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27-09-2007, 04:17 PM

Hey all,
I just bought the UO 9th anny edition (last one in my town, believe it or not) and I've decided to come back and play UO until I have to ship out. I'm planning on playing on Atlantic (probably), and I'm wondering a couple of things -

1. - Is there still space to drop a house if you want one? I know the game used to be so crowded it was nuts.

2. - I know if you don't want PvP you shouldn't play UO, and I don't mind PvPing. I actually think its pretty fun. What I don't think is fun is "getting ganked" in gamertalk. Used to be a problem, is it still? I mean I know there will always be "those guys," but are there still entire guilds dedicated to wanton newbie-slaying? Just curious.

3. - Is the game still newbie-friendly? I want to play one of these "new classes" that I've heard about. Samurai or Pally or something (actually I want to start a treasure hunter, but thats another thread), but I know diddly about them. If I choose to play one of those types of characters, am I in for more heartache than it's worth?

4. - Wealth. Back in the day it wasn't hard to get money, but it wasn't exactly a fast process either. Is money available to be made as a newbie? I mean, can you make a decent return on your time if you choose to do nothing but farm/harvest/create for a couple of hours?

Any help here is appreciated, and any web links, guilds still around and friendly to new players are always appreciated as well.

** As a note - when I referenced "the day" that was "back when," I was referring to the release of T2A and about 8 months thereafter. Yea - its been a while.

-X.

27-09-2007, 04:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
XeroJaeger Guest Posts: n/a My Mood:	Old, old player coming back with a few ?s Hey all, I just bought the UO 9th anny edition (last one in my town, believe it or not) and I've decided to come back and play UO until I have to ship out. I'm planning on playing on Atlantic (probably), and I'm wondering a couple of things - 1. - Is there still space to drop a house if you want one? I know the game used to be so crowded it was nuts. 2. - I know if you don't want PvP you shouldn't play UO, and I don't mind PvPing. I actually think its pretty fun. What I don't think is fun is "getting ganked" in gamertalk. Used to be a problem, is it still? I mean I know there will always be "those guys," but are there still entire guilds dedicated to wanton newbie-slaying? Just curious. 3. - Is the game still newbie-friendly? I want to play one of these "new classes" that I've heard about. Samurai or Pally or something (actually I want to start a treasure hunter, but thats another thread), but I know diddly about them. If I choose to play one of those types of characters, am I in for more heartache than it's worth? 4. - Wealth. Back in the day it wasn't hard to get money, but it wasn't exactly a fast process either. Is money available to be made as a newbie? I mean, can you make a decent return on your time if you choose to do nothing but farm/harvest/create for a couple of hours? Any help here is appreciated, and any web links, guilds still around and friendly to new players are always appreciated as well. ** As a note - when I referenced "the day" that was "back when," I was referring to the release of T2A and about 8 months thereafter. Yea - its been a while. -X.