In recent days, our Ultima Online servers – Britannia and Sosaria have received packages of general amendments adapting the game world to the solutions known from the Second Age / Renaissance add-ons (in the case of Britannia), or, among others, changes related to current client-side modifications (in the case of Sosaria).
Among the significant changes in the world of Britannia, it is worth mentioning, in particular, remodeling the mechanics of the City Guard, new scaling of loot for chests from treasure maps, implementing bonuses to the durability scale of an item (weapon / armor) made by craftsmen of colored ore (armor / weapon), colored leather (armor) and dragon scales (armor).
Particularly noteworthy is also the implementation of the amendments implementing the correct use of the Virtual Armor parameter for monsters / pets, a significant reduction in the loss of PK abilities, doubling the time period after which the player’s house – in the absence of refreshing – is demolished, as well as activating the repair option in the crafting tools menu belonging to Carpentry and Bowcrafting / Fletching abilities.
In the case of Sosaria, the modifications – apart from changes adapting the server to the latest corrections on the client’s side – included, among others, changes in the field of advanced cooking, the elimination of errors in the field of randomly dropping items during trade or the possibility of exceeding the number of allowed items in chests, and finally the correction of errors in the System Community Collections.
I would also like to mention that already in February we are planning to launch the full Community Collection System on the Britannia server after adapting this system to the Eras of this shard. We will provide more details in this regard soon.
Below is a list of the main changes for each server:
Britannia:
- the mechanics of the City Guard have been remodeled. City guards still respond to calls from NPCs or Players who witness crimes or other violations of the law, but no longer have the “instant kill” power. Instead, they appear at the summon and attack rogues in a less “divine” manner 🙂;
- Triton is no longer available as a summoning pet from rewards from Rising Tide items active on the shard;
- added the functionality of the administrator level – in terms of moderating tags for game accounts;
- NPC Gardener will no longer offer enhanced magic potions;
- the gold loot scale for treasure map chests and SOS have been adjusted to the solutions used in T2A / UOR;
- increased the variation in the range of magicial items in the loot between weaker and stronger creatures;
- fixed an error that resulted in the Supporter being able to obtain a bonus skill increase, resulting in exceeding the basic limit of 100 skill points;
- removed the “make number” and “make max” buttons unavailable in the T2A / UOR era from the cook’s crafting panel. Crafting will follow the mechanics of action for other professions;
- implemented bonuses to the item durability scale (weapon / armor) made by craftsmen of colored ore (armor / weapon), colored leather (armor) and dragon scales (armor);
- fixed a bug that resulted in potential instability of the game server when using the Faction Rune;
- Undertaker’s Staff – available in the UO Store module will now have the blessed status;
- a patch implementing the correct use of the Virtual Armor parameter for minions / pets was uploading;
- tools for Advanced Cooking System recipes (rolling pin, skillet, fluor sifter) have been added to the Chef’s NPC offer;
- a new methodology for granting magic items in treasure chests has been implemented. From now on, a higher treasure map level will mean a chance for a higher enchantment range for loot. On the lowest level maps, it will no longer be possible to get items from the top shelf of enchantment;
- cleared the creature respawn zones with the headquarters of the Shadowlords faction (main communication routes and rooms between the stones and Sigil Monuments), leaving the creatures in the lower part of the crypts, so that new members of the faction can train in this zone;
- PK skillost on resurrection has been significantly reduced – to 0.1 skill points for each short murder count (applies only to skills at the level of 70+ points, as long as the resurrected killer has more than 5 short murder counts);
- the Desert of Lost Lands was re-settled;
- the time period after which the player’s house – in the absence of refreshment – is demolished has been doubled;
- activated the repair options in the menu of crafting tools belonging to the Carpentry and Bowcrafting / Fletching abilities;
- Cold Drake can now be fed meat as well;
- smith hammer converted to smith hammer can also be used as a weapon in accordance with the UOR / T2A era (applies to the hammer available in loot, crafting and purchased from the NPC since the patch was implemented);
- sledge hammer will be correctly verified as a bash weapon with influence on possible mace increases.
Sosaria:
- the mechanics of some server elements have been adjusted to the latest changes in the game client;
- added the functionality of the administrator level – in terms of moderating tags for game accounts;
- NPC Gardener will no longer offer enhanced magic potions;
- the Recipe Book will no longer have the Blessed status by default;
- available in the UO Store Undertaker’s Staff module will now have the Blessed status;
- fixed issues with items dropped on the ground when trading;
- fixed an issue where the number of items allowed in chests could be exceeded;
- tools for Advanced Cooking System recipes (rolling pin, skillet, fluor sifter) have been added to the NPC Cook’s offer;
- revealed bugs in the Community Collections System.