So about Ultima Online and EverQuest

[Masq]

Originally Posted by Rattle Squirrell [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I got back on live UO about a month ago before I came back to P99. I had a 7x GM Character in about 3 days due to "razor" and other programs. The actual people on the server I was on were non-existant and if you did find someone they were just crafting.

It was kinda fun to run around and kill stuff again......but I didn't feel it brought me what EQ does.

Not sure.

Razor programs have been around since 1999/2000, UOA, whatever

[myriverse]

Originally Posted by tanknspank [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I played both. I got way more into EQ thanks to the fact it was pure-PvE and amazingly immersive due to the 1st/close-3rd person perspective.

UO almost drove me away from MMOs. Lucky, EQ was my rebound babe.

Only thing I miss from UO is the ecosystem feel.

[hitmanloki]

Originally Posted by Jizzebel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.uosecondage.com/

Uoforever.com

So many more whiners who respond to griefing and being killed by reds. Its amazing.

UO was my first MMO and it still is probably my favorite. The community is a lot harsher and rough around the edges, and really one thing I hate about EQ is that everyone can just throw the rulebook at you and you have to abide (usually with no contest). UO exalted and rewarded players who could skirt the rules and bend them to their advantage. Not to mention everywhere in the world is considered dangerous, not just because of monsters, but moreso because of players showing up.

This can work against you and for you. For example: You could undo someones months of work as they are decorating their house and you are a stealthed thief within said house picking up their hard earned rares/loot/equipment that could be very costly. Conversely, it could happen to you as well even if you are extremely careful.

[thugcruncher]

Originally Posted by Rattle Squirrell [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Oh jeez permadeath would be terrible.

naw

[Brynnag]

Originally Posted by Pringles [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Played UO, quit after I got banned and started EQ. I love them both for different reasons.

So EQ is like your Australia?

[Vyal]

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I played UO since it came out and only stopped playing maybe a year ago, after my Luna houses on Atlantic got burned down so I played Siege for years and years only to give it up finally and just let all my houses fall on every shard.
The game is amazing....
You don't know what pvp is unless you played UO - UO invented mmo pvp =)
& yes there is real freedom no you can't exploit things - well ya can but they do ban people.
For instance if you want to raid something you just go raid it there is not any server rotations or wait lists to kill something lol, but then you need a force to stop the people that are coming to raid you while your raiding and then following the raid force coming to kill you is a raid force coming to kill them =P I think in the photo above I was about to go raid someone.
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Then the people who got me got taken out by another group of people then we went back and killed them before they got the champ down and rez killed in the star room.

Those free shards are pretty much trash I do not suggest playing. If you want to play UO then pay the 9 bucks a month and go play it for real.

[Daywolf]

Fur real? Reactivated a year ago, still sucked, and no population. At least on the emu there is a population like here. Fur real.

[Vyal]

Originally Posted by Daywolf [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Fur real? Reactivated a year ago, still sucked, and no population. At least on the emu there is a population like here. Fur real.

All depends what server you play on and how much you like the game.
IMO Siege is the only real shard left but you have to really search out people to kill them.
You might see GC lit up with 500 people but walk around and not see anyone, 95% of the shard is running around on stealthers / dismount tamers & thieves / deathstrikers
or you got them running in groups of 10 basically rolling anyone they see dry looting and continuing on.

You could go play care bear land and join ATL with thousands of players but to me its no fun.

Hybrid is probably the best free UO shard but thats dying off now a days also...

Only thing I can say about UO if ya really want to give it a shot they are doing R2B sometime after the summer when VvV is fully implemented (VvV is basically going to be the new mmo pvp, every other game will try to copy it like every other game including EQ bit off UO)

[Daywolf]

Originally Posted by Vyal [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Only thing I can say about UO if ya really want to give it a shot they are doing R2B sometime after the summer when VvV is fully implemented (VvV is basically going to be the new mmo pvp, every other game will try to copy it like every other game including EQ bit off UO)

Mmmm... mostly it just sucked (no personal offense meant). I didn't like the changes, left with the masses some time after AoS. But yeah population... pac having been one of the most populated servers years ago now is a ghost town and you can place a house about anywhere apart from castles. He's dead, Jim.

But it's good they keep the servers running, EA has a bad habit of executing under-populated mmo's to their standards.

[Leeyuuduu]

Playing UO on the official servers isn't worth it..the difference between classic UO vs UO now is much greater than classic EQ and EQ Live. Classic UO was basically a game about killing each other and exploring (ie, about experiences), whereas UO now is just a game about items.

Left when they stated putting samurai ninjas and anime-esque shit into the game..disgusting..like taking a piece of art, burning it, and then taking a huge dump on the ashes