Account Center Maintenance - 02/06 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 6, 2012 at 2:28 PM CST Originally posted 5 Feb 2012 21:41:04 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Update 11:15am EST: The maintenance is complete. Greetings, We will bring down the Account Center for a maintenance today, Monday February 6th, 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 1:00pm EST (19:00 CET). Thank you for your understanding. [Discuss This Article]

Account Safety Reminder II Submitted by UO_Herald on February 6, 2012 at 2:26 PM CST Originally posted 3 Feb 2012 19:25:35 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Three weeks ago, we posted a reminder about account safety and mentioned the option to set up a secret word to add extra security to your account. The secret word will identify you as the true owner of the account in case your details got lost or changed. If you don't have a secret word, you should go to the account center and add it to your account right now. If you don't remember your secret word, send an to email support@ultimaonline.com, supply them with your account name, email address, cc info, and any other information (e.g. game codes), and request to have the secret word changed. Please make sure that nobody else knows this word. [Discuss This Article]

Publish 74.0.2 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 6, 2012 at 2:23 PM CST Originally posted 3 Feb 2012 15:31:32 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: We will stage a server publish for all shards during the maintenance tonight. The publish will address two topics: Resolved an issue related to containers in the Wrong prison Resolved a few issues with the protesters, rioters and raiders [Discuss This Article]

Publish 74.0.1 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 2, 2012 at 8:38 PM CST Originally posted 2 Feb 2012 19:24:48 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: We will stage a server publish for all shards during the maintenance tonight. The publish will address two topics: Fixed an issue that made Atlantic crash Siege player will once again be able to gate to their boats [Discuss This Article]

Openings for Event Moderators for Japanese Speaking Players Submitted by UO_Herald on February 2, 2012 at 8:36 PM CST Originally posted 2 Feb 2012 16:36:00 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings everyone, We are looking for 6 players that are creative, outgoing, and love to make events come to life on Japanese shards. These positions require you to be 18 years of age, and able to put in 20 hours a month. A small amount of English is a must to be able to communicate with the team. If you are interested in being a part of the Event Moderator team; please fill out the following application and return it to barmstrong AT ea.com. Name: Age: Shard/shards you play on: What language (s) do you speak? Account names (no passwords please): How long have you played UO: Have you ever been a volunteer or worked with EA before? What type of character do you like to play? If you could change anything about UO what would it be? Where do you buy bananas? (sorry couldn’t resist) Has any of your accounts ever been suspended, if so what was the reason? Write a short event that you would like to run on a shard, include the type of decoration and reward you would like to give. Please remember you are not allowed to EM on the shard you play on. We look forward to hearing from you. [Discuss This Article]

Client Patch - 02/01 Submitted by UO_Herald on February 2, 2012 at 8:34 PM CST Originally posted 1 Feb 2012 17:57:47 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: We will release a non-mandatory client patch today. Classic client 7.0.23.1 Cliloc Changes Enhanced Client 4.0.23.1 Cliloc Changes [Discuss This Article]

Last Chance to Get Your Sign up Bonus Submitted by UO_Herald on February 2, 2012 at 8:31 PM CST Originally posted 1 Feb 2012 13:15:55 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: The opportunity to get a 14 days bonus when you renew your Ultima Online account will expire tomorrow. If you want to renew your account, use this last day to do so and visit our Account Center now. [Discuss This Article]

Producer's Letter Submitted by UO_Herald on February 2, 2012 at 8:25 PM CST Originally posted 31 Jan 2012 16:49:35 EST by Jeff Skalski on the UO Herald: Happy New Year Everyone! Hope everyone had a fun and game filled holiday break with friends and family. 2012 is upon us and for Ultima Online it's time to celebrate our 15 year journey. UO to me is the MMORPG that kick started this genre and we have so much to be thankful for it. I have much respect for the original Origin crew who got this ball rolling. UO would be nothing without the fans and passionate community it has. You guys and ladies are the best and longest supportive group of creative players I know of. You continue to amaze me with how you play within our little sandbox world. So many great stories to be shared, and new stories yet to be written. To all the players who have walked the lands of Sosaria I encourage you to join us this year for the celebration. An epic story arc has begun that will carry us till September when a new.... (Mesanna just gave me the evil eye again.) Well you'll just have to play and see. ;) The team is hard at work to do everything we can to make this year a year to remember. Thanks to everyone for all the constructive feedback from pub 73. Pub 74 has now gone worldwide and if you haven't had a chance yet to check out the patch notes you can do so here. Pub 75 development is already well underway. Lots to do in support of the anniversary arc and a handful of long overdue bugs we plan to attack. Let us know what you think of the recent revamps to Wrong and Shame dungeons. We're planning to continue to revamp the rest of the sins dungeons every other publish, so let us know which one you like to see next. Other items on the table for discussion this year (insert typical disclaimer here ;) is finding more creative ways to deal with our hackers, improving our enhance and legacy clients, putting the challenge back into champ spawns and bringing value back to plate are just a few examples of what we like to get done. Revitalizing the old, celebrating 15 years and aggressively knocking out bugs is a major focus us over the coming months. Now I'm sure several of you are wondering what about the high res art for EC that was mentioned before. Well I just got a preview of it and it's not ready for primetime yet. I know many of you are really looking forward to it, but we need this to cook a little longer. The highres art should look better, not different, so it's turning out to be more challenging than originally planned. On other news, keep an eye on the UO Herald for upcoming EM events tied to our anniversary story arc. You won't' want to miss it. Speaking of the herald, we are planning to relaunch UO.com later this year with an all new look. More details to follow on that in future posts. We also will start doing spotlight articles on some of our most passionate fans and their love for Ultima Online. It's amazing what some of you have done and I'm happy to share it. On our Origin.com store we will continue to roll out a several new offers over the coming months. 30 day game time codes and a reincarnation token (gender, race and name change) are up to bat first. We hear you loud and clear about wishing for the ability to buy codes in quantity and are working with the Origin to get that functionality as soon as possible. For those having issues connecting to the Origin store in their region I urge you to check out PayByCash for another method for meeting all your UO shopping needs. Before signing off I wanted to say one last thing... thank you. Thank you to all current UO players for helping us mold Britannia into what it is today and thank you to all the previous players who helped defined what Ultima Online will be remembered as for generations to come. Lots going on in 20-12, so buckle up and we hope you enjoy the ride with us! Cheers, Jeff Skalski Ultima Franchise Producer Tweet me anytime @jeff_skalski [Discuss This Article]

Account Center Maintenance - 01/30 Submitted by UO_Herald on January 30, 2012 at 11:09 PM CST Originally posted 30 Jan 2012 22:06:14 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Due to an EA-wide maintenance that will affect our game and others, we will be bringing down our account center at 11:45pm EST (4:45am GMT). During the maintenance you will not be able to change subscription or redeem game codes. At this time we expect the servive to be back up no later than 8am EST (1pm GMT). See you in the game! [Discuss This Article]

Publish 74.0 Comes to All Shards - 01/31 Submitted by UO_Herald on January 30, 2012 at 11:07 PM CST Originally posted 30 Jan 2012 18:26:38 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, We will push Publish 74.0 to all shards during the next maintenance cycle, in the early morning of January 31. Here are the complete notes for your reading pleasure, enjoy and see you in the game! Publish 74.0 To read the full article on the forums, click HERE.

Legends "Gold Diggers" Claim Treasure Hunt Championship Submitted by UO_Herald on January 30, 2012 at 11:01 PM CST Originally posted 27 Jan 2012 12:25:33 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Written by EM Helios On Friday's eve January 20th, The Gold Diggers of Legends layed claim therein to the title and trophy of the cross shard treasure hunting championship; besting the Purple team and defending champions of Great Lakes. In a landslide victory the diggers won in grand fashion finishing well over ten minutes ahead of their rivals. With furious teamwork and precise tactics, the diggers took advantage of miscues and disconnects amongst their competitors en route to victory! Team Great Lakes ever gracious in defeat, resolved to finish their maps to the applause of all in attendance. Finishing the competition, the former champions congratulated those newly crowned, and wished them well in their first defense. Team Purple also requested the honor of a rematch if Legends is fortunate to hold onto the title for the forseeable future. All in all the night was a grand event to behold, win lose or draw everyone had a great time showed impeccable sportsmanship and represented their shard with great honor and humility. Both Legends and Great Lakes should be quite honored to call each team their respective representative! The Diggers of Legends enjoy the moment for now, for they know stiff opposition is forthcoming. They welcome any who wish to step forward and challenge their swiftness and cunning and look forward to the opportunity to showcase their skills, their team, and their home shard. [Discuss This Article]

Re-Forging Returns to TC and Origin Submitted by UO_Herald on January 25, 2012 at 11:54 PM CST Originally posted 25 Jan 2012 17:57:34 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, We will bring back ReForging to Test Center and Origin today, along with the mandatory Classic Client patch 7.0.23 and Enhanced Client patch 4.0.23. These are the additional Publish notes: If you want to do normal runic crafting then be near a regular forge, if you want to use the Reforging Tool then you must be near a soul forge. To use the Re-Forging option of your runic tool you must have a minimum of 65 Imbuing skill. The higher your Imbuing skill the more options available to you. Concentration and Focus were removed from the options of the ReForging tool Please note, that you are not able to transfer characters from or to Origin until the Publish is on all shards. [Discuss This Article]

Account Center Maintenance - 01/25 Submitted by UO_Herald on January 24, 2012 at 9:16 PM CST Originally posted 24 Jan 2012 16:50:32 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, We will bring down the Account Center for a maintenance tomorrow, Wednesday January 25th, at 8am EST (14:00 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 1:00pm EST (19:00 CET). Thank you for your understanding. [Discuss This Article]

Delay in the House Placement Tool Submitted by UO_Herald on January 23, 2012 at 7:28 PM CST Originally posted 23 Jan 2012 19:23:55 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Update: Due to the current issues we advice you not to resize or decorate your house at the moment. Please keep an eye on the Herald for updates. The house placement tool currently encounters a delay of up to a few minutes on all shards. Our teams are investigating the situation right now and will try to solve it as soon as possible. If you want to use this tool at the moment, please display patience. Thank you for your understanding! [Discuss This Article]

The Awakening - Act 1 Submitted by UO_Herald on January 20, 2012 at 2:38 PM CST Originally posted 20 Jan 2012 12:26:22 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Written by the EM Team Buzzards circled high in the sky above the inland roads that led away from the ferries of Skara Brae, their lazy paths taking them in loops above whatever carcass lay beneath. Artemia took notice of them as she crept silently through the forest, hot on the heels of the hart she’d spied an hour earlier. The old stag was a crafty one and had kept out of any clean shots so far, but she knew that ahead lay a clearing before the land gave way to the road. If she was going to get a clean shot, that would be her opening. With swift and sure motions she indulged herself in the hunt, and she broke into the clearing and sighted on the great stag for only a brief moment before a scowl rose to her face. It seemed that the object of the vulture’s attention was here. The stag made its way back into the brush as she stalked closer to the carcasses in the clearing, and began to check through them. To read the full story on the forums, click HERE.

Update on Housing Decay Submitted by UO_Herald on January 20, 2012 at 2:34 PM CST Originally posted 20 Jan 2012 12:12:35 EST by Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong on the UO Herald: We have re-activated Housing Decay on Tuesday. If your account has been inactive for more than 90 days, you have 2 days left before your house is gone. After your have reactivated your account, it can take up to 24 hours for your house to be refreshed and display the correct status. If you have reactivated your account and your house status hasn't updated after these 24 hour, please contact us. [Discuss This Article]

Reverting Origin to This Morning Submitted by UO_Herald on January 19, 2012 at 3:09 PM CST Originally posted 19 Jan 2012 16:25:51 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Update 4:40pm EST: Origin is back online with the fix. Greetings, Due to an issue with players dropping their robes discovered on Origin, we are forced to do a revert of the shard back to this morning. At this moment you are no longer able to log in to the shard; we'll take it down later this afternoon to fix the issue. Keep an eye on the Herald for updates. Thank you for your understanding. [Discuss This Article]

Pub 74.0 Comes to Origin Submitted by UO_Herald on January 18, 2012 at 11:03 PM CST Originally posted 18 Jan 2012 19:03:16 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Greetings, Publish 74.0 comes to Origin tonight. The Publish 74.0 Notes remain unchanged with one exception: Runic Re-Forging – This is being removed for this publish to Origin due to a few issues we encountered on TC; we will be re-publishing it to TC and Origin later before we go World Wide. See you in-game! [Discuss This Article]

Treasure Hunt - A New Challenge Submitted by UO_Herald on January 18, 2012 at 10:51 PM CST Originally posted 18 Jan 2012 11:54:33 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: Attention to all beings across the Shards! The 5th match of the Cross Shard Treasure Hunting Competition is upon us! The year ended on an exciting note, as the Purple Llamas of the Great Lakes shard defeated the two-time champion Blue Beetles of Catskills. But while the new year brings a new champion, it also has seen it's first challenger – Legends! Please continue reading for their written challenge, as well as Champion's response. When: Friday, January 20th Time: 9pm EST, 8pm Central Location: Nujel'm Chessboard, Trammel Shard: Test Center Come cheer on your favorite team! Moongates will be provided from New Haven bank. [Discuss This Article]

Reminder: Housing Decay Reactivated Today Submitted by UO_Herald on January 17, 2012 at 7:34 PM CST Originally posted 17 Jan 2012 15:11:24 EST by Kai Schober on the UO Herald: We will turn on housing decay today. Please take the necessary steps to secure your house before its turned back on. Please note that even if your account has been inactive for more than 90 days, you still have 5 days after housing decay is back, before your house is gone. If want to log in but you haven't had the chance to link your account in the Account Center yet, please check the Account Center Management Page guide and the How to link my Accounts guide. You can always contact 'support@ultimaonline.com' if you encounter a problem. See you in-game! [Discuss This Article]