With all this talk(again) of an official t2a/Pre-UOR shard..

[Calix]

Would you play it, and if so, why, and what are the things you believe would be most important for it? Personally I don't believe a 'classic' t2a shard would be the best, it would need some modifications

For me:
No horses OR reduced mount speed/stamina
One character per account
Obviously one facet, no trammel.
No recall
Large incentives for people to PvM in dungeons. People aren't going to go back into 8 yr old dungeons unless there's a good reason for them to do so.
Support for player towns. Like the blessings old towns got, but with continued support. RP/Player towns are the basis of the community that made UO great pre-uor.
Runebooks would have to be in.

I'm completely undecided on statloss, i'd like there to be none, but would no statloss give ANY hope to player towns? I'd like to think player justice would work, and anti guilds would form, but IPY/official UO have told us it dosen't quite work.
For no statloss I think playertowns would need to be given some special advantage, like faction guards or something.

Blame Nixon for getting me onto this subject again.

[Calix]

Also look at the date on this article.

We've been saying the same thing for years. No game is ever gonna match UO, make a fucking oldstyle shard.

http://www.battlevortex.com/wwwthreads/ ... o=0&fpart=

[Villa]

I won't play UO again, no matter what kind of theme or period or whatever.

It's had its period of glory and now it is time to move on.

[Calix]

Villa you're such a stubborn bastard. I'd play whatever's fun, not base my actions on "it's time is over"

[Villa]

See the thing is, I would rather my meories of UO remain positive in the main.
I would rather not risk returning to a game that I know would cause frustration for whatever reasons... I want my memories of UO to remain positive overall.

[Calix]

I just play computer games to have fun personally:(

[Benn]

I want a p14 siege shard. I loved that ;(

[Villa]

Play AOK pls.

[Nixon]

Play AOK pls.

It's time was over in the 90's son.

I'm too tired to post about the pre UO:R shard, but you know where I stand on it calix - supporting it ofc

[Laz]

I'd deffinately play, I used to love UO back then.

[blue]

erm, you can't recall??? but have to have runebooks?

[pain]

No recall

That's pretty heavy mate. You expect people to walk EVERYWHERE?

I'd say same rules as DFI. However I'm not sure how long I'd play it for. Powerhour is a must.
I'd probably give it a mess around, but it just wouldn't be "uo" if you know what I mean, it wouldn't be Europa for sure.

[Calix]

For gate Biff..
Recall is the most overpowered spell in UO. Siege worked well without it.

[Benn]

Siege was awesome without recall.

Made it just had enough to travel that you couldn't instantly get to anywhere on the shard with a gank squad

[pain]

So we can gate but not recall? ok
Though it could be annoying with less mana and a lower success rate on level 7 spells.
I guess it beats walking.