They stated that while New Legacy will be rolling back UO to the classic map (before carebear-land also known as Trammel), they also cannot turn back a ‘magic dial’ to make Ultima Online what it used to be (a feat that multiple smaller, independently ran servers have managed although with the inclusion of some questionable pay to win mechanics and lopsided admins), but there is hope. With that massive caveat out of the way, Broadsword states that they’re attempting to reinvoke the classic sense of exploration and legacy with the new shard with custom rulesets that they are not willing to expose just yet. The common sentiment and understanding currently is that players will need to opt into the PvP experience. One thing that seems certain, however, will likely be a pain to the reds: they have announced open-world PvP, but it will be based on a ‘vice versus virtue’ system which seems to infer a lack of murder for the sake of murder. In an accompanying blog post (that they failed to attach to the YouTube video) Broadsword states that New Legacy will be an individualized shard where progress can not be transferred to others, with a ‘unique ruleset’ that they haven’t pulled back the curtain on. Everything else is currently hidden from public view as Broadsword appears more than content to trickle forth news slower than an ettin’s attack speed. Ultimately, the news is that there will be a new shard for Ultima Online that both paid accounts and free accounts can explore. Yes, it’s real, but you should work to stem the growing excitement there is still no news of the title making its way over to Steam, being incorporated into EA Play, getting UI upgrades that bring it into the modern era, or anything else that fans have been clamoring (and more than occasionally begging) for. Production shards are where "normal" gameplay occurs as opposed to a testing or special event shard.Here’s a stunning announcement that older fans should have their hearts stopped with: today, Broadsword (a subsidiary of EA responsible for the once brutal world of Ultima Online) has released a trailer showing off what appears to be an expansion for Ultima Online called Ultima Online: New Legacy. There are currently 27 production shards. This Britannia is but one of many in the multiverse, that is Ultima Online. Britannia that was once Sosaria now exists as a thousand worlds each with its own peoples, history and destiny. Thus is the world in which you are born, live and die. For within each shattered remnant of the jewel dwelt a perfect likeness of Sosaria. The planet was still bound to the jewel even as it lay shattered on the floor of Mondain's castle. But a deeper and more sinister evil was released with the destruction of the gem, for Sosaria was not free of the stone's power. He would prove himself a saviour, shattering the gem of immortality and defeating Mondain. Only a traveler from the stars could release this world from Mondain's vile stranglehold. In this stranger lay Sosaria's only hope. From whence he came no one knows, but his strength and courage were without peer. Only the appearance of a stranger saved Sosaria from impending destruction. His power was absolute as the whole of the planet was gripped in his cruel embrace. Twisting the awesome powers of the gem of immortality to his will and binding all of Sosaria to his corruption: Mondain the wizard. But one man dared to awake the slumbering powers of alchemy. Despite Sosaria's enchanted origin its people shunned magic for its very use corrupted the souls of the unwary. Found in only the most aged of manuscripts lived a world born of mystic arts and ancient sorcery: Sosaria. Britannia that was once Sosaria now exists as a thousand worlds each with its own peoples, history and destiny:ĭuring the earliest span of the age of darkness. In each shattered remnant of the gem dwells a perfect likeness of Sosaria. Each server is considered a Shard of the shattered gem. The Avatar (aka The Stranger / The Traveler from the Stars) shattered the Gem of Immortality into numerous shards. Mondain the wizard captured the world of Sosaria in the Gem of Immortality. Today, there are 27 production shards, while in December of 1999, there were only 16. The number of active shards has fluctuated over time. This helps reduce latency, which can cause lag. Players usually select a shard in or near their time zone. Ultima Online is split up into different servers called Shards that are located all over the world.
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