02-26-2012, 11:54 PM
First off, I'm ecstatic to see the larger number of players we have now! I never expected this much growth when we started tinkering around with the shard for fun a year ago.
However, with this huge increase, we're seeing a lot more requests for custom statics or custom decoration in existing statics. Up until now, this has been fine as the requests were few enough that we could handle them, but there's no way to keep building custom statics at the rate they're being requested.
What we will be doing instead is offering a selection of pre-made custom statics instead. We have a lot of them to choose from and I'll be posting images of them on the Housing page as soon as I've got all the screenshots made and edited.
There is still the option of building your own static, then having us place it. In fact, we're hoping to add this as an optional profession for very talented builders. People who know their way around UOAR can offer their services as an architect either for free or for in-game compensation. You could either build custom statics to order, or build a bunch of statics and offer the use of the design for a fee.
(For example, you might charge 100K for a custom design, but only 10K to use a public design that anyone can choose from. Change the prices to match your business model.)
A second change is that we no longer add decoration or items outside what is listed under Addons on the housing information page: http://in-uo.net/info/housing-information
The reason is that this just takes up a ton of time to add, color, position, etc. Then, when a player decides that they want to move to a new static or house, GM intervention is required to move sometimes hundreds of items, which just sucks up hours of time that could be spent scripting or adding quests. If you build your own static though, you can add as much decorations as you want.
We won't be retroactively removing decorations, but we won't be moving them or modifying them, we can just remove things you no longer need.
Also, if you simply can't live without a specific item like a display counter or a bloody pentagram, let us know and we can either add it to crafting or as a nickel reward, depending on the item.
Hopefully everyone understands the need for this change. With less time being spent on menial stuff like house design, we can spend time developing features, quests, events, and improving.
Thanks everyone!
However, with this huge increase, we're seeing a lot more requests for custom statics or custom decoration in existing statics. Up until now, this has been fine as the requests were few enough that we could handle them, but there's no way to keep building custom statics at the rate they're being requested.
What we will be doing instead is offering a selection of pre-made custom statics instead. We have a lot of them to choose from and I'll be posting images of them on the Housing page as soon as I've got all the screenshots made and edited.
There is still the option of building your own static, then having us place it. In fact, we're hoping to add this as an optional profession for very talented builders. People who know their way around UOAR can offer their services as an architect either for free or for in-game compensation. You could either build custom statics to order, or build a bunch of statics and offer the use of the design for a fee.
(For example, you might charge 100K for a custom design, but only 10K to use a public design that anyone can choose from. Change the prices to match your business model.)
A second change is that we no longer add decoration or items outside what is listed under Addons on the housing information page: http://in-uo.net/info/housing-information
The reason is that this just takes up a ton of time to add, color, position, etc. Then, when a player decides that they want to move to a new static or house, GM intervention is required to move sometimes hundreds of items, which just sucks up hours of time that could be spent scripting or adding quests. If you build your own static though, you can add as much decorations as you want.
We won't be retroactively removing decorations, but we won't be moving them or modifying them, we can just remove things you no longer need.
Also, if you simply can't live without a specific item like a display counter or a bloody pentagram, let us know and we can either add it to crafting or as a nickel reward, depending on the item.
Hopefully everyone understands the need for this change. With less time being spent on menial stuff like house design, we can spend time developing features, quests, events, and improving.
Thanks everyone!