Catskill Wins The Treasure Hunt Submitted by UO_Herald on September 30, 2011 at 2:47 PM CDT Originally posted 30 Sep 2011 14:31:50 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Here ye, here ye! We have a winner! In a contest marked by equal parts of conflict and cooperation, camaraderie and contention, the Challengers of Catskills have defeated Sonoma to be crowned Champions of the Cross Shard Treasure Hunt Challenge! In a match that was neck and neck until the end, the Blue Beetles won the day over the Pink Elephants of Sonoma and will be bringing home the championship trophy to Catskills. The victorious team of Llewen Faerlyght, Haslehoff, Arwen, Underpants Gnome, and Dr. Sucio were selected to represent their Shard during a preliminary in the month leading up to the Challenge – a competition between Shards held on neutral ground in order to determine a fair winner. Some would contest the result, however, as this Challenge saw both teams targeted by unwanted attention in the field from non-competitors. This, combined with a false start and a subsequent penalty to the Catskills team led to the match being delayed and restarted mid-way through. Both teams stayed focused, however, and fought through the delays and distractions. “What can I say? I'm a good treasure hunter,” Sucio, the captain of the Blue Beetles explained, “and we have a phenomenal team. We kept our eyes on the prize, and in the end found a way to win.” It doesn't hurt to have a little luck along the way, teammate Arwen acknowledged, “It was a tough draw for the Sonoma team on that last map. They were right there with us...I think we caught a small break with a little bit easier of a final map, and we didn't waste the opportunity,” she said, referring to the randomness of the locations of each treasure chest. Speaking for the Pink Elephants, Sonoma's own EM Sangria praised her team's enthusiasm and effort, “I couldn't be prouder of the way they prepared and came together as a team. They set an example all Sonomans should be proud of...they put up a tremendous fight.” On the subject of the Catskills team, she offered a few words, “ They are good, no doubt about it. They won today, but I don't know if I would say they are necessarily the better team.” She stated, before continuing with a smile, “We intend to issue a challenge again very shortly. We didn't stay Champions for over a year simply to bow out after meeting with a little adversity.” While Sonoma prepares for an effort to reclaim their title, the Catskills team will likely face a new foe very soon. “The rules and procedure for the Challenge are still evolving,” EM Barnaby explained, “but one thing is certain – when you are the one on top, everyone is going to take aim at you. The Blue Beetles and all of Catskills should rejoice in a hard fought victory, but a new Challenge comes soon, and they need to be prepared.” [Discuss This Article]

Hold Onto Your Cleaning Tickets Submitted by UO_Herald on September 27, 2011 at 3:49 PM CDT Originally posted 27 Sep 2011 15:34:50 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, If you have old tickets from the Clean Up, please hold onto them. We are aware that some shards currently don't have the option to turn them in and are preparing to change that. Your UO Team [Discuss This Article]

Happy 14th Birthday UO Submitted by UO_Herald on September 26, 2011 at 4:13 PM CDT Originally posted 26 Sep 2011 16:55:11 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: We would like to thank all of our dedicated players that have played UO over the years to make it what it is today. In the past 14 years we have had over 2.6 million players enter Britannia, we have brought together a lot of good friends and even several marriages, and we look forward to helping make even more. In the upcoming months we are working on redoing the art to a high rez art, the first part of this will be the terrain in the next publish, so keep your eyes open for a new look. Your UO Team [Discuss This Article]

Is your house secure enough? Submitted by UO_Herald on September 26, 2011 at 4:11 PM CDT Originally posted 26 Sep 2011 15:21:39 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Authorities have informed us that certain thieves might use the ongoing effort to clean up Britannia to gain personal profit. These criminal elements will even go to trash cans to steal from them. Since it takes a few moments for the discarded items to be destroyed – time enough for a skilled thief- it is strongly advised that you check the settings of your trash cans. Thank you for your support. [Discuss This Article]

Publish 72.0 Comes to All Shards - 09/21 Submitted by UO_Herald on September 20, 2011 at 7:39 PM CDT Originally posted 20 Sep 2011 17:32:35 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, We will push Publish 72.0 to all shards during the next maintenance cycle. Here are the complete Publish Notes for your reading pleasure, thanks! Publish 72.0.0 To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

New 'Ultima Franchise' Producer Jeff Skalski Submitted by DaKaren on September 16, 2011 at 5:16 PM CDT Posted 15 Sep 2011 by Jeff Skalski in THIS thread on UO Stratics: Just wanted to stop by and say hi to everyone. I got a lot of catching up to do as you can imagine with getting reacquainted with UO. It’s been over 10 years since I’ve played and a lot has changed since then as many of you know. Regardless, the team has run me through what they have planned for the next couple of publishes and cool things are coming. Right now I’m focused on doing everything I can with getting us through the remaining migration issues. I know it hasn’t been as seamless of an experience as we originally hoped for some people, but we have more fixes in the works. See you online, Jeff [Discuss This Article]

Issues with House Lockdown and Virtue Points on Origin Submitted by UO_Herald on September 16, 2011 at 4:03 PM CDT Originally posted 16 Sep 2011 14:14:16 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, There are currently some issues with the house lockdown as well as the virtue points on Origin. We are aware of the situation and working to fix it. No points will be lost. The UO team [Discuss This Article]

Sonoma vs. Catskills in the Cross-Shard Treasure Hunting Challenge! Submitted by UO_Herald on September 16, 2011 at 4:00 PM CDT Originally posted 16 Sep 2011 12:22:33 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Have you read about the challenge that Catskill declared and Sonoma accected? We are bout to find out, how it will evolve. In this corner we have the defending champions, Sonoma, and their champions – The Pink Elephants! This group of superlative Sonomans consists of: Hera “The Terrah”, Angel “Won’t Sit in the Corner” Baby, “Nifty” Swifty, Wonder “Braggin’” Dragon and Alice “Acting With Malice”! In the opposing corner, the carapaced challengers of Catskills, the Blue Beetles! These azure adventurers are led by the King of Cartography, the Sultan of the Shovel, the Monarch of the Map – Dr. Sucio! They are Llewen “Fightin’” Faerlyght, “Don’t Call Me Dave” Haslehoff, “Dangerous Darlin’” Arwen, and the Pint-Sized Prince of Panty Purloining, Underpants Gnome! This contest will take place on Saturday (9/17) at 6 pm PST / 9 pm EST on the Test Center shard. The Challenge is being held at “The Chessboard” venue on the beautiful sand-swept island of Nujel’m. Admission is free, so come cheer on your favorite team! Will Sonoma stomp out the challengers to retain their title, or will those burrowing bugs of Catskills dig deep for the win? Find out on Saturday at “The Chessboard”! [Discuss This Article]

Veteran Rewards Are Back Submitted by UO_Herald on September 14, 2011 at 5:46 PM CDT Originally posted 14 Sep 2011 12:19:10 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Veteran awards are now once again available for all shards. Also, we are working on getting house decay turned on and expect it to be working within the next week. [Discuss This Article]

Bug Fixes for Test Center and Origin Submitted by UO_Herald on September 13, 2011 at 4:26 PM CDT Originally posted 13 Sep 2011 16:42:34 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, We are updating Test Center today. You can find the list of bug fixes below: • Mannequin can no longer be placed outside of a home. • Increased the point value for the Item bless deed • Changed the name of the item bless deed to bless deed to preserve the rare factor of the original one. • The Cornucopia will now give points as it should. • Removed the cooking bonus from the full Fisherman’s set. • Fixed an exploit with placing Clean up Britannia items in the trash can. Please note: If you put female gargoyle cloth armor onto a male gargoyle you cannot remove it via the paperdoll. You can remove it by changing the race/gender. This is a classic client bug that will be fixed in the future. We plan to publish these changes on Origin tomorrow, Wednesday 09/14. We are going to be bringing down Origin at 11am EDT (3pm UTC). Please keep an eye on the Herald for updates. [Discuss This Article]

Essential Maintenance of All Shards - 09/13 Submitted by UO_Herald on September 13, 2011 at 4:24 PM CDT Originally posted 13 Sep 2011 12:08:08 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Update 2:30 pm EDT: All shards are back online. Greetings, We will bring down all shards for a short maintenance today at 1:30pm EDT (5:30pm UTC). We anticipate all shards to be back online no later than 2:30pm EDT (6:30pm UTC). The maintenance is to prepare the shards for the re-activation of veteran rewards. Please note: House decay is still deactivated. We will post an update about this within the next few days. [Discuss This Article]

An Update on Veteran Rewards Submitted by UO_Herald on September 12, 2011 at 5:34 PM CDT Originally posted 12 Sep 2011 18:01:20 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, We want to take a moment and let you know that Veteran Rewards will be re-enabled later this week. We will post an update as soon as they are available again. Thanks everyone! The UO Team [Discuss This Article]

Client Patch for Compassion Dyes Submitted by UO_Herald on September 9, 2011 at 1:15 AM CDT Originally posted 8 Sep 2011 18:20:30 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, As announced in a previous news the compassion dyes will be patched into the game this evening. If your character is more than 30 days old and not on a trial account, you will see the dyes in your pack after maintenance. Please note that this is a mandatory patch. [Discuss This Article]

Account Center Maintenance - 09/09 Submitted by UO_Herald on September 9, 2011 at 1:12 AM CDT Originally posted 8 Sep 2011 16:26:04 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, We will bring down the Account Center for a maintenance tomorrow, Friday 09/09 at 10:00 am EDT. During the maintenance you will not be able to change subscription, redeem game codes or transfer characters. At the moment we anticipate the Account Center to be back online no later than 2:00 pm EDT. Thank you for your understanding. [Discuss This Article]

Compassion Gifts Incoming Submitted by UO_Herald on September 2, 2011 at 5:55 PM CDT Originally posted 2 Sep 2011 18:27:50 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, In earnest appreciation for your continuous support through the last few weeks we would like to offer a gift of compassion to all our players. Below is a sneak peak of what’s to come. By the end of next week when you log in you will receive one of four new special dyes that we have made for this occasion. You will only receive one dye per account per shard (trial accounts are excluded). These dyes function the same as Tokuno Dyes in that they can be used to tint artifacts and special material items. They come in four different colors: Lavender  Slate Blue Hunter Green  Phoenix Red Have a great weekend! The UO Team [Discuss This Article]

Login Issues with the Enhanced Client Submitted by UO_Herald on September 1, 2011 at 6:03 PM CDT Originally posted 1 Sep 2011 17:51:18 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Update 6:50 pm EST: The issue was solved and you can once again use the Enhanced Client to login. Greetings, Currently there is an issue that prevents some players with the Enhanced Client to log in. We are aware of this issue and will fix it as soon as possible. Please keep an eye on the Herald for updates. [Discuss This Article]

Farewell to Calvin Submitted by DaKaren on September 1, 2011 at 6:01 PM CDT Posted 1 Sep 2011 by Mesanna in THIS thread on UO Stratics:   The UO team would like to let our players know that Calvin has moved on to another adventure in his life. He is no longer the Producer of UO, but rest assured that things are going on as they always have. For those that have been with UO for a while you know that many have come and gone over the 14 years, but UO always continues! The UO Team! [Discuss This Article]

Publish 72 Comes to Test Center Submitted by UO_Herald on September 1, 2011 at 5:54 PM CDT Originally posted 1 Sep 2011 15:53:35 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Publish 72 comes to Test Center today, along with the Enhance Client Patch 4.0.17 and the Classic Client Patch 7.0.17. Here are the notes for your reading pleasure, thanks! To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

A Quick Note About Accounts Submitted by UO_Herald on September 1, 2011 at 5:44 PM CDT Originally posted 1 Sep 2011 13:25:33 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Hello everyone, We wanted to give you guys a quick update on a few topics. The issue with Accounts being stuck in a Trial state has been fixed. If you are still experiencing this problem please contact our Customer Service by placing an in-game petition. Housing is still in a no decay state till we finalize the testing, we hope to have this finished along with re-enabling Veteran Rewards by the end of next week. We’ll keep you guys updated when we have additional information to pass along. Thanks everyone! The UO Team [Discuss This Article]