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Woodsman
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Got a million in checks, and probably 2000+ items to sort through. I ended up placing a house with my account that didn't have one just to throw chests and boxes on until I can sort through it.
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So far;
2.5 mil worth checks
10 full Soulstones, it's really too bad we can't unbind these & use them
2 10 year vet sacrifice ankh deeds
2 5 year stone ankh deeds
7 vet statuettes plus 2 each abyssal inferno and primevil lich statuettes, also Medusa and Ophidian Archmage statuettes
1 Marble Character Statue Maker
12 Twilight Lanterns, 6 black, 6 Bronze
50 or so deeds from Heritage tokens
5 Interior deco tools
8 House placement tools
17 pcs AoS clothing
Spinning Wheel (Facing East) Deed -- old skool deed
Loom (Facing South) Deed -- old skool deed
Melissa's Cloak
Cloak of Corruption
1 Strongbox
10 Gold metal boxes
Bag of runic hammers, DC, Shadow and Copper, 25 hammers
Full 300th Anniversary bag
3 Whispering Roses
Full set of dyetubs minus the newest ones
2 sets snow globes, minus Exodus' Lair
A nice book collection with almost 40 books, don't know if any rare ones
Lots of minor and stealable artifacts
57 devious Lvl 5 Tmaps in one bag
Almost full crate of Ophidian stuff, rations, journals etc
100 pcs in a box of old metal armor with names including ore type + about 20 pre AoS shields with high resists
50+ 100% elemental damage weapons, some pretty nice ones in the mix
40+ Invasion weapons, the power, vanq, mystic ones
A bag 1/2 full of pink champagne and pink champagne flutes
50 or 60 empty BOD books, I use em so I picked em up
Already dumped 175k cleanup pts into the trash
I didn't get rich but I had fun
2.5 mil worth checks
10 full Soulstones, it's really too bad we can't unbind these & use them
2 10 year vet sacrifice ankh deeds
2 5 year stone ankh deeds
7 vet statuettes plus 2 each abyssal inferno and primevil lich statuettes, also Medusa and Ophidian Archmage statuettes
1 Marble Character Statue Maker
12 Twilight Lanterns, 6 black, 6 Bronze
50 or so deeds from Heritage tokens
5 Interior deco tools
8 House placement tools
17 pcs AoS clothing
Spinning Wheel (Facing East) Deed -- old skool deed
Loom (Facing South) Deed -- old skool deed
Melissa's Cloak
Cloak of Corruption
1 Strongbox
10 Gold metal boxes
Bag of runic hammers, DC, Shadow and Copper, 25 hammers
Full 300th Anniversary bag
3 Whispering Roses
Full set of dyetubs minus the newest ones
2 sets snow globes, minus Exodus' Lair
A nice book collection with almost 40 books, don't know if any rare ones
Lots of minor and stealable artifacts
57 devious Lvl 5 Tmaps in one bag
Almost full crate of Ophidian stuff, rations, journals etc
100 pcs in a box of old metal armor with names including ore type + about 20 pre AoS shields with high resists
50+ 100% elemental damage weapons, some pretty nice ones in the mix
40+ Invasion weapons, the power, vanq, mystic ones
A bag 1/2 full of pink champagne and pink champagne flutes
50 or 60 empty BOD books, I use em so I picked em up
Already dumped 175k cleanup pts into the trash
I didn't get rich but I had fun
I seen a good few plots get placed too. Especially if was 18x18 or a Keep or Castle spot.Anyone who thinks the game is dying should take note of how quickly (seconds in most cases) most of the hundreds of idocs were cleaned out today...
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Woodsman
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The only problem with that thinking is that I kept running into the same 5-6 people at every IDOC. There were a few who happened by or who were watching particular IDOCs, but for the most part it was the same people.Anyone who thinks the game is dying should take note of how quickly (seconds in most cases) most of the hundreds of idocs were cleaned out today...
This was on LS though, maybe on ATL it was different.
Didn't get too much but still I'm happy I guess:
* Ask and be answered ball
* 5 potted plants
* 4 christmas plants
* 5 dye tubs, black, 2x furniture, white, special
* Lots of low end runic hammers up to bronze
* 3 blessed AOS clothing items
* Box full with opidian stuff (very nice as I lost all mine when my house went IDOC)
* Box full with whispering roses
* About 10 vet reward statues
* Ethy Lama
* Some crystal furniture
* Loads of crappy magic items to unravel
* Loads of common plants and furniture to decorate my house with
* Ask and be answered ball
* 5 potted plants
* 4 christmas plants
* 5 dye tubs, black, 2x furniture, white, special
* Lots of low end runic hammers up to bronze
* 3 blessed AOS clothing items
* Box full with opidian stuff (very nice as I lost all mine when my house went IDOC)
* Box full with whispering roses
* About 10 vet reward statues
* Ethy Lama
* Some crystal furniture
* Loads of crappy magic items to unravel
* Loads of common plants and furniture to decorate my house with
We killed hundreds of people today..was a blast!!!
I got nothing. I came home from work at 6:30 Eastern Time
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Woodsman
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I just talked to somebody who has been walking around in the boonies for the past hour and a half and who has picked up over 100,000 in colored boards, 100s of thousands in reagents, 10s of thousands of good ingots, tons of weapons and jewelry that were either worth a lot of turn-in points or ingredients, etc.
There is a lot of stuff that people are leaving because they either have other IDOCs to go to or don't want to spend the time hauling to the bank or to their houses or don't have space.
I picked up two bags full of BODs that were left behind at one near my house.
There is plenty of stuff out there, but you better hurry.
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Woodsman
Guest
I thought there would be a lot more than what I saw. Either people are placing houses, or a lot of inactive accounts had already dropped their houses on my shard.
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goldenpower
Guest
for most of it I went directly to the trash bin. I got a million points easily and brought tons of stuff home too but nothing I would consider a BIG get.
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Woodsman
Guest
Looking at all of the IDOCs I went to, 9 out of 10 were in the boonies and the few that weren't were still not prime locations.
The theory somebody mentioned, that those with houses in good spots were likely to still be active or at least keep their accounts active holds true, although the original statement was in regards to castle owners.
I know some prime houses fell, but not nearly enough to bring out the doom and gloom crowd, plus the spots were taken as quickly as possible.
Check the islands, I found two IDOCs that nobody had been too, although they looked to be small houses. Still some decent stuff.
The theory somebody mentioned, that those with houses in good spots were likely to still be active or at least keep their accounts active holds true, although the original statement was in regards to castle owners.
I know some prime houses fell, but not nearly enough to bring out the doom and gloom crowd, plus the spots were taken as quickly as possible.
Check the islands, I found two IDOCs that nobody had been too, although they looked to be small houses. Still some decent stuff.
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Mairut
Guest
1) the game has been dying since the first day it went live 14 years ago. It is a natural progression/cycle. Please spare us all your melodrama
2) all the falling houses do not represent a mass exodus. They are nothing more then a large cleansing. And cleansing is a good thing
3) nobody is "celebrating" idocs. they are simply playing the game as intended.
*shakes head*
If you are so disenchanted why dont you just dry up and blow away?
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Woodsman
Guest
I'm surprised that more didn't fall on my shard.
But I'm really surprised at how many people continue to pay for small houses when even before today there were lots and lots of tower spaces and 16x16-18x18 spots.
I really thought a lot of smalls would go into decay when they turned it back on. Especially in the crappy areas.
But I'm really surprised at how many people continue to pay for small houses when even before today there were lots and lots of tower spaces and 16x16-18x18 spots.
I really thought a lot of smalls would go into decay when they turned it back on. Especially in the crappy areas.
I'm less than halfway going through everything, I only got about an hour of looting time cause I had to run out, but here's some highlights from what I've looked through so far.
Valorite runic, this was at an IDOC that was mostly picked out, it was nested down in like 3 containers deep.
Over 600 relic frags
4 conjurers garb
crimmy
luerocians mempo
2 jester hat of chuckles
Overall I'm surprised at the amount of total junk people keep.
Valorite runic, this was at an IDOC that was mostly picked out, it was nested down in like 3 containers deep.
Over 600 relic frags
4 conjurers garb
crimmy
luerocians mempo
2 jester hat of chuckles
Overall I'm surprised at the amount of total junk people keep.
To the OP, Slickjack - I believe most of us would also trade our loot gains to have those people playing again. I'm eternally hopeful that each and every team leading UO can provide incentive to get any of the tens of thousands of people who have come and gone to return.
Here are some of my thoughts and experiences during this IDOC-A-PALOOZA 2012.
Logged in during the early morning (6AM Eastern) to check status of decay, and it looked like some folks were already camping some locations. When I popped into one of the locations I was interested in, 2 Ancient Wyrms were on the loose, thought to myself this is going to be an interesting day.
Wish the timing had been better, as this happened to be the first day "back to school" for some of us and getting home in time to take part in the action was tough, for me. In the past I would have taken vacation time, but I've experienced too many similar Ultima moments to place faith in things going as planned and giving up my day, to be at worst frustrated, was just not going to happen (this time). This IDOCing seemed to me to be very much like Housing 2000, just without any planning for mitigation of housing server limitations.
My inital plan was to try and score a New Magincia housing spot that might open up, and if not - to do some loot gathering.
I logged into Stratics when I got home, with little time to spare before everything started to go down, and saw that Stratics was going offline for a few. WHAT? You have got to be kidding me. Talk about "Classic Ultima".
The first spot I was watching was in New Magincia (on Atlantic).
The House falls and thats probably where my tool issues began.
Someone else gets the housing server to cooperate and places.
Oh well, I'd prefer Siege over Atlantic anyways I told myself.
off to loot I go. I went to as many locations as I could, gathering up goodies. I did not make out quite as nicely as Ezekiel Zane, but did OK. Bringing much loot back to my current main house, and keeping at it until the floor was covered with chests of mostly unknown armor/jewels/resources, my lack of foresight and decay ignorance reared its ugly head.
I figured I had three hours to get through the sortmare.
At about the two hour mark after everything began, I tried to place a house on the newly vacated land next to my current housing location. Figured I was doing something wrong as the house would initially "place" but not stay. I had planned, just like Woodsman, on using that extra storage for my new lewt - wooops.
By the time I read the Herald post about tool issues, gave up trying to place, and got back to sorting - stuff soon started to disappear due to decay. I thought that moving the stuff to another sub server would reset the decay timer, but it appeared to me that the three hours decay was based on when the items fell out of the IDOC'd house, not when I dropped them at my house on the floor. Oddly enough it seemed to be the contents of the, mainly, chests that disappeared on me, and not the actual chests themselves. Fifteen "empty" chests just prior to the three hour mark of dropping them on my floor. Goodbye unknown (mostly) jewelry/weapons. I had even tried putting things into and out of my pack/packy in the belief that it may reset or delay decay, but it either didn't work or I misjudged the clock.
The housing tool was not done with me just yet.
By the time I had sorted, double checked runes to IDOCs, and taken a break it was five hours into the fun. The last rune I had marked for IDOC loot gathering was again a New Magincia plot, this time for Felucca. I recall in and see a gathering. No one can place. I attempt with my tool and it does not work at all. Bummer. Many folks come and go. Lots of cursing, conspiracy, and frustration. PK's, Guilds, Factions, Allured creatures. Awesomeness. I hung out while simultaneously watching TV and ended up trying, as did many others, for another few hours. After much tool nothingness, I'm tired and off to bed - figuring I'd try again in the morning.
Always liked "Worn Out Tool" as my test center character name. Think I like it even more now.
As a final insult, when I logged in this morning to check if that Felucca New Magincia plot was taken, without clicking the tool - the darn housing tool
placement gump popped up as soon as i login completes - HAHAHAHAH. Ultima i truly love you, you cruel cruel mistress. Yup - "Classic Ultima" indeed.
I truly enjoyed this happening. It felt to me very much like Ultima often is - Thrillingly exciting and mostly unexpected. My only regret is that I wish I had recorded some video of the mayhem.
Congratulations to those that got some loot, had some fun, or became new owners of a new or coveted housing location.
Here are some of my thoughts and experiences during this IDOC-A-PALOOZA 2012.
Logged in during the early morning (6AM Eastern) to check status of decay, and it looked like some folks were already camping some locations. When I popped into one of the locations I was interested in, 2 Ancient Wyrms were on the loose, thought to myself this is going to be an interesting day.
Wish the timing had been better, as this happened to be the first day "back to school" for some of us and getting home in time to take part in the action was tough, for me. In the past I would have taken vacation time, but I've experienced too many similar Ultima moments to place faith in things going as planned and giving up my day, to be at worst frustrated, was just not going to happen (this time). This IDOCing seemed to me to be very much like Housing 2000, just without any planning for mitigation of housing server limitations.
My inital plan was to try and score a New Magincia housing spot that might open up, and if not - to do some loot gathering.
I logged into Stratics when I got home, with little time to spare before everything started to go down, and saw that Stratics was going offline for a few. WHAT? You have got to be kidding me. Talk about "Classic Ultima".
The first spot I was watching was in New Magincia (on Atlantic).
The House falls and thats probably where my tool issues began.
Someone else gets the housing server to cooperate and places.
Oh well, I'd prefer Siege over Atlantic anyways I told myself.
off to loot I go. I went to as many locations as I could, gathering up goodies. I did not make out quite as nicely as Ezekiel Zane, but did OK. Bringing much loot back to my current main house, and keeping at it until the floor was covered with chests of mostly unknown armor/jewels/resources, my lack of foresight and decay ignorance reared its ugly head.
I figured I had three hours to get through the sortmare.
At about the two hour mark after everything began, I tried to place a house on the newly vacated land next to my current housing location. Figured I was doing something wrong as the house would initially "place" but not stay. I had planned, just like Woodsman, on using that extra storage for my new lewt - wooops.
By the time I read the Herald post about tool issues, gave up trying to place, and got back to sorting - stuff soon started to disappear due to decay. I thought that moving the stuff to another sub server would reset the decay timer, but it appeared to me that the three hours decay was based on when the items fell out of the IDOC'd house, not when I dropped them at my house on the floor. Oddly enough it seemed to be the contents of the, mainly, chests that disappeared on me, and not the actual chests themselves. Fifteen "empty" chests just prior to the three hour mark of dropping them on my floor. Goodbye unknown (mostly) jewelry/weapons. I had even tried putting things into and out of my pack/packy in the belief that it may reset or delay decay, but it either didn't work or I misjudged the clock.
The housing tool was not done with me just yet.
By the time I had sorted, double checked runes to IDOCs, and taken a break it was five hours into the fun. The last rune I had marked for IDOC loot gathering was again a New Magincia plot, this time for Felucca. I recall in and see a gathering. No one can place. I attempt with my tool and it does not work at all. Bummer. Many folks come and go. Lots of cursing, conspiracy, and frustration. PK's, Guilds, Factions, Allured creatures. Awesomeness. I hung out while simultaneously watching TV and ended up trying, as did many others, for another few hours. After much tool nothingness, I'm tired and off to bed - figuring I'd try again in the morning.
Always liked "Worn Out Tool" as my test center character name. Think I like it even more now.
As a final insult, when I logged in this morning to check if that Felucca New Magincia plot was taken, without clicking the tool - the darn housing tool
placement gump popped up as soon as i login completes - HAHAHAHAH. Ultima i truly love you, you cruel cruel mistress. Yup - "Classic Ultima" indeed.
I truly enjoyed this happening. It felt to me very much like Ultima often is - Thrillingly exciting and mostly unexpected. My only regret is that I wish I had recorded some video of the mayhem.
Congratulations to those that got some loot, had some fun, or became new owners of a new or coveted housing location.
I am not sure if merely "reading" the data stream is not allowed, I seem to understand that "interacting" with it is not allowed, but merely reading it only ?
In such a case, simply reading the data stream could provide on a convenient and handy Map the location of all IDOCs at any time without the need to even search for them. No time wasted........