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Hot Topic - Tread Carefull - Thoughts on EM Events - Please ?
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Smoot Event "secrets"
Train your character:
Only minimal training is needed, but GM magery / eval, 110 archery/throwing, or a greater dragon is best.
(magery is hit or miss, a boss that freezes you will be hard to get looting rights on pure mage)
Use potions - obviously EP on suit is better
If your dying and not rezzing / getting your body fast enough, buy an undertakers staff. Its 5 bucks people...
If your not doing these extremely basic things at events, there is really no valid reason to complain.
If your not doing these things, theres STILL a chance for a drop on a naked/no skill character just by suicide. way too easy imo, hurts homesharders / developed characters chances but its nice that the Devs did this so anyone can do an event on anyshard on a new character and still have a chance at a drop.
I know of no other game where "end game content" is as easy as UO. In other games days and weeks of time must be invested for 1 character to have the chance at just seeing the most difficult encounters in a game. Compared to that, UO events are charity. I wouldnt dream of spending less than an hour in another game playing a character, and going straight to the most desired / valuable content the game has to offer. Its a luxury in UO that gameplay / skill is only required at a bare minimum.
Train your character:
Only minimal training is needed, but GM magery / eval, 110 archery/throwing, or a greater dragon is best.
(magery is hit or miss, a boss that freezes you will be hard to get looting rights on pure mage)
Use potions - obviously EP on suit is better
If your dying and not rezzing / getting your body fast enough, buy an undertakers staff. Its 5 bucks people...
If your not doing these extremely basic things at events, there is really no valid reason to complain.
If your not doing these things, theres STILL a chance for a drop on a naked/no skill character just by suicide. way too easy imo, hurts homesharders / developed characters chances but its nice that the Devs did this so anyone can do an event on anyshard on a new character and still have a chance at a drop.
I know of no other game where "end game content" is as easy as UO. In other games days and weeks of time must be invested for 1 character to have the chance at just seeing the most difficult encounters in a game. Compared to that, UO events are charity. I wouldnt dream of spending less than an hour in another game playing a character, and going straight to the most desired / valuable content the game has to offer. Its a luxury in UO that gameplay / skill is only required at a bare minimum.
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THP,
What happens when x-sharders put houses on your shard , continue to attend the events and you continue to not get items? Or lets say that even with the boost, you are still not getting the items?
What happens when x-sharders put houses on your shard , continue to attend the events and you continue to not get items? Or lets say that even with the boost, you are still not getting the items?
As long as he gets to loot those IDOC's why would he care?
was kinda hoping for a stone were u choose your homeshard...would be better...hey dont ask me!! ask mesanna how they gonna do it..
Retired Idocer my freind..left them way behind when the script looting started... and now after the silly changes ...no no no
What GREAT Post this as been...heaps of ideas....mainly from the casual players/homeshard players that enjoy taking part in the ''rares collectors private events''- or so thats the way they would like to keep it.....Kinda selfish really BUT ...Hey lots to think about for the devs in the future to maybe even up that playing field for the normal folks that seem to get in the way of the rich peoples business...[whatever]
...and the good news is Mesanna as and did respond....Result!!
...and the good news is Mesanna as and did respond....Result!!
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It is hard to imagine that you would put the effort into the other trolling thread if you simply failed to win. It's a classic move that you seem to repeat, can't compete so go to stratics and complain till the cow comes home.
Nothing will come of this, are we really to believe that the team is so out of touch that they would restrict 95% of players who have made the effort into cross sharding simply to appease a small group of players who "say" the EM events are about shard history? Give me a break.
Simple...open 27 accounts and call them all your home shard??? If u must bend the new rules????
Why not ....Learn to Share the TOYS ...
EM Events are for EVERBODY to enjoy/ take part/ participate and YES get rewarded at the END as a equal to anyone and everyone else who is there....THEY were never intended to be Pay Cheque for the Elite few...
Thankyou for all the Ideas and i just hope the Devs filter through them all and take some on board.
For now...the Home Shard change will do for starters....THP
So really what's the issue? You think that they are a pay cheque for a choosen few yet you wish the rules are changed for your benifit, clearly you feel that you should have move devine right to this side of the game vs everyone else.
Next you will be wondering why the unwashed masses just don't eat cake.
Nope just an equal chance/...the upcoming changes may help balance things out hopefully...please stop looking at EM Events through a collectors goggles only!! there are other people too.....again learn to share...u were supposed to do this at early school....
Who are you to say what the EM events are for THP? Seriously?
Why not ....Learn to Share the TOYS ...
EM Events are for EVERBODY to enjoy/ take part/ participate and YES get rewarded at the END as a equal to anyone and everyone else who is there....THEY were never intended to be Pay Cheque for the Elite few...
Thankyou for all the Ideas and i just hope the Devs filter through them all and take some on board.
For now...the Home Shard change will do for starters....THP
You have no clue what a hypocrite you sound like when you say things like that after you started the thread by saying you have personal issues getting drops at events so want the devs to change them.
Do you realize how clueless and selfish that makes you sound THP?
Clueless because you are not smart enough to make a suit/template to get drops which btw are not hard to get lol.
And selfish because you admit in your own words that you only want the change because you feel left out. No matter that you are only being left out due to your lack of skill and experience.
I find it hard to believe that you meet the minimum age for TOS no offense.
so what are EM Events for pray do telleth me....if they are not for everyone on that shard to enjoy and take part and bond as a shard...etc etc etc....happy shards...etc etc....ahhhh i see ur trying to get the thread locked trying to get an over reaction...no no no...aint gonna happen troll all ya like...
I do not know exactly what they are for. That is up to the devs.
But I do know that they are working great right now and why would anyone want to try to fix something that isn't broken right?
I also know that only a child rants and whines for something to be changed because he/she can't do it
But Mesanna as already ''listened to all the normal players'' ....She as stated she is working on a way to help Homeshard players have a better chance to be rewarded for the efforts... We cant ask for anymore at this stage...Lets see how the changes go...Hopefully happier events on the whole methinks....we can only wait and see what the new changes will bring....THP
I'm not looking at these events as a collector, I'm not a collector of anything in this game. Indeed there are other people in this game who these changes will effect, these changes that YOU alone have ranted on for. I can't wait for those people who have spent time making items and chars to play these events only to find out that the team rolled over to appease a small vocal minority. I assure you that people will quit just like the last time a multi-shard wide nerf happened, which was under the same direction as the current Dev master.
So while I'm almost certain that no great dark lady is paying anything to this thread I'd warn them all the same to tread carefully just as the OP asked for, you never know what might come of seemingly small changes.
And THP please shut the lights off when you are done being the last guy to exit the game.
Have done with this home shard/x-shard debate and just create an Events Shard.
When ever there is an Event run it on a purpose built shard. Anyone who wants to take part just click on a stone at any bank to transfer to the shard. Or its a moongate option. Either way only active in the run up to the Event.
At the end of the event you can click a stone or moongate (whichever) which sends you back to your own shard. If you dont then you are transferred back on log out. No house placement, no transfers, no character creation on the shard. Just run events on it.
Any marked Event items are tagged with your Home shard name.
When ever there is an Event run it on a purpose built shard. Anyone who wants to take part just click on a stone at any bank to transfer to the shard. Or its a moongate option. Either way only active in the run up to the Event.
At the end of the event you can click a stone or moongate (whichever) which sends you back to your own shard. If you dont then you are transferred back on log out. No house placement, no transfers, no character creation on the shard. Just run events on it.
Any marked Event items are tagged with your Home shard name.
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EM Events are for whatever people want them to be for. Some people go for the community, others go for the items, and others go just because it's something to do and their bored.
No one, including the developers, can say why people do certain things in certain ways. Everyone does things for different reasons, and as long as they stay within the rules of the game they are all valid reasons.
Like I said in my earlier post, you just ignore anyone who doesn't agree with you and continue accusing people of things. Picus is the perfect example, you immediately accused him of being a greedy collector who won't look at it from a normal person's point of view, when he is not a collector of any kind which he said himself.
You want to talk about things people "should have learned at early school" how about this one: "Don't judge a book by it's cover". Every person is different and accusing them of things simply because you assume they are saying or doing something for personal gain is completely wrong and childish.
Ok I'm pretty new to the em event scene, which is of my own choosing. But mainly due to lack of playing time (work/family), so just a quick question. Does the em event item have to be taken off the boss that drops it, or does it just appear in your back pack?
I hope this thread does not get locked due to some heated discussions, which will happen with differant points of view. I will say that being the novice that I am I have learned some things about the chances of acquiring an event item, such as healing other players etc. This will make it easier to attend some other the shard events with out having to have an uhber set up.
Since I am one of those lost souls that collects rares (very limited), event items have become a means to trade or sell with other collectors in the game. I see nothing wronge with that, as this becomes another form of game play. For the new players they could also benifit from learning these techniques, as stated from some of the veteran players who have graciously posted thier insight.
I think really the best part of the fun for me was the sheer quantity of players attending the event for what ever reasons they may have. To me that brought back glimpses of UO during its more popular times. If we could some how create this excitement and lure the old/new player base back to the game that would be awesome.
As far as the debate on how em event should be handled i'm reminded a phrase that keeps coming to mind BE CAREFULL WHAT YOU WISH FOR! To many times we have over the course of UO asked for changes and things have worked out for the worse, I'm not saying this will be the case. I'm not going to start name calling here,it's frankly not my nature and this is a game to fill in the small voids of free time that I may have.
That being said I would rather have the system we have now, and lets try and have the UO team create new content, fix bugs, and get a larger player base.
I hope this thread does not get locked due to some heated discussions, which will happen with differant points of view. I will say that being the novice that I am I have learned some things about the chances of acquiring an event item, such as healing other players etc. This will make it easier to attend some other the shard events with out having to have an uhber set up.
Since I am one of those lost souls that collects rares (very limited), event items have become a means to trade or sell with other collectors in the game. I see nothing wronge with that, as this becomes another form of game play. For the new players they could also benifit from learning these techniques, as stated from some of the veteran players who have graciously posted thier insight.
I think really the best part of the fun for me was the sheer quantity of players attending the event for what ever reasons they may have. To me that brought back glimpses of UO during its more popular times. If we could some how create this excitement and lure the old/new player base back to the game that would be awesome.
As far as the debate on how em event should be handled i'm reminded a phrase that keeps coming to mind BE CAREFULL WHAT YOU WISH FOR! To many times we have over the course of UO asked for changes and things have worked out for the worse, I'm not saying this will be the case. I'm not going to start name calling here,it's frankly not my nature and this is a game to fill in the small voids of free time that I may have.
That being said I would rather have the system we have now, and lets try and have the UO team create new content, fix bugs, and get a larger player base.
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Riply,
Currently anyone that gets looting rights, be it through damage, healing, damage received, etc. has a random chance to get an item that appears int your individual pack when the boss dies.
Currently anyone that gets looting rights, be it through damage, healing, damage received, etc. has a random chance to get an item that appears int your individual pack when the boss dies.
What on earth could be wrong with the above system. If you really want to increase your chances open up more accounts and make healer archers.
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I find it incredibly laughable that one person can whine and cry about the current system, when all you need to do is create a noob mage, work up a few skills, and go mass heal people and have a decent chance at a drop. It isn't the vast majority's problem that people can't grasp a simple concept of how to do an event in UO and have a fair shot at a reward.
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Judging solely by the last page of responses, this appears to be another thread of THP shamelessly wanting changes in the game to benefit his play-style and templates.
Don't feed the animal(s), ladies and gentlemen. TREAD CAREFULL.
Don't feed the animal(s), ladies and gentlemen. TREAD CAREFULL.
Im surprised more people aren't demanding the devs do something about cheating/multi(s). I only see posts wanting to change something, that wouldn't really solve anything. I don't really care what system they do as long as they don't give out like candy and stop cheating. does anyone care?
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Ermmm its hardly one person..have you read the thread...besides changes are coming like mesanna said herself and its not just me asking ..the devs have listended to many homeshard players and they feel they need a change for the better balance and thats what they are working on....[whatever]
What did I miss btw?
Where did Mesanna recently state that changes are coming?
THP keeps repeating it like some kind of weird cult mantra lol
Where did Mesanna recently state that changes are coming?
THP keeps repeating it like some kind of weird cult mantra lol
Some of us have tried for years to get the devs to deal with cheating. Not much have happened though.
Unfortunately there are too many players/posters that seem to support cheating, whether it´s directly or indirectly...
Since I don't support the OP's change, can I consider myself one of the players you are implying is a cheater or supports cheating?
My post was about cheating in general in this game.
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