Drachenfels Developer Meet & Greet 2021

EM Lyraa

Last night the developers were on our lovely Shard. Here now follows the protocol, have fun reading!

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Gestern Abend waren die Entwickler auf unserem hübschen Shard. Hier folgt nun das Protokoll, viel Spass beim Lesen!

EM Lyraa

Mesanna: one more sec
Mesanna: and we can get started
Mesanna: shall we begin

Mesanna: Good afternoon, thank you for joining us today
Yellow bug: wow
Yellow bug: that was fast
Mesanna: Hi
Yellow bug: thats want she said
Yellow bug: hehehe
Yellow bug: ok 2 ?s
Yellow bug: one idoc changes really not working out well
Yellow bug: theres a new script and man there owning it
Yellow bug: and in fel then have huge pvp team killing ever one
Yellow bug: may be time to just end them all toghter
Yellow bug: ever time u fix then just make a new script/program
Yellow bug: may be time say bye bye
Mesanna: to idoc's
Yellow bug: 2nd home palcment
Yellow bug: yes
Yellow bug: idocs
Yellow bug: crew of like 6-7 people
Yellow bug: useing scripts
Yellow bug: full castle or 18x18
Yellow bug: kill all barrels in 60 secs or less
Yellow bug: 18x18 30 secs
Yellow bug: go from them cleaning a idoc in 15 sec to 60
Yellow bug: lol fixs not working
Yellow bug: time to end them really
Yellow bug: because every fix does noting
Mesanna: would love to see a video of this
Yellow bug: lots out there
Mesanna: I honestly don't see how that is possible
Yellow bug: 7 people bring 4-6 toons ever idocs
Yellow bug: then auto hit barrels
Yellow bug: and 7 people with their 4-6 toons get 85% of loot
Yellow bug: not working
Yellow bug: 15% to the other 30 people real ones lol
Mesanna: all paid accounts
Yellow bug: 2nd home placement
Yellow bug: there one group on atl by tram yew gate
Yellow bug: they got a new script
Yellow bug: and out place everrrrr one
Yellow bug: no one beats them
Yellow bug: nooo one
Mesanna: understand
Mesanna: what is your next question?
Yellow bug: they do every castle and luna home on other servers too
Yellow bug: fix home plament
Yellow bug: raffle stone or some thing
Yellow bug: 18x18 on atl went from 25m malas to 1p malas
Yellow bug: no one beats them
Mesanna: stop a sec
Mesanna: are you talking about idocs
Yellow bug: they got like 30 homes fel sell at yew gate
Yellow bug: yes
Yellow bug: every time a big home falls they get plot 100000%
Yellow bug: no one beats them
Yellow bug: they script placement every home
Yellow bug: time to ganhe it
Yellow bug: raffle stone or some thing
Mesanna: not going that we need to try to fix the exploit
Yellow bug: make so one acct cant win more then one home a week
Yellow bug: well go ask the dude on atl by yew gate tram lol
Yellow bug: team of 3
Yellow bug: joe ar and scribbles
Yellow bug: wow every big home last 4 months
Yellow bug: not one player beat them
Yellow bug: new people not paying 200 bucks for a home in game
Yellow bug: want people to stick a round fix that home placement
Yellow bug: ;]
Yellow bug: u see more play game
Yellow bug: so idoc changes and home placement
Yellow bug: both need fixing
Mesanna: thank you for your feedback
Yellow bug: like i said idocs should go bye bye
Yellow bug: and homes need fixing so houseing cost low gold
Yellow bug: so lots of people play game
Yellow bug: 3 dudes should not 100% of homes for sell in a game
Mesanna: anything else?
Yellow bug: nope gl
Mesanna: thank you

EM Lyraa

Drizzt do Urden: hi
Mesanna: Good afternoon
Drizzt do Urden: can we be allowed to take pets to the shadowlords battle at ararat ship
Drizzt do Urden: or at least get the crabs there fixed
Drizzt do Urden: they have a weird behaviour
Drizzt do Urden: attacking players when tamed
Mesanna: whats wrong with their behavior
Kyronix: the intent of the encounter is to use the provided crabs as an alternative pet
Mesanna: ahh
Drizzt do Urden: all the time they do
Kyronix: since it doesn't make a whole lot of sense if you bring other pets down there, how would they survive?
Kyronix: they'd drown!
Drizzt do Urden: then fix the crabs pelase
Kyronix: we can investigate aggro issues with the crabs
Drizzt do Urden: and please flip the switch to static resources
Kyronix: there is no switch to flip
Drizzt do Urden: well change it back to static resources
Kyronix: We've talked about that and there are pros and cons that need to be considered
Drizzt do Urden: artisan festival is hard enough
Drizzt do Urden: well you consider it for 5 years now
Drizzt do Urden: nothing happened
Kyronix: Really not trying to go back to the time when the majority of high end resources were dominated
Kyronix: by a handful of power-gamers
Drizzt do Urden: guess who does it now?
Drizzt do Urden: scripters even more than before
Kyronix: Changing it to static resources won't solve that issue
Kyronix: And will only further isolate those high-end resources
Kyronix: because those nodes are going to be depleted almost immediately
Drizzt do Urden: I doubt that
Kyronix: at least now you have a chance to get high end resources with every swing
Drizzt do Urden: cause I got enough rare resoruces before it got random
Drizzt do Urden: now its useless hunting for rare resources
Kyronix: well we look at the totality of the impacts to gameplay, i appreciate your perspective and agree we need to address it
Drizzt do Urden: especially for wood
Kyronix: but the solution isn't "just changing it back" to all static
Kyronix: something more in between then and now
Kyronix: appreciate your feedback though
Drizzt do Urden: maybe give the mountains color to know where rare resource is
Kyronix: we're looking at a different way to handle resources in NLS
Drizzt do Urden: so i dont have to wander and test every spot
Kyronix: will see how it takes and evaluate it for the broader game
Drizzt do Urden: ok thats all
Mesanna: thank you

EM Lyraa

Nandus: Good evening M and gents
Mesanna: Afternoon
Nandus: Can you please give some love to the CC macro editor.
Nandus: There are some issues with it.
Nandus: First if you try to change for example the second
Nandus: macro line of a macro which has three steps or more.
Nandus: Everything behind the first line is messed up.
Nandus: Then if you try to repair it, you have to rebuild everything.
Nandus: Try to scroll down in this macro-editor to a specific spell.
Nandus: You have to scroll like a troll.
Nandus: Last about scancodes in the editor.
Nandus: If i use the num-pad for example to steer a ship with
Nandus: CTRL-NUMPAD 7 it will store the word
Nandus: Zehnertastatur for num-pad and didn't work.
Nandus: Same for other special chars.
Nandus: it will use the german names
Nandus: My last issue is a personal one.
Nandus: Can you please change the "engraved" of the title to the orange form?
Nandus: thats it
Bleak: One sec
Kyronix: From which tool?
Nandus: CC macro editor
Kyronix: Engraving?
Nandus: my name
Nandus: Engraved: A Flying ...
Nandus: Title
Mesanna: looking up to see if the macro issue is already in the system
Mesanna: one moment
Bleak: We have the macro issues in the system. I'm not sure when we will be able to address them.
Mesanna: anything else?
Mesanna: did we miss anything?
Nandus: just the title
Mesanna: no
Mesanna: that is done by me and I won't change those
Nandus: good bye, have a nice day
Mesanna: you also

EM Lyraa

Mesanna: Hello
Lupino: can we get some more loot items for the dragon turtle
Lupino: its a hard spawn and you get like 2 or 3 items in the corpse
Kyronix: We have no plans as of right now to adjust it, but will take it under future consideration
Mesanna: If you have any suggestions for that encounter please email us
Lupino: considering the artisan festival, can we get a large bod to any small bod
Mesanna: love to hear your feedback
Lupino: this would make the amount of work a little less hard
Kyronix: Please ellaborate
Kyronix: Large bods that will accept ANY small bod?
Lupino: No
Lupino: For every small Bod around there should be large Bods
Lupino: There is ton of tinker and inscription small bods without a large bod
Kyronix: As in additional options for large BODs?
Lupino: More Large Bods
Kyronix: Understood, we don't have any plans to update it right now, but will add your request to the backlog
Kyronix: For a future publish
Lupino: I liked the update for doom items with recipes
Lupino: any more to come
Lupino: ?
Lupino: or maybe also minor arties
Kyronix: The Treasures of Wildfire is our next Treasures event
Kyronix: And we have some rewards slated for that we hope you'll enjoy
Lupino: they are all outdated
Mesanna: We are going in a different direction
Lupino: like?
Mesanna: and have no specific plans to update those at this time
Lupino: ok

EM Lyraa

Gargamel: hello
Kyronix: Hello
Mesanna: good afternoon
Gargamel: i want to say thanks for UO after 21/22 years of playing almost everyday i still love it
Mesanna: thats awesome
Kyronix: Hooray!
Gargamel: i also love the new idocs for getting items you guys did great on that
Gargamel: i get tons of stuff now
Mesanna: hard to please everyone
Mesanna: great
Gargamel: last if you ever add new teles to store could you think about adding one that looks like a door
Gargamel: i  use them to get thru walls
Gargamel: i made a door with the new fountain but most dont get thats is a door with a tele switch
Mesanna: ahh
Mesanna: that is possible
Gargamel: many say im one of the cheaters at idocs but i only play one account
Gargamel: so you cant believe everything some say
Gargamel: but if you want to come look today on chessy in a few hours a keep is falling
Mesanna: I like to see things with my own eyes
Mesanna: I like to see things with my own eyes
Gargamel: i think many will be there
Gargamel: its in trammel
Mesanna: *nods*
Gargamel: and then maybe if you see me there you can tell those mean folks to stop saying im a cheater
Gargamel: cause you will see i only play one account at a time
Gargamel: but anyways thanks for uo
Mesanna: Thank you
Gargamel: hope we are still here in 25 more years
Mesanna: Have a good evening
Gargamel: enjoy
Mesanna: me too
Mesanna: lol

EM Lyraa

Nicnivin: Greetings
Mesanna: greetings
Nicnivin: I've got two questions
Nicnivin: First: I would like to see how many people used a town buff since I last acivated/changed it
Nicnivin: it is hard to tell if people use them
Nicnivin: We are asking around which are wanted, but only a counter could tell real acceptance
Mesanna: we can think about adding the info to make it visible
Nicnivin: Thank you.
Nicnivin: My other issue: I like the spellbook satchels
Nicnivin: it would be even moe useful to have such an item for Weapons
Nicnivin: my melee always look for that lost dagger in the inventory
Nicnivin: some weapons are really hard to see
Nicnivin: if such a satchel would keep all insured or blessed items in place
Nicnivin: that would make recovering much easier
Mesanna: we are not going to do a weapon satchel
Nicnivin: Ok, too bad
Mesanna: we can think it thru for a later gift but no promises
Nicnivin: I alwas have to clean my backpack after a death
Nicnivin: Thank you for your time
Mesanna: thank you
Nicnivin: and have a nice evening
Mesanna: you too

EM Lyraa

Mesanna: good evening
Jane Air: Hi dear dev team, I know you have announced in the next future new server with Legacy, but what is with people who dont want move there and prefer continue to play on their home server, is there any plans of new addon or at least
Jane Air: or at least some little booster like High Sea?
Mesanna: later maybe some of it will drift over
Mesanna: but not all the content will
Jane Air: And one more question. Could you please create one more cameo talisman with evil slayer on the Shadowguard final encounter.
Kyronix: As a reward?
Kyronix: Evil slayer like all shadowguard creatures?
Jane Air: evil slayer like Scalis
Kyronix: Boss mobs?
Jane Air: yes
Kyronix: Ahh, well the trade off would be 300% increase in damage from said boss
Kyronix: so, it'd probably get you more death robes
Jane Air: sorry I cant follow you Sir
Kyronix: You would take more damage
Jane Air: evil slayer let me do more damage to the named slayer boss
Jane Air: nor reversed
Kyronix: all slayers result in more damage
Kyronix: from something
Kyronix: it's a trade off
Jane Air: I would like to see it as a drop on the roof
Mesanna: anything else?
Jane Air: ok that's all thx
Mesanna: thank you

EM Lyraa

Mesanna: good evening
Granuja: Greetings, first of all allow me to thank you for giving the community this platform to talk
Granuja: We may all not be as polite as such an event would demand, but hopefully you can feel the appreciation anyway by people showing up
Kyronix: Always nice to spend some time with ya'll
Mesanna: of course we are all just passionate
Granuja: My first question is about house designs. There might be a reason for it not being available, but I was wondering...
Granuja: why is the free design option for houses capped at 18x18?
Granuja: while the available bigger blueprints are awesome, I miss the chance to design my own one
Mesanna: because the next size is castle
Mesanna: therefore we started the contests
Granuja: I see, are there any technical (or otherwise) limitations that would make free design up until 32x32 a bad idea?
Mesanna: also there are issues with the client
Mesanna: there are other reasons
Mesanna: not going to change
Granuja: understood!
Granuja: second question: are there any plans to include a transmogrification potion for Cloaks too?
Mesanna: hrm
Mesanna: it would be limited
Granuja: the question probably doesn't make sense as the available options are limited indeed
Granuja: but perhaps you have plans to introduce more cloak graphics/looks?
Granuja: it's a formidable element of uniqueness and characterization
Granuja: and... we all wear the same ones
Mesanna: that is not going to happen anytime soon
Mesanna: it would take alot of new art that we don't have space for right now
Granuja: understood, one last question if I may
Mesanna: the artist are pretty busy
Mesanna: sure
Granuja: are there any plans to bring back some older events for those who missed them due to inactivity or new players, such as the Invasions and so on?
Mesanna: no to bringing back but maybe a redo
Granuja: looking forward to that! they bring back a lot of people and nostalgics
Mesanna: we can look at town invasions for a future global event
Granuja: please do, I beg of you!
Granuja: *cheers*
Mesanna: cheers!
Granuja: one last question, I promise
Mesanna: ok
Granuja: what are your artists busy with!? give us a teaser!
Mesanna: nope
Granuja: haha fair enough!
Mesanna: we are doing a video call this month
Mesanna: to enlighten you guys
Granuja: fantastic, looking forward to that
Mesanna: on what we have been doing
Mesanna: anything else?
Granuja: once again thanks for your time, keep up the good work on the best mmorpg out there!
Mesanna: thank you

EM Lyraa

Mesanna: good evening
Kivan: hello
Kivan: can a way get implemented that would allow a tamer to reset his pet or set the pets level back to like it was before the training began and so restore the base pet? Maybe in form of an shop token or something like that?
Mesanna: no we are not doing that
Mesanna: we talked about it but have no plans to do this
Kivan: ok
Kivan: 2.
Kivan: I noticed that when the treasure of events are active, you cant provoke monsters at each other, there is a text they started to fight but nothing happens.
Kivan: was this the plan or some kind of bug
Mesanna: we will look into it
Kivan: thanks
Mesanna: first we have heard of it
Kivan: happened to me in deceit and ice
Kivan: also the red undeads dont attack anything there
Mesanna: we will try to confirm this
Mesanna: ok
Kivan: and my final question
Kivan: necromancer spells have no damage bonus form slayer neighter from an slayer talisman nor an slayer book, is there a way to change that?
Mesanna: talisman are for melee weapons
Mesanna: slayer books are for casters
Kivan: yeah but both dont work
Mesanna: ok we can look into it then
Kivan: thank you
Mesanna: just needed to make sure I understood you
Mesanna: anything else?
Kivan: necromancer spells like posion strike dont work with a slayer book equipped
Kivan: thats what I mean
Kivan: nope i am done thank you
Mesanna: thank you

Mesanna: good evening
Lork: hello
Lork: my question was answered thanks
Mesanna: thank you
Mesanna: good evening

EM Lyraa

EM Lyraa: Oh!
Mesanna: did you have a question
EM Lyraa: Hah! Finally, I have managed to do this once. *grins*
EM Lyraa: Yep, I am very happy to be here.
EM Lyraa: No, I have no questions, only a statement:
EM Lyraa: I love you all
Mesanna: of course Lyraa
EM Lyraa: Ultima Online and of course Drachenfels.
Mesanna: awww
EM Lyraa: Thanks for being on our lovely shard tonight!
Mesanna: thank you
EM Lyraa: That was all!
EM Lyraa: :-)
Mesanna: *hugs*
EM Lyraa: *hugs*
Mesanna: Thanks for having us today
EM Lyraa: Anytime!
EM Lyraa: Next weekend would be fine also?
EM Lyraa: *grins*
Mesanna: and we will look into those issues brought up
Mesanna: lol
EM Lyraa: *grins*
Mesanna: Night all
EM Lyraa: Thanks for having US!

Kyronix: Bye!

EM Lyraa: That was nice!
EM Lyraa: Das war nett!
EM Lyraa: Danke für euer Hiersein!
EM Lyraa: Thanks for being here!
EM Lyraa: Until soon my friends!
EM Lyraa: Auf bald meine Freunde!

Cinderella

instead of calling it a weapon satchel
they should have said weapon strap.

when thinking satchel, it implies weight reduction
(because thats what the miners & lumberjack satchels do)

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about BODs...
I think that would be great for cooking and inscription...

but I think adding more Large BODs for tailoring and blacksmithing
would be too much.

Also I think some items should be taken off the small deeds...
like nexus core, engraving tools (i know there are others, but these come to mind)

Cinderella

about transmog potion for cloaks (back slot)
I can see people wanting to use one to put their stats onto an invasion cloak.
the blood stained or the blue are gorgeous colors & it would be a shame that you couldn't do that.
would also like to be able to add stats to the cloak of the virtuous