Matriarch Spawn "after" the Event...
I am not sure how it will be designed...
As of now, players dig Nests up then, as they burn the nests, a counter bilds up for the Matriarch to spawn, then players fight it, kill it, and it all restarts.
Now, when the Event ends, will there be as many players still available, especially on low population shards, to fight and kill the Matriarch for the counter to reset for another spawn ?
What if there won't be enough players to fight and kill the Matriarch to reset the counter ?
Will this have an impact in some way on the players digging up Nests while a Matriarch is sill around because remaining unchallenged ?
Or will there be a timer for the Matriarch to de-spawn if players are not enough to kill it to reset the counter ?
Or, perhaps, players will still be able to dig nests up but, if they do not burn the nests, the counter will not spawn the Matriarch and so players will be able to keep digging nests up to try get a Mature egg without being impacted by a Matriarch wandering around and not being killed because not enough players are around or are interested in fighting it ?
Has anyone heard how the post Event Matriarch and Nests content is going to be designed ?
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I have heard it will involve a rotating cast of retired Matriarchs who now host motivational seminars for underperforming shards. If not enough players show up to fight, the Matriarch simply pulls out a folding chair, sets up a whiteboard, and begins a TED Talk titled “Burning Nests and Burning Out: A Journey Through Player Apathy.”
Nests will no longer require burning, instead, players must emotionally validate them. You’ll need to whisper affirmations like “You are a beautiful clutch of potential” or “Your eggs matter” to progress the counter. If the Matriarch remains unchallenged for more than 48 hours, she’ll enter a passive-aggressive phase, wandering the shard muttering things like “I guess I’m just not worth spawning anymore” and “Back in my day, players cared.”
On low-pop shards, the Matriarch will be replaced by a holographic decoy named “Matriarch Lite™,” who can be defeated by a single player using interpretive dance and a moderately charged wand. Alternatively, if no one engages, she’ll despawn automatically and leave behind a Yelp review of the shard’s hospitality.
And yes, players will still be able to dig up nests, but now they’ll be guarded by sentient eggs that quiz you on lore trivia before allowing access. Fail the quiz and the egg rolls away, whispering “Not today, amateur.”
Hope that clears things up. Or muddies them further, which is frankly more fun.
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The best part of this is he does not know If you can dig up nests while the Matriarch is up. Someone who does not know the mechanics of an event should not be advising changes.
It prob will despawn like Krampus does.
You can. My friend and I decided not to go to the Matriarch fight a couple of days ago and carried on digging the maps I'd marked runes for. She died while we were emptying the nest and we got the first message for the new round when I burned it.
You have to decide. Do 1 or more nests or do Matriarch.
On LS when we are doing a nest and the Matriarch spawns, we mark that one and burn the nest after it's done so it counts to the next one.
Popps - it's been said a few times (at least once by me) that the matriarch is scaled based on the population of people doing it. As I mentioned above, when there are lots of people participating, it takes longer because she has more HP or higher resists and she goes invuln way more frequent. I've done a few early AM matriarchs where there are maybe a quarter of the usual crowd there and she definitely goes way faster. I'm hitting for more damage and she might only go invuln 5-6 times instead of 15x.
I do think some things should be thought about for after the event ends... but unfortunately you are thinking about the things we already have answers to.
I did 3 maps during the manifestation of evil.. was taking me 30-45 min only to find the exact spot to dig from as a legit CC user.. since it was reworked for automation lovers.. as someone without a Davie's table + legit CC..
Popps clearly hvn't done a single nest as a legit CC user.. he's all about stealing chests and killing matriarch.
How do I know that? Cuz I read what he's saying.. not only what he's demanding, to troll him.
Tunnel vision problem ain't only a Popps issue.. It's a pandemic around here.
Edit: I'll give it to y'all geniuses.. he was butthurt knowing the only thing he was doing for mature eggs that would remain would be the matriarch and he might be alone trying to kill her... 1+1= Who care, F the legit CC users.
The promise Summer 2025 CC update been forgotten like the war on third party.
Edit2: and all u did is reaffirm him of what he was scared with your tunnel visions.. people might totally skip the matriarch to keep botting nests.. what u should tell him is wait to see what other heresy it gonna drop.. to reassure him.
But all the answers and questions u bring was already there.. in the open.. for any automation lovers to see.. if u could do stuff by urself.. like reading, thinking or playing a game by your own.. like any CC legit users.
A lack of skills, clearly. I blame the lack of legit CC users. It's THE main pandemic problem around here, caused by BS studio corporate Mesanna culture.
Paiwan was not entirely wrong in his quote in my signature.. when he said:" these people go thru a lot of trouble to automate the game" referring to EC automation lovers.. I've known pletora of people that would uninstall a certain illegal server cuz they had to: set-up razor macro for hours.. during weeks.
And the constellation shouldn't be the easy way out it actually is under BS management.. heck even illegal server take action against those cheaterss.
But yeah.. do not mind me.. just keep bullying the guy (and trolling for some) cuz he's no automation lovers nor a cheater and someone with clear learning disabilities.
UO could be soo much more and still on the top of the charts.. every cool open world PvP try to be UO while UO try to be nothing more than a theme park hybrid on life support with NL and temporary bribe heresy completly breaking the game on prodo.
Leave attended paying accounts alone, these people go thru a lot of trouble to automate the game.
It’s comical to me you are so frightened of somehow bod scripters get some sort of advantage.
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