Author:  EM Drosselmeyer      The crystal crackled and sputtered in her hands as she poured her considerable magic into it, causing the ground around her to tremble with the power…but soon enough it calmed, and nothing had happened. She had assumed as much might happen…a focal point was needed, and the crystal alone couldn’t do it. It needed something stronger, something more powerful…and that was when she thought of the perfect spot. And the best part was, almost nobody was ever there. With a wicked smile adorning her face, she gestured over to Shanty. “Attend me, Shanty; I may have […]

Tomorrow (October 22,2013)  during normal maintenance we will be publishing Publish 84.   We have adjusted the Bards peacemakings AI per the feedback we have received.  Along with the next phase of the global arc of the invasion please take a few moments to read the new fiction,  Enjoy, UO Team   Enter the Lady Walking through the den brusquely, the scarf covering his face flapped slightly in the ocean breeze. Despite his vocation he’d never been a fan of the Den…far too tempting for some of it’s denizens to pull a dagger on someone without bothering to know they shouldn’t…and while he could […]

During maintenance tomorrow morning October 17, 2013 Origin will get Publish 84, tomorrow afternoon during Izumo’s normal maintenance cycle they will also get Publish 84. 

A Risky Proposition Author: UO Team It took him a minute to spot her in the crowded tavern, but as soon as he did it brought a smile to his face, and he joined her at the table. “Hey…looks like you got here a bit faster. I could only get anything useful out of a few…and even that wasn’t too much since most weren’t interested in talking at all. It seems that no boats departed from Papua at all, and nobody should’ve been able to utilize the Serpent’s Pillar at the time we came across the wreck. I’ve also heard […]

Revenge of the Enchantress The next phase of the current content arc finds Britannia’s Loyalty cities under attack! Loyalty Cities (Britain, Trinsic, Minoc, Yew, Jhelom, Moonglow, New Magincia, Vesper, and Skara Brae) in Trammel and Felucca are under attack! A random loyalty city in Trammel and Felucca will be under attack at any given time. Invasion forces consist of a Captain and a group of minions. Minions must be killed off before the Captain becomes vulnerable to attack. Minion groups are chosen randomly at the beginning of a city invasion and remain persistent for the duration of that City’s invasion. […]

Tomorrow morning October 8th Great Lakes will be down for an extended maintenance period of 3 hours between 6 am est and 9 am est for scheduled network maintenance. 

We are bringing down Lake Superior at 10:30 am EDT this morning for a force maintanence.  This should fix the issue of the shard not preforming its daily scheduled maintenance.  It should be down no longer than 30 minutes. UO Team

Tomorrow morning during maintenance (September 25th,2013) we will be extending the down time for a few hours to update some outdated hardware on Lake Superior.  We do not expect the shard to be down more then 3 hours maximum and expect to have it up and running no later than 9 am.  Thanks in advance for your patience! UO Team

Good Morning      Houses that have been placed in the new Deep Sea Quest area are being deleted.  The ability to place houses there will be corrected today.  Game Masters are in the process of going to each shard and deleting all houses they find in this area.  Thank you for bringing this to our attention. UO Team

Good afternoon Everyone,   We discovered an issue with the Account Management Center this morning that has been fixed.  If you were having difficulties renewing your accounts please try again.  If you are still unable to complete your transaction please contact us so we can take another look at the problem.   Thanks everyone for giving us a heads up on this problem.  We look forward to seeing you this Saturday and helping us celebrate our BIRTHDAY!!! UO TEAM!!!