NYC Townhall

**Silverfoot** · 25-02-2007, 11:59 AM

First off I had a great time, as usual, meeting folks from the game and putting a face to the player.

Some of the highlights I remember

1) No Gargoyle quest. You play them from scratch
2) No extra slots (I'm happy I think 6 is plenty)
3) Looks like Back packs have 3 different fiews (pix below)
4) Absolutely coded KR for 56k dialup us
5) Punkbuster is dead, but they are doing things within the client to curb illegal activites. No info will be really released as it's considered a security thing and the best security is for the perp not to know what he's up against.
6) New password security features is in the works.
7) Beta will be coming along soon, although it is later than they thought. Some folks won beta entry (How a woman can tell her actual age in public is beyond me, I thought that was against Woman's law! Cost me a beta spot as the oldest person there!! )
8) Longest distance traveled to event was from South Carolina (Won them a beta spot, they were out of tshirts so I gave the gal mine
9) Will be looking to improve the EM/Live event program some things in the works as we speak.
10) Spoke of more soulstones and possibly putting them for sale at the UO store since there seems to be a demand for them
11) Abyss, will be talking to marketing about a multi-pack upgrade choice for the Abyss expansion (Think ML 5 pack)
12 A number of screen resolutions above the current max
13) Discussions on char transfer between accounts ( Don't hold your breath), Town stones and the player run towns were held, but just informally

Most importantly. Forget the pictures or the video graphics, got a chance to actually see the game running on Darks laptop, I believe the coloring to be awesome. It really is a "Live" 2d effect. I know I'm going to like it.

Backpacks seemed to have 3 views whcih is easy to toggle thru Pic 1 shows what you might consider the current unorganized view, in the bottom corner of pic 2 you can see the "list" view and in pic 4 you can see the pack in an organized boxed view.

Pictures to follow. We hit the ESPN Zone bfore and then the Waka bar on the walk there! So I refuse to be responsible for my phone camera quality!

OK Photo captions
1) Backpack view unorganized
2) Backpack view list also with paperdoll and stat screen
3) paper doll and stat screen
4) Swamp dragon on bridge w/ organized backpack view
5) Serpentine dragon
6) Zoom out of dungeon
7) Waka Boyz with recruit (Siege Players)
8) Silvani (EA-Mythic)
9) Spree (Siege)
10 Yasou of Waka (Siege)
11) Abyss chart

My photo (amongst a number of others LizzyT of Siege, more dungeon shots) of Sanya (EA-Mythic) blowing me a kiss got trashed, so there goes my blackmail for beta!

The Abyss dungeon checklist

New Player race: Gargoyles w/ new abilities
Largest dungeon in UO history
New monsters
New magic
New craftables
New skills
New housing designs
Due late summer '07

Well that's about it! Wish my other pics came out, but you can see some video from Spree on You tube. Use the view others by this subscriber to see them all. Spree has a couple up there.

The F-Bomb and Charger of the Fallen

**SnuggleBattleBunny** · 25-02-2007, 12:10 PM

I can't wait to see the craftables.
Silverfoot - is this just a meet up for Beta? One day I want to do a RL UOF meet up!

**SnuggleBattleBunny** · 25-02-2007, 12:12 PM

The Charger of the Fallen Clip.... It looks like its floating, and uber fast.....Tell me it looks better in game.

**Silverfoot** · 25-02-2007, 12:24 PM

Aye the floating effect will not be there. Still an early "alpha" And honesgtly looks nice on DS' laptop.

**SnuggleBattleBunny** · 25-02-2007, 12:31 PM

Great, I like the graphics

Just not crazy about the float effect hehe .

Thank you for sharing!

**Ally** · 25-02-2007, 12:40 PM

Swamp dragon looks cool. I heard someone say the charger looks like an armadillo. That's what I thought too in that clip.

**Adam** · 25-02-2007, 12:45 PM

Thanks for the report Silver!

**DiP** · 25-02-2007, 01:14 PM

Thanks Silver!

My only question is...

WHY no more info on these

New magic
New craftables
New skills

Now, I can understand wanting to withold information. But nobody asked? Or, if they did ask, atleast not a generalization of an answer? Something like "Does New Magic mean more spells for previous skills, or is that implying New Skills = New Magic (like Spellweaving was)?

Rascal · 25-02-2007, 01:19 PM

Good question DiP!!! ...."thinks to self...Oooops I posted again"

Will we have more rideable tameables or did I miss something??

**Ally** · 25-02-2007, 01:37 PM

I'm hoping they change their minds about the no quest for gargoyles.

Oh and I just saw the other vids of the swampy. They look so cool.

Sheltem · 25-02-2007, 02:01 PM

Did they give an exact date for KR release? weeks or months? I cannot wait any longer. hehe

**Queen Mum** · 25-02-2007, 02:37 PM

"Some of the highlights I remember"

Fantastic highlight memory you have there Silverfoot!! TY

*and tell your daughter HB for us :cheesy:

25-02-2007, 11:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
Silverfoot Mith'quessir Join Date: Mar 2005 Shard: Siege, Chesepeake Posts: 2,022 Thanks: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 7 Posts My Mood: Blog Entries: 1	NYC Townhall First off I had a great time, as usual, meeting folks from the game and putting a face to the player. Some of the highlights I remember 1) No Gargoyle quest. You play them from scratch 2) No extra slots (I'm happy I think 6 is plenty) 3) Looks like Back packs have 3 different fiews (pix below) 4) Absolutely coded KR for 56k dialup us 5) Punkbuster is dead, but they are doing things within the client to curb illegal activites. No info will be really released as it's considered a security thing and the best security is for the perp not to know what he's up against. 6) New password security features is in the works. 7) Beta will be coming along soon, although it is later than they thought. Some folks won beta entry (How a woman can tell her actual age in public is beyond me, I thought that was against Woman's law! Cost me a beta spot as the oldest person there!! ) 8) Longest distance traveled to event was from South Carolina (Won them a beta spot, they were out of tshirts so I gave the gal mine 9) Will be looking to improve the EM/Live event program some things in the works as we speak. 10) Spoke of more soulstones and possibly putting them for sale at the UO store since there seems to be a demand for them 11) Abyss, will be talking to marketing about a multi-pack upgrade choice for the Abyss expansion (Think ML 5 pack) 12 A number of screen resolutions above the current max 13) Discussions on char transfer between accounts ( Don't hold your breath), Town stones and the player run towns were held, but just informally Most importantly. Forget the pictures or the video graphics, got a chance to actually see the game running on Darks laptop, I believe the coloring to be awesome. It really is a "Live" 2d effect. I know I'm going to like it. Backpacks seemed to have 3 views whcih is easy to toggle thru Pic 1 shows what you might consider the current unorganized view, in the bottom corner of pic 2 you can see the "list" view and in pic 4 you can see the pack in an organized boxed view. Pictures to follow. We hit the ESPN Zone bfore and then the Waka bar on the walk there! So I refuse to be responsible for my phone camera quality! OK Photo captions 1) Backpack view unorganized 2) Backpack view list also with paperdoll and stat screen 3) paper doll and stat screen 4) Swamp dragon on bridge w/ organized backpack view 5) Serpentine dragon 6) Zoom out of dungeon 7) Waka Boyz with recruit (Siege Players) 8) Silvani (EA-Mythic) 9) Spree (Siege) 10 Yasou of Waka (Siege) 11) Abyss chart My photo (amongst a number of others LizzyT of Siege, more dungeon shots) of Sanya (EA-Mythic) blowing me a kiss got trashed, so there goes my blackmail for beta! The Abyss dungeon checklist New Player race: Gargoyles w/ new abilities Largest dungeon in UO history New monsters New magic New craftables New skills New housing designs Due late summer '07 Well that's about it! Wish my other pics came out, but you can see some video from Spree on You tube. Use the view others by this subscriber to see them all. Spree has a couple up there. The F-Bomb and Charger of the Fallen Attached Thumbnails __________________ "Careful what you wish for, You just might get it all.... And then some you don't want"

25-02-2007, 12:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
SnuggleBattleBunny ♥Yr Mangled Heart♥ Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Black Water Raiders Posts: 8,386 Thanks: 52 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts My Mood:	Re: NYC Townhall I can't wait to see the craftables. Silverfoot - is this just a meet up for Beta? One day I want to do a RL UOF meet up! __________________ AdamD: You made me cry tears of pink sadness and despair!

25-02-2007, 12:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
SnuggleBattleBunny ♥Yr Mangled Heart♥ Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Black Water Raiders Posts: 8,386 Thanks: 52 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts My Mood:	Re: NYC Townhall The Charger of the Fallen Clip.... It looks like its floating, and uber fast.....Tell me it looks better in game. __________________ AdamD: You made me cry tears of pink sadness and despair!

25-02-2007, 12:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Silverfoot Mith'quessir Join Date: Mar 2005 Shard: Siege, Chesepeake Posts: 2,022 Thanks: 15 Thanked 12 Times in 7 Posts My Mood: Blog Entries: 1	Re: NYC Townhall Aye the floating effect will not be there. Still an early "alpha" And honesgtly looks nice on DS' laptop. __________________ "Careful what you wish for, You just might get it all.... And then some you don't want"

25-02-2007, 12:31 PM	#5 (permalink)
SnuggleBattleBunny ♥Yr Mangled Heart♥ Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Black Water Raiders Posts: 8,386 Thanks: 52 Thanked 11 Times in 8 Posts My Mood:	Re: NYC Townhall Great, I like the graphics Just not crazy about the float effect hehe . Thank you for sharing! __________________ AdamD: You made me cry tears of pink sadness and despair!

25-02-2007, 12:40 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ally The Couch Hottie Join Date: Aug 2004 Shard: Lake Austin, Atlantic Posts: 4,460 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts My Mood:	Re: NYC Townhall Swamp dragon looks cool. I heard someone say the charger looks like an armadillo. That's what I thought too in that clip. __________________

25-02-2007, 12:45 PM	#7 (permalink)
Adam Owner Join Date: Oct 1990 Posts: 5,651 Thanks: 12 Thanked 109 Times in 38 Posts My Mood:	Re: NYC Townhall Thanks for the report Silver! __________________ Question: If you can't say anything nice should you really say nothing at all? Answer: If you weren't asked for your opinion then keep a lid on it. But if asked, be tactful as possible but be honest.

25-02-2007, 01:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
DiP Ronin Join Date: Jan 2006 Shard: Black Water Raiders, Azeroth Posts: 9,328 Thanks: 40 Thanked 25 Times in 18 Posts My Mood:	Re: NYC Townhall Thanks Silver! My only question is... WHY no more info on these New magic New craftables New skills Now, I can understand wanting to withold information. But nobody asked? Or, if they did ask, atleast not a generalization of an answer? Something like "Does New Magic mean more spells for previous skills, or is that implying New Skills = New Magic (like Spellweaving was)? __________________ Thanks again Maddux! Adri: women don't discuss men while in the bathroom, we sacrifice small animals and smoke tampons rolls eyes

25-02-2007, 01:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
Rascal Madam of Mayhem Join Date: Sep 2006 Shard: Lake Austin Posts: 1,610 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: NYC Townhall Good question DiP!!! ...."thinks to self...Oooops I posted again" Will we have more rideable tameables or did I miss something?? __________________

25-02-2007, 01:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ally The Couch Hottie Join Date: Aug 2004 Shard: Lake Austin, Atlantic Posts: 4,460 Thanks: 6 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts My Mood:	Re: NYC Townhall I'm hoping they change their minds about the no quest for gargoyles. Oh and I just saw the other vids of the swampy. They look so cool. __________________

25-02-2007, 02:01 PM	#11 (permalink)
Sheltem The Gentle Tamer Join Date: Feb 2007 Shard: Europa Posts: 102 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: NYC Townhall Did they give an exact date for KR release? weeks or months? I cannot wait any longer. hehe __________________ Sheltem

25-02-2007, 02:37 PM	#12 (permalink)
Queen Mum Lady and Supreme being of the rolling pins! Join Date: Mar 2005 Shard: Sonoma Posts: 2,810 Thanks: 19 Thanked 29 Times in 9 Posts My Mood: Blog Entries: 7	Re: NYC Townhall "Some of the highlights I remember" Fantastic highlight memory you have there Silverfoot!! TY *and tell your daughter HB for us :cheesy:

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