Shadow Hound spawn... will it be a problem on more populated shards ? Make it a permanent spawn.
I am quite concerned that the new tameable, the Shadow Hound spawn, might be a big problem for UO Tamer players, especially on higher populated Shards...
Why ?
Because, aside from griefers who, just for the fun of it, will attack and kill Shadow Hounds while a player might be trying to tame it, there is also the scarcity issue with multiple tamers (especially over the first few days) trying to tame one when it spawns...
Also, considering the pet, I "imagine" that it will have the "Pack Bonus" feature thus meaning that, a single Tamer, in order to benefit more from usinng this type of pet, will need to tame multiples of it and, thus, then control a Pack of them...
Bottom line is, if their spawn will be "time limited" to only throughout the span of the upcoming Event, this might result in a whole lot of UO players without being able to tame their Shadow Hounds as they might have wanted...
Solution ?
Make it a permanent spawn so that all UO Tamers interested, even if not during this Event, will be able to tame their Shadow Hounds also after the Event will end.
Thank you.
Comments
you don't know that yet do you? you absolutely 100% have not been on test
So stop thinking of problems before they have even gone live yet
there will be plenty of time to tame them, they are useless anyway
or are you starting to train a tamer now?
There will be plenty of time to tame one of the dumb things, trust me, people wont be there long to mess with you. You will only want 1 possible 2 and you will have plenty of time
These things will not make you rich
The Nightmares however, I would start getting your head round taming these things
Shadow Hounds are indeed a top-tier Pack pet. They're basically 1 slot Blood Foxes (which don't spawn anymore) with the Base Damage of a Wolf Spider. The Grasping Claw will allow them to out damage a Wolf Spider against most foes though. Against foes with low resists/high health (like Invasion Generals), pack pets will easily out damage any 5 slot 120 Chiv+AI pet. Tamers that use a pack, will want 5 Shadow Hounds for their pack.
These events last a long time.
Participation gets less and less as the events go on, and players get what they want.
The point is, yes, there may be grief in many instances, but there are 6 facets, tons of space, tons of time, it will surely be possible to do what you want to do.