I havnt had time to play on the test center so could someone explain how the shadowguard encounter works? This may be a spoiler to some but I would like to understand it a little rather than go in blind.
I wasn't concerned if you cared or not.Wow you guys are super helpful aren't you?
"I'm not telling you anything, don't be lazy, go play it yourself!"
Guess what? So far no one has explained what this crap even is or why I'm supposed to care in the first place. I don't know what it is, I don't know what comes from it, I don't know what you fight. Most games that aren't semi-abandonware go out of their way to tell you what's new and why you should care. Here you get a couple of smug forumgoers telling you to go look for yourself or STFU.
Well in fairiness... he asked for it. You could have just not posted at all if you didn't agree with him asking. You didn't have to go out of your way to say no or judge him for asking.There have been several conversations about these encounters....you think the first person/people who went in there had a clue? Did they get hints?
The encounters were meant to be figured out...what's the fun in getting all the answers?
Here's a few more clues for those of you who don't like to actually play the game and would rather have everything handed to you... :/
Bar - Use the bottles on the tables
Belfry - Ring the bells...kill the drakes...loot them
Fountain - Kill the elementals...things drop from them....think of it sorta like tetris and one of those connect the pipe games
Orchard - Pick the apples...look at the apples...throw the apples....
Armory - Kill the armor....sometimes things drop on the floor...purify them...then use them
I haven't done the roof yet
Welcome to the forums. Here you will find many with different views. If he doesn't want to subject himself to other's views, he can feel free not to post at all.Well in fairiness... he asked for it. You could have just not posted at all if you didn't agree with him asking. You didn't have to go out of your way to say no or judge him for asking.
Wow you guys are super helpful aren't you?
"I'm not telling you anything, don't be lazy, go play it yourself!"
Guess what? So far no one has explained what this crap even is or why I'm supposed to care in the first place. I don't know what it is, I don't know what comes from it, I don't know what you fight. Most games that aren't semi-abandonware go out of their way to tell you what's new and why you should care. Here you get a couple of smug forumgoers telling you to go look for yourself or STFU.
Hey, I'm in the latter camp 100% but geeze people... tone down the hate.Hmm which side to pick...
Instant gratification where I don't have to do anything to learn all the details or Bitter old school adventure and find out for yourself type....
Decisions decisions...
There was no bashing.And everybody can feel free not to bash people politely asking normal questions...
Who cares? I don't know if you've ever noticed, but Stratics is a website almost entirely dedicated to hosting information about Ultima Online for people to look up. If you don't want to answer a question then don't, but where do you and Oreo get off copping this superior attitude like trying to get advance information about MMO content on the internet is some sort of weird moral failing?None of us got an explanation of what to do...
Well sometimes I can be helpfulHey now thats better....this is what forums are made for..''.sharing and caring''....Thanks @Larisa
im guessing this will be a little tough on ya own...but maybe ok with 2 even better with 3
ive only tried the bar...and gave up after wave 2.. was very tedious as u spend more time throwing bottles at yourself drunk than at the pirates
I can give whatever opinion I feel like giving at any given instance.Who cares? I don't know if you've ever noticed, but Stratics is a website almost entirely dedicated to hosting information about Ultima Online for people to look up. If you don't want to answer a question then don't, but where do you and Oreo get off copping this superior attitude like trying to get advance information about MMO content on the internet is some sort of weird moral failing?
What do you think this website was CREATED for? Why do you think there's a Hunter's Guide and not just a page that says "fight it yourself and find out you lazy dog" for each monster? What a joke.
It amazes you? Really there buddy? Because you're posting this on a website created 15+ years ago explicitly for the purpose of cataloging and disseminating spoiler information about Ultima Online. It kinda seems like maybe by this point the idea of someone asking for an Ultima Online spoiler shouldn't really be causing your monocle to pop out and your cumberbund to fly up into your face anymore.I can give whatever opinion I feel like giving at any given instance.
I don't particularly care if you agree with it.
It amazes me people want to take the shortcut to everything.
Gosh, the way you play video games makes you such a better person than the rest of us. We're all just lowly wretches too blinded by our laziness and shallow lust for pixel crack to ever experience the sublime and refined appreciation of the game that you enjoy thanks to your superior ethics and moral character. It must be so hard for you, sitting over there not knowing whether to laugh or shake your head at our ignorant antics.I'm not sure why the devs even bother adding new content because all people do is pancake about it, spend no time contributing anything, and then expect to know the easiest way to get the next shiny pixel crack.
They might as well just drop random items in everyone's pack once a year and call it good.
Then to top it off be appalled that someone else thinks they should actually try playing the game.
I don't know whether to laugh or shake my head.
Says the dude who needs a reason to care why hes playing a video game and then waffles about the items in another thread.It amazes you? Really there buddy? Because you're posting this on a website created 15+ years ago explicitly for the purpose of cataloging and disseminating spoiler information about Ultima Online. It kinda seems like maybe by this point the idea of someone asking for an Ultima Online spoiler shouldn't really be causing your monocle to pop out and your cumberbund to fly up into your face anymore.
Gosh, the way you play video games makes you such a better person than the rest of us. We're all just lowly wretches too blinded by our laziness and shallow lust for pixel crack to ever experience the sublime and refined appreciation of the game that you enjoy thanks to your superior ethics and moral character. It must be so hard for you, sitting over there not knowing whether to laugh or shake your head at our ignorant antics.
What a joke. You're sitting on an MMO spoiler site trying to climb up on some sort of moral high horse over people wanting MMO spoilers. That's like the definition of being a crank.
I know that heroes like you, for whom videogame monster-killing is a refined activity motivated by nothing but the most laudable spirit of adventure and discovery, have a hard time understanding the ways of us lowly grunting beasts who root through the muck looking for pixel crack, but seriously. Artifacts are supposed to be worth equipping otherwise they're not really treasure.Says the dude who needs a reason to care why hes playing a video game and then waffles about the items in another thread.
I know that heroes like you, for whom videogame monster-killing is a refined activity motivated by nothing but the most laudable spirit of adventure and discovery, have a hard time understanding the ways of us lowly grunting beasts who root through the muck looking for pixel crack, but seriously. Artifacts are supposed to be worth equipping otherwise they're not really treasure.
Alas, if everyone were as discerning a soul as yourself, such basic elementary concepts of game design wouldn't be necessary, but sadly they are. Truly you shouldn't know whether to laugh or cry at your predicament, trapped in a game with us phillistines.
as you demand that devs provide you with a reason that you should play a new expansion other than for the sake of playing
lol....
If you want people to play your MMO, especially one with a subscription cost, you have to have a REASON to do your content. If the reason is just to have fun, then I know of countless other MMOs where it is as fun if not more, but also a rewarding experience that makes the player feel like they have gotten more powerful, had an impact on the story, or feels like progression.
I know right?lol....
If you want people to play your MMO, especially one with a subscription cost, you have to have a REASON to do your content. If the reason is just to have fun, then I know of countless other MMOs where it is as fun if not more, but also a rewarding experience that makes the player feel like they have gotten more powerful, had an impact on the story, or feels like progression.
Feel free to leave these "worthless" forums. Your sense of self importance is amusing.I know right?
Is it me or is 75% of everyone who posts here some complete know-nothing crank who's obviously never played any other game and has no idea WTF they're talking about? You routinely see one doofus or another blundering around here acting like players being motivated by loot is an affront to their refined sensibilities, and that it's reasonable for a developer to expect people to keep paying month after month to do the same content over and over for no real reason.
Honestly if this game has one real systemic weakness other than sheer age, it's the fact that the developers have no useful source of feedback now that most of the posters with a clue have long since been driven off by the old mods. Christ I wish Martyna or Shakkara were still here. Petra and friends "civilized" this place into near worthlessness.
Does relogging not bring the GD to you?The belfrey Ive tried with both mage and tamer, none of them worked for me. With my tamer my GD didnt teleport with me to the greater dragon you need to kill, so couldnt do much dmg by myself. Will try other templates later on.
I do agree. Tried the fountain with a party of 5 people, and we got slaughtered. Made the quest muuuuch harder because the spawn was out of proportion. In a matter of minutes there were 100s of elements all around, people died seconds after starting.Okay please @Kyronix if you are planning on having uber phat leet lootz for completing these...PLEASE make them harder. I don't want to see these encounters soloable. 1 or 2...MAYBE.....but I was so happy to see that some actually required some teamwork.
Didnt try that. Could maybe work. But the GD on top will reveal when I invis, so will propably die in the time it takes my re-log.Does relogging not bring the GD to you?
Oh man. I hope it's not another area following the "7 billion monsters makes it hard and hard makes it fun!" school of thought.I do agree. Tried the fountain with a party of 5 people, and we got slaughtered. Made the quest muuuuch harder because the spawn was out of proportion. In a matter of minutes there were 100s of elements all around, people died seconds after starting.
Havent tried any others in a party, but if it is the same, then it is actually easier to do them solo in my opinion.
This is all well and good using tamer and mage etc, but don't you have to have all the rooms done on ONE character to get to go to the roof?Well, back on topic:
Ive soloed the bar, The orchard, The armory and the fountain.
The bar with a mage, casting EV's then throwing bottles at the pirates, remember to heal if you throw it in your own face.
The orchard with mage, trick is to find out which tree is which, I write them down and when you got them all noted its quite easy. When you are trying to figure out which is which I cast 2 EV and then stand close to them when I throw the apple. As soon as Ive thrown the apple I run and invis, usually I can invis before getting pulled back and hit.
The armory with a tamer and a GD. Just run around and kill the spawn, very easy with a GD, didnt even have to heal it at all. Took some time though.
The fountain with tamer and a GD. Follow your GD around and pick up pieces as it kills the spawn, then make the canals back to the spouts. Do not click the spouts before you have connected it all the way, or else a more powerfull elemental will spawn (cant remember name).
The belfrey Ive tried with both mage and tamer, none of them worked for me. With my tamer my GD didnt teleport with me to the greater dragon you need to kill, so couldnt do much dmg by myself. Will try other templates later on.
Yes, this is on test, so I just tested with different setups.This is all well and good using tamer and mage etc, but don't you have to have all the rooms done on ONE character to get to go to the roof?
Did you try any skill masteriesJust tried The belfrey again with tamer and GD. I found that it is possible to get you pet up, it just requires you getting it to follow you and then run around a bit.
Although I couldnt complete this one even with my GD attacking the damn thing 27-28 minutes out of the 30 total. It just regenerates HP to fast. Whenever my pet got knocked down I had to say "all follow me" and then run around for a few seconds until it came back up.
Got it down to 1000HP in about 22-23 minutes, but below 1000 it seems to regenerate much faster, and the 2-4 seconds it took me to get my GD back up it had regenetared 200-300HP. So I never got below 700HP, and even finished at 1000+ again.
I tried to help with casting spells, but then I got affected by the kick and the time it took me to get a new dragons wing it had either killed my GD on top, or if I took the GD with me, it would've healed several thousands HP.
No I havent gotten around to finding out how they work.Did you try any skill masteries
A few questions on Roof access:
1) how does access to the Roof work for parties? Is every member of the party required to have completed all five encounters, or just the party leader?
2) does green status on completed encounters expire with time, or can you do the Roof whenever you're ready?
3) does green status reset on Roof success, or also on Roof failure?
Also I wouldn't mind a few spoilers on the Roof itself