Posted on UOHerald.com

From the Producer
Aaron Cohen
27 Jun 2007 18:06:39 EST

Welcome to a new Britannia, a legendary kingdom re-imagined and rebuilt by a dedicated team who believe that an amazing game, created almost ten years ago, has a future brighter than its past. It represents more than year’s worth of hard work and investment, an investment in the vision of a thriving UO that provides an experience no other virtual world can offer.

Later today, we will give Kingdom Reborn to the world and invite veteran players and those who have never adventured in Sosaria to experience the new Ultima Online. The new client is available for download at (ftp://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/uo/S....3.10-enu.zip)and http://www.fileplanet.com/177540/170000/fileinfo/.


Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn is completely free, works on every server, every character and for every account. There is no entitlement to deal with, no upgrades, and no hassle. Just download, install and login with your regular account. You can download the client at any time. Players with the Kingdom Reborn client can play hand-in-hand with players using the traditional Ultima Online client.

Does that mean we are done? Absolutely not. There are many developments to come, as our dedicated, passionate fans have given us a long, healthy list of features to add. Our goal is to continually polish and publish, using your feedback as a guide.

With today’s launch publish, we have added several fan requested items. To name a few:

1. UI size slider bar, allowing you control of the size of your interface
2. Brightness control, allowing you to make the world as bright or dark as you like
3. Scroll wheel map zoom, a convenience many have requested
4. New music added throughout the world, along with many new sound effects
5. More optimizations to make UOKR faster on all machines and more friendly to lower end machines

What can you look forward in the weeks to come?

1. A new female paperdoll in a more feminine pose
2. Windowed mode maximization
3. More macros and action buttons, letting you streamline your style of play
4. More improvements to the chat system, with more options, easier channel creation and more access to global channels
5. Map feature enhancements, with more options and customization features
6. And more fan requested features. We listen, we prioritize, we build – all based on what you are telling us

See you in a new Britannia!

Aaron “Darkscribe” Cohen

Producer

Ultima Online

"The new client is available for download at ftp://largedownloads.ea.com/pub/uo/S....3.10-enu.zip and http://www.fileplanet.com/177540/170000/fileinfo/ ."

Ummm maybe an obvious answer to you folks but not to me or Pop ...
Does this mean we have to RE-DOWNLOAD the KR client or is that for folks who haven't downloaded KR as of today?

Hopefully we don't have to download it again. Don't want to go through that nightmare again.

just what we were thinking too Ally


we don't ...

If I understand correctly the patch will get Beta testers up to speed

Vepl

Dear Mr. Cohen: Kingdom Reborn is not ready for prime time. The client is still a beta version, not a playable or minimally bugged means to enjoy a game we have been devoted to for almost 10 years. You realize there won't be praises from reviews for what you are passing off as a launch. Gamers will give it a whirl and curse EA/Mythic for making Kingdom Roughdraft. How can the beancounters be pleased by bad press and dwindling support from both old and new players?

Mum... we don't need to re-download KR again.

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taken from this thread in UO H.Hall

CrimsonRose, you do NOT have to redownload it - just get the patch tonight, and all will be well.

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E. Jeremy Dalberg
UO Community Coordinator
EA Mythic
www.uo.com

YAY!! TY TY Ally

Thanks Ally,I did read earlier today re the Japanese site we wouldnt have to downlaod it all again if we were beta testers,so its one thing I guess that turned out to be true.

I am still in shock though,that they have released it worldwide at its current stage

See you all in KR I guess

Sort of like saying "Here, its not finished yet, but we have no more time & money to devote to this, and will fix it sometime soon."