Anyone for Ultima Online?

[Talon]

Having played Ultima Online many years ago, and bored with the lack of decent free MMORPGs, im thinking of getting back into it.

UOGamers.com run a free UO shard, that generally has between 800 and 1200 players on at any one time.

I find it the most realistic fantasy MMORPG, with a simple magic system, skill based levelling and some really great crafting. Im happy to teach you the ropes if you want to get started

Anyone care to join me there?
I must warn you that UO can be crazily addictive!

[Tyrael]

Having played Ultima Online many years ago, and bored with the lack of decent free MMORPGs, im thinking of getting back into it.

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Theres a lot of decent free mmorpgs if you know where to look .
Not counting some private servers heheh.

[Talon]

Theres a lot of decent free mmorpgs if you know where to look .
Not counting some private servers heheh.

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Most of them suck - hence my return to UO.
You ever played it?

[Tyrael]

Nope, never liked ultima games. Theres granado espada open beta, that game is very good and Cabal online is going free to play this wednesday, then theres some decent mmorpgs RYL 2, flyff(very good but also very slow lvling), rappelz, last chaos... and some others.

[Mo]

Having played Ultima Online many years ago, and bored with the lack of decent free MMORPGs, im thinking of getting back into it.

UOGamers.com run a free UO shard, that generally has between 800 and 1200 players on at any one time.

I find it the most realistic fantasy MMORPG, with a simple magic system, skill based levelling and some really great crafting. Im happy to teach you the ropes if you want to get started

Anyone care to join me there?
I must warn you that UO can be crazily addictive!

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Quite possible when I get unbusy.  Although it's ancient graphics engine might turn me off.

[Talon]

Quite possible when I get unbusy.

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Doubleplusgood!

[Tyrael]

Id rather play tetris

[Razor Blade]

Nope, never liked ultima games. Theres granado espada open beta, that game is very good and Cabal online is going free to play this wednesday, then theres some decent mmorpgs RYL 2, flyff(very good but also very slow lvling), rappelz, last chaos... and some others.

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OMG Cabal goes free2play....damn lol i was in the beta and I couldn't believe they made the game pay2play lol!!!....

[Xen]

Might give it a go.

[Talon]

My main char is now a fisherman - im just saving to buy a boat and search for sunken treasure.
Its by far the most involved mmorpg out there

If you log on im currently in jhelom fishing at the port - im practicing my hide skill so people dont try looting me while im fishing.

[Razor Blade]

Talon could you explain a bit more about Ultima online??

How is the leveling? How are the quests? are they all the same or is there enough diversity?

What professions can you learn?
The game is free2play I assume?
Is there a main storyline to follow like Guildwars?
What kind of classes can you choose??
Are there mounts?
Are there enough different skins of weapons and armor??

[Soul Sojourner]

Your answers may come eventually... please hold. *elevator music*

Fishing sounds fun.

[Talon]

Talon could you explain a bit more about Ultima online??

How is the leveling? How are the quests? are they all the same or is there enough diversity?

What professions can you learn?
The game is free2play I assume?
Is there a main storyline to follow like Guildwars?
What kind of classes can you choose??
Are there mounts?
Are there enough different skins of weapons and armor??

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Its skill-based not levelbased. There are over 50 skills including begging(!), inscription, blacksmithy, tailoring, fencing, lumberjack, wrestling, magery, etc, etc, etc, of which you can mix and match.

Free to download the client from the official site, and free to play on 3rd party servers. I play on www.uogamers.com - Hybrid. Ive only been playing since yesterday and its a whole lot of fun.

I am not questing myself, as I personally prefer just slaying monsters. The quests are pretty cool from my recollection - including useful items like pet summoningballs, etc.

There is no main storyline per-se - its very non-linear.

There are loads of mounts and pets - including nightmares (dark magical horses) and dragons!!

The weapon and armour variety is exceptional, although there is obviously not the graphic detail of something like guildwars you can still have a very distinctive appearance.

Its just whole lot of fun - come play!

[Soul Sojourner]

It sounded slightly interesting, especially when reading the level based part. And then the rest of the post made me throw up. Typical MMORPG smell to it... can't help but gag.

[Meclar]

Funny you bring up UO cause I was reading about  a game and the developers of this game were involved in UO and it made me curious about UO.

I'll download it now...hehehe 2:45am

[Meclar]

Ok the only link to download is for FilePlanet and I REFUSE to EVER use Fileplanet....I HATE Fileplanet

Do I have to purchase something...

[Talon]

Ok the only link to download is for FilePlanet and I REFUSE to EVER use Fileplanet....I HATE Fileplanet

Do I have to purchase something...

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1) Download and Install Game from EA Mirror:
http://games.mirrors.tds.net/pub/ea-games/uo/uoml_setup.exe

2) Download and Install ConnectUO to connect to server:
http://www.connectuo.com/release/CUODesktop_Latest.zip

3) Run Connect UO

4) Click "Play Game"next to UOGamers Hybrid.

5) Wait while UO updates to latest version (took me an hour).

6) Enter username and password (this will generate your account on the server - if the account name is already in use, it will get rejected).

7) Play!

Ill be online from 6pm GMT to assist

[Meclar]

Is this part of the install?

hahaa ok nvm I think it's still downloading

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[Soul Sojourner]

Is this part of the install?

hahaa ok nvm I think it's still downloading

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Oooh ooh! Squiggly marks!

[Meclar]

Ok it's patching...
Um it's my day off and I just blew 100 bucks on assorted alcohols  : D  not sure if it's a good day to get into a new game it's 11:50am


Thanks Talon

[Talon]

Ok it's patching...
Um it's my day off and I just blew 100 bucks on assorted alcohols  : D  not sure if it's a good day to get into a new game it's 11:50am
Thanks Talon

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post with your name and location when you are on and ill come and find you
If you choose "advanced" for character creation you can choose your start city

[Meclar]

2D or 3D?  I selected 3D and it's patching again

[Talon]

2D or 3D?  I selected 3D and it's patching again

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2d - 3d is not compatible

[Talon]

make sure you start the program through ConnectUO, otherwise it will try and connect you to the pay-for server

[Meclar]

Ya I'm in a town but I'm not sure which because I double clicked before reading it and now I'm goin through the controls.

Can I make it full screen? it's windowed now but when I click the fullscreen it just stay as a window and the text is hard to read.

my account name is Meclar and so is my character name

[Talon]

Ya I'm in a town but I'm not sure which because I double clicked before reading it and now I'm goin through the controls.

Can I make it full screen? it's windowed now but when I click the fullscreen it just stay as a window and the text is hard to read.

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you can drag on the corner of the display to make it bigger
there is also a resolution setting you can change if the text is too small
Ask someone which city you are in

[Razor Blade]

Could you post some screens cuz when I type it in google i get some weird shit

if it's like this then oke



if it's like this then hell no!!!

[Meclar]

I hit print screen a couple of times while I was in the game but I'm not sure where the pictures are...

Talon I was disconnected and I want to read up on it any how.

Talon was showing me around when we came across a guy getting attacked by a troll.  The guy was asking for help and so we stopped and helped a little with the troll.  We ended up getting a horse and a llama from the guy.

The game has a lot of tasks to do which results in building skills.  When creating a character it is an initial setup but as you play and change your mind on what kind of skills you want or even how you want to make money then the skills change.
So the need to remake a character is non-existent just change the characters life style.
If anything that separates this from some other RPGs I've played is the non-level based characters.
Sure the graphics aren't the greatest.  Newer games are just as limited with appearance as older games, after playing a while you see everyone looks the same and it is based on the game as a whole not individual character.
There's looting stealing randoming all sorts of mischief to be had.

I'm going to make some kind of thief miner-elf (with map reading : P)

[Talon]

We ended up getting a horse and a llama from the guy.

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Llama dead

[Talon]

Could you post some screens cuz when I type it in google i get some weird shit

if it's like this then oke

if it's like this then hell no!!!

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They are both the same game and play exactly the same way.
The top version is using the 3d client, which is not supported on the free server.
Its only the graphics that are different.

I wouldnt not play the game because of the graphics - thats not what its about