Pandora Expansion: The High Seas [publish 23]

[Xeen]

First off, let me say THANK YOU to everyone on Pandora for making this happen.  The insight I collected from you was critical in making this a success.

As some of you know, this update has been my labor of love, and by far the largest undertaking I have gone through to date.  After several months of non-stop work, I am finally ready to release.

As with any publish, please bare with us as things can happen.  Please report all bugs using the new bug stone located around Pandora or email them to me at mailto:xeenuo@gmail.com">xeenuo@gmail.com.

Please, please, please do not patch your current client up to the new high seas.  Instead, install a new client to play with.

Without further adieu, I bring you the future of Pandora... first with Stygian, now first with High Seas....

[Xeen]

Pandora Publish Notes
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Core Updates
 - Update to Classic client 7.0.15.1.  You may be able to connect on lower client versions, however this is not supported.
 - The Enhanced Client is not supported.
 - You can now have up to seven players per account.
 - The maximum account restriction has been reduced to three.  IPs with over three accounts will be grandfathered in.  Staff accounts do not factor into your maximum accounts.
 - There is now a five day delay on deleting characters.
 - When creating a new character, you will have the option to choose your starting city (NOTE, at this time, only New Insula can be chosen).
 - A new welcome message will be displayed when a character is created.
 - Due to a current OSI event line, the Casino and Pandora Coin Room have been relocated to Mistas in Ilshenar.  Players cannot be attacked inside of its boundaries.
 - Several core stability updates have been made to improve server performance and decrease downtime.
 
High Seas Expansion
 - Bank Boxes capacities have been increased by 20%
 - Housing storage and lockdowns has been increased by 20%
 - Added the Sea Market to both Trammel and Felucca facets.  To get there, sail south from Moonglow.  Vendors at the Sea Market sell Galleons and ingredients required for cooking magical fish pies.
 - Diabolically drawn treasure maps now drop on Pandora
 - We have added 16 magical fish pies that are craftable via cooking.
   - There are 16 rare fish that can be turned into buffs.
      - The Autmn Dragonfish pie gives you +20 meditation.
      - The Spider Crab pie gives you +20 focus
      - The Blue Lobster Pie gives you +25 Cold Resistance
      - The Crystal Fish Pie gives you +25 Energy Resistance
      - The Fire Fish Pie gives you +25 Fire Resistance
      - The Reaper Fish pie gives you +25 Poison Resistance
      - The Stone Crab pie gives you +25 Physical Resistance
      - The Bull Fish Pie gives you +15 strength
      - The Fairy Salmon pie gives you +15 intelligence
      - The Lava Fish pie fives you +15 dexterity
      - The Giant Koi pie gives you +10 DCI
      - The Great Barracuda pie gives you +10 HCI
      - The Holy Mackerel pie gives you +15 Mana Regeneration
      - The Summer Dragonfish pie gives you +15 SDI
      - The Unicorn Fish pie gives you +15 stamina regen
      - The Yellowtail Barracuda pie gives you +15 HP regen   
   - Each buff lasts for 5 minutes and they do not stack.  AOS attributes will not increase over the hard server cap
   - These buffs are created using a combination of fish steaks obtained from rare fish, as well as from ingredients purchased from the Fish Monger
 - Added a new class of boat called the galleon.  At this time, the Pandora Galleon is the only galleon that is usable in game.  
   - Purchase this from the Sea Market docks for 900k.
 - Several updates and enhancements have been made to fishing.
 - Fishing powerscrolls now drop from champions.
 - Five new trophies are attainable using a taxidermy kit.  Target a Summer, Autumn or Winter Dragonfish or a Lobster or Crab to create a new trophy.
 - Osiredon the Scalis Enforcer has entered our realm.  The ocean based creature is extremely dangerous and even the most skilled hunter will need a group.
 - Corgul the Soulbinder has entered our realm.  This peerless boss is very challenging, but the reward is worth the risk!
 - The Ancient Hellhound has entered our realm. He carries with him a new suit, The Hell Armor.  When all five pieces of the set are combined, you will recieve a 75 RFD bonus.

Regarding Treasure Maps
 - Treasure Map points are now accurate to OSI.
 - The amount of Pandora Coins that drop in treasure chests has been doubled.
 - Level 7 treasure maps (Diabolically drawn) now spawn on Pandora.  This spawn level is not for the feint of heart.
 - Creatures that spawn now vary based on the facet the map is located on.
 
Regarding Young Players
 - Young player status will now last for thirty days unless renounced before hand.
 - Players are invited to take a tour of custom Pandora locations by typing [tour.  This tour takes about 90 seconds and, while on it, youc annot move and cannot be harmed.
 - The heir of Barracoon has destroyed Old Insula!  Young players, as a test of your abilities, please rid the land of Saracoon!
   - Saracoon is a champion geared at young players.  She has special artifacts that young players will find useful.
   - Saracoon will also drop powerscrolls (105's and a slight chance to drop 110s) chosen from core skills.  Only young players will be able to get or use these scrolls.
   
Regarding Staff
 - A server is only as strong as the volunteers that serve it.  With this publish, several updates were made to allow for greater monitoring and control of
 our volunteers.  Rest assured, staff abilities have been limited to ensure that no staff member can become corrupt and cause damage to our ecosystem.
 - Page and Help requests (using the help button on the paperdoll) will now persist after log out, allowing a staff member to respond even if you are logged off.

Regarding Creatures
 - Levels three and four of the Primeval Lich champion spawn are now accurate to OSI.
 - The Primeval Lich lever puzzle is now active at the Lich Land champion spawn
   - To complete it, you must pull six of the eight levers in their correct order.
   - Upon successful completion, you will recieve a prize!
   - BEWARE:  Failure to complete the puzzle correctly will teleport you into the middle of the spawn!
 - Gold drops have been doubled at Felucca based champions
 - Malas and Ilshenar are now included as Felcuca based spawns
 - All Champions, Peerless Bosses, and Renowned Mini-Champions are roughly double the strength of OSI.  They cause roughly 25% more damage than their OSI counterparts.
 - The titles for the Abyssal Lair and Lich Land are now OSI accurate.
 - Niporailem the Thief now guards the Tomb of Kings.  When attacked, Niprailem will throw his treasure at you, but take heed at what awaits the sin of greed!
 - Nearly all Mondain's Legacy and Stygian Abyss monsters have had their fame and karma realigned.
 - Several new creatures drop Spell Weaving scrolls
 - Stygian Abyss creatures are now associated with the correct Slayer alignment.
 - Several new tamable creatures have entered our realm...
   - The Cold Drake has entered our realm.  At about 30% more power than a standard drake, this beast makes a wonderful companion.  He only takes two control slots and only a tamer with exceptional skill (107) should attempt to control him.
   - The Frost Dragon has entered our realm.  Stronger than a greater dragon, this beast is formidable to all but the strongest warriors.  He will require four control slots, and can only be tamed by someone with 119.1 taming.
   - The Sea Wyrm has entered our realm.  Comparable to its cousin, the Ancient Wyrm, this creature makes a wonderful companion because of its unique ability to swim.  He is quite cunning and takes 117 taming to control as well as four open slots.
   - The Shimmering Sea Serpent has entered our realm.  Found in the Twisted Weald River, this beast is related to the shimmering hiryu, carrying all of its strengths but gains the ability to swim through the sea. Only a legendary tamer should attempt to tame it.
   
Regarding Crafting
 - Several items are no longer craftable via Masonry and Tinkering.
 - Mysticism scrolls can now be crafted via Inscription.
 - Necromancy spellbooks can now be crafted via Inscription.
 - Mysticism spellbooks can now be crafted via Inscription.
 - Forges are now heat sources.
 - Gargoyles no longer receive a 5% blanket crafting bonus (NOTE this bonus still applies to Imbuing).
 - Blacksmith weapon BODs are once again active on Pandora.
 
Regarding Currency
 - Holy Rocks will no longer be dropping on Pandora
 - Donation Currency is now blessed
 - You can now get PCoin and Oceanic Coin bank checks.  To get one, say 'pcoincheck <amount>' or 'oceancoincheck <amount>' next to a Banker.
 - Oceanic Coins now have no weight
 
Regarding Houses
 - Players can now use the stealing skill inside of houses.
 - Players can not take damage inside houses.
 - Saying [myhouses will bring up a gump allowing you to travel to houses you own.  Doing so will charge you 2500 gold.
 - Houses inside Luna walls now decay at a much faster rate than the rest of the world.  Being a donator does NOT protect you from this.  The decay rate is roughly the same as OSI inside the walls.  Ageless houses are not affected.
 
Miscellaneous Changes
 - Many of the Oceanic Series have recieved cosmetic updates to their name or hue
 - The Bombard spell can no longer be used against training elementals
 - Chaga Mushrooms now spawn all throughout the Abyss.
 - Pet Bonding Food can now be used with Sea Horses.
 - Resource Boxes now hold imbuing ingredients.
 - Orcish Kin masks are now imbuable
 - Added a player vendor search stone that lists every player vendor on the shard. Traveling to one will cost 2500 gold.  This stone will be placed in Luna and New Insula.
 - Due to the offline nature of the responsibilties of our Developer (Xeen), we have added a Bug Report Stone to the New Insula bank.  Please use it to report bugs you encounter so they can be fixed in a timely manner.
 - Ter Mur is in unrest!  The Garogyle Queen Zhah has decreed that all citizens loyalty be checked with each new day, causing 5% of your loyalty to decay with every new login.
   - Loyalty rating will not decay below 10000
 - The Mondains Legacy peerless bosses have recieved upgrades to their artifacts.  They will carry the [Pandora Peerless] tag.
   
Bug Fixes
 - The Dream Wraith now displays its proper artwork.
 - You can no longer stealth while mounted.
 - A free hand is now required to drink all potions
 - New characters will now recieve their race appropriate dagger
 - Fixed a bug that incorrectly calculated property count on weapons and glasses (they no longer count resists).  Property Weight still includes resistances
 - You can now recall onto large boats and large dragon boats
 - The Frostbringer Bow [Pandora Doom] now has its primary and secondary abilities added.
 
New Donation Items
 - Blessed Item Bag will allow you to drop blessed items into it.
 - No penalty soul forge house addon.

[Xeen]

Some special thanks go out to
Lilith - You are the best world designer and staff member we could ask for.  Without you, we would be sunk.  Thank you for you flexibility!
Galron - Your long-lasting commitment to this server and the new players that populate was great motivation to me throughout this work.  Thank you, and let your commitment to our young players never fail!
Coeur de saignem and Myaku of L|D - The insight gained from you was priceless throughout the development process.  Thank you for your continued support of this community.
Councy Gwinlin - You are the BEST support we could ask for.  Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Last, but certainly not least, King Konstantine -- You are the best partner I could ask for.  Your support and assistance was crucial from day one, and without you we (quite literally) wouldn't be here.

[King Kong]

New website at PandoraUO.com

[King Kong]

New Connect IP in Razor


Play.PandoraUO.com

[Xeen]

- Players can now use the stealing skill inside of houses.

To clarify, this does not mean you can steal items from other peoples houses, it meerly means you can train it in your home.

[Maggdalena]

- The heir of Barracoon has destroyed Old Insula! Young players, as a test of your abilities, please rid the land of Saracoon!
- Saracoon is a champion geared at young players. She has special artifacts that young players will find useful.
- Saracoon will also drop powerscrolls (105's and a slight chance to drop 110s) chosen from core skills. Only young players will be able to get or use these scrolls.

[Xeen]

if you are at 7.0.11 it will probably be faster to continue patching

[King Kong]

Couple of Tips


Also new Rugs, can be bought with with Pandora or Oceanic Coins

Scalis the Enforcer is West of the Sea Market Fel & Tram

Ancient Hell Hound has a chance to drop Hell Armor

New Dungeon: The Ancient Cove

Shimmering Sea Serpent spawns in Twisted

Hall of Souls added - Banned players Ghosts

Cold Drake & Frost Dragon spawns in Ice dungeon Felucca

Secret Docks you can launch a boat to get to the Island of Soulbinding (Corgul the Enforcer)

New Duel Arena in Moonglow


More to come.

[xeylton]

do i need to patch my client now ?

[Rival]

yes.

[King Kong]

Yes patch all the way up to 7.0.15.1


Or go to PandoraUO.com then Play - and download that, full client.

[Lucius]

The shard is OFFLINE right? I just updated, but can't log in...

For the upgrades - Thank you! You are doing good job, to keep us happy  

[Xeen]

Shard will be back online with 10

[xeylton]

thank's for the info