Patch Notes:December 13 2024

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🐟 Fish Monger Quest Overhaul

Old System:

• Rewards were heavily influenced by pure random chance.
• Completing a more difficult quest or having a high reputation didn’t result in better rewards.
• Players could invest a lot of effort into a tough quest yet still receive mediocre items because the outcome wasn't tied to the quest's challenge or their standing with the fishmongers.

New System:

Difficulty and Reputation-Based Tiers:

• The reward tier you qualify for is determined by both how challenging the quest is (in terms of fish rarity and quantity) and how much fishing reputation you’ve earned.
• The harder the task and the higher your reputation, the better the tier you can reach.

Skewed Randomness Within Tiers:

• Even after determining a high reward tier, there’s still some randomness when picking the actual item.
• This randomness is now more favorable at higher tiers. While you won’t always get the very best item, your odds are better than before, and you’re less likely to get something too low-value.

Special Handling for Valuable Rewards (PowerScrolls):

• PowerScrolls are kept rare and exciting. Even if you qualify for the top tier, there’s only a 20% chance you’ll get a PowerScroll from that tier.
• If you fail that 25% roll, you’ll get something from a lower tier. This ensures that truly top-tier items remain special, while still giving skilled, reputable fishers a shot at them.

Bait:

• The higher tier will now have a 75% chance to drop the best bait and instead of 5%, a 25% chance to be enhanced Charybdis bait.

Occasional Downgrades Maintain UO RNG:

• For non-PowerScroll rewards, there’s a small chance (25%) that your chosen reward might downgrade by one tier.
• This maintains an element of unpredictability. You’re still rewarded more fairly for your efforts than under the old system, but it’s not completely predictable.
• It keeps things UO-like and makes truly great rewards feel more meaningful.

In Summary:

• Under the old system, it often felt like tough quests didn’t guarantee better rewards.
• The new system fixes that by linking rewards more closely to difficulty and reputation, while still keeping some fun randomness.
• Now, challenging yourself and growing your reputation genuinely improves your chances of scoring top-tier loot, but without removing the thrill of a roll of the dice.

🐾 Pet Updates

• New Pet Dyes Added to Magincia Magical Stone Exchange:
• 
  • Powder Snow
  • 
  • Frozen Lake
  • 
  • Shimmering Snowflake
  • 
• Added the Branding Tool to the Consumable stone for clarity and reduced price.
  • Reduced Price on the UOStore and Magincia Magical Stone Exchange

• Price Adjustments on Some Pet Dyes:
  • Reduced price on multiple Pet Dyes to align better with similar hues.

Adjusting the Legendary Fire Khamet Ki-rin to 2 Slots

After thorough testing and extensive discussions with many of you, we are making a calculated adjustment to the Legendary Fire Khamet Ki-rin, reducing it to 2 slots. This change aims to better align the Khamet Ki-rin with its legendary status, enhancing its balance and utility while avoiding overshadowing other pets. Much like a weapon, a pet should be the right tool for the right situation—valued for its versatility and specialized role, not merely its raw power. This adjustment focuses on offering diverse specs and utility, ensuring the Legendary Fire Khamet Ki-rin feels impactful and strategically significant without contributing to unnecessary power creep.

We recognize the importance of a thoughtful approach to changes. While some adjustments can be made swiftly, others require time to settle and evaluate. In this case, we believe a prompt yet well-considered change is appropriate, ensuring this is not a reactive response to minor issues like point allocation or training, but rather a deliberate improvement to enhance the experience for tamers who are lucky enough to obtain this rare and unique tamable.

To support this change, we are offering a one-time replacement for your Legendary Fire Khamet Ki-rin. If you wish to take advantage of this offer, please open a ticket in ⁠🎫┃help_ticket.

We greatly value your feedback as we continue refining and improving the balance and utility of pets—whether they are newly introduced or longstanding companions—ensuring they remain vital and versatile tools in your arsenal for years to come.

🐉 Legendary and Rare Spawn Rate Adjustments

• Increased Legendary spawn rates:
  • CuSidhe,
  • Nightmare
  • Serpentine Dragon

• Increased Rare spawn rate:
  • Serpentine Dragon

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🌨️ Seasonal Changes

• The Forums and Wiki are getting chilly! Stay cozy and check out the updates.

Friendly Reminder: If you own a castle on Deceit's Ice Island, please set your doors to public during the holiday season to allow access to mobs spawning inside walls.

⚙️ Fixes

• Fixed Wiki Search Error: Searches are now case-insensitive.
• Fixed Navery Desync:
  • We have also gone ahead and matched OSI's standards for handling these pillars by randomizing which gets what timer. It will no longer be a set order. This was incorrect.

• Fixed crash issue from last evening.
• Fixed Quest Reindeer, you cannot Shrink, Bond, or Stable REINDEER or Base Escorts you psychos! This isn't Palworld!