Ask and Answer

Posted by Bonnie Armstrong | 2013 May 06 19:58 -0400 GMT
1 UO Stratics
Regarding the loot table for Charybdis, at present the few we've been able to do seem to only ever give a Regeneration Piece drop to the summoning fisher. As that's usually me, I don't know what happens for the others, but they've reported seeing a message that I get the drop. Does this mean there's nothing special on Charybdis for those who help kill him, or are there mysteries still to be found deep within the wobbly bits of this most rare of encounters? (Adol )
2013 May 06 19:58 GMT

Character Transfer Return

Posted by Bonnie Armstrong | 2013 May 02 16:08 -0400 GMT
Character tranfer will be turned on today 5/2/2012.  If you are having issues with a transfer, please contact us at barmstrong@ea.com.
2013 May 02 16:08 GMT

Ask and Answer

Posted by Bonnie Armstrong | 2013 Apr 29 18:18 -0400 GMT
1. UO Stratics
From Pub 81 :
- The looting rights threshold has been lowered for all mobs.
Can you give us some more details on this change? How it works in compare now then before pub 81.
With some % would be nice to make us better to understand. (Kelly O'Brian of Drachenfels.)

2013 Apr 29 18:18 GMT

Update on Character Transfer

Posted by Bonnie Armstrong | 2013 Apr 26 18:46 -0400 GMT
We will be turning on Character Transfer tomorrow (5/2/2012) morning.


We are still working on fixing the issues with Character Transfers but hope to have everyone finished to be able to turn it back on Tuesday May 7th.  I will let you know if anything comes up to change this date.


Thank you for your patience.
2013 Apr 26 18:46 GMT

Ask & Answer No. 18

Posted by Tim Chappell | 2013 Mar 25 16:21 -0400 GMT


We have received another list of questions for our developers from the fan sites and many of the questions this week are related to crafting. If you have any crafting questions or other UO related questions, be sure and submit them to your favorite fan site so our developers can answer them.

UOCraft.com

Regarding Powder of Fortification: would it be possible to add a menu option that asks how many PoF charges to apply to an item, instead of clicking over and over for each charge? (Coral)

Kyronix: we have gotten this request several times on various items.  It will take a bit to get all the items but we will add this to our growing list of things to do in the future.

2013 Mar 25 16:21 GMT

Character Transfer Downtime

Posted by Bonnie Armstrong | 2013 Mar 20 17:34 -0400 GMT

Greetings everyone,

     As I am sure most of you know we have been working on upgrading our outdated hardware and moving to the Cloud.  The next step in the process is to move the data base for Character Transfers.  This is an advanced notice that Character Transfers will be turned off Friday morning 3/22/2013 for an extended time.  We need to ensure all current transfers have been completed before we start this move so please do your transfers now or they will be in limbo till this move is completed.  When we are able to turn them back on we will let you guys know. 

Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong
Producer UO

2013 Mar 20 17:34 GMT

Ask & Answer No. 17

Posted by Tim Chappell | 2013 Mar 19 09:36 -0400 GMT
In this week's Ask and Answer we have some very informative answers from the developers including a holiday appropriate question about bunnies. Enjoy!

UOForums

Easter is coming. So...
  1. Would you consider adding Vorpal Bunnies to the loot system that powers Shame/Covetous/Wrong? Perhaps equivalent to a mid-level monster to recognize how agonizingly slow it is to grow green thorns?
  2. Would you consider adding a (very) rare Vorpal Bunny statue drop?
  3. Would you consider adding Vorpal Bunnies to the list of sources for the upcoming release of armor system-related ingredients?
  4. Would you consider adding various imbuing ingredients to the list of Bunny loot items? (Magister_Returns)


Mesanna:  I get the idea you really like Vorpal bunnies.  You have to understand Vorpal bunnies are easy to farm in closed in areas so we have to be careful how much we put on them.  And with everything for gardening we have put in the game you can produce approx 73 thorns in 2 weeks.  As far as the statue, I don’t have an issue with putting in a Vorpal Bunny Statue or maybe a way to catch them during one easter and taming them, who knows =)

2013 Mar 19 09:36 GMT

Server Latency Update

Posted by Bonnie Armstrong | 2013 Mar 15 17:07 -0400 GMT
We are happy to announce that due to a lot of hard work and all the players feedback we have found a major cause for the lag everyone has been experiencing.  We are publishing a fix for this and you will receive it after your normal maintenance cycle.  If you do experience any lag over the weekend please send barmstrong@ea.com the following information to help us in resolving the problem:

  • Shard:
  • What you are doing when you experience the lag:
  • Time of day:
  • Location on shard when you experienced the lag:


We appreciate you guys being patient with us while we resolve this.  Thank you!!  BTW if we yelled April Fool’s right now would you string us up and burn us?

Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong
Producer UO

2013 Mar 15 17:07 GMT

Ask & Answer No. 16

Posted by Tim Chappell | 2013 Mar 05 22:27 -0500 GMT
It is time for another Ask and Answer and our developers have answered another set of your excellent questions. Keep them coming!


UO Mania

Is there a cap for "Clean up Britannia" points? (ake)

Kyronix: Yes, the cap is at 10,000,000 points
2013 Mar 05 22:27 GMT

Publish 80 Update

Posted by Bonnie Armstrong | 2013 Feb 26 20:00 -0500 GMT
Greetings everyone,

Just wanted to drop everyone an update on the current lag issues you are seeing. We are working hard on this issue and will keep you updated on our progress.  I just wanted to let everyone know we appreciate your patience and we appreciate any constructive feedback you can give us regarding the lag you are experiencing.
2013 Feb 26 20:00 GMT

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