Valentine's Day Scaverger Hunt Comes to Origin!

**Tabbitha** · 12th February 2008, 05:15 AM

Posted to UOHerald on11 Feb 2008 18:41:27

by Jeremy Dalberg

UPDATED: Changed to correct times

Sorry!

The Scavenger Hunt - an old favorite returns!

The Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt will be held at 6pm EST (3pm PST) on Origin at the new park area near Yew (south of the Shrine of Justice, by the falls.) Come on out and have fun!

(Schedules for the all shards will be posted when the publish goes live to all shards.)

Magister_Returns · 12th February 2008, 08:34 AM

Yay to event, but Boo to the fact that you have to be on at a certain time.

I have a 7 week old daughter who is so darn cute, but she has veto power over my play time.

Magister_Returns · 12th February 2008, 08:48 AM

Further thoughts:

Would it have been too difficult to code a non-live option as well? I'm thinking something like this:

- NPC offers scavenger hunt quest
- You have X minutes to finish the quest. The faster you finish it, the better your reward tier
- Like the Hag quest, you have to kill animals (bunnies?) until you get an item on your list. Make the items "virtual" like rainbow pearls, etc, so they cannot be farmed ahead of time.
- Limit it to one char per account.
- Make the list of items long, make certain items attainable only off purple bunnies.

Don't make the rewards anything uber, just something interesting for deco or collectors. Potential ideas:
- Rare music box gear; make it play My Funny Valentine!
- Unique, named stuffy animal; i.e. Queen Mum's Stuffy Dwagon
- Stuffy bunny for good chars?
- Mounted bunny for evil chars?
- Bunny slippers, maybe with a unique characteristic like whenever you wear them, rabbits attack you.
- Bunny talisman that allows you to summon endless numbers of bunnies that cannot be controled, attacked, etc and do not count against your followers. The would have to poof after a few mins to prevent abuse
- A customizable talisman that gives you +30% crafting chance to the skill of your choice?
-Talisman of the Fey - Vorpal Bunny Form

I could go on forever. Honestly, this is easy.

Since so many of these involve bunnies, maybe the Devs will use one or more for Easter!

Incidentally, why spawn bunnies for Valentine's Day? Why not...um...Faeries named "Cupid"

12th February 2008, 05:15 AM	#1
Tabbitha Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Europa/Snowbourn Posts: 5,544 Blog Entries: 3 Thanks: 88 Thanked 76 Times in 34 Posts	Valentine's Day Scaverger Hunt Comes to Origin! Posted to UOHerald on11 Feb 2008 18:41:27 by Jeremy Dalberg UPDATED: Changed to correct times Sorry! The Scavenger Hunt - an old favorite returns! The Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt will be held at 6pm EST (3pm PST) on Origin at the new park area near Yew (south of the Shrine of Justice, by the falls.) Come on out and have fun! *(Schedules for the all shards will be posted when the publish goes live to all shards.)* __________________

12th February 2008, 08:34 AM	#2
Magister_Returns He's Fing Matt Damon Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,068 Thanks: 32 Thanked 42 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Valentine's Day Scaverger Hunt Comes to Origin! Yay to event, but Boo to the fact that you have to be on at a certain time. I have a 7 week old daughter who is so darn cute, but she has veto power over my play time.

12th February 2008, 08:48 AM	#3
Magister_Returns He's Fing Matt Damon Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,068 Thanks: 32 Thanked 42 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Valentine's Day Scaverger Hunt Comes to Origin! Further thoughts: Would it have been too difficult to code a non-live option as well? I'm thinking something like this: - NPC offers scavenger hunt quest - You have X minutes to finish the quest. The faster you finish it, the better your reward tier - Like the Hag quest, you have to kill animals (bunnies?) until you get an item on your list. Make the items "virtual" like rainbow pearls, etc, so they cannot be farmed ahead of time. - Limit it to one char per account. - Make the list of items long, make certain items attainable only off purple bunnies. Don't make the rewards anything uber, just something interesting for deco or collectors. Potential ideas: - Rare music box gear; make it play My Funny Valentine! - Unique, named stuffy animal; i.e. Queen Mum's Stuffy Dwagon - Stuffy bunny for good chars? - Mounted bunny for evil chars? - Bunny slippers, maybe with a unique characteristic like whenever you wear them, rabbits attack you. - Bunny talisman that allows you to summon endless numbers of bunnies that cannot be controled, attacked, etc and do not count against your followers. The would have to poof after a few mins to prevent abuse - A customizable talisman that gives you +30% crafting chance to the skill of your choice? -Talisman of the Fey - Vorpal Bunny Form I could go on forever. Honestly, this is easy. Since so many of these involve bunnies, maybe the Devs will use one or more for Easter! Incidentally, why spawn bunnies for Valentine's Day? Why not...um...Faeries named "Cupid" Last edited by Magister_Returns; 12th February 2008 at 08:55 AM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
* NEWS* The Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt is coming!	Tabbitha	News & Developer's posts	1	16th February 2008 03:29 AM
Happy Valentine's Day!!	Adri	Spam forum	8	15th February 2008 05:02 AM
Happy Valentine's Day!	Tabbitha	News & Developer's posts	1	19th February 2007 09:17 AM
Valentine's Poems	Mercedes	Jokes & Stuff	4	18th February 2007 11:43 PM
Warning about the Valentine's Day cards	Ally	Ultima Online General Discussion	12	16th February 2007 11:22 AM

User Name		Remember Me?
Password