Greetings everyone! We are so thrilled to read all the feedback from our recent announcement and I wanted to share this great interview MMORPG.com did with a few of us at Broadsword to give you some insight as to what’s in store for the future. http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/feature/8212/General-Broadsword-Online-What-It-Means-For-UO-DAOC.html   I am also happy to announce that we are actively looking for candidates to fulfill the position of Assistant Producer for Ultima Online. Interested persons may send their cover letter and resume’ to Mesanna@broadsword.com Some of the requirements for the Associate Producer position include, • Fluency in Japanese and English • Willingness to […]

Hello Everyone,   We are publishing Origin and Izumo today with the following few bug fixes and new art for our Valentines Gifts coming to you soon. You will see an option on all shards in your character context menu for Vendor Search but it will not be available until March when we publish World Wide.   Below are the bug fixes with this publish: Corrected issue where only the character that placed the house is allowed to customize the house. Corrected issue where goza mats were becoming unuseable. Discordance is now considered a hostile act when used against player […]

Greetings Everyone! I come to you with some exciting news!  Since its humble beginnings at Origin Systems Incorporated in 1997, through development at EA Redwood Shores and for the last 7+ years at Mythic, Ultima Online™ has been enjoyed by millions of devoted players around the world. Beginning February 1st, 2014, Mythic Entertainment Co-Founder Rob Denton’s new studio: Broadsword Online Games (http://www.broadsword.com) will partner with EA’s Mythic Entertainment to operate, support and develop Ultima Online on EA’s behalf.  Electronic Arts will continue to provide billing and account services through its Origin™ portal.   Broadsword and Electronic Arts will work closely together […]

Test Center Patch Notes Vendor Search Improvements Players will not see these improvements for the first 3 hours until the data base has been rebuilt. • Added the ability to search “Artifact Rarity” values =  Know issue, Search returns artifacts of that rarity and above instead of just that rarity.   Vendor Maps: • Added message when vendor map is placed in backpack. • Removed ability to sell vendor maps to mapmakers. • Removed ability to use vendor maps to teleport during combat. • Increased distance allowed for teleporting around house sign. • Added the ability to pay for teleporting […]

Vendor Search For the initial release it will take approximately three hours for the vendor database to update.  If you do not find your item, please check back after that time frame.  After the initial database update all vended item additions/deletions will be available through searches within five minutes. Players will now be able to search for specific items on player run vendors while in-game.  Players will be allowed to opt out of the system on a per vendor basis. Trial accounts will not be allowed to use the vendor search system.  Maps can be obtained for vendor locations.  Players […]

Wanted to take a few moments to let you know about an issue that has been discovered with House Customization.  .  You can not customize you house unless you are the OWNER of that house, being on the account does not matter you have to be the one that placed the house.  If by any chance you have deleted the house owner on that account then please page a GM and they will help you with correcting this issue. I just wanted to let everyone know it is a bug and we are aware of it and we are working […]

We have published the following the all shards: We have made various adjustments to reduce server lag, as a result you may experience longer wait times when accessing various menus throughout the game You are now able to recall out of Lord Blackthorns Dungeon

Greetings Everyone,    I wanted to touch base with you guys to explain the reason some of your accounts did not auto renew as they should have.  There was an issue in the system that was corrected and the accounts that were/are set up for auto renewal are being processed at this time.  You should not have to do anything to your account.  The process is checking back to approx the later part of November to make sure nothing is over looked so please give it a day or two.  If your account does not auto renewal in the next […]

Tomorrow morning after maintanence the following will be adjusted: 1.  Adjusted Bard AI 2.  Added Healer abilities to Agents of the Crown in Blackthorns castle 3,. Fixed issue where Captains were revealing hidden players 4.  Fixed dungeon mobs spawning in unreachable areas 5.  Adjusted Captains spawn All these changes will be visible after your normal morning maintanence. Thank you, UO Team

By: EM Drosselmeyer “You don’t actually think this is going to work, do you?” Anon scoffed at King Blackthorn’s suggestion. “Well if you don’t think you have the ability to do it, I guess you can continue to be known as the second best mage of the realm…” Anon slammed a hand down on the table, causing Dupre to give him a glare from his seat. “I still am afraid I don’t understand…why are we not simply destroying the source of these?” “Because we cannot without condemning untold numbers of lives. Anon and I have come to the conclusion that […]