Veteran Rewards are on the list of things to implement here and I'd like to get the flow of ideas going so the powers that be can see what's going to be most desired by the residents of Britannia. Several people have interest in Ethereal Mounts. Personally, I don't care for them as they're a bit Trammel in my mind, but I wouldn't kick it out of my pack if I had one. If I could get a purple horse that worked the same though, I would completely ignore the Trammel aspect for that. I have mentioned a couple times now, the desire for Named Bone Containers to be a potential reward. These add a very nice and lasting personal touch to any shard. Seeing the named bone container of people you recognize, years later, is highly desirable to me. Other thoughts regarding the rewards, I was thinking that the basis could be better suited on a 6 month time frame, instead of the typical Annual rewards. If coupled with Amount of Time Played, say in the 100 hours range, I think that would be suitable and not excessive. Also, I do like the newbied timepieces from other shards, but would really like to see a newbied colored ring (yeah, I'm lookin at you Ezekiel) because it's subtle, with a tinge of Trammel. Anyway, jump on board, and let's share ideas about what we'd like for being long time players here.
Time piece ring is a great idea! I'd totally rock one if I had it. 100 hours seems a bit low, I feel like I already did 100 hours just jacking it Named or colored containers are awesome. I like practical rewards, things we could use as well as display. Newbied (not blessed) clothing that you don't get from making a new character might be fun too (who doesn't want a newbie jester hat?). Must be breakable otherwise its not as fun. Eternal mounts sound way too awesome as a reward for 1 year of playing. maybe at 5 years if you pass 500 hours of playing or something... But yeah i'd ride a fire red horse any day
For what it's worth I put about 300hrs a year into Call of Duty (numbers may be down since I started playing UO again). A blessed, unbreakable tunic that says "I played in Beta and all I got was this lousy tunic" when you click it, would be epic for the Beta crew.
Would have to add bolas if they added Ethy mounts as a counter so that way there would be a risk factor to riding them so people aren't just riding ethys all the time and canceling the use of mounts but I'd be interested in one.Also I think instead of doing it every 6 months or yearly each month you get a reward point and you can choose to get small items or save up your points for more valuable items. As for items I would like to see as Vet rewards. Ranger Armor Ridable polar bear- Has the same mechanics as an ethy but isn't see threw, it retains the white when mounted. _____________________________________ One of 14 mini-monster statues: Dragon Skeleton Troll Orc Deamon Ettin Earth Elemental Gargoyle Gorilla Crocodile Lich Lizard Man Ogre Ratman _______________________________________________ Funiture Dye Tub (10 charges) Special Dye Tub (10 charges) Runebook Dye Tub (10 Charges) Flaming Skull (Hangs on a wall and blows fire) Potted Plants Bloody Pentagram Wall Banners _____________________________________________________ Player Statue Maker This is a decoration for your house Can be used to make a statue of yourself The statue will mimic your appearance, including clothing, armor and weapons You can choose among three poses for the statue There are three statue makers – each uses a different type of material: Bronze Alabaster Marble Jade Statue makers can only make statues out of one of the material types (if you pick a bronze statue maker, that particular statue maker will not be able to make statues out of marble or jade.) Each material will have a small selection of available hues Statue will be mounted on a plinth The plinth will have a plaque with the character’s name and the date it was created The statue is re-deedable, so you can change it as many times as you wish (e.g., new pose, new wearables, new character, new hue, etc. Everything but the material type.) When re-deeded, you can choose to restore the previous statue. This lets you move statues after they are created. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Davies’ Locker There's a few possible items off the top of my head.
lol risk factor of riding a horse. who cares if ppl ride regular horses. what about the risk factor of not losing your newbie dagger? you guys with your risk factors on worthless items and then letting all the big things be newbied like house deeds and checks.
Also, I agree with everything DV posted, except that ridiculous mount. There is no room in my fantasy for such madness.
Well played. I was going to finish the sentence with 'unless it's purple', but opted out. Even if it were purple, I don't want it. I'm old school Ultima and riding polar bears sounds like some WoW shit I don't want to see here. Purple or not Not trying to invalidate your suggestion, just sharing my opinion.
I like the idea of basing the reward on play time rather than just when you happened to create the account. Also, as the reward is earned without risk, it ought to be smaller and less valuable, especially if it's only for 6 months. Named bone containers seem a bit much for just playing and ethereal mounts ought to be reserved for completing some difficult milestone; fireworks wands are much more appropriate.
*blinks* Im feeling the love DV posted alot of good ideas I like potted plants, monster statues, and etheral mounts Maybe special furniture one cant craft
If there is clothing it should be blessed. Reds shouldn't be left out just for newbied items. Personally I think blessed clothing should be given out to tournament winners like a sash that says 1v1 champ (date). I'd prefer a beetle be a vet reward. Polar bear is pretty freakin cool though. Wearable unique items. Was always a fan of neon hair.
Blessed event championship sashes would be fuckin sweet, but only based on total wins per year or something or best win/loss ratio over the course of a year. Not like every event, week, or month. I would prefer no...beetles...ever. I will literally slit my e-wrists and never play here again if there are rideable beetles.
I like the idea of just yearly vet rewards more, its also inline with the UOR era. The following is just my opinion but I really dont think playing 6 months is much of an accomplishment. 12 months - hair or beard restyle, or blessed timepiece 24 months - furniture dye , potted plant, monster/creature statue 36 months - glacial staff, statue of your character, ethy mount I think we ought to look at some other shards that have been around for quite some time like Hybrid or UOSA, for example if ethy mounts were given out the first year, then they wouldnt be very exclusive or rare. Any what would be given out during later years that would be better?
I would rather it be a real animal mount instead of some "ghost/spirit" ethy mount. Great Hart, Brown Bear, Polar Bear, Grizzly... Drake? Make these tons of hours played on that character so we rarely see it.
