Looks like the devs are listening a little (Spring Clean Updated)

[Guest]

Spring Cleaning 2008
Ah, how time flies. Spring has come once again to Britannia, but the sweet smell of blossoming flowers outside our homes can’t belie the memories of battles fought long so very long ago. Or is that the chest overflowing with Ophidian weapons in the corner? Or maybe it’s the bag of cursed artifacts hidden upstairs?

Time to cleanup, Britannia!
Publish 52 institutes the first round of Spring Cleaning collections and rewards
Four NPCs around the world collect items in exchange for tickets
The tickets can be redeemed for rewards in a new community collection in Britain
The following list of turn-ins and rewards are subject to change during testing - especially redemption values of points. Also, more rewards, including a mouse hole house-addon, will be available in Publish 53.
Turn-in items:

Copper Shilling ............................................... 100pts
Ophidian Rations............................................... 100pts
Planesword .................................................... 100pts
Planeshield ................................................... 100pts
Ophidian Journals ............................................. 200pts
Ophidian Orders ............................................... 250pts
Slippery Snake Skins .......................................... 450pts
Silver Crown .................................................. 500pts
Power Weapon .................................................. 650pts
Magincia Rubble ............................................... 800pts
Vanquishing Weapon ............................................ 1,000pts
Mystic Weapon ................................................. 2,000pts
Staff of Pyros ................................................ 2,500pts
Vorpal Blade .................................................. 2,500pts
Ophidian Weapon (Power) ....................................... 3,000pts
Cursed Artifacts .............................................. 5,000pts
Ophidian Weapon (Vanquishing) ................................. 5,500pts
Ophidian Weapon (Mystic) ...................................... 7,500pts
Berserker's Scythe ............................................ 10,000pts
Gold Sovereign ................................................ 10,000pts
Ophidian Berserker's Bardiche ................................. 25,000pts
Inavlis's Burchete ............................................ 2,000,000pts

Rewards:
Shirt: "I survived the Ophidian War" .......................... 1,000pts
Shirt: "I survived the snakes on the plains" .................. 1,000pts
Shirt: "I saved the day and all I got was this fancy shirt" ... 1,000pts
Shirt: "Free Ricardo!" ........................................ 1,000pts
Shirt: "Hang Ricardo!" ........................................ 1,000pts
Shirt: "Magincia Pride" ....................................... 1,000pts
Shirt: "Minax is #1" .......................................... 1,000pts
Shirt: "Council of Mages are #1" .............................. 1,000pts
Shirt: "True Britannians are #1" .............................. 1,000pts
Shirt: "Shadowlords are #1" ................................... 1,000pts
Nocturne Earrings ............................................. 5,000pts
Sherry the Mouse Statue ....................................... 10,000pts
Scroll of Alacrity ............................................ 20,000pts
Snake Skin Boots .............................................. 20,000pts
RBG Sash (Blue) ............................................... 30,000pts
RBG Sash (Yellow) ............................................. 30,000pts
RBG Sash (Red) ................................................ 30,000pts
RBG Sash (Green) .............................................. 30,000pts
RBG Sash (Orange) ............................................. 30,000pts
RBG Sash (Purple) ............................................. 30,000pts
RBG Sash (White) .............................................. 30,000pts
RBG Sash (Black) .............................................. 30,000pts
Knight's Close Helm ........................................... 100,000pts
Knight's Norse Helm ........................................... 100,000pts
Knight's Plate Helm ........................................... 100,000pts
Knight's Bascinet ............................................. 100,000pts
Knight's Gorget ............................................... 100,000pts
Knight's Gloves ............................................... 100,000pts
Knight's Arms ................................................. 100,000pts
Knight's Legs ................................................. 100,000pts
Knight's Breastplate .......................................... 100,000pts
Knight's Breastplate (Female) ................................. 100,000pts

Descriptions:

Shirts
Different phrases
Blessed
Dyable

Nocturne Earrings
Grayish silver
Night Sight

RBG Sashes
"Royal Britannia Guard
One color per Virtue/Town
Blessed

Scroll of Alacrity
Increase skill gain for 15 minute's in the scroll's skill
Skill is randomly set once redeemed from the collection

Sherry the Mouse Statue
Larger than life statue of Sherry, in marble
Publish 53: Will be hooked into the town crier system ("news")

Snake Skin Boots
Random snake skin hue
2% Poison Resist

Knight's Armor
White
Each piece has 7% Resists, +1HP
Publish 53: Becomes a set of 6 pieces with additional bonuses


NPC Information:
Makiko the Samurai
> Ophidian Journals
> Ophidian Orders

Zento, Rokuon Cultural Center, 1st Floor
Lozat the Numismatist
> Copper Shilling
> Silver Crown
Gold Sovereign

Britain (Trammel), East Britain Bank
Calaid the Soldier
> Ophidian Rations
> Slippery Snake Skins
Britain (Trammel), North guard tower at Castle Britannia entrance
Siege: Guard tower southwest of West Britain Bank

Onoe the Soldier
> Cursed Artifacts
> Magincia Rubble
> Planesword
> Planeshield
> Staff of Pyros
> Vorpal Blade
> Magical Weapons (Power, Vanquishing, Mystic)
> Ophidian Magical Weapons (P, V, M)
> Berserker's Scythe
> Ophidian Berserker's Bardiche
> Inavlis's Burchete
Britain (Trammel), South guard tower at Castle Britannia entrance
Siege: Guard tower southwest of West Britain Bank

Spawn:
Normal Ophidians now have a chance to drop rations and snake skins. You can find them in T2A lands.

Community collection box is located with Onoe the Soldier. To turn an item in, just drop it on the correct NPC. Saying "info" in front of an NPC will give you a list of acceptable items.

 

[Guest]

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Spawn:
Normal Ophidians now have a chance to drop rations and snake skins. You can find them in T2A lands.


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Poor Ophidians aren't going to know what hit them.

 

[Guest]

Quote from Draconi

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Draconi...
This talk of "first round"s and "publish 53"s is making us wonder if we should save our sheilds and swords for the next round...
Or is the next round going to be something completely different?
IE: There's no need to hang on to the current trade-inable items for any reason other than keepsake value.
Danke.




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Pub 53 will mainly implement lower point rewards, except for the mouse hole. So, saving your points will be less necessary, and we'll post more details about how the armor set will act soon.



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So we can hand in now and hold onto the points for the next round of rewards. That was the main question I had concerning this all.

 

[Lady-Tor]

WOO I might actualy be able to get somthing now. *cant wait to get home and start killing Ophidians*

 

[Guest]

time to find an ophidian slayer me thinks WOOT least it makes it a bit more reasonable now

 

[Guest]

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So we can hand in now and hold onto the points for the next round of rewards. That was the main question I had concerning this all.

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Same here, good to know.

Hmm at a pinch I might be able to afford what I want this round, but I'm wondering what the mouse hole will cost..

 

[Guest]

Yes ! can finally empty a bloody castle

 

[Guest]

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Yes ! can finally empty a bloody castle

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lol.. if you find yourself with excess points to spend, lemme know &amp; I'll buy them off you. I know how strapped for cash you are.

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Just roughly tallied up all my stuff according to these latest figures, I've a shade under 1.31m points

Anyone else worked theirs out?

 

[Guest]

not yet ive got to decide what i can handle to let go of

 

[eric23]

Thats great news mate, thanks. At least this will benefit a lot more people, now.
Fink, how nice of you to share that, i bet a lot will be envious of you, saying that. Sorry just dont like to see people flaunt it, even here.

 

[Guest]

Actually I don't really have that much stuff, just it added up rather quickly with the new points scale. Either I miscalculated or lots of people are going to be pleasantly surprised, wasn't trying to brag.

 

[Guest]

i worked mine out roughly tonight, what i could stand to let vanish and out of my collections, all i got was 121k

 

[Guest]

Oh well you made me curious so I decided to add mine up. Not counting the stuff I will keep for the museum and a few spares of each item, I get around 1.8 mil and recover 1216 lockdowns!

Pity they don't want stuffies, fireworks wands, valentines cards, pumpkins, reindeer, holiday trees and gift boxes plus a heap of other useless things I seem to have far too many of

 

[Guest]

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i worked mine out roughly tonight, what i could stand to let vanish and out of my collections, all i got was 121k

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Mine was just a total of everything I could dig up. There's probably a fair chunk of rubble I'd like to keep. I should get around to using it &amp; see what I need for deco &amp; what I can let go.

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Pity they don't want stuffies, fireworks wands, valentines cards, pumpkins, reindeer, holiday trees and gift boxes plus a heap of other useless things I seem to have far too many of

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Snow globes, marties, magic jewelry, talismans, wreaths, mistletoe, bells, snowmen, birthday cake, etc etc aaargh..

 

[Kaybrielle]

I lost the majority of my stuff along with the house that I let decay....

All I got left is silver coins LOL

 

[Lady-Tor]

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I lost the majority of my stuff along with the house that I let decay....

All I got left is silver coins LOL

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At least your lucky, you and me alike can go to T2A and kill Ophidians for journals food etc.

 

[Kaybrielle]

this is true and I think I actually have a rune set to there must log in after I finish cleaning and the kids go for a nap to look.

 

[Guest]

I went there last night i think it was and they arnt dropping anything so its something they are turning on with 53

 

[Guest]

So apart from the skins/rations which seem now to be the easiest to get (from what Ive read) is the rest of the stuff still available for collection, or were those items part of something else? I can remember just before leaving last time the Ophid invasion was happening. A lot of the items for handing in came from that aye?

 

[eric23]

Errr news flash, yes ophidians are dropping rations ect only its in FEL. Location .. Above star room and head west.

 

[StarlaUO]

Are those left overs from last event and there may be berserkers and general still around...

 

[Lady-Tor]

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Errr news flash, yes ophidians are dropping rations ect only its in FEL. Location .. Above star room and head west.

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..... above the star room? isnt the only way out of the star room to go through the gate? How is there an above? Theres another star room im not aware of?

 

[Guest]

Orphys reside at the ent to Teteran keep

 

[Guest]

RTLCIL

From Draconi on UHALL

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Update #4
Slippery Snake Skins
Corrected value on chart, worth 400pts
Knight's Armor
Publish 53: Becomes a set of 6 pieces with additional bonuses
All 70's Resists
HP: +12
HP Regen: 2
Mana Regen: 2
DCI: 10%
HCI: 10%


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[Guest]

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RTLCIL

From Draconi on UHALL

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Update #4
Slippery Snake Skins
Corrected value on chart, worth 400pts
Knight's Armor
Publish 53: Becomes a set of 6 pieces with additional bonuses
All 70's Resists
HP: +12
HP Regen: 2
Mana Regen: 2
DCI: 10%
HCI: 10%


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Hey now that's more like it, decent sort of suit. I suppose it makes the virtue set pretty much redundant. I think maybe the virtue set should get special bonuses based on your levels in particular virtues.