vollems

[Draza]

Just saw on uocah that these will be 3 slot now instead of 2 slots. That wasnt in the patch info, and I am kinda bumed because i just bought 2 to train up in disco.

Should still be do-able, but if i was gonna go all the up, they wont be as good now.

 

[Gardo]

Nerfed this ultra powerful pet did they? Should’ve popped the few I had on hand....

 

[Draza]

Its not super powerful, but the negative taming req was what i was looking for.

Putting disco on it and using it on my sampire.

 

[Gardo]

Yeah I know they weren’t overpowered, was just being sarcastic. The funny thing is, because they were changed from 2 to 3 slots, the developers obviously felt they were....

At least they didn’t change the negative taming requirement. (For now)

 

[Khaelor]

Just saw on uocah that these will be 3 slot now instead of 2 slots. That wasnt in the patch info, and I am kinda bumed because i just bought 2 to train up in disco.

Should still be do-able, but if i was gonna go all the up, they wont be as good now.

If you use one vollem for a nontamer, they should be better because they will be able to achieve a higher base damage. A bonus.

But yes, if you wanted to train one up from 3-5 it has lost power potential. Or if you use two vollems, you will need to find an old 2 slot one.

Problem with Vollems, they were a prepatch nightmare (identical stats) that anyone could control. Nightmares were adjusted in power to be in line with the intensity system, vollems just originally got overlooked due to how they "spawn".

 

[Pawain]

Where are the patch notes for this change?

 

[Khaelor]

That wasnt in the patch info

Unfortunately not every change ends up in the patch notes, sometimes you just end up stumbling upon them.

Like when teleporting to players was removed from Necromage AI.

 

[Pawain]

Wow that thing has worse starting stats then many things now. Will end up with lower HP than a Hiryu now if you add a 501 point magic.

But better start at neg taming. There are AI/Chiv ones on LS. Players use them for magery from ships. Cant have 2 now. The players who wanted to build them had 2 years to do it.

So the devs can make pets that do not follow the intensity rules. Same stats 1 more slot.

 

[Quickblade]

So are the old ones 2 slots going to be increased to 3 slots ? OR even will they be able to go from 2 --- > 3 next patch or will it jump directly to 4 , after first training ?

 

[Lord Gandalf]

 

[Lord Arm]

as far as I know there was no reason to change. anyone know the reason for it or was another unneeded change we didn't ask for? change back or give us a good reason for the change ty.

 

[Lord Gandalf]

as far as I know there was no reason to change. anyone know the reason for it or was another unneeded change we didn't ask for? change back or give us a good reason for the change ty.

I suggest you post on the official forums if ur addressing your question to the devs:
Ultima Online Forums

But i dont guaranty the reply

 

[Khyro]

Just speculation. Pets from clickable objects (statues, crystals, etc.) had a hard coded starting slot and didn't follow the same slot rules as pets that actually spawn. They probably changed this code so that pets created from clickable objects adhere to the same slot determination rules as spawned pets. A Vollem has the same stats as a Legacy Nightmare and was 2 slots (it essentially was a non-mountable legacy nightmare). If the Vollem actually spawned somewhere it would have spawned as a 3-slot pet.

I doubt they targeted the Vollem specifically, but more of a casualty of the back-end change.