Ultima Online

Space05us · February 22, 2003, 16:27

is it any good? Im considering buying it.

FrustratedPoet · February 22, 2003, 16:34

Never played it personally, but from what I've heard:

If you don't mind out-dated graphics and tons of role-playing then you should have some fun.

Space05us · February 22, 2003, 16:49

well I've been playing MUDs for a while so dont mind outdated graphics and I love roleplaying. if no one else has anything to say about it...

FrustratedPoet · February 22, 2003, 16:51

They must be lots of fan-sites out there, have you tracked those down? They should give you a good idea of what kind of community you would be joining.

pg · February 23, 2003, 14:23

one of my friends mentioned there is like a underground uo community running free servers on hacked up software. he said you can even dl uo for free to play on these servers. he was trying to get me to play with him but i said no because of my crappy modem.

PCRefugee · February 23, 2003, 17:09

I subscribed to UO for a few months and it was fun for a while as you built up your character, took on various monsters and generally chatted with some folk. I came across some genuinely funny moments (particularly arguments between other players ). In the end though, there just wasn't that much to do. So I moved on to Jumpgate and found the same problem. On the whole, good for a short term but eventually becoming a bit boring. One thing in its favour, I've only got a 56k but never really had too much problem with lag.

General Ludd · February 23, 2003, 17:35

UO doesn't have as good of gameplay as the other MMORPGs (not that they have particularily good gameplay either... ) but it supposedly has much more roleplaying then the others - still, don't expect everyone to roleplay. I can't really say what the community is like though, since I only played it for a month a long time ago.

Odin · February 23, 2003, 22:01

I want to get UO, but my mom doesn't want to pay the $30 every 3 months.

I want to start my own store in Britainnia. I'm just worried about gangs of thugs that form online groups to steal your stuff!

They are called Player Killer (PK) groups. stay away from them.

pg · February 25, 2003, 15:25

everyone i know who plays uo says pking is the only reason they play.

check this links below, it's hilarious(the game is uo). it shows uo at it's worst(and it's funniest).

read this one first - http://www.spleens.net/oresteal.htm

then this one - http://www.spleens.net/tigerfai/

bunch more here - http://www.spleens.net/shots.htm heheh

Skanky Burns · February 25, 2003, 23:09

While I would hate to play with him around, the logs are funny.

FrustratedPoet · February 26, 2003, 03:30

fofofofofofofofofo

Skanky Burns · February 26, 2003, 07:06

very!!!thanks!

pg · February 26, 2003, 07:50

i thought the funniest part was when they learned tigerfai had 91 mining but only 60 smithing!

Space05us · February 26, 2003, 12:04

fofofofofofofofofofofofo

I totally have to but that game now, it would be so worth messing around with other people!!

Grumbold · February 26, 2003, 19:03

The Realm invented firetrapping your own backpack especially for guys like him

Skanky Burns · February 26, 2003, 19:20

Damn you all!
Now I have started playing Dransik again.

pg · February 26, 2003, 22:23

is dransik free, or any good? it looks sorta like a uo clone.

pg · February 26, 2003, 22:26

Quote:

Originally posted by Space05us

fofofofofofofofofofofofo

I totally have to but that game now, it would be so worth messing around with other people!!

if i see my friend on irc i'll get that info on playing uo for free.

dudemanjack · February 28, 2003, 12:42

I wouldn't buy the game now because they changed sooo much stuff and made player vs. player combat so lame. I think I might try one of the player run servers, though, if I can find my old UO CD.

Space05us · February 28, 2003, 13:03

what was the version of UO before AOS? From what Ive read AOS is a huge waste of money.

Skanky Burns · February 28, 2003, 15:09

Dransik is in free beta mode - up until March 10th. Then it is pay to play.

Figures. It is free for 2 years, but the very day I decide to play it again, they announce it will soon stop.

dudemanjack · February 28, 2003, 15:49

Is there any player vs. player combat on Dransik? I've gotten rather tired of just killing monsters to gain levels to kill bigger monsters in the other MMORPG's.

Skanky Burns · February 28, 2003, 22:02

Yeah, but you probably won't be able to level enough to kill effectively before the 10th (when you have to start paying for the game). If you want to pay, then no problem.

There is a massive PvP industry in Dransik (on 2 of the servers) and a 3rd server where PvP is outlawed. So you can get the best of both worlds.