UO Second Age

Pro wrote:A wipe is one of those things that sounds good but in reality would suck.

I think the same way about this.

Kabal wrote: A brand new siege rules UOSA shard!!!

This would be cool so long as it didn't result in 2 shards both having crappy population.

UO Angel Island tried to do a wipe thinking it would improve the popularity; it ultimately killed the server and all confidence was lost in Adam Ant. There are plenty of new uo shards popping up. The reason this server regardless of its issues will outlast others is Derricks steadfast resolve and the confidence people have in him.

Side Note: When angel island was wiped those that tried to play again had maxed chars in 1 month and all the newness was gone.

Secondage is a great server; if your bored do something else and come back. Thats what I did.

Faust wrote:UO's economy is ruined by default from the start simply by design.

Unfortunately, I have to partially agree with this statement. The creators of UO were not economists. Had they been there would have been a lot of common sense mechanisms that they would have put in place to manage the economy.

yea :/ unemployment is through the roof

WiseOne wrote:Food for thought: If Derrick started a parallel server with exactly the same settings but clean as the day UOSA launched, how many people would go over and start characters there? My guess is almost everyone.

i would have characters on both to kill ppl

Kabal wrote:I want it to be hard to find a tribal mask and when I see someone pvping in one I think "woah, I wonder what his resist is, he could lose that mask".

those are called pures and vanq hallys

Cindrew wrote:UO Angel Island tried to do a wipe thinking it would improve the popularity; it ultimately killed the server and all confidence was lost in Adam Ant. There are plenty of new uo shards popping up. The reason this server regardless of its issues will outlast others is Derricks steadfast resolve and the confidence people have in him.

Side Note: When angel island was wiped those that tried to play again had maxed chars in 1 month and all the newness was gone.

Secondage is a great server; if your bored do something else and come back. Thats what I did.

lol, UOSA can't ever be compared to Angel Island.

Imagine a pvp tourny before anyone has reached GM in a skill.

Ill throw my 2 cents in. On day 4 since joining, thanks to having 3 chars simultaneously, my bard is almost ready to farm, my dexer is ready to spar, and i am very close on buying a small house deed thanks to lumberjacking and non-afking macro to boot.

If i had to do this like back in the day with one account, i probably would just make a begger (no, not the skill, but me being annoying by begging people at banks).

Recently, i came to the understanding that there arent any champion t2a spawns on this server. Thats disappointing, because that alone would bring people together and promote teamwork. AND attract epic pk pvp battles during the later champion stages!

decapitator wrote: If i had to do this like back in the day with one account, i probably would just make a begger (no, not the skill, but me being annoying by begging people at banks).

That's "the way it was." Goodnight all, and good luck.

Imagine if we lived on a shard where help stuck menu has never functioned as a travel stone.

Kabal wrote:Imagine if we lived on a shard where help stuck menu has never functioned as a travel stone.

"... if we lived ..." hehe. I like the wording here. That's what UO is.

On the topic, I'm all for the wipe, but only after accurate skill gain system takes its place on UOSA (advancement rates, global skills pool, ...). Also, with the wipe we will lose all the UOSA history relics, which is unfortunate. It's gonna be just as fun and challenging to start playing there, like when OSI launched Origin shard. A lot of people jumped ship to play on this fresh, new shard and explore the new expansion because it was fun.

That being said, it's very unlikely that Derrick wipes the shard. Destroying everything just for the sake of putting everybody in equal position is really dull as players have never been treated equally on OSI; moreover, it's just a matter of a couple of months to macro the wealth back.

rouss wrote:

Kabal wrote:Imagine if we lived on a shard where help stuck menu has never functioned as a travel stone.

"... if we lived ..." hehe. I like the wording here. That's what UO is.

On the topic, I'm all for the wipe, but only after accurate skill gain system takes its place on UOSA (advancement rates, global skills pool, ...). Also, with the wipe we will lose all the UOSA history relics, which is unfortunate. It's gonna be just as fun and challenging to start playing there, like when OSI launched Origin shard. A lot of people jumped ship to play on this fresh, new shard and explore the new expansion because it was fun.

That being said, it's very unlikely that Derrick wipes the shard. Destroying everything just for the sake of putting everybody in equal position is really dull as players have never been treated equally on OSI; moreover, it's just a matter of a couple of months to macro the wealth back.

Ya your pretty much right but I think we can make a memorial area somehow or basically do another CUB which gives you some kind of value on the new and imporved shard.

As far as a wipe, I am against. I have power gamed my way the past few months, and I am still behind my mark. I would not return if the server was wiped. Making a clean second server, I would think would be a better idea. However, the resources to create a second server are more than likely not available.

Recently, i came to the understanding that there arent any champion t2a spawns on this server. Thats disappointing, because that alone would bring people together and promote teamwork. AND attract epic pk pvp battles during the later champion stages!

This is one thing I can not understand--Tournies being done away with because of ERA Accuracy. It's freewill to participate right? Awards were only cosmetic? What's the problem? I wasn't around when tournies were here, but I wish I had been, that would be enough to spice it up for me every now and then.

I do see how It can get boring. Everyone is the same spec because Weapon/Armor Decay seems to be tweeked higher than it was and weapon drops are low, so the ratio is off, making it far to time consuming to be a true Dexer. I remember hitting lvl 4 T-chest constantly, and snagging 10 vanqs each one. I did 5 in a row here and got nothing but ruin, almost hit the delete button right then. =/

Shard wipe = bad idea.

Delete all stackable items = good idea!


DISCLAIMER: There is sarcasm in this post!

This has always been the best shard and I think Derrick can set the bar even higher.