Written by members of the community Issue 6 WORLD NEWS Time Running Out for Gargoyle Cure With every tragedy, comes both the do-gooders and the exploiters of said tragedy, and the recent epidemic afflicting the gargoyle race is no exception. When humans first made contact with the gargoyles there were those nay-sayers who said that we’d end up dealing with all of their baggage as well, and they were right. The bulk of the gargoyle race are homeless refugees squatting on the outskirts of the royal city as evil blobs of black jelly pick them off at random. Some cynics […]

Greetings, Publish 74 comes to Test Center later today, along with the Enhance Client Patch 4.0.22 and the Classic Client Patch 7.0.22. Here are the notes for your reading pleasure. See you in-game! Publish 74.0.0   Live Arc Started You will be noticing we have added town loyalty, please pick the town you are the fondest of, you can only have loyalty to one town.  Starting this month and continuing thru September the UO Team and the EM Team have worked together to create something we are very excited about.  So keep your ears and eyes open for the next […]

Publish 78.0.0 has been patched to TC1.  Here are the publish notes for your reading pleasure.   Publish 78.0.0 Anniversary Items Anniversary items for the 15th Anniversary of Ultima Online have been added. Considering  these are a gift from us to you, we will drop a few sneak peaks in the upcoming weeks. All Characters older than 30 days will be eligible to receive Anniversary Items beginning September 1st, 2012 and ending September 30th, 2012   Despise Dungeon Revamp       Two brothers, both well learned in the arcane arts, lusted for the same woman.  She was but a […]

 Written by members of the community Issue 7   WORLD NEWS Summer Games Draws Crowds The crowds are gathered for the spectacle called the Britannian Summer Games. This year’s sponsors of the games is Serpent Cross Frozen Tavern Treats, all your 80 proof favorites on a stick to beat the summer heat. Athletes are present from all eight major cities along with participants from the Royal City in Ter Mur, so we expect some fine competition this year. The event took off with a bit of an upset, when the torch runner disappeared en route and was never seen again. […]

Written by the EM Team      “Sir?”     “Er…Sorry, I was lost in my thoughts. Are you Ter-Val of the Royal City?”     “Ter-Val is this one’s name, yes. This one is to be your guide to the road that leads to the sick camp, but no further. It is good that you are armed…the area is not without its dangers. It is this one’s great sorrow that this one cannot escort you into the city, but this one has strict orders from Queen Zhah.”     Dupre gave Ter-Val a curt nod as he gestured ahead. […]

We have corrected the following issues on the Origin shard:  Infected gargoyles will no longer spawn. The raiders will no longer spawn in Ilshenar and/or Malas. Players should no longer be teleported into invalid locations when answering the Call to Arms. Players should no longer be ejected from the Despise boss encounter if they enter specific regions of Despise Level 4. Negative karma inhabitants of Despise will no longer aggress onto negative karma players, however they will still fight back if attacked. Andros and Adrian encounter changes There should now be a leash on their wisp lieutenants. There should now […]

We will push Publish 78.0 to all shards during the maintenance this evening.  For your reading pleasure, here are the completed notes: Publish 78.0.0 Anniversary Items Anniversary items for the 15th Anniversary of Ultima Online have been added. Considering these are a gift from us to you, we will drop a few sneak peeks in the upcoming weeks. All Characters older than 30 days will be eligible to receive Anniversary Items beginning September 1st, 2012 and ending September 30th, 2012 List of Anniversary Gifts Harpsicord and Harpsicord Rolls Heritage Token (due to request for ladders) Sands of Sosaria (16 unique […]

Here is another Sneak Peek, as promised in the Producer’s letter: If all goes well we will have UO.com up and running by the end of September. ‘Return to Britannia’ starts tomorrow at 9am EDT, sorry for the confusion on this date.  It will run from September 5th to October 5th. After tomorrow morning’s maintenance: Despise healing mobs healing Andros or Adrian will be fixed. You and your pet should no longer be teleported to a location that you cannot get out of. Gargoyle Faction armor will no longer immediately disappear when fighting a monster in Trammel. And we have two […]

We are staging the publish to all shards now. European shards will receive the patch today during their normal maintenance cycle.  Here are the publish notes for your reading pleasure: Publish 77.0.0 City Loyalty In addition to assisting to quell the still ongoing unrest throughout Britannia three new ways to gain City Loyalty have been added: Participating in Champ Spawns will award City Loyalty to the City you have chosen to declare citizenship to.  The more difficult the level of the champ spawn, the more love you will receive. Turning in BoDs in a Loyalty City will award love to […]

Written by the EM Team     The grass beneath his tread was soft, and covered in the morning dew from a sun that was rising in the east. Each step was taken without any specific destination, and there was no greater purpose in these steps beyond wandering; the land was unfamiliar and strange, and there were no clear landmarks to guide the way, and no signs of any sort…so he wandered. His robe dragged along the ground, fraying its edges as he went…but he paid it no heed. Finally at the end of his energy for the moment, he dropped […]