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[wonko the sane?]

So, I was feeling nostalgic this morning, and started looking up UO free shards. Which led me to reddit, and mention of a game called Legend of Aria. So I looked it up. It, functionally, looks like UO 2. I have no problem with this. And the PROFESSIONAL reviews are generally pretty good. Higher than 76 anyway.

 

But... actually seeing what the community says is jarring. It's quite literally love or hate and no in between. I mean, it's usually like that anyway, but it seems more obvious on this one.

 

I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the game they would be interested in sharing? I wouldn't mind first or second hand information from people whose opinions I actually trust.

[Coglestop]

I've been checking on it from time to time. Haven't actually played it, though. I have heard there is a server available that tries it's best to recreate old school UO using the Aria client.

https://www.legendsofultima.online

Edited by Coglestop, 23 February 2019 - 01:16 PM.

[wonko the sane?]

Yeah, A couple of the posts I read mentioned it. One article even suggested the dev team was functionally pulling a bethesda by allowing modding which the unity engine only barely allows. Like I said: incredibly divisive.

 

You've been following it longer than me (I literally only learned of it this morning! Yay!) so, any thoughts on development you'd care to share?

[Coglestop]

Iirc it was originally called shards online and the idea from the beginning was to kind of be a legal UO community server type of thing. As far as the modding thing goes. Unity is used for making maps and everything else is done through Lua scripting.

[wonko the sane?]

Supposedly some of the dev team came from EA, and they originally worked on UO, which is part of what drove them to do this. I got nothing to back this up cause I haven't done any looking into the dev team.

[wonko the sane?]

I decided this morning "What the hell, I can afford it" and opted to buy from the website then link to steam once it drops there in a few weeks. Apparently they don't take credit cards and you HAVE to pay with paypal.

 

So yeah, I'll wait for the steam cut.

 

Edit: I didn't wait. I logged into paypal to see what my options were and everything was actually up to date, so I just bought it, and I'll link it with steam whenever it finally gets there.

Edited by wonko the sane?, 24 February 2019 - 08:39 AM.

[wonko the sane?]

Installed, and I've played for 15-ish minutes.

 

It's UO. It's hugging UO in a new engine and god damnit did I miss this. I really need a chill game right now, and this will fit nicely. Going to see how high I can set the graphics next time I play (cause it defaulted to minimum, which; frankly, was a nice touch.) and then, I guess I'll mine some more and see about crafting some basic weapons and armor. I'm not even on a modded server, just the early access US east and... It's friggen UO.

[Coglestop]

Really? Think I might have to give it a go. Been missing UO fiercely, but the client feels so clunky these days, I just can't anymore.

Love to run a tavern like I did on my original UO account before that account got banned.

[wonko the sane?]

There's a chef class, so... depending on the recipes, you very well could.

 

If you choose to jump in: My character is named "Wonko" and I'm working out of helm right now. And the US east server if you want to connect in game.

 

Edit: server is azure sky and characters ARE server dependent.

Edited by wonko the sane?, 24 February 2019 - 01:20 PM.

[Coglestop]

I'd probably start off doing a treasure hunter build. I had a lot of fun doing that in UO and it's how I got enough gold to buy the cabin I turned into my pub.

I saw they have treasure maps and sos messages in Aria after all.

[wonko the sane?]

I already found one even! In fact there's an actual treasure hunter CLASS.

[wonko the sane?]

And I just got overly excited by the fact I can now mine copper ore. I dunno if it's cause of the week I've had, or I simply missed UO that much.

[Coglestop]

Plan on getting it soon. Might not be until next week, though.

[wonko the sane?]

Alright, now that the "excitement" of the last week has finally peaked and ebbed (the story of which is available in the depression and suicide thread.), I was able to sit down and have a full and uncontested HOUR of game time! I got tired of mining (since I usually make a crafter/warrior character.), kept one of the maces I was making and flogging: and hit up the helm sewers for my first foray into combat!

 

I killed giant rats, giant bats, and giant spiders. I figured out how to harvest materials from corpses, and then figured out that no one wants to buy rat meat, so I should just cook it myself. With this done, I opted to run up to the helm's graveyard (which is a surprising distance from town, understandably so.) and try my hand at killing... whatever is in a graveyard in this game. I saw zombies: and it turned out that THEY were better warriors in death than I am in life, and I ran like a scared puppy. Which means my NEXT step should probably be to make myself some armor... and figure out where to get more crafting recipes.

 

Also figure out where to cook stuff myself while in town. Cause that rat meat ain't gonna get any better as tartar.

[wonko the sane?]

Alright... so the merchants won't buy my old mace cause it's used, I can't fix it (that I know of.) to make it fungible, and I there isn't a garbage can anywhere?

 

*throws it on the ground*

 

Goodbye copper mace, I'll never forget the bears you helped me kill.

[wonko the sane?]

I dunno if this is a glitch, or attention to detail: I've been raiding the sewers under helm while I work on my combat skills (I finally got high enough in blacksmithery to make a full set of armor.) and the coinage I pick up doesn't automatically roll over into the next demomination (100 copper into 1 silver.). I walk out with about 1000 copper and it'll adjust only when I put it in the bank.

[Coglestop]

Iirc, money in EverQuest worked in a similar way during the first few years it was live.

[Coglestop]

Picked up the game, won't be able to play until after 8pm eastern, though.

[wonko the sane?]

Picked up the game, won't be able to play until after 8pm eastern, though.

S'alright. You do you. Let me know what weapon you use, and if I can: I'll make you the gold version of it. I made a gold hammer (bashing weapon.) and oh my god I am in love. It doesn't do more damage than the iron version: but the weapon is +23 accuracy, while iron is +1. my hit miss ration was about 30 percent, but now I am a literal danger to fight.

 

Edit: Oh yeah, I am about to tell you the single most important thing I can think of: There IS a garbage can, it's right near the bank. Look for a barrel with some little stuff on the lid.

Edited by wonko the sane?, 02 March 2019 - 05:56 PM.

[Coglestop]

Lol. I remember those from UO. Do the build up points you can use for goodies like the clean up Britannia barrels used to?