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A few questions for Kyronix on this Shadow event

keven2002keven2002 Posts: 2,253
in General Discussions
Hoping to gain some clarity on a few things about this event that seem "off"... Are you able to help answer some questions @Kyronix ??

  1. Nightmare color spawn decrease.  I thought it was an isolated event with just me but since I've been talking to others (and reading threads) I am not the only person that has noticed a significant decrease in the colored mares spawning. The first day of the release, using 2 totems I saw a green, a balron bone red, 2 regular red, and 4 grey ones. Over the weekend and today I've used 4 totems and have gotten a total of 6 greys and void/chrome but nothing else. Again, I am not the only person seeing those results. Can you adjust the spawn rate of colored mares back to what it was around the first day of release or at least let us know how long we have to tame the color we want?
  2. Manifestation on Atlantic has too little HP. I'm only getting looting rights maybe 25% of the time and that's with my ABC archer in a max damage suit / max swing speed / EOO / etc (my tamer/weaver was getting even less). It's to the point where I'm not even using my treasure hunter because I don't feel like logging/relogging to get my archer who probably won't even get a drop anyway. With all the multiboxers using multiple accounts to spam AI and auto target the boss as soon as he spawns; I can't even grab his health bar before he's 25% dead. Can we get a bump in HP (on ATL only) to allow for us to do more damage and get more looting rights? Or allow anyone doing damage to get a drop.
  3. Can you confirm the magical rift is from the Manifestation? It's not on uo-cah but someone told me they got one from the boss.Wondering if there are any other items he drops that we don't know about.
  4. Should the drop rate of items from the manifestation be even or lopsided? My current distribution of drops is 5 lanterns, 5 titles, 4 spellbooks, 2 bows, 1 shield. No tabards.
  5. Are the new masks that Grimms drop supposed to be super rare / hard to get?

Comments

  • LuffyLuffy Posts: 6
    Even with Asuka and Yamato, the boss is eradicated within a minute; with 40 or 50 people participating, it is difficult to receive the boss drop.
  • JamesJames Posts: 83
    The Rift is a drop and comes in the bag from the Boss. It’s listed on the uo-cah website.
  • PlayerSkillFTWPlayerSkillFTW Posts: 611
    edited November 4
    I have a Magical Rift from the Manifestation of Evil, so it does drop inside the Shadow Bag. Mine is Hue 1152.


  • VioletViolet Posts: 398
    edited November 5
    1. Nightmare spawn hasn't changed since the patch published. RNG is RNG and yes sometimes it's not in our favor. I know of someone who got 3 of the enchanted origin mares in one totem. 

    2. If the Manifestation is buffed, you may still not get looting rights.

    3. You must be looking at our TC1 article and not our publish article: https://www.uo-cah.com/pub-118/shadows-awakening

    4. Sometimes certain items have different drop chances than others. This is easily seen on Krampus.  Add in some RNG and you get your results.

  • KyronixKyronix Posts: 1,177Dev
    1 - No changes have been made to the spawn chance for any of the Nightmare hues.
    2 - We have been monitoring the situation on Atlantic (and other shards) with the survivability of the Manifestation of Evil.  We have some updates to address this in the pipeline and will update everyone accordingly.
    3 - Check out this sweet video on our YouTube channel for all the neat loot!
    4 - Different items have different rarities
    5 - The impression of rarity is somewhat subjective, but generally we try to group things into the following categories, "Common", "Uncommon", "Rare", "Super Rare", "Uber-Rare", "1 of a kind"  The Grimm masks are somewhere between rare & super rare.

    Hope these help!
  • creampiecreampie Posts: 100
    Kyronix said:
    1 - No changes have been made to the spawn chance for any of the Nightmare hues.
    2 - We have been monitoring the situation on Atlantic (and other shards) with the survivability of the Manifestation of Evil.  We have some updates to address this in the pipeline and will update everyone accordingly.
    3 - Check out this sweet video on our YouTube channel for all the neat loot!
    4 - Different items have different rarities
    5 - The impression of rarity is somewhat subjective, but generally we try to group things into the following categories, "Common", "Uncommon", "Rare", "Super Rare", "Uber-Rare", "1 of a kind"  The Grimm masks are somewhere between rare & super rare.

    Hope these help!

    number 2 thumb up
  • Lord_NythraxLord_Nythrax Posts: 347
    Kyronix said:
    2 - We have been monitoring the situation on Atlantic (and other shards) with the survivability of the Manifestation of Evil.  We have some updates to address this in the pipeline and will update everyone accordingly.

    So did you guys think running to the sextant coordinates would work like a CAPTCHA and prevent armies of script-targeting multi-boxed throwers from eradicating the boss instantly, or what?
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 324
    edited November 5
    I always sucked at captcha or if it was a math IQ test; the bots beat me to it with better tool/calculator.. the vague indication like on trammel help a lot.. but malas and illshenar, nope.

    Anyway on Legends no one has run manifestation since sunday.
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?
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  • KyronixKyronix Posts: 1,177Dev
    Lord_Nythrax said:
    Kyronix said:
    2 - We have been monitoring the situation on Atlantic (and other shards) with the survivability of the Manifestation of Evil.  We have some updates to address this in the pipeline and will update everyone accordingly.

    So did you guys think running to the sextant coordinates would work like a CAPTCHA and prevent armies of script-targeting multi-boxed throwers from eradicating the boss instantly, or what?

    No.
  • GrimbeardGrimbeard Posts: 2,174
    Kyronix said:
    Lord_Nythrax said:
    Kyronix said:
    2 - We have been monitoring the situation on Atlantic (and other shards) with the survivability of the Manifestation of Evil.  We have some updates to address this in the pipeline and will update everyone accordingly.

    So did you guys think running to the sextant coordinates would work like a CAPTCHA and prevent armies of script-targeting multi-boxed throwers from eradicating the boss instantly, or what?

    No.
    Thanks for responding @Kyronix ;
  • Lord_NythraxLord_Nythrax Posts: 347
    edited November 5
    Kyronix said:

    No.

    So the "stand around and wait for a town crier to bark, then run through the woods clicking a sextant" design of this event was intended to be legitimately fun unto itself? I see.

    I really feel like you guys could have made more people happy for less work by carrying on with the paradigm of hanging new rewards on underused old content. Having a reason to do the void pool over the summer was neat.
  • CookieCookie Posts: 1,478
    1 - Nightmare colour spawn decrease - we are seeing no such thing - in fact the complaint in our guild is they seem too common... Not a complaint, more an expression of surprise.


  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 324
    edited November 5
    Try to use the I.. drop the WE.. just a small advice, u'd be taken a tiny bit more seriously, in my case.
    (you seems to think your Bullshit using WE sound more legit, but all it transpire is lil D energy, imo)
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?
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  • CookieCookie Posts: 1,478
    KroDuK said:
    Try to use the I.. drop the WE.. just a small advice, u'd be taken a tiny more seriously.
    (you seems to think u sound like Bullshit using WE, but all it transpire is lil D energy)
    I understand that many small companies, with small marketing departments, and small media outlets use the pronoun "we" to make their opinions sound more valid.

    But I am not doing that, We are the real thing. :)

    We are quite a large active guild, it is not me getting all these results, it is the result of experience I am seeing right across our guild.
    So when I say We, I really mean we. 

    I don't need to be taken more seriously, the question is, do I take you seriously ? :)
  • KroDuKKroDuK Posts: 324
    edited November 5
    You owe me a new keyboard.. I did spill my drink all over:
    Cookie said:

    I don't need to be taken more seriously, the question is, do I take you seriously ? :)
    Good one tho, I never imagine u could be that funny.. usually cheater ain't; they too busy stroking their fragile EGO to make good jokes like that.

    Edit: considering your comment history and that 3 minutes.. i'd say u do.. A LOT!
    I'm talking by experience here.. most cheater wants to be my friend.  B)
    So rather than recognise the effort the botters went to, to set all that up - for the benefit of the players, to help get certain items, something you could never be bothered to do, you would rather drag people backwards to your neanderthal world?
    -UO official forums, brought to you by BoardSword studio
  • LarisaLarisa Posts: 1,201
    And that's why I asked you to update the publish notes.

    As stated in the publish notes, the Grimm Masks are an UNCOMMON drop



    You just stated they were between Rare and Super Rare

    Thank you for finally clarifying that :)

  • keven2002keven2002 Posts: 2,253
    Kyronix said:
    1 - No changes have been made to the spawn chance for any of the Nightmare hues.
    2 - We have been monitoring the situation on Atlantic (and other shards) with the survivability of the Manifestation of Evil.  We have some updates to address this in the pipeline and will update everyone accordingly.
    3 - Check out this sweet video on our YouTube channel for all the neat loot!
    4 - Different items have different rarities
    5 - The impression of rarity is somewhat subjective, but generally we try to group things into the following categories, "Common", "Uncommon", "Rare", "Super Rare", "Uber-Rare", "1 of a kind"  The Grimm masks are somewhere between rare & super rare.

    Hope these help!

    Very helpful - thank you Kyronix for the info!
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