Yeah, same with those decor items with same name as real items like the Soulforge. I bought the decor version at 30m without knowing its decor.
This happened when i return after a long period of inactivity, and didn't know about the decor version.
Pls include vet reward shard shields as well. Some players exploit returning players and try to sell them such account bound items. If you want to keep players who still think about and return to UO, pls focus on protecting and keeping them.
I would be a great thing to do for the peace of mind of all players. We have real life thieves working in UO and they dont care how it hurts the game to do this. Making the items non transferable and non vendorable for sale would go along way to help.
same with soulstone but some people like them for deco
The point of this is to stop the placement on vendors of items deemed "Account Bound"
This is something that escapes the bounds of Deco items. I have always kept the souls stones on my vendor houses that are found on my working shards in the case a returning player is looking. This is a no brainer, But never would I think to sell them. Tokens fine, player made unused fine.. but never a player used and owned.
My point is that the unwarry are buying things that look ok to use even if they have the tag of "account bound". As I thought it was on the item redeemed when you activated the token and not the token itself.
Before the IDOC change this was a big deal. Players were getting shard shields and yelling why they didn't work. Mesanna at each meet up was getting an ear full on this. I wouldnt be surprised if this was why they took the drastic move of deleting all the things they did.
It's not fair to the buyer who thinks because its vendorable its ok to buy and use. The in game store items should be transferable as you cant split up the soverigns to different accounts that need to use them. Not to mention I heard the stable slot token was sellable at a dev meeting.
So you see the change is needed. For the average player 15 mill is a bit much for something that is marked useable in the sale on the vendor and turns out to be a lie.
Oh, and i play on a dead shard, not atl.
15 mil is a significant amount not chump change.
Keep things very simple. Account Bound items do not end up on a vendor.
Yes I know the deco argument. You all are creative enough to get your hands on one if you need it.
Agreed. These should never be allowed on a vendor. Seems like a easy fix, make it so.
I have never bought any so I am not an expert on how they work but thank you TimSt for the info. Cause it seems I will be needing to buy some. I still need stable slots for a few of my tamers.
Lord_Nabin has it right, yes 15 mil is not chump change for a lot of the players out there. I may play with 100s of mills in a week or less but still 15 mill can go a long way as you pointed out Norry. Think of how much of that 15 mill can buy... now you see it is a big chunk of change. This in the over all picture is the point. I or any other player should not be snookered into buying what is on a vendor that gives you the idea its ok to buy and use.
I received a answer to my GM call to see if it was fixable...
To shrink it to define the answer was: Please go to the in game store and you can read the full message on the token and it being "account bound". contact us and see if we listen... no thank you.
I’ve been playing now about two years and for me 15 million is usually more than half of what I have in my bank account. I buy low and sell high and do fairly well that way but most sellers do not sell that low that I get a windfall every time I sell. I see the account or shard bound game generated warning on vendor search fairly often. The game should be programmed to generate this warning whenever these items are sold. Players should not be expected to research each expensive item they buy to determine if it is shard or account bound.
I would consider this situation an exploit
"Ideally someone from Dev team should acknowledge this issue with no further inputs required"
I know its not a popular opinion however.
I would say that often the Dev's do take care of things quietly behind the scenes. Your comments are noted. They are discussed in meetings . Actions are taken. Frankly we do not always see the results specifically but they are there.
This one will probably be a little more visible so give them some time to review.
So the guy from LS admits to putting the tokens on a vendor to scam people and you remove the post?? wth.
Yes so far I have bought items only from the UO store and the EA site that sells various kinds of tokens. But, I don't buy much because neither store sells much of anything a newer player can use. The official store sells mostly dies and deco items of little or no use to players that have only been playing a few years. The UO store does not even sell gold I could use to buy things from in game vendors. However, I can get most of what I need for just a few dollars from those third party internet vendors we are not suppose to buy from. If you buy from a third party vendor, I agree it is buyer beware.
But for in game vendors, the game lists the item description in the sales offer. The game knows what is account and shard bound and what is not and at least for some items lists this warning where it should be in the description of the item so that it is easy for the potential purchaser to see it. If Ultima Online does not want us buying from third party vendors, it should provide players with some assurance they can use what they buy from in game vendors. Otherwise, what is the incentive to buy from them when I can get the same item for a lot less effort from a third party vendor that might actually have some kind of a return policy?
And just as a suggestion, if the UO store sold more of what I could use, I would buy more from it. I don't like being forced to make purchases the game discourages just to get basic items I need to play the game.
Is that woman paying any attention to the problem?? I gave her a money making idea that can help the game stay afloat while the covid has most holding on to the cash tight till congress gets off its tush to help. I have noticed a drop in players.
I don't get why they are so dead set against "pay to win" it is happening if the RMT sites were not making money they wouldn't exist anything they sell should be in the UO store for less money this would make UO money and close down the RMT sites ... keep in mind we are an old player base we have both time and at least in my case plenty of disposable income i am paying 4 accounts right now and buy a lot from the UO i would buy more things is they were available. i hear your oh you want an easy button but again we have all been playing for 20 some years we have done all the hard stuff over and over i want to relax and play not grind...