Rune thief's....

[Teslawear]

Being a banksitter, you tend to see the comings and the goings of certain people. And there has been something that has plagued UO and it's players trying to push new vendors that they spend a ton of time on and may not exactly have the best location for a lot of traffic to get their vendors seen. Vendor search doesn't pull in many people even if you have a product that is in high demand and have the lowest price on the shard.

But this morning I have noticed something that has plagued UO since the first rune was dropped to promote a new vendor. Rune thief's! People that pick up every rune they see and set down their own. I don't see the harm in leaving someone elses rune out there and dropping your own. I watched a guy this morning go along and pick up every rune, and drop his/hers. And anytime someone sat down runes, they waited for the guy to leave and picked them up.

What is the point?

 

[Lord Frodo]

Being a banksitter, you tend to see the comings and the goings of certain people. And there has been something that has plagued UO and it's players trying to push new vendors that they spend a ton of time on and may not exactly have the best location for a lot of traffic to get their vendors seen. Vendor search doesn't pull in many people even if you have a product that is in high demand and have the lowest price on the shard.

But this morning I have noticed something that has plagued UO since the first rune was dropped to promote a new vendor. Rune thief's! People that pick up every rune they see and set down their own. I don't see the harm in leaving someone elses rune out there and dropping your own. I watched a guy this morning go along and pick up every rune, and drop his/hers. And anytime someone sat down runes, they waited for the guy to leave and picked them up.

What is the point?

Pre Vendor Search it was a way to keep the competition down but with VS most of the runes are for the Auction Safes.

 

[Teslawear]

Pre Vendor Search it was a way to keep the competition down but with VS most of the runes are for the Auction Safes.

What exactly is an auction safe?

 

[DJAd]

What exactly is an auction safe?

See HERE

 

[Teslawear]

See HERE

Thanks buddy, let me know when you find out.

 

[Lord Frodo]

Thanks buddy, let me know when you find out.

The Auction Safe is a veteran reward introduced with Publish 91. When claimed, three auction safes are delivered as deeds in a backpack. Owners and Co-owners can place the auction safes in a house.

 

[Teslawear]

The Auction Safe is a veteran reward introduced with Publish 91. When claimed, three auction safes are delivered as deeds in a backpack. Owners and Co-owners can place the auction safes in a house.

Oh nice. Sounds like a lot of work. Too bad this wasn't done back when the game was hot back in early 2000-mid 2000.

 

[Cady]

Vendor search doesn't pull in many people even if you have a product that is in high demand and have the lowest price on the shard.

I wholeheartedly disagree, my experience has been quite different than that. Have you had a vendor in the last couple of years?

 

[iLLegal Means]

putting in my two cents worth..... every since I started playing this game (many moons ago)... anything put on the ground was fair game, the risks of advertising... yeah I have vendors and I drop a few runes once and a while... what happens after I walk off I've always left to chance.

 

[SugarMMM]

Well I guess i'm a rune thief then! Hehe

From day one of the game I have always picked up anything on the ground to either sell or use. I still to this day pick up reagents as i'm running around!

In towns I look at it as litter and clean it up because I hate the mess.

 

[Teslawear]

It's a guy named Steven who steals runes and drops his...