EU Updated to VU 8.8

[Jimmy B]

Entropia Universe
Updated to VU 8.8

Entropia Universe was updated to VU 8.8 late this morning! The new VU brings a new investment opportunity with the announcement of the sale of three large shopping malls soon to appear in the in-game auction. The malls contain three floors (each with 12 shops and an auction room), a public teleporter, a private mansion, and a spacecraft landing pad. They are located at Port Atlantis, Twin Peaks and Emerald Lakes (a newly found outpost in Amethera). The Emerald Lakes mall also comes with a land area for hunting and mining, with its own fertiliser station.

Speculation has already begun within the community as to what price the malls will fetch. The consensus appears to be that each will carry a six-figure price tag in Ped but that Neverdie's record 1,000,000 Ped investment for the Club Neverdie space station will not be surpassed. The Port Atlantis and Twin Peaks malls are likely to attract interest due to their location at prime trading points but despite this, the Emerald Lakes mall may well fetch the highest bid due to its extra land area.

You can check out the Twin Peaks and Port Atlantis malls right now. The Emerald Lakes mall can be reached with a quick jog through the Amethera countryside from Shinook Jungle teleport to coordinates (14000, 25100). Note the malls each have a teleport located on the 4th floor. The Emerald Lakes location also has its own teleport separate from the mall so there's 4 new teleports to collect this VU!

The new VU brings many more things too. You'll all no doubt be pleased to be receiving your Christmas gifts, including bottles of Champagne for some! The skill system has been reworked and you can now view your pro-standing for each and every profession! Scanners reveal a similar level of detail when examining other avatars' skills (although you have the option of hiding your skills from others). The mining claim process has been simplified; once a resource is detected it is automatically claimed. Private screens and signs have been added for shop owners to better advertise their wares. Many other small adjustments and bug fixes are also included.

The full, official VU listing can be found here.
The speculation about the cost of the malls is ongoing here.
The discussion of the changes to the skill system has already begun here.

[PINKY]

Excellent first article Jimmy!!!!

[Jimmy B]

Thanks Pinky

[rotten ice]

Great info thanks alot and the pics look awesome I cant wait to check it out and see what these malls look like and finally get some drink in entropia now all we need is 3am dance and we are sorted

[MindStar9]

Gratz on your first Front Page article JB ... VERY nicely done. Looking forward to more.

[Toast CHG]

Well done Jimmy B! I woke up this morning knowing that the new VU should be up and running. First thing I did (beside get a hot cup of coffee) was to log onto EF to see what others have to say. I was very impressed with your article and the picture of one of the new Shopping Malls. Also the information on the Christmas gifts from MA (thank you MA! ) had me scrambling to my computer to log into EU to see what I received (all 3! ). With the coordinates you posted, I made my way to the Emerald Lakes Mall and found the teleports for the new Land Area as well.

Thanks again for a great article!

[GBE]

Very good article Jimmy. Havent had much time lately with finals so it was nice to be able to jump on here and get the jist of what was going on by reading through your article quickly. Thank you and keep up the good work

[Jimmy B]

Thanks everyone

Originally Posted by Toast CHG

With the coordinates you posted, I made my way to the Emerald Lakes Mall and found the teleports for the new Land Area as well.

Glad it was useful! In the first draft I hadn't managed to find Emerald Lakes but luckily some kind soul in-game pointed me in the right direction just in time before the article was published!

[Thaddeuss]

hey man thanx for the info wouldnt of none about the new teleport if not for you thanx alot and by the way any one heard about the cap being put back on avatars with high sweating skill thats what i have been told by some ubers didnt see it in the update info though any one else heard that?

[Jimmy B]

Originally Posted by Thaddeuss

any one heard about the cap being put back on avatars with high sweating skill thats what i have been told by some ubers

I haven't heard anything about a new sweat cap. I can't find anything on the forum about it either and I'd imagine someone would have discovered it (and made a thread complaining about it ) by now, so my guess is there's no new sweat cap. I'll post back here if I find out otherwise though!