A Letter from Live

[Nixon[I-C]]

Don't comment on PvP issues please, you play your game, we'll play ours. PvP unbalances, are essentially 'bugs' because they are game breaking.

Anyway, I'll reserve my judgement, a simple statement of intent does not cut it, but it is a start and I respect Draconi, so now it is time to actually see some actions and restore a lot of lost faith.

 

[Rhus Radicans]

I'll simply say a couple of things. I played 3 years, and left when it became obvious that the devs were too often leading the players down the garden path, making promises that would not be kept. I reopened my account for a week recently to look around, didn't like what I saw, and re-closed my account.

Here's my two cents:

1. Destruction of existing UO content (Haven, Magincia) is not providing new content. UO could have easily put out an expansion every year if it wanted to, with new lands to explore. The last expansion of that type was UO: Samurai Empire. Get over worrying about UO lore when thinking of expansions, and think of it this way: the shattering of the Gem created thousands of new worlds, some accessible, some not, some only temporary. Plan your expansions accordingly.

2. The direct cause for my leaving was disgust that the Virtues remain unfinished. You want me back as a customer? Fine, then finish the Virtues as proof that you care about long-term unfinished content. It's only been 8 years now?


I apologize for the tone of this reply, but all I'm hearing is the same old song and dance from the developers.

 

[dmodesto]

At least we hear from a man in charge. The doomsayers are going to complain, and with the track record, they have adequate reason to, but you got to give them a chance.


And WoW just has people fooled into thinking its enjoyable. It's mindless, and skilless. UO is just an overall better game, it just needs a solid team and some programmers that want to give it love.

That's all!

 

[Tia]

Does this also mean they are bringing back the GM live event *special moments*.. where the GMs performed marriages and funerals etc?? and gave special certificates, inscribed rings etc??

 

[imported_ParadoxUO]

we live in exciting times... dont we?

 

[Connor_Graham]

Luna Houses. Every shard knows this guy !

Should I even go here? This house probably has more colored wood, colored ingots, and high end bods then all Sonoma Players have put together. Yet when we page we get told to STOP paging or they will take action against OUR accts.

I will believe illegal activity won't be tolerated when I actually SEE action taken.. until then, they are just empty words and promises to the said game that the DEV team say they care about. =/

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That is an EXACT duplicate, down to the robe colors and placement of each vendor in Luna on Pacific. And you're 100% right, this vendor house has always had more resources than is humanly possible to obtain without a large staff of people doing nothing but resource gathering around the clock.

 

[imported_ParadoxUO]

why dont you have a shard market control team?

make a site, expose the cheating merchants, and tell the major guilds not to use them?

just trying to help...

 

[imported_dukarlo]

The part about cheating not being tolerated is totaly bogus. There are people cheating all day long as i type this and if paged on nothing will be done. Unless youve actually hired some non automated gms nothing will be done. Until i see some of these people banned its just more typical lies from EA. Saying that cheating will not be tolerated implies anyone found cheating will be romoved from the game. We all know that is not the case. How many more monthly payments do you expect your legitimate players to make?

 

[imported_ElRay]

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Cheating:[/b] We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: <font color="brown">cheating will not be tolerated.</font>


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I would have to say as of now and for the past year or so cheating has been tolerated.......one could even say cheating was encouraged by the lack of action of GMs/devs

hey, I would also have to say that its already too late,the buzz in the industry is that your company (EAMythic) has already been labelled as incompetent(&lt;-----putting it nicely) when it comes to enforcing
and banning cheaters, and if your new game Warhammer online does not do as well as EAMythic had hoped, I would surmise that a large portion of that is due to you people being labelled as incompetent dealing with hacks and cheats........sorry but this has been your own doing

 

[Cear Dallben Zog]

We'll be there,

-The Zog Cabal

 

[imported_Castor]

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and if your new game Warhammer online does not do as well as EAMythic had hoped

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according to some of the fan sites from people who were in beta, warhammer had some serious problems that needed to be retooled

 

[GarthGrey]

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Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.



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Uhh, I"m sorry what? I just left my favorite script user in Jhelom. He's still pounding away at trees and rocks, and has been for 2 years. I have enough email that say this, "Greetings, thank you for your page.
We will review these accounts and take action if warranted. This will take some time, so please be patient. Due to our privacy policy, you will not be informed of the results of our investigation. Thank you for your report."

to print and wallpaper my neighborhood.

Your tolerance for cheating is alot higher than you pretend.

 

[Guest]

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Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.

Please report anything you see through the in-game petitioning system, and larger issues to Jeremy through the Feedback system on the Herald.


This is the biggest line of BS I've heard yet. You have already "tolerated" it. Hear let me show you:

Ya, this isn't a scriptor?

Luna Houses. Every shard knows this guy !

Should I even go here? This house probably has more colored wood, colored ingots, and high end bods then all Sonoma Players have put together. Yet when we page we get told to STOP paging or they will take action against OUR accts.

I will believe illegal activity won't be tolerated when I actually SEE action taken.. until then, they are just empty words and promises to the said game that the DEV team say they care about. =/

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And this Isn't ENOUGH evidence for you to even "Check it Out"? Many of us have paged on just this sort of problem, all we get from the GM's are Empty Words "Greetings, thank you for your page. We will review these accounts and take action <font color=red> if </font color=red> warranted. This will take some time, so please be patient. Due to our privacy policy, you will not be informed of the results of our investigation. Thank you for your report." I guess <font color=red> IF </font color=red> is the big question, &amp; many GM's (if we have any now) don't care. We are all tired of the BS we are being fed in GM "Canned Messages" that we all get when we page on people like this &amp; ones that have been in one spot for hrs on end doing the same thing over &amp; over again.

 

[Paris_Hilton]

"Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated."




Prove it.



My account is open for another 27 days.



Impress me.

 

[Guest]

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Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.

Please report anything you see through the in-game petitioning system, and larger issues to Jeremy through the Feedback system on the Herald.


This is the biggest line of BS I've heard yet. You have already "tolerated" it. Hear let me show you:

Ya, this isn't a scriptor?

Luna Houses. Every shard knows this guy !

Should I even go here? This house probably has more colored wood, colored ingots, and high end bods then all Sonoma Players have put together. Yet when we page we get told to STOP paging or they will take action against OUR accts.

I will believe illegal activity won't be tolerated when I actually SEE action taken.. until then, they are just empty words and promises to the said game that the DEV team say they care about. =/

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Same exact setup on Lake Superior too. There are at least 6 Luna vendors with exactly the same setup for the ingots and gems, and the house with the mats and bods is exactly the same set up, house design-and vendors.

But its not obvious to the EA/Mythic Team that it has something to do with cheating.

Players can find all of this so easy yet nothing happens day after day.

 

[AlanofCats]

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Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.

Please report anything you see through the in-game petitioning system, and larger issues to Jeremy through the Feedback system on the Herald.

Should I even go here? This house probably has more colored wood, colored ingots, and high end bods then all Sonoma Players have put together. Yet when we page we get told to STOP paging or they will take action against OUR accts.

I will believe illegal activity won't be tolerated when I actually SEE action taken.. until then, they are just empty words and promises to the said game that the DEV team say they care about. =/

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Same exact setup on Lake Superior too. There are at least 6 Luna vendors with exactly the same setup for the ingots and gems, and the house with the mats and bods is exactly the same set up, house design-and vendors.

But its not obvious to the EA/Mythic Team that it has something to do with cheating.

Players can find all of this so easy yet nothing happens day after day.

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Same set up on Cats.

 

[Guest]

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Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.

Please report anything you see through the in-game petitioning system, and larger issues to Jeremy through the Feedback system on the Herald.

Should I even go here? This house probably has more colored wood, colored ingots, and high end bods then all Sonoma Players have put together. Yet when we page we get told to STOP paging or they will take action against OUR accts.

I will believe illegal activity won't be tolerated when I actually SEE action taken.. until then, they are just empty words and promises to the said game that the DEV team say they care about. =/

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Same exact setup on Lake Superior too. There are at least 6 Luna vendors with exactly the same setup for the ingots and gems, and the house with the mats and bods is exactly the same set up, house design-and vendors.

But its not obvious to the EA/Mythic Team that it has something to do with cheating.

Players can find all of this so easy yet nothing happens day after day.

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Same set up on Cats.

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Makes you wonder if anyone at EA is noticing this. Would be nice if they did.

 

[AlanofCats]

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Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.

Please report anything you see through the in-game petitioning system, and larger issues to Jeremy through the Feedback system on the Herald.

Should I even go here? This house probably has more colored wood, colored ingots, and high end bods then all Sonoma Players have put together. Yet when we page we get told to STOP paging or they will take action against OUR accts.

I will believe illegal activity won't be tolerated when I actually SEE action taken.. until then, they are just empty words and promises to the said game that the DEV team say they care about. =/

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Same exact setup on Lake Superior too. There are at least 6 Luna vendors with exactly the same setup for the ingots and gems, and the house with the mats and bods is exactly the same set up, house design-and vendors.

But its not obvious to the EA/Mythic Team that it has something to do with cheating.

Players can find all of this so easy yet nothing happens day after day.

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Same set up on Cats.

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Makes you wonder if anyone at EA is noticing this. Would be nice if they did.

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More of a challenge to EA. Put your money where your mouth is. I expect to see burned out shells soon. A fine lasting example for all across many shards. Also in a most perfect location for said example (Luna).

 

[imported_ElRay]

honestly, how could you NOT notice this.....its beyond shocking


yes, let me reiterate one more time........this is the same company making warhammer online...........

 

[Nexus]

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Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.

Please report anything you see through the in-game petitioning system, and larger issues to Jeremy through the Feedback system on the Herald.

Should I even go here? This house probably has more colored wood, colored ingots, and high end bods then all Sonoma Players have put together. Yet when we page we get told to STOP paging or they will take action against OUR accts.

I will believe illegal activity won't be tolerated when I actually SEE action taken.. until then, they are just empty words and promises to the said game that the DEV team say they care about. =/

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Same exact setup on Lake Superior too. There are at least 6 Luna vendors with exactly the same setup for the ingots and gems, and the house with the mats and bods is exactly the same set up, house design-and vendors.

But its not obvious to the EA/Mythic Team that it has something to do with cheating.

Players can find all of this so easy yet nothing happens day after day.

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Same set up on Cats.

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Add Chessy to that list.

 

[OptPrime]

Lake Austin has it too

 

[wanderer1origin]

origin has similar built place wonders who but players can see identical builds for luna houses same stock all reasource heavy, scriptable, all shards, what where first look should go for finding a few hurting game or at least p[ost to us that is all legit players all seperate with same idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bordoms]

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Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.

Please report anything you see through the in-game petitioning system, and larger issues to Jeremy through the Feedback system on the Herald.


This is the biggest line of BS I've heard yet. You have already "tolerated" it. Hear let me show you:

Ya, this isn't a scriptor?

Luna Houses. Every shard knows this guy !

Should I even go here? This house probably has more colored wood, colored ingots, and high end bods then all Sonoma Players have put together. Yet when we page we get told to STOP paging or they will take action against OUR accts.

I will believe illegal activity won't be tolerated when I actually SEE action taken.. until then, they are just empty words and promises to the said game that the DEV team say they care about. =/

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Same on Pacific. He offered it for sale for 400 million (I inquired when his website advertised "Luna House for Sale"). An example of greed at it's absolute finest. At current gold prices, it would net a profit of about $879.96 (low end of "popular" web-site gold prices).

The best way to battle this and other individuals is not to wait on EA to take action - simply refuse to do business with them. I don't deal with any of the "questionable" ones. Doing so just supports what they're doing...unfortunately, one has to get burnt or see it first hand since there isn't a "buyer beware" site (that I know of anyway).

 

[Guest]

EA does not need proof of scripting/cheating to ban an account. With that in mind they should take a stance and simply delete all of these houses, along with their contents and perma ban the accounts.

Zero tolerance and to hell with the fact that they have no proof in this instance.

But will they do it? Will they hell. They spout the words of how they will not tolerate cheating but these screenshots time and time again prove that it is all just words.

Also, Draconi has gone extremely quiet sinced challenged on this subject. Go figure....

 

[Bordoms]

...Of course, another alternative is to give an annonymous tip to the state and federal office if you've purchased anything and suspect that the proper taxes weren't taken out/charged.

People who cheat in a mere game also have a tendency to cheat in real life as well.

 

[Guest]

Add Napa Valley to the list.

Plus beware, the "King of Dupers" has returned, he's been missing for the past few months on Napa.

 

[imported_Hawkeye_Pike]

First off, I like to express my understanding that it may be very difficult for GMs to prove that someone was cheating. And you should have prove if you want to take actions against somebody's account.

I want to give a little thought-provoking impulse. Why is cheating / duping / scripting so important to some users? Cheating only exists, because people want to achieve the highest possible levels in a game. However, once they have reached those levels, the game will be boring to those players and they will leave sooner or later. People who cheat or script (and with "scripting" I don't mean simplifying tedious tasks, but automating large parts of gameplay like mining) have no idea what this game is all about.

I personally wouldn't even know or care about cheaters, if I wouldn't read this forum. Why not? Because these people do not affect my gameplay. I don't buy 10,000 ingots from a vendor, I mine them myself. I don't pay 2 mill for an artifact, I only use those I achieve by myself. I don't play on Felucca as PKs there are so advanced equipment-wise I am no match for them anyway (lacking this challenge I find a little sad, but I can live with it).

My conclusion and advise is: Only few players seem to know how much fun it is to advance slowly, step by step. To start hunting in Ettin dungeons and working your way slowly up until you can engage a Dragon. Many players want to have artifacts and kill Doom creatures after playing UO for a month.

Most of the players I met don't even know dungeons like Covetous, Despise, Wrong or Hythloth. All they know is Luna, Doom and Mel (not even knowing her full name "Melisande"), and they can tell you how to make a legendary smith in only one week.

I am convinced that you will have much more fun in UO, if you are satisified with medium equipment and do not always strive for the high-end stuff. Suddenly people who macro a skill or dupe items do not bother you anymore.

Cheating should be looked into by the Devs, no doubt. But I would never dislike the game because of people who advance through illegal methods.

By the way, The mentioned ingot vendors are on Catskills as well. I never bought anything frmo those, though.

 

[AlanofCats]

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I want to give a little thought-provoking impulse. Why is cheating / duping / scripting so important to some users?

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Because my ingot and stone furny vendors are paying the price for other's scripts. Because 10 second BOD timers and bags of sending suffer the honest player in EA's attempt save the economy from illegal third party programs. Odd to me how these changes seem to encourage scripting. Seems EA would rather co-exist than eliminate. But I'm just a stupid end user.

 

[Guest]

I am afraid i can only echo some of the sentiments here. every day that goes by is more money in the pockets of the cheats and they and we both know that they have no worry about losing anything or being caught. such a pity for such a great game and generally such a good community.

 

[Theo_GL]

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Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.

Please report anything you see through the in-game petitioning system, and larger issues to Jeremy through the Feedback system on the Herald.



Should I even go here? This house probably has more colored wood, colored ingots, and high end bods then all Sonoma Players have put together. Yet when we page we get told to STOP paging or they will take action against OUR accts.

I will believe illegal activity won't be tolerated when I actually SEE action taken.. until then, they are just empty words and promises to the said game that the DEV team say they care about. =/




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Same exact setup on Lake Superior too. There are at least 6 Luna vendors with exactly the same setup for the ingots and gems, and the house with the mats and bods is exactly the same set up, house design-and vendors.

But its not obvious to the EA/Mythic Team that it has something to do with cheating.

Players can find all of this so easy yet nothing happens day after day.


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Same set up on Cats.


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Add Chessy to that list.



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Add Great Lakes

 

[imported_ElRay]

*hears crickets chirping where once an EA dev was standing*


then watches as Devs ICBMs rain hellfire on scripters houses



kudos devs

DONT FORGET SPEEDHACKERS!!

 

[imported_ElRay]

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First off, I like to express my understanding that it may be very difficult for GMs to prove that someone was cheating. And you should have prove if you want to take actions against somebody's account.

I want to give a little thought-provoking impulse. Why is cheating / duping / scripting so important to some users? Cheating only exists, because people want to achieve the highest possible levels in a game. However, once they have reached those levels, the game will be boring to those players and they will leave sooner or later. People who cheat or script (and with "scripting" I don't mean simplifying tedious tasks, but automating large parts of gameplay like mining) have no idea what this game is all about.

I personally wouldn't even know or care about cheaters, if I wouldn't read this forum. Why not? Because these people do not affect my gameplay. I don't buy 10,000 ingots from a vendor, I mine them myself. I don't pay 2 mill for an artifact, I only use those I achieve by myself. I don't play on Felucca as PKs there are so advanced equipment-wise I am no match for them anyway (lacking this challenge I find a little sad, but I can live with it).

My conclusion and advise is: Only few players seem to know how much fun it is to advance slowly, step by step. To start hunting in Ettin dungeons and working your way slowly up until you can engage a Dragon. Many players want to have artifacts and kill Doom creatures after playing UO for a month.

Most of the players I met don't even know dungeons like Covetous, Despise, Wrong or Hythloth. All they know is Luna, Doom and Mel (not even knowing her full name "Melisande"), and they can tell you how to make a legendary smith in only one week.

I am convinced that you will have much more fun in UO, if you are satisified with medium equipment and do not always strive for the high-end stuff. Suddenly people who macro a skill or dupe items do not bother you anymore.

Cheating should be looked into by the Devs, no doubt. But I would never dislike the game because of people who advance through illegal methods.

By the way, The mentioned ingot vendors are on Catskills as well. I never bought anything frmo those, though.

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look, lets keep it simple and not get philosophical, cheating is cheating, and once long ago, when credible devs ran this game(i swear to god on this) if you cheated, you were banned!
GASP!!!!!11oneeleventyone

doesnt matter if cheating bothers you or not, thats not the point

 

[Guest]

so true. we all know the banned traders that continue to trade for rl cash? how hard is it to run a ' sting'?
offer to buy an item and arrange a meet then 'pow' gotcha

 

[Guest]

oh dear, *goes down in ea flames* how about councellors, or at least someone who knows how this game works as clearly the support dont and therefore ignore lots of blatant cheating. give some crumb to us daft sods that pay yer wages!

 

[Basara]

And, THEY ALL BLEW UP TODAY....

Thank you, Chuck Norris- I mean, Draconi....

 

[imported_dukarlo]

You obviously dont pvp

 

[imported_ElRay]

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And, THEY ALL BLEW UP TODAY....

Thank you, Chuck Norris- I mean, Draconi....

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


wow devs, cleaning house is always welcome and appreciated!!!

please hear the plea of MANY LEGIT pvpers.......do something about speedhacking
......its painfully obvious whos using what program....please,please,please,please,please....and ty

maybe not outright ban people, but 24 hour for first offense? 2nd offense 3 days? 3rd offense booted?

again I salute you today, devs

 

[Guest]

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And, THEY ALL BLEW UP TODAY....

Thank you, Chuck Norris- I mean, Draconi....

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I think Draconi's new stratics title should be "Fury of Chuck".

*nods*

 

[Bordoms]

It's been many a year since I was so excited for Ultima, but today, WOW! Draconi earned a great deal of respect in my book and I *salute* him for taking this stand! I'm hoping the rest go down like dominoes - what a renewed vigor to feel that UO just may be salvaged after all! Great job, Draconi.

Thank you!

 

[Guest]

- Well said.

Draconi, Chrissay "Adida", designers, CS, and all:
Thanks so much for reacting to our concerns!
<font color=red>...</font color=red>
Attack!: Stealth-Wilki for the kill!

So, how did Wilki put it? Not positive, but basically: '****roaches scurry when the light shines on them.'
Keep spraying the raid and let them spontaneously combust (fire!), like a genuine symbol of UO love.
To me, this is mmog development at its best. Ever striving for a fair playing field.

 

[Sees Far]

I posted this on Feb. 4:

I want no more of these grand, world-changing rewrites of the UO client. I want the bugs fixed, the scripters stopped, and occasional content additions and events that fit in with the UO world. We will figure out the rest, thank you. UO players invented most of the playstyles the other MMORPGs now emulate. Those with no imagination, who are impressed by shiny pictures, or who like being told what to do may go play WoW.

On Feb 5 Draconi wrote:

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* Bug Fixes, Balances: UO is a brilliant world, thanks to both our fervent community and the years of development the team has given her. UO is also complex: we need to fix the bugs. We have longstanding issues and completely new problems that pop up on a weekly basis. Critical issues that interfere with your enjoyment of UO are as intolerable to our team as they are to you.

Just to be clear: our focus is server bugs, not client. While larger systems will take some time, there’re things that need to change immediately – which leads us to our next topic.

* Cheating: We hate it as much as you do. We can’t disclose our plans or methods, but be assured that removing exploits and keeping the game fair is a top priority for the Live team. As far as the cheaters themselves? Some of you may know what I can do with a lit match and some blackrock. Expect burned out shells where treasure vaults of ill-gotten gains were once held. Allow me to reiterate: cheating will not be tolerated.

Please report anything you see through the in-game petitioning system, and larger issues to Jeremy through the Feedback system on the Herald.

* New Content: UO thrives on new content. Britannia was designed as a world, and everything we add to it, permanent or no, leads it further along that path. We’re not only excited about the coming event arcs, but also just the fun, interesting things we can do.

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Dang, if I had known I'd get this kind of response I would have also asked for one of each server birth rare and event item

 

[imported_Warpig Inc]

so true. we all know the banned traders that continue to trade for rl cash? how hard is it to run a ' sting'?
offer to buy an item and arrange a meet then 'pow' gotcha

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They had a sting in place and never used it......Frostwood locations.......library turn in..........fletching quest.........SE event elder room.........swoop....... latest IDOC.............Hell I bet before the ore rotation started they may have had a clue where each valorite location was.

The game just needed to be policed. Just because there is a speed limit on the roads doesn't mean squat. But if the road had speed sensors that popped up spikes ahead of a speeder.........Wahla no none emergency vehicle would speed.

 

[Guest]

My question is, do you blow up a building because it has a single Scripter's/Dupers vendor, or does it take multiple of them or does the house have to be owned by the Duper/Scripter?

My Repair Deed Vendor and my Ilsh Marty/ML Marty/Luck Armor Vendor is in a house that has a Vendor on it that is very suspicious, considering it has 5+ Barbed Runic Kits on it at a time and is consistently stocked. I'm wondering if you just confiscate suspicious vendors individually if the other vendors at the house are legit, or if you remove all the vendors and blow up the house? Hoping you just get rid of the individual suspicious vendor, damn thing's an eyesore to me and gives the guild i'm in a bad reputation.

 

[uk_crafter]

Nice letter, but tbh I've heard it all before. I think the only way this Dev team are going to regain some of the players trust is to just get on with it. There are bugs out there that are THREE YEARS old.

With regards to bugs and exploits, I want to read about what you have done, not what you are going to do!

Nice touch with the burning house by the way. It's good to see that there is still someone at the helm who has the ballz to punish these lamea$$ cheaters in such a public way for all to see.

I think back to the days of the public be-headings and scoundrels in the stocks. Forget players human rights and all that PC rubbish. It's your game and if they break the rules that should entitle you to punish them as you see fit!

All that houses owned by OSI for YEARS at a time rubbish just damages the Dev's credibility when it comes to dishing out punishment to offenders. Everyone knows who these guys are, so lets SEE them in game getting a right good thrashing for their crimes. Heck, I can beat the crap out of a player, blood everywhere and even a dragon, but I can't take a free swipe at an exploiter locked in the stocks!

Make it so please and if they don't like it then they can always spend some of the cash they made from exploiting and take it to a Judge. I seriously doubt ANY exploiter would, EA has deep pockets and needs to show cheaters they have teeth as well..............

 

[Rafman]

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I didn't know sales posts were tolerated on UO Hall but....since someone else took the initiative to post my houses for sale.

If anyone is interrested, I do indeed have 2 luna houses left for sale on the Sonoma Shard.

Let me know.

Thanks for the publicity btw Wolfie, appreciate it.

 

[Connor_Graham]

It wasn't publicity. It was finger pointing.

 

[^Wolfie^]

Choke on this Rafman:

Draconi - So! You won't be able to place on top of these houses until the next publish, which will roll in fixes for house scripting exploits. We want you to have a fair shot at the nice spots.

 

[Rafman]

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Choke on this Rafman:

Draconi - So! You won't be able to place on top of these houses until the next publish, which will roll in fixes for house scripting exploits. We want you to have a fair shot at the nice spots.

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No need to.

But keep my icq# written down. I intend to have a few more nice houses for sale when this new publish rolls around.

 

[Connor_Graham]

Dude, you're just not getting that it's you Draconi is targeting, but I'm sure JC has already told you all about it.

Oh well, I'll guess it'll all come out in the wash.

 

[HD2300]

Is it against TOS to sell in game items for RL$?

Good luck job hunting next month