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Would have been cool if you could atleast imbue these new artifacts *woops* I mean old artifacts with different names. Also, no orny, staff of magi, or arcane shield version? It looks like the majority of the *new arties* are copies of artifacts that were never really used. The ones that people use all the time now (orny, arcane shield, staff of magi?) there are no versions of. Doesn't sound right to me. 
But then again i'm just a peon that's still been and still waiting for the "All Release" command for summons to be introduced to classic client as well. Only been waiting a year now. I aplaud Pinco for introducing it to the EC client, but for those of us who naturally play the game out of love for the CC client (because of the graphics) would sure like to have the same command in CC.
Another suggestion i'd really like to see (that someone else on the forums made a
But then again i'm just a peon that's still been and still waiting for the "All Release" command for summons to be introduced to classic client as well. Only been waiting a year now. I aplaud Pinco for introducing it to the EC client
, but for those of us who naturally play the game out of love for the CC client (because of the graphics) would sure like to have the same command in CC.Another suggestion i'd really like to see (that someone else on the forums made a
Anyone have spoiler pics of the new Vanilla plants please? Also curious if u can get the mutated seeds (black & white) of vanilla from the naturalist quest?
There's so many changes and so much to reply to.
First off, devs? Scrap these one-mod change Doom artifacts unless you plan to give us a brand new Gauntlet by the end of May. If the Gauntlet is on the radar then I am totally fine if you retire/rotate all of these artifacts you are changing. About 8 months ago I suggested a brief outline by which to change the Gauntlet Artifacts, and while a lot has changed since you guys began revamping dungeons I would still love to see a dynamic rotation system put in place.
The daily decay changes are a great step forward, as others have noted. Those changes show a direct response to the community's reaction and I hope we will continue to see progress with regards to Factions.
Besides, the main use of hail storm in PvM will STILL be against individual targets. Thank you, Stygian Dragon, for maintaining a low tolerance to cold damage. Maybe if I have a dozen friends we can kill you in a half hour so we can never kill you again.
PS--I will not miss trolling EM events by hail storming walls and killing all the mobs before any of the melee chars have a chance to participate.
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I'll say this, it's never bad to have more than you need. I think the bottom line, though, is the SSI does not help that weapon out in the slightest (unless you can imbue it). No one wants a PVM weapon without mana leech and/or a slayer, and a three-mod DI, SSI, Stam Leech is pretty pathetic if you can't imbue.
First off, devs? Scrap these one-mod change Doom artifacts unless you plan to give us a brand new Gauntlet by the end of May. If the Gauntlet is on the radar then I am totally fine if you retire/rotate all of these artifacts you are changing. About 8 months ago I suggested a brief outline by which to change the Gauntlet Artifacts, and while a lot has changed since you guys began revamping dungeons I would still love to see a dynamic rotation system put in place.
The daily decay changes are a great step forward, as others have noted. Those changes show a direct response to the community's reaction and I hope we will continue to see progress with regards to Factions.
The Hail Storm changes were necessary. People will complain, but the spell was overpowered. The truth is hail storm is still the only cold based PvM spell worth using. Don't forget how slayers bump damage, it's still going to be viable. Maybe mages and the like will learn to make use of defensive spells, for once, rather than fire away offensive spells? How about you make a paralyze field to optimize your damage? Maybe an energy field to block off a passage? PvMers, get creative. Don't rely on a gimp spell to do all the work for you.
Besides, the main use of hail storm in PvM will STILL be against individual targets. Thank you, Stygian Dragon, for maintaining a low tolerance to cold damage. Maybe if I have a dozen friends we can kill you in a half hour so we can never kill you again.
PS--I will not miss trolling EM events by hail storming walls and killing all the mobs before any of the melee chars have a chance to participate.
Interesting. I guess that's why Ilshenar Mint will take us to the camp now, instead.
Just use Character Copy.
I've discovered you REALLY like scorpionsI'll take my free ethy scorpion now.
.Wind has a rez in town, while neither Wrong nor Covetous trap players inside. Not really sure I understand your complaint. I imagine Wrong is no-recall because of the thief part, while Covetous will have a champ spawn region of sorts, and those regions have never been recall friendly. Some would argue no dungeon should be recall-accessible, as it defeats the "crawl."
As noted, the 75% SSI is a copy. However, no one has mentioned the mudpies and mud elementals in shame, which slow your swing speed. How y'all forget those? They just added them.
I'll say this, it's never bad to have more than you need. I think the bottom line, though, is the SSI does not help that weapon out in the slightest (unless you can imbue it). No one wants a PVM weapon without mana leech and/or a slayer, and a three-mod DI, SSI, Stam Leech is pretty pathetic if you can't imbue.
It's kind of funny how people are already complaining about the points being a grind when all you have to do is kill stuff, which is probably the most enjoyable thing about any game IMO. I get to kill stuff and not think about it until I cash in when I'm done? What is this, Chuck E Cheese? It's going to be great. UO's personal pan MOBA-style mini game. I'm going to Pizza Hut all over that joint. Where's my quarters? It's arcade time, waffles!
I am glad to see that Hail Storm is finally getting the fixes it has been needing for quite some time, it is a shame though that Animated Weapon did not receive the fix it needs as well.
The change in style with the Covetous dungeon is intriguing in written form... I hope you guys putting as much effort as you can into making it an enjoyable experience.
The change in style with the Covetous dungeon is intriguing in written form... I hope you guys putting as much effort as you can into making it an enjoyable experience.
Nether cyclone still doesn't divide damage, and hits through walls, fyi lolI am glad to see that Hail Storm is finally getting the fixes it has been needing for quite some time, it is a shame though that Animated Weapon did not receive the fix it needs as well.
The change in style with the Covetous dungeon is intriguing in written form... I hope you guys putting as much effort as you can into making it an enjoyable experience.
ugh... guess someone messed up -.-
So um you are saying that an AOE spell's purpose is now best for Single target use?The Hail Storm changes were necessary. People will complain, but the spell was overpowered. The truth is hail storm is still the only cold based PvM spell worth using. Don't forget how slayers bump damage, it's still going to be viable. Maybe mages and the like will learn to make use of defensive spells, for once, rather than fire away offensive spells? How about you make a paralyze field to optimize your damage? Maybe an energy field to block off a passage? PvMers, get creative. Don't rely on a gimp spell to do all the work for you.
Besides, the main use of hail storm in PvM will STILL be against individual targets. Thank you, Stygian Dragon, for maintaining a low tolerance to cold damage. Maybe if I have a dozen friends we can kill you in a half hour so we can never kill you again.
PS--I will not miss trolling EM events by hail storming walls and killing all the mobs before any of the melee chars have a chance to participate.
Dexxers can wirlwind everything in PvM lets nerf that too then if you go by PvM OP
Why can they not code in different damage calculation for PvP and PvM.
It's a long ranged AOE with dimininshing returns, like every other fast cast long ranged AOE in game. It's now balanced. Did you really need to do 250 damage to every Saytr in one spell? Lady Melisande will still work out fine, as will every other PvM situation. Would you rather use Mindblast again?
Whirlwind, like Wither, is a short ranged AOE, even shorter than Wither. In your Wither thread and this response you're comparing apples to oranges.
ironic how you talk about trammies in a derogatory way and then say something about diablo 3, a PVM game.
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A bug Squashed is a Bug Squashed! Yes there are a lot more some consider higher priority.. just because it didn't make this patch doesn't mean it inst being fixed.. It might just be a lot more complicated than the ones mentioned. They have a schedule they work to and try to get as many bug fixes in as they can.
what exactly do you want from them??
I'm pretty sure mister "Bring on Diablo 3" was just over at the Blizzard forums screaming "Bring on Guild Wars". Here's the link.SOME GUY ON THE WOW FORUMS said:
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It's the Euro forum, and Pjay's Stratics info says he's from the UK. Small internet, huh?
Hah... its funny. They have made it so they cant really put new things into the game because of the absurd power levels we have now. Although they have been making crap artis for years now.
The real annoying thing is that rather than make up NEW crappy artifacts they just coop the doom artifacts. So now doom is pointless (even more than before if you can believe it) until they get around to upgrading it. That could be years from now.
The system sounds fine. It sounds more like what people wanted doom to be, but why these rewards... It seems like they are mocking us.
An alternative would be to allow Champ Spawn replica artifacts (if they don't already) along with slither and higher end arties to drop off Doom bosses IMO. That may make doom more worthwhile for players to goto and allow the PvMers to get Replica artifacts that drop off Champ spawns in Fel, without the need for the PvMer to goto fel and risk getting rolled over several times by pks.
I have a feeling doom will end up with new 10 property artifact items, and a super upgraded host of gauntlet foes.
I dont know why but I kinda like the idea of having Set bonuses... So like when you're wearing the full set you get some kind of cool bonus. Like for the "hat of the magi" and "staff of the magi" for example have some kind of bonus that would spice up these items and make people want to use them. Maybe even introduce set pieces for the currently revamped arties introduced in this pub that way people have a reason to use them. I'm not talking about that crap that the Vicious and Epiphany armor had. I'm talking about maybe have a property with the full set that a person uses now... For examples just look at the stats that people aim for the most on armor and gather ideas for the set bonus that way.
an all release command is not needed for summonsWould have been cool if you could atleast imbue these new artifacts *woops* I mean old artifacts with different names. Also, no orny, staff of magi, or arcane shield version? It looks like the majority of the *new arties* are copies of artifacts that were never really used. The ones that people use all the time now (orny, arcane shield, staff of magi?) there are no versions of. Doesn't sound right to me.
But then again i'm just a peon that's still been and still waiting for the "All Release" command for summons to be introduced to classic client as well. Only been waiting a year now. I aplaud Pinco for introducing it to the EC client
Another suggestion i'd really like to see (that someone else on the forums made a
it is when you are dealing with summons that can spawn with the same name as a summon you already have, and since the name israndomly selected between 26 possible names. Rather then having to say the list of 26 names and release for each name in a macro which can take like 10 seconds or more to stand there and wait for the macro to finish. Then if you have a summon with the same name as one u just released it doesn't listen and release both at the same time, so then you have to go through the entire macro again and wait for it to release the summon.
Not everyone has time to sit there and single click and select release, and not everyone with Spellweaving has Magery to cast a dispel. The "All Release" command that's currently in EC should be in Classic Client as well.
Not everyone has time to sit there and single click and select release, and not everyone with Spellweaving has Magery to cast a dispel. The "All Release" command that's currently in EC should be in Classic Client as well.
Well, the devs ought to consider different avenues. Players are spoiled post-imbuing, and want HML on every item for PvM purposes. Of course, that's never been a consideration. Instead of an artifact with loaded stats they could always open up new slayer types or other kind of mods. Then again, I'm still waiting for my Staff of Pyros to function!
Might want to add some new loot to the Tokuno pirates, or for that matter all the pirates, while you're at it.
This Publish doesn't seem like it has room for a major change to how High Seas combat operates (or even minor tweaks), but perhaps there's room for a pirate loot change.
Maybe a semi-rare chance at an item or two in a pirate hold that uses the Shame/Wrong loot system, entirely random and not-impacted by Luck, thus giving us a realistic but not imbalanced chance at something really good? Some will continue to farm the dungeons for that stuff; some will take to the seas; some will do both; depending on what each player most-likes to do.
I would suggest the merchant ships don't need a boost in the same way. They already seem to be more profitable than the pirate ships are, thus offering a perverse incentive to do evil.
-Galen's player
This Publish doesn't seem like it has room for a major change to how High Seas combat operates (or even minor tweaks), but perhaps there's room for a pirate loot change.
Maybe a semi-rare chance at an item or two in a pirate hold that uses the Shame/Wrong loot system, entirely random and not-impacted by Luck, thus giving us a realistic but not imbalanced chance at something really good? Some will continue to farm the dungeons for that stuff; some will take to the seas; some will do both; depending on what each player most-likes to do.
I would suggest the merchant ships don't need a boost in the same way. They already seem to be more profitable than the pirate ships are, thus offering a perverse incentive to do evil.
-Galen's player
100% Durability on an artifact. I'm sold.
Don't have to update Doom with new weapons list. Give then a random mid to high level mod and/or different artlook to the slot worn. But add in blank named weapons to the list on the rare chance. Random weapons and armor off all races that have 500-600 inbue cap. Or even 500-600 pointers that have 75% imbu cap with 6 or 7 mod slots, but slayer or FC such mods not cap blocked.
Don't have to update Doom with new weapons list. Give then a random mid to high level mod and/or different artlook to the slot worn. But add in blank named weapons to the list on the rare chance. Random weapons and armor off all races that have 500-600 inbue cap. Or even 500-600 pointers that have 75% imbu cap with 6 or 7 mod slots, but slayer or FC such mods not cap blocked.
is there any pics on these jokes of so called new artifacts?
And what about SDI on a weapon without spell channeling? rofl
Necro dexxers i guess?
I thought there was a way to make plants grow faster on test but I couldn't figure it out and I need to leave for work in a few minutes. I planted one seed this morning. If someone knows how to do it, I will try when I get home and post a picture.
for pvm mystic can enchant... although your better with a SDI spellbook...
Don't forget the Gauntlet came out when they introduced necro, hehe. There aren't a lot of necro casting dexxers really, more so for the curses than the spells with damage, but necro and chiv spells don't require spell channeling. Kind of too difficult for a dexxer to sustain damage spells plus they'd mess up DPS. But yeah, that was the original idea behind a few of Gauntlet artifacts, the idea that some people would use necro dexxers.
Posted a few pictures of the first two levels over on the Test Center forum.
Petra put together this nice guide to the Test Center a while back:
UO Stratics *New* | Test Center . It looks like "grow_plant" is the command you use on a locked-down plant (i.e., you need to place a house or have someone friend you to theirs) to get it to grow. A lot of times there's no maintenance cycle for test center, so anything you plant there never advances if you try to grow it in the normal method.
I think they should look at some of the best suites in game that players have payed millions to imbue or reforge i.e a sampire suite with full 70, 150 str/hp/dex, 180 stamina and some int and lmc, HLD and copy them as artifacts in the new dungeon and make a suite for each template that way so it makes it worth hunting down there. As you get like 13 set pieces for each suite and if there was 5 suites thats 65 possible peices that can drop randomly.
It would make it worth wile then as people would hunt to get the pieces that want and sell/swap the ones you dont.
That way people who dont have much money or play time to farm materials [as some sammy suites and wepons can go into the 100 millions to make] still has the chance at an uber suite.
Thoughts?
Thunderz
It would make it worth wile then as people would hunt to get the pieces that want and sell/swap the ones you dont.
That way people who dont have much money or play time to farm materials [as some sammy suites and wepons can go into the 100 millions to make] still has the chance at an uber suite.
Thoughts?
Thunderz
Because they pay the same amount of money to UO as do you. UO is suppose to be fun, not a grind.
So I take it:
#1 You never take vactions, have a family or go anywhere.
#2 You have never had a RL problem that you need to go some where for a period of time.
#3 You have never serived in the Armed Forces and been deployed.
Life must be so great for you.
Did you say tranny? I wasn't aware these boots gave me such lift, perhaps it is my apron that makes me look so enticing? Maybe my long flowing golden locks? Or is it the overly pink dye that adorns most of my armor? What gives with all this tranny talk?
Now I am all depressed...time to crack a Zima.
I'll wager nether cyclone still hits targets through walls then hmm?
It is like that. They changed it about 4 years ago! You get points based off damage you do and when you hit the point cap [no one knows how many Points as far as i know] you get a drop.
Thunderz
Did you actually get a vanilla seed? I killed a bunch of stuff on the bottom level of Exodus Dungeon and there were no vanilla seeds on anything. What did you smack to get yours?
Bere, I guess I just don't see the decay and having to log in daily to avoid it as something I should have to do in a game with a monthly subscription fee. If UO were free-to-play, perhaps it would be more acceptable. But it's not.
Edited to add: And when I say "decay," I'm really talking about the general concept of it and specifically referring to the way virtues decay now and the decay in loyalty for helping out in the towns. I know faction kill points always had some decay attached to them and that's not what I'm talking about here. I read someone's argument (maybe yours) about how you need to have the faction kill points decay so other people have an opportunity to rise through the ranks and I don't disagree. I'm just not happy with the whole idea of putting decay on stuff that didn't have it before and on totally new systems as a means to force people to log in, and then having that modified so that you still have to log in every day. It seems far too punitive and almost as if someone all of a sudden is keeping track of how many players are actually logging into the game versus just keeping their subscriptions paid up and I really resent being manipulated like that. I'd far rather feel compelled to log in because I will have fun when I log in, not because I need to maintain something about a character, a house, or whatever. That feels like a job and there's no way I'm paying anybody for that.
Thanks for the info, I haven't gotten a vanilla seed yet but I tried to use the command on the other normal seeds and it doesn't seem to work, I planted them in my own house on TC1 locked down on the floor, any idea where I'm doing it wrong?
For the Vanilla plant image, check Group 5 on the chart:
Plants & Seeds - UOGuide, the Ultima Online encyclopedia
Plants & Seeds - UOGuide, the Ultima Online encyclopedia
It looks good!
The command is "grow_plant" but you need to have the plant gump open for it to work. Also, each time you use it, make sure you close the gump and open it again to see the progress.
Oooooh! It's so cute! Can't wait for it to come on prod shards
Thanks Nimuaq!
This. Devs take note.
Also, how about just making it so you CANNOT hold a rising colossus cursor spell up while your colossus is still out there. There is NO other summon spell in game that allows you to hold it up while waiting for your original one to die or get dispelled. It's a joke when you need 2 synchronized mass dispellers for a spawn push because mystics are allowed to hold up a precast second colossus.
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