UO Second Age

Ok obviously I'm new. I have only played for less than a day, but I'm loving what I see so far. I had forgotten how difficult it could be back then starting out. I love it.
The creators of this shard have done a great job with making this fell like it was back in the day. Lol I get a truly authentic experience with the lag I get (Playing via satellite in Iraq), so I'm confined to mostly crafting atm, but that will change when I get back to the states soon. Can't wait to really dig into this server.

Anyways in case anyone cares, I was Thalmaturgen of the CoB on Great Lakes from 1998-2000, I was an anti so some of you probably killed me a time or three unless I killed you first, then on to Sonoma until AOS hit. After that I gave up UO entirely and didn't look back until I saw a certain thread on stratics and was very subtly pointed this direction.

Welcome to UOSA Thalmaturgen! Glad you're enjoying yourself so far

Nice to have you! If you need a house to help get yourself started here, I have a vacancy at Trinsic Estates. Just click the link in my signature for more information, and shoot me a message if you're interested. Enjoy the server!

I appreciate the offer, but with the way my time goes here in Iraq, I'll be playing catch as catch can on this server, so while the thought of a house to come back to after a mission would be great, I feel it would be better off in the hands of someone who would be able to play more often thus getting good use out of it before moving on to their own home.

Fair enough. Offer still stands as long as I have a vacancy. Best of luck here and there.

[OOC: Hey Thalmaturgen, and welcome to the server!

If you really want to immerse yourself into the feeling of old school UO, why not consider throwing yourself into RP?

Have you heard about The Militia?

We're a relatively new role-playing guild with a very content rich background and well-structured hierarchy to ensure fun can be had by all guild members without the need for guild leaders to necessarily be around; as activity is generated by the members themselves, such as foot patrols lead by mid-level superiors etc. We're constantly on the look out for Recruits, whether they wish to join the militia side of the guild, or make a citizen character that could be anything from a barkeeper, to a craftsman, to a treasure hunter, to a highwayman.

We offer a 'hard-core' RP style that as far as I am aware, is currently unavailable in any other guild on the shard. By this, I mean we don't use magery, we don't use magic weapons; we're role-playing rag-tag militiamen designed to make an already difficult era even more tough, i.e. peasants who're fed up of having their fields raided by orcs, and have taken up what arms they can find to help protect other citizens like they themselves used to be.

We're not designed to be amazing at PvP, or even stand up really well to a multiple PK attack - We're designed for long-term fun, based on a concept and similar rules that have worked (and still are working) on the official OSI 'Europa' shard since '98 (and our inspirational guilds/communities are still running strong there today after 12 years).

We also follow a ruleset known as the 'Laws of War' which is tried & tested; it worked with the Europa RP communities of this era (only adapting to account for the games' expansions over the years). This LoW means that any RP guilds who choose to go to war with us must also abide by this same rule-set; this rules cover things like recovery time after battles, magic restrictions, and looting; ensuring that combat and interaction is kept fair, such as "low-fantasy" guilds standing a chance on the battlefield against a guild solely based around the use of magery, for instance.

It might sounds like a lot of effort to some people; and many don't enjoy the concept of playing without magery or magic weapons after years of doing so... But with a possibility to have up to 15 characters on this shard and not pay a penny, what've you got to lose?

Feel free to check out our website, and if you have any questions, you can PM me on the forums or contact me by the ICQ number in my signature.

Regardless of whether or not you choose to have a career in the militia, I hope you enjoy your time on the UOSA shard!]