[23.04.2008] Monday (erm...Tuesday) News


Once again it's Monday (Tuesday actually

As you might guess from the banner above we are heavily working on Uthgard's salvaging system. We don't want to forget to thank all players (and most prominently Kronos and Monty) for reporting all items which currently don't salvage for correct amounts of material. The salvaging system is supposed to be completed in the course this week, so we already want to give you some information:
Salvaging:
All items (except for DF items) will be handled by this system. The system is a slight variation of the known live servers' ROG (Random Object Generation) system. More specifically, this means: division into small, medium and large items. You can find a listing with the amount of material that you can expect from an item in Motog's Salvaging Guide. Please note that some minor adjustments might be necessary (as always).
General News:
As soon as possible - following the completion of the salvaging system - we want to concentrate on another highly desired feature: improved mounts. In addition to those features we are permanently working on optimizing your Agramon experience. This is also one of our main tasks at the moment.
To answer some calls regarding transparency of our work (and in the same time to answer possible questions) we are planning to copy Mythic's grab bag feature. We don't have any details, yet, but the basic idea is to answer some of your questions which haven't been dealt with in the forum. So, please remember to check there first (:arrow: <img src="/themes/subBlack/forums/images/icon_mini_search.gif" width="12" height="13" border="0" alt="Search" hspace="3" />)!
We also want to mention that we're noticing an increase in negative attitude of some community members towards the staff. We want to make it clear that this project is being done "for free" by sacrificing our spare time! (Well, maybe sacrificing isn't the correct word because Uthgard probably wouldn't exist if we saw no fun in it. But this is the main factor - fun. We do encourage well-funded criticism but we won't accept any harsh and unfounded accusations against members of the staff!
So, let's hope for an uneventful week and have fun in-game!!
Sincerely,
your staff