Developer Meet And Greet from 2016-06-28

Developer Meet And Greet from 2016-06-28

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

Mesanna	good afternoon everyone, shall we get started?
EM Emile Layne	Ready when you are
Mesanna	Greetings Abraham
Abraham Lincoln	Good evening Lady Mesanna, and thank you for journying to the distant land of Europe, home of Tea, mushy peas, and bad techno music. I have just a few questions
Mesanna	lol
Abraham Lincoln	the exploit with shadowguard roof that you can afk it with pets, could that be fixed?
Mesanna	yes it can. We have that issue written up
Abraham Lincoln	cool. it would be great if that couldnt be afked anymore.ok, and i know theres been talk of brittle on barbed runics going to 255 dura. I think thats a bad idea because barbed kits are scriptable and no one would hunt anymore
Kyronix	We are talking about all the various balancing concerns and ramifications. Since the issue was brought up at the Drachenfels meet & greet
Abraham Lincoln	thanks, yes its a tricky situation
Kyronix	Nothing is finalized and we are still a ways off from any kind of implementation plan So we thank you for the feedback!
Abraham Lincoln	welcome ! Ok, last question. are there any plans for an official UO forum?Stratics is getting bad, and now its not even a matter of losing your stratics account now theres an administrator who can see everyones IPs, and this person lets just say should not be able to see that.
Mesanna	Yes we are looking at building our own forums but you will only be able to post if your account is active
Abraham Lincoln	i really fear for my personal Real Life information now on that site
Abraham Lincoln	is this thing on?
Mesanna	yes I heard you fear that stratics will get out info they should not
Abraham Lincoln	yes, i dont feel my real life information is safe there anymore
Mesanna	I will not talk bad about stratics, I can only control what is under me. Stratics is not.
Abraham Lincoln	you bring people there by posting
Mesanna	Anything else sir?
Abraham Lincoln	all im saying is, i feel without official forums this game has little time left. Happy Fourth of July !
Mesanna	and I said we were looking into developing our own forums
Abraham Lincoln	I beg of you to support Freedom
Mesanna	and privacy
Abraham Lincoln	thankyou, it just helps to know you listen and care
Mesanna	just be patient
Abraham Lincoln	ok ive taken enough of your time
Mesanna	when we have a final decision we will tell everyone
Abraham Lincoln	thanks again
Mesanna	welcome
Wraith	hiya
Mesanna	Greetings Wraith
Wraith	couple of questions :) ill try be quick
Wraith	1. current legendary armour situation has wiped out much of crafting, could runics and imbue system be given a buff ? also only 2-3 spots you can hunt for legendaries anyway and, i hate random armour property, and the fact you even created brittle etc :)
Kyronix	This came up at the Drachenfels Meet & Greet
Wraith	i didnt see that sorry i dont read stratics :)
Kyronix	Crafting, in all its forms, allows you to select which properties you want to a certain degree. Some systems more so and others, but at the end of the day you have a choice in building a suit Or a weapon or whatever
Wraith	its become obselete, you need to see that.
Kyronix	The randomly generated loot is just that, random
Wraith	youve got so many good and bad systems in this game
Kyronix	If you are going for an absolute min/max situation, sure but obsolete is a strong word
Wraith	its the right word ;) ill leave it at that, that point.
Wraith	2, personal favourite of mine, ever since i started playing, in 98 or whatever, the whole avatar concept was a favourite of mine. is there, could you introduce a bonus/something for achieving knight of all 8 ? :)
Kyronix	It's something we talked about when we finished the last two
Wraith	i know ive been watching for a long time :)
Kyronix	But didn't want to rush getting all eight so we are still concepting it
Wraith	no worries.
Kyronix	Also we need to rebalance some of the exisiting ones, it's written up in our backlog for a future publish
Wraith	re some of the virtues, some are very template specific honour i guess, based around samurai skills. anyways, moving on ;) ill stop there tbh, 2 of my main points :)
Kyronix	Thanks for the feedback!
Wraith	np :)
Mesanna	If you want to go any deeper then email me your thoughts
Wraith	ah ha ! would love to :)
Mesanna	have a good afternoon
Wraith	thank you :)
Mesanna	welcome
Mesanna	Good afternoon Anna
Anna Goodward	Good day guys
Kyronix	Hello!
Anna Goodward	Everyone was talking to you so I guess I do that too GRins
Anna Goodward	Well. First thing I wanted to ask is whether you guys had any chance to look into this weird targetting bug in EC for player houses. It renders decorating in EC a nightmare. We talked about that by email if you recall, Mesanna
Mesanna	We did talk about letting a ghost image show up
Anna Goodward	Huh?
Mesanna	but there were issues that needed to be fixed. you are talking about placement of items right
Anna Goodward	Yes
Kyronix	House addons or other items?
Anna Goodward	When there is a container under the cursor on floor beneath it is jinxed. As if it tries to drop the item through the floor into that container. Same happens to addons like deed carpets. They might just appear on the floor below in worst case
Mesanna	we are aware of this issue and it is written up. Bleak will have a look at it and see if he can fix it
Anna Goodward	Well, that's something at least. This bug was in KR client, then it was gone in SA until the high seas been patched into If that helps anything
Anna Goodward	Another question would be if you have in mind to bring more "craftables" in. Like for a winery or even making juice or such
Mesanna	we have talked about more liquors etc
Anna Goodward	Sorry, for the rather non combat related questions :D
Mesanna	I think bringing in wine would be nice
Mesanna	its ok not everyone likes fighting
EM Emile Layne	Any more questions Anna?
Anna Goodward	And at last a question out of interrest: Is there anything in the pipe regarding the governor system?
Kyronix	Not right now. One of the more prevalant topics regarding Governors is a request that they be able to decorate within the city, placing items and such and sorry, but that's just not going to happen
Anna Goodward	Ahh well. Was just curious
Kyronix	We have the library of various addons that is still available. We've got a few items in there, but it's not robust enough to put more development into. If you've got suggestions though, feel free to send them in!
Anna Goodward	Shall do, thank you. That be all then. Have nice day
Mesanna	have a great afternoon
Mesanna	Greetings Petra
Petra Fyde	greetings lady and minions :D
Mesanna	evil grin
Petra Fyde	the pet re-vamp is getting closer
Mesanna	Yes it is getting closer
Petra Fyde	Will there be a way to convert our existing pets to the re-vamped stats, or will we need to tame and train all new pets?
Mesanna	You know that it will not be this year right? It is one of the top things on the list for next year though
Petra Fyde	I'm patient :D
Mesanna	alot of planning has to be done to balance these and make the old new again. Personally I can't wait to see Nightmares used and WW's of Old
Petra Fyde	in the past changes to mob stats meant only new ones were affected
Mesanna	the revamp is exactly that old and new will be reviewed it will effect existing pets also yes
Petra Fyde	I remember when squirrels were fixed poor opfasta stayed broke :(
Mesanna	poor baby but it will not happen this time
Petra Fyde	thank you, that is my only question tonight
Mesanna	most welcome
Petra Fyde	thank you for your time
Mesanna	have a great evening
Mesanna	Greetings Lien
Lien Ragus	greetings Milady and Mylords. no real new questions but still old ones if i may. as far as Powder of Fortif is concerned would it be possible to allow the use of either 1 charge or the full pot at once ?
Mesanna	we can talk about putting in a slide bar after its stacked
Lien Ragus	ah they should stack then ? good news :)
Mesanna	yes we are talking about it
Lien Ragus	great !
Mesanna	it might not be a slide bar but you could put in a number
Lien Ragus	my poor hand is thinking you in advance then
Mesanna	we have not come up with a final decision but we understand and we have talked about this several times
Lien Ragus	yes i know sorry for that
Mesanna	its ok
Lien Ragus	but really need to allow my right hand some rest
Mesanna	understand
Lien Ragus	i d like to ask (again) if you could consider adding water tiles as rare drops from some bosses
Mesanna	nope, I would consider adding a pond deed
Lien Ragus	ah nice
Lien Ragus	and my last question is about sailing. would you consider creating an item like a magic wheel or such to shorten the sea travelling not like a recall
Kyronix	So power boats?
Mesanna	isn't that called recall or gate
Kyronix	Basically
Lien Ragus	i meant when sailing to or from the emporium or finding a mib and such
Mesanna	we don't have power boats!
Kyronix	Steamships!
Lien Ragus	it s often asking big time to sail back and forth
Mesanna	yes but we are trying to give your hand a break =)
Lien Ragus	hehehe
Mesanna	with the sailing between locations
Lien Ragus	fair enough okie okie i deserve it i guess lol but would be nice anyway
Mesanna	we can look into it but really no promises
Lien Ragus	yes of course and nothing urgent there just a thought
Mesanna	nods
Lien Ragus	thanks for listening and answering
Mesanna	welcome that is what we are here for
Lien Ragus	wish you a nice day
Mesanna	you also
Hoarse Whisperer	good evening :)
Mesanna	Greetings Hoarse
Hoarse Whisperer	quick couple regarding the pit. if not in a group takes a long time to complete. is there anything can be done to reduce time for this? not easy to find ppl at times to do it with
Kyronix	We have no plans to change it at this time, it's a fairly straightforward fight even if you are going at it alone
Hoarse Whisperer	is not the difficulty, just the time taken. can be a long encounter solo
Kyronix	Thanks for the feedback, we can take another look at it
Hoarse Whisperer	2nd point, with the 2nd and 3rd waves, the amount of disarm and parry too high even with 120 weapon and lvl3 primer
Kyronix	Something we can also take a look at
Hoarse Whisperer	ok thank you for your time :)
Kyronix	Thanks for the feedback!
Mesanna	welcome
Livingstone	Evening all
Mesanna	Greetings Livingstone
Livingstone	I will be quick about it although I am not known for a lack of words. I managed to reinstate 3 of 4 accts after 12 years which is impressive the 4th remains empty. What does one do when support@ultima does not answer?
Mesanna	email me and I will find out what is really going on
Livingstone	ok
Mesanna	in some cases I get that complaint and when I speak to them the email sent to the players has not been answered so just email me and I will look into it
Livingstone	We had a lively conversation then at acct 4 it just stopped. ok then q2
Mesanna	btw I have had Junk mail eat a few of my emails =)
Livingstone	when will tailor bods get some love? They seem pretty useless nowadays....5000 clicks to get...nothing..
Misk	seriously....
Livingstone	I am sure she binned them Misk..but shht..
Mesanna	when we get to the bod revamp
Livingstone	which is...soon? ;D
Mesanna	not this year
Livingstone	heh, ok ;-)
Mesanna	When we get to this point we are in holiday mode to be honest
Livingstone	Well then, rests me to thank you for keeping the game alive while I was erm..sleeping
Mesanna	between halloween, thanksgiving etc we have alot to get done for you guys
Livingstone	and thank the community for all the help on returning ;-)
Livingstone	this is Europa, whats thanksgiving :p
Mesanna	lets get Halloween first
Livingstone	Well, I wont keep you, thanks for keeping it alive
Mesanna	you can't tell me you don't eat turkey
Livingstone	and have a great Halloweengivingthingy
Mesanna	welcome. Thank you
Double Tap	Evening
Mesanna	Greetings Double
Double Tap	i got a few questions ill try be quick. Steam? ever goin to happen? it would save the game
Mesanna	I can't answer that, it was sent to EA for next approval we have not getting it as of yet
Double Tap	well it would be nice
Misk	agreed!
Double Tap	and another, could you add the fill from bag to bod system? as in trade quest pretty please
Mesanna	we can look into it yes, its doable so we will see
Double Tap	aye just copy the code simple. thats all thank you for your time
Mesanna	lol Just is a dangerous word with UO
Double Tap	i know
Mesanna	have a good evening
Double Tap	fix something there break something else
Mesanna	exactly
Double Tap	take care
Mesanna	you also
Mesanna	Greetings Climax
Climax	hello. If an item spawns / drops that cannot be POF'd, could you please add the "brittle" tag to these. This way it keeps everything consistent with the current loot/crafting system or allow non-brittle items to be POF'd
Kyronix	Are you talking specifically about rings and jewelry?
Climax	anything. Artifacts, jewels, etc. I can powder my mace and shield glasses for example, but not my newer items they dont say "brittle" its not consistent
Kyronix	It seems like adding an additional item property to do the job the failure message from the PoF already accomplishes
Climax	yes sure but if i sell an item the player wont know this
Kyronix	That's a fair point. It's something we can talk about finding a solution for
Climax	thats what we like to hear :) also in the video "What's New for UO in 2015" you said the new account management was coming in mid May 2015, can we expect it soon?
Mesanna	So we do have an engineer still working on the changes. As you know its a PITA for the players. And its also a PITA to change it safely, but I can tell you that we are going to try to roll out a few changes at a time. One of the first will be linking and unlinking your own accounts
Climax	nice, its so confusing
Mesanna	I agree
Climax	also how about a few items on the new store, dyes etc (like the cleanup ones) btw great job on that
Mesanna	I can't deny any thing said about the account management page, its horrible
Climax	one more quick one about justice virtue. Its hard to find red players to keep my justice up. How about killing an OJ in a town can add some?
Kyronix	This goes back to the question regarding Virtues
Climax	and i would LOVE to see VvV in dungeons
Kyronix	Justice is one of a few that needs a tweak to bring it up to speed with the rest of the PvP climate. Thanks for the suggestions, will add those to the list!
Climax	I would also like to say the new currency system and vendor search are amazing additions to the game recently, thank you for these and last I :heart: KYRONIX ty for your time
Kyronix	Hehe, you gotta thank Bleak for those
Misk	we all :heart: Kyronix!
Kyronix	Although i will be happy to take his karma
Climax	LONG LIVE UO!
Tinkerbelle	Hello Ladies & Gents. I was wondering if its possible to adjust the seed boxes a little and have it so we can select how many seeds we want, not just 1 or all
Bleak	We can look into improving the UI flow
Tinkerbelle	Ui flow? yes as it is tiring having to dig them out 1 by 1 and some times i cant hold all, maybe a slider? to select
Bleak	allowing you to remove a specific amount
Mesanna	Tinkerbell we will look into fixing this
Tinkerbelle	yes please
Mesanna	we have talked about it alot since it takes forever
Tinkerbelle	Thank you! yes indeed it does appreicated
Mesanna	no worries
Tinkerbelle	Thank you have a nice day
Mesanna	You also Tinkerbell
Itron	Hallo Madames and Sirs
Mesanna	hi Itron
Itron	i got 3 topics. first would it be possilbe to have a look at the guild interface it would really kind if we can leave offline message to guild members and can look in alliances who is online and who not. I can see that for my guild.. but not for alliance there might be more topics on that f.e. message from counsellors to GM. could you put some effort in that? hard to see, who is online in alliance
Mesanna	we can look into seeing if it would be worth the time to make this change
Itron	thank you
Mesanna	if it took Bleak 1 month not really worth the change
Itron	second topic, if you go down in dungeon and kill mass monsters, you get lots of message spawns about loyality raising. I would love to switch that message off. loyality to town i mean,my journal gets mass spammed by that, hard to read other messages
Mesanna	that is probably doable
Itron	great
Itron	third question, the new armor you can craft from eodon, and which drops, why cant i enhance it. its studded armor, i got a nice tiger pelt collar
Mesanna	we had addressed this at an earlier Meet and Greet
Itron	ups sorry ok think thats all for now thank you
Anonymous	Here I am again, asking the same thing on All Meetings!Can We please get the POF to be stackable
Mesanna	and we answered it earlier I thought
Anonymous	any eta?
Mesanna	that we would look into that when we do the bod revamp
Anonymous	ohh sweeet, so I guess this will be my last time asking
Mesanna	I do not have the specific time at this time
Mesanna	is that it?
EM Emile Layne	Yup, that's all we have I think
Mesanna	Please help me congratulating Bleak. He is our latest newlywed!!
EM Emile Layne	Congrats Bleak!
Mesanna	Thanks for showing up today in such short notice and please accept my apology about yesterday, totally my fault. Email if you have any other comments and watch for the newsletter.
Mesanna	Thank you Europa for having us
Kyronix	Thanks Europa!
Bleak	Thanks Everyone!
Misk	goodbye guys!
EM Emile Layne	Thank you all for coming!
Kyronix	Goodbye!

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