Vanity Items -why not?

[Goodmann]

Why do we not have more of these in game? It can not be to hard to implement a gold sink with items that can not be obtained elsewhere. It would be a HUGE gold sink if they were expensive. There is to much gold in this game give us something to spend it on and get it out of currculation. 100m for this 500m for that 1b for this. A good system would help the economy and give players more great content. Right now we just swap gold from player to player and spend a little on insurance (needs to be raised considerably IMO) We currently have for gold sinks? 50m for a special Duke/Dutchess name? 500k for a hair dye that's been around for 15 years? Balckthorns arties but no one in there right mind spends gold on those they just farm them or buy from vendors.

Examples
Hair Dyes, Tatoos, Piercings
Mounts, Pets
Weapons and Armor Dyes
New Clothing/Robes
Decorations (art is already there, pretty much if you see it in UO you should be able to obtain it)
Stone Colored Castle/Keep/Tower Deeds or ability to change existing stone colors
Ability to remove curses from item properties
Forged metal tools
Bring back bless deeds
List could go on and on

This simple gold sink gives enormous content for players and at the same time wipes gold from the servers.

 

[Kylie Kinslayer]

*adds one to the list*

Charge a few hundred mil to allow 18x18 to have storage capacity of castle... heck, even charge $9.95 for it if ya want.. Just sayin'

 

[Crimson Hawk Moth]

I would drop my castle then. Only reason I got one is storage.

Not saying I dont like the Idea I love it. I would be happy to customize that plot too.

 

[Merus]

I would love to see gold sinks, but think they should remain vanity only items. Titles, hair dye, uniquely colored houses, etc is all fine.

Things like bless deeds, forged metal tools, etc should be left out IMO because the have an impact on game play beyond just aesthetics.

 

[Gamer_Goblin]

Good thread. I like everything, but the storage idea seems (HAHAHA Because I'm a desk chair PC Wizard) like it would be easy to do and I think it's genius.

 

[Merlin]

More wizard hats and robes with different designs.

 

[Aran]

I want a shirt that says "I'm with stupid --->" on it

 

[GarthGrey]

I like the more storage option for 18s, as for gold sinks. I'm still in the group that doesn't have so much gold that I need to buy sinks with it.

 

[Merlin]

A one time payment of a more storage option for an 18x18 will hurt overall revenue to Broadsword. Why would they give this to us for a one time payment $9.99 and risk losing someone who would pay for an extra account that accrues monthly (or quarterly or semi-annually depending how you pay) revenue?

The only people with Castle level storage should be people with Castles.

 

[Scribbles]

They already have two upgrades to storage that you can buy. If you need more just open up a second account and place a house.

I love the idea of gold sinks as long as they dont effect actual game play. I think its incredibly dumb the game hasnt done it already.

How hard would it be to put an npc in luna and brit with uber vanity items.

 

[nextwindow]

lets leave the gold sink off siege perilous, I don't have enough money to squander

 

[Kylie Kinslayer]

They already have two upgrades to storage that you can buy. If you need more just open up a second account and place a house.

Already have every storage increase they have and an additional account as well.. both close to maxed out and don't wanna buy a third account and house... however, if I can ever get in touch with the dude who has the house in front of my two I will do that very thing lol.


*edit*

lets leave the gold sink off siege perilous, I don't have enough money to squander

Surely they would do a conversion if they did implement it on Siege. What would the ratio be.. l gp to a million gp's?

 

[Grazz't1970]

11 posts til siege was brought up...
I'm vegan , I do crossfit , I rescue animals...did I cover it all in #12?

 

[Spock's Beard]

Yes, yes, and yes. I've been wanting more vanity items forever.

 

[Dixie chessy/legends]

the slot machines on the shards that shall not be named are fantastic! and instead of winning gold as top prize on some of them you win like rare robes and such.....and before someone makes a comment about slot machines not existing ....em items, stupid as all hell em items. "not all em items but there are some that are just wow, have not a damn thing to do with the world of uo" ..nuff said!

 

[Lythos-]

How hard would it be to put an npc in luna and brit with uber vanity items.

About as hard as getting a pair of clean underwear in the game I assume. Lol.

 

[Kyronix]

We're all for items that come without any additional balancing concerns. You can expect rewards along these lines for content in Publish 93!

 

[Smoot]

all these are why ftp format would be perfect for UO, and much more profitable.

 

[Dot_Warner]

We're all for items that come without any additional balancing concerns. You can expect rewards along these lines for content in Publish 93!

*coughs* Separate vanity costume/flipper/etc paperdoll slot so people can RP those things. Also separate nijitsu animal form restrictions from polymorph and costumes so special moves still work! *coughs*

 

[Lord Arm]

it all sounds good but again this seems like just for the rich, the ones that have money to throw around. it will not solve the real problem, gold scripting\looting\duping. if people really knew how some get/got all the gold, many would not be happy. this will do nothing except pissed off the lower income people. they need to stop illegal activities. what ever the devs do, I hope it makes people earn it, non script or multi account/bot the activity.

 

[Gamer_Goblin]

You can't keep bringing up the same stuff in every topic.

No one argues that the economy is bad and the real money dealing is bad. This topic isn't about that. And if you don't have the IRL money to buy a vanity item what's the big deal? I'm not going to stop buying Rib Eyes because someone else can't afford it. I work hard for my money.

 

[Uvtha]

Why do we not have more of these in game? It can not be to hard to implement a gold sink with items that can not be obtained elsewhere. It would be a HUGE gold sink if they were expensive. There is to much gold in this game give us something to spend it on and get it out of currculation. 100m for this 500m for that 1b for this. A good system would help the economy and give players more great content. Right now we just swap gold from player to player and spend a little on insurance (needs to be raised considerably IMO) We currently have for gold sinks? 50m for a special Duke/Dutchess name? 500k for a hair dye that's been around for 15 years? Balckthorns arties but no one in there right mind spends gold on those they just farm them or buy from vendors.

Examples
Hair Dyes, Tatoos, Piercings
Mounts, Pets
Weapons and Armor Dyes
New Clothing/Robes
Decorations (art is already there, pretty much if you see it in UO you should be able to obtain it)
Stone Colored Castle/Keep/Tower Deeds or ability to change existing stone colors
Ability to remove curses from item properties
Forged metal tools
Bring back bless deeds
List could go on and on

This simple gold sink gives enormous content for players and at the same time wipes gold from the servers.

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Why? Requires art.

 

[Goodmann]

Why? Requires art.

Art is easy did you see my valorite castle?

 

[Kylie Kinslayer]

Art is easy did you see my valorite castle?
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lovely artwork sir!

I have learned in my life to be very specific about what ya want... I mean you get some smart butt, practical joker Dev (like I would be if I had the skillz) and I would make ya a Val Castle just like you drew

 

[Goodmann]

it all sounds good but again this seems like just for the rich, the ones that have money to throw around. it will not solve the real problem, gold scripting\looting\duping. if people really knew how some get/got all the gold, many would not be happy. this will do nothing except pissed off the lower income people. they need to stop illegal activities. what ever the devs do, I hope it makes people earn it, non script or multi account/bot the activity.

You mean like the lower income people of the world don't have items that other people can afford? That's called life. Your lucky that they don't tax the poor in UO! Get a job sir! Many professions that can be done to get ahead don't expect a handout. Gold scripting? lol go farm 100m gold see how long it takes you. Looting? Try the EC easy loot buttons there! Many options out there just gotta try them!

 

[Uvtha]

Art is easy did you see my valorite castle?
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Send that job app in, son!

 

[Mene (DF)]

*adds one to the list*

Charge a few hundred mil to allow 18x18 to have storage capacity of castle... heck, even charge $9.95 for it if ya want.. Just sayin'

*adds another one more to that list*
Make a sensitiv price of a few hundred million to have a castle-plot-similiar-customizable housplot with storage capacity of a castle

 

[Alira Drakrul]

Yes, yes and more yes.

 

[Spock's Beard]

Yes, yes, and yes.

Yes, yes and more yes.

All the yesses.

 

[Aran]

Please leave Godemperor Trump out of this, do not sully him in this way.

 

[Cady]

When I saw 'vanity' and 'gold sink', my mind rly just went one place

 

[sibble]

I agree with everything but raising insurance.

Poor people PVP too.

 

[Goodmann]

I agree with everything but raising insurance.

Poor people PVP too.

don't die so much and it's not a problem

 

[Lord Arm]

You mean like the lower income people of the world don't have items that other people can afford? That's called life. Your lucky that they don't tax the poor in UO! Get a job sir! Many professions that can be done to get ahead don't expect a handout. Gold scripting? lol go farm 100m gold see how long it takes you. Looting? Try the EC easy loot buttons there! Many options out there just gotta try them!

Nice try, I notice u didn't say where all the money is/has been coming from, u just wont admit it or don't know. it has nothing to do with poor people. some people run many account to farm. duping happens nearly everyday. the only thing u admit to is there is a gold problem. this does nothing to solve the problem.

 

[MalagAste]

Nice try, I notice u didn't say where all the money is/has been coming from, u just wont admit it or don't know. it has nothing to do with poor people. some people run many account to farm. duping happens nearly everyday. the only thing u admit to is there is a gold problem. this does nothing to solve the problem.

If you know of a dupe that is supposedly happening everyday now you ought to report it.

 

[Goodmann]

Nice try, I notice u didn't say where all the money is/has been coming from, u just wont admit it or don't know. it has nothing to do with poor people. some people run many account to farm. duping happens nearly everyday. the only thing u admit to is there is a gold problem. this does nothing to solve the problem.

NO ONE farms gold let me say that again NO ONE farms gold. Duping does not happen daily. People running multi accounts, yeah they do but they also pay for those accounts as well. The average size of a Penguin brain is the size of a walnut, just saying [BCOLOR=rgb(16, 16, 16)][/BCOLOR]

 

[J. E. Tamer]

I wish that Name Change was a quest-and-gold-fee matter.

Ditto race change to and from gargoyle.

 

[Victim of Siege]

I wish that Name Change was a quest-and-gold-fee matter.

Ditto race change to and from gargoyle.

you can do half of the Gargoyle change. pick the human>elf or elf>human quest as a gargoyle and you will become one of the Lower Races (although i have no idea why you would want to)

 

[Thrakkar]

It would be a HUGE gold sink if they were expensive.
...
This simple gold sink gives enormous content for players and at the same time wipes gold from the servers.

Any gold sink is pointless, as long as you don't fix the sheer endless gold sources.
UO economy is beyond repair.
Any huge gold sink will just bloat the gap between the players who can afford the new fancy stuff and the ones, who can't.

 

[Dixie chessy/legends]

these are what im talking about when i say slot machines, there are tons of different games.....talk about a gold sink, could have lower end slots all the way up to high rollers, could put them at each casino them EM's have.....that place in the sand, what ever that is. think its suposta be a casino......any way ill link a video showing what they look like, not promoting any shard or anything like that, just giving an idea of graphics. if this is off limits tho feel free to remove the post

 

[Goodmann]

Any gold sink is pointless, as long as you don't fix the sheer endless gold sources.
UO economy is beyond repair.
Any huge gold sink will just bloat the gap between the players who can afford the new fancy stuff and the ones, who can't.

Bloat the gap from vanity/deco items? That makes no sense. It's called a GOLD sink for a reason thus if you have no GOLD to contribute you get no prize. Playing UO does not guarantee a "I got to participate award" so if you want good items do like the rest of the population work for it

 

[Thrakkar]

Bloat the gap from vanity/deco items? That makes no sense.

You're calling this vanity/deco items:

Ability to remove curses from item properties
Forged metal tools
Bring back bless deeds

Seriously?
Especially nr. 2 seems to be a really good idea. Let's make it available with in-game currency. It's not, that it would help finance UO...
Although a combination of nr.1 & nr.3 on that list also seems to be a damn good idea as well. Because let's face it, crafters are overrated anyways...

It's called a GOLD sink for a reason thus if you have no GOLD to contribute you get no prize. Playing UO does not guarantee a "I got to participate award" so if you want good items do like the rest of the population work for it

Granted, a two class society is the least of UO's problems.
A gold sink is pointless, as long as gold can pour in from all the other sources.
As long as the root cause isn't fixed, it is nothing more than another pixel crack reward system (with the exception of the 3 things mentioned above).

 

[Slayvite]

We're all for items that come without any additional balancing concerns. You can expect rewards along these lines for content in Publish 93!

Yet you cannot manage Easter vanity items?? Cos you know ...your focusing on putting out "new content"....
These new items I see going straight into the new UO cash shop.

 

[MalagAste]

Personally I would like to see the DEVs allow players to submit art. I'd like to see players be able to submit things to be sold on the in-game store... new clothes, new housing tiles, new furniture, new rugs, new paintings whatever... and of course they would "test" and approve any new art before it would be added to game and the store... and the submitter can name the item and gets "credit" for it in the store or something... their name would then be on it at the store as the submitter and such... but I think it would not only be a great addition to the game adding new art and such... but it would generate income for the game... as well as offer players a way to improve the look of the game.

There are many things they could do with an in-game store... what we end up with remains to be seen but I have my hopes.


I still want a vanity slot on my paperdoll where I could put costumes and such without taking up armor or weapon slots.