I would like to suggest that the next global event/scenario should involve the following elements.
• Minax. It's been long enough; she needs to die already. In the single-player games she was dead in the 2nd game. And she was mentioned during In the Shadow of Virtue, and is mentioned during some of the Notary's Quests, so we know she's alive and active. Have King Dupre (and surely the next ruler should be Dupre or Shamino!) kill her with player assistance after a few months of related events. (And if you don't make Dupre the next ruler, have Dupre come out of retirement to kill her and die in the attempt so we can wrap up that thread.)
• The orcs. Orcs, and maybe savages to a lesser extent, are really the closest thing we have to barbarians at the gate in UO. They should be used more. They should be made tougher and have better loot, commensurate with their new toughness. An Orc Chopper or Orc Lord should be at least as tough as a troglodyte, if not a little tougher because presumably Orcs, created by Minax and Mondain as mockeries of life if memory serves, are smarter and are certainly more developed.
• The Orc Cave. This is a nice dungeon that's under-used even relative to the other Britannian dungeons. From spoilers posted from the patches, it appears as though a revamp of some of the oldest dungeons in the game is coming, which is cool. The Orc Cave isn't in the same league, is nowhere near as old, but perhaps it can be revamped easier as well, simply by adding more monsters and beeinf up existing monsters and their loot, commensurately. Less work than you are seemingly put into the oldest dungeons.
-Galen's player
• Minax. It's been long enough; she needs to die already. In the single-player games she was dead in the 2nd game. And she was mentioned during In the Shadow of Virtue, and is mentioned during some of the Notary's Quests, so we know she's alive and active. Have King Dupre (and surely the next ruler should be Dupre or Shamino!) kill her with player assistance after a few months of related events. (And if you don't make Dupre the next ruler, have Dupre come out of retirement to kill her and die in the attempt so we can wrap up that thread.)
• The orcs. Orcs, and maybe savages to a lesser extent, are really the closest thing we have to barbarians at the gate in UO. They should be used more. They should be made tougher and have better loot, commensurate with their new toughness. An Orc Chopper or Orc Lord should be at least as tough as a troglodyte, if not a little tougher because presumably Orcs, created by Minax and Mondain as mockeries of life if memory serves, are smarter and are certainly more developed.
• The Orc Cave. This is a nice dungeon that's under-used even relative to the other Britannian dungeons. From spoilers posted from the patches, it appears as though a revamp of some of the oldest dungeons in the game is coming, which is cool. The Orc Cave isn't in the same league, is nowhere near as old, but perhaps it can be revamped easier as well, simply by adding more monsters and beeinf up existing monsters and their loot, commensurately. Less work than you are seemingly put into the oldest dungeons.
-Galen's player
