The Fishing Quests are actually a lot of fun.  First one I did, I got some special bait from it so I can catch one of the Rare Fish.  

What I can't find out is where do I get a 120 Fishing Power Scroll?  Anyone else know?

October 12th is fast approaching as the day that the NEW Booster Pack will be released!  I have been trying to play the Beta almost every day for at least an hour or two, so I can get a head start on what and where things are.  Some of the problems as soon as the Booster Pack is released I see are:  1) It is going to be real difficult to get to the Sea Market. 2) Anything to do with Cannons, Cannon Materials and Cannon Re-Loading is going to need a script. <It takes 3 different skills, lots of materials,  and 3 steps to just make a match to light the cannons -- I have sent a note to the Developers as to why we just can't use torches to light Cannons, as they already exist in the game.> 3) Boarding NPC Ships, Killing the Crew, and Looting the NPCs, as well as the Hold is going to be a lot of fun. What will be more fun is to loot Player Ships in Felucca! 4) Scalis, the Water Champ is one of the hardest Champs the game has seen so far -- it takes a White Fabled Fishing Net to summon him, so save all of your white Fabled Fishing Nets. 5) You will need to stock a lot of boards and cloth in your hold to make Temporary Repairs at Sea when your Ship gets damaged -- also always make sure you have a rowboat in your backpack or hold in case your ship gets disabled and you need to go back to shore for Supplies...Rowboats move at 1/4 of Ship's Speed. 

This is what I have seen so far...more to come as I find out and get more frustrated   

For those of you wanting to setup a UO Cartographer Server, I have typed out some detailed step-by-step instructions.

The key is adding in your Internal IP Address into the UOC Server Options and giving out your External IP Address to those you want to give access.

After many days of trying and experimenting, I finally set up a UOC Server for my Guildmates and Friends on Pacific to use and enjoy.  It is actually very simple (once you know how).  There are some steps involved that are not really given in the UOC setup instructions.   The key is to give out your external IP Address ro those you want to give access to and not your Internal One.  Also, I would use the global password function, so that you can change the password if you do not want certain people to have access to it. 

If any of you want to set up a UOC Server and are having problems, I would be more than happy to walk you thru it...!

Does anyone know a trick to make the game size bigger?  If you use Razor it allows you to set the Game Size to whatever you want, but when I use UO Assist or just EUO by itself the screen is sooo much smaller.   I have my game size set in Razor for 1080 x 860 -- is there somewhere perhaps in UO's Configuration File to do this?  It is so much better to PvP when you can see what you are aiming at!   

As some of you already know Pacific lost a dear friend the other day. Goodbye Moby Grape, ill always and I mean always think of you at every idoc I am at.

I am truly sad to have heard of the news about Moby Grape. I use to see he and Krystal at almost every IDOC that I stumbled upon hoping to find some Rare and/or Hard to Find Item. He was truly a great guy! He loaned me some gold at a Rares Festival and even donated some items to my Museum (a Pink Fairy Helmet and some Phoenix Armor pieces to complete my Armor Set) and he never asked anything of me in return, just to be my friend. I would also like to share a story with you as well. On Pacific, I was building a Casino and wanted to use Soulstones combined together to make a neon flashing light effect (like Las Vegas Lights). I asked Moby if he had any old used Soulstones (that you often see discarded at IDOCs) and he said sure, let's go check. He took me to his Castle and searched and found 3-4 full Soulstones and gave them to me in a bag. I told him that I was going to need about 28-30 full Soulstones, but in different colors to use for the flashing effect. He told me that he would grab and save all the Soulstones that he could find and if I gave him a rune to my house that he would even drop them off. I set up a crate marked for "anyone" and sure enough 2 days later there were 4 Soulstones added to it. I also saw that he placed a book in there with a 'friendly" hello message, along with a funny story about how he obtained those particular Soulstones. Every 2-3 days there would be more Soulstones and another book in there with a "friendly" hello and more funny stories! In fact, even after I told him that I finally had enough Soulstones, he would keep dropping them off weeks later with even more stories! I saw him again and said Moby I have enough Soulstones and he said OH!? Are you sure? Yes, I am sure! He just smiled and said you can never have enough Soulstones! Three days later, he dropped off 12 more Soulstones with another book that had a "friendly" hello and yet another story. In the story he said, "message received, but I just had to bring you some more Soulstones because I know that you love them soooo much!

No Moby! I loved you so much...You will truly be missed by me and many others on the Pacific Shard! Not to sure if there any any IDOCs in heaven, but I know God will use Moby Grape's talents and great personality to everyone's advantage!