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Largest Most Busy Shard?

Malee

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That would be Atlantic - almost too busy. But there a still a few shards with a healthy player base. Someone is usually always around on Chessy. (OK - that is usually me fishing. :p) Summer time is also a slower time player wise - many are on vacations. Its probably best to check out shards during the hours between getting off of work and supper time - seems to be the busiest.
 

Zalan

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Atlantic is the most populated. The next two would be Catskills and Great Lakes. There are housing issues on Atlantic though.
 

Lord Frodo

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What housing issue on Atl or do you mean people can't even sell an 18x18 for 15M. There are open spots on Atl, don't kid yourself.
 

DarknessDemona

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If i was to move I would like to have a castle. Maybe i will find one while i am working on new toons :)
 

THP

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theres plenty of room on atlantic for max secure housing.... 2 years ago no.... todays UO ... deffoo...u need only look around...if u feel lazy and cant be bothered to look yourself....then pay the bank market price which is down to about 10-15m for a large tower/1818

folks sorry to tell you...to drop the big bomb shell......but UO is shrinking in numbers...
 

THP

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If i was to move I would like to have a castle. Maybe i will find one while i am working on new toons :)
Theres quite a few shards that have castle spots laying empty......but they are pretty quite shards ....some even luna shops spaces too...just waiting for a new player to come
 

Merlin

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Atlantic is the most active shard with most players. So if you're looking for social activity and bigger groups to run hunts with, that is where you will want to be.

You can find housing on Atlantic, but you're not going to get your first choice on Day 1. You're going to have to stick around for a bit and wait to hear about a prime housing spot opening up. The only real exception would be Castles... you likely won't get one of those unless you're willing to shell out quite a lot of money. However, you can find a Keep at a decent price regularly enough.
 

Captn Norrington

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Atlantic is the only shard in the game that can legitimately be called "busy".

On Atlantic you'll see probably about 50 people around somewhere regardless of what time it is and 100-150 at prime time.

On the 2nd most popular shard you'll see maybe 5 people no matter what time it is, and 20-30 at prime time.

It's a pretty steep drop in players once you leave Atlantic.
 

Archnight

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However, you can find a Keep at a decent price regularly enough
On average they're 2B on Atlantic, you find that reasonable..? hehe :p. 18X18 have been selling for 10-20M lately, now that's reasonable ;)
 

Merlin

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On average they're 2B on Atlantic, you find that reasonable..? hehe :p. 18X18 have been selling for 10-20M lately, now that's reasonable ;)
If you go through one of the big brokers or want a prime piece of real estate... yeah, they're 2B. But I've seen a number of private sales happen recently in the 500M range, which I feel is very reasonable for a keep on ATL. This is one of the advantages of being in a large guild and having the patience to wait for a deal like that to come up.
 

THP

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On average they're 2B on Atlantic, you find that reasonable..? hehe :p. 18X18 have been selling for 10-20M lately, now that's reasonable ;)
Yah the gulf between a keep 1-2 billion and a 1818 which are free to 10m is enormous...and i for one cant justify the extra 1-2 billion for a 24x24 which is only 16x16 in the middle as compared the a 1818 or large tower for free....just saying in my opinion....
 

THP

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On average they're 2B on Atlantic, you find that reasonable..? hehe :p. 18X18 have been selling for 10-20M lately, now that's reasonable ;)
Yah the gulf between a keep 1-2 billion and a 1818 which are free to 10m is enormous...and i for one cant justify the extra 1-2 billion for a 24x24 which is only 16x16 in the middle as compared the a 1818 or large tower for free....just saying in my opinion....
 

Zalan

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I was under the impression that it was full. Learn something new every day.
 
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