Should we increase house decay timers?

[Dan]

Currently houses decay after 6 months of inactivity.

I understand real life gets in the way sometimes. Maybe increasing the timer from 6 months to 8 months would be more appropriate?

 

[Res]

6 months are more than enough to login 1 time.

 

[Noah]

I agree with Res.

 

[xG00BERx]

You should make items that drop to the ground from an IDOC, until picked up set not to decay is what you should really do xD lol

once picked up, they can begin to decay if left in the world but until first moved by a player they remain somehow stuck there... never being removed.. if that makes sense? I know that would stray from the ServUO code a bit but I think it would be a good thing.

 

[Malaketh]

Also with Res.

 

[Res]

Actually better to cut it to 3 months like many shards do. Its still more than enough for free shard, you play here or you don't play, nothing else. For 6 months you can close all ultima content but idocs still will be there waiting for there owners who has left shard long time ago. But if you are going to return just login 1 time in this time.

 

[Dan]

Thanks for all the replies!

We will be keeping the timers at 6 months. Real life can get in the way and sometimes people are not able to log on for extended periods of time. We would like their houses to at least be protected for a little longer.

Most players who do return and find all their stuff gone do not stay much longer.

 

[RedBeard]

What about Galleons. I lost one thinking at their expense they wouldn't decay like normal boats. With fishing quests underway you cant dry dock, I imagine some folks use them as storage as boats were used in the past.

Six months for houses is long enough. Plus IDOCs are part of the game we all came to enjoy. On Broadsword after the designated time the vendors become property of the server, and the owners are alerted, not sure if that can be implemented via email, but that would be more fitting then extending the decay timer. Then the Grubbers spawn and run off with the house loot making everyone chase them down to get the items, that sounds like a fun event, and rewarding for the more avid players.

 

[Dan]

Alerted how? On real UO if a house has rented vendors in it after the IDOC phase it goes into a "Demolition Pending" stage. Players then have 7 days to claim there items (the time it takes for a rental to not renew) or they drop with the house.

This feature is already live on Heritage.

I am not against changing the decay timers on Galleons but it will not as long as 6 months. The problem is players can place multiple ships.

 

[RedBeard]

Alerted how? On real UO if a house has rented vendors in it after the IDOC phase it goes into a "Demolition Pending" stage. Players then have 7 days to claim there items (the time it takes for a rental to not renew) or they drop with the house.

This feature is already live on Heritage.

I am not against changing the decay timers on Galleons but it will not as long as 6 months. The problem is players can place multiple ships.

OSI would sent me an email to alert me my subscription expired, which is what triggers the 90 day decay timer on house decay, so you are made aware the moment decay begins. I had 6 accounts at one time, and a lot of times that helped me to stay on top of it.
Personally I would like to see more vendor houses, active ones with quality content that is stocked, there arent enough. By the way I have an awesome house 18x18 east of skara brae in Felucca, its what Ive spent most of my money on and no one has ever seen it LOL I may make it another vendor house in the future.
I guess I dont feel that concerned for non-active members, and if you cant refresh your houses every 6 months, you are pretty non-active.

I would like to see the Galleons get a reprieve on decay, they are pricey. losing mine really took the wind out of my sail (if I may) and honesty affected my participation rate on the shard for awhile til I got over it.