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Publish 75 - 5/13/07
- Thread starter Ryan
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Re: Publish 75 - 5/13/07
Two weeks isn't excessively low, on OSI servers in the late 90s it was even shorter. I was once selling a large tower on Ebay for $700 and it decayed before my 7 day auction even ended because the server had a timewarp after I refreshed my house, therefore it didn't get refreshed....and you guys think you have something to complain about?!?!?!
14 days and a slight crackdown on house farming will help alleviate the severe hyper-inflation that plagues the shard at this time. It isn't a fix-all, but it will definately help.
As for reds not being able to shop or bank, I was infuriated for about ten seconds since I only play reds, but then I stopped to think about it for a second; it isn't such a bad idea. Reds didn't used to be allowed in guarded towns at all period, couldn't even chase blues inside that were grey to you for attacking you. Rather than revert back to this, a compromise was made. Also, this will help create more traffic in towns such as Buc's Den and Occlo, which is altogether a good thing.
Two weeks isn't excessively low, on OSI servers in the late 90s it was even shorter. I was once selling a large tower on Ebay for $700 and it decayed before my 7 day auction even ended because the server had a timewarp after I refreshed my house, therefore it didn't get refreshed....and you guys think you have something to complain about?!?!?!
14 days and a slight crackdown on house farming will help alleviate the severe hyper-inflation that plagues the shard at this time. It isn't a fix-all, but it will definately help.
As for reds not being able to shop or bank, I was infuriated for about ten seconds since I only play reds, but then I stopped to think about it for a second; it isn't such a bad idea. Reds didn't used to be allowed in guarded towns at all period, couldn't even chase blues inside that were grey to you for attacking you. Rather than revert back to this, a compromise was made. Also, this will help create more traffic in towns such as Buc's Den and Occlo, which is altogether a good thing.
Timothy Oregano
Wanderer
Re: Publish 75 - 5/13/07
True that. Nice post.
shader;1422286 said:
True that. Nice post.
FLICK-hybrid
Knight
Re: Publish 75 - 5/13/07
this is a great change i dont think reds should be in factions
this might help change it a little bit
Mark;1422163 said:
this is a great change i dont think reds should be in factions
this might help change it a little bit
Re: Publish 75 - 5/13/07
You're actually very lucky... I wanted to make it 10 days for decay. The MAJORITY of players dont go on vacations over 7 days and frankly when I played UO house decay was 7 days. I lost a lot of houses in those days and it made them MORE important. As for the refreshing matter... it's simple.... find someone you trust. Don't give them your account info but let them refresh the house.
You're actually very lucky... I wanted to make it 10 days for decay. The MAJORITY of players dont go on vacations over 7 days and frankly when I played UO house decay was 7 days. I lost a lot of houses in those days and it made them MORE important. As for the refreshing matter... it's simple.... find someone you trust. Don't give them your account info but let them refresh the house.
Flipper
Knight
Re: Publish 75 - 5/13/07
Agreed. The less time there is for a house to decay, the better. It's not hard to friend someone. Offer to let them use some stuff while you're away (make them a friends only container) if you can't find someone to do it for free.
In fact, if anyone is seriously concerned that their vacation will cause their house to fall and they don't have anyone to refresh it, I'll gladly do it myself...
Ryan;1422335 said:
Agreed. The less time there is for a house to decay, the better. It's not hard to friend someone. Offer to let them use some stuff while you're away (make them a friends only container) if you can't find someone to do it for free.
In fact, if anyone is seriously concerned that their vacation will cause their house to fall and they don't have anyone to refresh it, I'll gladly do it myself...
aeSentinel
Wanderer
Re: Publish 75 - 5/13/07
+1 for the new publish, guys. Now I feel like I actually have a chance at getting a house without having to pay four times what its worth.
You should have made it 10 days. Less time = more IDOCs = more houses for people who actually use them.Ryan;1422335 said:
+1 for the new publish, guys. Now I feel like I actually have a chance at getting a house without having to pay four times what its worth.
Re: Publish 75 - 5/13/07
as i am a travelling nurse it's not always possible to refresh my houses every week... or even every two or three weeks. finding someone you trust on UOG is hardly "simple" as you say. i already have a hard time finding people to refresh my houses for me during my downtimes.
also, what do my roommates and i need to provide to ensure all our houses aren't deleted since we share the same cable modem? are our accounts on the same IP or is it per computer or what? i'm not internet savy.
i really like the changes for reds though
as i am a travelling nurse it's not always possible to refresh my houses every week... or even every two or three weeks. finding someone you trust on UOG is hardly "simple" as you say. i already have a hard time finding people to refresh my houses for me during my downtimes.
also, what do my roommates and i need to provide to ensure all our houses aren't deleted since we share the same cable modem? are our accounts on the same IP or is it per computer or what? i'm not internet savy.
i really like the changes for reds though
MarcusO
Sorceror
Re: Publish 75 - 5/13/07
Here's a new (and probably unpopular idea) idea for easily sorting out house ownership in light of hard-to-track IP addys. Again, this is only an idea to nail the abusers...and it does screw folks who ask friends to refresh so maybe Ryan will see it as a non-starter. I don't see any other way around tying IPs to houses with friends refreshing.
Make the following changes:
1) Only the house Owners shall be able to refresh the house. Don't allow friends of the house to refresh it. This forces the owner (or co-owner) to log into that char on the account that owns the house and click on the sign using his *current* IP addy.
2) Log the IP and Account and House ID each time a house is refreshed.
Wait a month to allow two full refresh cycles, then do the following:
A) Sort by IP, and flag the IPs (as owners) refreshing more than four houses. Now it's fool-proof that one IP has more than 4 accounts and more than 4 houses. Hybrid can enforce account limits and housing at the same time.
B) Sort by House ID, and flag the Accounts/Owners who are changing IPs to get around the system (Dial-ups and DHCP Modems). Typically part of the IP address will be constant, making these folks easily identifiable. In addition, over time they will use the same IP to refresh more than one house and the logs will nail them.
Just to be fair, before simply decaying a house or removing an account, an email should be sent to the account addy informing them that their house is marked for demolition (or the account marked for deletion) so as to give them time to save their stuff or appeal. For abusers, and I'm sure there's a few, more stringent action can be taken. It would also be great to have a House Admin who's the single POC for coordinating this.
Okay...folks with more than 4 accounts and 4 houses can flame me now. Hopefully folks without a house will give me props.
Here's a new (and probably unpopular idea) idea for easily sorting out house ownership in light of hard-to-track IP addys. Again, this is only an idea to nail the abusers...and it does screw folks who ask friends to refresh so maybe Ryan will see it as a non-starter. I don't see any other way around tying IPs to houses with friends refreshing.
Make the following changes:
1) Only the house Owners shall be able to refresh the house. Don't allow friends of the house to refresh it. This forces the owner (or co-owner) to log into that char on the account that owns the house and click on the sign using his *current* IP addy.
2) Log the IP and Account and House ID each time a house is refreshed.
Wait a month to allow two full refresh cycles, then do the following:
A) Sort by IP, and flag the IPs (as owners) refreshing more than four houses. Now it's fool-proof that one IP has more than 4 accounts and more than 4 houses. Hybrid can enforce account limits and housing at the same time.
B) Sort by House ID, and flag the Accounts/Owners who are changing IPs to get around the system (Dial-ups and DHCP Modems). Typically part of the IP address will be constant, making these folks easily identifiable. In addition, over time they will use the same IP to refresh more than one house and the logs will nail them.
Just to be fair, before simply decaying a house or removing an account, an email should be sent to the account addy informing them that their house is marked for demolition (or the account marked for deletion) so as to give them time to save their stuff or appeal. For abusers, and I'm sure there's a few, more stringent action can be taken. It would also be great to have a House Admin who's the single POC for coordinating this.
Okay...folks with more than 4 accounts and 4 houses can flame me now. Hopefully folks without a house will give me props.
Twisted Arm
Knight
Re: Publish 75 - 5/13/07
Tits, I think summer activity is going to pick WAY up from these, awesome!
Ryan;1421993 said:
Tits, I think summer activity is going to pick WAY up from these, awesome!