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UO-Related Tutorials / Lord Oaks and his little Queenie Silvani (How to Solo in Illshenar)
« on: October 12, 2008, 07:02:42 PM »
I'm not sure who all knows this little trick but I had a lot of fun with it so I'll share it for those of you who aren't aware of this one. I'm sure it's considered a cheat and an exploit but it's really about having fun and pretty harmless. So if you you guys and gals get bored in game and have the time and patience here is a way to spawn the Mighty Lord Oaks(Illshenar). There is no real reward as far as Uber Loot or Powerscrolls for doing this on the Illshenar facet. Think of it as an adventure and good way to have some fun.
Spawn 1 Ancient Wyrm (Paragon) and 1 Greater Dragon (Paragon) in Illshenar and lure to Lord Oaks Champion Idol (Near Shrine of Spirituality). They will do all the dirty work for you.
I happened to come upon 2 Greater Dragons so I decided to take them both for a little ride along with the Ancient Wyrm. Be prepared for a few dirt naps on this journey. I had quite a few close calls:
My new little friends do great job and we move the Champion Spawn along in a timely manner:
As we get near the end "All hell breaks loose" when the Ethereal Warriors and Serpentine Dragons overwelm my new found friends:
Suprisingly the followers of the Mighty Lord Oaks are too much for the Paragon Dragons and Wyrms and I end up losing all three of my companions. I quickly logged onto my 2nd Account and grabbed my Horselord and took down the remaining Serpentine Dragons which ended up being just enough to complete the first part of the mission:
As I begin my assault on the Forest Lord he summons his women to fight by side:
Lord Oaks is virtually invunerable as long as his Queen is alive. She must be to be dealt with first if I'm to have any success against Lord Oaks. I grab my Discordance Tamer and go to work on the little lady:
After dispatching his Queen I engage in the final battle with Lord Oaks. During the ensuing battle Lord Oaks unloads a barrage of verbal assaults
Victorious Gold falls from the Heavens:
Spawn 1 Ancient Wyrm (Paragon) and 1 Greater Dragon (Paragon) in Illshenar and lure to Lord Oaks Champion Idol (Near Shrine of Spirituality). They will do all the dirty work for you.
I happened to come upon 2 Greater Dragons so I decided to take them both for a little ride along with the Ancient Wyrm. Be prepared for a few dirt naps on this journey. I had quite a few close calls:
My new little friends do great job and we move the Champion Spawn along in a timely manner:
As we get near the end "All hell breaks loose" when the Ethereal Warriors and Serpentine Dragons overwelm my new found friends:
Suprisingly the followers of the Mighty Lord Oaks are too much for the Paragon Dragons and Wyrms and I end up losing all three of my companions. I quickly logged onto my 2nd Account and grabbed my Horselord and took down the remaining Serpentine Dragons which ended up being just enough to complete the first part of the mission:
As I begin my assault on the Forest Lord he summons his women to fight by side:
Lord Oaks is virtually invunerable as long as his Queen is alive. She must be to be dealt with first if I'm to have any success against Lord Oaks. I grab my Discordance Tamer and go to work on the little lady:
After dispatching his Queen I engage in the final battle with Lord Oaks. During the ensuing battle Lord Oaks unloads a barrage of verbal assaults
Victorious Gold falls from the Heavens:
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General UO Chat / So I got PK'd earler today....
« on: October 08, 2008, 05:10:04 PM »
This PK in question was chasing me all over the place and I could not shake him for the life of me. I must have spent a good ten minutes running for my life...this way and that way. The fact that I was unable to shake him would lead me to believe is using a speedhack of some kind. That I can live with and I'm aware that's out there....
What got me was that as I was running for my life he was hitting me with his Xbow. I know there is a running shot special move but I must have been 12 or 15 tiles away from him and he was still blasting me for shots every 3 seconds or so as he's chasing me. Maybe I'm not aware of all the rules of engagement but it seemed a little fishy to me.
Was this a legitimate kill? Or a special feature of one of these cheat programs?
What got me was that as I was running for my life he was hitting me with his Xbow. I know there is a running shot special move but I must have been 12 or 15 tiles away from him and he was still blasting me for shots every 3 seconds or so as he's chasing me. Maybe I'm not aware of all the rules of engagement but it seemed a little fishy to me.
Was this a legitimate kill? Or a special feature of one of these cheat programs?
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General UO Chat / Player Greifing
« on: September 25, 2008, 09:25:08 AM »
While enjoying my morning coffee I decide to stop by stratics this morning to see and hear the lastest UO Gossip/News and low and behold I find this thread : http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?t=103451
Much too my suprise I find I'm very much in the center of all the hoopla. There are screenshots of my two chars I park in Heartwood to do their woodworking in peace. It has been getting a little more crowded in there lately but I never will understand for the life of me why people are so concerned about what other people do.
People complain about how empty the game is and that the game is dying yet they're answer is to get more players banned.
Much too my suprise I find I'm very much in the center of all the hoopla. There are screenshots of my two chars I park in Heartwood to do their woodworking in peace. It has been getting a little more crowded in there lately but I never will understand for the life of me why people are so concerned about what other people do.
People complain about how empty the game is and that the game is dying yet they're answer is to get more players banned.
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Television/Movies / No Country for Old Men
« on: September 21, 2008, 08:24:41 PM »
Just saw this last night for the first time. Not bad at all! A little roller coaster of a movie...
Not sure if there was some underlying theme involved in the movie but I do know one thing Anton Chigurh is one scary mother#$%^@*! He makes me think Keysor Soze. The guy was scary for sure.
Always good to see Tommy Lee Jonestoo...
Anyone who hasn't seen this grab a beer, sit down relax and check it out.
Not sure if there was some underlying theme involved in the movie but I do know one thing Anton Chigurh is one scary mother#$%^@*! He makes me think Keysor Soze. The guy was scary for sure.
Always good to see Tommy Lee Jonestoo...
Anyone who hasn't seen this grab a beer, sit down relax and check it out.
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General UO Chat / Stygian Abyss is still on! Wewp!
« on: August 31, 2008, 11:49:00 AM »
This was put together by Adam over at UOForums regarding the Austin Town Hall Meeting. I thought I'd post in case anyone wasn't aware of it and we can get feedback from our members. If posting this is not okay then I apologize in advance. Thanks to Adam for taking the time to enlighten the UO community about the future expansion.
This is just a preliminary list of stuff we know so far, from the Austin Town hall.
Seattle Town Hall:
When?
- Stygian Abyss is coming next year sometime (2009)
How?
- Build up to expansion via live ingame events
Gargoyle information.
- Gargoyles have their own animation effects... including flying
- Gargoyles cannot wear human/elf armors
- Gargoyle flying over water... "we don't know"
- No new skills are garg specific
- Jeremy takes a vote and it's 50/50 on having a turn to garg quest
- Gargoyle animations will be seriously different from human/elves
- Inherent Garg abilities: YES. Will show up on website
- Gargs will not have mounts... flying replaces mounts
Client information.
- KR is being improved including new map, more vibrant, better map overall.
- New client being based off of the KR technology (the SA client)
- KR will be fixed. (there goes my question for WRR)
- SA will be for both clients (no details yet)
- Looking to integrate UOA with the client
- 2d UI is not being redone. (seems different than what they said at the first)
- The new UI is under construction
Skills.
- New Skill: Embueing! (Embueing is the "big new crafting change")
- New Skill: Throwing skill: (New weapon skill)
- New Skill: Mysticism
- Crafting to have a HUGE update.
- New champ spawns/power scrolls: Reward system will be different as will the new "boss fights"
- Recall in SA: Still under consideration... limited at best.
- No new skills are garg specific
- Crafters of any race can make garg armor
- Templates are supposed to be cramped skillpointwise
Stygian Abyss Dungeon and Lands.
- Dungeon will look and feel like the original Ultima Underworld dungeon
- Size big enough that they are talking about new hardware to support
- New housing: New housing space is under discussion
- There will be areas in SA reds can go. More detail in the future... PvP content mentioned
- Recall in SA: Still under consideration... limited at best.
PVP Concerns
- Fighting styles between flying creatures: in PvP will be similar to being mounted
- Can you use a Bola on flying gargs... YES. Acts as a dismount and they cannot instantly fly again
- PvP balance in SA: In theory it's supposed to happen in beta. Overpowered templates are not done on purpose.
Creatures of Stygian Abyss.
- New Tameables (New tameables and ridables)
Armor, Weapons and Items
- Will new armor be auto-have or need a recipe... unknown yet
- Garg Slayers Weapons: Will not affect in PvP/ Repond Slayers will not work on humans (PvP)
- New runics in SA: Not tied to expansion
- Randomized resources: To make higher end ore types rare, embueing will make them even more valuable. Mining and LJ rewards time.
Quests.
- "The stupid heartwood quests are not coming back"
Marketing.
- The Retail Box: Still under discussion and another fistfight
-"SA is going to ship when it is ready"
- Pre Order Gifts: To be discussed later
This is just a preliminary list of stuff we know so far, from the Austin Town hall.
Seattle Town Hall:
When?
- Stygian Abyss is coming next year sometime (2009)
How?
- Build up to expansion via live ingame events
Gargoyle information.
- Gargoyles have their own animation effects... including flying
- Gargoyles cannot wear human/elf armors
- Gargoyle flying over water... "we don't know"
- No new skills are garg specific
- Jeremy takes a vote and it's 50/50 on having a turn to garg quest
- Gargoyle animations will be seriously different from human/elves
- Inherent Garg abilities: YES. Will show up on website
- Gargs will not have mounts... flying replaces mounts
Client information.
- KR is being improved including new map, more vibrant, better map overall.
- New client being based off of the KR technology (the SA client)
- KR will be fixed. (there goes my question for WRR)
- SA will be for both clients (no details yet)
- Looking to integrate UOA with the client
- 2d UI is not being redone. (seems different than what they said at the first)
- The new UI is under construction
Skills.
- New Skill: Embueing! (Embueing is the "big new crafting change")
- New Skill: Throwing skill: (New weapon skill)
- New Skill: Mysticism
- Crafting to have a HUGE update.
- New champ spawns/power scrolls: Reward system will be different as will the new "boss fights"
- Recall in SA: Still under consideration... limited at best.
- No new skills are garg specific
- Crafters of any race can make garg armor
- Templates are supposed to be cramped skillpointwise
Stygian Abyss Dungeon and Lands.
- Dungeon will look and feel like the original Ultima Underworld dungeon
- Size big enough that they are talking about new hardware to support
- New housing: New housing space is under discussion
- There will be areas in SA reds can go. More detail in the future... PvP content mentioned
- Recall in SA: Still under consideration... limited at best.
PVP Concerns
- Fighting styles between flying creatures: in PvP will be similar to being mounted
- Can you use a Bola on flying gargs... YES. Acts as a dismount and they cannot instantly fly again
- PvP balance in SA: In theory it's supposed to happen in beta. Overpowered templates are not done on purpose.
Creatures of Stygian Abyss.
- New Tameables (New tameables and ridables)
Armor, Weapons and Items
- Will new armor be auto-have or need a recipe... unknown yet
- Garg Slayers Weapons: Will not affect in PvP/ Repond Slayers will not work on humans (PvP)
- New runics in SA: Not tied to expansion
- Randomized resources: To make higher end ore types rare, embueing will make them even more valuable. Mining and LJ rewards time.
Quests.
- "The stupid heartwood quests are not coming back"
Marketing.
- The Retail Box: Still under discussion and another fistfight
-"SA is going to ship when it is ready"
- Pre Order Gifts: To be discussed later
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Beer / Hop Ottin' India Pale Ale!
« on: July 29, 2008, 01:31:50 PM »
Not too many places I see carry this beer but I give it a 10 (Anderson Valley Hop Ottin')! I'm also a pretty picky SOB but if you like the IPA's this one is one of the best out there in my opinion. I'm been drinking it out of my keg for over a year now. There is something about those IPA's that are just different than all other beers.
So if your anywhere with a good beer selection be sure to look for it and give er' a try. I'm pretty sure your local yard house has it in stock. Cheers!
So if your anywhere with a good beer selection be sure to look for it and give er' a try. I'm pretty sure your local yard house has it in stock. Cheers!
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New member introductions / Hello Everyone!
« on: July 29, 2008, 12:33:39 PM »
Here to see what all the fuss is about! I'm just a beginner and trying to learn all the ins and outs of the coding. It's alot of fun testing and seeing what all these various scripts can do. It totally amazes how creative some of the scripts are that people come up with. Hope to learn here!