Hey guys,

I've been away from I quit UO right after the AOS stuff and have recently reactivated my account. After placing a house (I didn't think this would ever happen) and reviving my characters I am puzzled about skill gain. I am trying to GM my Magery skill on my crafter, but I keep seeing conflicting reports about 8x8 working/not working. Also I thought that stat gains were limited to 1 gain per 15 mins and a total of 10 gains per day, however my crafter went from 50 int to 95 int in a single day by raising both magery and med. Any insight into either of these questions will be greatly appreciated. Long live UO and Lake Superior.

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Cadillacjoe (AKA Xentel on LS)

8x8 doesn't work anymore, but that does mean you can gm skills in your own home, as the anti macro code also got removed.

The stat gain system was also changed, you can now gain an unlimited amount of stats per day
I can't remember off hand if there's a timer between each gain though

Wow, I guess that explains why I haven't seen anyone on the high seas in two days. I can't believe they took out the anti-micro code. I guess that just means that I will have an easier time gaining skills . Thanks for the info and the super fast reply. I think I just found the best source of information for UO.

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Cadillacjoe (AKA Xentel on LS)

8x8 was convenient, though. Anyone have any personal experience raising skills without 8x8? Specifically spellweaving...I've been playing for 10 years and long ago got the skills I wanted the hard way, but I've always wanted to try SW.

I used 8x8 back in the day to GM Healing and Hiding in no time.

Hiding still seems easy enough to raise, but Healing is a crawler for me.

I think it was mentioned, with uoassist and 100% lrc mageyr is easy to cap out in your house or by just getting on a ship, sailing slow forward and casting on the tiller man.

We have some pretty informative skill gain guides in the skills forum. Including information on the stats, and raising the magery skill the best way (equip a spell channel -magery wep and cast, OR use a 100% poison magery wep in combat on a golem (must be over 80 magery with the wep equipped to gain)). Either way, about 10 hours to GM, 25 to get to 120.

As for spellweaving, all I can say is LOTS of LMC and MR on your suit. LRC is not required. I also heartily suggest getting to 70 necro (with or without the use of items, your choice) for the extra 18 mr. It will STILL be painful. It took me about 10 hours to get to 95 spellweaving with MR 30, LMC 40, 100 Med, 100 Focus ( a total of 3.2 mana per second)