Thought you had to of done trade routes to get a reward?
The UO wiki states:
Accredited traders, with at least 3 trade runs between Krampus’s
appearance will receive a reward for defeating him, those with less
journeys will have a reduced chance of receiving such. Moongate
shortcuts are frowned upon and do not contribute to the summoning of
Krampus.
So Ok done six Krampus, and a gazillion trade routes to make him spawn. The last three spawned on my char as I was the only one running em at the time and the only one who got the msg as you only get it if you have a box on you.
So far for all that effort I have got a flipping branch and some coin purses containing 1k flipping gold and less gems than a greater dragon.
On the one we just finished, having called it out in GC so could get some help with it as it is a tad difficult to solo, a bunch of people rocked up (about 6) one of whom got a whip and another a recipe for santa hat, neither of them had done a single trade route, in fact they didnt even know what they were.
Another there said their char got a whip and hadn't done a single trade route either.
It seems the more trade routes you do the less chance you have. NOT HAPPY.
@Kyronix ;
So what is the greater chance of getting a decent reward other than crap, above someone who has done absolutely NOTHING to generate the spawn ... .000001 better chance ?
I mean the way the wiki reads " Accredited traders, with at least 3 trade runs between Krampus’s
appearance will receive a reward......." Makes it sound like will only get a reward if you have done at least one run to be eligible.
It should state wait til someone else does all the runs then just jump in on the boss to claim your reward or is it not working as intended?
Cheers MissE
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You got a Branch and the Coin Purses, so you are getting your drops. The empty Coin Purses are annoying and disappointing, but they still count as a drop (wish they would change it so they can't be empty).
The people that helped you kill it got lucky by getting drops and having done no trade orders. I've done about 5 Krampus kills without doing a trade order (due to just logging in when he was up, or someone needing help) and have received no drop from any of those kills. So the luck swings both ways.
What is considered a better drop than others is subjective. It sounds like you want the whip or the crafting recipe. I know people that complain when they get the whip and only want the titles. Different people will want different things. None of it is character or account bound, so there is sure to be plenty of it for sale as the event progresses. The only thing that you would need to get yourself is the Punishin' list, as that has your character name on it.
The patch notes are a little more clear on the requirements to get a drop:
"Defeating Krampus will give a chance to all top attackers to acquire one of several rewards based on the number of trade orders they have completed since the last time they killed Krampus. Completing zero trade orders will give a very low chance of a reward, while completing 3 or more will guarantee a reward,"
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What isn’t “crap” to you? The way I’m reading it your expectation is that with fighting a single Krampus, in a limited time seasonal event, in a persistent world MMO you should get exactly the reward you place the highest value on - which I’m sorry to say isn’t possible.
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We are not getting enough whips. Replace that with a whip since they will eventually wear out since you need to imbue them to make them usable.
Darn this was supposed to post a long time ago...
From the notes,
Defeating Krampus will give a chance to all top attackers to acquire one of several rewards based on the number of trade orders they have completed since the last time they killed Krampus. Completing zero trade orders will give a very low chance of a reward, while completing 3 or more will guarantee a reward which includes,
Whips, Clothing recipes, Reward Titles, and the Coin Purse. There is a chance the coin purse can contain a trinket.
Beyond that Krampus has a base loot package on par with Khal Ankur. As a matter of fact it's essentially the same, just carried over. So there are opportunities for magic items as well.
Giving participants 0 chance of getting a Krampus reward if they don't run trade routes was not something we wanted to do if they participate in killing Krampus - which, as has been pointed out, is sometimes required for killing him. Reducing the chance was a nice trade off, and was actually the result of player feedback sessions on TC1 during testing. So thanks everyone who participated that day. So far the results from Krampus are pretty encouraging.
I'm sorry you don't feel the rewards are worth the effort @MissE - we do have a variety of content in Publish 103 that may be more suited to your tastes including the Artisan Festival, and if you are looking for guaranteed drops of your choosing you can check out the Holiday Gifts. As always thanks for the feedback!
Only thing that resets it is fighting Krampus.
You can't release an oft requested, gameplay impacting new weapon to use by a majority of the player base, and then make it a grind to obtain and clutter it with novelties a smaller portion of the playerbase actually wants.
If this had been a "Point" System reward, you'd clearly see the Whips are the big driver on this content rush, and their importance and rarity are directly adding to the ill will involved by some parties.
Part of me hopes they're eventually, after a time delay, just added to crafting as usual, or that recipes are added for them.
I semi-suspect recipes for them may be a UO Store item, which, IMO is a poor idea, but just the consolation the whips are not a one and done event reward like other things in the past, would probably help.
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The process isn't fun or exciting either, I get sleepy doing every trade run.
Final verdict is, there is nothing interesting in this holiday event. There is much more fun to do other regular stuff.
Dev should look into creating events that we look forward to each year. Otherwise we may soon forget about the game, change the sub from regular 6 months to every quarter and then finally forgot about the game altogether. Having quit this game 3 times before, I am quite sure I won't come back 4th time.
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Please make the Grizzled Mare a 5 slot mount, it's incredibly rare and deserves it. Some of us have been waiting a long time for this simple addition.