September 2013

Hardware Update on Lake Superior Submitted by UO_Herald on September 26, 2013 at 12:55 AM CDT Originally posted 2013 Sep 24 18:11 -0400 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Tomorrow morning during maintenance (September 25th,2013) we will be extending the down time for a few hours to update some outdated hardware on Lake Superior.  We do not expect the shard to be down more then 3 hours maximum and expect to have it up and running no later than 9 am.  Thanks in advance for your patience! UO Team [Discuss This Article]

Illegal Placement of Houses Submitted by UO_Herald on September 19, 2013 at 5:33 PM CDT Originally posted 2013 Sep 19 13:56 -0400 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Good Morning  Houses that have been placed in the new Deep Sea Quest area are being deleted.  The ability to place houses there will be corrected today.  Game Masters are in the process of going to each shard and deleting all houses they find in this area.  Thank you for bringing this to our attention. UO Team [Discuss This Article]

Account Management Issue Submitted by UO_Herald on September 18, 2013 at 3:42 PM CDT Originally posted 2013 Sep 18 17:42 -0400 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Good afternoon Everyone, We discovered an issue with the Account Management Center this morning that has been fixed.  If you were having difficulties renewing your accounts please try again.  If you are still unable to complete your transaction please contact us so we can take another look at the problem. Thanks everyone for giving us a heads up on this problem.  We look forward to seeing you this Saturday and helping us celebrate our BIRTHDAY!!! UO TEAM!!! [Discuss This Article]

Character Transfer Issues Update Submitted by UO_Herald on September 16, 2013 at 9:28 PM CDT Originally posted 2013 Sep 12 21:47 -0400 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: The Character Transfer Issue has been resolved and the warehouse as been turned back on.  You should have any issues with a character transfer unless you began it in Publish 82.  If you log in squelched, frozen and unable to interact with the world please page a GM to fix your character. Thanks! [Discuss This Article]

Character Transfer Issues Submitted by UO_Herald on September 12, 2013 at 7:38 PM CDT Originally posted 2013 Sep 12 21:47 -0400 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Hello everyone,     As some of you have discovered we are having some issues with Character Transfers.  For the time being we have disabled the Character Transfer Warehouse.  We are working on fixing this issue and as soon as its resolved it will be turned back on.  We should have it back up by tomorrow.  UO Team [Discuss This Article]

Publish 83 Patch Notes Submitted by UO_Herald on September 11, 2013 at 5:30 PM CDT Originally posted 2013 Sep 11 21:02 -0400 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Publish 83 will be released to all shards during your next maintenance cycle.  On the 15th of September you will receive your Anniversary gifts in your back packs when you log into the game,.  We  hope you enjoy the first part of the Global Arc and look forward to your feedback. UO Team! [Discuss This Article]

Publish 83 to Origin and Izumo Submitted by UO_Herald on September 9, 2013 at 6:16 PM CDT Originally posted 2013 Sep 09 20:57 -0400 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: During the normal maintenance cycle tomorrow  we will be publishing  both Origin and Izumo, below are the changes made from TC1. Exploring the Deep A New Quest & Encounter have been added.  Visit Hepler the Salvager Master at the Sons of the Sea in Trinsic. This is the first part of a three part content Arc which will be developing over the next few months. • Luck plays an influence throughout various portions of the quest, including the chance at receiving an artifact from the final boss encounter New Item Property Bane is  found on certain weapons. This on hit property will only trigger when the targets health is below 50%. As the targets health decreases the chance for the property to fire will increase along with the damage inflicted.  Bane has the potential to damage the target for up to 30% of the targets max hit points in physical damage. This damage cannot exceed 350 physical damage. Added a new title upon completion of the Exploring the Deep quest. [Discuss This Article]

Ultima Online's 16th Anniversary Party Submitted by UO_Herald on September 9, 2013 at 4:11 PM CDT Originally posted 2013 Sep 09 20:01 -0400 GMT by the UO Team on the UO Herald: Ulitma Online’s 16th Anniversary Party Invitation Date: September 21st, 2013 12:45 till 5:00 pm CST Location: TC1 – Luna Fairgrounds Agenda 12:45 pm CST – Opening Ceremony at the Luna Fair grounds 1:00 to 2:00 pm CST – Hedge Maze Scavenger Hunt (see details below) 2:00 to 2:15 Return to Luna for announcement of winners for the Naked Maze Run 2:15 to 3:00 pm CST – Fool Hardy –Join us to preform and show how creative you are 3:00 to 3:30 pm CST Award prizes for the judging of the Cultural Center Design Contest and Story Contest 3:30 to 4:30 pm CST Trivia Contest 4:30 to 5:00 pm CST Magic Show To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Enchantment of the Royal Sea Part 1 Submitted by UO_Herald on September 5, 2013 at 2:58 PM CDT Originally posted 2013 Sep 04 16:54 -0400 GMT by the UO Team on the UO Herald: The waves lapped against the side of the BSV Menagerie as they made their way across the ocean, but Isaiah had eyes only for the storm front that cast shadows across their intended destination. It’d been two long months since he’d last seen Isabelle, and the ring he was twirling inside his pocket had taken most of his pay to buy…but he knew it was the perfect ring for her. It was everything he’d ever wanted to give her and knew she’d love it. To read the full story on the forums, click HERE.

Publish 83 on TC1 August 30th, 2013 Submitted by UO_Herald on September 5, 2013 at 2:46 PM CDT Originally posted 2013 Aug 30 18:13 -0400 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Publish 83.0.0 Happy 16th Year Anniversary!!!!!!!! Ultima Online’s 16th anniversary gift bag will be delivered between midnight Monday, September 15th, 2013 and midnight October 14th, 2013. Characters need to be 30 days or older to receive the gift bag which contains : • a 16th anniversary pony statuette (no it is not a pink pony) • 16th anniversary gift card • 16th anniversary plant deed • 16th anniversary silver serving tray. New Potted plant deed will create a specially hued Japanese maple tree, a wall mount staghorn fern deed, a potted dieffenbachia plant or a specially hued enormous Venus flytrap plant. The Venus flytrap plant functions just like a trash can which allows you to have more than one trash can in your house and is tied to the Clean up points. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.