A Change in the rules. (unattended scroll crafting)

[Supercreep]

Re: A Change in the rules.

I don't think there should be any kind of wipe.

My last shard just up and closed without warning, without word.

26 days ago, I started playing here. Starting from scratch totally sucks, but I knew there was nothing I could do. I needed to make gold, and searched the forums on the best way to do so. The most prevalent answers?, Reset BOD's, and scrolling. There were actually arguments on which method would make more gold.

People also pointed out, that both were completely legal as far as the OFFICIAL rules went. I started out by making all my little elves to do my bidding in the BOD world, and after selling a few books, I started training my scribe, and only just recently started scrolling, only to have the rules change.

I really had no idea the kind of gold that could be made from scrolling until I read this thread, and cant help but be disappointed that I wasn't able to make more from this once legal activity.

That being said, a lot of people are starting to scream wipe wipe wipe, but I don't think that is fair. I don't think I should have to completely start over because the rules changed in the middle of the game.

Was scrolling a problem?, apparently so after seeing the kind of gold people were pulling in, but it was only a problem because it was allowed to be a problem.

Its not fair to make people start all over again, because it was allowed to get so far out of hand.

 

[weinster666]

Re: A Change in the rules.

I wouldnt mind seeing some gold removed either, but I would be totally against two things:

1. a flat wipe. Some of the new players worked their asses off to get what they do have in gold, some players just keep enough gold to keep them going, etc. , and it would suck to do that, IMO

and

2. any type of wipe that brings everyone to an even playing field. UO was not meant to be a communal hippy land where everyone has the same and is capable of the same...

I was thinking a sliding scale removal would be nice. Leave the first 20 or 50 million alone, what you have above that takes a 50% hit, then whatever people have above say another 100 million take a 75% hit, or something along those lines. And anything in 10 digits just NUKED... how would someone have billions!?

It wouldn't be easy tho, and in the end all talk of wipes is just that: "talk". I expect that it probably wont happen, and even if it did, it would be up to psz to decide how/how much.

Interesting idea, however, as we speak, many of these loophole billionaires are converting their gold into ornies, homs, +25 SS, BRSKs, etc. How would your system accommodate for that?

 

[Oaks]

Re: A Change in the rules.

this would be very fair since theres probably no one who has more than 200kk and didnt use scribe or any other exploit for that.

You are wrong.

 

[Kelekkis]

Re: A Change in the rules.

We can still craft spellbooks AFK?

 

[deathviper]

Re: A Change in the rules.

One of the past post said we could craft spellbooks AFK, but you can not create the scrolls to fill them AFK.

 

[GM Nestor]

Re: A Change in the rules.

Again, rule applies to ''crafting scrolls AFK''.

Whatever you make the scrolls for, be there when you craft them and there shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Kelekkis]

Re: A Change in the rules.

Again, rule applies to ''crafting scrolls AFK''.

Whatever you make the scrolls for, be there when you craft them and there shouldn't be a problem.

Oh well, gotta invent something else to make money.

 

[GodZila]

Re: A Change in the rules.

Maybe staff should go through, determine who has been doing all of this scroll selling, and then give all who haven't been doing it 500 mill each

i agree =D

 

[psz]

Re: A Change in the rules.

[global remove where gold
[global remove where scroll
[global remove where spellbook

 

[Supercreep]

Re: A Change in the rules.

[global remove where gold
[global remove where scroll
[global remove where spellbook

So is it safe to sell the two full BOD books that I have??

I would hate to sell em, only to have the gold taken away.

 

[Dookie McDookin]

Re: A Change in the rules.

[Insert beer

 

[Malafor]

Re: A Change in the rules.

[global remove where gold
[global remove where scroll
[global remove where spellbook

DO IT!



I dare you.



Please?

 

[Bile]

Re: A Change in the rules.

concerned about your billions?

I've got maybe 300k overall =/

Yes. A lot of it.

Start deleting then!

 

[cityhead]

Re: A Change in the rules.

[global remove where gold
[global remove where scroll
[global remove where spellbook

Please do it.
Do a complete gold wipe on the shard. Although, truth be told... someone like me has less gold to lose than someone who's been playing for years... but if you lose one million, the next honest million you earn will be worth twenty times as much.
Even if the fortune 500 redeem all their cash for artifacts and HRSK's, the unfair balance of wealth might not be fixed... but at least it'd start fixing the drastic inflation.

 

[Seer]

Re: A Change in the rules.

I've got maybe 300k overall =/

how come were you bidding around 80kk for that inquis?
you liar lol.

@Oaks
even if i am, those 2 or 3 are an exeption and will be able to make it all again very quick.

 

[Bile]

Re: A Change in the rules.

how come were you bidding around 80kk for that inquis?
you liar lol.

Show me where I've bid 80m

 

[Khephren]

Re: A Change in the rules. (unattended scroll crafting)

I work hard for my cash, I would like seeing people that don't being deleted tho...

and yes, you know who you are... I could name a few just buy looking at the trade forums but I won't since I'm not a flamewarstarter...

 

[Seer]

Re: A Change in the rules.

Show me where I've bid 80m

my bad. just saw your offer in items.

 

[Xavier]

Re: A Change in the rules. (unattended scroll crafting)

Aiight kids. As psz warned, leaving this thread open let it run off the subject of the sticky. IF you must discuss this further, start a new thread ..