Player Interaction Changes Mar 13 2000 11:31AM CDT (GMT -06:00)  With the expansion of the lands and the distinction between a Consent Only area and an Enhanced PvP area, the way in which players can interact with each other must be changed as well. The information below will detail the differences between interactions in the two areas. Future updates will detail more information about these two areas. Consent Only Area Unless in a guild war, players will not be able to damage other players when in the consent only area. Because players will not be able to attack each other in cases outside of guild wars, other changes must be made to the way players can interact in the consent only area to accommodate for this. Corpse Looting You will not be able to loot a corpse of another player unless you are in the same guild or at war with their guild. The party system will also allow you to select whether you want members of your party to be able to loot your corpse or not. Items Blocking Items placed on the ground will not impede movement. Characters will be able to walk through all items placed on the ground. Positive and Negative Acts Positive and negative spells and actions will change in the consent only area. For the purposes of explaining how these interactions are changed, characters are grouped into three categories: Guild War, Non-Guild War, and Non-Guilded. Guild War (GWar) - The character is in a guild that is at war with another guild. Non-Guild War (NonGWar) - The character is in a guild, but not at war with any guilds. Non-Guilded (NonGuild) - The character is not in a guild. Interactions Table There are two kinds of interactions players can perform on each other: negative acts and positive acts. Negative acts include: All negative spells, including damage spells, paralyze, stat decreasing spells, blocking spells (such as wall of stone), all mana altering spells, dispel spells, blade sprits, and energy vortexes. All combat, (includes melee, archery, purple potions, etc.) Stealing and snooping. All bardic skills. Looting others. Blocking Pet “attack” and “guard” commands. Positive Acts include: Positive spells such as healing, curing, resurrection, and all stat raising spells. Pet “transfer”, “friend”, and “guard” commands. Using the healing skill on another player. The table below describes the interactions each type of character can have with the other types of characters in the consent only area. If the act has a “no” under it, that means that both types of characters cannot perform that type of act on each other. Negative Acts Positive Acts Non Guild War vs. Non-Guild No Yes Non-Guild vs. Non-Guild No Yes Guild War vs. Non Guild War No No Guild War vs. Guild War Yes No Non Guild War vs. Non Guild War No Yes Guild War vs. Non-Guild No No Note that this table works both ways. That means since a character in a Guild War cannot perform a positive act on a character in a guild that has no war declarations, the character in the guild with no declarations cannot perform a positive act on the guild war enabled character. If you are in a guild war, the only characters you can heal are those that are in your guild. This will remove the “blue healer” issue during guild wars when in the consent only area. Monsters Players will not be able to perform beneficial acts on any monster, animal, or NPC that is not controlled by a player (tamed, summoned, hired, etc). Blocking Blocking will also be considered a negative act. Characters and their pets will not be able to block other characters unless they are in a guild war with that other character. Additionally, a wall of stone cast by a mage in a guild war will not affect a non-guilded character. Characters that are at war with the mage and characters in his guild will be blocked by the wall while those that are not will walk right through it. Murderers Murderers will not be allowed in the consent only area. If they become a murderer while in the consent only area (because they are reported after they journey to that area) they will be removed from the consent area. Enhanced PvP Area The enhanced PvP area will be very similar to the way UO plays currently. The most noticeable differences will be: The Enhanced PvP area will be where factions in the faction system battle for control of cities. This system is currently in testing. Back