an entire staff who work on UO, in a nice building, with access to almost any kind of hardware they want, resources, etc, etc... Bottom line much more man-power & pull than we do... Yes they have more players, but that doesn't matter with what you will see below. Code is Code, no matter the player base.


I copy & pasted the last 3 things that is on their patch log for their shards (they all are pretty much identical, this isn't a combination of all their shards, think of it as just 1 shard... Just for a little perspective of what me & Vorspire do is all....





Atlantic Rollback
2012 Dec 17 16:20 -0500 GMT

Due to issues beyond our control, I am sorry to have to inform all of Atlantic that we had to revert to a Dec 5, 2012 7:00 am EST back up. We have tried to retrieve a more current back up but we have been unable to do so due to corruption issues. We are very sorry this has happened and any Atlantic player that is being impacted by this revert will be compensated with 30 days free game time. If you are having any issues with Vet Rewards or In game codes please page a GM. They will be able to assist you with this matter but please provide what vet reward/code was claimed and by what character to help us confirm your request faster.

A 2 WEEK ROLLBACK, everything all players have done for 2 weeks... gone.... on their largest shard, Atlantic... When we roll back 20 minutes on a crash, doesn't seem so bad now...




House Addon Issue

There is currently an issue with locked down addons and customization mode.  Please DO NOT customize your house with ANY locked down addons until further notice.

We apologize for the inconvenience and should have a fix in place soon. Thank you for your patience.


Were not the only ones with house issues. OK, they are complicated... I get it. That's whatever...



And here are the rest of the fixes from bugs they had until 3 weeks ago, who knows how many on their next patch... Remember this is a copy & paste from the official paid shards patch notes, they are 6x more staffed than Vorspire & me AT LEAST, with much more resources then we have...



Publish 80: December 5th, 2012
Publish 80.0.0

Bug Fixes
* The Ossian Grimoire can now be dyed using Tokuno Dyes
* Vanilla plants will now display with a light gray color in the plant reproduction and resource gumps
* Various creatures that were not previously providing spined leather when skinned now provide the correct leather type
* The Redeemer can now be used to skin animals
* Jewelers will now purchase all manner of silver rings and bracelets
* Plain metal chests can now be unlocked using the magic unlock spell
* An issue with items being unobtainable once placed inside the Sacrificial Altar has been corrected
* Closing the City Banner purchase gump with a left click will no longer purchase a banner deed
* Players will no longer be sent to Felucca when they are ejected from certain restriction regions if they do not choose an alternate destination
* Gargoyles can now use the Lance's dismount special move while flying
* The Basket Making Book now has the appropriate item properties displayed
* Various Peerless keys can no longer have their timers broken
* All tamable pets will have their speed reset to default speed
* Players should now be able to enter the Prism of Light while they have other deeds in their backpack
* Players can now interact with the fortune teller even if they aren't the owner
* Vines will no longer spawn in the water when they are spawned by the Vesper Museum
* The number of mobs spawned in various portions of the Citadel has been scaled down
* Players can now place the Captain's Wheel on a Britain Ship addon pad
* The Staff of Pyros now has a 5% chance to summon a firefield on its target when attacking
* Newly created Robins Egg candy will no longer fill the tummy of the eater
* Fruit Bowls, Barrel Staves, Barrel Lids, Gingerbread Cookies, and Runed Switches are now stackable
* Quest givers will no longer potentially reveal hidden players
* Players will no longer get stuck inside the Prism of Light if they lose their ticket
* Elven Shirts can now be blessed using the Clothing Bless Deed
* Tailors on Siege Perilous will no longer sell Flax
* The Blessed Statue will now properly display whether they hold reagents or not
* Players will no longer be able to chop containers when they are contained within a bankbox
* Casting Nature's Fury or Wildfire from a scroll will now consume the scroll on use
* Peerless bosses should no longer be able to be spawned more than once
* Players should no longer be able to cut up anything with scissors that isn't in their backpack
* Passive detection of traps will only occur if a player has at least 75 detecting hidden skill
* All fish pies are now stackable
* Golems can no longer be used to exploit combat training
* The Mythic Character token can now be used to increase the Spellweaving Skill if the player is eligible
* Players can no longer target hidden or invisible players with shatter potions
* Shatter potions now require line of sight
* Players can no longer bypass the 60 second cooldown timer for Shatter Potions
* Small soulforges can now be used to alter items through the tailoring skill
* Gargoyles can no longer obtain stone form while flying
* Healers will now spawn in the proper location in Yew
* Female Guards will no longer spawn with mannish features
* The Nether Cyclone spell will no longer effect targets that are out of line of sight
* Animated Weapon cannot be cast through walls
* Ethereal Swamp Dragons will match regular swamp dragons when retouched with the retouching tool
* NPCs near the Zento Dock will no longer spawn in inappropriate locations
* Certain particle effects have had their likelihood reduced to prevent EC crashes
* Players will receive a message when they have reached the Highest Path in Honesty
* Runes marked inside a house will be hued to match the hue of the facet in which they are created
* The Bracers of Alchemical Devastation now have a lightning effect to prevent paralyzes from being interrupted
* The Small Snowy area in Malas can now be marked and recalled into
* Stacks of Obsidian Fragments will not be entirely consumed when combined with a single or partially reconstructed Obsidian Fragment
* Hit Life Leech and Hit Mana Leech will now have a visual effect when applied
* Bane Dragons are identified correctly in the Pet Trade Window
* Players can no longer place items on vendors while vendors are in moving crates
* Statuettes will now use standard house security
* Security will not default to "anyone" with bulletin boards any longer
* Range restrictions and line of sight have been removed when placing and removing house addons as long as you are in the house.
* New creature icons were made for the Bake Kitsune
* Exploding mushrooms will no longer spawn under players houses
* Lava Lobster fishing was fixed
* Human male face 6 and 7 are no longer the same
* Pets will now show up correctly on your pet slots
* Players can no longer mount a pre patched Hiryu with a bola target cursor
* Certain mobs will no longer leave frozen non lootable standing images instead of corpses
* Cursor Target Last action should function correctly now
* You can no longer target invisible pets with stored target and target last action
* Health Bars should update correctly now in the EC
* The Always Run user setting will now influence walking and running via the keyboard movement in the EC client
* Fixed stacking issues when removing items from vendor inventory to your backpack
* Fixed an issue that stopped players from smelting or repairing items
* It is now possible to buy items that are too heavy to carry from a player-owned vendor.
* This is only possible if the buyer's bank box can hold the item.
* If successful, the item will be placed directly in the buyer's bank box
* Items that are light enough to be carried will never be sent directly to the bank box; these items will be purchased normally
* Tome of Lost Knowledge can be equipped on a vendor now
* Building signs have now be localized in various towns
* Lockdown count for trash barrels will be removed from your house immediately after deletion
* You can no longer rename runes marked for shops/houses
* Hanging Skeletons can be re-deeded by the owner of the house or the person that placed it.
* The goatee no longer appears to be a Van Dyke in the EC
* Ornate Elven Chest will only take 1 lockdown now instead of 2
* House signs will update immediately when using a name change token. Please note this only works for player's primary houses.
* Items locked down under house signs will be released and moved to the moving crates for classic and customizable houses.
* Object Handles will no longer remain for items that are deleted or removed
* Vendors can equip Faction Morph Earrings
* Players will no longer receive the double bark of I wish to secure this and no longer locked down when securing an item
* Despise mobs will all start at up to Level 5
* Luck bonus from the 10th Anniv sculpture should no longer get stuck on players
* Gargoyle character statues should present properly when using the restore button
* Hail Storm should no longer flag the caster by hitting allies or player vendors
* Mooring lines of ships will now not allow you to board a ship while you are a PVP aggressor
* Players can no longer block the spawning of the Sap of Sosaria; it will be eligible to respawn as soon as it is picked up by a player.
* Aggression involving one's own pets no longer blocks access to a player's house as if the player were a non-consensual PvP aggressor
* Players can no longer insure items in a locked container
* On Siege and Mugen the effect of the Crystal Ball of Knowledge will be removed if the item is stolen
* Game now shows 2 sizes for pixies for EC
* Hats should no longer twitch in the EC client
* Lanterns now glow on the paperdoll
* Hueing of Gargoyle wings should display properly
* Gargoyle aprons should hue properly in EC
* Gargoyle kilts should hue properly in EC
* Female Gargoyles aprons should appear less manly and hue properly
* Halos on hats and helms have been removed from the EC paperdoll
* The composite bow will now appear when mounted in EC
* Flesh Golem has been re skinned and looks AWESOME NOW
* You can no longer place identical add ons at the same location
* Davies' Locker will now show coordinates if you have the appropriate skill for the map's difficulty
* Bedrolls will not lose their "Acquired by Begging" properly when used
* Davies' Locker will now show South or East sextant coordinates
* All broken Iron Beetles should mine properly now (submitted thru Ask and Answer)
* Gingerbread houses can no longer be placed under walls
* Small bone table is not impassable and has the correct height valuePlayers can no longer walk thru walls on top of the sandstone house
* It is no longer possible to simultaneously open more than one user interface for modifying character appearance
* This includes the Disguise Kit, the Hair Restyling Coupon, the Hair and Face Stylist NPCs, and the sex change token
* When placing a ladder it now requires a two tile gap in line with the ladder on the floor above
* Corrected height placement to the spooky furniture
* Oil cloths will now go into the players packs instead of on the ground at their feet
* Tool tip information is visible on all ship's hold tiles
* Guild war or guild sparring will not block ship access
* Mythic Character token will allow you to reallocate 260 stat points if you have raised your points before using the token, otherwise it will only go to 255
* You can no longer craft exceptional Grapes of Wrath
* If you fill a BOD that was used to try to bribe a NPC and then cancelled you will be able to turn it in without it being seen as a bribe
* Fixed the column labels in the commodity broker gump
* You can now sell Grapes of Wrath and Petals of the Rose of Trinsic on commodity brokers
* Runic crafted Weapon damage bonus is now 35%
* Ship runes no longer go blank during server maintenance when locked down in a player's house
* Gorgon Lenses will always be colored with the scales used, having the DO NOT COLOR option does not effect these lenses
* Salvage bags on Siege will no longer consume charges
* Player can no longer force Sacrificial Altars into walls with the house decorating tool
* Fixed an issue that caused permanent debuff icons on a players buff bar
* Fixed the Ankhs so that Exodus cannot destroy them
* Players have the option to not mark Dragon Barding Deeds
* Abbatoirs and Pentagrams will no longer move one tile NW after house customization
* The Second Age Ice Champ Spawn teleporters will now teleport to a more desirable location
* Items will now properly sit on top of Stygian Abyss style pedestals
* Items will now sit properly on the arms of the Blackthorn Throne replica
* Players will no longer get stuck behind stalagmites as a result of Cora's AI
* The Stew in Dungeon Wrong will properly be in the pot
* Removed errant terrain tiles inside Dungeon Shame
* Doors in Luna will no longer have a chance to spawn in duplicate
* The Fisherman's Suit will now provide the appropriate bonus to the chance of catching Charybdis
* Commodity deeds can no longer be used on objects that have a lifespan
* All peerless keys that had a timer of 5 hours now have a timer of 1 week (will display as 6 days)
* Players who are riding an ethereal mount that get dismounted with the riding swipe special move will not be able to immediately enter animal form
* Cocoa Seeds that were displaying the incorrect "O'Hii Seed" name when stacked will now display the correct name when moved
* Exodus will now destroy all items that block his movement
* You can no longer drink from a bottle while in the trade window
* It is now possible for owners to simultaneously release and retrieve their locked down and secured items using the new "Retrieve" context menu option.
* An issue related to debuff icons remaining on the buff/debuff bar after expiration has been resolved.
* Weaken, feeblemind and clumsy will correctly interrupt casting while target is under similar effects.
* Player ranks for factions with less than twenty members provide appropriate ranks. Minimum rank for players with greater than zero score is now two.

Vendor Fixes

* Vendors will now charge their fees incrementally over time, instead of once per day.
* If the vendor runs out of funds, the player has a one-hour grace period before the vendor packs up.
* Vending Penalty is abolished and all existing Vending Penalties are removed from all items.
* Vendors will now charge fees for selling equipped items
* It is now possible to drag inventory directly from one vendor's backpack to another, preserving sale price






Just perspective is all. We work hard.

[TheGrimReaper]

Wow  That's what i call hard working.

[Mercathane]

Thank you.

[Horns Nigel]

Its very much appreciated all that you do for us here  a BIG Thank you.....Higel

[Saturn]

oh my. A donation feels in order now.

[sebastian]

nice big uptade thanks so much.

[King Kong]

nice big uptade thanks so much.

hmm... Well... You have to give him credit for trying to read something like that in a foreign tongue...

[Horns Nigel]

LOL   aye...Nigel

[sebastian]

google translate forever king

[Maggdalena]

I know that we have all cursed at our monitors when something goes wrong in game, and it's easy to grumble and growl when we don't get our way or get something fixed in 90 seconds or less, but this post definitely puts it into perspective.  Konstantine and Vorspire would have to drop everything else and spend 25 hours a day tending to Pandora, and Pandora only, to get things taken care of as fast as we sometimes expect. 

I, for one, am so happy to have found a home here on Pandora.  The people here are great and we're lucky to even have access to the staff/owner...and all for a great price! 

Thank you Kon and Vor for all that you do!

[Maggdalena]

Oh and I forgot to say

....Maggs

lol

[King Kong]

I know that we have all cursed at our monitors when something goes wrong in game, and it's easy to grumble and growl when we don't get our way or get something fixed in 90 seconds or less, but this post definitely puts it into perspective.  Konstantine and Vorspire would have to drop everything else and spend 25 hours a day tending to Pandora, and Pandora only, to get things taken care of as fast as we sometimes expect. 

I, for one, am so happy to have found a home here on Pandora.  The people here are great and we're lucky to even have access to the staff/owner...and all for a great price! 

Thank you Kon and Vor for all that you do!

Ty for the kind words. <3

[Horns Nigel]

Copy cat maggs......Nigel  hehe

[Maggdalena]

I don't know what you are talking about Nigel 
...Maggs

[Alifanfaron]

Thanks for your hard work. We appreciate you a lot, even if we often times suck at showing it.
...Alinfanronfini