Its Monday again and we have another set of questions that were answered by the development team. There were even a couple questions answered by one of our GMs.  Can we get an option added to crystal portals to hop over to the Heartwood Gate in Yew? It would making visiting Heartwood that much more convenient! (sablestorm) Mesanna:  Sorry this is not possible to do the fact that Heartwood is on a Dungeon Server UOForums – There’s several different types of chats so Im wondering if there is a personal message system in the works? Though I kinda enjoy the […]

We had received 9 excellent entries from the Europa shard. Of those entries, there were 5 that we enjoyed the most. The top 5 most memorable UO moments from Europa: It was a cold wet December night, when I rolled up at West Britain Bank on my most trustworthy horse. There in the shadows stood my 2 most loyal friends Sir Mangus and Captain Birdseye, both passing the hours away chatting to everyone and anyone who happened to pass them by. Hey boys I shout, what’s up? Hey Draco they both reply, nothing going on, its all quite tonight. So […]

Though we enjoyed all of the entries we received from the Catskills shard, we had to force ourselves to only select half of them. Here are the 5 winning entries from Catskills: Author: Ludes Title: The Discovery of Illshenar          Ludes puffed contentedly on his pipe as he sat on the porch of his first home..  It was a small marble workshop south of Minoc, close to the bay.. It had taken almost a year for him and Lady Kyra to buy it.. but at last it was his.. an actual home to store his things and […]

It is time for another Ask and Answer and this week we answer a lot of great questions from UO Mania. UO Mania clorenz – Are there any plans to add books to store Scrolls of Alacrity or Powerscrolls similar to the books for Scroll of Transcendence? Mesanna:  When we did the SOT book we had planned to add these other ways to store items.  There are just so many things we want to get done we have to take them one at a time.  Please be patient they are coming. UO Mania clorenz – Are there any plans to […]

Another former producer of Ultima Online took the chance to share his memorable moments. Starr Long who was our special guest at the 15th anniversary party used the speech after the coronation of Lord Blackthorn to answer several questions including some of his fondest memories. Here are some more: My fondest recollections are always about the unexpected ways our incredible players were able to create their own experiences. Each one of them illustrated how we had moved from makers of this world to the caretakers. The players were as much the makers as we were now, if not more. One […]

In the past few weeks your entries have tickled our funny bones, tugged at our heart strings and stirred up many enjoyable memories. In some shards the competition was fierce and forced many of us to diligently scour through many entries. Other shards the choice was much simpler. In either case, we would like to thank all of players for their amazing memories and announce our winning picks for your memorable UO moments. The first moments we would like to publish are the ones from the Balhae Shard. We received only four entries, so all of the entries are winners! […]

It is Monday again. Although the Dev team already answered a ton of questions during the Anniversary Party on Saturday (a recording of this will be eleased later this week), they took the time to address these questions gathered on the different fan sites, too. Slayer properties on instruments: Was wondering if we could ever get a way to craft slayer musical instruments. Either thru runic saws or possibly new recipes for carpenters to make? (Xalan Dementia) Could maybe someday imbuing move to instruments? (JamesC ) I’d like to be able to imbue GM instruments with slayer properties using the […]

In line with the writing contest and the Memorable Moments Bonnie gave us at the beginning of this week, we asked Richard Garriot to shared some of his memories with us. He was kind enough to come up with two stories: The Thief One day, early in the life of UO, I was participating as a GM and going to the aid of people who requested it. A note flashed across my screen from a woman, who said something like “Today is my first day trying to play UO, and every time I try to leave town a thief steals […]

Everyone here is very excited to get the party started. Official beginning on Saturday is 10:30am EDT. When you arrive at 4035 Ridge Top Road please come to the 2nd floor (just follow the smell of fresh brewed coffee, we will also have tea for those that do not drink coffee) Ultima Online’s 15th Anniversary Party Itinerary 10:00 am – 11:00 am  – Greet players and have coffee and donuts 11:00 am – 12:00 pm – Welcome Speeches 12:00pm – 1:30 pm –  Lunch and cake 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm – Special guest – question and answer period 2:20 […]

Happy Birthday Ultima Online!! I wanted to drop you guys a note on this extremely memorable day. Can you believe its 15 years already? I have been reading all your stories, which are great I have to say. Some have made me grin, some I have shared with people not on our team and some I just shook my head thinking yep I know what they are talking about.  *grins* So with that said I want to share a few of my memorable moments that stand out to me, I hope some of you can relate. Back in September 1997 […]