Xavier
Account Terminated
A Change in the rules. (unattended scroll crafting)
Ok, so we are all aware of the problem with scrollers. We are also aware that code wont be implemented overnight, no matter how simple the approach.
So, based on complaints and concerns from both players and staff, and the problems and complications caused by the scrolling, psz has approved a change to the rules.
Short and sweet: CRAFTING scrolls unattended is just like unattended resource gathering or unattended taming. Its a 3 strike bannable offense now.
Before anyone rages, theres a few things to consider.
First off, I know some are going to throw out the comparison to BODs: DONT. Filling BODs is nowhere near the insane profit margin, they WORK they way they are supposed to, and its not creating problems like the scrolls are.
Secondly, we all know that soon you wont even be ABLE to sell those scrolls to NPCs for profit at all, so consider this a transition period. You will not be allowed to mass produce them while you are in school or at work, or sleeping - but what you DO already have can be consumed and sold at profit levels before the new vendor pricing system leaves you stuck with a million blank scrolls, 200k crafted scrolls and a ton of regs you wont use.
As well, some of the town shops have become a nuisance to check for AFKers in. It takes sometimes an HOUR to simply figure out if someone who is afk is just crafting the scrolls, or actually crafting and buy/sell AFK, or what. This puts an end to that problem too: its illegal to craft them unattended now. We have had a LOT of complaints and pages, where simply because of the volume and time it takes to check each out we can do nothing about and its not fair on the other players who need those regs otherwise.
Finally, this is primarily a player-concern, the amount of gold flooding into the market from this is ridiculous, and we agree. UO was never meant to be a game that you sit in a house or a shop getting rich AFK, and on Demise it has reached intolerable levels.
I hope you guys can understand, and please, if youre doing it, DO IT ATTENDED. If you dont want to do it attended, you have plenty of time to unload your commodities before the REAL change goes in, which will cost you otherwise.
Also note, we intend to begin enforcing this rule soon!
Ok, so we are all aware of the problem with scrollers. We are also aware that code wont be implemented overnight, no matter how simple the approach.
So, based on complaints and concerns from both players and staff, and the problems and complications caused by the scrolling, psz has approved a change to the rules.
Short and sweet: CRAFTING scrolls unattended is just like unattended resource gathering or unattended taming. Its a 3 strike bannable offense now.
Before anyone rages, theres a few things to consider.
First off, I know some are going to throw out the comparison to BODs: DONT. Filling BODs is nowhere near the insane profit margin, they WORK they way they are supposed to, and its not creating problems like the scrolls are.
Secondly, we all know that soon you wont even be ABLE to sell those scrolls to NPCs for profit at all, so consider this a transition period. You will not be allowed to mass produce them while you are in school or at work, or sleeping - but what you DO already have can be consumed and sold at profit levels before the new vendor pricing system leaves you stuck with a million blank scrolls, 200k crafted scrolls and a ton of regs you wont use.
As well, some of the town shops have become a nuisance to check for AFKers in. It takes sometimes an HOUR to simply figure out if someone who is afk is just crafting the scrolls, or actually crafting and buy/sell AFK, or what. This puts an end to that problem too: its illegal to craft them unattended now. We have had a LOT of complaints and pages, where simply because of the volume and time it takes to check each out we can do nothing about and its not fair on the other players who need those regs otherwise.
Finally, this is primarily a player-concern, the amount of gold flooding into the market from this is ridiculous, and we agree. UO was never meant to be a game that you sit in a house or a shop getting rich AFK, and on Demise it has reached intolerable levels.
I hope you guys can understand, and please, if youre doing it, DO IT ATTENDED. If you dont want to do it attended, you have plenty of time to unload your commodities before the REAL change goes in, which will cost you otherwise.
Also note, we intend to begin enforcing this rule soon!
