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Producer Notes
Greetings,
We hope everyone had a great holiday and a happy new year!!
The Ultima Online team is very excited for 2019! We can promise the new year will bring new adventures, new stories, and reintroduce you to some old friends!
Since its release in 2010, High Seas has been one of the most commonly talked about additions to Ultima Online. It comes up at meet and greets, the various player gatherings we've had over the years, the forums, and in feedback we receive directly. We are excited to announce the theme for 2019 will be focusing on the High Seas!
So what does that mean for publishes this year? Is every publish going to be about sailing the oceans, fishing, and pirate hunting? Not exactly - but close! Our goal is to continue to support the events and systems you have come to love while revamping the areas of the High Seas that need it most. In each publish we will be tackling a major High Seas content area and combining it with often requested new features, content, quality of life updates, client updates, tools, and bug fixes.
The first Publish of 2019 is Publish 104 - Rising Tide. Rising Tide will introduce new veteran rewards, a new way to identify hues in the classic client, client performance and accessibility updates, Parry balance changes, quality of life updates to cannons, and more!
You can join in on the conversation on the Parrying balance changes and the Cannon QoL update on the official forums!
You can also check out below to see the first look at our 2019 development roadmap - we are excited to share more details with you as the year sails on!
This year we will continue to add to the Ultima Store with new items such as additional mailbox styles, house teleporters, vanity mounts & pets, and more! We also look forward to the awe inspiring designs from our Castle & Keep contests.
In the beginning part of the year we will see some exciting EM events that will begin to tell the story of the latest threats facing the realm; how will you rise to face those challenges?? Keep an eye on the UO.com event calendar for more!
For the month of January the Developer Meet and Greet schedule is as follows:
January 14th Napa Valley at 9 pm ET
January 28th Drachenfels at 2 pm ET
Finally, the following are actions taken on accounts that were banned or suspended:
6 - Disruptive Behavior
3 - Macroing
2 - Harassment
See you on the High Seas,
Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong
Producer
2019 Development Roadmap
The High Seas are vast and t'will be a long voyage ahead!
Join us as we look forward to a year of swashbuckling adventure at every turn!
March will bring Rising Tide, updating the cannon crafting, ammunition, and firing process!
As we sail into the Summer June brings Forgotten Treasures where we will focus on updates to treasure chests on both land and sea!
Coasting into Fall we find ourselves confronting Forsaken Foes - a new take on Corgul & Charybdis!
Wading into Winter look high for Jolly Roger bringing both cheer and dread to the oceans far!
This is only a small portion of what 2019 brings and we look forward to sharing more details as the year sails on!
Question & Answer
Look for new Questions & Answers in the next newsletter following our first Meet & Greets of 2019!
Join us on,
January 14th Napa Valley at 9 pm ET
January 28th Drachenfels at 2 pm ET
Greetings,
We hope everyone had a great holiday and a happy new year!!
The Ultima Online team is very excited for 2019! We can promise the new year will bring new adventures, new stories, and reintroduce you to some old friends!
Since its release in 2010, High Seas has been one of the most commonly talked about additions to Ultima Online. It comes up at meet and greets, the various player gatherings we've had over the years, the forums, and in feedback we receive directly. We are excited to announce the theme for 2019 will be focusing on the High Seas!
So what does that mean for publishes this year? Is every publish going to be about sailing the oceans, fishing, and pirate hunting? Not exactly - but close! Our goal is to continue to support the events and systems you have come to love while revamping the areas of the High Seas that need it most. In each publish we will be tackling a major High Seas content area and combining it with often requested new features, content, quality of life updates, client updates, tools, and bug fixes.
The first Publish of 2019 is Publish 104 - Rising Tide. Rising Tide will introduce new veteran rewards, a new way to identify hues in the classic client, client performance and accessibility updates, Parry balance changes, quality of life updates to cannons, and more!
You can join in on the conversation on the Parrying balance changes and the Cannon QoL update on the official forums!
You can also check out below to see the first look at our 2019 development roadmap - we are excited to share more details with you as the year sails on!
This year we will continue to add to the Ultima Store with new items such as additional mailbox styles, house teleporters, vanity mounts & pets, and more! We also look forward to the awe inspiring designs from our Castle & Keep contests.
In the beginning part of the year we will see some exciting EM events that will begin to tell the story of the latest threats facing the realm; how will you rise to face those challenges?? Keep an eye on the UO.com event calendar for more!
For the month of January the Developer Meet and Greet schedule is as follows:
January 14th Napa Valley at 9 pm ET
January 28th Drachenfels at 2 pm ET
Finally, the following are actions taken on accounts that were banned or suspended:
6 - Disruptive Behavior
3 - Macroing
2 - Harassment
See you on the High Seas,
Bonnie "Mesanna" Armstrong
Producer
2019 Development Roadmap
The High Seas are vast and t'will be a long voyage ahead!
Join us as we look forward to a year of swashbuckling adventure at every turn!
March will bring Rising Tide, updating the cannon crafting, ammunition, and firing process!
As we sail into the Summer June brings Forgotten Treasures where we will focus on updates to treasure chests on both land and sea!
Coasting into Fall we find ourselves confronting Forsaken Foes - a new take on Corgul & Charybdis!
Wading into Winter look high for Jolly Roger bringing both cheer and dread to the oceans far!
This is only a small portion of what 2019 brings and we look forward to sharing more details as the year sails on!
Question & Answer
Look for new Questions & Answers in the next newsletter following our first Meet & Greets of 2019!
Join us on,
January 14th Napa Valley at 9 pm ET
January 28th Drachenfels at 2 pm ET
Now we know he is one of the special ones in Bonnies eyes.
Sounds good to me! 
