7th year gifts

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This is probably a stupid question, but I've got the Holy Sword on Siege,
and it currently says '187 uses remaining'. Is this thing going to wear out
in the middle of battle?
If it is, what's the point in blessing the stupid thing? I'm guessing that
it started at 200 uses? That's not a lot of fights, for something that's
supposed to be 'special'! Or is this one of those 'unique to Siege' rules?
If it is, the sword's going to become item #1 in my brand new,very small,
rares collection, and never see battle again!

 

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On Sun, 3 Oct 2004 14:05:36 +0100, "Alergic Alchemist"
<allyTchemist@hotmail.com> wrote:

>This is probably a stupid question, but I've got the Holy Sword on Siege,
>and it currently says '187 uses remaining'. Is this thing going to wear out
>in the middle of battle?
>If it is, what's the point in blessing the stupid thing? I'm guessing that
>it started at 200 uses? That's not a lot of fights, for something that's
>supposed to be 'special'! Or is this one of those 'unique to Siege' rules?
>If it is, the sword's going to become item #1 in my brand new,very small,
>rares collection, and never see battle again!
>

It sounds like it may be bugged. I haven't chosen that particular
prize but don't they normally have a really high self repair property
(like 10) so that they don't ever need repairs? It definitely
shouldn't have a maximum number of uses though.

If the number keeps dropping I'd call a GM to take a look at it.

Reg LeCrisp - Atlantic

 

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"Cyrus of Sosaria" <cystocot4@cs.com> wrote in message
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> >This is probably a stupid question, but I've got the Holy Sword on Siege,
> >and it currently says '187 uses remaining'. Is this thing going to wear
out
> >in the middle of battle?
> >If it is, what's the point in blessing the stupid thing?
>
<snippy>
> Get a nice velvet pillow ready for it, and keep your bank vault duster
handy...
>
> Ultimately, this is also their concession for dealing with Blessed "rare"
> weapons and items on Seige, to keep the "this imbalances the whole seige
pvp
> landscape" whiners in check and screw anyone that just wants to have a
unique
> UO experience on the ultimate ghost town of all shards.(i went there and
ran
> into three people, milling around Moonglow bank, didn't see another soul
in the
> two hours i played)
>
Great. *goes fishing for velvet pillows*

So, if I'd gone for the hearth, I'd probably find it vanishing after my
200th smithing attempt? That utterly stinks.

BTW, Siege isn't deserted - everyone seems to be running round Paragon
hunting at the moment, which is why the towns in Fel seem deserted. I played
for 3 hours yesterday, and met 12 people in the lost lands, another 10 just
beyond the Valor moongate, and another 15-20 in Umbra. Just before I logged
out, there were another 10 or so hanging around the 'glow bank, too - so
it's far from deserted - the popular hang-outs just differ from 'normal'
shards, and there are no bank-sitters, for which I am extremely grateful!

But that wearing-out gift thing really stinks. I think I'll call a GM and
ask them the next time I've got a couple of hours to spend in-game!

 

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"Alergic Alchemist" <allyTchemist@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> This is probably a stupid question, but I've got the Holy Sword on Siege,
> and it currently says '187 uses remaining'. Is this thing going to wear
> out
> in the middle of battle?
> If it is, what's the point in blessing the stupid thing? I'm guessing that
> it started at 200 uses? That's not a lot of fights, for something that's
> supposed to be 'special'! Or is this one of those 'unique to Siege' rules?
> If it is, the sword's going to become item #1 in my brand new,very small,
> rares collection, and never see battle again!
>
Sword Update:
I asked a GM about this, and he said it looked like a bug. He took the sword
for a minute, and then gave it (or a copy) back - but it doesn't seem to be
losing points any more!

Population Update:
I went to Destard last night - there were at least 40 players (and a dozen
white wyrms and one chicken(?!?)) running around there - the lag was so bad
with that many people on-screen, I gave up and logged out.
So Siege isn't a ghost town - the players have gone underground!

 

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"Cyrus of Sosaria" <cystocot4@cs.com> wrote in message
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> >But that wearing-out gift thing really stinks. I think I'll call a GM and
>>ask them the next time I've got a couple of hours to spend in-game!
>>
>
> I think bladed items only lose "uses" when you use them to harvest a
> corpse, i
> only noticed them because i decided to start a crafter on Seige(i was
> really
> bored), and was using my main weapon to chop hides...
>
> So maybe you can get away with using a spare dagger/skinning knife in your
> pack
> for any harvesting, and just have to worry about the weapon's natural
> durability.(and the gift items all have self repair 10, so they're
> basically
> indestructable)
>
Aha! That might make sense - a friend of mine had just started as a tailor,
and I did shear a few sheep to show him how to do it and get him started -
that would account for some of the losses - assuming it did start at 200.
Funny that the GM didn't consider that possibility...

 

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On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 07:44:29 +0100, "Alergic Alchemist"
<allyTchemist@hotmail.com> wrote:


>Aha! That might make sense - a friend of mine had just started as a tailor,
>and I did shear a few sheep to show him how to do it and get him started -
>that would account for some of the losses - assuming it did start at 200.
>Funny that the GM didn't consider that possibility...
>
Not "funny" at all. Most of the GM's know less about the game than most
of the newbies just starting to play. Customer support has NEVER been
good in UO. They really had to work at it to get worse, but they succeeded.

Ice

 

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>
>>Aha! That might make sense - a friend of mine had just started as a
>>tailor,
>>and I did shear a few sheep to show him how to do it and get him started -
>>that would account for some of the losses - assuming it did start at 200.
>>Funny that the GM didn't consider that possibility...

You know. If indeed that is the case as you have stated. Then wouldn't the
new one you said you got -----> "Sword Update: I asked a GM about this, and
he said it looked like a bug. He took the sword for a minute, and then gave
it (or a copy) back - but it doesn't seem to be losing points any more!"
<----- Wouldn't your seord now be considered a EXTREAME rare now? Just a
thought.

> Not "funny" at all. Most of the GM's know less about the game than most
> of the newbies just starting to play. Customer support has NEVER been
> good in UO. They really had to work at it to get worse, but they
> succeeded.
>
> Ice

Agrees. Many hours on the phone with them is not a day at the park.

Sticky_314

 

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"Sticky_314" <sticky_314@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >
>>>Aha! That might make sense - a friend of mine had just started as a
>>>tailor,
>>>and I did shear a few sheep to show him how to do it and get him
>>>started -
>>>that would account for some of the losses - assuming it did start at 200.
>>>Funny that the GM didn't consider that possibility...
>
> You know. If indeed that is the case as you have stated. Then wouldn't the
> new one you said you got -----> "Sword Update: I asked a GM about this,
> and he said it looked like a bug. He took the sword for a minute, and then
> gave it (or a copy) back - but it doesn't seem to be losing points any
> more!" <----- Wouldn't your seord now be considered a EXTREAME rare now?
> Just a thought.
>
I'm not sure. It doesn't have the 'uses remaining' thing on it any more (and
I just tried shearing another sheep to test it!), so, if all the other ones
on Siege DO work in the same way as my original one, then I suppose it
probably is one of a kind - or at least extremely rare.

>> Not "funny" at all. Most of the GM's know less about the game than most
>> of the newbies just starting to play. Customer support has NEVER been
>> good in UO. They really had to work at it to get worse, but they
>> succeeded.
>>
>> Ice
>
> Agrees. Many hours on the phone with them is not a day at the park.
>
> Sticky_314
There certainly isn't any decent sharing of knowledge - I've met GM's who
seemed to know the game inside out in the past, but I've also seen plenty of
idiots!

 

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Alergic Alchemist wrote:

> "Cyrus of Sosaria" <cystocot4@cs.com> wrote in message
> news:20041005224321.22466.00000297@mb-m06.news.cs.com...
>
>>>But that wearing-out gift thing really stinks. I think I'll call a GM and
>>>ask them the next time I've got a couple of hours to spend in-game!
>>>
>>
>>I think bladed items only lose "uses" when you use them to harvest a
>>corpse, i
>>only noticed them because i decided to start a crafter on Seige(i was
>>really
>>bored), and was using my main weapon to chop hides...
>>
>>So maybe you can get away with using a spare dagger/skinning knife in your
>>pack
>>for any harvesting, and just have to worry about the weapon's natural
>>durability.(and the gift items all have self repair 10, so they're
>>basically
>>indestructable)
>>
>
> Aha! That might make sense - a friend of mine had just started as a tailor,
> and I did shear a few sheep to show him how to do it and get him started -
> that would account for some of the losses - assuming it did start at 200.
> Funny that the GM didn't consider that possibility...
>
>

FUR STEALER!!

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"WindsorFox[SS]" <windsorfoxNO@SPAMcox.net> wrote in message
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<< snippage>>
>> Aha! That might make sense - a friend of mine had just started as a
>> tailor, and I did shear a few sheep to show him how to do it and get him
>> started - that would account for some of the losses - assuming it did
>> start at 200. Funny that the GM didn't consider that possibility...
>>
>>
>
> FUR STEALER!!
>
ROTFL
In all fairness, we did offer the sheep a nice replacement shirt, but he
wasn't interested. Bleated something about a sheep in cheap clothing and
left...
See what happens when you drink and RP?

 

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Alergic Alchemist wrote:

> "WindsorFox[SS]" <windsorfoxNO@SPAMcox.net> wrote in message
> news:RPp9d.227$%x.152@okepread04...
> << snippage>>
>
>>>Aha! That might make sense - a friend of mine had just started as a
>>>tailor, and I did shear a few sheep to show him how to do it and get him
>>>started - that would account for some of the losses - assuming it did
>>>start at 200. Funny that the GM didn't consider that possibility...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> FUR STEALER!!
>>
>
> ROTFL
> In all fairness, we did offer the sheep a nice replacement shirt, but he
> wasn't interested. Bleated something about a sheep in cheap clothing and
> left...
> See what happens when you drink and RP?
>
>

LOL

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