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[1].



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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