February 2013

Hardware Improvements Submitted by UO_Herald on February 27, 2013 at 4:30 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 27 15:20 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: 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 you see the most lag Thank you for your patience as we work to improve shard performance. [Discuss This Article]

Publish 80 Update Submitted by UO_Herald on February 26, 2013 at 4:02 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 26 20:00 -0500 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: 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 at the Dread Horn Encounter Character statues will no longer be ejected from houses during house customization Fountain of Life and the Hearth of Fire will no longer be turned when customizing your house Container addons and House Teleporters will no longer lose security settings during house customization Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong Producer UO [Discuss This Article]

Updated Publish 81 on TC1 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 22, 2013 at 6:59 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 22 23:22 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: 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. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Account Center Maintenance - 02/21 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 20, 2013 at 3:18 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 20 20:31 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: 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. [Discuss This Article]

Dread Horn Encounter Issue Submitted by UO_Herald on February 14, 2013 at 4:44 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 14 15:17 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: 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. [Discuss This Article]

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Account Center Maintenance - 02/14 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 12, 2013 at 10:02 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 12 21:12 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: 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. [Discuss This Article]

Ask & Answer No. 15 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 12, 2013 at 1:11 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 11 17:08 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: 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) To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Issue on Hokuto Submitted by UO_Herald on February 8, 2013 at 10:10 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 08 23:11 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: We have had some issues with Hokuto and will be bringing it down to restart the shard. We are sorry to inform you that as a result, it will be experiencing a 6 hour revert. [Discuss This Article]

Updated Publish 81 Notes Submitted by UO_Herald on February 8, 2013 at 10:07 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 08 21:18 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: We would like to start by thanking everyone who has submitted feedback on the proposed publish 81 changes. Below are a few changes you will see on TC1 as early as next week. Providing more choices of play styles while not invalidating any current play styles is the goal of these changes. We look forward to your additional comments. Here are a few changes that we will be making from your feedback: To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Account Center Maintenance - 02/06 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 6, 2013 at 1:10 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 06 00:29 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: Update 7:30 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 Febuary 6th, at 5am EST (11:00 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 9:00am EST (15:00 CET). [Discuss This Article]

Publish 81 on TC1 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 4, 2013 at 4:42 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 04 15:30 -0500 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Greetings everyone, I wanted to take a few moments to address the Publish 81 Weapon and Armor changes on TC1. Please understand this was put on TC1 over a month ahead of a normal publish because the changes are so extensive that we wanted your feedback. We appreciate your constructive feedback as to why you like or dislike the changes to Armor and Weapons. We have no intentions of releasing these changes to production as they are. Right now we are compiling your feedback that is on Stratics and from the feedback emails. We expect to make several changes before this is actually released to all shards. Bleak currently has on a fire proof suit so have at him =) Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong Producer UO [Discuss This Article]

Ask & Answer No. 14 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 4, 2013 at 4:38 PM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 04 14:54 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: In this week's Ask & Answer we received many questions requesting changes and our developers give a glimpse of what is being planned. UO Auctions Question: Have the dev team considered adding further to the high seas content? it seems most gave up a life at sea when they realized the resources it takes to run a ship. but piracy/bounty hunting are fantastic parts of the game. do you think that perhaps a hand in system for titles might bring attention back? perhaps items gained from merchant/pirate vessels could be handed in at Serpents Hold/Buccaneers Den for the Pirate/ the Bounty Hunter Titles? (Treasure Seeker) Kyronix: We have talked about different ways to enhance High Seas content and provide a greater reward for the requisite investment as well as having a look at balancing that investment. A portion of the upcoming armor revamp will involve acquiring components for customization that will be available through a variety of means including pirate and merchant ship cargo. Mesanna: We are also planning to add one or two deep water encounters…maybe of the ghostly kind =) To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Publish 81.0 Comes to TC1 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 1, 2013 at 11:38 AM CST Originally posted 2013 Feb 01 11:09 -0500 GMT by Tim Chappell on the UO Herald: Publish 81.0.0 has been patched to TC1. Please Note: An alternate client is needed to test the changes. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.