Suggestion for improving begging skill

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  1. Yehoshua

    Yehoshua New Member

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    Hi, this is what I have been thinking about since 1998 when I first played uo.
    I think it will be really fun if begging is interactive with players.
    How about making GM beggars have chance to make players donate a few coin? possible with longer interval than normal skill interval.
    Of course it will be gold, and possibly some food, bandages, potions and etc whatever inside backpack, even some item that was in his/her pocket unaware of by owners!! like legendary begged item. :D)
    Begged gold shall have limit of up to 50 gold as maximum. If player was begged once, cannot be begged again for long period time.

    This is basic idea.
    How do you guys think?
    I think this idea agrees with original Ultima Online concept very well.
    And I even think it was going to be realized if original Ultima Online was going to succeed longer.
    Let me know what you guys think.
    o_O
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  2. PaddyOBrien

    PaddyOBrien Well-Known Member

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    Actually, it would be cool to tie it in with the virtue of Humility somehow.
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  3. BlackEye

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    Cool idea. If balanced properly it would be fun.
  4. Yehoshua

    Yehoshua New Member

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    Yeah as long as it is introduced with measure to prevent harassing players it will be great roleplaying item imo.
    Maybe karma is affected toward begging chance.
    If you are a good guy, you may have more chance to be succesfully begged, bad guys have lower chance to be begged.

    :)
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  5. wylwrk

    wylwrk Well-Known Member

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    I love it.
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    merlin8666 Well-Known Member

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    great idea
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  8. Sapharious

    Sapharious Active Member

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    +1 this idea!

    We would all be like Craig and Smokie when we saw you coming...



    Video intended to represent the hiding of valuable loot.. and not the bullying.
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  9. Jeebs

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    *Beggars may not own a home. :p

    *Beggars must join the thieves guild. (Same requirement for thieves, 7 days, minimum skill and no murder counts)

    But really +1 to this, begging really don't need to be useful somehow.
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  10. LanDarr

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    as long as the beggar is perma grey and can be attacked in town without reprocussions, otherwise its just stealing by another name
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  11. Sapharious

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    Lets be honest.. it is such a useless skill and I can't fathom why it was ever added at all. I have toyed around with it since the game started and never bothered to even try.. maybe as a roleplaying character if you get "Grandmaster Begger" title... but with it being target based, who would spend that kind of effort (unless it's not target based here).
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  12. Steady Mobbin

    Steady Mobbin Well-Known Member

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    Ive always wanted to GM one but never got around to it.
  13. Sapharious

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    I thought about it but then tried using it at 50 skill and got 10 coins max... was like "this is not worth it for say 20 coins per 14 seconds"...
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  14. Jessica

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    I was just thinking about the begging skill and... A nice system would be to make npc drop some "strange note" to GM beggars that would work like treasure maps or amibs!

    What do you guys think???
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  15. Sapharious

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    That would be interesting.. maybe spawn an NPC somewhere in a town that you must find based on hints in the note and beg from who would give you a reward equivalent to your efforts.
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  16. trifectafunk

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    it would be cool as an additional 'digger' skill or w/e those folks lockpicking chests are called.
    Once every 24 hours or so a noble will spawn randomly within the guard limits of each town. It is up to the beggers to find them and successfully beg to claim from a variety of rare drops.
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  17. Rick O'Connell

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    I just want to be able to trick or treat during halloween and have the NPC's give me better candies based off my begging skill :)
  18. silencesg

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    At GM allow an area beg. Where all npcs within earshot donate coin. Give a small chance for copper or plat.
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  19. FisuUO:R

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    What about GM begging having chance for special coins (Copper, HC on seasons, plat). Of course it should have an afk gump to avoid abuses. Also some minors rares? (ingots, candles, lockpicks etc) on respective npcs. And event based items when they happen could work also. Of course, being careful with them and their chance, but I think it would be harmless.
    Like, a plat drop on mib chests means nothing compared to the plat milking from champs, instances, etc. Same with this.

    Also liked the idea of quests that was proposed above.
  20. Steady Mobbin

    Steady Mobbin Well-Known Member

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    I don’t think begging ever gets “improved”. It’s a non-social skill and you’re not really supposed to make a lot money from it. That’s why it’s called begging.

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