Veteran Rewards

[maroite]

Don't mind what is added for 11th and 12th year, but flying mounts for Elves/Humans should NEVER be put in the game.

Gargoyles fly. If you want to fly, play or change your char to gargoyle. Gargoyles don't have the option to mount ground animals, and this is limitating in a way. (See barded swampies)

That being said, if you add flying mounts you would have to add something just as useful and as valuable that gargoyles could use.

Such as an item that weighs nothing, is blessed, and increases carrying capacity while in your backpack. Or an item that increases mana while carried in your back pack.

Also, ethie mounts would limit choices to people who have converted characters to gargoyles as they can't mount.

 

[Restroom Cowboy]

Peace pipe of mystical knowledge. +25 intelligence -10 dex. Useable twice daily...12 hour duration.

 

[maroite]

Peace pipe of mystical knowledge. +25 intelligence -10 dex. Useable twice daily...12 hour duration.

You know... I would totally use this. :x

 

[Restroom Cowboy]

You know... I would totally use this. :x

rite!

 

[popps]

Don't mind what is added for 11th and 12th year, but flying mounts for Elves/Humans should NEVER be put in the game.

Gargoyles fly. If you want to fly, play or change your char to gargoyle. Gargoyles don't have the option to mount ground animals, and this is limitating in a way. (See barded swampies)

That being said, if you add flying mounts you would have to add something just as useful and as valuable that gargoyles could use.

Such as an item that weighs nothing, is blessed, and increases carrying capacity while in your backpack. Or an item that increases mana while carried in your back pack.

Also, ethie mounts would limit choices to people who have converted characters to gargoyles as they can't mount.

Wjat I really do not understand, is why on earth players keep asking for a variety of races in games when they want the races' unique abilities be shared by all races in the game.

I mean, if any and all races can do the same then what is the need to have different races ???

Just for the look ? Makes no sense to me.

 

[popps]

registration code on the 1st CD case? ouch. i don't think that should be a requirement.

After moving so many times, do you know how much crap bags were made between homes/cottages in just the 10 yrs i was playing?

if its not crucial when you are moving, its in the crap bag that gets tossed in the dumpster.

Well, there could be an alternative, provide the original credit card number used to register and initiate the account. That information should be easier to get.
Besides, it is not like there is that many 12th year active accounts out there any longer......

 

[popps]

I did that so that when these kind of rewards came out I would make sure to get them...

This shows to me the effectiveness of Veteran Rewards from a business perspective.

If they are good enough, they CAN convince the subscriber to maintain an account active to eventually qualify for those juicy and much wanted high end Veteran Rewards.....

Nothing unusual in business, companies have various ways to prize loyal customers to their product so I see it as quite normal for a computer online game.

The trick, though, is having Veteran Rewards that players really may want, something that they can justify keeping their account as active even in times when they have temporarily lost interest in the game.

If the Veteran Rewards are not usefull or wanted enough, some subscribers might think "why bother", given the Rewards, and could close their subscription anyways.

IMHO, Veteran Rewards should be desirable enough to motivate accounts be kept active even at times that the subscribers might want to close them having temporarily lost interest in the game. This is good for the game as it keeps up revenues and thus support for the game for everyone.

That's the way I see it.

 

[AtlanticVlad]

As far as keeping flying mounts form the rest of us first off we should already have them the Reptlon...next off I don't see whats so special I took to the sky ways last night and I must say I'm not impressed. And I for one am quite Irked about all the things my Human who's racial bonus is to let me do everything everyone else can do can no longer do/wear this Irks me to no end.. When humans find something they "Can't" do there supposed to find a way around it AKA a flying mount. Personally I don't care on the flying mount thing id rather have a swimming one honestly... But still.

 

[Nine Dark Moons]

i want an ethe bloodworm!!! i want to race through dungeons on the back of one of those bad boys. it'd be like War of the Chtorr!!! that would make me happy

 

[red sky]

I think vet rewards should be more for deco and aesthetic purposes and not actual use.

Reason being is that for those who have played 10+ years, many have not kept the SAME account the whole time.

For example, I have played since right when UOR was released, but my oldest account right now is 3 months.

LoL, so those who were good boys and girls, and kept their original account, should suffer because you got rid of yours. Good logic. Nothing selfish about it at all.

 

[red sky]

Wjat I really do not understand, is why on earth players keep asking for a variety of races in games when they want the races' unique abilities be shared by all races in the game.

I mean, if any and all races can do the same then what is the need to have different races ???

Just for the look ? Makes no sense to me.

This is an age of "equality". Everything must be tolerable or else it must change for the better.

 

[Spree]

registration code on the 1st CD case? ouch. i don't think that should be a requirement.

After moving so many times, do you know how much crap bags were made between homes/cottages in just the 10 yrs i was playing?

if its not crucial when you are moving, its in the crap bag that gets tossed in the dumpster.

Well, there could be an alternative, provide the original credit card number used to register and initiate the account. That information should be easier to get.
Besides, it is not like there is that many 12th year active accounts out there any longer......

I know in the last 12 years I have had half dozen different credit cards. some have had their numbers changed. For me to know the number I opened an account with i have better luck digging though a garbage dump and finding a disk I threw out 11 years ago.

 

[popps]

I know in the last 12 years I have had half dozen different credit cards. some have had their numbers changed. For me to know the number I opened an account with i have better luck digging though a garbage dump and finding a disk I threw out 11 years ago.

Personally, I would ask my bank if I had the need to refresh my memory, what my credit card number was in 1997 or whatever year I may need the information for........

 

[popps]

This is an age of "equality". Everything must be tolerable or else it must change for the better.

Well, even in unique differences there can be "equality".........

Each race has pluses but also minuses and even if they are different to each other, their differences may equal as far as balancing goes........

 

[It Lives]

My Idea for a vet reward would be, a haunting. 1-10 choices of an ethreal creature that roams my house.

Like a herald but can be set to move in a limited manner thru-out my home but cant leave it.

 

[maroite]

As far as keeping flying mounts form the rest of us first off we should already have them the Reptlon...next off I don't see whats so special I took to the sky ways last night and I must say I'm not impressed. And I for one am quite Irked about all the things my Human who's racial bonus is to let me do everything everyone else can do can no longer do/wear this Irks me to no end.. When humans find something they "Can't" do there supposed to find a way around it AKA a flying mount. Personally I don't care on the flying mount thing id rather have a swimming one honestly... But still.

Since when is humans racial "if they can't do something they find a way around it?". None of the human racials say this.

You have Jack of All Trades, which allows you to be able to use any SKILL as if having like 30 skill points put into it. Mounting is NOT a skill point. Flying is unique to Gargoyles and Gargoyles CAN NOT mount ANYTHING. Period. Which means that all of those ethies people want are completely useless to someone who is actually trying to play a gargoyle.

Also JoAT is more in line with the Gargoyles Imbuing/Myst bonus. The increased carry capacity that humans have, which no one else does btw, would be more in line with Gargoyle Flight.

This is an age of "equality". Everything must be tolerable or else it must change for the better.

Things are kinda equal. Except Gargoyles are actually gimped imho.

Example, I get beserk, which is useless for most caster builds, and pretty much a death sentence because if I get low on health I start taking MORE damage = quicker death.

Beserk should either be optional, or be able to turn it off. Or, it just shouldn't increase the damage taken.

 

[In Flames]

How about a philosopher's stone ?

A special item capable of turning a mining, wood or leather resource into the next one up.

For example, capable of turning iron ingots into dull copper, or dull copper into copper and so forth. Same wih wood and leather.

Then what would be the purpose of rare spawn points?

 

[maroite]

How about Enchanted Runic Valorite Hammers, Enchanted Barbed Sewing Kits, and so on.

You choose one, and x-times per day you can use it to craft a runic armor/weapon.

With the implimentation of Imbuing, I forsee a downfall in the number of people bothering to get runic hammers/sewing kits/fletching kits...

Why bother with randomly generated stats when you can just build what you want and not need any time to find runics?...

 

[Maplestone]

With the implimentation of Imbuing, I forsee a downfall in the number of people bothering to get runic hammers/sewing kits/fletching kits...

Funny you should say that. After a two year drought, tonight I got two heartwood kits on the same trip!

*decides to call them my vet reward*

 

[In Flames]

How about Enchanted Runic Valorite Hammers, Enchanted Barbed Sewing Kits, and so on.

You choose one, and x-times per day you can use it to craft a runic armor/weapon.

With the implimentation of Imbuing, I forsee a downfall in the number of people bothering to get runic hammers/sewing kits/fletching kits...

Why bother with randomly generated stats when you can just build what you want and not need any time to find runics?...

And how do you stop people from buying 100+ of these?

 

[popps]

How about a philosopher's stone ?

A special item capable of turning a mining, wood or leather resource into the next one up.

For example, capable of turning iron ingots into dull copper, or dull copper into copper and so forth. Same wih wood and leather.

Then what would be the purpose of rare spawn points?

If the ability of the philosopher's stone was capped to a reasonable quantity per day, players who needed more would still need to chop, mine and hunt.....

 

[Uvtha]

My Idea for a vet reward would be, a haunting. 1-10 choices of an ethreal creature that roams my house.

Like a herald but can be set to move in a limited manner thru-out my home but cant leave it.

I think that this is a great idea, something people have wanted something akin to for years. I for one, want giant spiders. If for no other reason than to explain the webs.

 

[AtlanticVlad]

I like the pet idea would be great for my stable...

 

[Corpse]

My Idea for a vet reward would be, a haunting. 1-10 choices of an ethreal creature that roams my house.

Like a herald but can be set to move in a limited manner thru-out my home but cant leave it.

Sounds like star wars galaxies hologram's..

 

[Flora Green]

My Idea for a vet reward would be, a haunting. 1-10 choices of an ethreal creature that roams my house.

Like a herald but can be set to move in a limited manner thru-out my home but cant leave it.

I would totally save up for that!

 

[Assia Penryn]

Hopefully we'll at least get a teaser in the FoF.

I love the ethereal creature idea

 

[jfkeach]

I would like to see an ethy dye tub... let us dye our ethies, and make them look like real mounts when ridden. Example, our cu ethies could be any color that cu's actually come in, including the blaze.

You don't have to do any graphics changes, just let us dye them colors that they appear naturally in game.

But let us dye our horses, to include shadow, etc... any color the horse is in game.

Let us dye the Ostards any color they appear in game.

Sure throw in the Hiryus, and let us dye them too

 

[Poo]

i still want a tent.

 

[Poo]

and a gorilla wearing a suit that is called Jeeves.

and an african explorer hat.

so then i can sit in my tent and pretend im out big game hunting and have Jeeves bring me cool refreshing drinks.

*sigh*