Proposed Change - Detect Hidden House Security Check

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  1. Chris

    Chris Renaissance Staff
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    To further help our players acclimate to the Renaissance era and a Felucca based housing ruleset we are proposing the following change to the detect hidden mechanics. Given that very few players begin on Renaissance with experience regarding our housing system this change should help players manage the risks of home ownership in a Felucca world.

    Details
    • When using detect hidden in a house you will see a review of the doors in the targeted house.
    • Each door will show its locked or unlocked status..
    • This broadcast will only be seen by the detector, not players in range of the doors.
    • This requires that you have minimally friend access to a house.
    • There will be no skill requirement, as this will function similar to detecting a trapped container in a house.
    • A system message will show a count of the unlocked doors in a house.

    Comments
    On OSI and most free shards players do not have to worry about locking their doors. Only one other server out of the hundreds in existence have a system of using keys to unlock the doors in a house. This leads to a great deal of our players not understanding the importance of this basic security aspect. This change accomplishes one of our design rules on Renaissance in which we can preserve more of the felucca world aspects, while balancing that with informative systems.

    Fortress Example
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    Two Story, Villa, Tower Example
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    We will compliment this change with a detailed guide on house security that will be made available to players via a link on the house sign. This will provide players easy access to a guide on common security tips and a detailed review of the house mechanics.
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    Good stuff!!
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    Like it!
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    Ah this will be nice for neurotic people like me who check their door three times before releasing items. And the security guide would be very helpful. UO house mechanics aren't very intuitive for the uninitiated (I never even owned a house on OSI).
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    Seems like a good idea, but to be sure, you should probably give me a large tower deed so I can check in my own house just to be sure.
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    Looks great.
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    Great ideas here.
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    Bravo! I like this a lot.
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    Me likey.
  12. Jupiter

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    The message should read:

    "You feel a pit of overwhelming anxiety form in your stomach as you notice X unlocked doors in your house."

    On a serious note, can the message read the difference between interior and exterior doors?

    "You notice X interior doors unlocked and X exterior unlocked."
  13. Chris

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    When I used to play before starting UOR I would literally get out of bed to come check the doors in my house to make sure I remembered to lock them.
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    Love this idea!
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    Yes please.
  16. Chris

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    Since everyone seems to agree this fits our design vision here we have included this in patch 56.

    Thanks for all the input everyone.
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  17. John Snow

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    Can we have tram too while we're at it?
    Seriously though as convenient as this may seem, it's a terrible idea to put into the game. This era of UO is amazing because of all the risk. Keep removing risk and it's no longer Ren.
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    no this idea sucks ,, so it ruins a big aspect of hosue looting ... MIGHT AS WELL MAKE THE SHARD TRAMMEL ,,,,,, HORRIBLE IDEA
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    So... mining beetles next?
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  20. Pork Fried Rice

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    Require 120 Detect Hidden skill.
    .. and add +20 detect hidden powerscrolls.

    Or just require the character to at least have 100 detect hidden, or 100 lockpicking to gain the bonus feature?
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