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News ::  Nov 16 2008 6:54:28 pm  -  Update [November 16 08] - misc small tweaks
*Nerve strike is now breakable and only lasts 2 seconds for pvp and 6 seconds for pvm (at 120 bushido) It also applies the correct direct damage based on skill. *Death Strike formula has been modified. The damage cap is now 45, and stealth now plays effect in bringing damage from 35 to 45. Ninjitsu controls the bulk of the damage. *Lightning strike has been capped at 35 damage *When mobs lock on to a tamer, the time of the lock on has been reduced to a max of 10 seconds and min of 3 seconds.
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News ::  Nov 08 2008 10:40:38 am  -  IMPORTANT: A reminder to all
There is a scam going on Demise (and I know who it is...). They send an email asking for username and password. We will NEVER ask for your password in such a matter. If you happen to receive such email forward it with full headers to s t a f f AT u o v a l o r DOT c o m.
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Event ::  Oct 31 2008 9:06:03 pm  -  Pumpkin Collecting Contest
It's time to collect Halloween Pumpkins. Head to the tokuno islands and try to collect the most pumpkins. Search everywhere for the pumpkins (They are Halloween colored in reds, oranges and blacks). You can then bring those pumpkins to luna and total them up with the pumpkin stone (Big orange stone). The person who finds the most pumpkins will get a spooky prize! Also, keep your eyes out for the walking corpses. They've been causing up quite a stir as they always do around this time. If you kill them, you just might be rewarded.
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News ::  Oct 31 2008 8:21:05 pm  -  Death promoted from Seer to Admin
Congrats Death on the promotion! Death has been around since nearly day 1 of the shard and think the promotion was appropriate and well earned for all the hard work! Welcome to the world of admin!
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In progress ::  Oct 24 2008 6:16:28 pm  -  Future donation system changes
This is not exactly "in progress" but it is "mentally in progress" if you will. :P Basically what I'd like to eventually do is automate the donation store transaction so when you add the items to cart it will automatically process through paypal. Once it is approved (automaticly) it would then add the items into your bank, or your char (I'd probably give a choice). Way this would work is when you check out you type in your account and get a drop down of the characters, then you choose which one. This would also allow to buy an item for someone else. This would make donation items more pleasant to buy as you'd see the item right away instead of waiting till I get home from work. Don't think this would be TOO hard to do. The RunUO DB is not really intractable, but I could simply have it generate a separate file that is easy to parse so it would read this data to get account info. Ticket: http://www.iceteks.net/devel/index.php?do=details&task_id=280
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Event ::  Oct 24 2008 2:28:21 pm  -  Player Hosted Event- *Peerless Expedition*
Saturday 10/25/08 7:00 pm central I will be hosting a peerless expedition. I have soloed peerless bosses many times before, and have quite a bit of experience. This is a great time for all players to get together and hunt some of the hardest monsters in the game. If you are someone who has never done peerless bosses before, this will be a great experience for you and possibly some good loots =]. I will be hosting this event on my necromage "d.". Bring you best PvM chars to the second story of luna bank at 7pm cst tomorrow, this should be a lot of fun for everyone. *PS, if staff would maybe sticky this until late tomorrow night in the events section, that would be awesome.
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News ::  Oct 22 2008 6:58:40 pm  -  Small update [Oct 22 08] - Commas
Added commas to the following: - Item display (ex: if you have 1000 of an item like a reg it will show as 1,000) - Vendor price display/gumps This was a last minute thought about 15 minutes before server restart. If I missed anything make a suggestion here and I can probably add it for tomorrow.
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News ::  Oct 17 2008 6:15:52 am  -  Lag issue
I'm aware of the huge lag issue that's been ongoing as the shard population is increasing at a faster pace. I don't think it's network related as we are not using much of our actual bandwidth. We have 100mbps and using maybe 5 at the very most during high peak times. I'm thinking it may be some script that needs tweaking. Every time the shard lags for a few minutes just post here and what you were doing. It will help me figure out what the cause of the lag is. **************** More testing to do to help figure the issue: When it's not laggy, download this file: http://www.uocoders.com/100mb.bin Take note of the average download speed. Maybe do this a few times. When it's not laggy, download it again. And take note of the average download speed and if it's much lower then the previous one. This will help determine if it's a server application issue or a network issue. If it's network I can send a ticket to the network division and have them take a look at it. *****************
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In progress ::  Oct 13 2008 9:20:28 pm  -  Image gallery
Soon I will be adding an image gallery to the site for screenshots and such. It will be staff only and be used for promotional content as well as events and other misc stuff. To speed up the process I'm just going to use a premade script rather then code my own. I already have it working on my test server, just a few security concerns and some missing features that I'll need to add to it. Also I was thinking of doing the same thing for the donation store, just using a premade script. some of them even integrate with paypal so that it only does the submission if you paid. I always like to code my own stuff so I make it how I want, but sometimes its just way faster to use someone else's code. :P I have a beast of a coding project already on my plate anyway. But for now, its the image gallery I'll be adding. Tracking ticket: http://www.iceteks.net/devel/index.php?do=details&task_id=279&string=279
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News ::  Oct 10 2008 2:33:16 am  -  Further cleaning of Luna
To continue the cleaning process that Squirrel has started in the Luna plot area, if you have an empty plot that has been there, it will be dropped by Sunday. No warning, no nothing. I'm tired of passing in Luna and seeing all these empty plots everywhere or someone just adding a door to the plot, thinking that that's using the plot. It make the shard look bad and won't be happening anymore. If you own such an exclusive spot like Luna, it will be a general understood rule that you will use that space for decoration or storage, whatever you want. NO blank plots in Luna anymore. Plot must have some complete structure and must look like the owner is using the plot. If not, the plot will be dropped. Tiles do not save your plot. Just decorating the floor with a tile here and there. No. Adding just a door...no. Having a closed structure but no items, ok. As long as there's SOMETHING on that plot that is being used.
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