And that is whay legendary is not that, well legendary. Few days of smart play and "walla" I are great.
Why it drives me nuts. As an old very old D&D GM. With players from the next state showing up at times to play my worlds, decades ago. Take this with a grain of salt. UO has been around to long to keep handing players anything game related on a silver platter. Tight assed veteran players should be out their running their shards storyline and not EMs. 2, 3, 4 Guildmasters secretly talking should be orchestrating and balancing felplay. Not some faction system that will never make the losing side happy. If you don't break up 4 hours of Shame grind with community hunt, Questing or fishing/treasure hunting. Your UOing all wrong. "I AM NOT INSANE" as proof how many players have honestly assembled and earned their own Valorite Hammer. Compared to those that burned a Valorite Hammer. You can throw as many CodeMages and coin counters at a game that you want. It is those with a balanced finger on human nature and world economics and 2oz of imagination that makes a fantasy world thrive.
No I'm am not looking for a job at EA. Sure I've thought about becoming the King of Earth. Even if EA offered me the money to fix all their short comings to become the King of Earth. The effort would cut into my UO time. And I cannot have that. I have to have my BOD filling while watching Knights Tale for the umpteenth time, time.