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 […]

Greetings everyone, Just wanted to drop everyone an update on the current lag issues you are seeing. We are working hard on this issue and will keep you updated on our progress.  I just wanted to let everyone know we appreciate your patience and we appreciate any constructive feedback you can give us regarding the lag you are experiencing. Last night a new client was released.  This client fixed the crash players were experiencing at the Exodus Encounter.  We are putting out a server publish tomorrow with the following fixes during the next maintenance cycle: Fixed the issues with pets […]

Changes to Publish 81 have been patched to TC1. Click on more for the updated publish notes. Please Note:  An alternate client is needed to test the changes. 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. Weapon Revamp All weapons have now been normalized based on weapon speed and handedness.   Mace: Gargish Tessen & Tessen, Base damage 10-13 / Weapon Speed 2 seconds Wild Staff, Base damage 10-13 / Weapon Speed 2.25 seconds Quarter Staff, […]

Greetings, We will bring down the Account Center for a short maintenance tomorrow, Thursday February 21st, at 8am EST (14:00 CET). During the maintenance you will not be able to log in, change subscription, redeem game codes, select vet rewards or place new houses. At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online at 9:00am EDT (15:00 CET). Thank you for your understanding.

We have confirmed an issue with pets at the Peerless Dread Horn Encounter. Until further notice please do not use your pets at the encounter. We hope to have a fix in place soon. Thank you for your patience.

Update 10:30 am EST: 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, Thursday February 14th, at 10am EST (16:00 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 11:00am EST (17:00 CET). Thank you for your understanding.

We have another Ask and Answer for you and this one is full of great ideas that will help us to make Ultima Online even better. So go to your favorite fan site and submit those questions and ideas. We may even feature yours next week! Ultima Online Bibliothek Why is such a huge amount karma granted when choosing the “nice” option to fight Exodus? Participating two or three times in the fight easily capped my karma. Zero to 20k took years, 20k to 32k was done in minutes. That really cheapens the continuous dedication of being “kind”. (Pcuvush) Kyronix: […]