UO:Developer Meet And Greet from 2016-01-11

Developer Meet And Greet from 2016-01-11

This meeting was held in English. It was logged by Larisa.

Kyronix	We are all so pleased to be on Origin tonight. Thanks everyone for coming out.
Kyronix	We'll be getting started in just a moment.
William Smithy	Lady Clementine and Intimanator both passed away last month. I have a question please. We (OKOJ & XMG) were wondering about memorials for Lady Hope and Wayne.
Kyronix	That is most unfortunate news, we are really sad to hear that. Our condolences are with their family and friends.
William Smithy	Thank you
EM Aumakua	Wayne's has been submitted, please send me Lady Hopes.
Kyronix	For memorials you can go ahead and work with your EM.
William Smithy	*bows* thank you again
Kyronix	Thanks
Kyronix	Hello Lord Thor
Thor	Hello
Kyronix	What can we do for you Thor?
Thor	Was wanting to ask about the copper shillings I lost in the bank and my new rune books don't work. Old books work fine.
Bleak	The Runic Atlas?
Thor	Yes
Bleak	We are aware of this issue that charges are not being used and it will be resolved next publish.
Thor	Thank you
Mesanna	Hi Thor, those items are lost, there is no way to confirm them in your bank. I am sorry.
Thor	Ok thanks anyway
Mesanna	Thanks for understanding.
Thor	That's it for me
Soldevi Extreme	HELLO
Mesanna	Hello
Kyronix	Hello
Soldevi Extreme	Hi there really is no player base left in Ultima Online, when are you going to address this? Like a standalone f2p server to bring new players in or anything? This game is better then the state it's in. Like any effort in increasing the population.
Mesanna	We strive to improve UO every time we publish
Soldevi Extreme	Would be great. That doesn't bring in any new players though, we need something major.
Mesanna	Besides free 2 play what would you suggest, keep in mind we are still under EA.
Soldevi Extreme	just a standalone f2p shard, we need something mesanna
Mesanna	I understand what you are saying.
Soldevi Extreme	Like give us something,this game is depressing to log into these days.
Sir LD	Hello
Mesanna	How can we help you?
Sir LD	Can you enchanted apple timers?
Mesanna	Do you mean change them? What is your issue with the timers?
Sir LD	Too long or they don't go off or work.
Mesanna	We will look into this, anything else?
Sir LD	I would like ten minutes for fighting in god mode for pvp
Mesanna	Dream on, have a good evening.
Toi Masheen	Hello!
Mesanna	Hi Toi
Toi Masheen	So, I guess I'll kinda part two on Soldevi's question. What if any effort is being made to repair the felucca community? Because people are leaving daily. I feel like back in the late 90's, this game flourished with pvp and now...it's just sad.
Mesanna	Let me turn this around, today do you have any suggestion besides f2p? We have dont content, VvV
Toi Masheen	Well, one thing that has been begged for over 5-8 years, is a legacy server.
Mesanna	Bleak is probably shaking his head right now so I will let him answer this one.
Toi Masheen	I mean in honesty, UO isn't getting NEW customers, it could get old ones back, that's the thing people could come back and would for a good reason.
Mesanna	we understand but you have to understand this. That's a big time consuming task. It would mean no new content to do this.
Toi Masheen	so you're telling me average joes can set up old legacy servers for player run servers but you as a large company running the game can't handle that?
Mesanna	You have to also understand in the 90's, there were 20 people on the UO team. We have 5 people on the UO team!
Toi Masheen	I understand that, but it's not new content you'd add, it's already been made it's not a new design.
Mesanna	but pulling out code is a huge task, seperating everything.
Toi Masheen	Do you feel the new expansion was succesful in bringing new players to Sosaria? Because I guarantee bringing back old ones would be a better usage of time. Thanks for the time.
Irenicus	Hail
Mesanna	Good evening
Irenicus	I have a complaint about abyss harpsicord deeds.
Mesanna	ok
Irenicus	everytime I try to do anything in the abyss, I end up with a pack of 80 harpsicord deeds in my pack and have to spend most of my time emptying my pack of those unwanted things that are being forced in my pack.
Mesanna	You would like them turned down? We will look at the spawning rate of them.
Irenicus	Turn them off. If you want to put them on corpses so if people want them they can get them.
Mesanna	ok, thank you for your suggestion.
Irenicus	having something auto-drop in your pack is very invasive uness it's a nice item of course lol.
Mesanna	Of course, we will look into that change.
Hydro Guardian	Hello
Mesanna	Greetings
Hydro Gardian	I was wondering if you could take out the cohesion on pets at the vet, waiting 3-4 minutes or for a tamer to show up is a pain, or at least have the time down some on dead pets.
Mesanna	we might look into shortening and will talk about removal as a team.
Hydro Guardian	ty, gnight
Mesanna	welcome, night
Whisper	Hail
Mesanna	Greetings
Kyronix	Hello
Whisper	Few questions for you. Some questions go with Sir's apple question. Is there a way to make the apple only remove 1 curse at a time, or raise it's timer? My second question, Chivalry Masteries. 4/6 casting and the Holy Fist spell is that going to be changed or nerfed? My third question, Mortal Strike with archery.
Bleak	There is a bug currently with Holy Fist
Whisper	What is the bug? If I may ask
Bleak	It can't be interrupted and that will be resolved next publish.
Whisper	so it will be able to be interrupted
Bleak	yes
Mesanna	We do not have an answer for the enchanted apple yet. We will discuss it.
Whisper	alright I have more question
Mesanna	wait, I am a little confused. Can you answer this for me? Enchanted apples have been out for awhile now, you are just now saying you want it nerfed? Is that correct?
Whisper	have you ever pvp'd as a necro mage? And someone eats one apple and all your curses are gone?
Mesanna	I get that, but this is the first time anyone has asked this. I am just a little confused as to why it has taken so long, that is all. We will discuss it.
Bleak	Currently have no plans to add Mortal Strike to any archery weapon, anymore :)
Whisper	That's not my question sir. Mortal Strike with archery there is no cooldown, but there is a cooldown on apples. So an archer can spam mortal strike and you can't do anything about it but die.
Bleak	Mortal Strike has diminishing returns on duration
Whisper	It doesn't matter if you can spam it you do not become immune.
Bleak	We can take another look at the effectiveness of the DR
Whisper	Or you can take timers off apples :) Have a good night
Bleak	Thank you
Mesanna	You also
Sho-Rimbo	Hi
Mesanna	Greetings
Kyronix	Hello!
Sho-Rimbo	I have a statement rather then a question. It relates entirely to the state of the game and my opinion of how it was and also how it is. I recently visited an old rares collector. He was collecting some very old clothing and it was a nice collection. We got to talking about mesanna items and how they have affected the game. I believe it has impacted UO in a negative manner as more people spend their time chasing you around from one shard to another it leaves massive holes in the rest of the game. I ask you to stop making the pretty hued crap and let the game produce it's own items and perhaps some reds will feel like they should go back to fel instead of chasing 500m items. The items may be one of a kind but the only reason people hunt them is they no longer have to find a living in game. Use the older methods like the double clicky statues.
Mesanna	That's not happening
Sho-Rimbo	and try not to harm the economy in favor of popularity
Mesanna	and you are talking about EM items. Every item with my name also has the same items with the dev team.
Sho-Rimbo	no, I am talking about all the crap that is deemed a rare because you only put 10 in that day.
Mesanna	That's an EM item, I have never given out 10 of any items.
Sho-Rimbo	Think about it. 500m items make this an Obama administration...
Mesanna	I am not going to sit here and argue with you
Sho-Rimbo	Neither am I, at least you are getting paid :) you are welcome.
Mesanna	to be honest I could care less if anything ever drops with my name on it.
Melody	Hello All
Mesanna	Hello Melody
Melody	I have two quick questions. One can there be castles ever in Luna?
Mesanna	No, the server cannot handle the load
Melody	and two, are you aware that in plant beds the plants never have the rare black or white adaption.
Mesanna	In garden beds?
Melody	From if you like you plant locked down.
Mesanna	I did not know that
Melody	Yes you get rare black or white sometimes but not in the beds.
Mesanna	Interesting, I will have to check that out.
Melody	I have been planting plants a long time and never black or white in beds.
Kyronix	I'd have to check to be 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure that is working as intended.
Melody	why make it not able to do in plant beds, that is the whole point of having them, we pay for them.
Kyronix	Understand this was done awhile ago, but likely because they don't require any upkeep. We'll discuss it and have a look to be certain.
Melody	hmm well can that be changed? I hope so, would be awesome, ty so much, have a great night.
Mesanna	You also. Hello again Thor
Thor	Will we ever be able to place homes in eodon area i see lotsa green behind the trees that is blocked.
Kyronix	The Native Eodonians would likely burn your home to the ground for invading their soverign lands.
Thor	Thank you lol
Mesanna	lol...hello DarkLotus
DarkLotus	hi, ok just one thing as a necro mage pvper I agree with the apples needing to only take one debuff at a time it ruins half my temp. DOOOOOMM!!!!! DOOMM!!! great content, update the arties for it!
Mesanna	lol we will have a discussion tomorrow about it
DarkLotus	oh and mesanna items pfft that guy is whack we love em! That's all, have a great night!
Mesanna	*smiles* night, but he is entitled to his opinion
Soldevi Extreme	Hail again, I just had a few questions about skills. Can tactics requirement for mages using specials be removed or at least linked to a useful skill like eval int? Mage temps are so restrictive, and necromancy forms and strangle need buffs our top end spell is vampirec embrace and the thing is only good on a pvm dexxer. Strangle is a dot that needs to be on for a full duration to do any good. A necro dexxer in pvp is not viable, there are like 30 ways to remove curses, strangle should not be classified as a curse :( and Vampiric embrace should be on par with stone form for effectiveness.
Mesanna	Bleak has this, give him a sec
Bleak	No plans to change tactics requirements at the moment. This would need to be discussed with the community more on an open platform.
Soldevi Extreme	Ok buff necro forms tho
Bleak	We will take a look at more templates
Sir Wayne	Greetings Mesanna, Misk and Team
Mesanna	Greetings
Sir Wayne	I recently returned to UO a few days ago
Mesanna	Welcome back
Sir Wayne	and played since 1997 until a few years ago when the economy took a turn for the worse and I had to leave, loosinga luna house and castle. Now that I am back, my question is, to make it easier with a smaller population is it possible to link bank accounts wide into 1 account? Would make it more appeasing on lower populated shards.
Mesanna	Currency Conversion...you mean cross shards?
Sir Wayne	yes Ma'am
Mesanna	We recently put in currency conversion doing that is a lot more detailed
Sir Wayne	Getting started again, would make it easier to get involoved a bit more. I mean more for armor, weapons, items and resources to rebuild, and would give us returning players more of a variety of things to do, events, and people to play with.
Mesanna	do you mean just money or your whole bank?
Sir Wayne	Entire bank, but just 1 bank shared between your account only regardless of shard, just a thought.
Mesanna	we can look into it but I highly doubt it will happen anytime soon so no promises.
Mesanna	Greetings Running Bear
Running Bear	Hi, I was wondering if you have figured out why the look in shame dungeon, epecially for the unbound was nerfed so badly following the global loot changes is publish 86.3. Used to give the best loot.
Kyronix	What do you consider *best*?
Running Bear	Legendary drops
Kyronix	So you're saying you don't get any legendary drops now?
Running Bear	I get one every 6 hours as opposed to 4-5 an hour b4, loot is less then a balron now.
Kyronix	Are we talking about specific items, like weapons? Jewelry? Armor?
Running Bear	yes the random loot drop, all of it.
Bleak	more jewelry?
Running Bear	it's like a air elemental now in terms of loot table.
Kyronix	We can take another look at it, but you also have to understand that one area isn't going to deliver the best loot forever.
Running Bear	Did you intent to change it? Or did the change in 86.3 cause it unintended.
Kyronix	The game is constantly evolving, and we adjust the loot accordingly to entice exploration of new content, we did not deliberatly change anything. What you can do though, is send us all your template info including stats, skills, luck, what suit you've got on
Running Bear	then I asking you to look at shame because it changed, same toons before and now, just want you to check to see if it working as you intend is all cus I think it's broken.
Kyronix	in order to try to reproduce it we need an accurate test case of what you're experiencing, which includes all your stats, luck, skills etc. Like I said we need to be able to replicate your situation to determine whether that is the case or not.
Running Bear	on the boards it not just me noone hunts there anymore
Kyronix	Send us that information and we can begin to look at it.
Running Bear	ok ty
Mesanna	Greetings Bishop
Bishop	hiya
Kyronix	Hello!
Bishop	I have many jewelry pcs that are prized or completely clean, but cannot be powdered of fortification. Is there a fix your working on for this issue?
Mesanna	Never could be
Bishop	never what could be
Mesanna	at this time we are not planning on changing that. Jewelry.
Bishop	whats the value of having it clean then? if it can't be powdered? Its just like imbued.
Mesanna	no neg properties
Kyronix	The budgets are way above what you can get with imbuing
Bishop	so is armor and everything else but you can powder them
Mesanna	there is a big difference. most jewelry start with 255 dur, armor doesn't. That chest is 43 dur.
Bishop	you should tell you gms and others they said it was bugged
Mesanna	what GM said that, and I will make sure they have the correct info
Bishop	i didnt write the name sorry, and the helper you can page no info
Mesanna	Advisors?
Bishop	said that jewelry was different..yes advisor also
Mesanna	I will take care of the advisors and make sure they know the difference
Bishop	so it the way you want it to be now? That's troubling.
Omegaman	Hi
Mesanna	Greetings...no more in line guys. How can we help you Omegaman
Omegaman	My antique jewelry loses durability when be affected by bard mastery songs even when I'm not taking damage the items will go all the way to 0/255 but will not lose durability after reaching 0 IE 0/254. Is this durability lose supposed to happen from bard songs?
Bleak	Yes
Omegaman	oh and can you use powder of fort on antique jewels or are they different too?
Bleak	You cannot powder jewelry period
Omegaman	so antique is like seriously bad. Do you have that information somewhere on a website?
Bleak	You get higher intensity items, it's a trade-off.
Kyronix	There is a page you can check
Omegaman	Im sorry I was told jewelry was no different than anything else so it's just a new is all.
Kyronix	It's on UO.com in the Wiki search for "Random Loot Generator" At the bottom of the page there is an explanation of how it works. Random Loot Generator – Ultima Online
Omegaman	But antique armor is different, and weaps. Jewelry has no powder, that's a discription for antique in your guides. 3 powders. Is there a place that so monster loot tables?
Kyronix	No, that information isn't available
Omegaman	anyhow why does my antique jewelry lose durability to a bard song? Is that intended? A trade off?
Mesanna	yes as intended. it's good to not have a song running when it's not needed. Anything else?
Omegaman	why antique and nothing else what's the special reason?
Mesanna	I thought Bleak answered that question, you get higher intensity items.
Erasmus	Hello
Mesanna	Hi Erasmus
Erasmus	one small question, when will gargoyles be given the opportunity to achieve the 5% mining bonus?
Mesanna	because you need the gloves?
Erasmus	indeed, gloves cannot be altared.
Mesanna	we will look at the conversion for gargoyles
Erasmus	thank you
Mesanna	welcome...and hi Whisper
Whisper	Hail again, my question has to do with Shadowguard. With some people i have ran with they have been down there 10-15 times and only got 1 arty. is the drop rate just that low?
Kyronix	Part of it is random, part of it is based on your luck
Whisper	i understand that but even with 2480 luck no including statue
Kyronix	On the other hand I've seen reports of people getting many in a row, so like I said, part of it is random, part is related to the luck stat.
Whisper	that is true I know it's random
Kyronix	All depends on how your rolls play out
Whisper	Okay thank you
Brian DeSpell	Greetings, and well met, gentle dev folks. :eek:
Mesanna	hi Brian
Brian DeSpell	I have two easy questions, if I man. I know Eodon is the new hotness, but I have a question about Ter Mur. There still is one large inaccessible area generally called "void island" which is blocked by a temporary wall at 472x3724. Any plans to make that area accessible, to finish out Ter Mur? Second, there was a patch last year or so which made *all* static containers locked. This included Luna bank's chests, the malas hidden pouches/bones, the barrels in Shame, etc. And the mage "unlock" spell does not work on these, either. Lockpicking a bones pile or a barrel just doesn't make a ton of sense, and the Luna chests were useful. Is there any chance that the change can be re-examined?
Mesanna	We will look at the chests. As for Ter Mur I do not have an answer for you right now.
Brian DeSpell	ok, fair enough...just didn't want it to be forgotten lol. Thank you for your time tonight :)
Mesanna	We have not forgotten
Hong Kong Phooey	Hi, will we ever be able to alter garg jewels to say, human jewels? Not ones that are altered from human to garg. but ones that drop as garg.
Mesanna	I highly doubt it
Hong Kong Phooey	because I am understand not reversing an alteration. But it is a little silly...you can alter a small ring into a larger ring, but not a large ring into a small ring.
Mesanna	you can not alter jewelry at all at this time
Hong Kong Phooey	yes you can. can be changed to gargoyle. Human Jewelry can be changed to gargoyle. Please, attempt it. Craft ring or brac (human) alter to gargoyle.
Mesanna	ok we will talk about it
Hong Kong Phooey	Thank you...also people here say Im hack, cheater. I am attempt to be very much honorable and very prominent, can you scan me to show that I am not hacker but am very honorable?
Mesanna	You don't want to do this now...trust me
Hong Kong Phooey	O well okay
Mesanna	smart choice :)
Hydro Guardian	Quick question, spellweaving doesn't require sc right, why does casting reaper throw shield that isn't but other spells don't
Mesanna	sc?
Hydro Guardian	spell channeling
Mesanna	ok that's a bug that is written up
Hydro Guardian	ok that's all thx, have a gnight
Mesanna	have a good evening...Good Night Origin
Kyronix	Good Night Everyone!
Bleak	Good Night
EM Aumakua	Thank you for coming Mesanna and Developers, have a great night everyone! :)

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