NEWS September 24 was the day UO launched.

[kelmo]

Also the day the Devs come to Siege.

http://stratics.com/community/threads/developers-meet-and-greet-schedule.315052/

Comments? Questions?

 

[Aran]

Aw man, thanks for the reminder they were doing that. I missed Chesapeake's since I forgot. I guess I'll have to come on Siege instead since it's my #2 server.

 

[kelmo]

I look forward to Bastion being there.

 

[Aran]

I look forward to Bastion being there.

Honestly I'll probably forget this time around too. I'm not good at remembering things.

 

[Kattasrophe]

The 24th... I think I can get the Siege Perilous Ball room done in time for the 24th!

 

[Lady Michelle]

Aw man, thanks for the reminder they were doing that. I missed Chesapeake's since I forgot. I guess I'll have to come on Siege instead since it's my #2 server.

I missed great lakes, and I prob also miss Siege one.

 

[Lady Michelle]

I look forward to Bastion being there.

You plan on tarring and feathering him, or just gonna let Katt hit him over the head with a frying pan?

 

[Aran]

You plan on tarring and feathering him, or just gonna let Katt hit him over the head with a frying pan?

I'll just stealth in, nobody will notice

 

[Kattasrophe]

*polishes frying pan*

 

[Aran]

I'm going to bring exactly one Nightshade, just for you

 

[Amber Witch]

Kelmo, I've yet to attend one of these meetings. Any clue as to how it's determined who gets to ask a question? Are all the logs from previous Dev's Meets & Greets posted in a single thread perchance? It would be nice to be able to review the questions already answered so there isn't redundancy.

Any constructive suggestions would be helpful and appreciated.

 

[kelmo]

There are a few chat logs on some of the shards posted. I will try to find a few after work. I would like to keep out questions and comments Siege specific but we will see how it goes.

 

[kelmo]

Here are the few I could find.

GL: https://docs.google.com/a/stratics.com/file/d/0B7NBrnznVkMAMnNiclFHcFRVSlE/edit

Izum: http://stratics.com/community/threads/news-izumo-meet-greet-q-a.321076/

LS: http://stratics.com/community/threads/dev-meet-and-greet-transcript-lake-superior-02jul2014.317825/

ATL: http://stratics.com/community/threa...-meet-greet-04june2014-atlantic-shard.316718/

Legends: http://stratics.com/community/threa...eveloper-meet-greet-legends-30apr2014.315258/

The UO Reporters do an outstanding job. If ya read any of these transcripts, please give the reporters a like.

 

[Amber Witch]

Thank you Kelmo. I wasn't expecting you to put forth that kind of effort.

 

[kelmo]

 

[Tina Small]

Any clue as to how it's determined who gets to ask a question? Are all the logs from previous Dev's Meets & Greets posted in a single thread perchance? It would be nice to be able to review the questions already answered so there isn't redundancy.

The way I saw it done on Great Lakes a few weeks ago and the way it sounds like it was done elsewhere is that the dev team sits in the dais area of Blackthorne's castle, where no one else can walk. (There might have been a fence around them too, I can't remember exactly now.) The EM places a teleporter tile near that area and another one where "regular" characters can walk. Everyone who wants to ask a question lines up in front of the accessible teleporter tile. Then the EM teleports the character at the front of the line to the teleporter tile closest to the dev team and that character begins asking questions of the dev team. When finished, the EM teleports that character out of that area and pulls in the next character in line.

The dev team also places farspeaker tiles in various areas to help broadcast to various parts of the room the questions being asked and the answers from the dev team.

I think Mesanna tries to limit people to just one question each, especially as time is running out, but people didn't always seem to pay any attention to that. And some people asked their question(s) and then thought of something else and got back in line, at the end, to hopefully ask a new question. When the team was on Great Lakes, I think the team stayed and answered questions for about 1.5 hours.

 

[kelmo]

Thanks Tina! I am looking forward to this as it is an event I can likely make. *wonders at the questions Siege folk will ask*

 

[Tina Small]

Thanks Tina! I am looking forward to this as it is an event I can likely make. *wonders at the questions Siege folk will ask*

I know I'm going to come across like an old mother hen saying this, but I just hope the people who get in the line to ask questions will be respectful of the fact that they aren't the only ones who have questions and don't start an argument with the devs or ask really ridiculous, silly questions. I think it would also help, if you know you want to ask more than one question, if you just say that up front when you get pulled over by the EM and ask all of them at once, so if one question goes to Mesanna, another to Kyronix, and another to Bleak, they can immediately start thinking of their answer and, behind the scenes, clear it with each other if that's how they do it.

It can be pretty nerve-wracking to be one of the people in the line, slowly inching forward, and two or three of the people in front of you insist on being silly or want to start arguing or getting nit-picky about something and you're wondering if you'll even get a chance to divulge your question(s), let alone at least hear some kind of answer.

Also, people should be sure to speak up right away when the session starts if the audience and the people in line can't hear the questions and answers through the far speakers so Kyronix, or Bleak or whomever is doing it can move around the far speakers. Maybe someone could also bring an extra set or two of them just in case they forget or something.

 

[Aran]

I hope that people ask what they want to know

 

[kelmo]

Thanks for the tips, Tina.

 

[kelmo]

Maybe some Siege specific VvsV questions would be in order?

 

[Symma]

Anything interesting to report?

 

[Aran]

As predicted, missed it.

 

[Tina Small]

Did anyone hear yet whether or not someone was able to capture the Q&A? I checked the UO Facebook page and didn't see anything there (there was a link on there about a month or so ago for the Q&A on another shard).

 

[Fogsbane]

20140924


Welcome to Ultima Online!
Login confirm on Siege Perilous

: Some of the latest news!
: Meet & Greet with the Dev's on 9/24 at 7pm - Gates provided at major banks.

Mesanna: ok Good Evening Siege!!
Mesanna: We are all here now

EM Troubadour: Hearing that the speakers are not working my lady.

Mesanna: Trouble speak

EM Troubadour: Welcome

Mesanna: please
Mesanna: ack
Mesanna: my eyes

Ahren: Test

Mesanna: Shall we start

EM Troubadour: *smiles* Please do.
EM Troubadour: First up?

You see: Amber Witch [GIL]

Mesanna: Greetings Amber

Misk: Hello!

Amber Witch: Good Evening M'Lords and Lady. Thank you for coming to Siege!
Amber Witch: Hello All

EM Troubadour: The Far Speakers are not working my lady.

Amber Witch: My questions concern lobster traps.

Mesanna: one sec
Mesanna: sorry

Amber Witch: sure

Mesanna: can you hold please

Amber Witch: *taps foot*

Mesanna: sorry for the delay

Amber Witch: Of course
Amber Witch: *smiles*

You see: Kyronix

Mesanna: its his fault
Mesanna: *snickers*

Amber Witch: kill him
Amber Witch: *grins*

You see: Kyronix

Kyronix : Test
Kyronix : Am I coming in clear?

Mesanna: ok shall we start again
Mesanna: Welcome Amber!

Amber Witch: Good Evening M'Lords and Lady. Thank you for coming to Siege!
Amber Witch: My questions concern lobster traps.

Bleak: Hello!

Amber Witch: Would it be possible to make these a craftable item?
Amber Witch: Would it be possible to increase the percentage of named lobster and named crab
Amber Witch: as your skill level increases?
Amber Witch: Thank you

Mesanna: thats logical

Amber Witch: high % of loss

Mesanna: and we have talked about doing a upgrade

Amber Witch: *nods*

Mesanna: to the high seas
Mesanna: cannons etc

Amber Witch: last night in around 3 hours I fished up 350 lobster and crab.
Amber Witch: In that time I did not fish up enough of any one item
Amber Witch: be able to complete a single line ittem of a fishing quest.
Amber Witch: So it would be helpful
Amber Witch: thank you

Amber Witch: Can I leave now?
Amber Witch: *grins*

Mesanna: the teleporter

EM Troubadour: Thank you Amber

Mesanna: should take you out

You see: Amber Witch [GIL]

Mesanna: lol
Mesanna: hi Carrick

Misk: Hello!

Kyronix : Hello

Carrick McGee: Hail

Bleak: Hello

Carrick McGee: Wether or not you are aware
Carrick McGee: The White Council holds the record
Carrick McGee: for most rounds on the Void pool
Carrick McGee: of any other shard

EM Troubadour: *applauds*

Carrick McGee: My request is that a sign be mounted
Carrick McGee: For the shard htat holds that record
Carrick McGee: Siege would hold that sign
Carrick McGee: or plaque
Carrick McGee: until the record is beaten
Carrick McGee: which at that time
Carrick McGee: the plaque would be transferred to that shard
Carrick McGee: Logical?

Mesanna: right now the Japanese shards do something like that
Mesanna: but its more than a sign I made a void banner

Carrick McGee: We have beaten the Japanese shard

Kyronix : Ooooo

Mesanna: that is passed

Carrick McGee: sounds wonderful!
Carrick McGee: I beleive it should be passed to Siege then

Mesanna: no one had ever challenged them

Carrick McGee: Our EM was present
Carrick McGee: when we surpassed that shard

Mesanna: your EM should speak to the EM's on those shards then

Carrick McGee: Well I believe we did

Mesanna: and see what we can work out

Carrick McGee: and he spoke to the other EM
Carrick McGee: when it happened

EM Troubadour: I did pass the challenge back to the Japanese EM's.

Mesanna: I would love to see more xshard competition

Carrick McGee: Well I am requesting that banner
Carrick McGee: be passed to Siege

EM Troubadour: but we can not x-shard the banner to Siege. *sighs*

Carrick McGee: Since we surpassed their record

Mesanna: and I would be happy to do something like you are requesting

Mesanna: I would even put the winners on UO.COM

Carrick McGee: Possibly remove their banner
Carrick McGee: and post it on our shard?
Carrick McGee: Siege is the undisputable champions of the void pool

Carrick McGee: and we would like recognition for it

Mesanna: ok

Carrick McGee: Thank You!!

EM Troubadour: *smiles*

Mesanna: I understand I will talk to the EM's involved

Carrick McGee: Fantastic!
Carrick McGee: Thank You!

Mesanna: Most welcome

You see: Carrick McGee [GIL]

EM Troubadour: Next

You see: Frost [GIL]

Frost: Welcome to Siege and thanks for doing this.
Frost: I'm sure all the "big" questions have been asked, so I have 2 smaller ones.

Mesanna: Hi Frost

Frost: I'll try to be brief with my 2 questions:
Frost: 1- Would you please have a look at the code for raising Battle Chickens.
Frost: It seems that some people have chickens that won't lay, others whose eggs won't "age",
Frost: and still others whose eggs "aged" very quickly (like the house decay issue).
Frost: Kelmo and others (myself included) are raising them for our "League"
Frost: but these issues are hampering the community involvement.

Mesanna: are you having issues with plants also?

Frost: Nay
Frost: not me

Mesanna: ok just making sure

Frost: but i use beds
Frost: 32 of them

Bleak: We will take a look

Frost: 2nd question?
Frost: 2- Would you please consider the "costs" (time, effort,gold) of doing sea battles.
Frost: This would include the "costs" of both repairs and aquiring items necessary, like
Frost: tons of Saltpeter, etc. Reducing these "costs" would go a long way toward
Frost: making the High Seas more "inhabited", so to speak...

Mesanna: we are going to revist all that

Frost: Very wello
Frost: well
Frost: Thank you for listening..

You see: Frost [GIL]

Mesanna: we want to redo how the cannons work etc

You see: Sara Dale [GIL]

Mesanna: Hi Sara

Sara Dale: Good evening
Sara Dale: *Smiles*
Sara Dale: I have a couople questions

Misk: Hello!

Kyronix : Hello!

Mesanna: ok

Sara Dale: Hoffs our leader is touring the west coast of the US and cant be here
Sara Dale: He has and I have a book with piossible bugged houses in our Gilfane town area
Sara Dale: is it possible for you or someone to look into these

Mesanna: I will

Sara Dale: thank you

Sara Dale: also

Mesanna: I will return this to Trouble when I finish

Sara Dale: I dont gate
Sara Dale: ok

Mesanna: its ok
Mesanna: I work faster alone =)

Sara Dale: to get to a couple places in the new lands
Sara Dale: they are closed
Sara Dale: the jail cell to the light house
Sara Dale: and the Brit sewers have the slimes
Sara Dale: anyway to remove the slimes and open the cell so non gaters can get through there to the new l
Sara Dale: lands
Sara Dale: the other day it took 3 people to rescue one in the sewers
Sara Dale: you cant even stealth through there
Sara Dale: Thank you
Sara Dale: ok

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: are you just stating you would like the slimes removed?

Sara Dale: yes

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: ok thats possible

Ahren: I didn't seem slimes there today

Sara Dale: from the sewers so non gaters can go through the tunnle
Sara Dale: to the new lands
Sara Dale: they were there the other day
Sara Dale: and the jail cell is locked from the jail
Sara Dale: Thank you

You see: Sara Dale [GIL]

Shadow Walker: there invisible

You see: Talia [NEW2]

Talia: Howdy folks
Talia: I got one question, Halloween?
Talia: Is it on schedule for the most part?

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: Halloween is on schedule yes
: [Crystal] Mesanna says: it will be the next publish

Talia: and Garth wants to horde player named bones all year on siege apparently

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: turning off bones
: [Crystal] Mesanna says: no bones for Garth

Talia: Sorry garth

<16123769>Garth Grey: BOO

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: GUYS

Talia: Okay, I know it's been busy for you all

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: MyUO is up and running

Talia: But you know how UO players get about halloween

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: its in beta
: [Crystal] Mesanna says: only phase one

Talia: Thanks!

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: no pictures yet

You see: Talia [NEW2]

Visitor: hello all

Kyronix : Greetings!

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: hi Visitor

Visitor: I have a question about the governor system

Kyronix : Sure

Visitor: i was wodering if there can be a stone or a book placed in LB castle of all the past governors
Visitor: also if a governor gets elected 3 or more terms a special robe he she can wear during that term

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: I think that should be done at the governor house

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: not in the castle
: [Crystal] Mesanna says: but thats not a bad idea

Visitor: that would be a goo idea
Visitor: the houses we use

Visitor: what about 3 terms and a special stick or a robe only used by the governor?

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: I really don't want to start that

Visitor: understood

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: I would rather they do it for the game not for the items

<11233465>Singularity: Thank you Sir

You see: Lord Singularity

Visitor: i do it for the game

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: I believe you
: [Crystal] Mesanna says: but I hope you understand my point on it also

Visitor: I do

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: some would not

Visitor: ty mesanna

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: thank you

Visitor: and devs

Visitor: blueberrys

Visitor: ems

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: ROFL

You see: Visitor

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: Blueberries

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: I love it

You see: Sam

Sam: hail

Sam: just a quicky

: [Crystal] Mesanna says: Hi Sam

Sam: we had evil and good dyed clothing
Sam: now noone can wear any
Sam: can we get an undye tube somewhere

Kyronix : We are aware of the issue and are looking into what is causing those items to not
Kyronix : Be equippable
Kyronix : But you should be able to equip them

Sam: ok cool -

Kyronix : So we'll fix it

Sam: ok

You cannot say anything at this time; you have been muted.

Sam: thanks

You see: Sam

You see: Blanik [GIL]

Mesanna: Hi Blanik

EM Troubadour: Are you there Blanik?

Misk: Hello!

EM Troubadour: He may be away.

Mesanna: he may have to go back in line

You see: Blanik [GIL]

You've been transferred to EM Troubadour!

Fogsbane: hi

Mesanna: Hi Fogsbane

Fogsbane: two parter
Fogsbane: please consider rotating the Clean-Up-Britannia Costume reward
Fogsbane: to be other other than Zombie and Toad
Fogsbane: -and-
Fogsbane: can you confirm costumes spawn on Acid Elemental (renowned)?
Fogsbane: ive killed tons
Fogsbane: notta
Fogsbane: ...yet

Mesanna: one sec
Mesanna: looking up something

Fogsbane: one last thing -

Kyronix : Halloween costumes do not appear to be in the loot of that mob

Fogsbane: ooo
Fogsbane: thank you

Kyronix : Or costumes rather

Fogsbane: ok one last thing i guess
Fogsbane: can i have a ridable purple vortex llama?

Fogsbane: hehehe
Fogsbane: thanks for coming to Siege

Mesanna: lol good try
Mesanna: get out

You see: Lord Singularity

Singularity: Hail and well met!

Mesanna: Hi Singularity

Misk: Hello!

Singularity: I wanted to touch on what Sam had said

Bleak: Hello

Singularity: i pm kyronix today
Singularity: about the faction stuff
Singularity: hero and evil dyed
Singularity: just wanted to bring to your attention that there are some pre-patch items
Singularity: that can be worn by anyone
Singularity: those are working ok
Singularity: please keep those items in mind
Singularity: i would hate to lose those as well
Singularity: its a part of Siege

Kyronix : Afterwards would you mind showing them to us so we can be sure

Singularity: Indeed
Singularity: i have some on me and some old ones at my keep
Singularity: and one more
Singularity: thing
Singularity: We have blessed dispicable quivers here!!!
Singularity: and unforgiven veils
Singularity: :[
Singularity: *Coughs*
Singularity: Thoughts?

Misk: That obviously should not be the case and we will look into fixing that

Singularity: Thank you sir
Singularity: oh and...
Singularity: Mesanna
Singularity: can i have your boots?

Mesanna: Yes?

Singularity: :]
Singularity: *Winks*

EM Troubadour: Throw him in the moat...

Singularity: Ha!

Mesanna: No I love shoes
Mesanna: NEVER part with shoes

Singularity: Women!
Singularity: Thank you for listening

Mesanna: thank you

Singularity: and ill see ya afterwards

Singularity: kyronix

Kyronix : You got it

Singularity: that is all
Singularity: :]
Singularity: *Bows*

You see: Lord Sprago [I4NI]

Sprago: hi messana
Sprago: just got one question

Mesanna: hi Sprago

Sprago: to utilize the battle arenas better can we get a static gate from luna to each of the arena's since not all can gate here it would make using them easier

Mesanna: I will consider putting them outside the walls
Mesanna: near the bagball court area

Sprago: that would be great thank you for listening

Mesanna: only because Luna is so busy
Mesanna: with event gates etc

Mesanna: I would like to seperate them

You see: Lady Galadriel [x.x]

Galadriel: Hail All!

Mesanna: hi Galadriel

Galadriel: Welcome to Siege

Mesanna: thank you

Galadriel: Here is an ideal maybe can use
Galadriel: For boat battles

Mesanna: we like ideas

Galadriel: an shootable item
Galadriel: name siege hook
Galadriel: that would aloud you to enter
Galadriel: the other boat
Galadriel: for pvp battle

Kyronix : Have you played AC 4?

Galadriel: and such
Galadriel: No
Galadriel: Never heard of it
Galadriel: lol

Kyronix : They do something similar

Galadriel: ahh

Kyronix : You launch a hook to enemy boats and then steal it

Galadriel: so could board fight, loot
Galadriel: etc

Kyronix : If you cause enough damage you can board them now

Galadriel: True
Galadriel: but that could give differant way
Galadriel: to attack
Galadriel: and would have to denfend
Galadriel: meanly for battle
Galadriel: you get idea
Galadriel: =)

Kyronix : Thanks for the suggestion!
Kyronix :

Galadriel: Thank you for your time
Galadriel: =)

EM Troubadour: Are there any other questions tonight?
EM Troubadour: Anyone else?

= truncated here as the evening migrated to an appearance of "The Lady" =


If this is redundant please ignore/delete -
and sorry for the messy formatting, I'm not used to log capture/posting.

 

[startle]

Thx Fogsbane... and well done!

 

[Tina Small]

Thank you, Fogsbane!