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"g.tabener" <g.tabener@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Having not played in over 2 years and having closed my account is Ultima
> Online as good as it used to be. I have not kept up with what as gone on
as
> far as updates and story lines go. Do I need to buy any new updates from
the
> shops or does it just require downloads if I start up again. I did
> originally start out with Renaissance then bought Third Dawn for the 3-D,
do
> people still play with the old 2-D version.
>
> Many thanks for all your feed back.
>
> Gaz.
>
>
From what I have been reading here the last couple of years 2-D is the
primary client.
3-D graphics have been messed up by OSI for some reason and the 3-D client
has never ran well IMO. The most obivious graphic mutilation is your
character who looks to be 2/3 legs with a scrunched down torso & head.
I have bought all the new releases and don't know if the downloads will
provide it all or not.
The last expansion AoS made the game more magic item oriented than skill
oriented. Treasure was halved and damage from monsters at melee ranges got
boosted. If you play a melee character & solo hunt plan on backing off to
bandage a lot. Browse Stratics for info on armor & all. The game changed
radically play-wise with AoS. It's not what it was before.
Housing phase three finally happened and houses that belonged to closed
accounts finally fell and are supposed to time out and fall for that reason
in the future. Your odds of finding a spot for a small house outside of
gankerland is pretty good these days.
Fel is even deader now than it used to be. I do occasional ganker hunts and
thats about the only players you find on that facet these days.
Ilsheanar is a decent land additon to the game with good hunting & no
housing. This was probably the best addition to the game I've seen in my
four years here.
Malas is pretty much a housing subdivision that came with AoS. Not much else
worth mentioning about it other than the dungeon Doom. Doom is appropiately
named. OOOooOOOooo <g>
I would recommend trying the 15 day free trail UO offers which lets you run
around just Trammel from what I hear and get a feel for the combat changes
AoS made. If you like those then get the AoS expansion and check out the
rest.
The next expansion is supposed to be for the PvP players and have an
Oriental flavor to it.
Nearly all the old bugs are still unfixed but are merely annoyances. The
game is playable other than the client ticking off Windows XP now & then and
shutting down on you in combat.
Pets now bond to you after a week of feeding and will follow using Recall,
and once bonded, appear as ghosts after dieing that can be rezzed by a
player tamer. Gate is no longer needed for pack animals or tamer's pets. A
nice feature if you like more laid-back craftsman play and forage for
resources. Resources in Fel are double what they are in the other facets but
your odds of getting home with them are lousy enough to make the double
amounts not worth bothering with.
The game is still good. Not as good IMO, and though I have left briefly
twice in irritation , I am still here. It's a rare game these days that has
the range of play UO has. You can do anything from herding sheep <yawn> to
high intensity kill-or-be-killed ganker hunting. Whatever style of play your
in the mood for when you log in, UO probably has it.
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