A Couple Questions

[Dosha10]

Hey, I havent been on in awhile, but been checking in recently. This is my favorite shard, cant let it go haha:P

1) When is the Approx. time the Revamp will be done?
2) Will the revamp have Faction Armor Added with it?
3)Will all houses be set to be able to fall, i find it unfair some houses don't fall. I have alot of great stuff in my castle, but that fell, and all these people who havent been on forever still have there houses? sorry, i dont find this fair, just throwing this out there.
4) WIll alot of the custom artifacts be changed with the revamp? i suggest that there not, maybe some of the Demitels but thats it. If u change them alot i think you will mess up to many suits to be honest.
5) Hey Bubbles, if you read this, tell me when you will be on soon i have to talk to ya haha:D

Thanks, Dan

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[Red Squirrel]

1) There is no ETA, but I am hoping to at least bring the shard to the latest patch and add the new storage system by end of May, but that is not a fixed time. Lately I keep getting asked to fix people's computers.

2) We have not decided yet if we want to make that system. We were toying with other systems we might do, but nothing has been determined yet. The new property system which I started on will allow for faction armor to be added, if we chose so. The existing property system would make this very dirty to code.

3) Houses are set to fall, but people refresh all the time. I eventually want to improve the refresh system so it forces people to be more active, and not just login to refresh then log off. It is a problem we are aware of. Some people are hogging good spots and don't even play. But regardless it is first come first serve when it comes to houses.

4) Some may be changed, but we will try to keep the impact as low as possible, while still keeping them balanced. The drop rates and systems may be modified.

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[Death]

Hey, I havent been on in awhile, but been checking in recently. This is my favorite shard, cant let it go haha:P

1) When is the Approx. time the Revamp will be done?
2) Will the revamp have Faction Armor Added with it?
3)Will all houses be set to be able to fall, i find it unfair some houses don't fall. I have alot of great stuff in my castle, but that fell, and all these people who havent been on forever still have there houses? sorry, i dont find this fair, just throwing this out there.
4) WIll alot of the custom artifacts be changed with the revamp? i suggest that there not, maybe some of the Demitels but thats it. If u change them alot i think you will mess up to many suits to be honest.
5) Hey Bubbles, if you read this, tell me when you will be on soon i have to talk to ya haha:D

Thanks, Dan

1) The revamp, in theory, will never really be complete as there is always something to fix or improve upon. I think it`s more logical to say that the revamp will be completed in stages, as the whole project is just not feasible to do in one large chunk.

Red is aiming to get 2 major things accomplished by the end of may, start of june: Fixing things up to get client patching to most recent OSI patch and to release the beta engine for data storage which means better handling of data and world saves which do not halt game time. These changes also make things easier to code and implement from the developer`s side.

2) Factions are not going to be touched for awhile, mainly because OSI is introducing a completely different faction system, which is currently in beta. What this means is the 4 bases that currently exist are planned, by OSI, to be removed and turned into 3 completely different factions. That being said, we will have to wait and see what they are up to before we start making changes there as the whole system is getting revised so anything and everything you know about factions is up in the air.

3) Eventually, there will be a way of making sure that housing is fair and equal in terms of play time and active users and area. Still thinking up ideas for making sure players aren`t unfairly penalized for taking a UO break but at the same time, don`t take away from prime housing spots where many vendors could be set up. The proposed auctioning system may help here.

4) A very large amount of custom artifacts don`t even need a change. Only ones that need a change are those with total properties scaling well beyond what they should be, in comparison to other artifacts. I have a scaling formula we will be using to check artifacts and other items in order to add or shave off some of the intensities, if necessary. We will post a list of changes when we get to that point. Also, because we are adding in OSI artifacts on top of our customs, we want to make sure that you aren`t seeing the same weapons again and again but with different names. If something is too similar, it will likely become that item instead of having 2.

Artifacts are also going to be moved around to different systems in order to balance things out. AOAs have too many artifact drops, while craftable artifacts have too few. It`s possible that some artifacts will end up in different drop systems, where appropriate.

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[Dosha10]

Ohk, thanks, that helps. I guess i was wrong about some houses being set so it cant fall. Thats what i heard, and i thought that was unfair.

You said your planning on starting with the Correct Patch update in June, about how long will that take? If you dont know its cool

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[Anonymous]

If i got 100gp for every time somone asked when the latest patch will be put on the shard i would be a billionaire .

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[Dosha10]

I wonder why i ask? maybe because its essential for players to be able to connect, no need to be a dick newguy.

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[ggkthx]

Now now children...

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[Anonymous]

I was not being a dick i was just joking about how certain people (not you) ask this question so many times.

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[Death]

No need for all the hostility guys, let's just keep this on track without the torch and pitchfork party.

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[Trill]

No need for all the hostility guys, let's just keep this on track without the torch and pitchfork party.

Too late.....

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