Steam launch

Dan2607

Gonna give this one a go. Been following it for a while and decided to wait till Steam. 

Loved UO and preferred Trammel tbh , role playing in guild vs guild pvp scenario.  Enjoyed PVE there also. Fellucca was always available and worth a run from time to time but generally grief. 

Ive seen a few game -play vids and seen negative and positive things written. The positive things are telling me this is worth a go and i'd would love to get into some RP stuff again.

I'm interested in any positive experiences in this. As I'm already gonna spend the cash, I'd like to find the negatives out for myself.

Tokken

I like the game.  Don't expect current (modern) UO....... instead early UO stage. The game has been evolving in a good way. I bought the game early and have been playing on and off...... and most of the recent changes have been positive.  I've been mainly waiting for the steam launch so that I had a solid version to play.

Sovrath

Arterius said:

Wait did it launch today? Didn't get a steam code emailed to me

According to Steam it launches in 6 hours.

Dan2607

Launches today yep.

Dan2607

Thanks Tokken. Yeah I felt this launch would be the time to do it.

Albatroes

This game has OWPvP? If so, is it full-loot similar to Albion? That's been one of the things keeping me from actually playing Albion.

Sovrath

Albatroes said:

This game has OWPvP? If so, is it full-loot similar to Albion? That's been one of the things keeping me from actually playing Albion.

It seems that they had some sort of rule change where you can opt into ffa pvp if you want.

I'll definitely be giving it a try.

edit: apparently this:

"What we have done with this release is to expand our protected zone to include most of the game world and mid to end game items, while still making sure the rate of gaining materials, gold and ability resources is high in the unrestricted PvP area. This gives players who want to enjoy relative safety access to the majority of the game’s content, while still providing adequate rewards for taking the risk of adventuring in unrestricted areas."

Tokken

Arterius said:

Wait did it launch today? Didn't get a steam code emailed to me

If you bought into the game early, then you will probably not get a steam code for a few days (or a week). Devs said that steam would give them the codes after the launch.

Luiden

I’ve stayed away from this because of the dropping of loot on death and other harsh death penalties, is that still the case with this game?  I just don’t want to deal with those type of old mechanics, the fact that I actually die from something pisses me off enough, I don’t need to be digitally raped because of it.

Tokken

Arterius said:

Wait did it launch today? Didn't get a steam code emailed to me

Looks like I was wrong, surprise surprise: 

If you are a previous backer.......... You can generate your steam key for the game on you LOA site dashboard. I just did it.  

Link your Steam Account

GENERATE KEY

Wizardry

This game could have some potential but here is the problem and this problem has existed in EVERY game like this.

Shards DO NOT work...period.Now if you want to make a shard to just mess around by yourself or with a few friends,so be it but it segregates the community into tiny pockets of nothing.

If a world/zone is a decent size,you need 1500-5000 players per server to keep it looking decently busy.If you have all these tiny shards with 5/10/25 players,it really just becomes a single player game.IS there a better way/answer to allow modding,no there isn't right now that i can think of.

So it ends up being like for example similar to one of my Atlas shard/servers.So then it comes down to,can Aria offer what Atlas offers when considering it will be a SMALL,very small tiny shard with a few players?I highly doubt Aria can offer what Atlas has,i just don't see anyone topping Atlas for quite some time because the next leap is to take Atlas "survival game" and mix it with a questing/themepark game.

I think it will happen but not for awhile,several years but eventually we get a mix of a survival game and a themepark all wrapped into one package with full modding YAY !!.

Wizardry

Luiden said:

I’ve stayed away from this because of the dropping of loot on death and other harsh death penalties, is that still the case with this game?  I just don’t want to deal with those type of old mechanics, the fact that I actually die from something pisses me off enough, I don’t need to be digitally raped because of it.

Yeah i have no idea why devs are not smart enough to LEARN ,this problem has existed game after game after game and fails ALL the time.

Tiller

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