Developer Meet And Greet from 2016-11-28

Developer Meet And Greet from 2016-11-28

This meeting was held in English (devs) and Japanese (questioners). EM Asiantam moderated, translating for the questioners and devs as needed. It was logged by spin.

Mesanna	ok guys
Mesanna	Bleak will join us soon
Mesanna	lets begin
EM Asiantam	ok
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about the box at Britain for the purpose to stack the tiles
EM Asiantam	but not all of them are stacking
EM Asiantam	can you fix it?
Mesanna	we will look at it
Kyronix	There are several versions that won't stack with each other
Kyronix	Like grass, there are 4 different types
Kyronix	Which tiles aren't stacking?
EM Asiantam	no he is asking to stack them altogether
Mesanna	not possible
Kyronix	That is not possible
EM Asiantam	but there re 4 versions, right?
EM Asiantam	ok
Mesanna	different types
EM Asiantam	thnk you!
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	greetings
(questioner)	Good evening.
(questioner)	There is a request for improvement on the Moonglow Zoo (Britania Royal Zoo).
(questioner)	The current zoo community collection,
(questioner)	It is becoming content that is not very appealing
(questioner)	to the extent that the burden is large.
Mesanna	we can put it on the list to try to update it
Mesanna	but I do agree it could use a facelift
EM Asiantam	so it is in the list?
Mesanna	we will add it to the things to do
Mesanna	as in put it on the list
(questioner)	If possible, please change to an attractive one that you can enjoy for Tamer.
Mesanna	*nods*
(questioner)	Thank you.
Mesanna	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	when he dies while he is in Reaper form, his corpse going to grey named
EM Asiantam	in both Tram and Fel
EM Asiantam	Wraith form and Lich form's corpse is in blue named
EM Asiantam	so can you make all corpses to blue named?
Mesanna	can his body be looted in Tram even though his corpse is grey?
EM Asiantam	no he cant
Mesanna	ok
Mesanna	can he be looted in Fel
EM Asiantam	he cant
Mesanna	we are not aware of this issue but need to know everything about it to try to reproduce it
Mesanna	so its just a matter of the color of his corpse right?
EM Asiantam	yep grey or blue
Mesanna	he can loot his own corpse right?
EM Asiantam	yes he can
Mesanna	ok
Mesanna	I will tell you this we will look into it but since it does not interfer with game play
Mesanna	we will fix other bugs first
Mesanna	that do interfer ok
Mesanna	one more question
Mesanna	what custum UI is he using
Mesanna	if any?
Mesanna	are you using Pinco's UI?
EM Asiantam	he is classic user
Mesanna	ok thanks
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	he wants to eat honey
EM Asiantam	thats all
EM Asiantam	:D
EM Asiantam	he wants to eat it!
Mesanna	ok
EM Asiantam	definitely
EM Asiantam	he can obtain it, but he can7t eat it
Mesanna	lol probably not just cook with it
EM Asiantam	yep
EM Asiantam	eat it
EM Asiantam	not to cook
EM Asiantam	eat the bottle of honey
EM Asiantam	or make it empty
Mesanna	I understand
Mesanna	we will see what we can do about that
Mesanna	we should put in honey combs
Mesanna	to find in trees
EM Asiantam	nice
Mesanna	to make honey =)
EM Asiantam	cute idea
EM Asiantam	thank you very much
EM Asiantam	he loves you
Mesanna	lol
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about christms gift
EM Asiantam	there are some gift items that we cant to turn to points
EM Asiantam	can you update them?
Mesanna	wait
Mesanna	are you saying the gifts you have not gotten yet
EM Asiantam	no
Mesanna	can not be turned in or christmas pasts
EM Asiantam	there are some past christmas gift items
EM Asiantam	that we can't turn to points
EM Asiantam	she wants them updated
Mesanna	Not sure I want them as turn in's
EM Asiantam	because her house is full
EM Asiantam	;)
Mesanna	we will talk about it
Mesanna	how about this
Mesanna	send me a list of the ones you would like added
Mesanna	I can't promise all will be added
Mesanna	but we will look over the list
EM Asiantam	Thank you!
Mesanna	greetings
EM Asiantam	he is asking for town invasion event
EM Asiantam	is that going to happen?
EM Asiantam	or something similar to that
Mesanna	Later
EM Asiantam	ok
Mesanna	not for christmas =)
Mesanna	but we will do a town invasion
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about bulk order book cover
EM Asiantam	can you add new colors suitable for new BODs?
EM Asiantam	in UO store
EM Asiantam	or
EM Asiantam	by dye tub
Mesanna	Yes that is a good idea
EM Asiantam	in the store? :)
Mesanna	we will add it to the store
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about election system
EM Asiantam	please make it more strict
EM Asiantam	for example
EM Asiantam	character created more than 6 months before
EM Asiantam	or
EM Asiantam	skill total 500 or more
Mesanna	We have dicussed about only letting you vote on a shard if you own a house there
EM Asiantam	thank you!
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	return to Britannia
EM Asiantam	you haven't held it for a while
EM Asiantam	do you have any future plan?
Mesanna	No we have something else in mind for the later part of next year
Mesanna	when we have more details we will announce it
Mesanna	You guys are going to love it =)
EM Asiantam	Thank you!
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	he is asking to fix the landscape
Mesanna	can he be a bit more specific
EM Asiantam	there are some place with broken landscape
EM Asiantam	like
EM Asiantam	coast line
Mesanna	send us the locations he finds and we will look into it
EM Asiantam	there are many places
Mesanna	EC client?
(questioner)	no classic
Mesanna	we will look into it
Mesanna	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	he came to ask to bring banana and banana trees at Councelor hall on Wakoku
Mesanna	lol
EM Asiantam	they were disappeared
Mesanna	I will look at it
Mesanna	The hall I built Tam?
EM Asiantam	I think he is talking about Brit Councelor hall
EM Asiantam	the banana trees and bananas were there for more than 10 years
Mesanna	I did not delete them
EM Asiantam	not sure why they were disappeared
Mesanna	nor did anyone else on the team that I am aware of
Mesanna	like I said I will look into it
EM Asiantam	strange
EM Asiantam	why they disappeared suddenly?
Mesanna	lol no idea
Mesanna	stranger things have happened
Mesanna	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	she joined to Artisan Festival on TC 1
EM Asiantam	about the gift boxes
EM Asiantam	we cant walk through those gift boxes
Mesanna	thought we fixed that
Mesanna	you still can't here?
Mesanna	umm we fixed it
EM Asiantam	she went to check it just a few mins ago
Mesanna	it will be fixed when we go live this week
Mesanna	still can't?
EM Asiantam	no she cant
Mesanna	ok thanks
Mesanna	we will check it out and fix it
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	there she brought things she wants to stack
(questioner)	Blackrock Stew
(questioner)	Cocoa Butter
(questioner)	Cocoa Liquor
(questioner)	Power Crystal
EM Asiantam	going to happen?
Mesanna	the way they were designed makes it difficult to make them stackable
EM Asiantam	so they are not going to happen?
Mesanna	we will see what we can do but no promises
Mesanna	we will see if we can do it without a lot of problems
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about TC1
EM Asiantam	currently we can't customize house on TC1
EM Asiantam	can you fix it soon?
Mesanna	we will check the housing data base
EM Asiantam	thank you
(questioner)	Hi devs!
Mesanna	Greetings
(questioner)	In these days there are a lot of house decoration items.
(questioner)	For example, wall and stair parts, holiday gifts, and event rares.
(questioner)	To decorate these items, how about add increasing the limit of max "lockdown" storage.
Mesanna	Adding more house lockdowns is a nightmare for Bleak
(questioner)	But it is a dream for player lol
Mesanna	not for us
Mesanna	lol
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	enforcement of armors
EM Asiantam	once we add it
EM Asiantam	we can't remove it
EM Asiantam	can you make it removable?
Mesanna	refinements?
Mesanna	are you asking to be able to remove it and then place it on another piece of armor?
EM Asiantam	once we do refinement
Mesanna	you can up grade
EM Asiantam	we cant remove it
EM Asiantam	so she wants to remove it
Mesanna	for what purpose?
EM Asiantam	not override
EM Asiantam	remove it
Mesanna	why
Mesanna	I need to understand
EM Asiantam	when she uses gladiator collors for example
EM Asiantam	she wants to remove it because it is looking better
Mesanna	umm but the refinement does not change the looks of the item
Mesanna	we made them so you could upgrade or de grade the refinement
Mesanna	we would have to talk about it
Mesanna	and weight out all the pros's and con's
EM Asiantam	she just want to remove it
EM Asiantam	for example
EM Asiantam	when she sell it
EM Asiantam	she want to refresh it
EM Asiantam	is that going to happen?
Mesanna	we will talk about it a team
Mesanna	I do not have an answer for you at this time
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	he is asking for the journal in Classic client
EM Asiantam	sometimes it is hard to see
Mesanna	I agree
EM Asiantam	can you change the background color ?
Mesanna	I want to be able to put it a color that I can read
Mesanna	lol
Mesanna	like a default blue or red
EM Asiantam	right...
Mesanna	whatever color of text you can read
Mesanna	I have been asking Bleak the same question
Mesanna	we will look into seeing if this can be done
EM Asiantam	thank you
EM Asiantam	good evening
EM Asiantam	please let them stop advertising on chat channel
EM Asiantam	he is requesting to set a NG word
EM Asiantam	for (redacted per Stratics RoC) or whatever
EM Asiantam	is that going to happen?
Misk	are they advertising in a chat channel other than the Help channel?
EM Asiantam	only help channel
EM Asiantam	seems they are creating more than 40 chars per day
Mesanna	CS has IP banned them but they are like roaches
Mesanna	they just keep on coming hard to get rid of
EM Asiantam	how bout setting a NG word?
EM Asiantam	their shop names
Mesanna	what is NG?
EM Asiantam	word restriction
EM Asiantam	so get rid of those words
EM Asiantam	prohibit (Redacted per Stratics RoC) for example
EM Asiantam	in help channel
Mesanna	we will look into it
EM Asiantam	understood
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	greetings
EM Asiantam	about grass tiles
EM Asiantam	she wants to use it like a goza
EM Asiantam	in the air
EM Asiantam	and want to make it walkable
EM Asiantam	but if she put it in the air
EM Asiantam	she fall down
EM Asiantam	can you make it walkable?
Mesanna	we can look into it
Mesanna	that and the stone pavers
Mesanna	thank you
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about banking points of BODs
EM Asiantam	I think the banking point is still too poor
EM Asiantam	and
EM Asiantam	I think you need to give us a change back when we turn in rewards
Mesanna	change?
EM Asiantam	yep
Mesanna	no that defeats the purpose of the system
EM Asiantam	so when we turn in rewards of 700 points
EM Asiantam	and when we have 750 points
EM Asiantam	50 points disappears
Mesanna	we adjusted it once already
EM Asiantam	you need to give us back
EM Asiantam	50 points
Mesanna	to a point we feel is fair
EM Asiantam	you mean banking points are fair?
EM Asiantam	how about the change
Mesanna	no we are not giving back change
Mesanna	the old system did not give change
Misk	if you have 750 points banked and then purchase an item worth 700, you...
Misk	retain 50 banked points
EM Asiantam	no 50 points disappear
EM Asiantam	we cant keep it
EM Asiantam	that is why he is complaining
EM Asiantam	but we cant get 50 points back, right?
Misk	that makes banking point more attractive?
EM Asiantam	yep
EM Asiantam	we want to keep 50 points
Mesanna	then bank them first
Misk	when you turn in a 750 point BOD and get a 700 object, you lose the 50...
EM Asiantam	right
EM Asiantam	50 is valuable for us
Misk	if you do the same with banked points you do NOT lose the 50 points
EM Asiantam	no
EM Asiantam	it disappears
Mesanna	checking the bod system
Mesanna	he has 180 points
Mesanna	spent 100 points
Mesanna	and retains 80 points
Mesanna	he does not lose everything
Misk	you are incorrect...
Mesanna	the banking system is working as designed
EM Asiantam	he will check it again
Mesanna	ok Misk just checked it
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	thank you
Mesanna	let us know
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	sice we get many multi boxer, events in Japanese shards are all very laggy
EM Asiantam	he has done what he can do,
EM Asiantam	for example
EM Asiantam	turn off sounds
EM Asiantam	but still not enough
EM Asiantam	can you add options to turn off all animations?
EM Asiantam	like flying gargoyles
EM Asiantam	they make the area laggy too
Mesanna	we talked about turning off the words of power
EM Asiantam	but not animations?
Mesanna	we have not looked into Animations
EM Asiantam	ok
Mesanna	that is something that we can look into but no promises
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	greetings
(questioner)	hello
(questioner)	It is a suggestion about perfection.
(questioner)	Will characters that do not have the "Bushido skills" also have chance to get the perfection?
(questioner)	Because of a warrior with a shield is disadvantaged to have "Bushido skill", and not having "Bushido skill" is disadvantageous due to "perfection".
Mesanna	no sir
Mesanna	you will need the skill
Mesanna	but if you use bushido you do not need a shield
(questioner)	so
(questioner)	If player want to use shield?
Mesanna	then you do not need bushido
(questioner)	I have to give up to get perfection.
Mesanna	yes sir
EM Asiantam	so he is looking for the way to use both shield and perfection
EM Asiantam	a warrior
Mesanna	they negate each other though
Mesanna	thoes peas do not fit in the same pod =P
EM Asiantam	ok
EM Asiantam	I think he is looking for something new
EM Asiantam	new way to use skills :)
(questioner)	then Will you get a damage bonus like perfection?
(questioner)	* will we
(questioner)	without Bushido.
EM Asiantam	so no future plan to add something similar to perfection to other skills?
Misk	there are pros and cons to each tactic; if you want perfection you must use
Misk	bushido
EM Asiantam	ok
Misk	if you want to use a shield to get those extra item properties, then you cannot
Misk	let me rephrase, you "should" not
EM Asiantam	I think he is asking for this because this would make combats more exciting
EM Asiantam	:)
Misk	combat isn't already exciting?
EM Asiantam	sorry please ignore it
(questioner)	I'm fine, I think about Role Player with Shiled.
(questioner)	They're so weak
EM Asiantam	he rather don't want to use shield
Misk	well, there are currently no plans to add perfection-like effects to other skills
EM Asiantam	understood
EM Asiantam	thank you
(questioner)	thank you.
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about BODs
EM Asiantam	some blessed items are able to add to BODs
EM Asiantam	or insured
EM Asiantam	is it intentional?
EM Asiantam	and also containers with items inside
Mesanna	blessed items are intended yes
EM Asiantam	insured items?
Mesanna	yes you can add insured items
EM Asiantam	is that intentional or can you fix it?
Mesanna	its intentional
Mesanna	nothing to fix =)
EM Asiantam	containers with items inside?
EM Asiantam	no plan to fix it?
EM Asiantam	she is requesting you to add caution note in somewhere
EM Asiantam	if they are all intentional
EM Asiantam	that is very dangerous
EM Asiantam	she lost her personal blessed item
Mesanna	what did you have blessed
Mesanna	its not all the items that can be added
Mesanna	only certain ones
Mesanna	so what item did you lose
Mesanna	with your personal bless deed on it
EM Asiantam	it was a talisman
EM Asiantam	but no problem because it occured on TC1
Mesanna	how did she lose it
Mesanna	there are no bod's for talisman
Mesanna	I am confused as to how you lost it
EM Asiantam	it was in a box
EM Asiantam	in a container
Mesanna	we will look at the container
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	Is amazon Japan involved with EA japan?
Mesanna	No
Mesanna	EA Japan has nothing to do with UO
Mesanna	Is Amazon out of codes?
Mesanna	if so which ones
EM Asiantam	now GT 90 is out of store
Mesanna	I will contact him and ask
Mesanna	but you can get them thru Origin
(questioner)	is the new codes are reliable?
Mesanna	all our new codes are reliable
EM Asiantam	so amazon Japan is not a third party, right?
Mesanna	I deal directly with Amazon
Mesanna	I send them the codes
EM Asiantam	thank you
(questioner)	i see thx
Mesanna	thank you
EM Asiantam	good evening
EM Asiantam	about advertisement of plyers event
EM Asiantam	now this is restricted to PEC events
EM Asiantam	but there are still many events that are not PEC events
EM Asiantam	do you have any idea to advertise those miscellaneous events?
Mesanna	PEC are player events
EM Asiantam	yes
Mesanna	Put a post on the boards each shard has one
EM Asiantam	he is asking for the way to advertise the other events not PEC events
EM Asiantam	do you mean UO Stratics?
Mesanna	I don't have one right now
Mesanna	for now yes
EM Asiantam	how about uo.com and facebook?
EM Asiantam	can we use them?
Mesanna	I can not give you access to UO.Com
Mesanna	if you are going thru the PEC they can advertise the event
Mesanna	if they are helping
Mesanna	thank you
Mesanna	greetings
EM Asiantam	about stone pavers or steps that are craftable
EM Asiantam	like that one
EM Asiantam	how about adding wooden floors or steps?
Mesanna	we can add those
Mesanna	in the future
Mesanna	we will probably add those a little at a time
EM Asiantam	wow!
EM Asiantam	happy to hear that
EM Asiantam	looking forward to it
EM Asiantam	thank you!
Mesanna	Thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about BODs book
EM Asiantam	so there have been new BODs added
Mesanna	we talked about this earlier
Mesanna	and stated we would add those to the store
EM Asiantam	ok
EM Asiantam	she is asking something similar to Power Scroll Book
Mesanna	she wants something other than the bod books?
EM Asiantam	something like Power Scroll Book?
Mesanna	for the bod's?
EM Asiantam	right
Mesanna	why
EM Asiantam	not the cover
EM Asiantam	book it self
Mesanna	whats wrong with the bod books we have
Mesanna	I am confused
Mesanna	is she talking about the colors
Mesanna	to match the bods
Mesanna	sorry she
EM Asiantam	if the book contains more than 100 BODs
EM Asiantam	she cant handle it in her pack
EM Asiantam	so
EM Asiantam	she wants something that she can use out side of her pack
EM Asiantam	like pink or blue books
Mesanna	we talked about that in the past
EM Asiantam	pink and blue books are awesome
Mesanna	I realize you need to empty your pack to add and remove items
EM Asiantam	right
Mesanna	but we are not going to change the bod books anytime in the near future
Mesanna	we can look into being able to place items in the books while they are locked down
Mesanna	we will look into making that change
EM Asiantam	so
EM Asiantam	she is asking to decrese the item number
EM Asiantam	now
EM Asiantam	it is counted as 1 item per 5 deeds, right?
Mesanna	lol no we are not going to take away
Mesanna	we can change the way you interact with it though
EM Asiantam	how about count it to count 1 item per 10 deeds
EM Asiantam	or more
Mesanna	we already talked about that
Mesanna	its 5-1 now
EM Asiantam	right
EM Asiantam	how about make it 10-1 or more
Mesanna	not increasing it
Mesanna	we will change the way you interact with it though
Mesanna	to make it easier
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about BODs
EM Asiantam	cooking rewards are too poor
EM Asiantam	for example
EM Asiantam	it is hrd to obtain sack of sugar
EM Asiantam	hard
EM Asiantam	but we get many orders of cocoa butter which requires sugar
Mesanna	we will add more ways to get sugar
EM Asiantam	and also
EM Asiantam	can you fix there are some HQ BOD existing
EM Asiantam	which we can't create HQ items?
Mesanna	we are talking about a way to correct this
Mesanna	known issue
EM Asiantam	how about adding berry tree?
EM Asiantam	berry is also hard to obtain
Mesanna	we will be adding other items in the future
Mesanna	berries do not grow on trees
Mesanna	we have been asked for a lemon tree
EM Asiantam	in the bush?
Mesanna	what kind of berry are you wanting
EM Asiantam	tribal berry
EM Asiantam	hard to obtain
Mesanna	you mean from the savages?
EM Asiantam	yes
EM Asiantam	it is 10% drop
EM Asiantam	we need 1 hr to collect 20 berries
EM Asiantam	berry tree please
EM Asiantam	or berry bush?
Mesanna	we will add to more mobs or increase the chance
Mesanna	not putting those into a bush
Mesanna	we can fix it so they drop more often
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	about brivery
EM Asiantam	there are cases we get quantity increase or from NQ to HQ
EM Asiantam	is that random?
EM Asiantam	comm crystal seems not working
Mesanna	yes this is random
EM Asiantam	is that possible to add ways to get lesser BODs
EM Asiantam	not increasing
Mesanna	no sorry
Mesanna	the system is not set up to do that
Mesanna	and would take a total revamp
EM Asiantam	well she is asking you to disclose the to do list
EM Asiantam	so I answered that is impossible
Mesanna	this is true
EM Asiantam	right
Mesanna	we are not redoing the whole system
Mesanna	thank you
Mesanna	Greetings
EM Asiantam	last one
Mesanna	yep
EM Asiantam	so he is Yew governor
EM Asiantam	about Yew town
EM Asiantam	I think Yew have less NPCs than other towns
Mesanna	are you meaning for the bod's
Mesanna	or something else
EM Asiantam	tinkers, alchemist, and bankers
EM Asiantam	not only BODs
Mesanna	first its a smaller town of course its not going to have the same as say Britian
Mesanna	if there are npcs they are missing we can make sure those are added
EM Asiantam	there are no tinkers and alchemists
EM Asiantam	and minters
Mesanna	the abby has the bankers
Mesanna	either way
Mesanna	send me a list of missing NPC's and we will take care of it
EM Asiantam	tinkers and alchemist
EM Asiantam	are missing
Mesanna	ok
EM Asiantam	thank you
Mesanna	thank you
EM Asiantam	thank you DEVs for coming
Bleak	Thanks for coming out!
Mesanna	Have a wonderful holiday season
EM Asiantam	thank you!

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