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The"LAInformer"V.4.#4, by El of LA
THE "LA INFORMER"
Volume 4, Number 4,
March 20, 2020.
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I. MESANNA RESPONDS TO HOUSING DECAY IN PANDEMIC.
II. TREASURES OF TOKUNO ARE BACK!
III. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ASSIST NEW/RETURNING PLAYERS!
IV. CITY BUFFS/GOLD THIS WEEK: UPDATE.
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I. MESANNA RESPONDS TO HOUSING DECAY IN PANDEMIC.
I'm reprinting IMPORTANT Information from our Login Screen/UO.com:
UO STATUS UPDATE
Posted on March 20, 2020 by Mesanna
Greetings everyone,
We will be publishing 108, Tuesday March 24th to all shards. All updates will be active after normal scheduled maintenance.
We know many of you are asking us to turn off Housing Decay. We will not be doing that at this time due to the fact there is a 90 day grace period after closing an account for the houses to fall. After 2 months we will review the status of where everyone is at due to the virus and make our decision at that time. Please understand when we turn off housing decay this makes it so no one can place a house, resize a house or customize a house in any ways. So please understand we have to be very careful when we make this decision.
With many of our players confined to their houses we are going to be turning on Treasures of Tokuno to give everyone an old favorite that has been requested many times. Enjoy!!
Thanks for your understanding,
Bonnie “Mesanna” Armstrong
From <UO Status Update – Ultima Online>
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II. TREASURES OF TOKUNO ARE BACK!
As you may have read in the first article, Mesanna & Co have will turn on Treasures of Tokuno on Tuesday, March 24th, for us to enjoy during the Pandemic! Here are a few tips for those of you who weren't around for this awesomely fun event that has been reprised a couple of times now!
a) This all takes place in the Samurai expansion area, Tokuno! Hunting there will give you drops of specials that you can turn in to a trade minister in Zento. Collect ten of them at a time to turn in.
b) You will find "Ihara Soko the Imperial Minister of Trade" in the Tailoring/Carpentry/Scribing building on the second floor, at the middle of the South wall. He will take your collected items and reward you! A rune to the location will be on the steps of Veritas Inn in Luna and the WTLA Memorial Library. The Tailoring/Carpentry/Scribing building is just south of the Provisioner and Magery buildings in Zento.
c) Ihara Soko will tell you to "Bring me 10 of the Lost Treasures of Tokuno and I will reward you with a valuable item."
d) This has always been a great favorite of players as it supplies special dyes and equipment that to this day is valued and collected!
e) I will write up a guide to assist people unfamiliar with the event so that they know what to do and where to look for more information!
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III. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ASSIST NEW/RETURNING PLAYERS!
The WTLA Player Center is being swamped with the number of new and returning players arriving while we all shelter in place for the pandemic. We are short-handed. In order to make sure our friends have fun right away and get set up for playing their characters, a group of us would like to meet and organize our activities to make suits of armor, needed equipment, and spellbooks.
Come join us tomorrow, 7 PM, just before the EM event, at Veritas Inn's bar on the second floor for an organizing meeting of people interested in working on this issue! Veritas Inn in Luna is located on the North side of town, 2nd house West of the NW Corner of the city. El will be there with training books that can be used, others who make enhanced armor, and we invite all our crafters to attend and help us get this going!
We can use all the items donated to the WTLA Player Center west of Umbra, the suits already produced by El and Lessa to give away, plus our stores of jewelry that may be useful to players collected at the center. We still have the rooms of crafting sampling at the Player Center that will be helpful, along with our several rune libraries and transport help locations in LA that will make new players be happy to be on our shard and joining our family of players! Let's get together to give them a good startup on LA!
I hope to see you there - Saturday (tomorrow), 7 PM, just before the EM event, at Veritas Inn's bar on the second floor!
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IV. CITY BUFFS/GOLD THIS WEEK: UPDATE.
Here is a list of the player buffs and gold balances of each City today (3-20-20). WE STILL NEED THREE GOVERNORS! Email one of our EM's if you'd like to be designated for Minoc, New Magincia, or Trinsic. Thanks to everyone who did Krampus trade runs and helped us work up some new City funds! Until the new publish hits you can still do trade runs that contribute more than normal to the Cities!
1. BRITAIN: Buff=+5 SDI (+5 Spell Damage Inc.). Bank Bal=996.0 million. Governor: Mylene.
2. JHELOM: Buff=+2 MR (+2 Mana Regen.). Bank Bal=998.0 million. Governor: Ian.
3. MINOC: Buff=+5 HCI (+5 Hit Chance Inc.). Bank Bal.=238.4 million. Governor: Pending King's Choice (Empty).
4. MOONGLOW: +2 MR (+2 Mana Regen.). Bank Bal.=945.4 million. Governor: Elessa.
5. NEW MAGENCIA: Buff=+5 SDI (+5 Spell Damage Inc.). Bank Bal.=1.0 billion. Governor: Pending King's Choice (Empty).
6. SKARA BRAE: Buff=+1 FC (+1 Faster Casting). Bank Bal.=970.3 million. Governor: Mouse Rat.
7. TRINSIC: Buff=+5 SSI (+5 Swing Speed Inc.). Bank Bal.=200.0 million. Governor: Pending King's Choice (Empty).
8. VESPER: Buff =+5 SSI (+5 Swing Speed Inc.). Bank Bal.=847.2 million. Governor: Manon Blackbeak.
9. YEW: Buff=+1 FC (+1 Faster Casting). Bank Bal.=227.8 million. Governor: Kirstie.
• Cities in need of Governors! Minoc, New Magincia, Trinsic.
• One year of $2 million/week City Trade Deals requires $104 million in the City Coffers!
• Cities offering +5 SDI: Britain, New Magincia.
• Cities offering +5 SSI: Trinsic, Vesper.
• City offering +1 FC: Skara Brae, Yew.
• Cities offering +2 MR: Moonglow, Jhelom.
• City offering +5 HCI: Minoc.
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The "LA Informer" is published every Sunday for free. Pick up a copy on drops at Luna Bank, West Britain Bank, New Haven Bank, or the vendor located at Veritas Inn & Bar, on the North side of Luna ("200 NW Luna Blvd."). It's the 2nd house East of the NW corner inside the walls, at 101o 47'N, 27o 0'W (or w3. 939, 466, -90 in new gps).
Editions are also locked down for reading on house steps at Veritas Inn, the WTLA Player Center (West of Umbra), WTLA Memorial Rune Library (on the shore North of Vesper), and other public houses.
Submissions, notifications of upcoming shard events, and article suggestions to El can also be dropped off at Veritas Inn & Bar in the mailbox located next to the front door. We want to hear of your accomplishments, meetings, hunts, events, and news!
We promise to tell EVERYONE about it!
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Have a great week LA! Stay safe!
-- El of LA, 3-20-20
THE "LA INFORMER"
Volume 4, Number 4,
March 20, 2020.
___________________
I. MESANNA RESPONDS TO HOUSING DECAY IN PANDEMIC.
II. TREASURES OF TOKUNO ARE BACK!
III. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ASSIST NEW/RETURNING PLAYERS!
IV. CITY BUFFS/GOLD THIS WEEK: UPDATE.
- - - - - - - -
I. MESANNA RESPONDS TO HOUSING DECAY IN PANDEMIC.
I'm reprinting IMPORTANT Information from our Login Screen/UO.com:
UO STATUS UPDATE
Posted on March 20, 2020 by Mesanna
Greetings everyone,
We will be publishing 108, Tuesday March 24th to all shards. All updates will be active after normal scheduled maintenance.
We know many of you are asking us to turn off Housing Decay. We will not be doing that at this time due to the fact there is a 90 day grace period after closing an account for the houses to fall. After 2 months we will review the status of where everyone is at due to the virus and make our decision at that time. Please understand when we turn off housing decay this makes it so no one can place a house, resize a house or customize a house in any ways. So please understand we have to be very careful when we make this decision.
With many of our players confined to their houses we are going to be turning on Treasures of Tokuno to give everyone an old favorite that has been requested many times. Enjoy!!
Thanks for your understanding,
Bonnie “Mesanna” Armstrong
From <UO Status Update – Ultima Online>
- - - - - - - -
II. TREASURES OF TOKUNO ARE BACK!
As you may have read in the first article, Mesanna & Co have will turn on Treasures of Tokuno on Tuesday, March 24th, for us to enjoy during the Pandemic! Here are a few tips for those of you who weren't around for this awesomely fun event that has been reprised a couple of times now!
a) This all takes place in the Samurai expansion area, Tokuno! Hunting there will give you drops of specials that you can turn in to a trade minister in Zento. Collect ten of them at a time to turn in.
b) You will find "Ihara Soko the Imperial Minister of Trade" in the Tailoring/Carpentry/Scribing building on the second floor, at the middle of the South wall. He will take your collected items and reward you! A rune to the location will be on the steps of Veritas Inn in Luna and the WTLA Memorial Library. The Tailoring/Carpentry/Scribing building is just south of the Provisioner and Magery buildings in Zento.
c) Ihara Soko will tell you to "Bring me 10 of the Lost Treasures of Tokuno and I will reward you with a valuable item."
d) This has always been a great favorite of players as it supplies special dyes and equipment that to this day is valued and collected!
e) I will write up a guide to assist people unfamiliar with the event so that they know what to do and where to look for more information!
- - - - - - - -
III. LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO ASSIST NEW/RETURNING PLAYERS!
The WTLA Player Center is being swamped with the number of new and returning players arriving while we all shelter in place for the pandemic. We are short-handed. In order to make sure our friends have fun right away and get set up for playing their characters, a group of us would like to meet and organize our activities to make suits of armor, needed equipment, and spellbooks.
Come join us tomorrow, 7 PM, just before the EM event, at Veritas Inn's bar on the second floor for an organizing meeting of people interested in working on this issue! Veritas Inn in Luna is located on the North side of town, 2nd house West of the NW Corner of the city. El will be there with training books that can be used, others who make enhanced armor, and we invite all our crafters to attend and help us get this going!
We can use all the items donated to the WTLA Player Center west of Umbra, the suits already produced by El and Lessa to give away, plus our stores of jewelry that may be useful to players collected at the center. We still have the rooms of crafting sampling at the Player Center that will be helpful, along with our several rune libraries and transport help locations in LA that will make new players be happy to be on our shard and joining our family of players! Let's get together to give them a good startup on LA!
I hope to see you there - Saturday (tomorrow), 7 PM, just before the EM event, at Veritas Inn's bar on the second floor!
- - - - - - - -
IV. CITY BUFFS/GOLD THIS WEEK: UPDATE.
Here is a list of the player buffs and gold balances of each City today (3-20-20). WE STILL NEED THREE GOVERNORS! Email one of our EM's if you'd like to be designated for Minoc, New Magincia, or Trinsic. Thanks to everyone who did Krampus trade runs and helped us work up some new City funds! Until the new publish hits you can still do trade runs that contribute more than normal to the Cities!
1. BRITAIN: Buff=+5 SDI (+5 Spell Damage Inc.). Bank Bal=996.0 million. Governor: Mylene.
2. JHELOM: Buff=+2 MR (+2 Mana Regen.). Bank Bal=998.0 million. Governor: Ian.
3. MINOC: Buff=+5 HCI (+5 Hit Chance Inc.). Bank Bal.=238.4 million. Governor: Pending King's Choice (Empty).
4. MOONGLOW: +2 MR (+2 Mana Regen.). Bank Bal.=945.4 million. Governor: Elessa.
5. NEW MAGENCIA: Buff=+5 SDI (+5 Spell Damage Inc.). Bank Bal.=1.0 billion. Governor: Pending King's Choice (Empty).
6. SKARA BRAE: Buff=+1 FC (+1 Faster Casting). Bank Bal.=970.3 million. Governor: Mouse Rat.
7. TRINSIC: Buff=+5 SSI (+5 Swing Speed Inc.). Bank Bal.=200.0 million. Governor: Pending King's Choice (Empty).
8. VESPER: Buff =+5 SSI (+5 Swing Speed Inc.). Bank Bal.=847.2 million. Governor: Manon Blackbeak.
9. YEW: Buff=+1 FC (+1 Faster Casting). Bank Bal.=227.8 million. Governor: Kirstie.
• Cities in need of Governors! Minoc, New Magincia, Trinsic.
• One year of $2 million/week City Trade Deals requires $104 million in the City Coffers!
• Cities offering +5 SDI: Britain, New Magincia.
• Cities offering +5 SSI: Trinsic, Vesper.
• City offering +1 FC: Skara Brae, Yew.
• Cities offering +2 MR: Moonglow, Jhelom.
• City offering +5 HCI: Minoc.
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The "LA Informer" is published every Sunday for free. Pick up a copy on drops at Luna Bank, West Britain Bank, New Haven Bank, or the vendor located at Veritas Inn & Bar, on the North side of Luna ("200 NW Luna Blvd."). It's the 2nd house East of the NW corner inside the walls, at 101o 47'N, 27o 0'W (or w3. 939, 466, -90 in new gps).
Editions are also locked down for reading on house steps at Veritas Inn, the WTLA Player Center (West of Umbra), WTLA Memorial Rune Library (on the shore North of Vesper), and other public houses.
Submissions, notifications of upcoming shard events, and article suggestions to El can also be dropped off at Veritas Inn & Bar in the mailbox located next to the front door. We want to hear of your accomplishments, meetings, hunts, events, and news!
We promise to tell EVERYONE about it!
- - - - - - - -
Have a great week LA! Stay safe!
-- El of LA, 3-20-20