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Loot change?

keven2002keven2002 Posts: 2,855
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I can't find it anywhere here or in release notes...

I'm not sure if it's an ATL issue only or not but has anyone else noticed that the loot today from the new bosses seems "nerfed"? The matriarch is only dropping like 3 items now and the Tempest doesn't have anything.

Someone said they heard it was done intentionally to "reduce lag" but I've hit the Tempest spawn 4 times today and every single time I still can't move or do anything because the problem is BEFORE the loot is generated. 

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  • PawainPawain Posts: 12,166
    Yup. I'm at a convention so won't be on until after dinner and drinks.  

    https://uo.com/2026/02/18/kindlehart-tempest-optimizations/
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • GrimbeardGrimbeard Posts: 3,454
    And another less fix an Atlantic problem and F the small shard who like loot and had no lag..
  • ForeverFunForeverFun Posts: 1,095

    From the post above, which bosses, specifically, does this impact?
    * Reduced corpse loot for World Bosses that have an alternative loot drop scheme

    Does this impact bosses where typically no more than about 10 are present?  Please enumerate all the actual boss names that are impacted.

    I'd think that optimizing the action where loot is generated would be more preferred over an a nerf as described above, at least from the perspective of the user/customer base.

    Reducing animations, "all kill" and other text spam sent to all players, text spam from are poison, etc, are things that are more likely to impact lag seen during the fight.
  • DBlackmooreDBlackmoore Posts: 3
    Total BS update nerfed the crap outta em! went from at least a little looot on the tempest to arrows only and only the ability to open the corpse not remove them lol DO BETTER UO!
  • keven2002keven2002 Posts: 2,855
    edited 1:50AM
    Yea I'm in the "keep the loot" camp... especially when the items that spawn on the corpses are sometimes way better than the stuff we get as drops. 

    I just did the Tempest on ATL and it's still laggy as before. Sorry but this was a huge miss by the Dev team. How about instead of nerfing loot, you guys just stop (and don't make bosses with) void rain and massive gold/orange puddles that blow up and flame strike everyone?? I'm pretty sure that would do the trick. I'm able to move just fine before the Tempest starts doing her thing AND immediately after she's killed. Loot wasn't the problem....
  • PawainPawain Posts: 12,166
    ForeverFun said:

    From the post above, which bosses, specifically, does this impact?
    * Reduced corpse loot for World Bosses that have an alternative loot drop scheme

    Does this impact bosses where typically no more than about 10 are present?  Please enumerate all the actual boss names that are impacted.

    I'd think that optimizing the action where loot is generated would be more preferred over an a nerf as described above, at least from the perspective of the user/customer base.

    Reducing animations, "all kill" and other text spam sent to all players, text spam from are poison, etc, are things that are more likely to impact lag seen during the fight.
    Ya the void rain was causing this.

    Not the bots.  

    They have not looked at atl during different hours.  You could see it was amount of players and the void rain.  The whole screen is a huge mess of void rain and players exploding with flamestrike animations. 

    They need to pick one.  Not do all at once to show off.
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  • PawainPawain Posts: 12,166
    edited 3:55AM
    I just got home, they took us to margaritaville after the convention, so I should not do anything in UO.  Pool guys drink like fish.

    I hear they reduced the loot on the bosses corpse.

    That's how they solve lag during the fight?
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • PawainPawain Posts: 12,166
    Tempest was up when I logged into Atl.

    Lag was not fixed in any way,  I have not got to the loot part yet.  Just frozen.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • PawainPawain Posts: 12,166
    edited 5:00AM
    I did another and gave live feedback of my experience.

    Got a reply this late.

    Kyronix — 10:54 PM

    We're going to have to rework how we distribute generic loot on world boss encounters like this, unfortunately we need to keep it cut back for now. We are investigating unintended issues with other world boss mobs such as Scalis, so thanks for the reports and continued patience while we address this.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • PawainPawain Posts: 12,166
    edited 5:01AM
    Scalis is giving a lot of bottles lets say.  >:)


    This loot thing is a ploy!
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • Victim_Of_SiegeVictim_Of_Siege Posts: 2,730
    Pawain said:
    Scalis is giving a lot of bottles lets say.  >:)


    This loot thing is a ploy!
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