ok.
so after my 4th time of taking people out for a walk around the faction places, i decided that maybe i should slap together something so that people could see all the BASIC's of what is in factions. Then if they are interested they can come over and get a little more indepth with the who what where and all that jazz.
This is what is listed on UO.com
<font color="red"> The Faction System - Felucca Facet
When Minax took over Lord British’s realm, she started a rift, both among her followers, and among the followers of Lord British. Both sides split into two different groups, with different ideals, and war ensued among all 4 sides.
The rebellion began in Moonglow, where the council of Mages decided that Lord British was no longer fit to rule Britannia. He’d not only failed to protect his lands from the invading hordes, but many of his own people had abandoned him and fled to the side of darkness, taking post with one of the factions of evil.
British’s loyal followers tried to crush the rumors quickly that Moonglow was planning on seceding from the throne’s grasp, but this only furthered their cause, making those who died or were jailed martyrs for the cause of the mages. The Council of Mages now believes that what Britannia needs is a new leader: one who can not only lead Britannia against Minax, but who can also keep peace once it’s restored. To this end, they have begun preparations to do something drastic.
Though they’ve never had to do this themselves, they are the keepers of the arcane knowledge, and they have prepared many notes and items which they will need in their quest. They oppose Minax, and Lord British, and as such, are not safe from danger in either company.
Meanwhile, Minax has something of a rebellion herself occurring. Strangely enough, from within her own rank and file, there are those who are calling for the Shadow Lords to be released from the Abyss to take their rightful place as the rulers of the dark land. While her minions are grateful to Minax for allowing them the opportunity to strike terror at Lord British, they feel she is only useful as a magical tool, and is not powerful enough to lead them against Lord British for an extended period of time. To this end they have begun preparations to do something drastic of their own; call for the Shadow Lords.
Her minions are now split amongst those who would follow her, and those who wish to see her dethroned. Infighting is the only thing thus far that is keeping Minax from working out a way to breach the virtue spell that protects Lord British and his followers.
The result was four different factions:
Minax
True Britannians
Shadow Lords
Council of Mages
All factions are aggressive towards each other, meaning each faction member can be attacked freely by members of another faction.
Strongholds of Factions
Each faction will have its own stronghold, a place where their faction stone resides and where the members of that faction are to take a sigil if they obtain one. The stronghold is the base of operations for each faction. At this time, the faction strongholds are located at the following locations:
Minax Faction — The stone fortress is located in the mountains west of Trinsic.
Council of Mages Faction — The Magincia Parliament Building in the southeast corner of Magincia.
Shadowlord Faction — Located in the unused crypts in the Yew forest, a fair distance in a direct line northeast from the east Yew Healer’s Shop named “Deep Forest Healing.” This is not the Yew Graveyard, but instead the haunted crypts far to the northeast of the city within the woods.
True Britannians Faction — Located within Castle Britannia’s throne room, in the town of Britain.
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that is all they say. so now i shall take over from where they left off.
so here we go.
the "Poo's quicky faction lesson"
Now of course as with all things in UO there is an actual story line behind factions. What it is.... i have no idea! In a nut shell there are 4 different groups that dont like each other. They are all fighting for dominance and control of the 8 towns that make up the faction world. If you would like the story behind each faction then all you have to do is double click on the faction stone located outside of each base and it will give you a little blurb of what that faction stands for. So now we know a few things. There are 4 different groups, they are:
1) True Britanniana (we will refer to them as TB from here on in)
2) Shadowlords (again, we shall shorten that to SL)
3) Minax (MX if your keeping up to us)
4) Council or Mages (COM)
now each faction listed above has a main base or stronghold.
TB is located in Brit, at Lord Brits Castle
SL is located in the Yew Crypts
MX has a mountain Citadel located between Trinsic and Destard in the mountains
COM is in Magincia in the council hall.
OK, so now we know who the 4 factions are, and where they are located.
so what do we do now Poo? Well, good thing you asked, i just happened to have some more info here for ya!
Decide which group you want to join.
you can just pick which one has the coolest looking crest, or you can get into the stroy line and choose from there (mages go to com, reds go to MX and SL, and honor guild to TB - that use to be the old story line) or you can pick one at random and jump in and get your feet wet.
But where do we go to join... and how do we do it, and and and......
ok.
lets take this one step at a time.
what i will do here is post a pick of each of the 4 bases.
in that pic will be the front entrance of the base, which is as far as normal players can go as you have to be in factions to get into the bases. on the entrance pic it will show the sign up stone for each of the guilds.
that is the stone you have to double click on, then you hit "join this faction" button.
the next pic that i put up will be the inner base, showing the sigil holder monoliths and the 'faction stone'
the faction stone is what you use if you are IN that faction, you can check things such as the town status's, your stats, vote for leadership, declair yourself a faction mule, ect ect ect.
so lets have a look at the 4 bases and their inner sig rooms, and ill also slap in a picture of the gump screens for joining and also the faction stone gump.
so here we go.....
The sign up stone
The TB Base
TB sig room
COM Base
COM sig room
MX Base
MX sig room
SL Base
SL sig room
Ok, so now we know were the bases are, and in those pics you can see the sign up stone for each base, we've seen what is on the sign up stone as well. In the pictures we can also see the standard or crest for each faction and in the sig room pics we can see the faction stone for each faction. Here is a pic of the faction stone gump.
ok.
so you will note on the pics there is also a nice fat map too look at.
oh ya, i think of it all!
so here we go, on to the next stuff.
Faction Titles.
each faction has 4 different levels of players.
the levels are based on your standing in the guild, and your standing in the guild is based on how much you kill in comparison to how many people are in your faction.
so if your all alone in your faction, you will probablly be a level 10.
if there is 50 people in your faction and you have no kills, you will probablly be a 0. Now that said, faction ranking has allways been a little glitched. I know a thief in TB who has never killed anyone and dies 10 times a day, and he has allways been a level 5. who knows, its one of the many mysteries of UO.
so there are 4 TITLES that you can get in factions which relate directlly to your ranking.
for example:
in TB if you are rank 0-3 you are a Defender.
If you are a rank 10 in TB you are a Knight of the Codex
and if you are in charge of the faction you are the Commanding Lord.
heres a pic
here is a nice table of the titles:
Rank Minax COM TB SL
1 Defiler Mystic Defender Servant
2 Defiler Mystic Defender Servant
3 Defiler Mystic Defender Servant
4 Executioner Diviner Sentinel Keeper of Lies
5 Executioner Diviner Sentinel Keeper of Lies
6 Executioner Diviner Sentinel Keeper of Lies
7 Warlord Luminary Crusader Bringer of Sorrow
8 Warlord Luminary Crusader Bringer of Sorrow
9 Dread Knight Archon of Principle Knight of Virtue Agent of Evil
Level 10 Top Level you can get too
MX = Avenger of Mondain
COM = Inquisitor of the Council
TB = Knight of the Codex
SL = Purveyor of Darkness
so what next.
how about
Killing in Factions
when you die in factions you go into STAT LOSS.
what is stat loss Poo?
well curl up to the fire and i shall tell you a story.
In order to add more permanence to the results of faction battles, and add meaning to death in combat without inflicting further economic damage upon the deceased, faction players are subject to a temporary skill loss penalty of 33% when slain by a faction opponent. This penalty lasts 20 minutes . This penalty is also applied if a faction character commits “suicide.”
Note: This penalty is not applied when a faction player is killed by a non-faction player, faction mate or non-enemy faction monster.
so basiclly they didnt want to make a brit gate thing were ya die then ya run rightback into the battle, they wanted to make you hurt and weaker cause lets face it.... you just died!
here is a little pic i put together to show some stuff about faction fighting
you'll note that the enemy is factions is <font color="orange"> ORANGE </font> in color to you, unless of course he is <font color="red"> a murderer and red </font> that is one thing you have to watch out for, red people in factions are RED!!!!!
The Towns, the sigils and the 'capture the flag' part of factions
so what gives.
what is all this 'sigil running'
'defending'
'attacking the faction strongholds'
ect ect ect???
what all this is is a big game of capture the flag... but with 8 flags.
and the winner gets control of the 8 towns that the flags (sigils) represent.
the 8 towns (are and thier town stones are located):
Britain (located south of the mage shop on the east side of Britain)
Skara Brae (located north of the provisioner’s shop)
Magincia (located southwest of the tavern)
Vesper (located west of the docks)
Minoc (located south of the tavern)
Moonglow (located east of the provisioner’s shop)
Trinsic (located east of the meeting hall)
Yew (located west of the healer
so what do they look like, these town stones and sigil stones and what do sigils look like!!!!
slow down lambchop, i shall enlighten you!
*woooooooooosh*
*big flash of light and some neat music!!!*
each town has a town stone, that is where the faction that is in control of that town goes to dictate its operational staff, the sheriff and the financial minister.
the sheriff places factions gaurds in that town and the finincial minister places faction venders (which are cheap and carry lots of stuff!!!)
the stones look like this and can only be accessed by the Commanding Lord of that faction that is in cotrol of that town.
here is the sigil monolith that holds the sigil
and here is what the sigils say when you mouse over them
oh my gooses!!!!! what does all the mean on the sigil!!!!!
its not as bad as it looks, the sigil will tell you if it is
a) stealable
b) if it has been corupted to one of the 4 factions
c) if it is activlly in coruption status (or not)
more on that if ya come into factions.
so what, if anything do i get if i join factions and take over the world and rule all the towns with an iron fist?
well, you can be a god and kill people with just a mean look!!!
hahaha and you can get a nice looking horse that you can res all by yourself even with no vetrinary or animal lore!!!!
its a lot of fun, its a definate different game within the game, and its a nice change from the brit gate pvp and pvm.
so come on down and have some fun with us.
Poo
here are some links to the UO pages for those who would like to read up on more about factions and the technical stuff i didnt mention here.
Strongholds
Joining a Faction
Quitting a Faction
Scoreing and Killing
Looting
Faction Silver
War Horses
Faction Mules
More on Silver
This is neat, the monsters that are in alliance with the different Factions!!!
Towns and everything about STEALING and RUNNING SIGILS!!!
Everything about being a Commanding Lord and running your towns
ok, my arse is sore from sitting here so long and making this, im gonna go and play some factions and get me some more kills and defend my way of life!!!!!
<font color="purple"> LONG LIVE THE TB !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! </font>
