Ultima Online

[starkind]

Originally Posted by Bardp1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I made a dexxer mace/bard and have amassed about 40k in a couple of days. Started my miner today and going to get my crafter going next. Long term goal of a Mage/Tamer for end game content

I too spend all my waking ours mining virtual cobble.

[Ooloo]

Smithing in UO was fun as hell. I made a full suit of GM valorite that I'd just put on to walk around town in. My 14 year old self felt quite badass.

[Ooloo]

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

always wanted to try UO

but have zero on how to play, what to do, and what I'm doing

the PVP on UO looks fun though

There are no levels like EQ. Basically you can have 700 total skill points, and any character can train any skill. So you can have any seven skills at 100 (the max for each skill).

Then you just travel the world killing monsters and other people and taking all their shit, and hopefully you find room to place a house, then you horde the shit in your house. This is UO.

[jolanar]

Outlands is just meh. The new map was fun for a while but it quickly devolved into the same problem every other server has.

Everyones a tamer because it's stupid overpowered compared to other specs. And it's all wolves and no sheep. You spend the entire time avoiding conflict because people run around in teams on coms with perfect specs that have been playing UO literally for the last 20 years non stop, so don't stand a chance fighting back.

I don't want another taming simulator with roving gangs of reds aiming to ruin your day.

[Ooloo]

Yeah taming is insanely overpowered, even just provo is pretty ridiculous pvm wise.

You definitely have to roll with a crew, if you go it alone you don't stand a chance against reds.

[alphys]

Asherons call OG UA lol. Harming others and running with no speed at lvl 1.

Vassals PLing your side builds was great. Before secure trading you could legit steal stuff constantly. It was incredible.

[Gravydoo II]

Its easy to shift the balance of power. Use more people. Summoners are also pretty powerful if you get 120 spirit speak. I got taste id, eldritch, exceedingly book and cast flame strike 10x in a row some times.

[Bardp1999]

Outlands server is really fun - It's classic UO with changes that make sense - smaller map, custom dungeons, reduced skill options (good), enhancing skills to make more builds viable besides everyone being a tamer/mage. Imagine if EQ gave wizards clarity, let enchanters ONLY charm humanoids, Druids animals, Necros undead, and gave all hybrid tanks Defensive, and also remove all the stupid restrictions Bards have late game.

The balance is fantastic and the people running the server have essentially made UO2

IE fix the obvious fuck ups that the original staff made or couldn't see because of emergent game play.

The revolution is here, come play - I have only been PKed 1 time in a week of playing and the focus of the servers awesome custom systems are PVM oriented while allowing people to still be piece of shit PVP killers if they choose. But by in large the server seems PVM because they offer other outlets for real PVP via tournaments, guild wars, and town invasions so its not just 10,000 reds ruling every dungeon.

im shocked how good UO is in 2021 on this server and I'm barely scratching the surface.

[Tunabros]

what do you even do in outlands tho

is it like runescape where you just do whatever?

[Bardp1999]

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

what do you even do in outlands tho

is it like runescape where you just do whatever?

Its the only true "open world" RPG I have ever known - its hard to even describe and can be daunting to try to take all in, but at least Outlands minimizes some of that and makes it more manageable to get into.

Its 1000% more involved than EQ - its more like Minecraft in a weird way (i have not actually ever played Minecraft just seen my nephews but I know the concept)