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Dryzzid · Honored Member Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 1260

Hello,

I've been reading about some of the changes and planned additions they are making to UO these days... and it kinda got me thinking about playing again. I'm not going to ask such a general question as "how is UO now", but I am curious about a few things..

First.. how much is gold now? Like how much per million? I don't really have much of anything on my account at this point and I always get bored when I try to play again because of that.. so I figured this time I'd buy a little nestegg to help me get into things.

Next.. hows the RP going? I couldn't come back without getting into a little RP here and there Smile

I miss all the crazies.

Is Kingdom Reborn out yet...? And is there somewhere I can read up on what is in this new expansion they're talking about?

Hows PvP? Has anything been done to take away from item dependency? Is there any sense of balance to things?

Whats the deal with Haven/New Haven? And along with that.. how is the ingame content working out? Are they still doing the EM storylines and such or is there a new system?

I've liked what I've seen so far reading the update lists on UO.com.. things look like they're picking up with the game and I've got a nostalgia complex about the RP community.. just can't keep away I guess, hehe.

Finally.. are there any good websites to keep myself up to date on things? Is UO.com where I can get most of my questions answered? (I haven't played since ML came out.) Is Stratics still useful at all? Are there any other sites?

I'd appreciate any help with some of these questions.

- Dryzz

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1.50 to 2.00 mil? It went back up for a bit then. It was 1$ for the longest time.

I'll try to keep my opinion on roleplay not too bitter, but there hasn't been anything but the occasional small miniplot and inter-guild roleplay, and standard letter sending and little meetings. As for OOC drama, I'd say there are less epic dramaplosions, but still the same amount of potential for drama to crop up over insignificant things.

I agree with Halister, PVP is pointless right now. To compete you need to make a ninjamanceradin-mage that has weaponskill, poisoning, and taste ID for eating dirt repeatedly due to ganks.

Wow, they cancelled the EM program entirely? I knew it was not active, but jeez, there goes a good piece of UO to just a little bit of bitching over items. What a terrible call.

Yeah, I understand that RP nostalgia and the urge to come back. That is why I sold my accounts and shipped off to Neverwinterland. I get more of a roleplay fix on the Warhammer pen and paper games that the old Legion of Justice crew does over OpenRPG than I ever got out of Atlantic; I can't wait for the NWN server I've been repairing to be back and kicking as well, cause that is plenty of quality, interesting, nonrecycled roleplay between the two right there.

Agreed with Halister again, Stratics is good but I don't even know if we have content editors that've covered ML yet, and thats been out a while.

Ishtar · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject:

I deal witha guy that sells for 1.8 per mil...he's honest and reliable.
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Cal Hurst · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:32 pm Post subject:

PvP is pretty crazy. To give you an idea... my red before I quit that was ranked top 5 in PvP around the PvP community was:

120 Fencing
120 Resist
120 Ninjitsu
105 Chivalry
90 Bushido
80 Poisoning
80 Meditation

255 stat-cap

Sooooooo yeah. PvP is still crazy. Still a bit item based, although that honestly isn't as bad as it used to be. Anyone who argues with me on that should be quickly slapped with 5/6 casting days, and the stuff you could get then. So they are going in the right direction.

As for the Warhammer thing Mith commented on, I must give a quick shoutout <3 to Leshok. <3, sir.
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Dryzzid · Honored Member Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 1260

Seems the opinion is strong that PvP sucks..

How is RPPvP? Or isn't there a difference...? Or is it different for each guild's warring situation? I don't know that I'd jump into the shard PvP thing.. there are too many people who'd have too much experience for me to be able to compete... at least for quite some time.

I remember 5/6 days ... Sad

makes me sad

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Cal Hurst · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 6:53 pm Post subject:

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Isk · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 2:53 am Post subject:

There is more PVP now than there was a few months ago. Must have something to do with evil guilds becoming allied and good guilds allied. Forces alliance wars and when there are a lot of orange people in one room you cant really emote fight like before... same with mockery. From what I've seen mockery has to be backed up with weapons these days and fights break out over people not getting out of each other's way.

Additionally most fights I've seen have occurred in Sanctus though there was a mini battle at Skara docks last week after the trade that occurred there.

I think that because there have been no battles for city claims people are more comfortable fighting knowing that ambushing guild X will not result in guild X attack claiming your land just because they can.

Zarlox · Adventurer Joined: 01 Jan 2004 Posts: 78 Location: Sanctus

Teh Glouris Lrod Kujabis · Transcendent Spammer Joined: 29 Dec 2003 Posts: 5740

Sounds good, lets see if it stays that way.

Dryzzid · Honored Member Joined: 30 Dec 2003 Posts: 1260

So PvP is unbalanced a miserable... got it.

How is the whole PvM thing..? Have they added anything that makes it worth while to go out and PvM? I know there were the uh... the KR bosses. Can't think of the name. I never got a chance to do any of those. Are champ spawns still run by a few select guilds in Fel? Did they ever do anything with the Gauntlet or is it still the most boring thing ever?

Cal Hurst · Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject:

PvM is horribly predictable. :/ And they throw fun scripts on a monster, give it 1897391827 hp, and give it some item, and say "YAY GO KILL!"

I don't know if there's any PvMing that's a challenge, aside from champ spawns with the pumped up dread spiders now.
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