UO:Developer Meet And Greet from 2016-04-04

Developer Meet And Greet from 2016-04-04

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

Kyronix	Good Evening Lake Austin!
Mesanna	Good evening Lake Austin
Mesanna	shall we get started
Mesanna	Hi Dol
Dol	Evening developers!
Dol	I have two questions tonight.
Dol	First one is for Kyronix.
Dol	Kyronix, would you consider adding both Orc masks and helms to the
Dol	blackthorn turn ins?
Kyronix	We have a list of items that've been requested for Blackthorn's
Kyronix	Can certainly add those
Dol	Fantastic, looking forward to it!
Dol	Second question.
Dol	Recently on stratics, there has been requests for global events
Dol	which run at all times that the majority of the players can participate at all times
Dol	and earn rewards not based on logging in at certain times
Mesanna	are you talking about town invasions?
Dol	What is the future in terms of plans for global events?
Dol	No, not invasions. that is only one of many possibilities though =]
Mesanna	We have been putting in events that you can do over and over at any time
Dol	But anything from puzzles, or stuff like the old solen events
Mesanna	That was a request for the 20th year celebration of past events
Mesanna	is that what your talking about
Dol	Oh no, I dont mean a repeat of old events, just new ones along that line hehe
Dol	I just think the community feels, most major story lore
Dol	should be done as a global event
Kyronix	It is....
Mesanna	always has been
Mesanna	unless we ask the EM's for assistance with a global arc
Kyronix	In which case those are one off live elements that fit appropriately within the story
Kyronix	But the majority of the global lore is driven by content we create
Kyronix	I.E....we are in the midst of learning about the Valley of Eodon
Kyronix	In the wake of the Time of Legends expansion
Kyronix	We heard from people that they didn't want us to drop the new expansion like a hot potato
Kyronix	So we are keeping to that and fleshing out the valley and it's history
Kyronix	We just finished the interactions with the tribes people
Kyronix	In the Valley of One quest
Kyronix	Next we are moving into the Myrmidex Threat
Kyronix	that Sir Geoffrey eludes too
Kyronix	So...ya it's global lore driven by us:)
Dol	Well then looks like big stuff is coming
Dol	I will be watching =]
Dol	With that I am done
Dol	thanks for your time!
Mesanna	read the news letter coming out
Mesanna	it should help
Dol	I will thank you
Mesanna	welcome have a good evening
Taodkiller Dog	ev4ening
Mesanna	HI Taodkiller
Taodkiller Dog	my question is a confusion on game mechanijncs
TaodkillerDog	Could you explain how luck is applied to the loot in a party? Does the high dam dealers luck get applied
Taodkiller Dog	Is it random from all party members? Does the # of party members effect the loot.
Taodkiller Dog	confused how it works
Mesanna	Bleak has this one
Mesanna	so yes you are correct its totally random
Taodkiller Dog	i understand how luck works just not whose luck it takeS?
Taodkiller Dog	any damage dealers?
Taodkiller Dog	or just highest
Mesanna	it picks a random person in the party each time
Mesanna	as long as you are in the party
Mesanna	or do you need to be on the top attacker Bleak
Taodkiller Dog	oh boy i had that wrong ty
Mesanna	one sec
Mesanna	just making sure
Mesanna	I see your confusion
Mesanna	ok
Mesanna	so if you are on the top attacker list ie healer damage dealer
Mesanna	it picks a random person from there and uses their luck
Mesanna	BUT
Mesanna	not just your party
Taodkiller Dog	how many get top attacker status?
Taodkiller Dog	3 4 5 ?
Mesanna	so when Bleak said it was random he means random
Mesanna	depends on how many are healing or doing damage
Mesanna	hard question to answer
Taodkiller Dog	is there any advantage to being grouped for luck?
Mesanna	no sir not for luck
Mesanna	there is not
Taodkiller Dog	k ty
Mesanna	Hi Gary
Gary	hi
Gary	my question deals with runis
Gary	runics
Mesanna	returning player?
Gary	when you use the sturctural fortified fundemental and integral
Gary	properties
Gary	will there be any change to reflect how loot has changed/
Mesanna	umm
Mesanna	we have not touched Runics
Mesanna	so your question has us a tad confused
Gary	the runics work off the old shame loot sytems for properties
Misk	so reforging...
Gary	can not be repaired and what not
Gary	oh damn sorry reforging
Mesanna	ok runics had us confused
Mesanna	ok we are with you now
Gary	my mistake sorry
Gary	the 4 addition reforge props that seemingly are useless
Mesanna	are you asking if we are going to change the negatives
Gary	yes
Gary	currently all loot
Gary	that is brittle
Gary	is 255 durability
Gary	and no can not be rerpaired anymore
Mesanna	one sec
Gary	but runics still work off old system
Mesanna	We have had several people ask us this question
Gary	k
Mesanna	and honestly we can sit down and talk about all the issues brought up
Mesanna	but I can't tell you we are changing it right now
Gary	of course wanted to bring it up is all ty
Mesanna	we would have to do a complete over view of it and reevaluate that systen
Mesanna	Thats why we do these
Mesanna	thank you
Gary	ty
Mesanna	have a good evening
Mesanna	Hi Bishop
Bishop	hi Im asking for updates maybe
Bishop	anything new on tailisman properties
Bishop	protection and killer
Kyronix	We added some for Eodon
Bishop	did you determine they are working the way you wanred?
Bishop	wanted
Bishop	for protection
Bishop	and killer
Bishop	what the name applies to
Kyronix	It's specific to the creature
Bishop	so there are no super protections
Bishop	like slayers
Mesanna	no sir
Bishop	k ty vm
Mesanna	welcome
Bishop	:)
Fortunata	Good evening. Can the shard bound stealables from Ararat &Eodon please have a turn in value
Fortunata	other than 0 or less than one
Mesanna	we can do that
Fortunata	ty
Mesanna	welcome
Fortunata	also why are there times a group does shaowroof and has no drop?
Kyronix	The specialty drops are given randomly
Kyronix	Even if you don't get the specialty drops
Kyronix	The random loot that's generated on the bosses is amongst the best in the game
Kyronix	So it's a pretty strong consolation prize, even still the odds for getting drops are relatively high
Kyronix	Comparing to other encounters
Fortunata	ahh, just a tad disappointed for the effort to get into the encounter
Fortunata	ty for answering
Fortunata	goodnight
Mesanna	Have a good evening
Charmaiye	evening all
Mesanna	hi Charmaiye
Charmaiye	i'm standing in for gov Vyxen,
Charmaiye	she has brought up suggestions for monglow, and a fix, and was wondering if it's possible. she wrote it in a book.
Mesanna	do you have this book?
Charmaiye	who can i give that too to get answered.
Mesannas	me
Charmaiye	that is all i have, thank you for your time.
Mesanna	hi Bree
Bree Bloodbane	Greetings all and thank you for taking the timeto come here this evening
Mesanna	our pleasure
Bree Bloodbane	I am a returning player and have a question about housing
Mesanna	welcome back
Bree Bloodbane	Thank you *smiles*
Bree Bloodbane	in regards to co-owners specifically
Bree Bloodbane	used to be my co-owners could freely unlock and lock things down without problems
Bree Bloodbane	but now I have trouble
Bree Bloodbane	I can see where this could help with security
Mesanna	they can lock and unlock most things other than the items you placed as owner
Bree Bloodbane	but between multiple accounts it can cause issue
Bree Bloodbane	well I am experiencing
Bree Bloodbane	as the non home owner
Bree Bloodbane	if i place an item
Bree Bloodbane	another non home owner on same account
Bree Bloodbane	cannot unlock the item
Bree Bloodbane	is this a bug possibly?
Bree Bloodbane	sometimes I can unlock it, other times I cannot
Bree Bloodbane	mostly i cannot
Mesanna	we will have to look into this if you are seeing two different issues
Mesanna	random results
Mesanna	send me account and house info
Mesanna	and I will look into it
Bree Bloodbane	Ok, thank you
Mesanna	welcome
Bree Bloodbane	and have a great night *smiles*
Mesanna	you also
Mesanna	Hello Ozog
OZOG	AARP
OZOG	complaint
Mesanna	on Lake Austin?
OZOG	why dos udder shards semms to get ans from PEC
OZOG	CHESSY DONT
OZOG	neber gets an email back
Mesanna	Are you saying Wraith is not answering you?
OZOG	yerg
OZOG	or others
Mesanna	then I will discuss it with her tomorrow
OZOG	girkle
OZOG	*hands ice creeems cone*
OZOG	wabes
Mesanna	hi Basara
Basara	hi
Basara	don't get much chance to wear this robe
Basara	two questions.
Mesanna	you there?
Basara	first, my alliance is a pale shade of its former self. The leader hasn't played in 5 years, my guild
Basara	master lest 4 years ago under the shadow of stage 4 melanoma, fate unknown
Mesanna	ok I can fix the guild but not the alliance
Mesanna	by appointing a new GL
Mesanna	but you can quit the alliance
Mesanna	I can fix the guild though
Mesanna	and appoint a new guild master
Mesanna	but you guys can vote him out
Basara	that would be ok, but of course one of the difficulties will be eventually if we do another alliance
Mesanna	like I said you can always quit the alliance
Mesanna	once you get an active guild leader
Basara	some of the other guilds would eventually have to be fixed. And one guild is a legacy that has
Basara	only dead in RL members from where the player passed
Mesanna	I can only do it one at a time when its brought to my attention
Mesanna	email me the info and we will fix the guild
Basara	I'll see what I can dig up on the others. The second question is
Mesanna	what is your next question?
Basara	Is it safe to put the combination access chest I got in Fairfax the same time as this robe
Basara	out in public yet?
Mesanna	yes
Basara	IIRC there was a bug with it back then'
Mesanna	people can guess the combo if you have it out
Basara	That reminds me - I still need to get that print framed. forgot about it in my move.
Basara	TY
Mesanna	have a good evening
Mesanna	hi Lake
Lake	hello everyone!
Lake	I was wondering if the removal of pet spiritual cohesion will be in publish 93 and if swamp dragons are apart of it
Mesanna	no
Lake	to the publish 93 or both?:eek:
Mesanna	sorry no its not going to be in 93
Lake	aw =(
Mesanna	but we are doing a pet revamp in the near future
Mesanna	that will be addressed there
Lake	what about the swamp dragon part?:eek:
Mesanna	we will do it all at the same time
Mesanna	with the pet revamping
Lake	sounds great
Lake	Have a wonderful evening all
Mesanna	we still have not agreed on a final decision yet though
Mesanna	you also
Lake	I hope you guys will soon:D
Mesanna	hi Jahajx
Jahajx Jov	Good evening and thank you all for gracing our corner of the Multiverse.
Jahajx Jov	My question is in regards to the new skill primers.
Jahajx Jov	I have them stacking up and I'm not sure what to do with them.
Jahajx Jov	Are you planning on including a combine feature similar to scroll binders?
Mesanna	no we have not made any plans for books
Jahajx Jov	or perhaps a book shelf storage system similar to the Trancendence, Power and Alacrity books?
Jahajx Jov	at very least can they be worth something when thrown away for turn in points?
Mesanna	we can add them to the turn ins
Mesanna	yep
Mesanna	we can do that
Jahajx Jov	thank you for that
Mesanna	welcome
Jahajx Jov	on the subject of turn ins
Jahajx Jov	is there any chance that the hay and broken chair daily rares can have a turn in value?
Mesanna	those are just the rares not a stealable right?
Jahajx Jov	correct
Mesanna	we can add them
Jahajx Jov	again thank you
Mesanna	welcome
Jahajx Jov	until next we meet fairwell and safe travels
Mesanna	Good evening
Mesanna	hi Sulla
Sulla	Good Evening
Sulla	forgive me if this has been asked already
Sulla	i was wondering if you would reconsider the runebook colors
Sulla	they are very dark and hard to tell apart
Sulla	Plant stains are over ridden by the new colors
Mesanna	we will talk about reverting it
Sulla	its not so bad in your backpack
Sulla	but in rune libraries its terrible
Sullas	thank you Milady
Sulla	i pray for your favorable answer
Sulla	*bows*
Mesanna	welcome
Mesanna	Have a good evening
Sulla	you too
Mesanna	Ozog we are going to have a 20th year celebration you can get out of line
Sulla	im done thank you
Mesanna	anything else Sulla?
Sulla	i'll be back in a month
Mesanna	thank you
Mesanna	ok
Sulla	if you dont revert *winks*
Mesanna	shoo
Sulla	*waves*
Mesanna	=P
Mesanna	HI Tamais
Tamais	greeting My Lady and Sirs
Tamais	I run the player center and have a hard time providing full spell weaving books
Kyronix	What a fantastic choice in headware
Tamais	will it ever be possible for a scribe to make the spells?
Tamais	thank you
Tamais	excluding the two that require the quest
Mesanna	we can do one of two things
Mesanna	add them to mibs and more mobs
Mesanna	or
Mesanna	talk about scribes
Mesanna	but we will do something to make it easier to get the scrolls
Tamais	thank you so much
Mesanna	have a good evening
Tamais	be safe and sleep well
Mesanna	you also
Mesanna	hi Orion
Orion Bloodbane	Greeting, Oh Dark Lady
Orion Bloodbane	I come on behalf of my Dark Mistress and beg
Orion Bloodbane	might we all die a harsh fiery death tonight at your hands
Orion Bloodbane	oh powerful one?
Mesanna	how about just you =)
Orion Bloodbane	I would be honored!
Orion Bloodbane	Thank you!
Mesanna	Did you have a question?
Orion Bloodbane	I will forever remember tonight, My Queen
Orion Bloodbane	Nay
Orion Bloodbane	Thank you for your time
Mesanna	or just wanted to take the twang of blood in your mouth?
Mesanna	Next newsletter will be out this week
Mesanna	make sure everyone is signed up to get it please
Mesanna	Thanks for having us everyone
Mesanna	Sweet dreams!
Kyronix	Thanks Lake Austin! Have a wonderful evening!

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