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[Flutter]

Post one totally random thing about UO that got changed (for good or bad). Something you remember from a long time ago that would make a vet say "oh yeah! I remember that!"
You can only post 1 at a time and you can't go again until someone else posts.
Go!

Remember when mounting an ethy was instant?

 

[Captn Norrington]

Remember when houses had to be refreshed weekly by opening the door or they would collapse, and you needed a key to get into your house? If the key was stolen by a thief they literally could lock you out of your own house forever.

I'm so glad they changed that....

 

[Poo]

remember living out of a tent that had 1 chest in it, if you do chances are you lived out of that one chest with 2 or 3 other people as well!
(remember living in a tent surrounded by 100 other tents in a tent town!!)

remember tents going away and never coming back.
some days i miss tents.

 

[Philly]

Being a scribe I remember the day they added runebooks. I couldnt make enough of them fast enough for the demand.

 

[Peekay]

Being a red tinker, sitting hidden in dungeons at high end treasure chests waiting to re-trap a box that someone would recall in to pick for lockpicking gains.

 

[Victim of Siege]

Killing a Headless or Mongbat was an accomplishment, and making it back to the bank without getting Pk'd made you jump for joy.

 

[SoulWeaver]

I remember when trammel first came out and we had to use moonstones which would open a gate to Fel or Tram...

Well when it all first began, and pirating was a big thing back in the day.... You were able to go to the persons locations, on either side, use the moonstone on the opposite and port right into their home or it would appear underneath it, and or via it could be done to steal boats in the ocean......

Good ol times when a random group of pks shows up inside your house to slay you or steal your ships!

 

[SugarMMM]

Awesome thread idea!

Back in the beginning my tailor bought "shuttles" of thread. You'd double click them and then target a spinning wheel and it would take 5 of them to make a bolt of cloth.

They also didn't stack.

I could keep going talking about shuttles but I'll stop and wait for more responses.

 

[nextwindow]

remember when you could own more than one house on the same account?

 

[Promathia]

I aint even going back that far...

Remember blackrock infections?! God it added a spice to hunting mundane stuff. Turn it back on damnit!

 

[DJAd]

Most recently it would be just about to get the kill shot on a player and then they suddenly pop the new haven teleport bug.

 

[MalagAste]

Remember when it didn't matter how many pets you had? Before stable slots or follower slots?

Seeing one guy with 20 or more Nightmares. Or an army of White Wyrms.

 

[Chazztizer]

Building a courtyard by a mountain out of small house's and tents so you could mine all day and not get whacked!

 

[Flutter]

Remember when using a public moongate had to be done by the phase of the moon?

 

[FrejaSP]

Remember when you would you could get insta killed if using an Order or Chaos shield and attacking an innocent player. I remember I placed a firefield on a hidden player and I was dead, think I remember I lost some skills too, but not sure.

 

[Fridgster]

Remember when ogre lords and balrons were top tier critters and soloing AWs was a huge accomplishment?

 

[grimiz]

Remember when you had to use keys to get into your house, and they could be stolen. I can't remember if you could change your locks or not.

 

[Eärendil]

Remember when noobs were lured through "deathgates" into the deepest levels of dungeons by mean evildoers just for their entertainment?

 

[Archnight]

I'm really surprised no one has mentioned this yet... the runebook change. This thread always seems to come up and is endless!!! hehe

OLD

NEW

On a personal note tough... I kinda miss using these. ALOT!

 

[MalagAste]

Remember when there were no repair deeds and you actually visited a smithshop or tailors and asked another player to take your precious items and fix them for you?

 

[Cyrah]

Cutting up bandages one at a time... thank you Tajima for that fix!

 

[MalagAste]

Remember when it took a whole guild to go hunting in Destard and Dragons were VERY tough. Way before Greater Dragons... regular dragons were so hard to kill. I still remember finally getting my first bow of Dragon Slaying! I was so excited I ran right up to a dragon (thinking I was so brave)... thwack! Hit him on the nose and he roasted me to within 3 points of life and I went running back to the bank and threw the useless bow in there having barely scratched the thing.

 

[Zandor]

Remember when you could accidentally hit insta-rez and lose skill? Glad they did away with that!

 

[Kylie Kinslayer]

Remember when you could recall to a specific spot and get the type or ore or lumber you were looking for? (yeah, put this change in the aggravating section)

I aint even going back that far...

Remember blackrock infections?! God it added a spice to hunting mundane stuff. Turn it back on damnit!

Needed a "He** Yes" button for this one as imho it never should have been turned off...

 

[Slayvite]

When the Smithy at Britain was always busy........

 

[Crimson Hawk Moth]

remember living out of a tent that had 1 chest in it, if you do chances are you lived out of that one chest with 2 or 3 other people as well!
(remember living in a tent surrounded by 100 other tents in a tent town!!)

remember tents going away and never coming back.
some days i miss tents.

Mines was blue..... Wait everyones was blue ;x

 

[Taylor]

Remember when lich lords were terrifying, even with a silver katana?

 

[Poo]

remember when there was no locks on your skills.
youd be running through the forest and some dullard would have a fire going and you got to close and youd get a message "gained 0.1 in camping, lose 0.1 in magery you are now at 99.9 magery"
that always drove me crazy.
freaking campers and their camping.

 

[Poo]

Remember when lich lords were terrifying, even with a silver katana?

Silver Katana of Vanquishing ruled EVERYTHING!
you pulled that sum-of-a-beeyatch out at the moongate and stuff was about to get DONE for REAL!

 

[Archnight]

Remember when lich lords were terrifying, even with a silver katana?

So true, they use to mana dump and next thing you were dead. OoooOOoooOOooo the memories hehe

 

[grimiz]

Remember when you could stack up furs like stairs and walk onto the porch of a patio home.

 

[grimiz]

Remember when you could heal through poison. Ah, the good old days of tank mage heavy xbow/halbard pvp.

 

[Sellingahouse]

remember when we didn't have a deco tool.

 

[Poo]

dex monkeys with long spears.

ohhhhhhhhhhhh uzi bows!
who remembers uzi bow hacks!

 

[Duncan Drake]

Always been searching for an indestructable supremely accurate katana of vanquishing.... Good old times

 

[Petra Fyde]

I remember GMing blacksmith 3 times on the same day, on the same character, thanks to reverts

 

[old gypsy]

Do you remember when even non-tamers could ride a Nightmare?

 

[Taylor]

Remember when the Atlantic server stayed up for long periods? No, me, either.

 

[temu]

Remember GMing resist using blade spirits casted on the roof above you at the guard towers along the road?

 

[Captn Norrington]

Remember when the Atlantic server stayed up for long periods? No, me, either.

This post wins the thread!

It was always fun waiting to see whether or not there was a revert after Atlantic eventually decided to show up again. The revert of December 2014 that wiped away an entire month was quite an interesting experience.

 

[Piotr]

Remember when we had shadows?

 

[Nexus]

I remember GMing blacksmith 3 times on the same day, on the same character, thanks to reverts

Reminds me of looting a Sliver Vanq Katana off the same monster 3 times in one day, after the 4th revert someone else beat me to it...

 

[Lorddog]

remember 20 mins before server down, they would announce it and a group would gather outside vesper dungeon for a free for all slaughter bath

 

[Slayvite]

Remember when you could tell one person was using AOL internet......as everyone else would lag to death. They gave them their own server you know

 

[Nexus]

remember 20 mins before server down, they would announce it and a group would gather outside vesper dungeon for a free for all slaughter bath

Depends on the server, it was Brit Graveyard for me!

 

[Taylor]

Remember when GMs could willy-nilly unleash deluges of rats, mongbats, or other creatures in Britanian towns?

 

[old gypsy]

Do you remember when (we all believed) eating helped with skill gain?

*sigh*

 

[Lord Taliesin]

Remember when you could place a house on/in another house? (do any of these still exist?)

 

[Slayvite]

Remember when you killed your 1st Red Dragon solo and felt like a Boss!

 

[funkymonkey]

I remember when it had a good player base on all shards and a dev team that tried to make this game worth playing, not the sorry state its in now.
I also remember the dev team communicated on a regular basis.