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Same here, all. Miss me shard..

I used sort on regs to move all regs from my main pack to a pack inside. If I remember correctly now, we weren't able to do that before, and got an error. This time, it did move the regs, but it deleted everything else in the pack. I will remember for next time, but if we can get that alert put back in so it does not move from the main pack to a pack inside of your main, it may avoid issues in the future.

Dang it, put the second part in the wrong post. That's what I get for doing 2 posts at once. Happy B'Day anyway!!

oh my gosh at the purple. I think I'm in lub.......

I really would like to keep Frosty, though. He's been my loyal companion for so many years, I dunno what I'd do without him.   

I know the axe'll be gone, and me evasion.....sniff, sniff. Poor Dr. Deth will miss it so. Ahh well, no sockets, I really dun need to go visit the good doc anyway

Congrats momma!!!!!

You mean me? I assure you, it's not me.

As one of the old timers around here, I have to agree to keep the sockets. There are not enough players on the shard to facilitate group hunting. I, for one, almost always hunt alone because of my wierd schedule. Sometimes I have to go at the drop of a hat, and be back 5 mins later, so I don't want anyone relying on me. Also, what would wind up happening is that everyone would complain that "It's too hard!!", and the GMs would eventually have to tone down half the shard, which is A LOT of work. Most boss's in Fel can hit for more than our max HP witout sockets, case in point. Many smaller mobs in Fel can easily take us down in 1 or 2 hits without sockets. While I agree with Thane that they can be nerfed a bit, dropping them entirely would cause more work than it is worth. Possibly dropping to 3 or 4 sockets per item max, instead of 6 would help in the short run, or reducing socketable items to include only 4 or 5 things (like only jewelry, or only armor. But I say in the short run because there will always be players that will crunch the numbers, and power up.

BTW,

IIII'MMMM BBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!!!!

Congrats all.

I completely back Willow, and will do my best to support her while Hele is healing. Unfortunately, my own health is not good. I am on the mend, though, and the surgery went well. I hope to be more active in the next couple weeks during my recuperation time, and if anything is needed, simply ask. We have a great guild here, more generous than any I have ever seen. Let's all pitch in, and have fun. Once we are back to full force, we will again make our mark.

Umfortunately, I will be in Mexico at the time. My cruise starts Saturday 

My dear, real life issues come up for everyone. We will be here. I hope everything works out well, and we can be wed when you return. My heat goes with you, and I hope you are able to return soon. CAUSE DA SILVA IS LONELY!  

I use this all the time in combination with my "last object"  macro. It really helps being able to switch between the two weps for various situations, or just to pop in a quick "mortal".

Ok, ok already!! Happy VTD!! 

Ok, please do remember to be nice, all, there is no need for comments directed at the poster. I will tell you flat out, though, trying to change that would be like trying to change the base damage of the weapons themselves. It is in the core of the UO program, and not easily manipulated. It took me 18 months before I got an axe anywhere near what I have now. As a matter of fact, I used a katana with not much of anything on it, and did just fine. What is seems to me that you are expecting newbies to be able to go fight Anubis.

Ten thousand for a good weapon.. that's half of what a new character starts with - and the newbie dungeon isn't so rewarding.

Remember, these "newbies" are the players that help make up the shard community, and they are just as every bit important as the veterans.. if not more so because they are ones that can potentially bring more to the shard - and spread the news.

As said, "newbies" will of course have poor defenses and healing at first - unless they take them as skills at creation. Not all two people are the same, and no matter what way you put it.. any benefit that is given to a player will certainly change the outcome of a battle.

There is a reason that they don't. They are new. And I can give you one legitimate reason why they don't start out with gear like that...boredom. If you can tank everything on the shard in your first week, what challenge is there? People learn and grow, and that is what keeps them interested. I have been on the shard for over two years, and not played nearly as much as I have recently, when I started learning about how to do all this.
What I was trying to say earlier is that people need to try variety. Lumberjacking adds damage because axes are(as a class) the slowest weapons in the game. The damage would be decent for a new person, and would help them, which is why I have given away, not sold, but given away at least a dozen weapons. I know of more people that do the same, so I am not trying to be high and mighty ar anything. This is a very giving shard. For the most part, everyone tries to help everyone here. I know of one player that is working his tail off trying to start an academy, and hiring players to work as professors, to teach these kinds of things. I sure would have loved something like that a year and a half ago. But if someone would have just handed me a godly weaponback then,  I probably would have #1 lost it because I didn't insure it, #2 had a ton more deaths, because I did't know how to use it, or #3  started being able to take out whatever I wanted, and gotten bored with hunting.
While it is a good idea, and it was worth mentioning, like I said, changing core UO stuff is exceedingly difficult, and I will be happy to bring it up at the next shard council meeting for you.

As always, Rithik knows what he is talking about. I am one of the jacking axers on the shard, and I have to say, it's not that big of a difference. I took the axe because of whirlwind, period. I stayed with the axe, and found other specials making it a quite handy weapon. Currently, I carry 3 different axes with me at all times, for various situations. Some call for the Zyronic Claw, mainly bosses, since it has high 50%DI and ML, with the benefit of bleed and mortal strike. Other situations, such as mobs, call for whirlwind. I have 2 axes that whirlwind, one has double strike, good for a finisher, and the other has bleed, good to hit a bigger guy with while whirlwinding. I did take jacking originally because of the damage bonus, but the problem is, that is core UO, something that would be very hard to script around for other skills. Hopefully these replies will help some. I think it is a good idea, but it would be extremly hard to get into place at the current time.