UO Second Age

I have been reading a lot of old forum threads, reading a lot of archive threads, just to get some understanding of this concept. A lot of players, here, are saying it won't happen again as people horde and that is the nature of the beast here, people do horde. They also say, knowing when a CUB is about to happen they go crazy and make up many many items to use in this event. I don't see many solutions preventing these players doing this, unless there was a way to ascertain item age and restrict anything under a set age date or reduce made items to be used to a defined number eg 100 ? Another was the allocation of points given to items. I read one thread where Heating stands received huge amount of points, whether by design or error, it sounds like the process may not have gone off without a hitch.

Regardless of all this, my question or suggestion is whether this will be looked at again? The item count is steadily climbing and if this CUB event was back surely it would be only a good thing? Yes, I realise there are people out there who just can't help themselves and abuse a process, yet the lessons learned from the first time around could be applied to make it more successful. Even just announce it as it is implented so no preparation can be done.

Anyhows, I was just wondering about it and would hope it may be reintroduced some day.

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Use a new clean up Brit event based soley on the consumption of gold. The idea is a win win concept creating a gold sink and disposal of stored items that would be sold for gold. Would be no era accuracy arguments and would stick to the staff's statement of not bringing back the original era accurate event.

Not. Going. To. Happen.

If you re-read those threads talking about CUB, admin has been extraordinarily clear that it won't happen again.

And I don't get Faust's idea. What do you mean a CUB gold sink? As in having to pay for someone to take your stuff?

The original Clean up Brit allowed you to dispose specific items IE: weapons, armor, etc... exluding stackable items such as gold and regs. My idea is to soley use gold for such an event to accumilate points instead. This could be under he guise of a new staff ran UOSA event structuring it specificly for a gold sink. This would dispose of not only gold but useless junk that would be sold for gold. Gold would be the only type of disposable item for the clean up event to gain points.

They have done it before in the form of specialty vendors selling neon hair and beard dyes and name change deeds. ie. viewtopic.php?f=74&t=40010

Pirul wrote:Not. Going. To. Happen.

This.
We need a FAQ. On that FAQ, it needs to say "No CUB ever again. No modified CUBs either no matter how brilliant you think your idea is... it's not."

Corbin wrote:

Pirul wrote:Not. Going. To. Happen.

This.
We need a FAQ. On that FAQ, it needs to say "No CUB ever again. No modified CUBs either no matter how brilliant you think your idea is... it's not."

CUB WIPE!!!!

What about having the gold be used to buy lottery/raffle tickets? At the end of the event winners are chosen for previously un-named prizes. I wasn't a big fan of the idea of selling rare items directly to players for gold, a raffle would allow poorer players to have a chance of winning and would allow richer players to throw away lots of money without the guarantee of receiving an item that could be immediately turned into cash.

But honestly, I really don't see any short-time event being able to remove enough gold from the system to have any real effect.

We need a Legend of Zelda style "Let's Play Money Making Game" or even better, the Money Making Game from Kingdom of Loathing.

Just skip all that and have staff just give up stuff.

GuardianKnight wrote:Just skip all that and have staff just give up stuff again.

Fixed that for ya buddy.

Wonko the Sane wrote:We need a Legend of Zelda style "Let's Play Money Making Game" or even better, the Money Making Game from Kingdom of Loathing.

I do wish i had more ways to waste gold. No joke. sometimes buying rares and semi-rares is just blah. I'd like to have an archery or dart board contest! what about beating a level 80 warlock chessmaster?

seriously though, the most satisfaction i've had spending my gold is supporting Paws and selling 'Fool's Gold' and other random expenditures.

- Jupiter the Grey

Jupiter wrote:

Wonko the Sane wrote:We need a Legend of Zelda style "Let's Play Money Making Game" or even better, the Money Making Game from Kingdom of Loathing.

I do wish i had more ways to waste gold. No joke. sometimes buying rares and semi-rares is just blah. I'd like to have an archery or dart board contest! what about beating a level 80 warlock chessmaster?

seriously though, the most satisfaction i've had spending my gold is supporting Paws and selling 'Fool's Gold' and other random expenditures.

- Jupiter the Grey

At one point I had 900k boards just from buying them from new players trying to make gold. I find it's better than just giving away gold. At least the new player can get "value" from the gold vs a free hand-out which won't keep them as invested in the shard should they decide to think about leaving.