It's been a few since...

Loved it, want to see it again!

I didn't see another topic on it so lets start one!
I loved the belt hunt and yeah I just wanna see it again lol
Zoe, are you working on it? Any news on this?

We will add the dungeon and the new belt system in the future.  We are still working on all the major systems such ad crafting and breeding along with balancing the shard atm.  We have tons of new content and big plans this year, just takes time to script:)

I think it's awesome that you guys get a second chance to improve and learn from things that didn't work.

Can you give us some hints as what will definitely be coming back and what won't be returning? I'm the type of person that likes having something to look forward to and I'm sure many others do as well.

+1 @ Silver

  @ Dante/Kane:

  Last time around there were only a select number of areas where the MoB's spawned. This fact alone killed my mood for trying for the Black Belt. Perhaps it was laziness, perhaps I just didn't have the time; perhaps I just didn't like to sit around on some one else lawn waiting for respawns.

  All I am trying to say is please make gathering the belts, needed to make a Black Belt, challenging but fun, also.  It is not fun killing something over and over and getting no belt; only to wait an hour to do it again. It is also not fun, obviously, recalling to 5 different locations, where the mobs with belts spawn; only to find the area empty.

  Just my two cents.


  --Sturger--

Nooooooo, i hated that place, grind and concept, felt like i was playing Guild Wars or WoW grinding the same place same mob over and over for weeks to get that 1 item. UO is meant to be a diversifyed game, where you need to gather countless items from various locations, the black belt system was mind numbing. But thats just me, i guess a crafter already does kinda grind the motions with crafting and bod filling so thats system just adds to it. I would rather see it become more like the pearless quest.

to me it was just one more thing to do here, between spawn and  waiting on timers it was just more content to my rounds. I think I joined just as you guys made it so it was kinda a call mark to me for this shard [among a great deal]

I'm glad to hear it is in the plans. The dev team here has all done an awesome job before and after that hiccup and hearing of future plans is alwayse nice. This team actually makes you look forward to something because it will be real time made and supported, something the big buisnesses just can't do. EA has let me down countless times, Evo never =P

Ty for the nice compliments:)
 
I assure you we will make the blackbelt system alot better.  My original concept for that system was to make a single belt that changes color with experience and after completing training/quests with each master, the belt would gain abilities.  To get to the next level u would have to defeat a master/monster.  At the end, when u get your blackbelt, you would be able to add 10 degrees to the blackbelt that would allow for specialization and customization, maybe like sockets.
 
This system is far off yet and may change but feel free to add ideas to this framework to make it better!

  @ Dante

  Your 'Black-belt' concept is 100 times better. Please run with it.

+1

++1

GI Joe and the kung FU fu  black belt theater.