Hello everyone, this is my introduction post. I registered a couple of weeks ago but have been playing the game during my free 30 day "welcome back" period to see if I REALLY wanted to come back to UO after over 10 years of being away from it.
Well, the question has been answered: HECK YES I'M BACK! In fact I wish I never left, this is my gaming story/history.
Back in 1998 I was working the night shift at a tech company and my nights off were quite boring at times, everyone in the house would be asleep and the city has little to do after the witching hour... but I was wide awake. That's when I found UO and fell in love with it. I had played command and conquer before UO so I wasn't completely new to playing online but nothing compared to UO, I was addicted.
My fondest memories are of UO without trammel, without being able to lock down your possessions and before there was even an item decay mechanic in the game. I'm the type of player that takes the time to set up my account perfectly to accomplish my goals, I don't care if it takes me a day, week, month or even longer of "work" before finally being able to do something in game, I'm relentless!
I left UO to play DAoC, which in my opinion was the worlds best at PvP on a mass scale. Siege warfare for keeps and castles never got old(hint, hint, OSI!). When they basically killed DAoC with the Atlantis expansion by forcing ungodly amounts of grinding for gear and then having to level the gear afterwards, insanity! I jumped into Warcraft but never found the same excitement I had experienced during the early days of UO.
I took EA's 30 day free play for returning players offer last month and... I'M BACK! My philosophy on scripting is to consider it an aid, not a "do it for me" tool. I don't do unattended and find it a bit silly to pay to NOT play, lol. There are some tasks in UO which are so tedious and lengthy that I can't imagine doing those the grindy way, especially since I had once done them all before(skill gains).
I know a little about coding, but not much, and so look forward to reading your ideas.
Cheers!