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On January 13 2011 05:36 Barrin wrote:
I hope someone makes a TL guild >.<
I would but leading a guild for 3 years with my brother in WoW took it out of me. I prefer to be a badass follower.
A TL guild would certainly be nice. I'm in no situation to lead it, as I'm more of a weekend warrior when it comes to video games. Maybe we can get an IRC channel set up. That way, there's no coordination required. Connect, ask if anyone else is playing, and if feasible, group up. We can worry about a formal guild a) once someone has a house and a stone and b) if there's enough of a TL player-base to warrant it.
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I'd join the the Team Liquid guild if you guys were to make one. Other than that I have no intention of coming back. I use to play on Metropolis about 6 years ago. That's when IPY was in its prime I believe but I never liked the whole no mount thing. I enjoy killing peoples mounts after I kill them, it just adds to the grief.
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Do I need an original copy of the game to play this? What is the best way to get a hold of one? Do I need any of the expansions. I may be interested, seeing that I am a huge fan of the single player Ultima series, especially u7 whose engine is pretty similar to UO's.
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On January 13 2011 06:52 Maginor wrote:
Do I need an original copy of the game to play this? What is the best way to get a hold of one? Do I need any of the expansions. I may be interested, seeing that I am a huge fan of the single player Ultima series, especially u7 whose engine is pretty similar to UO's.
It's completely free, and you do not need the original game. Typically, you download a copy of the UO client for free, patch it up to the appropriate level, and then use Razor or ConnectUO to connect to a player-run server. IPY's system might vary a bit, but that's the basic process.
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ohh UO, how I loved thee.
Still the only real PvP game imho.
If you are on the fence about trying this game, I would give it a shot. It truly is the best MMO produced and is much less of a time sink than more modern games.
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On January 13 2011 06:57 DJEtterStyle wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2011 06:52 Maginor wrote:
Do I need an original copy of the game to play this? What is the best way to get a hold of one? Do I need any of the expansions. I may be interested, seeing that I am a huge fan of the single player Ultima series, especially u7 whose engine is pretty similar to UO's. It's completely free, and you do not need the original game. Typically, you download a copy of the UO client for free, patch it up to the appropriate level, and then use Razor or ConnectUO to connect to a player-run server. IPY's system might vary a bit, but that's the basic process.
Could you provide a short tutorial? There seems to be several different clients. I guess I want the original one? Where do I get it?
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On January 13 2011 07:05 Maginor wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2011 06:57 DJEtterStyle wrote:On January 13 2011 06:52 Maginor wrote:
Do I need an original copy of the game to play this? What is the best way to get a hold of one? Do I need any of the expansions. I may be interested, seeing that I am a huge fan of the single player Ultima series, especially u7 whose engine is pretty similar to UO's. It's completely free, and you do not need the original game. Typically, you download a copy of the UO client for free, patch it up to the appropriate level, and then use Razor or ConnectUO to connect to a player-run server. IPY's system might vary a bit, but that's the basic process. Could you provide a short tutorial? There seems to be several different clients. I guess I want the original one? Where do I get it?
Sure. This page outlines the process of getting connected a different player-run shard (one that I tried years ago). They provide two download links for the UO client, both of which are free, but I'd imagine the classic client from UO Herald will work just fine, too. Once UO is installed, install Razor. You don't need to run UO. Instead, run Razor. It'll ask for server information. Punch in the domain and port and go. Razor will launch UO automatically and connect to the server that you specified. Log in with your account information and create a character.
I've heard rumors that IPY is taking it even further and providing an all-in-one installer, but we won't know until release.
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On January 13 2011 07:15 DJEtterStyle wrote:Show nested quote +On January 13 2011 07:05 Maginor wrote:On January 13 2011 06:57 DJEtterStyle wrote:On January 13 2011 06:52 Maginor wrote:
Do I need an original copy of the game to play this? What is the best way to get a hold of one? Do I need any of the expansions. I may be interested, seeing that I am a huge fan of the single player Ultima series, especially u7 whose engine is pretty similar to UO's. It's completely free, and you do not need the original game. Typically, you download a copy of the UO client for free, patch it up to the appropriate level, and then use Razor or ConnectUO to connect to a player-run server. IPY's system might vary a bit, but that's the basic process. Could you provide a short tutorial? There seems to be several different clients. I guess I want the original one? Where do I get it? Sure. This page outlines the process of getting connected a different player-run shard (one that I tried years ago). They provide two download links for the UO client, both of which are free, but I'd imagine the classic client from UO Herald will work just fine, too. Once UO is installed, install Razor. You don't need to run UO. Instead, run Razor. It'll ask for server information. Punch in the domain and port and go. Razor will launch UO automatically and connect to the server that you specified. Log in with your account information and create a character. I've heard rumors that IPY is taking it even further and providing an all-in-one installer, but we won't know until release.
Ok, thanks a lot.
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Yeah If you download the Classic client from UO Herald, patch it to full, and download razor you'll almost be good to go. IPY will have a custom map file you'll need to download and extract into your UO folder in order to get some IPY specific features working, once the shard's about to release it'll be available to the public. Really simple though.
On January 12 2011 14:47 EAGER-beaver wrote:
I remember playing this way back in high school. I saved up enough for a big fancy house but after spending a week looking for a place to build it, I gave up and quit. Always left a bitter taste in my mouth, took me several months to earn the money for the house deed.
Just noticed my uo game cd case, I was playing during renaissance.
Doubt you'll have the same experience on IPY, considering the server will be brand new it isn't going to be like OSI where all the housing spots had been taken up for years. I will say there's going to be a mad dash to farm enough gold to get the prime real-estate sections for vendors and pk hideouts.
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Me and my brother will definately play this shard.
It must have been 7years or more since I played Uo, and I remember the good old times where you could be PKed by a guy running in full platemale shooting nothing but E-bolt while you were ganking an Ettin with your friends
I'd definately want to join a TL-guild if it was made.
My brother is more of a UO "progamer", has been playing (mostly duelling) it more or less constantly for 10 years or so, , maybe someone knows him as Khazm, and I'm sure I could get him to join aswell and if there's no guild we'll probably be making our own.
The starcraft nerd will join his uo-nerd brother once again!
This will be fun. maybe I can get my Gf to chop us some lumber or make us some armor lol
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Something should be coordinated to attempt to place as many gate houses as possible. Because you will not only control gate pvp, but the market for these houses. And if you get enough people to zerg the money to buy small houses all the more better.
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7 days to launch just a warning/update
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I've never experienced the "originial UO experience", but i've played & gm'd on a custom/TC shard a long time ago. ive downloaded the client and patched it up as instructed here. As I have close to no experience on a real UO server whats a good source of information while we wait, is uo.stratics.com mostly accurate? Is macro tolerated?
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On January 15 2011 04:51 CoFran wrote:
I've never experienced the "originial UO experience", but i've played & gm'd on a custom/TC shard a long time ago. ive downloaded the client and patched it up as instructed here. As I have close to no experience on a real UO server whats a good source of information while we wait, is uo.stratics.com mostly accurate? Is macro tolerated?
There will be a wiki ready at launch with detailed information (trust me, it'll be good). The thing with this shard is that there is a lot of custom content so while I could point you in the direction of UO:Second Age's wiki site (UOSA Wiki), it's important to note not all that information is even relevant for IPY 2.0. For example, the way reds/stat loss are handled are entirely different.
However, IPY will have more similar mechanics to UOSA than anything currently on OSI/EA servers (so don't use stratics as a primary source, though some pages have pertinent information).
Macroing is tolerated but the incentives to play the game and skill up that way make it so you can outpace someone who is strictly macroing (assuming same amount of playtime).
And it's a long-shot but is that the McFly?
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Hello all. I never played UO and was thinking of playing it! Now that I saw this topic I might do it because I was stopped by saying that Im a total noob to the whole UO game since I never played it. So can a noob get going onto this game? are you guys going to farm a clan or something and play all together?
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On January 15 2011 08:14 ffswowsucks wrote:
Hello all. I never played UO and was thinking of playing it! Now that I saw this topic I might do it because I was stopped by saying that Im a total noob to the whole UO game since I never played it. So can a noob get going onto this game? are you guys going to farm a clan or something and play all together?
All it takes to get going in UO is patience. Check out UO Second Age and connect to their tutorial server. Hopefully that gets you going. These links are outstanding:
http://www.uo.com/newplayer/newplayer02.html
http://wiki.uosecondage.com/Beginners_Guide
Crafting is so boring that I don't recommend it to new players, but some people enjoy it. It is the safest way to make money. I'd rather make a warrior with peacemaking (LATE EDIT: Apparently this template blows in T2A. Provocation is the better option.) and go bash weak enemies. You can get free bandages by harvesting the Skara Brae cotton fields. Instruments and weapons are inexpensive. The Yew and Jhelom graveyards are a great place to start. I'm hoping we'll get an IRC channel going so that there'll be people on hand to help out the newbies, but we can figure that out a little closer to release.
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This brings back good memories, I will definitely have to try it out when it comes out.
My favorite memories were camping houses that were about to collapse. I remember one large two story we were camping, with about 2 million gold worth of items inside(plus the house spot would re-sell for about that much at the time. There were about 5 reds of us who were working together, then about 20-30 other random people there, and it was just a constant fight to hold the area and kill one another.
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On January 15 2011 12:30 DJEtterStyle wrote:Show nested quote +On January 15 2011 08:14 ffswowsucks wrote:
Hello all. I never played UO and was thinking of playing it! Now that I saw this topic I might do it because I was stopped by saying that Im a total noob to the whole UO game since I never played it. So can a noob get going onto this game? are you guys going to farm a clan or something and play all together? All it takes to get going in UO is patience. Check out UO Second Age and connect to their tutorial server. Hopefully that gets you going. These links are outstanding: http://www.uo.com/newplayer/newplayer02.htmlhttp://wiki.uosecondage.com/Beginners_GuideCrafting is so boring that I don't recommend it to new players, but some people enjoy it. It is the safest way to make money. I'd rather make a warrior with peacemaking and go bash weak enemies. You can get free bandages by harvesting the Skara Brae cotton fields. Instruments and weapons are inexpensive. The Yew and Jhelom graveyards are a great place to start. I'm hoping we'll get an IRC channel going so that there'll be people on hand to help out the newbies, but we can figure that out a little closer to release.
Provocation > Peacemaking. Why make them happy when you can have them kill each other 
But ya, bard skills are pretty cheap to increase, since if I remember, couldn't you just macro your instrument by using it in your inventory, which would raise Musicianship?
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On January 16 2011 03:14 keeblur wrote:Show nested quote +On January 15 2011 12:30 DJEtterStyle wrote:On January 15 2011 08:14 ffswowsucks wrote:
Hello all. I never played UO and was thinking of playing it! Now that I saw this topic I might do it because I was stopped by saying that Im a total noob to the whole UO game since I never played it. So can a noob get going onto this game? are you guys going to farm a clan or something and play all together? All it takes to get going in UO is patience. Check out UO Second Age and connect to their tutorial server. Hopefully that gets you going. These links are outstanding: http://www.uo.com/newplayer/newplayer02.htmlhttp://wiki.uosecondage.com/Beginners_GuideCrafting is so boring that I don't recommend it to new players, but some people enjoy it. It is the safest way to make money. I'd rather make a warrior with peacemaking and go bash weak enemies. You can get free bandages by harvesting the Skara Brae cotton fields. Instruments and weapons are inexpensive. The Yew and Jhelom graveyards are a great place to start. I'm hoping we'll get an IRC channel going so that there'll be people on hand to help out the newbies, but we can figure that out a little closer to release. Provocation > Peacemaking. Why make them happy when you can have them kill each other But ya, bard skills are pretty cheap to increase, since if I remember, couldn't you just macro your instrument by using it in your inventory, which would raise Musicianship?
I'd agree that provocation is ultimately the more useful skill, but peacemaking raises much more quickly and is easier to macro. If you're only using the character to make some quick gold and plan to drop the skill down the road and convert the character to a dexxer, peacemaking is the better solution.
If you're looking to make a long-term bard, you'll want both peacemaking and provocation. Later, you can drop your weapons skills in favor of magery when you've built up enough gold to finance it.
They're both highly viable solutions! Macro a combination of snooping, musicianship, and peacemaking overnight, and you should wake up with enough dexterity to train up a weapons skill (and make some much-needed gold) against low-level enemies.
If you want to go the full bard route, you can train your provocation as you fight. Once you've got maybe 20k in the bank and your bard skills are high enough, drop your weapon skill and tactics and pick up magery and meditation. Further down the road, you can drop healing and anatomy and pick up evaluating intelligence and wrestling/resist.
God I love UO. SIX DAYS UNTIL IPY.
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