Valentine's Day Vase of Roses Appearing on some shards

[Natalia]

Greetings!  I have been told that some folks like to collect the holiday gifts to trade.  Several shards now have Valentine's Day vases of Roses available.  I am going to post those I  know about.

Chesapeake--go to Luna--go out south gate, immediately go west thru the EM village to the very back orange tent.  Inside you will find a statue, click on it, and you will get a vase of roses.

Lake Austin--Go to Luna--go to Tailor's shop and you will find a blue moongate just outside the shop.  Go in, it will take you to the southern most farm in Britain, where you will find the statue.  Click on it to get the roses, and use the same moongate to get back to Luna.

Yamato--Go to Empath Abby, go to west side over by grapes, you will find the statues.

Asuka--Go to New Magincia Moongate, follow the colored century plants to the statue.

Lake Superior--the statue is at the EM house in Malas in the Crumbling Mountains, if you know how to get there.

I hope that if the Valentine's Day Roses appear on Siege Perilous, that someone will post.  I would greatly appreciate getting them here.

Good luck collecting the roses.

[ii & Sabin]

Is it one per charater, one per shard or just one?
Thanks

[Reuggan]

A couple people on Stratics said it is one per account per shard.

[UncleSham]

i just went on lake austin , i got one with my first guy , but the second guy i tried on that account said "you cannot receive another gift at this time".

i used the same account to go to ches and was able to claim one . so i can confirm the rule is one per account , per shard. im not sure if theres a limit on total numbers , ill try other shards and get back to you .

also as of 10 42 this morning, em aurora resigned and we still dont have a statue that gives the roses . so ... *shrugs*

http://stratics.com/community/threads/from-em-aurora.294521/

( rumor has it she will attend a saturday farewell meeting and may plant one then. )

lake superior . you head out south gate out of luna and turn west . there is a platform with a rune on it to the champions hall . it is there .

legends . according to general chat they dont have them yet . 1 13 pm feb 13th (us central)

atlantic . as of 1 14  feb 13th they tell me its not active

great lakes . as of 1 18 feb 13 they tell me  not active

catskills . as of 1 25 feb 13 they tell me not active

origin as of 1 40 feb 13 they tell me not active

pacific as of 1 47 feb 13 they tell me not active

sonoms as of 1 49 feb 13 they tell me not active

baha as of 1 51 feb 13 they tell me not active (they said tonight)

napa as of 1 53 feb 13 they tell me not active

drakenfels as of 2 00 feb 13 one tells me he doesnt think so

europa as of 2 02 feb 13 they tell me not active

ociana as of 2 08 no reply (finally one replies and says he doesnt know)

mugen as of 2 14 no reply

thats as far as i go off the english speaking shards . i suppose its the middle of the night on ociana and mugen so ill try again later.

when you double click on a rose it says you must be in your house to use this. i finally got one on a shard i have a grandfathered house. it makes a kissing sound.

[ii & Sabin]

Sham  - thanks for the update!

[Natalia]

Roses are on Baja now at the Ilsh-Compassion moongate, on Origin on top of Brit bank roof, get to top of roof from teleporter SW corner of the bank.

[Adrianas]

I guess we are not going to get this on Siege?  I was not able to make the EM's farewell party yesterday - I had kinda thought they would activate it then.  Ah well.

[Reuggan]

I think it is today at 4PM (EST), in about two hours

[Natalia]

Roses are being given in the Counsellor Hall in Britain on Siege.  Double click the cupid statue.  Be wary--my rose was stolen before I could even look at it.  Thieves are hidden waiting to steal your rose.

[Sara Dale]

I went  around collecting roses today and they said that the roses are at the back of the cave where Lurge is.  Guess they will stay there.

[UncleSham]

ok running thru the english shards again today . ill post what i find as i go.

legends . tram. britain west bank roof

atlantic . they tell me its in the back of the trogs cave . (painted caves)[ill work up some stealth and see]

greal lakes . skara brae fairgrounds east over the crossing , a tent by the brigand.

origin . tram west brit bank roof . look for a red tile to get you up there

pacific . tram brit . north of gate in the fenced field by the stable

sonoma . theres a rune in luna bank to awards hall then east a couple screens

baha . ilshenar compassion

napa . tram. brit counselor's guild

drakenfels . luna stable

europa . tram brit . n e of salty dog inn inside an unmarked 2 story npc house   (6 31n  23 3 e)

ociana . go to ilsh. spirituality . west to the swoop cave . then all the way back in the mushroom patch.

mugen no reply

[Kelden]

You guys really have chars on all shards to collect this stuff?

[UncleSham]

ya i got 3 accounts with 5 chars each on every shard. (except siege and mugen i have one each) i
made them back in early 01 . a scattered few are even from earlier, i have guys standing there holding practice weapons. hehe. sometimes if a trader is especially good , ready and fair etc., ill give em something really old blow thier mind.

they dont do anything but stand there at the inn where they were created and be old enough to get gifts. the oldest noobs around =)

i log in all of em if its something nice , but most of the time i just did the english speaking shards . drak and europa seem to have a good percentage of people who speak english , i do mugen just because ... i dunno , i guess cause its much like siege . i ping terrible and would never play there , but i have had requests for it.

theres a forum on stratics just for this . http://stratics.com/community/forums/uo-holiday-trading.44/

ive been on their "Reliable Cross-Shard Holiday Trader List" list since the boards first year. (someone has to nominate you) we did this all on icq at first , the board came into existence after a few years . the first couple years we didnt even know if it was legal so we'd sneak around and whisper. after a while i guess it became accepted and the trade board sprang up.

now it gets kinda hectic if you want to actively trade . with the advent of general chat , you got like 2 days to rush about all day and then everyone's got what they want .

this year is kinda messed up tho . this time they are making us move to find them .
im actually trying to build hiding and stealth on one of my atlantic characters so i can try to sneak into lurg's cave and at least get one there ... maybe.
i took her in there with nothing but her newbie clothes to confirm its actually there . it is . she died instantly . but i ghosted to the back and you could see it . they got the statue and a sign that says here lies juliet and her romio ... and steve , but you can ignore steve.

[UncleSham]

i was able to sell some of my gifts on atl for 5 mil . you'd think that would be alot , but in their economy ... not so much . *sigh*

i did have enough, however to hire a local tamer who worked as a distraction so i could run my newbies in.

she died once in the process , but she was totally insured so she was ok . i however had no such protection. (and also nothing to lose lol)

my days of living in the trinsic jungle payed off tho as it taught me how to run around obstacles .

i worked my newbie given hiding well and emerged victorious . i now have 3 roses on atlantic . 

[Natalia]

I love flowers & plants.  I always try to get them if they are a gift.  I was very excited about the rose.  I couldn't wait to get it on Siege.  Big mistake.  I went to the EM event, and had it stolen before I could even see it in my pack.  The ferret who stole it appeared to gloat over its success.  Folks told me I should have known better.  True.

I did manage to get a few friends to trade roses with me, so it was very nice to have some cross shard trade characters made, so I could still get roses for my garden.  They give me one on Siege, I give them one on their shard.