I played uo for roughly 7.5 years before calling it quits because i didn't necessarily like all the changes... ANYWAY, DAoC didn't work too well for me, and WoW is basically a repeat of it. My best memories of gaming come from UO.

The last thing I remember are the paladins and necromancers.

The thing I didn't like was all of the 3% faster casting and all that, but I assume it's still around right?

One big question, hard to answer I know, but how do you know what's best, how to keep track of the best limits of resistances and all of that?

I really want to come back, but I wish I could play the old style more of course.

Any tips, advice, any of that good stuff, i wanna know that I can have fun on the new Ultima Online. thank you.

I find out what's best by asking people here

Welcome to the forums (and possibly back to UO!) You'll find widely varying opinions of the various changes in the game, like anything else in life. Personally, I still love UO, even through the ups and downs. In my opinion, you can definitely still have fun in UO!

welcome back

Welcome back. Alot of things are not how you remember them. Keep the good memories. Not so many ppl around as there once was. Resisting Spells is one of them. Most just use a trapped box to break the effects of paralyze. Fast Cast (FC) is still around.

Does Evaluate Intelligence help me resist spells?

Eval Int help mages by rewarding them with extra damage. Eval Int is like Tactics for a Mage.

Does resisting a spell compare my resistance to my attackers magery and evaluate intelligence skill?

Resisting a spell only compares your resistance with your attackers magery, and the circle of the spell being cast.

Can all spells be resisted ?

No. The Resisting Spells skill may only defend against non-damaging offensive spells (Blood Oath, Clumsy, Corpse Skin, Curse, Feeblemind, Mana Drain, Mana Vampire, Mind Rot, Pain Spike, Paralyze, Poison, Poison Field, and Weaken). Countering the effects of most necro spells are done with the use of enchanted apples and other specialty foods.

If I resist a spell, does this mean the spell is completely negated?

No. The Resisting Spells skill only lessens the effect of spells, it does not completely "absorb" spell damage. For stat decreasing spells this means you lose less stat points when hit, and for duration spells this means the duration of the spell is shortened. The exception to this rule is the poison spell, which *can* be fully resisted. For Blood Oath, the amount of damage you receive is lessened by a percentage if you resist the spell. The formula used is: Percentage of damage resisted = (Resist Spells/20) + 10.

What other benefits does the Resisting Spells skill have?

Resisting Spells gives you some basic resistances, even when you are not wearing any armor at all. The formula to calculate your basic resistances is (Resist skill - 40) / 3 * 2 rounded down to the nearest whole number. At 100 skill points, this gives you 40 points in all five resistances, at 120 skill points this gives you 44 points in all five resistances. These resistances are not cumulative with armor resistances. If you wear an armor that has 30 in all resistances, and you have 40 points in all resistances because of your Resisting Spells skill, then your final resistances will be 40 (and not 70).

Dont waste time on buying rares. Most rare items of value have been duped manytimes over. If you participate in an event that gets you a event rare item. Insure it.Take a pic of the item and post on a forum what event you recieved the item in. Include date and time. Creating a traceable documentable history of your rare items insures authenticity and keeps its value.

Also, if you play the new Kingdom Reborn Client, you can see in your Character Sheet how much Faster Casting, Spell Damage Increase, Lower Reagent Cost and so on, your current equipment gives you.
Helps to keep track ;-)

I'm to out of touch with UO to advise, but welcome to UOForums