I've been on test a while checking out the new system, and it's a lot different than the current one...

- Bods no longer give rewards(like PoF, Hammer etc), they all give points
- Each bod gives a choice of receiving full value(ie: 25 pts on a small iron 20 buckler bod) for turning in or partial value(0.125 pts) for banking the value instead
- Banking pts value looks locked at 5% of the total turn in value
- If you choose to take the full value of the bod you MUST spend those pts before the NPC accepts another bod from you
- If you choose to bank the 5% offer you can carry those pts over into the value of another bod
- example: PoF is on the rewards menu for 425 pts. If you do a bod worth 425 pts you can pick PoF with that one bod, no need to bank the pts
- Each craft has it's own rewards menu so if you plan on doing all types of crafting bods the pts do not pool together
- I did a valorite normal small 15 and got 850 pts for it, a valorite hammer on the menu is 1200 pts, so the top end items will require you to bank at least some bods
- The 6 hr timer remains, and it still accumulates up to 3 bods at a time. Likewise you get another new bod for every bod you turn in.

If PoF is what you are after then any bod you have which gives more than 425pts is in effect a PoF bod. A copper runic is 650 pts. I don't have a chart of which bods are worth what yet but will work on it. It's taking me a bit to wrap my head around the new system, it's not like the current system at all.

I can see that they took care to mess up scripters a bit during turn in. If you bank everything you lose 95% of the point value so banking a 450pt bod instead of taking PoF as a reward will be a huge loss in gold value. When you sort your bods there will not be any more "PoF" book or "hammer" book etc, since it's all about pts you'll set waypoints instead... like "425+" for any bod that gives PoF and "650+" for any bod that gives a copper runic etc. Those bods can be instantly turned in for those rewards on the spot without banking pts. Anything below 425 looks like it would be best to bank.

My take: I like the system. Tinkerers can make a 250 PoF holding keg and there are other various nice perks. As for running tons of bod runners on all accounts and all servers to make this work, no longer needed. Why not? Because you don't need mass amounts of bods anymore to get the rewards you want. You don't need to churn and hope for a PoF bod for example. Sure you can run lots of accounts for more bods but having just 1 smith standing at the forge turning them over will end up with the same number of rewards over time. Every bod suddenly has value.

What does it mean for scripters? It means you don't need a lot of bod "runners", you need a lot of bod "finishers" that are actually completing them. Gathering is no longer the focus, more won't get you better rewards vs someone with just one smith who is doing every bod. I'm wondering if the REAL value in the new system will be to mine the ore and sell it instead, there will probably be an increased price on materials soon. Likewise it may be better still to just turn in the ingots for cleanup pts and buy other stuff on the cleanup menu.

FYI: Dyes are not in the bod rewards, those must be from the yearly artisan fair which runs Dec 1 to Jan 1.

My mother-in-law fell down a wishing well the other day.

I was amazed, I never knew they worked!

You know you're a script junkie when...


... and 100% of them have been modified over time and your newest stuff is 100% your own from scratch.

A big thank you to all of you here for all your help, and to EasyUO and Stealth(which is also most you guys too), for reading my long winded posts and incessant questions along the way, it's been much appreciated.

TM, I couldn't find that script you suggested via PM the other day but it just motivated me to write my own. I ran it this morning with huge success so my posts should be getting a little shorter and my questions a little fewer.  

Writing scripts has become as much fun as playing UO... uh oh! My toolbox is full but I'm sure I'll be in it trying this or improving that for some time, thanks to all of the great people here for helping me reach my scripting goals.

The literature on uo.com and stratics says the cap is 45%, but the data doesn't seem updated. For example the cap goes to 50 while in ninjitsu white tiger form but the guides say little to nothing about it. Likewise I can lower resists in favor of more DCI but if the cap is 45% what's the point? I understand that raising it to 70(or 75 in white tiger form) will protect me from a lower defense spell, I will still be at 45-50 DCI, but are the calculations on chance to avoid being hit based on the 45% cap or my actual cap? Or somewhere in between.

I'm particularly interested in PvP but PvE info also welcome, what's the deal with DCI now? I vaguely remember Mesanna saying something about a change to how it works sometime this year but can't find the post now.

Anyone know?

I'd like to see an interactive map(moves when I do) in game that includes houses that STAY on the map. The in game minimap only shows nearby houses. UOAM is dead, I did get it running but the housing only shows for nearby places on my comp. Here is a screenshot of what I'd like to see, including the zoom out if possible. Does it exist still?

http://i.imgur.com/1ra8Jao.jpg

I've been messing around trying to get this to work for a year now, lol. No luck yet.

I did this for UOAM but it didn't work - http://uorforum.com/threads/uoam-making-houses-show-up.9579/

I'm thinking there has to be another way to display static houses I run by on an interactive map?

I've looked to see if this exists yet and found only scripts to make slayers, not to switch to the right slayer spellbook in combat. Does such a script exist? If not, what would be the best way to automatically key off the target of any offensive spell to make sure the right spellbook was equipped? I'd need it to evaluate the target in some way so a list of default monsters won't work. ie: if doing an EM event the boss may have a special name and/or not have stats found on any list.

Anyone have experience with automatically switching to the right spellbook? Chiv archers have it easy with consecrate, mages need a bit of help!

I occasionally need to minimize my browser to, you know, get some work done but I'd like to still hear UO sounds when I do that. Is there a way to minimize the game but still hear the sound?

I finally got around to 'fixing' my ABC archer (archery + bushido + chivalry) and I am extremely pleased with the results. He can now take down some stuff that he could not before, and he's suddenly fun again. This is what I changed...

- Goodbye Bushido

I was done with honoring everything anyway but it turns out this was a good move.

- Hello Poisoning

There is some Karma loss when you apply poison to a target but if you're fighting anything at dragon level and above you still gain after a kill, more than you lose for poisoning. Dragons cure themselves and might not be the best example of when to poison, it was just an example.

- Hello Resisting Spells

I soulstone poisoning in favor of resist where/when needed, like in Doom the template now looks like this:

- 120 archery
- 120 tactics
- 120 anatomy
- 120 chivalry (timers last longer, damage increase is 15% instead of 5% at 100 etc)
- 120 Healing (4 second heals with a cure check every 2 seconds = hard to kill)
- 100 poisoning with 20 focus OR 120 resisting spells, as needed

I didn't do the 'lower a bit of this for a lil' of that' game and tested the above with straight up real skill, none of them from gear. The result was that the template could have ALL of the important archer stats. 70's resist, 100% DI, 150 hits, 45% HCI/DCI, 30% LMC, 2/4 FC/FCR etc. I ignored LRC and INT bonus but I did stuff extra DEX on the suit which let me lower the base DEX 10 points and still hit 150, which I placed in INT. I also used the Chiv III mastery to give me 15 more INT. With 120 Chiv the Consecrate Weapon lasts 11 seconds and I could use weapon specials easily, without running out of mana. I did spend 360M on the suit, including buying a Slither, but that's not mandatory.

The Magic!

With 180 Stamina and 55% SSI OR 210 Stamina and 35% SSI the ideal bow becomes the Elven Composite Longbow with a 3.75 second swing rate. You will hit the 1.25 second cap with these and though each hit might be for a little less than a composite bow the total damage per second (DPS) is a good 8 pts higher vs the 1.5 the above gives for composite bows. Adding velocity to the bow gives you another 10 pts DMG on average if you're properly keeping your distance. Adding lightning adds another 22-25 damage on average.

Poisoning comes in here - The secondary special for the elven longbow is Serpent arrow and at 60 poisoning you are poisoning the target with the 2nd highest poison possible(without needing to apply or even carry poisons). At 100 poisoning you have a chance to apply the occasional lethal poison too, game over when that happens as even a cure fails often. I did tests for comparison and the above does more damage than your typical composite bow spamming AI with perfection from Bushido... and you're not having to push as many buttons either.

Playstyle: Obviously this template requires the target to be vulnerable to poisons but it's also viable if you swap poisoning to resist spells. It's on the weak side for killing multiple targets at once though you can use a bow with an area effect and/or use the fire shot archery mastery for another way to hit multiple targets. Use the occasional 'force arrow' special of the elven longbow too for extra stopping power, if that hits with velocity it drops health fast. If the target it vulnerable to poisons I feel this is stronger than the bushido equivalent, and it's even otherwise. I think the devs tweaked the damage output of Bushido too but that's for another thread.

6 skills instead of 7, all at max real level, frees up the suit slots to reach the caps... that's important with a bushidoless archer in my opinion.