Ultima Online: all shards released with next maintenance

Electronic Arts‘ Ultima Online, one of the most celebrated and longest running MMORPGs of all time, will be going through a major change during the next maintenance where EA will be publishing together all the shards (i.e. server realms) of this classic MMORPG. There will also be several fixes and in-game changes included after the scheduled maintenance taking care of minor issues, as well as bringing back some well loved events.

Here’s a look at the comprehensive list of changes players can expect after the maintenance:

• Gareth, the quest giver for the Cloak of Humility quest, was relocated to Trinsic
• Players that are logged in Magencia will be teleported safely to the Trinsic docks of their facet
• Players will be unable to gate, recall, or Sacred Journey to Magincia
• Fixed issue that caused the virtue set helm to reset its resists to the base values when the full suit was being worn.
• Fixed the bug where certain stealable items could not be locked down causing players to lose these items (Doom Artifacts)
• Fixed an issue where players were getting IGR timer errors and getting disconnected
• Players with bushido skill should now be able to bond with lesser hiryus.
• Added double dragon scale resources in Felucca. Siege ruleset shards do not benefit from this change.
• Oil cloth should now properly remove poison from weapons
• Newly spawned quest mobs can no longer be charmed with the dryad allure spell.
• Made the event-related firefields do more damage 5-7 instead of 3 damage
• Trick or Treating is back!
• Pumpkins are once again spawning in patches all over Britannia
• Boats abandoned in Magincia will randomly catch fire and sink if no one is around

All of these changes will be applicable for the original client and the new Kingdom Reborn client. It’s nice to know that even after ten years of continuing the Ultima Online legacy, the developers from Origin Systems are still working hard to continually improve the game. This move aims to bring together more players by allowing access to all shards for subscribers across the world.

Electronic Arts‘ Ultima Online, one of the most celebrated and longest running MMORPGs of all time, will be going through a major change during the next maintenance where EA will be publishing together all the shards (i.e. server realms) of this classic MMORPG. There will also be several fixes and in-game changes included after the scheduled maintenance taking care of minor issues, as well as bringing back some well loved events.

Here’s a look at the comprehensive list of changes players can expect after the maintenance:

• Gareth, the quest giver for the Cloak of Humility quest, was relocated to Trinsic
• Players that are logged in Magencia will be teleported safely to the Trinsic docks of their facet
• Players will be unable to gate, recall, or Sacred Journey to Magincia
• Fixed issue that caused the virtue set helm to reset its resists to the base values when the full suit was being worn.
• Fixed the bug where certain stealable items could not be locked down causing players to lose these items (Doom Artifacts)
• Fixed an issue where players were getting IGR timer errors and getting disconnected
• Players with bushido skill should now be able to bond with lesser hiryus.
• Added double dragon scale resources in Felucca. Siege ruleset shards do not benefit from this change.
• Oil cloth should now properly remove poison from weapons
• Newly spawned quest mobs can no longer be charmed with the dryad allure spell.
• Made the event-related firefields do more damage 5-7 instead of 3 damage
• Trick or Treating is back!
• Pumpkins are once again spawning in patches all over Britannia
• Boats abandoned in Magincia will randomly catch fire and sink if no one is around

All of these changes will be applicable for the original client and the new Kingdom Reborn client. It’s nice to know that even after ten years of continuing the Ultima Online legacy, the developers from Origin Systems are still working hard to continually improve the game. This move aims to bring together more players by allowing access to all shards for subscribers across the world.