So about Ultima Online and EverQuest

[Masq]

Originally Posted by Rattle Squirrell [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I got back on live UO about a month ago before I came back to P99. I had a 7x GM Character in about 3 days due to "razor" and other programs. The actual people on the server I was on were non-existant and if you did find someone they were just crafting.

It was kinda fun to run around and kill stuff again......but I didn't feel it brought me what EQ does.

Not sure.

Razor programs have been around since 1999/2000, UOA, whatever

[indiscriminate_hater]

UO was the wild west of online gaming. To date the most fun and nerve wracking game I have played. So much scamming and thieving and murdering. You could lose months of work in a matter of seconds

[iruinedyourday]

Originally Posted by indiscriminate_hater [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

UO was the wild west of online gaming. To date the most fun and nerve wracking game I have played. So much scamming and thieving and murdering. You could lose months of work in a matter of seconds

what we need here is a permadeath p99 server [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Daywolf]

Originally Posted by iruinedyourday [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

what we need here is a permadeath p99 server [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

TRAIN TO ZONE!
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[Clark]

Originally Posted by indiscriminate_hater [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

UO was the wild west of online gaming. To date the most fun and nerve wracking game I have played. So much scamming and thieving and murdering. You could lose months of work in a matter of seconds

Lol

[Dunes]

Originally Posted by indiscriminate_hater [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

UO was the wild west of online gaming. To date the most fun and nerve wracking game I have played. So much scamming and thieving and murdering. You could lose months of work in a matter of seconds

Exactly!

First "real" MMO that I played was "The Realm Online". Then screenshots were published for UO and the freedom it promised had me following every detail of its development. When it launched, I jumped ship and played UO... only to discover that rubber band lag, scamming, and PK's made the game incredibly frustrating. It is one of the few games where I actually broke PC peripherals in bouts of rage. At least two keyboards and a mouse succumbed to my righteous fury [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Anyway, that said, it did offer so much freedom that it had its own sort of appeal. Many memorable moments of fleeing from a PK, killing dragons with blade spirits, and locking down the orc fort near Cove... good times! EQ is still the superior game though given the depth that a 3D environment, group dynamics and complex dungeons can offer.

[Rattle Squirrell]

Oh jeez permadeath would be terrible.

[thugcruncher]

Originally Posted by Rattle Squirrell [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Oh jeez permadeath would be terrible.

naw

[Jizzebel]

http://www.uosecondage.com/

[hitmanloki]

Originally Posted by Jizzebel [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

http://www.uosecondage.com/

Uoforever.com

So many more whiners who respond to griefing and being killed by reds. Its amazing.

UO was my first MMO and it still is probably my favorite. The community is a lot harsher and rough around the edges, and really one thing I hate about EQ is that everyone can just throw the rulebook at you and you have to abide (usually with no contest). UO exalted and rewarded players who could skirt the rules and bend them to their advantage. Not to mention everywhere in the world is considered dangerous, not just because of monsters, but moreso because of players showing up.

This can work against you and for you. For example: You could undo someones months of work as they are decorating their house and you are a stealthed thief within said house picking up their hard earned rares/loot/equipment that could be very costly. Conversely, it could happen to you as well even if you are extremely careful.