July 2015

Upcoming Ventrilo Downtimes Submitted by DaKaren on July 31, 2015 at 6:53 PM CDT The UORPC Ventrilo server will experience two periods of downtime during the first week of August: August 4th 14:00 - 18:00 CDT August 5th 02:00 - 06:00 CDT Each downtime should last no longer than 30 minutes, but it may occur anytime within the specified window. Apologies for the inconvenience. [Discuss This Article]

UO August 2015 Newsletter Submitted by UO_Herald on July 30, 2015 at 10:35 PM CDT Not actually posted anywhere public for some unknown reason... The UO Team is happy to announce we will be sending out a newsletter every month so you can stay up to date on the latest in Britannia. Please encourage your friends to sign up on our web site.  Time of Legends: Publish 90 "The dim glow of the moongate illuminates the jungle ahead, the roar of unknown beasts breaks the silence of night.  Before you is the Valley of Eodon, an untamed wilderness of untold riches waiting to be discovered…" Ultima Online: Time of Legends draws inspiration from the classic single player game, Worlds of Ultima: Savage Empires.  Through the awesome power of the Time Lord, players are able to explore this new land and immerse themselves in a variety of new features including, The Dragon Turtle Champion Spawn Shadowguard, the fortress of the vile enchantress Minax The Valley of Eodon, a new area to explore with new tameables, artifacts, armor sets, and hidden treasures Skill Mastery System, 16 skills with more than 35 new spells & abilities Expanded Stonecrafting to allow greater customization of player housing 2 new housing tiles sets New craftable clothing, including Tiger & Dragon Turtle inspired armor 2 additional stable slots As part of the Time of Legends, all players will benefit from updates to existing systems including,   Spirituality & Humility virtues, completing the Virtue System Revamped currency system to allow greater ease in storing and trading gold     18th Anniversary Limited Time Offer To help us celebrate our 18th Anniversary we would like to announce that if you have a current subscription, reactivate your account, or start a new account in August, September, or October, your account will have the Time of Legends expansion applied automatically.  A gift from us to you! Happy Birthday UO! A Time for Legends The Team has been working really hard on preparing for the release of the Time of Legends which will be available in September.  To catch up on the fiction be sure to check out The Silver Gate, The Lost King, and Isamu’s Legacy. Happy Reading!   Meet & Greet Schedule Every two weeks the UO Team meets with players on a designated shard to answer any questions you may have. If you have always wanted to know something or just want to say hello please join us! View the complete schedule here , see you in Britannia! Question & Answer Corner 1. When my house reaches 10 years old who do I write to get a Historical Banner? Email Mesanna with your shard, house name, facet, and location.   2. Does the Stygian Abyss +30 day game time code work on 14 day free trial accounts? No they do not, that code will only work on new accounts and the 14 day trial account is not considered a new account. 3. How can Governors request to add town improvements to the cities they represent? Governors that want to run events with just a few decorations can contact the Player Event Coordinator, if a Governor wants to add a more robust set of town improvements they go through the Crown which will work with the Devs to add it to the library of available town improvements.   4. Is Windows 10 compatible with UO? If you are currently running on Windows 7 without issue, Windows 10 will operate correctly.   5.  Is it possible to fix the gating issues between some of the newer facets? We have this issue in the system and will be looking to address it in our next bug push.    Preview of the new UO.com While it has taken us a bit longer than we originally anticipated we are continuing to work on a completely redesigned UO.com slated for launch this September.  With the re-launch of UO.com we are happy to announce that players will find a host of new features including language support for 10 languages, a brand new wiki, an event calendar, and continued updates to MyUO and new Vice vs Virtue leaderboards.  Here's a sneak peak of our new site   Advertise | Corporate Info | Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Legal Notices  © 2015 Electronic Arts Inc. All Rights Reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences  [Discuss This Article]

2nd Buccaneer's Den Fishing Derby Submitted by Martyna_Zmuir on July 17, 2015 at 6:37 PM CDT From the Guild of Friends: Another Fishing Derby! July 20th, 2015 to September 20th, 2015    For full details, please click HERE.

Isamu's Legacy Submitted by UO_Herald on July 17, 2015 at 4:41 PM CDT Originally posted 2015 Jul 17 18:36 -0400 GMT by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: Greetings, As we continue our lead up to the Time of Legends release we are excited to present the next installment of our epic adventure! Check out shard Event Moderator websites and in-game town criers to find out when these events will be held. Without further ado we present, Isamu’s Legacy  Written by: EM Malachi Sho Hill burned. Rondorin Castle was gone, devoured by a sinkhole caused by the nascent volcano. Falling ash filled the city streets, and hundreds packed the northern roads to escape the approaching molten flows. Messengers from the various daimyos had come with similar reports. Only tiny Zento was said to be safe from calamity. As the natural world tore itself apart, the odachi that had served Kimura Isamu so well was without purpose. All Isamu could do was follow the final orders his daimyo had given him. To read the full story on the forums, click HERE.

Justicar Elections of BY 514 - UPDATE! Submitted by Martyna_Zmuir on July 14, 2015 at 6:10 PM CDT From the High Council of Britannia: By 7-1 vote of the High Council of Britannia, the election period for the three open High Justicar positions has been extended. The new deadlines are as follows: The nomination period will run from the 463rd session of the High Council of Britannia until five minutes before the start of the 465th session (7:55pm CDT, 7/27/15). Eligible candidates, according to Article XVII, section A, subsection 2, clause a of the Sixth Royal Constitution of the Kingdom of Britannia, should deposit their letters of intent to run at the mailbox at the Hall of Virtue in Newcastle. A direct means of teleportation to the proper electoral mailbox may be found at the Jerred Ghyss Civic Center in Compassion Grove (look for the teleporter to the Newcastle Hall of Virtue). Once the nomination period is over, a debate shall be held within nine days (tentatively scheduled for 8/03/15 8:00pm CDT). A finalized ballot will be published that evening, and will be available from a steward stationed next to the mailbox at the Newcastle Hall of Virtue (keyword to be announced on the 3rd). The voting period will start August 3rd and run until five minutes before the 466th session of the High Council of Britannia (7:55pm CDT, 8/10/15). (The ballot submission deadline is firm.) [Discuss This Article]

Moonglow Garden Gala and Faire Submitted by Martyna_Zmuir on July 14, 2015 at 5:37 PM CDT From the office of Duchess Kittie, Governor of Moonglow: Attention Citizens of Britannia! The City of Moonglow is proud to present, the first Moonglow Garden Gala and Faire on July 25th, 2015 from 1-6pm CDT. It's a day of fun, games and so much more!! Join us at 1pm for the Jousting tournament! Where you can either submit to be part of the action or sit and watch the events take place! 1st Prize - 20,000,000 Gold 2nd Prize - 15,000,000 Gold 3rd Prize - 10,000,000 Gold Next, stay for the trivia starting at 2pm! Where you have a chance at winning some spectacular gold with each question being 100,000 gold!! At 3pm we'll have the archery tournament! Where archers can compete to win some nice gold as well! 1st Place - 10,000,000 Gold 2nd Place - 7,000,000 Gold 3rd Place - 3,000,000 Gold Next at 4pm we have the Garden Contest judging! Take a peek at all the beautiful player made gardens entered for a chance at even MORE gold! 1st Place - 20,000,000 Gold 2nd Place - 15,000,000 Gold 3rd Place - 10,000,000 Gold Here are the rules: 1. The focus of the garden, should be around plants. 2. Creativity is encouraged! 3. Plants cannot *all* be potted. 4. They can all be bought, grown or gifted or even made through the customize gump for housing. 5. Gardens MUST be a minimum of 12x12, but no larger than 18x18. You are judged on: Creativity and Originality!! So please keep that in mind when creating your gardens! Finally at 5pm we have the Rares auction! So stick around for all the amazing items you may find! Some may be for a good deal and some may be items you may not see for a *long* time! Either way, make sure your bank box is ready! Don't forget to stick around though afterwards, as after the auction we'll be announcing the winners to the FREE raffle for some amazing prizes!! Just in time to catch a gate to Great Lakes' Deal or No Deal! To read the full announcement on the forums, click HERE. NOTE: Please refer to the above forum post for any event changes or additions!

Royal Spy Promotions and Utility Belts Submitted by Martyna_Zmuir on July 8, 2015 at 8:30 PM CDT Originally posted July 8th, 2015 by an EM on the Great Lakes EM Site: Your Royal Spy rank, and the item that goes with it, will be available, upon request, until and including Tuesday, August 4th, to spies who couldn’t be at the recent ceremony. These are for ranks earned by the end of June 2015 by attending at least three Tuesday events. You can receive these by asking for them after events this month or by emailing us to setup an appointment. We would also like to celebrate the first 250+ missions of the Royal Spies and thank all of those who have been part of the story for the last six years. Listed below are every spy training and mission up to #255. To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.