Source - http://update.uo.com/general.html

Test Center 1 Status Feb 7 2008 5:15PM CST As of February 7 2008 Test Center 1 has the following updates:

• Strangle should now be 12 seconds at 120 SS, instead of 11
• Changed all Blacksmithing and Tailoring runic intensities. Runics will now better match up to higher end loot. Maximum intensities are now 100% for all tailoring and blacksmithy runics, minimums are as follows:
  Blacksmithing:
  • Dull Copper: was 10, now 40
  • Shadow: was 20, now 45
  • Copper: was 25, now 50
  • Bronze: was 30, now 55
  • Gold: was 35, now 60
  • Agapite: was 40, now 65
  • Verite: was 45, now 70
  • Valorite: was 50, now 85
  Tailoring:
  • Spined: was 20, now 40
  • Horned: was 30, now 45
  • Barbed: was 40, now 50
• Increased chance for GM smiths to get a hued BOD: +20% at 110 skill, +40% at 120 skill
• Increased chance of receiving a Valorite BOD
• Large footwear BODs should now be available in hues
• BODs now have a 10 second wait time between turnins
• NPCs now vocally acknowledge a BOD turnin
• Creatures now give double meat resources in Felucca (except Siege and Mugen)
• Frenzied Whirlwind now does more damage: 20 - 50 per strike
• Certain Dragons have been buffed; they are nowmore powerful than Cu-Sidhe, Reptalons, or Hiryus but take 5 control slots
• Ancient Wyrms now even more dangerous and powerful
• Harrower resists and weapon skills slightly lowered
• Bag of Sending fixed to handle items' weight ranges properly:
  • 1 - 10 stones cost one charge
  • 11 - 20 costs two, etc.
• Broken quest chains can now be resigned from properly
• Fixed bug where NPCs at the New Haven dock could block escort quests
• Fixed bug where player can become stuck when trying to leave the Dark Knight challenge
• Salvage bag: No longer creates overweight situations
• Salvage bag: Recycles cloth without problems when multiple items exist in the bag
• Salvage bag: Recovered resources will now stack appropriately
• Removed monster firecrackers and particle effects on death
• Blackrock elementals will not be a factor in your Valentine's Day mining activities
• Disabled Halloween trick or treating
• Disabled pumpkins from spawning
• Magincia: Travel spells reenabled
• Magincia: Permanent teleporters set up between Trinsic and Magincia (near the docks on each), both on solid ground
• The New Haven moongate (southwest of the city) received worldbuilding updates, and a guard zone

Valentine's Day Content:

• Gift box spawns on characters older than 30 days
• Added three new books of poetry
• Added new NPC to sell books of poetry, called "Francis the Chapman" inside the Britain Conservatory
• Rare pink bunnies will now spawn in a few hues throughout the land. Extremely rare purple bunny may make an appearance
• Added four new "Stuffy Animals" that can be snuggled with at home
• Added new Valentine's Day cards, in softer pastel pinks and whites. Several new messages
• Added dark, milk, and white chocolates
• New park area built around the Yew Waterfalls
• Added a new Chocolatiering branch to the Cooking skill (Known Issue: the new chocolates only appear on the Cooking menu in 2D)
• Added new chocolate ingredients that spawn on paragon monsters
• Live event content

Oohh... my cook's gonna work some chocolate. Looks like good stuff for Valentine's.

Oh the rest are good too. Now to go test it.

Been playing on test and found purple bunny in 2 minutes. Party of 4 able to tame four uber dragons after collecting a bunch of gray robes. One character got a stuffy dwagon, and 2nd char received a stuffy mongbat. Training the uber dragon. I don't think any pvp'ers need worry. This dragon walks and flies slower than I can move on foot with my 15 dex. Found 4 different new cooking ingredients from the paragons in Ilshenar. Time for bed....goodnight!

sooo will the chocolate from cooking actually give some bonus? or why should the ingredientses be so hard to get? ...


For Snugg: # Rare pink bunnies will now spawn in a few hues throughout the land. Extremely rare purple bunny may make an appearance

A few nice additions there for Valentines Day,granted,but

"# Bag of Sending fixed to handle items' weight ranges properly:

* 1 - 10 stones cost one charge
* 11 - 20 costs two, etc.

# Broken quest chains can now be resigned from properly
# Fixed bug where NPCs at the New Haven dock could block escort quests
# Fixed bug where player can become stuck when trying to leave the Dark Knight challenge
# Salvage bag: No longer creates overweight situations
# Salvage bag: Recycles cloth without problems when multiple items exist in the bag
# Salvage bag: Recovered resources will now stack appropriately
# Removed monster firecrackers and particle effects on death
# Blackrock elementals will not be a factor in your Valentine's Day mining activities
# Disabled Halloween trick or treating
# Disabled pumpkins from spawning
# Magincia: Travel spells reenabled
# Magincia: Permanent teleporters set up between Trinsic and Magincia (near the docks on each), both on solid ground"

Im sorry this isnt really groundbreaking stuff that made these things take sooooooooo long to put in.

Still its a start .

I am more interested in what this is going to be about

" Live event content "

and wether its enough to make me want to log in more often

Anyone been able to find t he live event content? Is it related to the Justice shrine upgrade?

It wont be live yet Magister,it simply means its been put in ready for when its switched on

We should get a heads up over on Stratics in a day or two, which I will keep my eyes peeled for.I am so excited to see whats been planned.

Have to remember the devs are almost a day behind us,ie [Europe],they will just be starting their Friday around now.

There will probably be more info in the FoF,which we usually pick up around 10.00pm -3.00am

Ill post any news on News & Devs forum tho as soon as I find any.

Thanks, Tab!

I speculate here, for the first time anywhere, that the scavenger hunt will involve killing the "rare" purple bunnies for specific loot items.

Any takers?

Also - has anyone gotten the new poetry books from the new NPC and checked them for clues? Or are they also not yet turned on?

All the other content is on TC1 Magister_Returns.

Its only the 'live event' that will not be available yet.