Some how I managed to never try UO. Provided I can get this running in Linux (I understand it's quite easy) I'll be in on this too. Can anyone suggest a good noobie guide? Are there any specific build types the guild will need?
For starting off, I would go the warrior route. Its simple, fun and easy to gain. As for certain builds the guild needs, I would leave that for vets right now. Most of it is crafting. I plan to make a tailor/alchemist/carp along with my nox-archer tonight.
I believe there is a template in the OP for a good warrior build. Best way to learn is to play with some guildies. We will be more than happy to explain stuff in game.
Melee skills:
Swordsmanship: 50
Tactics: 49
Healing: 1 (can raise with gold you get from killing things)
For Swordsmanship, use a Katana. You can find dolls to train on if needed. Then I raised Musicianship and Peacemaking and trained on Ettins in Despise.
I'm raising Resist Spell and Magery now. My character may level off to be a pretty good PvP character after that.
There ya go.
But the nice thing about UO, you can make almost any template work. So, make a few chars, test them out. You may find that magery is your way.
suadeo on
My 360 is [strike]back[/strike] [strike]bricked[/strike] back!
Disclaimer: Although Valkun is a veteran UO player from the era in which this game is set, Angel Island includes a number of tweaks and new features that I may not be fully aware of so do not take my words as gospel.
Setting Up:
Follow the getting set up guide in the opening post and read through the Angel Island getting started page. If you're really having trouble, just talk to us in Slashnet.org #PAUO. A lot of people seemed to be having difficulties figuring out how to talk on UO:AM. After you start the program and render all the maps for the first time, go to the menu Link->Link Controls and put in all the connection information from the opening post. To talk in game, type "-- " then the message, that's dash dash space message.
Things to know:
1. Angel Island has a player run economy and you cannot sell anything to the NPCs, ever. That means that crafting is about ten times harder then it is for official servers since you can't just sell things back to the NPC to keep things cycling. Tailors are especially hard hit with this since that means you're either dumping a lot of money on cloth which you can't recoup or trying to find sheep and wool (which I didn't have any luck with).
2. You will get ganked, this is normal. Hell, on my first day I was killed no less then 5 times. However, most (if not all) of the people who do this are just looking for a good fight. If you go into War Mode (tab), you'll make yourself visible and they'll ressurect you and let you keep most of your stuff. They seem to have a habit of taking gold, bandages, and anything they might actually make use of.
3. This is a standard rates pre-trammel server. Skills cap at 100.0 points. You have 700 skill points to spread around skills (which means you can grandmaster 7) and 225 stat points.
4. No horses or mounts of any kind. Sucks, but they said it was for PVP balance between people with different pings.
What do I get on my first character?
1. It depends on what kind of archtype you had in mind, UO is incredibly flexible because of the skill system it uses. Certain skills are much harder to raise then others, unfortunately you have no way of knowing which when just starting. For any combat character, I recommend starting with Resist Spells at 49-50.
2. Always get 100 strength and start with 60 strength. Strength determines your HP, melee damage, and ability to hold things. It is by far the most important stat and you should always max it.
Some skills that are expensive and/or time consuming and involved to raise (this list probably won't be comprehensive):
Resist Spells
Magery
Tailoring
Alchemy
Cartography
Blacksmithing
Inscription
Healing
Lockpicking
Poisoning
Remove Trap
Tinkering
Warrior Type
Weapon Skill
Anatomy - Increases damage
Tactics - Increases damage and accuracy
(Parrying) - If you plan to use a shield
Resist Spells
Healing
Magery - If only enough just to recall or use recall scrolls
Mage Type
Mages are hard to play because they eat up a lot of spell ingredients (reagents) and have to build their own spellbooks or buy complete ones (expensive)
Magery
Resist Spells
Evaluate Intelligence - 20% extra damage
Meditation - Used to double your mana recovery rate
Wrestling - Increases your dodge rate and you'll be spending a lot of time without armor
Animal Trainer
Animal Training
Animal Lore - You must have high animal lore to get tougher monsters
Musicianship
Peace Making - Used with an instrument to calm animals down, so they don't kill you while trying to tame them.
Treasure Hunter (Advanced)
Cartography - needed to decode maps
Mining - needed to dig up the treasure
Lockpicking - of course the chests are locked and can't be picked up
Remove Trap - And trapped
Fighting Skills or bring friends (The latter option is preferable and far more enjoyable)
Don't be afraid to die, you won't lose much that can't be replaced. And if it's something you really don't want to lose, put it in the bank! This can't be stressed enough, make frequent trips to the bank to deposit money because you will die.
Taco Bell does win the franchise war according to the tome of knowledge that is Demolition Man. However, I've watched Demolition Man more then a few times and never once did I see WoW. In conclusion Taco Bell has more lasting power then WoW.
For the record, I put points into Animal Lore. I'm not sure if I would suggest that since macroing it is so easy. I'm working on Caid's Item ID for the time being while I eat and wake up and stuff.
I'll probably end up making a second "main" at some point; I'm not sure when though.
I was just done saying to my friend that I'll never go back.
Blah, I want to play with you guys now.
I'm down for making a Treasure Hunter - I always wanted to, never got around to it. Getting a group together and treasure hunting sounds like a blast, especially with this kind of economy.
Taco Bell does win the franchise war according to the tome of knowledge that is Demolition Man. However, I've watched Demolition Man more then a few times and never once did I see WoW. In conclusion Taco Bell has more lasting power then WoW.
I played UO from year1 until shortly after trammel (I was on Siege Perilous so that change didnt effect me) and have done some work on private servers.
It would be a blast to relive the old days!
I'll have to stop by IRC if you guys are still usin it.
I made a warriortype guy last night, ran around with a mace and an axe to chop trees when I couldn't find any undead. I really liked how I was raising skills even when I had to run away midfight, which let me succeed easier on my 2nd/3rd/xth try.
Well you raise when you use them...there's no experience, just a chance to skill increase I guess you could think of it as. The higher you get in your skill, the less chance you have to increase.
Inherently, UO is very simple. There's nothing really fancy about the skill system. Which is the beauty of it because it worked REALLY well. And thats what we love....
Taco Bell does win the franchise war according to the tome of knowledge that is Demolition Man. However, I've watched Demolition Man more then a few times and never once did I see WoW. In conclusion Taco Bell has more lasting power then WoW.
I inadvertantly caused a war today by running to a highly populated area being chased by a PKer who killed me and went to town on the rest of us. Did anybody get screens of that?
Something simple like Arms Lore. Have your skills open where you can see Arms Lore. Make sure it's an up arrow as well. You will also need some weapon as well. Have razor open and on the macro tab, Add Macro. I think it's Add Macro.
Anyways, click Record. It's not waiting for your UO input. So click the arms lore skill, click your weapon. Open razor back up and stop recording. Boom you have a macro! Adjust the waiting timeout and you're good to go.
Taco Bell does win the franchise war according to the tome of knowledge that is Demolition Man. However, I've watched Demolition Man more then a few times and never once did I see WoW. In conclusion Taco Bell has more lasting power then WoW.
So I've been mulling over my character build options and opted to make my first character a bit of an all-in-one. I know it would be more effective to split characters into jobs, like most people do (ie. mage character, warrior character, crafter/mule character), but I'll worry about a 2nd character if I can even GET to completion on one.
Here's what I've got thus far:
Blacksmith
Mining
Magery
WEAPONS (Fencing, swords, maces? Help me out, are quarterstaves great 2 handed weapons still?)
Tactics
Healing
Anatomy
So not the best fighter, but I can heal and craft as well. I think I'd have more fun playing like this. Any thoughts?
So I've been mulling over my character build options and opted to make my first character a bit of an all-in-one. I know it would be more effective to split characters into jobs, like most people do (ie. mage character, warrior character, crafter/mule character), but I'll worry about a 2nd character if I can even GET to completion on one.
Here's what I've got thus far:
Blacksmith
Mining
Magery
WEAPONS (Fencing, swords, maces? Help me out, are quarterstaves great 2 handed weapons still?)
Tactics
Healing
Anatomy
So not the best fighter, but I can heal and craft as well. I think I'd have more fun playing like this. Any thoughts?
Sounds good to me. Nobody says you have to do cookie-cutter builds or playstyle. This guy will be able to cast a few spells, take damage, heal, beat up mobs and you can craft with him.
Cool!
edit: just uh dont' expect much from Magery although I imagine you'll be using it for Recall, Mark, Cure, GHeal mostly and not damage dealing....
Taco Bell does win the franchise war according to the tome of knowledge that is Demolition Man. However, I've watched Demolition Man more then a few times and never once did I see WoW. In conclusion Taco Bell has more lasting power then WoW.
I inadvertantly caused a war today by running to a highly populated area being chased by a PKer who killed me and went to town on the rest of us. Did anybody get screens of that?
Dagnabit I didn't. I'll turn on fraps.
Edit: FRAPS doesn't work, I got Ultima Online Screenshot Utility.
Sounds good to me. Nobody says you have to do cookie-cutter builds or playstyle. This guy will be able to cast a few spells, take damage, heal, beat up mobs and you can craft with him.
Cool!
edit: just uh dont' expect much from Magery although I imagine you'll be using it for Recall, Mark, Cure, GHeal mostly and not damage dealing....
Cool man, thanks. Yeah, I don't expect much from magery but I remember from my olden days that no character is complete without it. It's a convenience thing.
Is there a preferred two-handed weapon? Spear? Halberd? Q-staff? I didn't have room for parry, so I might as well two-hand it up. I like the idea of using a quaterstaff, but it's probably not very hot compared to the halberd?
Sounds good to me. Nobody says you have to do cookie-cutter builds or playstyle. This guy will be able to cast a few spells, take damage, heal, beat up mobs and you can craft with him.
Cool!
edit: just uh dont' expect much from Magery although I imagine you'll be using it for Recall, Mark, Cure, GHeal mostly and not damage dealing....
Cool man, thanks. Yeah, I don't expect much from magery but I remember from my olden days that no character is complete without it. It's a convenience thing.
Is there a preferred two-handed weapon? Spear? Halberd? Q-staff? I didn't have room for parry, so I might as well two-hand it up. I like the idea of using a quaterstaff, but it's probably not very hot compared to the halberd?
Cool ok I just wasn't sure what you expected out of magery. Definitely rounds out any build. I think it depends on which weapon skill you take but I know Spears are pretty good. Not sure I Halbreds in Angel Island.
Taco Bell does win the franchise war according to the tome of knowledge that is Demolition Man. However, I've watched Demolition Man more then a few times and never once did I see WoW. In conclusion Taco Bell has more lasting power then WoW.
There's a halberd skill? Man, fuck this mace then. How do I untrain, does it just do it naturally as I use another weapon instead?
No halbred is a Weapon, I think it uses fencing? Dont' recall.
As for skill untraining, the skill cap is 700 real. You can set your skills to be locked, go up or go down. So if you want to untrain a skill, you have to train a new one. I don't think you can untrain until the skill cap but once you get there just turn the skill to a down arrow and turn the skill you want to an up arrow. I don't think skill decay is in AI.
Taco Bell does win the franchise war according to the tome of knowledge that is Demolition Man. However, I've watched Demolition Man more then a few times and never once did I see WoW. In conclusion Taco Bell has more lasting power then WoW.
We just wanted to play somewhere, it seemed like a good shard, off we went. Guys like me need to learn the basic UO mechanics before we start trying out a new server with rules like permadeath and RPing and stuff.
UOAM is required if you want to talk to us in game and be able to be heard anywhere.
Halberd is Swordsmanship, and it's really really usefull. You get a special ability to deal concussion blows that knocks out mages mana and cancels their spells.
Edit: AI is made to be a lot like pre-trammel UO, plus its very well balanced. Do you know a better shard?
i'm saying Necessary Evil is pre-trammel/uor and is pretty fantastic, if you can get by the like 50 player max population
but that's mainly because it hasn't been around too long
Edit: i hate typing that name out i never remember how to spell necessary
So just to be clear, this server definetly does not have skill decay right? If so I think I'll play a bit. Its been so long I remember nothing about UO so it'll all be essentially new to me.
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For starting off, I would go the warrior route. Its simple, fun and easy to gain. As for certain builds the guild needs, I would leave that for vets right now. Most of it is crafting. I plan to make a tailor/alchemist/carp along with my nox-archer tonight.
I believe there is a template in the OP for a good warrior build. Best way to learn is to play with some guildies. We will be more than happy to explain stuff in game.
There ya go.
But the nice thing about UO, you can make almost any template work. So, make a few chars, test them out. You may find that magery is your way.
My 360 is [strike]back[/strike] [strike]bricked[/strike] back!
Disclaimer: Although Valkun is a veteran UO player from the era in which this game is set, Angel Island includes a number of tweaks and new features that I may not be fully aware of so do not take my words as gospel.
Setting Up:
Follow the getting set up guide in the opening post and read through the Angel Island getting started page. If you're really having trouble, just talk to us in Slashnet.org #PAUO. A lot of people seemed to be having difficulties figuring out how to talk on UO:AM. After you start the program and render all the maps for the first time, go to the menu Link->Link Controls and put in all the connection information from the opening post. To talk in game, type "-- " then the message, that's dash dash space message.
Things to know:
1. Angel Island has a player run economy and you cannot sell anything to the NPCs, ever. That means that crafting is about ten times harder then it is for official servers since you can't just sell things back to the NPC to keep things cycling. Tailors are especially hard hit with this since that means you're either dumping a lot of money on cloth which you can't recoup or trying to find sheep and wool (which I didn't have any luck with).
2. You will get ganked, this is normal. Hell, on my first day I was killed no less then 5 times. However, most (if not all) of the people who do this are just looking for a good fight. If you go into War Mode (tab), you'll make yourself visible and they'll ressurect you and let you keep most of your stuff. They seem to have a habit of taking gold, bandages, and anything they might actually make use of.
3. This is a standard rates pre-trammel server. Skills cap at 100.0 points. You have 700 skill points to spread around skills (which means you can grandmaster 7) and 225 stat points.
4. No horses or mounts of any kind. Sucks, but they said it was for PVP balance between people with different pings.
What do I get on my first character?
1. It depends on what kind of archtype you had in mind, UO is incredibly flexible because of the skill system it uses. Certain skills are much harder to raise then others, unfortunately you have no way of knowing which when just starting. For any combat character, I recommend starting with Resist Spells at 49-50.
2. Always get 100 strength and start with 60 strength. Strength determines your HP, melee damage, and ability to hold things. It is by far the most important stat and you should always max it.
Some skills that are expensive and/or time consuming and involved to raise (this list probably won't be comprehensive):
Resist Spells
Magery
Tailoring
Alchemy
Cartography
Blacksmithing
Inscription
Healing
Lockpicking
Poisoning
Remove Trap
Tinkering
Warrior Type
Anatomy - Increases damage
Tactics - Increases damage and accuracy
(Parrying) - If you plan to use a shield
Resist Spells
Healing
Magery - If only enough just to recall or use recall scrolls
Mage Type
Magery
Resist Spells
Evaluate Intelligence - 20% extra damage
Meditation - Used to double your mana recovery rate
Wrestling - Increases your dodge rate and you'll be spending a lot of time without armor
Animal Trainer
Animal Lore - You must have high animal lore to get tougher monsters
Musicianship
Peace Making - Used with an instrument to calm animals down, so they don't kill you while trying to tame them.
Treasure Hunter (Advanced)
Mining - needed to dig up the treasure
Lockpicking - of course the chests are locked and can't be picked up
Remove Trap - And trapped
Fighting Skills or bring friends (The latter option is preferable and far more enjoyable)
Don't be afraid to die, you won't lose much that can't be replaced. And if it's something you really don't want to lose, put it in the bank! This can't be stressed enough, make frequent trips to the bank to deposit money because you will die.
UAM is up and working (it crashed over night).
edit: Also, how the Hell do I chop down trees?
How far is the guildstone from Britan?
edit: Get a hatchet. Equip it (drag it from your pack to your paperdoll). Double click the hatchet and click on a tree.
I was about to buy a guild stone too.
I'll probably end up making a second "main" at some point; I'm not sure when though.
I was just done saying to my friend that I'll never go back.
Blah, I want to play with you guys now.
I'm down for making a Treasure Hunter - I always wanted to, never got around to it. Getting a group together and treasure hunting sounds like a blast, especially with this kind of economy.
Oh i thought it got placed?
Ok I meant where is our hub
Outside Despise.
It would be a blast to relive the old days!
I'll have to stop by IRC if you guys are still usin it.
I'm a blacksmith
surreal
Inherently, UO is very simple. There's nothing really fancy about the skill system. Which is the beauty of it because it worked REALLY well. And thats what we love....
Depends which skill.
Something simple like Arms Lore. Have your skills open where you can see Arms Lore. Make sure it's an up arrow as well. You will also need some weapon as well. Have razor open and on the macro tab, Add Macro. I think it's Add Macro.
Anyways, click Record. It's not waiting for your UO input. So click the arms lore skill, click your weapon. Open razor back up and stop recording. Boom you have a macro! Adjust the waiting timeout and you're good to go.
Thats the basic idea, you can do a lot more.
Here's what I've got thus far:
Blacksmith
Mining
Magery
WEAPONS (Fencing, swords, maces? Help me out, are quarterstaves great 2 handed weapons still?)
Tactics
Healing
Anatomy
So not the best fighter, but I can heal and craft as well. I think I'd have more fun playing like this. Any thoughts?
Warframe: TheBaconDwarf
I think I am going to enjoy this.
Sounds good to me. Nobody says you have to do cookie-cutter builds or playstyle. This guy will be able to cast a few spells, take damage, heal, beat up mobs and you can craft with him.
Cool!
edit: just uh dont' expect much from Magery although I imagine you'll be using it for Recall, Mark, Cure, GHeal mostly and not damage dealing....
Dagnabit I didn't. I'll turn on fraps.
Edit: FRAPS doesn't work, I got Ultima Online Screenshot Utility.
Cool man, thanks. Yeah, I don't expect much from magery but I remember from my olden days that no character is complete without it. It's a convenience thing.
Is there a preferred two-handed weapon? Spear? Halberd? Q-staff? I didn't have room for parry, so I might as well two-hand it up. I like the idea of using a quaterstaff, but it's probably not very hot compared to the halberd?
Warframe: TheBaconDwarf
Cool ok I just wasn't sure what you expected out of magery. Definitely rounds out any build. I think it depends on which weapon skill you take but I know Spears are pretty good. Not sure I Halbreds in Angel Island.
No halbred is a Weapon, I think it uses fencing? Dont' recall.
As for skill untraining, the skill cap is 700 real. You can set your skills to be locked, go up or go down. So if you want to untrain a skill, you have to train a new one. I don't think you can untrain until the skill cap but once you get there just turn the skill to a down arrow and turn the skill you want to an up arrow. I don't think skill decay is in AI.
Note: Razor has a fast lock all skills button.
why angel island
this just kinda seems like a whole bunch of advertising for AI
Halberd is Swordsmanship, and it's really really usefull. You get a special ability to deal concussion blows that knocks out mages mana and cancels their spells.
Edit: AI is made to be a lot like pre-trammel UO, plus its very well balanced. Do you know a better shard?
Don't say UOGamers.
Because if you say UOGamers *shakes fist*
nooooo no no no no
no
i'm saying Necessary Evil is pre-trammel/uor and is pretty fantastic, if you can get by the like 50 player max population
but that's mainly because it hasn't been around too long
Edit: i hate typing that name out i never remember how to spell necessary
?
1100+ people online at most times during the day.
'tis where I play.
most of all, most of all
someone said true love was dead
but i'm bound to fall
bound to fall for you
oh what can i do
hybrid is awful
and theres no better place for shitty gm's and being treated like shit than uogamers shards