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Just wondered if they will come in token form and thus we can sell/trade them and claim the stones on any account we choose or if they will be linked to the account the instant they are claimed as a reward pick? Hopefully they will be in token form as the last two incarnations and not account specific until the token is used, please could you and end months of speculation with one quick answere, cheers !

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Maybe true but every other reward is not linked to the account and can be sold/traded freely i just wondered if this was going to ring true with the stones too, either way it would be nice to know just so we have some idea of how much the current price for stones will be affected, if they are tradeable the current stones will drop alot in value, if they are account specifc then the change wouldn't be quite so big.

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Wilki UO Community Coordinator

What would you like it to be?

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Just goes to show how much they " Really Listen to the customer "
After following this thread for awhile to see what everyone wanted, its like they just asked what we wanted when they knew all along.
Nothing new for the UO team.

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Nope, that's not what happened.

Initially, we were up in the air. I personally wanted them to be in stoneform, as I'd like vet rewards to be for gameplay purposes instead of vehicles for real life profit. There is a reason why so many games have soulbound type items.

However, we as a group were leaning towards tokens (even before I asked), but at the request of EA Japan, we went with stone form. I wasn't apart of that decision process, so I don't know the details, but I don't think it's an unreasonable decision (either way, really).

So, my point is that we DO listen, however sometimes what the players on Stratics ask for isn't what is best for the game. I'm sure I could ask, "Would you like a bag of every artifact in your bank tomorrow?" and most people with say yes. Not a very good idea, however :-)

After Pub42 comes out, ask the guy with the "fix the polymorph timer" sig if we listen.

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And we answered:
Tokens : 58 votes
Not Tokens : 15 votes
And still we get:

Seriously, why even ask?

In my opinion, it sounds like the same double speak that we usually get (no offense intended, Wilki). "They will be bound to the account that claimed them" can be construed in two different ways. First would be by the account that claims them as a vet reward, second would be by redeeming the token. So, to me, it would appear the same as the stones we already have. Or maybe its just the way I'm looking at Wilki's answer.

Wilki, how about a straight answer, no double speak involved, just a straight "It'll be in token form and tradeable" or "It'll be in stone form and not tradeable"? I know that you might not be able to answer right out due to the higher-ups, but if not could you at least pass on the information to them that we are wanting to know one way or the other in definite terms?

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No double speak intended, my apologies.

Soulstones will come in stone form and be bound to the account that claimed it. In other words, if you chose it as a vet reward, it cannot be traded.

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Then how about giving the Japanese customers stones, and giving the rest of us tokens? I hate to say it, but I don't give a crap about what EA Japan wants. This isn't Japan

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enjoy your gift stone and shut up. Or pick a different reward.

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Sigh. We want tokens, they want stones. We get stones. They want personal attendants, we could care less. What do we get personal attendants. I wish they'd wanted a metal dye tub...

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Thats why the we ended up with SE. I seem to remeber them asking us what we would like to see in a expansion, and a pirate theme got the highest votes. And yet we ended up with ninjas and such. Goes to show what our imput has on the direction of the game.

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Yeah I've come to expect that sadly enough. I grow plants because I really do enjoy it. But you know what I do in RL? I buy new ones every year. I like variety. Last time I checked there are more than 17 varieties in my actual garden. The outright neglect to the gardening community (which also affects the decoer's) is my biggest gripe. Yet I continue to play cause I truely like the game.

Ah well. Like many of you, I wanted to claim a soulstone on my young accounts and give it to my older ones. It's a stupid move but they don't care.

Oh yeah, the pirate expansion would be awesome if done right. I would love to see that added to the game. Never had a problem with the Japanese addition but pirates are LONG overdue.
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Whinners.... Pirates.....Crafters..... It just doesn't stop.

Why bring up a baseball team when talking about disappointments...

Actually they chose stones because IT MAKES SENSE.

I think all vet rewards should have been set to stay with the original account in the first place.

Wow, talk about hostility.
*hugs all his good, well behaved uoforums posters....even mr ki*

Ok, this is assuming I read this correctly, but I have a feeling the Japanese wanted tokens, because the market for xferring there and out of there, buying up their cheap goods or taking their goods to the US, and selling them to US shards is rampant. I know people who xfer there on a weekly basis and make tonnnnnnnnnnnnssssss of gold doing just that. I personally dont care if we get tokens or stones. I have all the stones I need. I may get 1 cause its a diff color and will complete the set. But I say "who cares" YOU ARE GETTING FREE GIFTS FOR PLAYING A GAME!!!!!!!!!!

I actually like the idea of getting stones and them being bound to the account. It's a reward for the account, it makes sense for me that it stays with the account. My chars just turned 12 months, I'm gonna claim my stone and love it.

And like Bo said, it's a gift! They didn't have to give us anything.

I'm not going to chime in on the vet reward rants, but I will say that the metal dyetub really did need to be added, and not yet more soulstones.

Soul Stones are always good, and there are plenty of tokuno pigments out there to color metal. A sled pulled by Mongbats is much better.

*votes for the sled pulled by mongbats, but would like the mongbats to be name-able*

Eowyna, I am sure we can send some gold and scrolls towards the Dev's to make that possible.

Ohh!! *giggles gleefully* Do you think you can bribe them? And, Maddux, could we name the mongbat team after our favorite vampires?

Those are some fruity bat names alright. I am sure we can make the Dev's accept a small donation.