Update 10:00 am EDT: The maintenance is over. All functions of the account center are available again. Greetings, We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Wednesday March 20th, at 5am EDT (10:00 CET). During the maintenance you will not be able to change subscription or redeem game codes. At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at 10:00am EDT (15:00 CET). Thank you for your understanding.
In this week’s Ask and Answer we have some very informative answers from the developers including a holiday appropriate question about bunnies. Enjoy! UOForums Easter is coming. So… Would you consider adding Vorpal Bunnies to the loot system that powers Shame/Covetous/Wrong? Perhaps equivalent to a mid-level monster to recognize how agonizingly slow it is to grow green thorns? Would you consider adding a (very) rare Vorpal Bunny statue drop? Would you consider adding Vorpal Bunnies to the list of sources for the upcoming release of armor system-related ingredients? Would you consider adding various imbuing ingredients to the list of Bunny […]
We are happy to announce that due to a lot of hard work and all the players feedback we have found a major cause for the lag everyone has been experiencing. We are publishing a fix for this and you will receive it after your normal maintenance cycle. If you do experience any lag over the weekend please send barmstrong@ea.com the following information to help us in resolving the problem: Shard: What you are doing when you experience the lag: Time of day: Location on shard when you experienced the lag: We appreciate you guys being patient with us while […]
A new client is being released during your shard’s regularly scheduled maintenance this evening. This client is to support some of the great holiday treats that have lined up for you! In addition, the TC1 shard is being taken down for testing. At this time we expect to bring the server back up tomorrow morning.
Update: Maintenance has been completed. We will be bringing the log in servers offline tomorrow, Tuesday March 12th, at 6:00 am EDT (10:00 GMT) for essential maintenance. At this time we anticipate that the servers will be back online no later than 9:00 am EDT (13:00 GMT). During the maintenance players will be unable to log in, change a subscription or redeem game codes. Please be sure to check the Herald for updates regarding this downtime.
Currently testing Publish 81.0.0 on Test Center *Weapon special move changes requires alternate game client found in patch directory: client_tc.exe or UOSA_TC.exe. This client is needed to test the following changes. Armor Revamp – Update The components required to craft an armor refinement will be stocked in a minimum starting quantity of 500 on each vendor that sells them. Component weights have been normalized across all components to 1/10th of a stone. Armor refinements and components are insurable. The crafting region for Blacksmith refinements has been changed from Buccaneer’s Den to Cove. An anvil and forge have been added to […]
It is time for another Ask and Answer and our developers have answered another set of your excellent questions. Keep them coming! UO Mania Is there a cap for “Clean up Britannia” points? (ake) Kyronix: Yes, the cap is at 10,000,000 points The bankbox is overflowing on Test Center. Could we have more specific commands, for example “give black pearls”? (clorenz ) Kyronix: There are no plans to change how the bank boxes are filled on TC. When certain situations dictate we give specific materials (like the armor refinements) utilizing other methods of delivery. UO Japan Please add wine racks […]
An interview with Ultima Online’s Lead QA, Michael “Misk” Armstrong, was recently published on the UO Forums. The interview contains lots of interesting information such as where the name Misk came from and what’s the biggest challenge in supporting UO. Be sure to head over to the UO Forums to check it out.
In an effort to improve hardware performance, Napa Valley will be taken down today, at 11:00 am EST (17:00 CET). At the moment we anticipate the servers to be back online at 2:00pm EST (20:00 CET). After the improvements have been implemented, we would appreciate any feedback regarding lag issues on this shard sent to barmstrong@ea.com. In these emails the following information would be greatly helpful: Geographic location Location in game when you experience the most lag What activity you were doing ( if applies) Time you see the most lag Thank you for your patience as we work […]
Update 2:30pm EST: Baja and Great Lakes are back online. In an effort to improve hardware performance, Baja and Great Lakes will be taken down today, at 10:45 am EST (16:45 CET). At the moment we anticipate the servers to be back online at 1:00pm EST (19:00 CET). After the improvements have been implemented, we would appreciate any feedback regarding lag issues on these two shards sent to barmstrong@ea.com. In these emails the following information would be greatly helpful: Geographic location Location in game when you experience the most lag What activity you were doing ( if applies) Time […]
