Shard Transfer Shields:

[Goldberg-Chessy]

Its a free token. This may sound petty but enjoy what your getting anyone else has to spend $20 for what your getting.

Well said.

Isnt it scary/sad how people obsess & complain over a gift? (a reward is exactly that. A gift)

Thanks alot but...

Are you kidding me?

 

[popps]

I do not think it would have been much of a problem at all considering that there is only very few 14th year Veteran active accounts out there and that the limitation of 1 transfer token per month would have allowed only to a round trip every 2 months even if the represented shard had been allowed to get changed from one month to another.

From reading what you've written, you have no clue how these things work.
To have a "round trip", you use 2 vet picks, one for your home shard and the other for some different shard. There is NO ROUND TRIP if you only choose one shield. You MUST have two shields to make round trips a reality.

The basis of my argument was that the represented Shard Shield could be changed from one month to the other.

I said "....the limitation of 1 transfer token per month would have allowed only to a round trip every 2 months even if the represented shard had been allowed to get changed from one month to another."

Now, let's make an example of my argument.

The Shard Shield was not fixed, it could be changed from one month to another (this is the basis of my argument and hypothesis...).

Player A is a 14th Year Veteran Player on Atlantic and wants to go to Pacific and come back (round trip).

Player A picks a Shard Shield Veteran Reward, sets for the going month the represented Shard as Pacific and claims the account bound token. First part of the task is done.

Now Player A sits on the Pacific Token not using it, waits for one month until the Shard will be eligible to change the represented Shard and changes it to Atlantic, claims the pertaining account bound token to Atlantic.

Task finished, now player A, over the course of 2 months has obtained 2 account bound tokens, one to Pacific and one back to Atlantic and can effectively make the round trip over the course of 2 months using 1 Veteran Reward pick.

It took 2 months to be able to make such a round trip with 1 Veteran Reward pick which is what I was saying in my post.........

As far as I'm concerned your comparing apples and oranges. The vet reward shields, from what I can see are more for "visiting" other shards rather than the all out move. You want an all out move with packies and all, show em your gold.

A permanent and continuous mass production of 1 account bound transfer token always to the same one shard to "visit" ??

I do not think I could need to "visit" always the same one shard every going month...... Once in a while, perhaps, but every going month that there is ?? I would not....

Personally, the way they currently work, these Shard Shield best use looks to me more for "business" than mere occasional "visits"........ That is, go back and forth always the exact same 2 shards (because of the "fixed" Shards representations...) to buy low on one and sell high on the other Shard, and this, every going month.......
Or, use a scarcely populated shard to safely "farm" Powerscrolls at Champ spawns and go sell them onto a highly populated Shard and do this back and forth every going month that there is......

But I really disagree with such an use for the Shard Shield. I would rather much prefer it to be used to "explore" (that is, "occasional" visits...) Shards other than one's own main to see what they are like, what the player population on those other Shards might be like and things like that. "Occasional" visits to other shard, that is...
To visit, occasionally, other Shards' Communities......

But for that to really work, the represented Shard would need to be allowed to be changed from one month to the other, IMHO.

Infact, if, instead, the represented Shard was allowed to be changed from one month to the other, then yes, the Shard Shields would allow occasional "visits" over time to various Shards......... How ? Simple, by changing the represented Shard from one month to the other and thus picking an account bound token every month to a different Shard to "visit"...

 

[Magdalene]

Popps...
Gift. Horse. Mouth. Don't.

 

[Sevin0oo0]

Personally, the way they currently work, these Shard Shield best use looks to me more for "business" than mere occasional "visits"........

I know that's what "I" would use it for if I was a merchant, but then that's because I don't have any friends on other shards to go play with, (none really on my home shard either, but that's a personal problem, so). I can see where other players specifically play merchants, buying, trading, selling, and such, an all cool play style imo. I think it would give me a nice advantage over younger players, as they'd have to pay 40mil to go back & forth, albeit w/ a Lot more stuff & shard selectable, but for free, Yeah, I'll take one or two.

 

[popps]

I know that's what "I" would use it for if I was a merchant, but then that's because I don't have any friends on other shards to go play with, (none really on my home shard either, but that's a personal problem, so). I can see where other players specifically play merchants, buying, trading, selling, and such, an all cool play style imo. I think it would give me a nice advantage over younger players, as they'd have to pay 40mil to go back & forth, albeit w/ a Lot more stuff & shard selectable, but for free, Yeah, I'll take one or two.

And this is the problem I have with Shard Shields as they currently are (i.e. with "fixed" represented Shards, not changeable....), that the way they are now they kinda make sense if one uses them between 2 same Shards to buy low on one and sell high on the other and do this persistently month after month after month.........

And I do not like it.

I would have MUCH more preferred the spirit of the Shard Shields to be an opportunity for players to hop here and there onto other Shards, different to one's own main, to visit those different Shards' Comunities and interact with unknown players for the fun of it, not because of profit from the buy low/sell high.

And this is why I am convinced that the represented Shard should be made as changeable from one month to the other, this way, a Veteran Player would use it for "occasional visits" to other Shards' Communities, over the course of several months thanking to the ability of changing the represented Shard from one month to the other.

What I am trying to say, is that offering the chance to change the represented Shard from one month to the other could make these Veteran items be interesting, not only for the players wanting to profit from the buy low/sell high between 2 fixed shards, as I am concerned might be happening now, but also interesting to those players not interested in using them to profit but simply to visit other Shards, and the more the better, simply and only for the "fun of it", to visit other Shards' UO communities and other players playing on other Shards........

 

[Surgeries]

I selected four shields to start, as I want to transfer all of the gifts I have collected on other shards to my home shard for use and Clean Up Points.

I have an account with 7 reward selections left and four years to fourteenth anniversary...I will be hoping UO lasts that long so I can get the full set, as I do like the way they look, and I have a lot of gifts to collect. *Crosses Fingers* In the meantime, I will be selecting shields with my oldest account for sure.

I really like them. Thanks Devs!!

 

[Assia Penryn]

I like the shard shields the way they are with the exception of a slightly smaller graphic. I think it is a nice compromise to the full transfer tokens.

Please make a slightly smaller graphic option for those of us who have multiple ones.

 

[wanderer1origin]

popps
i am sorry for you
you argument everything in this game, do you play?
there is no others complaining about this,
i can claim mine in 3 months and i am very happy to be able to do!!!!!!!!!!!

you my guess is you are a angry teen that parents wont let u buy transfers

there is none complaining about this option other than your self!

this shows that rest are happy with or dont care 14 year vet reward hit so few it really doesnt matter

and number of those that would move play other shards even lower!!!

you just, un happy with your self and taking it out on us!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The basis of my argument was that the represented Shard Shield could be changed from one month to the other.

I said "....the limitation of 1 transfer token per month would have allowed only to a round trip every 2 months even if the represented shard had been allowed to get changed from one month to another."

Now, let's make an example of my argument.

The Shard Shield was not fixed, it could be changed from one month to another (this is the basis of my argument and hypothesis...).

Player A is a 14th Year Veteran Player on Atlantic and wants to go to Pacific and come back (round trip).

Player A picks a Shard Shield Veteran Reward, sets for the going month the represented Shard as Pacific and claims the account bound token. First part of the task is done.

Now Player A sits on the Pacific Token not using it, waits for one month until the Shard will be eligible to change the represented Shard and changes it to Atlantic, claims the pertaining account bound token to Atlantic.

Task finished, now player A, over the course of 2 months has obtained 2 account bound tokens, one to Pacific and one back to Atlantic and can effectively make the round trip over the course of 2 months using 1 Veteran Reward pick.

It took 2 months to be able to make such a round trip with 1 Veteran Reward pick which is what I was saying in my post.........




A permanent and continuous mass production of 1 account bound transfer token always to the same one shard to "visit" ??

I do not think I could need to "visit" always the same one shard every going month...... Once in a while, perhaps, but every going month that there is ?? I would not....

Personally, the way they currently work, these Shard Shield best use looks to me more for "business" than mere occasional "visits"........ That is, go back and forth always the exact same 2 shards (because of the "fixed" Shards representations...) to buy low on one and sell high on the other Shard, and this, every going month.......
Or, use a scarcely populated shard to safely "farm" Powerscrolls at Champ spawns and go sell them onto a highly populated Shard and do this back and forth every going month that there is......

But I really disagree with such an use for the Shard Shield. I would rather much prefer it to be used to "explore" (that is, "occasional" visits...) Shards other than one's own main to see what they are like, what the player population on those other Shards might be like and things like that. "Occasional" visits to other shard, that is...
To visit, occasionally, other Shards' Communities......

But for that to really work, the represented Shard would need to be allowed to be changed from one month to the other, IMHO.

Infact, if, instead, the represented Shard was allowed to be changed from one month to the other, then yes, the Shard Shields would allow occasional "visits" over time to various Shards......... How ? Simple, by changing the represented Shard from one month to the other and thus picking an account bound token every month to a different Shard to "visit"...

 

[Flutter]

popps I think I speak for everyone in this thread when I say...

 

[Zyon Rockler]

I think Jack is onto something, even though I don't know Jack.

If they redid the reward system so that every reward could be purchased, the system could support itself and those that earn them through playing the game would not have to spend real money to buy them.

So, people that did not play could also buy them and everyone would be happy.

 

[Zyon Rockler]

I hate standing infront of a moving train but I think the shield should have a drop down menu so that you can change the destination. The only reason you should need 2 is if you need a token to get back but logically you would think you would get one of those automatically.

They could put a time limit on these types of transfers so you could only spend so much time while visiting another shard. That way transfer token would still be valuable because they would allow you to stay as long as you needed to, plus you could have packies to carry more things. So, maybe it just comes down to other issues. Like, the using of your bank.

Like, you would think you could transfer to Seige on a visit pass as long as you went naked and returned naked and had no access to a bank and could not transfer any items.

The shields would still be collectable because you could have an art gallery. So, the idea would take nothing away, it would only be a positive influence and add more options or more possibilites.

 

[Petra Fyde]

They work the way the developers decided they wanted them to work. Topic closed.