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[News] All Shards to be Published

Larisa

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Posted to <a target="_blank" href=http://www.uoherald.com/news/>uoherald.com:</a><blockquote><span class=osi></p>

<font size=+1>All Shards to be Published</br></font> <font size=-1>Jeremy Dalberg </font> 13 Feb 2008 18:07:59

All shards will be published with the following during their next regularly scheduled maintenance:

[*]Changed all Blacksmithing and Tailoring runic intensities. Runics will now better match up to higher end loot. Maximum intensities are now 100% for all tailoring and blacksmithy runics, minimums are as follows: [*]Blacksmithing: <ul>Dull Copper: was 10, now 40 [/list] <ul>Shadow: was 20, now 45 [/list] <ul>Copper: was 25, now 50 [/list] <ul>Bronze: was 30, now 55 [/list] <ul>Gold: was 35, now 60 [/list] <ul>Agapite: was 40, now 65 [/list] <ul>Verite: was 45, now 70 [/list] <ul>Valorite: was 50, now 85[/list] [*]Tailoring: <ul>Spined: was 20, now 40 [/list] <ul>Horned: was 30, now 45 [/list] <ul>Barbed: was 40, now 50[/list] [*]Increased chance for GM smiths to get a hued BOD: +20% at 110 skill, +40% at 120 skill [*]Increased chance of receiving a Valorite BOD [*]Large footwear BODs should now be available in hues [*]BODs now have a 10 second wait time between turnins [*]NPCs now vocally acknowledge a BOD turnin [*]Creatures now give double meat resources in Felucca (except Siege and Mugen) [*]Frenzied Whirlwind now does more damage: 20 - 50 per strike [*]Certain Dragons have been buffed; they are now more powerful than Cu-Sidhe, Reptalons, or Hiryus but take 5 control slots [*]Ancient Wyrms now even more dangerous and powerful [*]Harrower resists and weapon skills slightly lowered [*]Bag of Sending fixed to handle items' weight ranges properly: <ul>1 - 10 stones cost one charge [/list] <ul>11 - 20 costs two, etc. [/list] [*]Broken quest chains can now be resigned from properly [*]Fixed bug where NPCs at the New Haven dock could block escort quests [*]Fixed bug where player can become stuck when trying to leave the Dark Knight challenge [*]Salvage bag: No longer creates overweight situations [*]Salvage bag: Recycles cloth without problems when multiple items exist in the bag [*]Salvage bag: Recovered resources will now stack appropriately [*]Removed monster firecrackers and particle effects on death [*]Blackrock elementals will not be a factor in your Valentine's Day mining activities [*]Disabled Halloween trick or treating [*]Disabled pumpkins from spawning [*]Magincia: Travel spells reenabled [*]Magincia: Permanent teleporters set up between Trinsic and Magincia (near the docks on each), both on solid ground [*]The New Haven moongate (southwest of the city) received worldbuilding updates, and a guard zone [*] Fixxed an exploit where Champ Spawns can be guardwhacked [*] Fixed an issue where the Damage Increase property on runic-crafted weapons was occasionally being dropped

Valentine's Day Content:</p> [*]Gift box spawns on characters older than 30 days [*]Added three new books of poetry [*]Added new NPC to sell books of poetry, called "Francis the Chapman" inside the Britain Conservatory [*]Rare pink bunnies will now spawn in a few hues throughout the land. Extremely rare purple bunny may make an appearance [*]Added four new "Stuffy Animals" that can be snuggled with at home [*]Added new Valentine's Day cards, in softer pastel pinks and whites. Several new messages [*]Added dark, milk, and white chocolates [*]New park area built around the Yew Waterfalls [*]Added a new Chocolatiering branch to the Cooking skill (Known Issue: the new chocolates only appear on the Cooking menu in 2D) [*]Added new chocolate ingredients that spawn on paragon monsters [*]Live event content
 
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Yay, just what I expected, waiting all day for it to go out in the morning..oh well, some news better then none!
 
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We try not to take shards down midday unless there's a compelling reason to - it makes people cranky.
 
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imported_Fran Fury

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I understand. But it makes people equally cranky to wait all day (for something that was supposed to happen that day) just to be told...tomorrow.

Oh well...it could be worse...like next week. lol Thanks
 
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Fayled Dhreams

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By the way ...
... just as well start drafting an explanation for this one:

# BODs now have a 10 second wait time between turnins
# NPCs now vocally acknowledge a BOD turnin

Specifically the 10 second bit ... last nights HOC ...
yadda yadda

Play on!
 
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Kith Kanan

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now similar changes to fletching and carpenter runic's and give us tinker runics , and we have something
 
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imported_bioras

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Some may be more cranky if they don't get their stuffys soon. hehe
 
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<blockquote><hr>

We try not to take shards down midday unless there's a compelling reason to - it makes people cranky.

[/ QUOTE ]
Some of us are cranky anyway
 

Llewen

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<blockquote><hr>

<blockquote><hr>

We try not to take shards down midday unless there's a compelling reason to - it makes people cranky.

[/ QUOTE ]
Some of us are cranky anyway


[/ QUOTE ]
Amen!
 
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imported_revenant2

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Somewhat important question about the buffed dragons:

Will they be spawning in reptile champ spawns?

Doh???????????
 
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Guest

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Was ganna say.. I'm female, isn't cranky part of the job discription?
 
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There was actually a hilarious degree of confusion backstage as to what "tomorrow" actually meant - 5AM tomorrow during the maintenance? Staged tomorrow, to go out the following maintenance? Manually published midday?

Sorry about the confusion - by mid-chat, we were all pretty punchy. It had been an exciting day :p
 
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imported_Fran Fury

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Ah...well then perhaps a quick note earlier would have help calmed the restless.
Okay...probably not. lol

Thanks Jeremy
 
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So is it 5 seconds or 10 seconds? In hoc, draconi said 5 seconds, whats going on?

Are we going to get a list of when the event (scavenger hunt) is going to be on each shard? Or is there just going to be "live" after maintence?
 
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imported_UOPODCASTING.COM

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So in other words, Oceania gets valentines gifts the day after valentines, seeing as today is Valentines in Oz and we have already had todays maintenance.

For a supposed international game, the lack of fore thought shows.
 
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zarobhr

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it is going to be on the next publish not this current one that was already live on origin
 
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imported_Lady Tiger

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oh well at least i'm ready for tomorrow. i've got 104 bods done to turn in...my hand hurts.
 
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imported_Lady Tiger

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<blockquote><hr>

I feel like such a slacker.

[/ QUOTE ]

yes slacker...wink jk
 
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Guest

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<blockquote><hr>

So is it 5 seconds or 10 seconds? In hoc, draconi said 5 seconds, whats going on?

Are we going to get a list of when the event (scavenger hunt) is going to be on each shard? Or is there just going to be "live" after maintence?

[/ QUOTE ]Whoops, clarification:
10 seconds this Valentine's Day publish.
5 seconds next publish.
 
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Fayled Dhreams

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<blockquote><hr>

<blockquote><hr>

So is it 5 seconds or 10 seconds? In hoc, draconi said 5 seconds, whats going on?

Are we going to get a list of when the event (scavenger hunt) is going to be on each shard? Or is there just going to be "live" after maintence?

[/ QUOTE ]Whoops, clarification:
10 seconds this Valentine's Day publish.
5 seconds next publish.

[/ QUOTE ]

All hail Draconi !
All hail Draconi !
All hail Draconi !

Really need a MiBII screen shot, vid clip, to make that work

Thanks
 
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Connor_Graham

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<blockquote><hr>

I feel like such a slacker.

[/ QUOTE ]

I won't tell her how many I have done...
 
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Guest

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<blockquote><hr>

I feel like such a slacker.

[/ QUOTE ]

I've been saving up and trading for BoD's/Hammers/Kits ever since this change was announced.

I currently have
1 Valorite Hammer
3 Agapite Hammers
12 Gold Hammers
513 Shadow Hammers
32 Bronze Hammers
3 Copper Hammers

22 Barbed Runic Kits
54 Horned Runic Kits
37 Spined Runic Kits

619 Leather BoDs
442 Metal BoDs

And probably another 200-300 waiting to be sorted and filled. Those would be done too, but C++ and ASP.NET programs have been keeping me rather busy for the past 2 weeks.
 

Theo_GL

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Nice on the hammers.

But only :
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619 Leather BoDs
442 Metal BoDs

And probably another 200-300 waiting to be sorted and filled.


[/ QUOTE ]

My goodness man- step up!

A portion of my collection... Each book is roughly 100 or so bods.

 
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Well I feel outnumbered. I filled 48 bods, about 10 large, the rest small, and I thought I had accomplished something amazing. LOL
 

Larisa

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Show off! *grins*

Like I said, Theo is THE man to talk to about crafting in this game. Reminds me of the first person I met in UO, Lord Korick Stonedown Legendary Smith. He's the one that got me started crafting.

I'm going to have to pick it up again...I do love crafting!
 

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Dust of your smiths , miners and tailors ! Its working time!

And i know all you men want a pink bunny! Just admit it!



And i want chocolates!
 
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imported_Coldren

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<blockquote><hr>

Well I feel outnumbered. I filled 48 bods, about 10 large, the rest small, and I thought I had accomplished something amazing. LOL

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See, you did 10 large, which is more than I CAN fill, so don't feel bad.


Besides, it's not quantity that matters - it's how much you enjoy what you do. I smith/mine whenever I find the time to. I don't have much to show for it like others, but it doesn't mean I'm not passionate about crafting in UO, or that I don't get immense satisfaction out of what little I do accomplish.

It's been fun, and it's been done 100% honestly - Not many can say that, and that's good enough for me.
 

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*jealous*

[/ QUOTE ]


I give you one of my 6 blue mongbats!
 
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Hi,

about the stuffy animals.

They are stattues right?
Or they are also animals that can be tamed?



Regards
The Scandinavian
 

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Statues that will appear in your backpack in a Box when you log in after the shards got its publish on maintenance.


Pink Bunnies you need to tame .
 
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Uhm any specific locations where these bunnies spawn?

*pulls out bunny traps grinning*
 

Frarc

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No they can be everywhere. Found them around New Haven, Moonglow,Jhelom farms. Just anywhere where animals spawn.
 
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Aha,

No to hard to get the stuffies then.


Do you know what lvl of taming needed for pink bunnies?


Regards
The Scandinavian
 
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<blockquote><hr>

Added four new "Stuffy Animals" that can be snuggled with at home

[/ QUOTE ]

And where are these obtained from?
 
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Cellmate

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Mmmm, rabbit stew. They got any decent loot and/or hides if you kill them?
 

Lord Kotan

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<blockquote><hr>

Blackrock elementals will not be a factor in your Valentine's Day mining activities

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Thank you
 
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RutigerFaust

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<blockquote><hr>



By the way ...
... just as well start drafting an explanation for this one:

# BODs now have a 10 second wait time between turnins
# NPCs now vocally acknowledge a BOD turnin

Specifically the 10 second bit ... last nights HOC ...
yadda yadda

Play on!


[/ QUOTE ]



Three months ago, upon finishing his tour of all the known workshops of the world, the head of the Sosarian Crafters Quality Commission was dismayed. He found that the guildmasters were collectively surely and disorganized. They barely recognized the efforts of those who were working diligently to fill their orders; just snatching the deeds and tossing measly compensation at the crafter.

Indeed, they even didn't seem to care about their working conditions what with Bulk Orders Deeds and shovels strewn across the workshop floor.

So he set about change. Guildmasters had to go for training in dealing with the public, including all the pleasantries (such as acknowledging the crafters existence), and taking the time to meticulously file each and every BOD that comes their way.
 
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imported_JediSith

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how long would you be able to redem your valentine gifts? As i wont be back home until the 27th of feb...
 
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eric23

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Jedi, since there in your back pack as of today... whenever you next log in mate, ok. You wont miss out, hehe.
 
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