Anyone Play Ultima Online?

DiscoZombie · February 2004

<div class="IPBDescription">not me anymore :-/</div> I was in the market for a MMOG to play last month... and I rediscovered UO which I beta tested many years ago but didn't want to pay to play. so I played it for a month... until today... today, I just lost a BOD book with 90 BODs in it, due to a newbie mistake... to the majority of you who don't know the game, it basically contained an entire month's worth of my tailor and blacksmith character's work. gone in an instant. what a frustrating game. that's it for me.

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so that this topic has a point, anyone play/enjoy UO for any length of time? really, it's not a bad MMORPG, probably on par with RO... just not very newbie friendly...

Liku · February 2004

That sucks. I think get more **** at game deletions then bad grades. I've got problems, it's fun. I lost my SSB:M data and all my Home Run Contest/Break the Targets scores, it was the worst. Now I'm working on getting it back. I almost gave up at first, but you should just try again.

Cold_NiTe · February 2004

Yeah I know how you feel. It was like that time I my Anachronox save file became corrupted (completely at random too) right before the last boss battle. And for me that was like 5 weeks of work because I spread it out for maximum enjoyment. So yeah, next thing you know, I deleted it in rage. Oh well...

Dubers · February 2004

Ultima Online = SERIOUS waste of time!

Burr · February 2004

Yeah, I never played it, Im not much into the MMO games.

My computer just got reformated due to a virus, I lost 4 years worth of data, including:
My Diablo 2 characters
Everything HL (it was the largest folder, due to all the mods)
ALl my saved games, high scores, blah blah from everything that I decided to keep on there.

Remember kids, back up is your friend...

Oh, did I mention 20 pages of the book I was writing.....

DiscoZombie · February 2004

yeah, losing stuff in games sucks... couple months back, I got close to the end of System Shock 2... and quick-saved over my only saved game... and I was like, screw it, I'm not doing that all again... and a few days later, I started again, and when I got to the same point, I saved over my saved game AGAIN <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

but yeah, most of you guys have me beat... Burr, that really sux -- what's your book about? I've been thinking about writing something myself...

Trevelyan · February 2004

UO kept me entertained for like 4 weeks... then i had done everything there was to do, and to go further would have been endless repitition. I think i only liked it then because a large majority of my friends played it. Oh, and the Players are all eliteist asshats...

OMG you own so much because you paid 300 bucks in real cash for a fake ingame item :-\

yea i'm glad i dropped it.

DiscoZombie · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Trevelyan @ Feb 24 2004, 01:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> UO kept me entertained for like 4 weeks... then i had done everything there was to do, and to go further would have been endless repitition. I think i only liked it then because a large majority of my friends played it. Oh, and the Players are all eliteist asshats...

OMG you own so much because you paid 300 bucks in real cash for a fake ingame item :-\

yea i'm glad i dropped it. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
omg so true, the asshats thing =P I posted something in the forums and you couldn't count how many ppl called me n00b and idiot and such...

so I promptly reminded them they need to take a look at themselves and get a life if all they have to be elitist about is a 5 year old MMORPG...

it definitely gets old fast <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Smoke_Nova · February 2004

Oohhh...My name's Nova and I mined for a month straight, then I went the way of the warrior, with a profit making of about 3-4k per hour...picking cotton.

I had a bad UO addiction. I miss UO. *curls into fetal ball*

ZiGGY · February 2004

well Id nearly finished my FFX superfile (120 hours), when I came home one day Id found my dad had sold the PS2 AND the memory cards <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />. Also my PC died through a 60 hour super file on another rpg, and Ive had to replay BG, BG2 and NWN (twice) after losing long games for similar reasons. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

raz0r · February 2004

he sold your PS2? what a retard
i lost my BG2 and NWN saves by starting a new game and accidentally quicksaving over it, but now i always save a proper non quicksave file when i quit, and i lost my almost 100% GTA3+vice save when i accidentally saved over it cos i always save in the same slot

overwiting game saves blows

Beast · February 2004

Ultima Online is Evil.
STAY THE HELL AWAY!!!!

I lost 9 damn months to that game *shudder*... I want them back ;_;

Dubers · February 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Beast @ Feb 24 2004, 12:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Ultima Online is Evil.
STAY THE HELL AWAY!!!!

I lost 9 damn months to that game *shudder*... I want them back ;_;  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Exactly! It destroyed my HL gaming clan a few years ago due to it's life draining properties. We were a bloody good clan aswel...... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

Nil_IQ · February 2004

What was the BOD for? Must have been a pretty good one for you to quit over it. I'm guessing 90 complete suits of Valorite Platemail?

Yes. I have felt the addiction also. Towards the end I got bored and joined one of the roleplaying guilds. It's fun to go from pwning balrons and fire elementals with l33t hax0r magic to bashing other players over the head with a blunt broadsword whilst in battle formation with your unit <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

A great big cookie with chocolate chips to anyone who knows the correct responses to these:

"In the name of the founder!"

and

"In the name of the virtues!"

DiscoZombie · February 2004

it wasn't just one BOD -- it was a book containing I believe 100 of them, each of which I could only get every 6 hours <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

and really, that's not the only reason I'm quitting, that just clenched it... I just did everything I care to do <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Nil_IQ · February 2004

If no-one can get the answer to my question i'll let you google it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' />

Shockeh · February 2004

My worst mistake of that variety?

Accidentally (being half asleep) clicking my hardcore mule in D2:LOD, rather than my actual character, and merrily wandering it into Baal's chamber through a TP, carrying a few complete Elite Sets.

Predictably, it instantly died. I wept.

pardzh · February 2004

My friend's been playing UO for something like 4 years. He used to play it an insane amount, but he does it casually now that he has basically everything he can get in the game.

He had his account estimated by a guy from PlayerAuctions and it's apparently worth upwards of $1000, but I'm not sure if I believe that or not. If it is true, I have no idea why he hasn't sold it yet.

DiscoZombie · February 2004

I don't understand why people with that much spare cash would choose to spend it on UO stuff... if I were rich enough to have that kind of money to frivolously blow, I certainly wouldn't be playing UO <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

as for your phrases Nil, I'm totally lost and google isn't helping <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Ness · February 2004

Asked my friend who's played on the Great Lakes shard for 4 years those quotes, and he said he wouldn't know, they sound like rp stuff which he doesn't mess with.

Nikon · February 2004

bah, those quotes sound like the ones you say to get a chaos or order sheild, well, used to say, now that those silly factions are in place, its gone i believe

Nil_IQ · February 2004

Nope, they're sayings used by the Guardsmen millitia (roleplay guild). Always fun running around in ringmail beating up people with skull masks pretending to be undead while shouting "CONQUEST THROUGH FIRE AND THROUGH STEEL!"

It was even more funny when a non-roleplayer walked by and saw us all in neat ranks performing battle drills or marches, and we have to stay in character of course when they start saying things like "OMG you're all dressed the same!". We had to refer to anyone acting out-of-character as a "taint", and therefore anything they might do (such as leaving their pet dragon on the parade ground) was an illusion and had to be ignored.

Here is a typical situation:

Seargent: "Right trainee's, line up, we're going ta do a spot of drill pratice"
Trainees: *groan*
Seargent: "Sharrup and get in line!"

*random person walks by*

Random person: "OMG! You're all dressed the same!"
Guardsman: "Aye, it's out uniform civvie"
Random person: "WTH??"
Trainee: "Wha does 'WTH' mean sah?"
Seargent: "Ignore the taint trainee"
Random person: "Can I join??? I'm an 80.1% mage!"
Seargent: "WITCHERY!"
Random person: "WTH???"
Trainee: "Shall we burn him sir?"
Seargent: "Aye trainee, get the firewood ready"
Random person "You guys are weeeird" *leaves*

Ah, you've brought all the memories back now; getting pwned by the undead on my first day, executing a captured orc, whipping a trainee who disobeyed orders, being caught drunk on duty and getting put in the cells for half-an-hour, and, of course, getting kidnapped by a bunch of druids and being used for a human sacrifice. Aaaaah good days.

Jasp · February 2004

Well ive never played ultima due to the pay to play, thats also why i wont buy other games such as planetside.

Personally im a big fan of NWN the complexity of the levels and the fact you can make just about anything if you put your head to it just makes the game so fun. Plus multiplayer is FREE !!!!

If you dont want the RPG elements of NWN just go with diablo 2, very simple hack and slash, kill as much as you can as fast as you can next to no RPG elements in mutiplayer.

Ive also heard very good things about SC online but ive played it once and just about everyone is so skilled it makes ya head explode.

As for other games my 56k limits what i can play a hell of alot, HL is just about the only FPS i can play due to the excellent netcode, ive played NOLF aswell online and thats quite fun, not to 56k freindly though. As for games like AVP2 my 56k has a heart attack and drops dead. Shame really as its fun online <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' />

Anyone Play Ultima Online?

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