Rifted Crown Event

A dark shadow now hangs over Britannia, as King Blackthorn has mysteriously vanished, leaving the Royal Court in disarray. With no word from the King and no sign of his whereabouts, the Royal Guard remain on high alert as they attempt to dissuade citizens from starting to panic. However, a strange and deadly sickness has begun to spread across the land, affecting towns and villages where it was least expected. The origins of this sickness remain unknown, and whispers of a darker force behind it stir fear in every corner of the kingdom.

Could this sickness be linked to the King’s disappearance? What is the true cause behind these mysterious events? Brave adventurers are urgently needed to uncover the truth. Speak to Guard Captain Thorne at Castle Blackthorn to begin your investigation into the kingdom’s crisis.

• This unique event consists of 5 different phases that players must progress through:
  • Phase 1: The Siege
    • Work together to lay siege to a city and break down large defensive barriers blocking entry
    • Crafters are needed to craft explosives and siege components:
      • Alchemy: Barrel of Explosives
      • Carpentry: Siege Deployment Kit
      • Blacksmithing: Siege Ammunition Kit
    • Earn rubble in various styles, names, and hues, with a rare chance at a special item
  • Phase 2: The Assault
    • Defeat all 9 Commanders rallying troops inside the city
    • Earn rubble and a chance at a special item
    • Earn Artifacts “Of The Riftborne”
  • Phase 3: The Champion
    • One of four champions enters the fray
    • Defeat the champion for a chance to earn a Rifted Satchel, which may include:
      • A Void Fragment
      • Pieces of Rubble
      • Artifacts Of The Riftborne
      • A Void Cube
      • A Banner of Dominion (2 styles, various hues)
      • A Void Obelisk (various hues)
  • Phase 4: The Depths
    • Gain access to a dungeon beneath the city
    • Battle Void-Touched monsters to earn Artifacts Of The Riftborne
    • Use the Potion of Glorious Fortune to increase your drop chances
  • Phase 5: The Defense
    • Defend the city from a Void-Touched army
    • Earn Artifacts Of The Riftborne from waves of attackers
    • Waves increase in difficulty; use the Potion of Glorious Fortune for better rewards
• Once the defense fails, players will be removed and the event restarts after 30 minutes

Hidden Chests

• Use Detect Hidden to locate and reveal chests across the city and within The Depths
• Chests may reward gems, reagents, artifacts, rubble, maps, rare deco, or one of four uber-rare stealables
• Luck increases your odds of rare stealables
• Chests are locked to the revealer and their party for 2 minutes, then become free-for-all
  • On Abyss ruleset shards (Siege/Mugen), looting during this time flags as criminal

Reward Vendor

• Trade “Of The Riftborne” artifacts for:
  • Deco items
  • Titles
  • Equipment
  • Crafting Recipes
  • A Pet

New Tamable: The Clydesdale

• A new breed of horse has been discovered throughout Sosaria!
• Spawns in 5 locations in Ilshenar and 6 in The Lost Lands (3 Felucca, 3 Trammel)
• Available in 12 hues, from common to uber rare
• Use a Totem of Chromatic Fortune to improve spawn odds for rare hues
• Must be tamed by a skilled Animal Tamer, but can be used by anyone (if not trained with advanced animal training)
• Starts as a 1-slot magical pet; trainable up to 5-slots
• Special ability: Last Stand
  • If the rider takes lethal damage, the pet will prevent it once every 30 minutes

Misc Changes & Bugfixes

• Tabards can now be repaired by Tailors
• Transmogrified quivers can now be properly insured

• Once the defense fails, players will be removed and the event restarts after 30 minutes

Grimbeard said:

OMG sounds incredible 

Pawain said:

Grimbeard said:

OMG sounds incredible 

This is NL mechanics.  The events will be better since they practice with NL.

Violet said:

The cah discord has great discussions going on regarding the new content

Cookie said:

Love it all, thank you Team. 🙂

(if there is any chance the Clydesdale can be bandage ressed by the rider, like VvV mounts can, would be cool - if not, not the end of the world).

Is the Fey slayer added in the Superslayer list, again not the end of the world if not.

Lukas said:

can we pls get free Barrels of Explosives, Siege Deployment Kits and Siege Ammunition Kits or at least the materials for it. @ Kyronix

Lukas said:

can we pls get free Barrels of Explosives, Siege Deployment Kits and Siege Ammunition Kits or at least the materials for it.

Parallax said:

Lukas said:

can we pls get free Barrels of Explosives, Siege Deployment Kits and Siege Ammunition Kits or at least the materials for it. @ Kyronix

I've placed dispensers in Britain Commons which you can use to get Void Fragments and the necessary special reagents for crafting the event items. 

CovenantX said:

@ Kyronix

New Tamable: The Clydesdale

• A new breed of horse has been discovered throughout Sosaria!
• Spawns in 5 locations in Ilshenar and 6 in The Lost Lands (3 Felucca, 3 Trammel)
• Available in 12 hues, from common to uber rare
• Use a Totem of Chromatic Fortune to improve spawn odds for rare hues
• Must be tamed by a skilled Animal Tamer, but can be used by anyone (if not trained with advanced animal training)
• Starts as a 1-slot magical pet; trainable up to 5-slots
• Special ability: Last Stand
  • If the rider takes lethal damage, the pet will prevent it once every 30 minutes

  I hope the "Last Stand" ability has no affect in PvP.  please say it doesn't.

Pawain said:

Clydesdale:

They have differing start stats.

Here is an example of a plain version.



100% physical damage.  Boo, just a different graphic lesser Hiryu.

Looks very cool IMO.  A black one would be nice.

Can tame one and trade to a 0 tame skill player.

Only a tamer can start Training.

Pawain said:

@ _Psycoder  Yes other colors.  But  I don't get special things from UO. RNG hates me.
Someone gave me one with diff coat and leg color.
Love the fighting.

Lokea said:

Magincia pet stalls are going to be full when this hits prodo.

It would be even better if they released costume for these. Finally my Saint Bernard would have a companion

Lukas said:

CovenantX said:

@ Kyronix

• Special ability: Last Stand
  • If the rider takes lethal damage, the pet will prevent it once every 30 minutes

  I hope the "Last Stand" ability has no affect in PvP.  please say it doesn't.

it does work in PvP, but i think its not that crazy. its def good but i would guess nothing game breaking

Pawain said:

There is also a new pet on the reward vendor.

They also come in different Hues.  Stats are all the same. 
Can be trained to get Life Leech!  180 Dex, fast walker.
2 => 5 slots

Lukas said:

it does work in PvP, but i think its not that crazy. its def good but i would guess nothing game breaking

KroDuK said:

Lukas said:

it does work in PvP, but i think its not that crazy. its def good but i would guess nothing game breaking

                                                                            so         lame


PS: the horse art.. it's compensating for something and I hate it... way too buff and huge.

PlayerSkillFTW said:

Here's what a Shadowmane ends up with at 5 slots with Chiv+AI. It has 580 TP left, which is just enough for full 120s.

505 HP, which is a bit on the low side. They can learn Life Leech, but the Moldering Ursine already fills that role, and does it a lot better.

PlayerSkillFTW said:

Here's what a Shadowmane ends up with at 5 slots with Chiv+AI. It has 580 TP left, which is just enough for full 120s.

505 HP, which is a bit on the low side. They can learn Life Leech, but the Moldering Ursine already fills that role, and does it a lot better.

Hippo said:

Is this the same Shadowmane from NL and if so I wonder if it will be changed to a 5-slot pet.

Sylph said:

Hues I've found so far on Clydesdale not including the hue 0 normal.

_Psycoder said:

Sylph said:

Hues I've found so far on Clydesdale not including the hue 0 normal.

OMG!!! I want the purple or ice blue one. How rare was it? 

Sylph said:

So far the blue I've gotten 3 of the blue and the purple only 1 that is about 3-4 hours now with totem.

Sylph said:

Hues I've found so far on Clydesdale not including the hue 0 normal.

Violet said:

Sylph said:

Hues I've found so far on Clydesdale not including the hue 0 normal.

Have you seen the one Parallax has been riding around on?



Hue 2781, I believe.

Nooo, noooo

Now I want this one. But, I have a feeling it will cost both of my kidneys, not just one 

_Psycoder said:

Are they hard to tame? Do you have to fight a spawn to tame these? 

I wonder if moving to one of the emptier shards with 30+ totems and camping there until I get one is a good idea. 

_Psycoder said:

Are they hard to tame? Do you have to fight a spawn to tame these? 

I wonder if moving to one of the emptier shards with 30+ totems and camping there until I get one is a good idea. 

Sylph said:

Not hard at all at least for my Legendary Tamer, no spawn to deal with at least in the T2A areas really besides the normal stuff that's random and easy.

Seems tough to get some of the hues, I'm still stuck at the 6 hues so far and nothing new after 9 hours now.

_Psycoder said:

Sylph said:

Not hard at all at least for my Legendary Tamer, no spawn to deal with at least in the T2A areas really besides the normal stuff that's random and easy.

Seems tough to get some of the hues, I'm still stuck at the 6 hues so far and nothing new after 9 hours now.

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience. Did you use the chrome totem in all of those 9 hours? 

Pawain said:

The elixir is like the Tincture of Silver.  Cant use on a pet.

Mordin_Rockbiter said:

What I do not understand is, if we are looking for the king why is he still in the castle?

Violet said:

So many amazing things, I need more free time!

This one looks like it accidentally stepped on lava and now it doesn't know what to do

Grimbeard said:

How long does it last?

Violet said:

The cah discord has great discussions going on regarding the new content

_Psycoder said:

This looks great! I wonder the intensity on the The Clydesdale. I wonder if it can negate the final blow when we are not riding it. If it has good intensity and saves the tamer even without riding it, then it would make a great pet for tamers. 

Either way it is a must have horse for any PvPer. 

popps said:

Violet said:

The cah discord has great discussions going on regarding the new content

@ Violet

Where if I may ask ? I do not see it on the UO-CAH Web site and could not find the 120 Publish sub channel (stops at 119) on the UO CAH Discord channel

Violet said:

popps said:

Violet said:

The cah discord has great discussions going on regarding the new content

@ Violet

Where if I may ask ? I do not see it on the UO-CAH Web site and could not find the 120 Publish sub channel (stops at 119) on the UO CAH Discord channel

Hi popps,



looks like you might have scrolled down a little too far!

Venom said:

Correction to my post above. The Voidskiller boats CAN be altered to garg.

Mordin_Rockbiter said:

THIS MAY BE A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT WHILE CRAFTING MATERIALS, EVERY TIME i ATTEMPT MAKE A NUMBER, IT INSTEAD USES ALL MATS  AVAILABLE

_Psycoder said:

@ Kyronix I just had an interesting thought. 

is the 30 minute Last Stand counter coded into the horsie or the player? If it is encoded into the horsie, then a player can have 5 different pet summoning balls in his backpack. When he uses the Last Stand from the first horse, summon the 2nd horse and hop on it. Then repeat. 

This would allow players to have 5 Last Stand in PvP without even dropping by the stables. If they manage to portal back and forth from the stables then they can pretty much have unlimited Last Stand.

Of course summoning, going to stable, etc would be very hard in the heat of the battle. 

Just my 2 cents. 

Grimbeard said:

More importantly they can use third party clients to do it instantly 

Mordin_Rockbiter said:

THIS MAY BE A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT WHILE CRAFTING MATERIALS, EVERY TIME i ATTEMPT MAKE A NUMBER, IT INSTEAD USES ALL MATS  AVAILABLE

_Psycoder said:

Grimbeard said:

More importantly they can use third party clients to do it instantly 

The pet summoning ball itself takes 5 seconds or so. So it would not be instantly. Also the server enforces 1 second delay between each action. Otherwise you could just hammer the keys on your keyboard to repeat the same action. 

_Psycoder said:

Pawain said:

There is also a new pet on the reward vendor.

They also come in different Hues.  Stats are all the same. 
Can be trained to get Life Leech!  180 Dex, fast walker.
2 => 5 slots

This looks awesome! I am glad Tamers got some love in the last 2 patches 🙂 

Grimbeard said:

Mordin_Rockbiter said:

THIS MAY BE A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT WHILE CRAFTING MATERIALS, EVERY TIME i ATTEMPT MAKE A NUMBER, IT INSTEAD USES ALL MATS  AVAILABLE

There is an actual place to report....

Pawain said:

Mordin_Rockbiter said:

THIS MAY BE A KNOWN ISSUE, BUT WHILE CRAFTING MATERIALS, EVERY TIME i ATTEMPT MAKE A NUMBER, IT INSTEAD USES ALL MATS  AVAILABLE

If you are crafting the ammo materials it does that so we don't use up our tool charges.  Only put in the amount of resources you want to use.

It is a feature we asked for.

Tjalle said:

Introducing a bunch of new pets but keeping the cap on stable slots. Just add them to the list of pets I´ll have to pass on...

ForeverFun said:

Tjalle said:

Introducing a bunch of new pets but keeping the cap on stable slots. Just add them to the list of pets I´ll have to pass on...

Increasing the stable slot limit to say 100 would probably be amongst the easiest money on the planet...

PlayerSkillFTW said:

Here's what a Shadowmane ends up with at 5 slots with Chiv+AI. It has 580 TP left, which is just enough for full 120s.

505 HP, which is a bit on the low side. They can learn Life Leech, but the Moldering Ursine already fills that role, and does it a lot better.

Pawain said:

Mine ended up like this with room for 120s.

Pawain said:

Mine ended up like this with room for 120s.

Isn't this a bit weak compared to most other 5 slot pets? 

Grimbeard said:

No way Shadowmane worth 500 they should have given us the manticore!!

_Psycoder said:

OMG!!! OMG!!!

There are two recipes!!! Thanks for adding something for the crafters!!! I love the recipe for the void creature farming at Ter-Mur!!!

Pawain said:

You sure that's not for the event mobs?

Tjalle said:

_Psycoder said:

Pawain said:

There is also a new pet on the reward vendor.

They also come in different Hues.  Stats are all the same. 
Can be trained to get Life Leech!  180 Dex, fast walker.
2 => 5 slots

This looks awesome! I am glad Tamers got some love in the last 2 patches 🙂 

Introducing a bunch of new pets but keeping the cap on stable slots. Just add them to the list of pets I´ll have to pass on...

Mordin_Rockbiter said:

What I do not understand is, if we are looking for the king why is he still in the castle?

popps said:

Tjalle said:

_Psycoder said:

Pawain said:

There is also a new pet on the reward vendor.

They also come in different Hues.  Stats are all the same. 
Can be trained to get Life Leech!  180 Dex, fast walker.
2 => 5 slots

This looks awesome! I am glad Tamers got some love in the last 2 patches 🙂 

Introducing a bunch of new pets but keeping the cap on stable slots. Just add them to the list of pets I´ll have to pass on...

Absolutely, Stables space is going to be a serious issue...

The Devs should really increase the number of available max Stable slots and also by a lot...

drcossack said:

popps said:

Tjalle said:

_Psycoder said:

Pawain said:

There is also a new pet on the reward vendor.

They also come in different Hues.  Stats are all the same. 
Can be trained to get Life Leech!  180 Dex, fast walker.
2 => 5 slots

This looks awesome! I am glad Tamers got some love in the last 2 patches 🙂 

Introducing a bunch of new pets but keeping the cap on stable slots. Just add them to the list of pets I´ll have to pass on...

Absolutely, Stables space is going to be a serious issue...

The Devs should really increase the number of available max Stable slots and also by a lot...

you already get 21 for max taming skills (taming/lore only?  I forget) and can buy stable slot tokens to double that.  Whether they should be locked behind a paywall is a different discussion.  But, unless you're collecting "vanity"/seasonal pets (like the different hued nightmares from Shattered Sanctum), you should never need that many stable slots on a single tamer.  I have 3 tamers each on Atl/LS and I only use a handful of pets per account/character.

popps said:

drcossack said:

popps said:

Tjalle said:

_Psycoder said:

Pawain said:

There is also a new pet on the reward vendor.

They also come in different Hues.  Stats are all the same. 
Can be trained to get Life Leech!  180 Dex, fast walker.
2 => 5 slots

This looks awesome! I am glad Tamers got some love in the last 2 patches 🙂 

Introducing a bunch of new pets but keeping the cap on stable slots. Just add them to the list of pets I´ll have to pass on...

Absolutely, Stables space is going to be a serious issue...

The Devs should really increase the number of available max Stable slots and also by a lot...

you already get 21 for max taming skills (taming/lore only?  I forget) and can buy stable slot tokens to double that.  Whether they should be locked behind a paywall is a different discussion.  But, unless you're collecting "vanity"/seasonal pets (like the different hued nightmares from Shattered Sanctum), you should never need that many stable slots on a single tamer.  I have 3 tamers each on Atl/LS and I only use a handful of pets per account/character.

Ask most tamers...

They have multiple Tamers on the same account quite often, just to be able to stable pets...

Every time a new pet comes out, especially whenit comes in a variety of colors, this means tens and tens and tens of stable slots getting filled in order to accomodate those tames...

There is surely a whole lot of need to stable slots caps to be increased and quite some, to my opinion.

Dear Game Support Team / Ultima Online Team,

As a long-time and dedicated player, I’m reaching out to express concern about the latest event and its current structure. While I appreciate the effort that goes into designing engaging content, and after WEEKS of waiting, we get this.  

I understand from others who have been on the test center that it can take five hours to complete all stages, and this is very disheartening, especially when coupled with the ongoing issues of multiboxing abuse and outright cheating by SOME players. (Not to mention the inability to hide and find the hidden chests, and the number of paras.)  It’s incredibly frustrating to see these players gain unfair advantages without any apparent enforcement or consequence. This not only **** UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY OF THE EVENT **** but also significantly impacts the morale of players who participate fairly and dedicate their time to the game.

I know the team is aware of this, as multiboxing has been an ON-GOING issue for YEARS, and I hope you have plans this time to properly address the cheaters and not sweep it under the rug again. Active monitoring and enforcement of fair play are crucial, especially during time-intensive events like this one.

Thank you for your time and attention.

I care deeply about this game and the community, and I hope to see improvements that reflect the dedication of your loyal player base and not the cheaters!

Sincerely,

Z...

Zeldaofzed said:

Dear Game Support Team / Ultima Online Team,

As a long-time and dedicated player, I’m reaching out to express concern about the latest event and its current structure. While I appreciate the effort that goes into designing engaging content, and after WEEKS of waiting, we get this.  

I understand from others who have been on the test center that it can take five hours to complete all stages, and this is very disheartening, especially when coupled with the ongoing issues of multiboxing abuse and outright cheating by SOME players. (Not to mention the inability to hide and find the hidden chests, and the number of paras.)  It’s incredibly frustrating to see these players gain unfair advantages without any apparent enforcement or consequence. This not only **** UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY OF THE EVENT **** but also significantly impacts the morale of players who participate fairly and dedicate their time to the game.

I know the team is aware of this, as multiboxing has been an ON-GOING issue for YEARS, and I hope you have plans this time to properly address the cheaters and not sweep it under the rug again. Active monitoring and enforcement of fair play are crucial, especially during time-intensive events like this one.

Thank you for your time and attention.

I care deeply about this game and the community, and I hope to see improvements that reflect the dedication of your loyal player base and not the cheaters!

Sincerely,

Z...

Cookie said:

Zeldaofzed said:

Dear Game Support Team / Ultima Online Team,

As a long-time and dedicated player, I’m reaching out to express concern about the latest event and its current structure. While I appreciate the effort that goes into designing engaging content, and after WEEKS of waiting, we get this.  

I understand from others who have been on the test center that it can take five hours to complete all stages, and this is very disheartening, especially when coupled with the ongoing issues of multiboxing abuse and outright cheating by SOME players. (Not to mention the inability to hide and find the hidden chests, and the number of paras.)  It’s incredibly frustrating to see these players gain unfair advantages without any apparent enforcement or consequence. This not only **** UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY OF THE EVENT **** but also significantly impacts the morale of players who participate fairly and dedicate their time to the game.

I know the team is aware of this, as multiboxing has been an ON-GOING issue for YEARS, and I hope you have plans this time to properly address the cheaters and not sweep it under the rug again. Active monitoring and enforcement of fair play are crucial, especially during time-intensive events like this one.

Thank you for your time and attention.

I care deeply about this game and the community, and I hope to see improvements that reflect the dedication of your loyal player base and not the cheaters!

Sincerely,

Z...

They are cheating on Test Centre? 

That is next level. 😂

Zeldaofzed said:

 it can take five hours to complete all stages, and this is very disheartening

_Psycoder said:

Zeldaofzed said:

 it can take five hours to complete all stages, and this is very disheartening

Hmmmm, 5 hours is indeed too long. I was expecting something between 2-3 hours. 

Zeldaofzed said:

I understand from others who have been on the test center that it can take five hours to complete all stages, and this is very disheartening

Mariah said:

I have had very little in game time to test, but what I've done, is go along, see what stage the event is at and just join in. I haven't yet managed to experience the dungeon level, but I so far have 8 drops and a quantity of rubble. Given time to spend a full hour there I'm confident that I will be able to get the items I want before the event end.

You don't HAVE to be there for the whole 5 hours, just experience as much of it as you can when you get the chance.

Violet said:

So something to think about 4 hours of that time is when the dungeon is open for the ToT portion.  One does not have to participate in all of that.  Do people honestly want the ToT dungeon portion to be shorter?

Also the last portion of it is to serve as an reset and can be failed immediately if the server chooses to do so or the server can take up the challenge to see how long they can last. 

Our event article is up: https://www.uo-cah.com/event/rifted-crown.  It's still a work in progress and we still have to add in some more pictures (some rewards and bosses)  and will be updating it after the devs put up an update.

Mariah said:

Not at all, my first 'riftborn' item came from regular spawn in Mistas, the other 7 on the next occasion I managed to log in, from what was left of the 9 commanders - I missed the earlier ones and had to log before the boss fight.

My one experience at breaking walls, however, ended in frustration because the 'corrupted rupture' remained in place when the wall fell and those of us there couldn't progress. 

I've not done as much as I'd have liked. I did claim the recipes, read them, find out what was needed to make them, craft the elixir to find out what it did and then update all the relevant crafted item lists in the wiki.

Mariah said:

You want everything laid out so there's nothing for you to find out for yourself?

I'm honestly really confused right now. First, there was a lot of frustration about people using multiple accounts — whether you call them bots, multiclients, or whatever. That was supposedly the reason events were getting messed up.

But now you're saying we need the help of bots to speed up this 5-hour-long event? Am I reading this right? Because it sounds like a complete shift from what was being said before.

mis said:

Mariah said:

You want everything laid out so there's nothing for you to find out for yourself?

If it was the same language, I wouldn't ask for it, but in my case, it saves me a lot of manual translation time, if you or violet can, great, thanks.

Violet said:

We will be adding more pictures. 

What is your native language?

NikonUS said:

I'm honestly really confused right now. First, there was a lot of frustration about people using multiple accounts — whether you call them bots, multiclients, or whatever. That was supposedly the reason events were getting messed up.

But now you're saying we need the help of bots to speed up this 5-hour-long event? Am I reading this right? Because it sounds like a complete shift from what was being said before.

I asked an open question about that, but so far I didn't get an answer, the question was:

5 hours, but with how many players?

Because if the event requires a lot of players to be able to advance each stage, it would be appreciated if players have several simultaneous characters to advance quickly (example tamers).

As I said, you have to wait for the stable version and see it personally, that's what I think.

Mariah said:

The event is like void pool, you can't win it. So it lasts as long as there are people alive to fight, if everyone is dead, or left, the bad guys win and the event is over. Unless I've misunderstood?

Mariah said:

The event is like void pool, you can't win it. So it lasts as long as there are people alive to fight, if everyone is dead, or left, the bad guys win and the event is over. Unless I've misunderstood?

Violet said:

So something to think about 4 hours of that time is when the dungeon is open for the ToT portion.  One does not have to participate in all of that.  Do people honestly want the ToT dungeon portion to be shorter?

Also the last portion of it is to serve as an reset and can be failed immediately if the server chooses to do so or the server can take up the challenge to see how long they can last. 

Our event article is up: https://www.uo-cah.com/event/rifted-crown.  It's still a work in progress and we still have to add in some more pictures (some rewards and bosses)  and will be updating it after the devs put up an update.

Pawain said:
1. Phase 3. The battle in Mistas only get drops from the Void Captains, similar to Blackthorn dungeon and Shrine battles.  Correct?

_Psycoder said:

Pawain said:
1. Phase 3. The battle in Mistas only get drops from the Void Captains, similar to Blackthorn dungeon and Shrine battles.  Correct?

Hmmm, I hope this is not the case. Otherwise, there might be some name calling when people solo a captain. We have this problem in our weekly hunts in BT dungeon. 

Violet said:

So something to think about 4 hours of that time is when the dungeon is open for the ToT portion.  One does not have to participate in all of that.  Do people honestly want the ToT dungeon portion to be shorter?

Also the last portion of it is to serve as an reset and can be failed immediately if the server chooses to do so or the server can take up the challenge to see how long they can last. 

Our event article is up: https://www.uo-cah.com/event/rifted-crown.  It's still a work in progress and we still have to add in some more pictures (some rewards and bosses)  and will be updating it after the devs put up an update.

satana said:

Please don't add that fc 1 sash, it's completely unbalanced and afwul. Let's be honest.

CovenantX said:

satana said:

Please don't add that fc 1 sash, it's completely unbalanced and afwul. Let's be honest.

  I definitely agree with that.  sash is instantly Best in slot for an item slot that doesn't have a ton of competition, so most magical sashes have a place in UO, that is, until this sash comes out with FC1.    I could see FCR 1-2, but damn FC1 is 100% intensity of one of the most sought after properties for a minor 'clothing' piece.     

Makes you wonder where the devs are taking ideas from sometimes, cause this is crazy OP compared to anything that exists for that slot.

ZekeTerra said:

Do any of the mobs in the fights drop crystalline blackrock?  If now I don't see a lot of the siege equipment being made.

• Adjusted the cost of crafting several event items as follows:
  • Barrel of Explosives (Alchemy), now requires:
    • 5 Fuse Cords
    • 5 Black Powder
    • 1 Crystalline Blackrock
    • 1 Reinforced Barrel
  • Siege Ammunition Kit (Blacksmithing), now requires:
    • 200 Ingots
    • 3 Crystalline Blackrock
    • 3 Small Piece of Blackrock
    • 3 Void Orbs
  • Voidbane Elixir (Alchemy), now requires:
    • 1 Bottle
    • 1 Void Core
    • 1 Void Orb
    • 50 Daemon Blood
• Hidden chests will now have a chance to include the following reagents:
• Corruption
• Small Piece of Blackrock
• Crystalline Blackrock
• Void Core
• Void Orb
• The Rifted Satchel reward bag from The Champions will now always contain either 5 Crystalline Blackrock, 5 Small Piece of Blackrock, or 5 Void Orbs.
• The above changes to crafting requirements and distribution of materials through various event activities should provide for a more congruent experience for players.

CovenantX said:

satana said:

Please don't add that fc 1 sash, it's completely unbalanced and afwul. Let's be honest.

  I definitely agree with that.  sash is instantly Best in slot for an item slot that doesn't have a ton of competition, so most magical sashes have a place in UO, that is, until this sash comes out with FC1.    I could see FCR 1-2, but damn FC1 is 100% intensity of one of the most sought after properties for a minor 'clothing' piece.     

Makes you wonder where the devs are taking ideas from sometimes, cause this is crazy OP compared to anything that exists for that slot.

Pawain said:

1. Phase 3. The battle in Mistas only get drops from the Void Captains, similar to Blackthorn dungeon and Shrine battles.  Correct?

Zeldaofzed said:

Dear Game Support Team / Ultima Online Team,

As a long-time and dedicated player, I’m reaching out to express concern about the latest event and its current structure. While I appreciate the effort that goes into designing engaging content, and after WEEKS of waiting, we get this.  

I understand from others who have been on the test center that it can take five hours to complete all stages, and this is very disheartening, especially when coupled with the ongoing issues of multiboxing abuse and outright cheating by SOME players. (Not to mention the inability to hide and find the hidden chests, and the number of paras.)  It’s incredibly frustrating to see these players gain unfair advantages without any apparent enforcement or consequence. This not only **** UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY OF THE EVENT **** but also significantly impacts the morale of players who participate fairly and dedicate their time to the game.

I know the team is aware of this, as multiboxing has been an ON-GOING issue for YEARS, and I hope you have plans this time to properly address the cheaters and not sweep it under the rug again. Active monitoring and enforcement of fair play are crucial, especially during time-intensive events like this one.

Thank you for your time and attention.

I care deeply about this game and the community, and I hope to see improvements that reflect the dedication of your loyal player base and not the cheaters!

Sincerely,

Z...

popps said:

Zeldaofzed said:

Dear Game Support Team / Ultima Online Team,

As a long-time and dedicated player, I’m reaching out to express concern about the latest event and its current structure. While I appreciate the effort that goes into designing engaging content, and after WEEKS of waiting, we get this.  

I understand from others who have been on the test center that it can take five hours to complete all stages, and this is very disheartening, especially when coupled with the ongoing issues of multiboxing abuse and outright cheating by SOME players. (Not to mention the inability to hide and find the hidden chests, and the number of paras.)  It’s incredibly frustrating to see these players gain unfair advantages without any apparent enforcement or consequence. This not only **** UNDERMINES THE INTEGRITY OF THE EVENT **** but also significantly impacts the morale of players who participate fairly and dedicate their time to the game.

I know the team is aware of this, as multiboxing has been an ON-GOING issue for YEARS, and I hope you have plans this time to properly address the cheaters and not sweep it under the rug again. Active monitoring and enforcement of fair play are crucial, especially during time-intensive events like this one.

Thank you for your time and attention.

I care deeply about this game and the community, and I hope to see improvements that reflect the dedication of your loyal player base and not the cheaters!

Sincerely,

Z...

5 hours...

It will be interesting to see how low population Shards will b able to handle this Event...

ForeverFun said:

The power creep is a good thing, and more aligned with how society advanes over time.  There are many ways to counteract this too, like beefing up the monster AI, monster casting mechanics changes, etc.

CovenantX said:

ForeverFun said:

The power creep is a good thing, and more aligned with how society advanes over time.  There are many ways to counteract this too, like beefing up the monster AI, monster casting mechanics changes, etc.

    Sure Powercreep is good overall, but not when it skips several tiers in item power over existing items of the same slot like this sash does. it's that the new sash is so good, it immediately makes all other magical sashes obsolete.

 not to mention improving mob AI & casting mechanics could (and should) be done regardless.

CovenantX said:

ForeverFun said:

The power creep is a good thing, and more aligned with how society advanes over time.  There are many ways to counteract this too, like beefing up the monster AI, monster casting mechanics changes, etc.

    Sure Powercreep is good overall, but not when it skips several tiers in item power over existing items of the same slot like this sash does. it's that the new sash is so good, it immediately makes all other magical sashes obsolete.

CovenantX said:

ForeverFun said:

The power creep is a good thing, and more aligned with how society advanes over time.  There are many ways to counteract this too, like beefing up the monster AI, monster casting mechanics changes, etc.

 not to mention improving mob AI & casting mechanics could (and should) be done regardless.

CovenantX said:

FC also removes the swing delay for chivalry when casting consecrate weapon & divine fury so you'll swing your weapon while casting instead of those spells preventing a weapon swing. (this is why +1 FC town buff is the best for most dexer templates too)

I was more talking about the  way you wrote 'powercreep can be counteracted by improving mob AI & casting mechanics" as a means of justifying why this sash is so powerful compared to other items that occupy the same equipment slot.

 I mean, they're going from the best competitive options being:

 5% DCI, +! Stamina  (corgul)

 5% DCI, +1 Mana, spell focusing (temporary content - no longer obtainable)

 2 MR, 10% LRC, 5 int (LT - replica)

 1 FCR, 5 mana (temporary content - no longer obtainable)

 

to

 FC1, 8 LMC 2 Mana  -that's a significant jump, skipping years of potential progression in new magic sash slot items, crazy.

Pawain said:

CovenantX said:

FC also removes the swing delay for chivalry when casting consecrate weapon & divine fury so you'll swing your weapon while casting instead of those spells preventing a weapon swing. (this is why +1 FC town buff is the best for most dexer templates too)

I was more talking about the  way you wrote 'powercreep can be counteracted by improving mob AI & casting mechanics" as a means of justifying why this sash is so powerful compared to other items that occupy the same equipment slot.

 I mean, they're going from the best competitive options being:

 5% DCI, +! Stamina  (corgul)

 5% DCI, +1 Mana, spell focusing (temporary content - no longer obtainable)

 2 MR, 10% LRC, 5 int (LT - replica)

 1 FCR, 5 mana (temporary content - no longer obtainable)

 

to

 FC1, 8 LMC 2 Mana  -that's a significant jump, skipping years of potential progression in new magic sash slot items, crazy.

What rings does pvper wear? There are a ton of FC jewels with other stats on VS.  A lot of PvMers have have 4FC.  You are saying you cant get 2 FC in another way? Since 2 is too much, why didn't someone think to put FC on something already and they would be as OP as you think this sash is.

Getting a new item that frees up another spot is called progress, players can compete more equally.
What is something someone can put in that spot so terrifying?

Wait till they make McDougles FC 25SDI 150 Luck Kilt.

CovenantX said:

 I mean, they're going from the best competitive options being:

 5% DCI, +! Stamina  (corgul)

 5% DCI, +1 Mana, spell focusing (temporary content - no longer obtainable)

 2 MR, 10% LRC, 5 int (LT - replica)

 1 FCR, 5 mana (temporary content - no longer obtainable)

 

to

 FC1, 8 LMC 2 Mana  -that's a significant jump, skipping years of potential progression in new magic sash slot items, crazy.

CovenantX said:

 I mean, they're going from the best competitive options being:

 5% DCI, +! Stamina  (corgul)

 5% DCI, +1 Mana, spell focusing (temporary content - no longer obtainable)

 2 MR, 10% LRC, 5 int (LT - replica)

 1 FCR, 5 mana (temporary content - no longer obtainable)

 

to

 FC1, 8 LMC 2 Mana  -that's a significant jump, skipping years of potential progression in new magic sash slot items, crazy.

E x a c t l y.

Grimbeard said:

With plus 20 fishing 

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

How does this add skill points?

satana said:

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

How does this add skill points?

Freeing the requirement of fc 1 on a jewel, possibilities are enormous. As if that wasnt enough, lmc 8 on top will also propagate in your suuit such that, likely, it will result in more and more skill here and there.

Grimbeard said:

This might be OP for all you elite min maxers but to us Average Joe players it's perfect 

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

How does this add skill points?

Freeing the requirement of fc 1 on a jewel, possibilities are enormous. As if that wasnt enough, lmc 8 on top will also propagate in your suuit such that, likely, it will result in more and more skill here and there.

I'm sorry but think that is nonsense 

KroDuK said:

Grimbeard said:

This might be OP for all you elite min maxers but to us Average Joe players it's perfect 

3 days earlier:



PS: Let's be honest, other than the obvious bad faith troll from McDougle.. they could do minus 8 LMC on that sash and it would be as popular.. let that sink in. It takes talent, that's for sure.

The funniest part.. the more players complain about it's OPness here.. the more they going to compete with bots during that event to earn a max of sash. Ironic and Iconic.
This is meant to bribe (while making official UO a lesser and lesser version).. they will listen if u ain't having it and appreciate the OP complain. Iconic and Ironic.

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

How does this add skill points?

CovenantX said:

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

How does this add skill points?

  FC1  +8 LMC = 2 mods,  5-40 potential skillls on a jewelry piece (if you utilize both mods). at minimum, it'll be +5-20 (the +skill increments that spawn)

Hrmm, How do you make two sash rewards from the same event, where one obviously causes the other to become obsolete before it even comes out? -they've found a way.

Grimbeard said:

CovenantX said:

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

How does this add skill points?

  FC1  +8 LMC = 2 mods,  5-40 potential skillls on a jewelry piece (if you utilize both mods). at minimum, it'll be +5-20 (the +skill increments that spawn)

Hrmm, How do you make two sash rewards from the same event, where one obviously causes the other to become obsolete before it even comes out? -they've found a way.

So you're worried about this impacting pvp and the pvp jewelry market? So a few small niche? 

CovenantX said:

Grimbeard said:

CovenantX said:

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

How does this add skill points?

  FC1  +8 LMC = 2 mods,  5-40 potential skillls on a jewelry piece (if you utilize both mods). at minimum, it'll be +5-20 (the +skill increments that spawn)

Hrmm, How do you make two sash rewards from the same event, where one obviously causes the other to become obsolete before it even comes out? -they've found a way.

So you're worried about this impacting pvp and the pvp jewelry market? So a few small niche? 

    Kinda sorta..  I'd say cheats are the most important part to deal with... but we all know how hard it is for anyone to do something about that....

  It's the powercreep.   why would you kill the market for items people still use from other content, by creating an item so much better than all the current competing items of the same slot?    

 I mean, you don't need to be a rocket scientist to know that's pretty stupid.

Grimbeard said:

I just think the sky is falling reaction a little bit much 

CovenantX said:

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

How does this add skill points?

  FC1  +8 LMC = 2 mods,  5-40 potential skillls on a jewelry piece (if you utilize both mods). at minimum, it'll be +5-20 (the +skill increments that spawn)

Hrmm, How do you make two sash rewards from the same event, where one obviously causes the other to become obsolete before it even comes out? -they've found a way.

satana said:

This sash has to go. Let's just be serious please.

doubts about the event

I want all my characters to be able to access the area and receive artifacts:

1) is it necessary for everyone to talk to the npc or can they go directly to the area where the enemies are?

2) do the artefacts drop into your backpack when you kill the enemy (shattered event style) or do you have to loot the enemy's body?

Thanks

satana said:

CovenantX said:

Grimbeard said:

satana said:

You dont create a sash that magically makes every single caster template 30 to 45 higher in skill points overnight.

You just don't.

Please devs, be smart.

How does this add skill points?

  FC1  +8 LMC = 2 mods,  5-40 potential skillls on a jewelry piece (if you utilize both mods). at minimum, it'll be +5-20 (the +skill increments that spawn)

Hrmm, How do you make two sash rewards from the same event, where one obviously causes the other to become obsolete before it even comes out? -they've found a way.

It's more than that.
It is not a simple 1:1 relationship, e.g. "fc1 is one prop, therefore you can substitute it with one skill".

No.

Fc 1 is a requirement on the jewel. A condition whose absence makes the jewel not viable. Therefore, a jewel with fc 1 and just 15 skill is usable, while one with say 45 skills, but no fc1, can't be used. Removing a required property allows you to replace with more than one prop.
I am not making it up, it is literally an objective fact.

Adding fc1 on a sash ALONE instantly causes every single caster template to add something like 2 to 4 props on jewels, if not more than that. 15 to 60 skills, or a shitton of other mods, hci ssi di dci mr stat bonus etc. Overnight.

Adding lmc 8 on top of it is an absolute joke. That prop will further simplify the build, which can easily propagate to even more and higher extra props on the suit.

Let that sink in: only in terms of imbuing weight, fc 1 lmc 8 and mana inc 2 corresponds for dexxers to something like hci 15, damage 25, stamina inc 3.

This sash has to go. Let's just be serious please.

@Satana – No need to cry about it. The sash is perfect and honestly well deserved. Not every reward has to cater to every playstyle equally every time.

I do agree it would’ve been nice if the dexxer version got a little bump too, but at this point, Pub 120 is live and it’s time to enjoy what we got.

Big thanks to the devs for an awesome event and solid rewards — great work all around!

JohnKnighthawke said:

"The Rifted Crown" sounds simultaneously really cool and needlessly complicated. I guess I'll see it in the implementation. As described by UO Cah it requires a four hour commitment which means I'm likely out. Oh well.

_Psycoder said:

For all of the `FC1 is killing PvP` people. 

I once looked into getting into PvP even with my health issues. I quickly realized good PvP bokutos start from 3 to 4plats. I quickly gave up on that idea. I doubt this FC1 will kill the PvP when the barrier of entry is at least 2+ plats considering all of the items. 

Pawain said:

Once that is done,  the event progresses as fast as players can kill stuff.

username said:

Pawain said:

Once that is done,  the event progresses as fast as players can kill stuff.

The tot portion last 4 hours regardless. Where have you been? For the players that don't enjoy the boring grind of ToTs... what for them? 4 other parts of the event they can't participate in for FOUR hours + wait times between phases.

If someone only has a couple of hours to play, they probably want to be able to fight and get drops in the limited time they have.

username said:

.Pawain said:

If someone only has a couple of hours to play, they probably want to be able to fight and get drops in the limited time they have.

That's not the case at all. It definitely means that if they're looking forward a specific activity other than the ToT, or chasing a specific reward that's not turn in point items, it's going to be hard to catch that. Especially the 'boss' which drops, in my opinion, the best rewards.

You miss the boss by 2 minutes you might as well log off for the day. Could be, once again, 6-8 hours before it spawns again.

Grimbeard said:

Phases 1-3 my favorite I get a lot of drops and rubble etc 

Pawain said:

Grimbeard said:

Phases 1-3 my favorite I get a lot of drops and rubble etc 

Is the rubble shard bound?

drcossack said:

the main problem with pvp is that nobody is actually GOOD anymore.  The programs and scripts do all the work for them, and actual skill is pretty much non-existent.  While UO has bigger problems than that, fixing the mess caused by the inaction of the past decade might not be possible.  But it'd be a start.  New permanent content would also be nice, instead of the seasonal content we've been getting for the past few years (I know other MMOs do a similar release schedule, like FF14.  But there's always old content for people to farm - mounts, glam/transmogs, etc)

FC1 on this sash is huge.  Are there other sources for it?  Yeah, of course.  But it still frees up needing to have it on another piece.  Realistically, you don't need it anywhere else at all now, if you're on a mage.  Just equip the new sash, get the town buff, and you're set for the day.  4/6 characters would need to use other pieces, but you still get more freedom to build with this new item.

I recommend Talisman Bird protection for the event.

Grimbeard said:

The bots out on force on Baja for tonights em event where's @ Kyronix and @ Parallax they are easy to spot .

ArdaLoreMaster said:

Love the concept, but a few things could use improvement, IMO. I like that crafters are required to make the gear needed in Phase 1, but as a returning player who hasn’t been stockpiling gold and resources for 20+ years, the rarity of some of the components is prohibitive to participating. I spent several hours trying to farm for crystalline blackrock and couldn’t find any, and since the siege deployment kits can’t be deployed without the ammo kits, my crafters were useless. I think it would be fun to have NPCs provide the necessary resources, but require crafters to construct the equipment on site while the mages and fighter-types protect them.

Welcome back to Ultima Online 🙂

I thank you for your comment, your comment for me is the cornerstone of a post I made whose aim and purpose was a suggestion to change certain aspects, such as the ease of opening doors with other alternatives, be able to buy ingredients from an NPC or the possibility of creating a timer and once passed, the door would accept more options to be destroyed.

In order to make it more accessible to all.

In this detailed guide it explains phase by phase what happens, etc... I hope it helps.

https://www.uo-cah.com/event/rifted-crown

🙂

Grimbeard said:

The bots out on force on Baja for tonights em event where's @ Kyronix and @ Parallax they are easy to spot .

Community Manager said:

Grimbeard said:

The bots out on force on Baja for tonights em event where's @ Kyronix and @ Parallax they are easy to spot .

Please page a GM if you believe them to be breaking the TOS, be sure to target the individuals as well. 

Grimbeard said:

Community Manager said:

Grimbeard said:

The bots out on force on Baja for tonights em event where's @ Kyronix and @ Parallax they are easy to spot .

Please page a GM if you believe them to be breaking the TOS, be sure to target the individuals as well. 

The problem is I don't believe they are unattended I think they are multiboxing or whatever you call it when one computer is running 5 accounts at once would this be detectable? Just have any developer show at any drop night em event or Atlantic right now? 

Community Manager said:

Grimbeard said:

Community Manager said:

Grimbeard said:

The bots out on force on Baja for tonights em event where's @ Kyronix and @ Parallax they are easy to spot .

Please page a GM if you believe them to be breaking the TOS, be sure to target the individuals as well. 

The problem is I don't believe they are unattended I think they are multiboxing or whatever you call it when one computer is running 5 accounts at once would this be detectable? Just have any developer show at any drop night em event or Atlantic right now? 

That is something a GM would investigate. 

LilyGrace said:

There's got to be a zillion threads regarding assigning Clean-Up points to various items, but I didn't find anything specific to this topic in a search.

There's always some item during these events that you end up with a ton of. Wouldn't it make more sense if these items, like the rubble in such great abundance, we were allowed a few clean-up points right from jump? Seems to me it would kill a few birds with one stone. 

There would be less hoarding, jacking up shard-wide item count. Less being bummed about not having enough storage space if there's an incentive to throw things out. With less hoarding it would make the pieces that are kept and used for decor of more value. Maybe so much so, down the road it would make sense to bring that artwork back again, which you'd think would be a help to dev's. 

In general I wish we were offered more incentives to not hoard, hoping items will be worth something some day. I can't pretend to have any knowledge of what it takes to add code to items that allows us clean-up points. Is it a bear? OMG the large round xmas boxes. I can barely stand to look at them anymore. Just make them all worth something to get rid of! lol

Lastly, on the topic of these rubble pieces. It would be a lot easier to be creative and build with them if they didn't count toward item lock downs. It would be nice if they functioned like crafted pieces in that respect. They're going to take up a LOT of lockdowns to build anything substantial. 

Switching to another topic - Rogues and rogue skills during these events.

I don't keep up with the boards a lot anymore. And either the search engine or my skills with using it are subpar.

Have the devs talked at all about doing something about fixing Remove Trap? 

Specifically regarding the high 90s percentile failure rate? I don't want to give up on playing a stealthy rogue with the skill to remove traps on these chests. It's pretty awful to always have to back up 3 paces and cast telekinesis  2 or 3xs. It's super time consuming. Especially because you also have to compete with players who've built suits that allow them to run around full tilt on a mount to detect chests, and then are able to survive just blowing the traps while standing on top of the chests.

Really? After all this time, those of us still left wanting to play an old-timey full on rogue still can't compete efficiently for their own content? DH shouldn't work for players at a mounted run. RT shouldn't have workarounds that allow players to survive just blowing all the traps when opening a chest. 

I appreciate the timer being added that allows you to lay claim to the chest for a couple minutes. But can rogues be safeguarded further please? Can you make DH worth something? Why should anyone running full tilt on a mount be able to get the system message that they've detected a chest? And why has RT been broken for sooooo long, leaving it a worthless skill? 

For those who want to offer that's it's easier to just work with what we've got and conform to the workarounds. I don't agree. These workarounds that make rogue skills of no value would be like a rogue being able to effectively WW mobs with their lock-picks while having no fighting skills to speak of. 

Rogue class should be allowed to be a standalone class of character and be rewarded for training up their skills. 

Grimbeard said:

God help me I agree 

LilyGrace said:

There's got to be a zillion threads regarding assigning Clean-Up points to various items, but I didn't find anything specific to this topic in a search.

There's always some item during these events that you end up with a ton of. Wouldn't it make more sense if these items, like the rubble in such great abundance, we were allowed a few clean-up points right from jump? Seems to me it would kill a few birds with one stone. 

There would be less hoarding, jacking up shard-wide item count. Less being bummed about not having enough storage space if there's an incentive to throw things out. With less hoarding it would make the pieces that are kept and used for decor of more value. Maybe so much so, down the road it would make sense to bring that artwork back again, which you'd think would be a help to dev's. 

In general I wish we were offered more incentives to not hoard, hoping items will be worth something some day. I can't pretend to have any knowledge of what it takes to add code to items that allows us clean-up points. Is it a bear? OMG the large round xmas boxes. I can barely stand to look at them anymore. Just make them all worth something to get rid of! lol

Lastly, on the topic of these rubble pieces. It would be a lot easier to be creative and build with them if they didn't count toward item lock downs. It would be nice if they functioned like crafted pieces in that respect. They're going to take up a LOT of lockdowns to build anything substantial. 

Switching to another topic - Rogues and rogue skills during these events.

I don't keep up with the boards a lot anymore. And either the search engine or my skills with using it are subpar.

Have the devs talked at all about doing something about fixing Remove Trap? 

Specifically regarding the high 90s percentile failure rate? I don't want to give up on playing a stealthy rogue with the skill to remove traps on these chests. It's pretty awful to always have to back up 3 paces and cast telekinesis  2 or 3xs. It's super time consuming. Especially because you also have to compete with players who've built suits that allow them to run around full tilt on a mount to detect chests, and then are able to survive just blowing the traps while standing on top of the chests.

Really? After all this time, those of us still left wanting to play an old-timey full on rogue still can't compete efficiently for their own content? DH shouldn't work for players at a mounted run. RT shouldn't have workarounds that allow players to survive just blowing all the traps when opening a chest. 

I appreciate the timer being added that allows you to lay claim to the chest for a couple minutes. But can rogues be safeguarded further please? Can you make DH worth something? Why should anyone running full tilt on a mount be able to get the system message that they've detected a chest? And why has RT been broken for sooooo long, leaving it a worthless skill? 

For those who want to offer that's it's easier to just work with what we've got and conform to the workarounds. I don't agree. These workarounds that make rogue skills of no value would be like a rogue being able to effectively WW mobs with their lock-picks while having no fighting skills to speak of. 

Rogue class should be allowed to be a standalone class of character and be rewarded for training up their skills. 

LilyGrace said:

Rogue-centric potions akin to the Potions of Fortune would be nice. Since the PoF only go to beef up the count on drops from mobs, maybe something could be created that beefs up the drops on chests. 

LilyGrace said:

That makes two of us, Kev. I haven’t found anything rare or stealable yet. I have 2180 on suit and over 3k when I hit the statue. 

 I was specifically speaking about Riftborn drops being beefed up. I haven’t done any fighting mobs for drops yet, trying like hell to find something good in chests when I’m able to play. That said, I sure wouldn’t mind increasing my chances of finding a ding dang rare.

keven2002 said:

LilyGrace said:

That makes two of us, Kev. I haven’t found anything rare or stealable yet. I have 2180 on suit and over 3k when I hit the statue. 

 I was specifically speaking about Riftborn drops being beefed up. I haven’t done any fighting mobs for drops yet, trying like hell to find something good in chests when I’m able to play. That said, I sure wouldn’t mind increasing my chances of finding a ding dang rare.

I've actually taken a break from the thief side of it because there are just so many thieves running around on ATL there could be like 5min I run around without finding a new chest (in the city). 

I did venture into the dungeon a couple of times (less thieves for sure) but no dice AND it's such a PITA dying in the one side of the dungeon bc I need to run all the way to the healer and back....the loot doesn't seem any better so not really worth it for the risk.

Pawain said:

We found this out on LS.

If you have a small group of like 10 or less.  If 4 of the players start shooting Catapults, the spawn below is way too much for the players below.  We've had 8 gates going at once for 4 or five trying to defend.

Today we just had 2 catapults operating and another took over when the first ran out of ammo, the spawn was manageable.  

I wonder if we are the only shard with too many players doing catapults. 

Lokea said:

Pawain said:

We found this out on LS.

If you have a small group of like 10 or less.  If 4 of the players start shooting Catapults, the spawn below is way too much for the players below.  We've had 8 gates going at once for 4 or five trying to defend.

Today we just had 2 catapults operating and another took over when the first ran out of ammo, the spawn was manageable.  

I wonder if we are the only shard with too many players doing catapults. 

It was very noticeable and actually manageable, unlike last night's Night of Horrors on LS where it took a lot of us well over an hour to kill the Monstrosity and about 1,000 Mawlings.

I'm still trying to figure last night out, but at least Voodoo Child figured out a strategy.

keven2002 said:

I've only played ATL so the first 3 stages usually take about an hour or so total. Overall I enjoy it even though at least half of my satchels contain rubble (imo the worst of the drops). I'm not sure I'd be willing to spend an hour on the champion alone; only to get a bag of rubble... I could get that by blowing up the gate while everyone else is killing the champion...in much shorter time lol.

Dapeekas said:

keven2002 said:

I've only played ATL so the first 3 stages usually take about an hour or so total. Overall I enjoy it even though at least half of my satchels contain rubble (imo the worst of the drops). I'm not sure I'd be willing to spend an hour on the champion alone; only to get a bag of rubble... I could get that by blowing up the gate while everyone else is killing the champion...in much shorter time lol.

Getting the bag of rubble 'Congrats here's a bag of useless rocks! You're welcome!' ugh the worst.

Petra_Fyde said:

It needs to be a combined effort. Guilds working together, random players dropping stuff they don't need, as non-crafters, into mailboxes at houses where they can be passed on and used.
If you have a mailbox at your house, tell people where it is and encourage them to fill it with their resource drops. It's in everyone's interests to make sure the crafters are supplied to be able to keep opening the gates!

Pawain said:

Atlantic is pretty sad, event starting and no more bombs.  That many players there.

keven2002 said:

Petra_Fyde said:

It needs to be a combined effort. Guilds working together, random players dropping stuff they don't need, as non-crafters, into mailboxes at houses where they can be passed on and used.
If you have a mailbox at your house, tell people where it is and encourage them to fill it with their resource drops. It's in everyone's interests to make sure the crafters are supplied to be able to keep opening the gates!

If this was 20 years ago and UO had the population it did before (and the amount of time I had to play) then I'd agree with that but given the current population of UO on shards that are not ATL (and personally I don't have hours every day to play), but the reality is that there aren't always enough people online at the same time that have the skill/will to do an event like this.

For example, I've been online ready/willing to play so I popped over to Origin to see if it was in any stage but the dungeon (since ATL is on the dungeon) and the wall is fully intact and nobody was there when I called out in chat...so I'm ready and would give supplies as I got them to people but the people simply are not there. Origin just doesn't have the population around when I play... so while I'd be willing to play in a combined effort that's just not possible when I'm able to log on... that shouldn't prevent people from taking part in the event IMO. The wall being a "show stopper" was a call out from the beginning...it should be on a timer regardless just in case a shard doesn't have the population to get things going.

Pawain said:

Atlantic is pretty sad, event starting and no more bombs.  That many players there.

Weird I didn't see you offer up anything to help get it open. You talk about pitching in and whatnot when it comes to your home shard but seems like it's just take/take/take when you visit other places. 

Grimbeard said:

Even if I brought enough to put down all walls on Origin it would be meaningless if there is no one around to help kill the bosses....

Pawain said:

Atlantic is pretty sad, event starting and no more bombs.  That many players there.

LilyGrace said:

Definitely not enough crafting materials dropping. Hubs and I combined all we had from our accounts on two shards. Bought some and transferred them. And they’re still going fast. What I find in chests is slim pickin’s. 

Time will prove everyone right and wrong.

Pawain said:

My Rubble wall is growing:

__Psycoder said:

@ mis 1 thing I realized is that people will not take down the gate/wall if there is less than 4 hours to server reset. They see it as waste of materials. Other than that, the wall went down quickly every time on my shard. 

mis said:

LilyGrace said:

Definitely not enough crafting materials dropping. Hubs and I combined all we had from our accounts on two shards. Bought some and transferred them. And they’re still going fast. What I find in chests is slim pickin’s. 

The theme has two key points:

The first is that it requires uncommon ingredients, something I warned about early on was to put common ingredients that are used in other explosives, such as Sulfurous Ash or Grave Dust.

The second problem is that in order to create this you need the High Seas expansion, so it forces the player to buy an expansion if they want to participate as a crafter in the event.

So the question I asked at the beginning of all this comes back, is this event made for minorities or majorities?

Is the aim really to give participation to crafters or not?

Because if it is to give participation, don't complicate it by putting complex ingredients and forcing to buy an expansion.

The first day in Europa Shard it's 10:34 and of all the players that have passed, no crafter with expansion and ingredients has taken down the walls, the first day since the start.

What will it be like when crafter players with expansion go on holiday or simply have no interest in making more as they already have everything they have?

We'll see the answer in August as I said, let's hope my vision doesn't get ahead of me.

That's when everything I warned about in my vision from the beginning that few saw and understood will make sense.

Time will prove everyone right and wrong.

Pawain said:

Do yall still not know you get 20 to 40 drops when you are using a catapult.   You can still get them until all walls are gone.  

That is not encentive?

Grimbeard said:

It's not a small shards issue Baja has been 24/7 since it landed look to the quality of community on shards having issues not ask the developers to fix something not broke 

firec said:

Pawain said:

Do yall still not know you get 20 to 40 drops when you are using a catapult.   You can still get them until all walls are gone.  

That is not encentive?

No, it's not. When you factor in the cost materials of the barrels/ammunition kits, it's actually not rewarding at all.

Grimbeard said:

It's not a small shards issue Baja has been 24/7 since it landed look to the quality of community on shards having issues not ask the developers to fix something not broke 

Fair. As I mentioned, it seems to be more a greed issue. It's just that the overwhelming number of people on ATL still outweighs the greed. For now.

Grimbeard said:

What have you done besides sat and complain?  Show us the ingredients you have contributed the bombs you have crafted ? Ask yourself what would the avatar do and I will give you a clue it doesn't involve complain here..

As Petra has already confirmed, I've given out donation ingredients every day and personally I even make my own kits.

Writing rubbish day by day won't get you in-game coins or any kind of reward, you've already accumulated 3,062 rubbish posts.

Close the door on your way out.

firec said:

I have to say... I am a little disappointed in the lack of response from the devs in terms of tweaking this for the non-ATL shards.


But as I said, it is a bit disappointing that this has yet to be addressed by the devs. I understand the intent of the event is to have a collaborative environment and gameplay... But in case nobody could tell by the people running trains of 16 stacked bots - the greed of a large portion of this community is inescapable.

I am writing this to empathise, I too have had disappointments.

Pawain said:

Do yall still not know you get 20 to 40 drops when you are using a catapult.   You can still get them until all walls are gone.  

That is not encentive?

False, in Europe it drops 3 drops riftborne per kit (At least that's how much I'm getting, whether 4 or 2 will fall, I don't know).

mis said:

Pawain said:

Do yall still not know you get 20 to 40 drops when you are using a catapult.   You can still get them until all walls are gone.  

That is not encentive?

False, in Europe it drops 3 drops riftborne per kit (At least that's how much I'm getting, whether 4 or 2 will fall, I don't know).

Pawain said:

3 per kit takes 12 to 14 kits so that is 36 to 42 drops.
False because I was too low on the amount of drops? 

For making the presentation in this way.

Pawain said:

Do yall still not know you get 20 to 40 drops when you are using a catapult.   You can still get them until all walls are gone.  

That is not encentive?

LilyGrace said:

Some of the items we need for the crafting are very common. The void orbs, and blackrock, and the dark sapphire (to make void orbs) aren't so readily available. 

How do you make Void Orbs from Dark Sapphire gems? I just checked the crafter menus and don't see that option. Who and how, please?

Pawain said:

So yes I agree with your future prognosis of the event dying out in use, but not for the reasons you purport.

LilyGrace said:

Hi, Hippo

Here ya go...

Mariah said:

My best source of large gems is the Eodon volcano elementals