Nightmare Taming

[sirrayiv]

When Taming Nightmares back in the day, an animal tamer would NEVER get the message, "You seem to anger the beast".

This was added much later, and should be removed!

[Kaivan]

This message is used and is apparent in the demo which is pre-T2A. There are also several guides that discuss the fact that angering the beast was part of the taming process during the era. Thus, the functionality is accurate to the era.

[valheru]

Simple "fix"

Razor macro

IF HP < 75
Cast Gheal
Target Self
ELSE
use skill Animal Taming
Last Target
END IF

That's not the exact macro, but I'm sure you get the idea. Create the macro, then start it, it'll spam taming on the animal and you'll get an attempt within 1-6 seconds.

[sirrayiv]

Thanks for the macro sample, but I don't need help setting up macros.... I had an animal tamer back on Napa Valley in 1999, and I know for a fact that I never got that message on Nightmares.

I would also like to point out that the nightmare spawns on this server are not accurate to the original.....not sure if this is on purpose or by design.

If the purpose of this server is to be as close to the original as possible, then this needs to be changed in my opinion....although, I do realize that its not really a big deal...the more things that are accurate, the better the experience for old-school players such as myself.

[Derrick]

I think the discrepancy with Nightmares, and angering them may have been a misread of the following page:
http://www.uosecondage.com/stratics/anim.htm

The Drake and Dragon are *'d indicating they anger on taming. The Nightmare is ***'d with a different footnote.

I have no recollection on this behavior myself. I went with the RunUO default, and no one else has ever mentioned it.

I'm certainly leaning towards us being wrong on this, but further discussion, even is brief discussion is warranted.

[sirrayiv]

I appreciate your honesty about this topic. I have actively been playing a tamer for years and years...I know for a fact that I am right on this one. I used to go down into Terethan Basement, and run as far south as I could. There was a nightmare that would spawn all the way down there in the far southern corner, and I would teleport behind a rock down there, and then try to tame it. One of the things that I clearly remember is that how much easier Nightmares were to tame than dragons, because I didn't have to put up with that annoying message, "You seem to anger the beast" while trying to tame the mare.

I know this may be another one of those minor, insignificant things, but it would be era accurate if it were corrected.

[Bong Hit]

I cannot comment on when you got the message..... Cant really remember it didnt affect me much my taming was to low to tame em. I can comment on this though the nightmares did infact spawn in the basement of the keep. I do remember helping keep my freind healed while he tamed them.

[Derrick]

Everything that we have found has indicated that no Nightmares spawned indoors prior to UO:R

[GuardianKnight]

Derrick is right. Mares didn't spawn in Covetous OR in the Keep until UOR.

[Mikel123]

Nightmares spawned in the keep during UO:R and beyond; not in T2A.

Stratics put detailed spawn locations in their individual hunters guide pages; Faust linked to them a few days ago. That seems to be our best resource for spawn info.