Q/A Factions
- Jeremy asks for feedback on Factions, most info is off mic at the moment
- Beneficial acts in Fel had a bug
- Asking for help on updating the Factions Guide
- Asking for ideas to be sent in on making owning towns more valuable
- Speedman introduced/called out,
Speedman was in fact there. He is not back with UO, he was visiting. But it was nice to see him again. A few of us had a bit of a conversation about cheating with him during the break.
- "Might as well get the Siege stuff started early"
Siege stuff never really came up after that except for the statement about the ROT and wanting to get numbers tested before they did it. They want to get it right, changing numbers for one thing can screw up dozens of other things, so it's not as easy as one might think. And to correct whomever said it dealt with 120's meaning scrolls misunderstood what was being said, she was using examples of number sets to explain it, just happened those were the numbers she chose. The 120 scroll conversation was completely separate from the ROT discussion.
- Dyable Monk's Robes not allowed because they are basically the same as GM/Counselor's/etc robes.
It was discussed because not everyone in this game is honest (No seriously) People have/may approach and unknowing player in these and well be mean. It would be neat in some respects but I can kinda understand where they are coming from on this.
- Dyable hooded shrouds = dupers win T
his was not so much a dupers win, it was more a problem on Siege that allows them to be dyed. Correct me if I'm wrong about the shard though.
General Q/A
- Faction vendor pricing is interesting, but what use are the vendors lately anyway.
- Threads, Cloak, Daggers: Part of Draconi's secret plan.
Scenario is not done yet...The live event team are not done with us yet. Draconi being away has slowed things down yes, but he is due back in roughly the end of this month early next. so give it to about midish August before they kick that particular hamster.
- Current event to continue tentatively around mid August, expect a week or so notice
*points up*
- "Dueling" guildstones for player run events being "passed on" to look in to.
This was a very interesting idea. And Jeremy and Leurocian seemed interested, but as with most suggestions, it will be looked at for viability.
- Contact for clean up of EM content
Jeremy is all about cleaning up messes. If you have a EM spawn *coughs* baja*coughs* or anything blocking play or something left over that maybe usable left over from an EM event let her know!!
- Jewelry Boxes was never on the schedule. They would "like to do" but is not on schedule.
That pretty much sums that up
- 90% of weapons are not viable, revamping of weapons being done internally, "cannot talk about" but being looked in to
- Weapon balance tentative for within the next few publishes
Honestly weapon balancing and thats stuff gives me a headache lol I know whats good to a point but clueless in the pvp arena.
- More stable slots: Cannot promise, but "on the list"
All I can say is PLEASE!!!!!
- Hand to hand combat: "I would LOVE to"
- Male KR paperdoll "needs to be changed, no ETA" LOL Some of the "demostrations of how the male were hysterical!!
- Housing: Lockdowns lower than secures because of loading
Well their not lower they are equal but it is an issue with loading from days of old and still is to a point.
- Bounties: Cutting off heads and turning them in made parents go nuts.
Well at least the parents were watching their kids
- Customizable keeps and castles: an absolute nightmare
I believe Jeremy said she asked Cathat about that once and he went pale as a ghost and she decided to leave him alone
- Certain headpieces not on the magic item lists
They dont know why but thing like caps and connets never made the list. They also took suggestions about possibly making hats enhanceable and craftable with runics but again these were suggestions from us so don't hold it against the devs!!
- Tinker's Runics: Maybe Tinker BODs, but nothing specific
- HCI on shields: Noted for weapon rebalancing
- Crafting hats with barbed kits: "We'd have to think about it"
*points up*
- Controlling layering: going to be brought up to artists
ie Sashes going over robes various clothes and coloring, and the such all was mentioned.
- Togglable hood for robes: Good idea, no idea
*ponits up a line*
- Heartwood quests: Stupidly tedious, looking to revamp or change in some way, especially for runics
I believe the word Leurocian used was horrible. And I agreed (of course I was the one that asked that question lol)
- Problems with Melissa quests (crashing): QA working on it,
I am sure They would love you guys to point out specific areas that are issues and the circumstances surrounding them to the feed back forums.
- ROT on Siege: More difficult than intended, Messana is on it, scaling bug, ROT broken
I don't know about being broken as much more than just a quick fix is available
- Buglist in KR "frightening", asking for better interaction for bug fixing "good idea, but runs into Volunteer problem", limited bandwidth to fix LOL the buglist was more than just for KR that was frightening. Someone asked if it was possible to get a list of bugs they were aware of to help us send in more information on them, but as Jeremy stated we would be frightened by that list. Keep sending in that USEFUL feedback, with as much information as you can, not only to the feedback forms but to
[email protected]
- "You cannot see that"is a bug, unknown on status of fix
What he said
- Spring Cleaning Phase 3 is last phase
Thank Goodness!! So start getting it turned in or thrown away already!!!
- Arcane Focus: Must talk to Draconi when he returns
- More cooking stuff maybe "
We love cooks" Jeremy said as she walked around
- Tokuno Dyes: Good idea, people ask, something off mic "I cannot comment on that"
But a lot of smirking and expressions that indicated more than that lol.
- AOS resists: Damage types vs armor, not on the table
- Accounts "losing" expansion status: must research
- Speculation on dupe/exploits: "We like fire"
That phrase was thrown out a lot with evil grins, so watch it cheaters!!
- Stygian Abyss: "Can't talk about it" "Very soon you might hear more" (wow... "soon" and "might" in the same sentence)
And expressions that you just can't duplicate over the radio or in text. I think we should all start getting ready for some reaally exciting stuff happening!! The faces reminded me of someone that had found the perfect gift for someone else and was just dieing to let it out
- 9th Anniversary was a limited release
However is stilll pretty available in many areas but has been pulled from the shelves, when you go into the game stores and ask for it ask for "Ultima Online 9th Collection" that seems to be the listing so fear not just use that and should get a better response
- Volunteers very unlikely due to legal issues. Counselor Guild buildings... who knows
Again send in suggestions you never know
- Oceans: #1 request for expansions. Ship code would have to be reworked. Ships are houses that float.
This is probably the most popular and asked for expansion so keep stabbing at them pirates
- Stables in houses: requested... "on a list somewhere"
- Crimsons drop on Melissa's body, not to backpack correct
and it is not a rumor, drop rates where unknown
- Stranger lockboxes: Draconi's evil plan
Everytime they said that and they said it often, I got more and more scared lol
- Burning houses in Luna: Draconi's in Japan
- GM interaction in removing problem players: GMs will not tell you what happens to the person reported on
- Origin = public test shard for new stuffs, Basically the conversation was about making copies of characters, weapons skils pets etc over on Test so that it was easier to test, But that just isn't a very feasible idea. Origin gets it first, make a character there there and test it out.
- Damage exceeding 35 "cap" in PvP: unanswered
I blinked on this one sorry
- KR vs 2d: something about speed, 2ders whined about a speed fix for KR
- Cannot speak much about KR right now, but they have a lot of focus group data
- Memory usage issues, lot of work needed for KR
- Strangers are no longer spawning, murder mystery is current
- Player run servers and ideas: tamer pets growing "cool idea, not on a schedule"
- "I just drank an entire Coke"
LOL and was beginning to dance, poor girl just couldn't get her break!!
- PvP thieves: Aware of issues, not an easy fix
Removing insurance is an answer but would tick off more than it would make happy so, do the math
- Finishing the virtues: conceptual gaps I asked this,
The virtues were never really designed to be a "system" of their own, they had some cool stuff that could be incorporated using the virtues but the others virtues opportunity has just not yet come up. But it's not something they are actively pursuing at this point.
- Leaving Alliances: Fix was not retro-active, if stuck need to talk a GM. Send into to Messana at
[email protected] if a GM tells you can't be done
They're talking about volunteer programs, support, ect. so nothing really game-critical here
Brief break after Blade Thugluv's question about marketing, shelf presence
"Where's Marketing?"
WHOA!!! there went the audio
We all had to go tinkle dang it!!
ok back... shelf space is shrinking for new games, used games = margins. Marketing doesn't have anything to market ATM
*points up several lines* Answered that up there sorry, it came up a couple times
BREAK
Part 2
- Chapels in UO towns: No plans currently
- End of UO2d: 2d is not going away any time soon
- Question on Green Acres: Jeremy raced Wilki testing Speedhacking
The question was more specifically about what was the large green expanse on the radar. Which is Green Acres. Then Jeremy commented that it was for testing etc, and she once Raced Wilki to test speedhacking.
- Returning Tokuno Arties: NOT off the Table
- Legacy artifacts: behaving as designed
This was in response as to how long the atries dropping in the virtue dungeons would be. The answer was they are working as intended and they may add or take away at some point
- Crimson drop rate on Melissa: unknown on drop rate
- Why isn't UO on Mythic website: Have to check on status
- Vet rewards: cannot comment, haven't forgotten
- Revamping Detectives: nothing at the moment
- "We like fire" (this got the audio overloaded, so dunno exactly)
LOL Thats fuuny, it was in response to the downtime of the character transfer service, was it related to any dupes or what have you. That was the response with a evil grin.
- "Show us your tatoo"
Pictures to follow once I can get them
- More co-owner slots on houses: Again send in suggestions
- Salvage bags: wood/tinkered items: Not recycleable, but good idea
- Choosing starting town: will have to look at in the future
- Town Hall in Vegas: "That sounds like fun"
And was resoundingly agreed on by the room and the internet lol
- Send town hall suggestions through feedback
Gee where have I heard that before??
- Lockpicking: Desire for jewelry/talisman... a good idea
- Lack of spellweaving jewelry intentional...
at the time...but needs looking into now.
- Promotion of religion in game: check ROC for types of speech permitted. Not promoted as it has nothing to do with the game.
This was asked about in game events such as this being included in the FoF and other areas of the game. If it doesn't directly relate to game play then isn't included.
- Rare armor pieces, ingredients and crimsons as well as VERY high end random loot from Melissa look for info on Five on Friday
- Weddings in UO: System planned, but pushed out, unkown on current status
- Hacking protection: VERY big issue, Jeremy hacked on a different game via flash banner keylogger
Yes wasn't anything she could have done no one to be held accountable, it just proves how determined these people are sadly
- Item returning: other games have better item logging than UO. Very true, but we've also been around a lot longer than most of these games and they have had the opportunity to learn from it's mistakes.
- Lot of talk about being hacked
This was more amongst ourselves really than with the team. so nothing really missed there.
- New Haven Quests: missing quests ran out of time on some quests,
Leurocian has docs for tamers and bards but other things took precedence.
- Timer on IDOCs: random
- Cut and paste to and from books: Supreem to look into it
- Arcane Focus: not sure what's going on here, lots of cross talk.
It was a lil chaotic then, it had been discussed earlier, that the ability to get to level 6 was a bug and people were never meant to be able to focus by themselves. This was per Leurocian. So don't yell at me!!
- When will KR get some love: Missing art: have to harrass GrimmOmen
- Account binding: not likely
Between the billing systems and such and that poor asthmatic hamster i would think it would be difficult
- Locked down boxes, removing items (Airmid): probably a bug, not on the list of changes, side effect?
Send into to uobugs...you get the idea!!
- "Yes but we can't say"... I missed this question LOL not sure either
- High end runics popping up:... FIRE!..
Again WE like fire with evil grins lol'
- Pandas: "I'll send that to art" Patrial hued polar bear?
- Powerscrolls: for some skills not for others: No content above 100 for some skills. Skills would have to be rescaled so get off your high horses about the 120 scrolls for begging (yes I would love mine to be legendary too, but I'll forfeit that for other fixes)
- GM magery WAS nerfed for PS purposes Nerfed in some ways but made a bit more accurate in others. same for all the skills that have 120's
- Backend not available to share skill points between accounts (soulstones I guess?)
Correct, soulstones were discussed to be transferable to other accts etc
- Smithing BODs: high end BODs imbalanced... on the list
But doesn't hurt to poke them about it and send in suggestions (tired of me saying that yet?)
- Balancing animal damage: different balancing pass than weapons, on the list (specifically greater dragons)
- How will you remember all of this: "It is being recorde"
It was being recorded and trust me Enough of us diehards will not let her forget!! lol
- Instant GMs with items, Vamp form Bushidos working around skill cap: Needs a HARD look, Vamp Form needs a HARDER LOOK and a "kick in the nutz"
Ok a LOT of people took this one very very wrong. The point of the discussion was one that has been presented here, is it right that people can "vamp up" using jewls then drop said jewels and maintain the form. Most agreed if the level to maintain the spell is a certain point if the skill level isn't present any more the spell should come off.
- Something about jewel-encrusted stuff: "That's a good idea"
Oh Bard Mal gave a really great suggestion...to be able to "decorate our weapons and armor using jewels not for resists or anything just for show like to a wedding or special event.
- Commodity Deeds: redeem in houses: YES!!!! *MUCH APPLAUSE!!!* Actively developing!
Yes please send in the suggestions!!!
- KR only shard: no plans (dammit!)
Sorry guys, I would have liked that too.
- Pet dye tub: No. Nothing but test center I
f you heard the very loud NO right after the question was asked, that would be me!! Lol. The looks on Jeremy's and Leurocian's faces seemed to agree with that general consensus
- More than one house per account: To prevent owning too much real estate. Basically don't expect anything on this one... no sympathy here.
Hey what can we say, people who have multiple accounts would take up the darn shards in no time flat, yes I would love a small house on the shards I do occasionally visit but not enough to take away from those that "live" there
Stratics thread
- Handing in items player unfriendly: Limitations of the system they are using, deadlines hurt player friendliness
- Stacking: "We want more things to stack" T
hey are aware working on it and Leurocian said he is taking that very thing into consideration as he develops new things.
- Player townstones: really cool but long dev time
- Moongates to other shards: "I can see the dupes now" (x-sharding issues, coding issues)
Oh Poor Jeremy and Leurocian looked very uncomfortable at that thought. I that maybe Jeremy needed to hae a seat she looked wobbly at that suggestion.
- Lots of Stratics questions phrased very negatively:
And I don't blame Lil of WRR for turning those away, they were very negative and you know what thats just not kosher
- Begging powerscrolls: There would have to be content
- Alternative ways to get PSs: Nothing planned
- Disguise kit bug wiping macros, used while locked down: engineering issue
Again send it into [email protected]
- Greater Dragons not obeying: will have to look at may be deliberate
Crowd: 5 minute warning
- Making it against the rules to sell for real cash: Making it against the rules doesn't stop it. They could do it, GMs would have nmore work for NO difference (I could have told everyone this)
- Seattle: We can't talk about Seattle
- Not against the rules to "game" the 90 day decay Little sympathy for people who screw gaming the system up
- Lots of off mic, can't talk about the good stuff, presentation nixed
- UO Journal Coverter: cannot save journal in KR "I'll tell Supreem"
Giving out swag
Game X Bar, WRR and one other entity, (please don't hurt me I forgot the name) Gave out some really cool prizes ...T-Shirts, hats, UO figures...was really fun with all the neat questions that came up.
Ori
Well, Christian shrines of course! :bowdown:
GO ME!
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Thank you for those pics Sheridan!!! We had a blast at town hall in San Diego! Looking forward to the Seattle meeting the end of August then to Austin! Once again we will broadcast live and party afterwards! The WRR D&B studio on Lk Superior seems to be getting great reviews! It gives people ingame a chance to be at the meeting even if they aren't there in r/l. Draconi and Leurocian were watching it alot on the large screen during past meetings.