I just wish that mining gems was an actual option. They need to drop in stacks rather than one at a time.
Then make a few single use soulstones.
Kind of pathetic that I mine merch ships for Verite and Valorite rather than caves or mountains and get a much larger return for time invested. And NO the Void Pool is NOT the solution to our ore and lumber problem.
It's kinda sad when a warrior can get 10x more high end ore in an hour than a GM miner can get in a day.
This.
Something that should have been done literally over 15 years ago. Mining is the only resource you can "screw" up while collecting it and have your total cut in half. It's dumb.
Indeed
Never thought about it that way, wonders why we don't lose half our frost wood and bloodwood when whacking it into boards.....Should not say that..... they might implement it
This has been asked many many times and IMHO the smelting rate is so deeply embedded in the old code that they do not know how to fix it where all the other resources are new compared to ore. The only way to fix it would be better + mining gear, maybe something to consider when they do the BOD revamp.Never thought about it that way, wonders why we don't lose half our frost wood and bloodwood when whacking it into boards.....Should not say that..... they might implement it
This is probably true. My first days in UO were spent mining and smelting, and changing the success rate of smelting is one of those areas where as much as it annoys us to lose ore, it begs us to ask: do we want them to mess with the code and possibly end up with something worse than before?
That is why I said items or even a 120 mining scroll from BODs, to go into the code and make it Val %100 at 105 would be to great a task. Please do not mess with the OLD code. The Void pool is ingot for ingot to ingot not smelting and the ratio for Ver to Val is 3 to one so not only do you lose half or better smelting now you lose 2/3 converting it, NO TY.
To hell with restricting the progress of the game for fear of scripters. Scripters will never be completely removed from the game no matter what the devs do. We should still be able to have cool things added without limiting what can be done due to fears of scripters getting an advantage. As far as mining goes, the ore veins are random now, so there is plenty of room and places to mine. So, it is not like we are competing for anything versus cheaters..
Everything they have done to date regarding resource gather has been to the scripters advantage. Most notably the changing resource locations. Used to be you knew which trees and ore spots were the high ores and woods. And you camped them in fel and killed the scripters. Tram side you lured whatever spawn to kill or disrupt them. Put a crate on their recall spots find their houses and cover the porch front with crates to block the recall. Etc. Best of all you could mine and LJ and collect good amounts of any ore you wanted or needed once you located them. Now only the scripters mine and LJ seriously running 23/7/365 and have little to no competition. Thet simply collect in volume and hit enough randomly to make it worthwhile. And yes scripters would risk fel back then for the double resources. They still do but you got no idea where to find them now days.
Yeah, I'd prefer item bonus too vs. a powerscroll.
As long as that quest was geared towards a miner and not some dumb fighter quest.
A 120 Smith with a 105 Miner should never lose 1 oz of ore. Isn't it strange a Tailor can sew with hides or leather and a Carp can work with boards or logs but a Smith can only work with ingots.
LOL yeah I can see it being kill 50 dreadhorns and 100T rex for a 1 in 1,000,000 shot at the title
My miner smith has GM mining plus +5 gloves. His smithing is currently 110+ with a 115 cap, but wears a tali with 21% exceptional increase and 11% blacksmith. That puts him essentially at 105 Mining, 115 cap on Blacksmith. He loses verite and valorite (one half) every time he smelts. I get really psyched when I dig the ore but dread that moment at the forge.
I said SHOULD not it does
