Proposed Change - Detect Hidden House Security Check

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


Two Story, Villa, Tower Example



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.

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.

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

Thanks for all the input everyone.