Hello Catskills,
Some news from our EMs:
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Some news from our EMs:
Prepare your sailing gear and put on your water-resistant britches, it is time to brace the seven (or however many Britannia may have..) seas.
There will be some wrinkles in this sea fairing warfare, the likes landlubbers and proficient seamen alike have not seen. Each player crew with have a captain, but the captain will be an NPC rather than a player. This captain represents your chance at survival. To succeed, you must keep your captain alive. On the same note, you must destroy enemy NPC Captains in order to knock that team out of the sea-battle. If your captain is slain, your boat will self-destruct, and you will find yourself back on land.
Even scallywags have some codes of conduct, and thus I will lay out a few rules.
1. No explosion pots. If a player from a team is caught using explosion pots, they will be banned from the remainder of the event. They are just too powerful in this situation.
2. No Pets or summons. Sorry, but the same as above applies here.
3. If you die, you can still be resurrected. The only way to be defeated is if your NPC Captain dies. I discourage drobing, but it is part of battle, I suggest you sail away before ressing the dead. Every team will get one redemption opportunity, if your entire team dies, I will open a gate from your boat to a healer. Your NPC Captain is still vulnerable during this time. The moongate will last a few minutes, so gear up before returning.
After your first redemption, you are on your own if your entire team falls. Redemption is not in regards to your NPC Captain, he has no second chance. If he falls to the enemy, your ship will explode and sink into the ocean, and you are out for the remainder of the event.
4. There will be a closed-off area for this battle. If by any way you (by you, I mean the boat, if a player leaves that only makes the team disadvantaged) exit the area, you are disqualified. Do not worry, it is a rather large area. No cramped-up sea battles, for sure.
5. Rules are subject to change. I will re-inform everyone of the rules prior to event start, so there can be none who say they did not know of them.
Teams -
Teams will consist of FOUR players. They may be any template, but keep in mind certain templates are less effective in sea-combat. Plan your teams well. You can organize teams beforehand - or I will pair you with other lone-sailors who have registered.
Regardless, if you plan to participate, EMAIL me at [email protected] with your team members character names, murderer/non murderer status, their templates, and your team name. If you are planning on participating solo, email me with your information as well. This is necessary so I have enough boats prepared, if you haven't registered yourself or your team, chances are you will miss out. Subsitutions (before the event begins) are allowed.
Meet at the Counselor's Hall on Friday, February 26th at 9 p.m. EST. If you are red, you may gather at the Fel Brit Counselor's hall. This is a fel event, but I hope to see ALL play styles for this boat-war battle. Many types will be needed to defend and destroy the NPC Captains, and I think this will be fun, as it is certainly a different kind of PvP that can be appealing to a wider base of UO players. Also, everyone who participates will receive a memento.
Good luck, and I hope to hear from you!
Kasaven
There will be some wrinkles in this sea fairing warfare, the likes landlubbers and proficient seamen alike have not seen. Each player crew with have a captain, but the captain will be an NPC rather than a player. This captain represents your chance at survival. To succeed, you must keep your captain alive. On the same note, you must destroy enemy NPC Captains in order to knock that team out of the sea-battle. If your captain is slain, your boat will self-destruct, and you will find yourself back on land.
Even scallywags have some codes of conduct, and thus I will lay out a few rules.
1. No explosion pots. If a player from a team is caught using explosion pots, they will be banned from the remainder of the event. They are just too powerful in this situation.
2. No Pets or summons. Sorry, but the same as above applies here.
3. If you die, you can still be resurrected. The only way to be defeated is if your NPC Captain dies. I discourage drobing, but it is part of battle, I suggest you sail away before ressing the dead. Every team will get one redemption opportunity, if your entire team dies, I will open a gate from your boat to a healer. Your NPC Captain is still vulnerable during this time. The moongate will last a few minutes, so gear up before returning.
After your first redemption, you are on your own if your entire team falls. Redemption is not in regards to your NPC Captain, he has no second chance. If he falls to the enemy, your ship will explode and sink into the ocean, and you are out for the remainder of the event.
4. There will be a closed-off area for this battle. If by any way you (by you, I mean the boat, if a player leaves that only makes the team disadvantaged) exit the area, you are disqualified. Do not worry, it is a rather large area. No cramped-up sea battles, for sure.
5. Rules are subject to change. I will re-inform everyone of the rules prior to event start, so there can be none who say they did not know of them.
Teams -
Teams will consist of FOUR players. They may be any template, but keep in mind certain templates are less effective in sea-combat. Plan your teams well. You can organize teams beforehand - or I will pair you with other lone-sailors who have registered.
Regardless, if you plan to participate, EMAIL me at [email protected] with your team members character names, murderer/non murderer status, their templates, and your team name. If you are planning on participating solo, email me with your information as well. This is necessary so I have enough boats prepared, if you haven't registered yourself or your team, chances are you will miss out. Subsitutions (before the event begins) are allowed.
Meet at the Counselor's Hall on Friday, February 26th at 9 p.m. EST. If you are red, you may gather at the Fel Brit Counselor's hall. This is a fel event, but I hope to see ALL play styles for this boat-war battle. Many types will be needed to defend and destroy the NPC Captains, and I think this will be fun, as it is certainly a different kind of PvP that can be appealing to a wider base of UO players. Also, everyone who participates will receive a memento.
Good luck, and I hope to hear from you!
Kasaven
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Real life keeps interfering with my game time grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
