Siege - what's it like?

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Hi,

I'm growing very, very bored on Europa - PvM's not much of a challenge any
more, Doom's getting to the 'been there, done that' stage, and I can't
understand a word the guys in Fel are saying.Also, there's nothing much to
gain from PvP anymore - kill someone, maybe get a few regs, or very low end
gear - most people even insure their boots these days. It's nearly as bad as
playing on the test shard - want artifacts, or great gear - go buy it in
real life.

I was thinking of starting over on Siege - can anyone who has been there for
a while tell me what it's like? A few questions that come to mind are:
Is WBB crawling with banksitters, are there PKs everywhere, and do all reds
sp33k lik3 th1s d00d? More importantly, what's training like there? Any
differences? How long would it take to, say, GM Chivalry or fencing? I see
that all of the online 'we will train your character' sites, and most of the
auction sites avoid siege like the plague, so hopefully that means more
chance of a level playing field - or am I being too optimistic?
One of the big things that appeals to me is that I was told there's no
insurance, and not much chance of blessing anything - which makes it more of
a challenge - there's more to lose, and more to gain - is this true?

Lastly, I'm hoping to find a REAL role playing community, or even just a few
guilds - Europa-Fel's Yew-based squatter camp has moved so far away from
that, it's just not funny!
'Hail, noble knight!'
'wow d00d, that's some c00l l33t kick-a$$ sword you got there. Wanna sell
it?'
'Nay, but prithee, which way lies the nearest tavern?'
'I 0wnZ y00 - gimmie that sword!'
You see the body of a dead Fel moron... Okay, that's slightly funny, but
still...
Anything better on Siege?

I know I could just create a character there, and run around a lot (probably
in ghost form after the first 10 minutes), but a newbie doesn't really get
to get a real feel for a shard until they've played it for a month or more.
I'm looking for opinions from people who do play there, and people who have
spent more than a month there, and then left. Can someone give me the
Readers Digest version?

Thanks!

 

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Alergic Alchemist wrote:

> I was thinking of starting over on Siege - can anyone who has been there for
> a while tell me what it's like? A few questions that come to mind are:
> Is WBB crawling with banksitters, are there PKs everywhere, and do all reds
> sp33k lik3 th1s d00d? More importantly, what's training like there? Any
> differences? How long would it take to, say, GM Chivalry or fencing? I see
> that all of the online 'we will train your character' sites, and most of the
> auction sites avoid siege like the plague, so hopefully that means more
> chance of a level playing field - or am I being too optimistic?

Plenty of housing space. Boats cost ~100k gold. At least half the people
there use exploits or out and out cheats. There are so few of them now
you can train in relative peace. You probably won't be killed more then
once or twice a night. Shard is 99.9% cheap shot artist: They show up at
spawn points kill you while you are fighting a monster.

AFAIK most of the big dickhead guilds have either been banned for
cheating or quit. i.e. SUN is gone and I haven't seen UDL around.
> One of the big things that appeals to me is that I was told there's no
> insurance, and not much chance of blessing anything - which makes it more of
> a challenge - there's more to lose, and more to gain - is this true?

No one carries anything. The NPCs don't buy anything. That means the old
days of a 7x GM killing you for those 10 wooden shields you have just
made are gone. In the first place you wouldn't make them since they
can't be sold.
>
> Lastly, I'm hoping to find a REAL role playing community, or even just a few
> guilds - Europa-Fel's Yew-based squatter camp has moved so far away from
> that, it's just not funny!

Better to look up the guilds at the OSI web site and find a role playing
war guild on a shard near you. By all means start a new character. If
you don't have a house, start one on one of the under populated shards.

 

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Thanks, Rick, Cyrus,

I think I'll give it a try - I'm bored enough with my usual shard +
characters, that it's down to one of three things - a change of scenery, a
long holiday from UO, or move to another game - and I still enjoy UO enough
that I think Siege is worth a shot.

Thanks again. You two have made Siege sound as if it's different enough to
at least be worth spending a couple of months there - and it also sounds as
if I should have a fairly well trained character after those couple of
months.

Of course, now my boss tells me that there's a 75% chance that I'm going to
be assigned to a project that will take me away from home for a month, so
perhaps I'm getting the second option, too... 🙁