when are they flipping the switch on?

[Poo]

im up early for once in my life, bored, remembered today New Legacy was coming out so i thought maybe id pop in and have a look.

i got the update but do not see any new shard listed.

do we know when they are gonna put the new shard up?

 

[Xoos]

We are extremely excited to announce the first season of Ultima Online: New Legacy will begin on Tuesday, October 15, 2024! Players will be able to login that day starting at noon ET and begin to forge their legacy! Be sure to also signup for the Ultima Online newsletter to stay connected with all things UO!

90 minutes until noon est.

 

[Immortal_Flow]

The great house of Poo will rise!

 

[Larisa]

Greetings,

We are thrilled to announce that Ultima Online: New Legacy will launch today at noon eastern!

During times of high demand users may experience queuing during login. If queuing occurs,

If you’re placed in a queue, your position is based on the time of your initial login attempt.
The official Classic & Enhanced clients will display your estimated wait time.
After the estimated wait time, your spot in the queue is not guaranteed.
In preparation for launch a new client patch is available for both the Classic (7.0.105.0) & Enhanced (4.0.105.0) clients. This patch is mandatory and will be required to login to both New Legacy & Production shards.

This patch also includes a very special update in preparation for our upcoming live event, Echoes of the Blighted Realm. We have updated the texture of the enhanced client model of the Nightmare to allow rare colors of this powerful pet to spawn during the upcoming event. This will only impact the enhanced client.

See you in Britannia,

UO Team

 

[Anon McDougle]

Echoes of the blight? Is this part of shadows awakening???

 

[Larisa]

I am assuming so?

Patch is available now, NL shard is up but can't log in yet!! *waits patiently*

 

[Scarlett]

Echoes is the whole storyline arc all 3 parts

 

[Larisa]

SO.....do I leave this window up or close it out? Wording is confusing :/

 

[Poo]

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SO.....do I leave this window up or close it out? Wording is confusing :/

is it noon?

im not seeing any shard listed and im fully patched.

 

[Silenus (Catskills)]

??? I don't see New Legacy yet?

 

[Larisa]

It disappeared off the list. They were probably just doing some last minute testing or whatnot.

 

[Poo]

ya noon eastern isnt for another 15 minutes

 

[Poo]

 

[Lord Nabin]

My que says 30 to 40 minutes! hahahahahahahaha. Thats just nuts.

*Heads out to find a tavern with a much shorter wait to get a table*

 

[Maldar]

My que says 30 to 40 minutes! hahahahahahahaha. Thats just nuts.

*Heads out to find a tavern with a much shorter wait to get a table*

Mine says 60-70 minutes. Good grief.

 

[Anon McDougle]

I get the feeling the que is a created thing made to make it look like it is busier than it is...

 

[Marquis de Sade 209]

60-70 minutes. Do I leave the window up? I dont understand their wording

 

[Keven2002]

Happy that there is so much interest in NL kicking off (I'm guessing people looking to get server birth items etc). At this time I still do not have any interest in NL, based on what I've read so far and the sacrifice to the Prod events starting, but would would love for people to update us on what they are finding fun.

 

[Vane_UO]

I've tried both methods since NL launched. Each time I logged back in I was given a queue time of 0-10min and I attempted logging out and in to no avail. I decided to try sitting at the window to see if it would let me in the game after the queue time was up. I have been sitting in the 0-10min queue time for over an hour now, so I'm not sure what method we are supposed to use to get in. (Below is a pic of my queue time and a stopwatch I started running.)

 

[Maldar]

I've tried both methods since NL launched. Each time I logged back in I was given a queue time of 0-10min and I attempted logging out and in to no avail. I decided to try sitting at the window to see if it would let me in the game after the queue time was up. I have been sitting in the 0-10min queue time for over an hour now, so I'm not sure what method we are supposed to use to get in. (Below is a pic of my queue time and a stopwatch I started running.)

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Same.... Not a clue how to log in now.

 

[Anon McDougle]

Why were there no cues on stress test times..

 

[Marquis de Sade 209]

I've tried both methods since NL launched. Each time I logged back in I was given a queue time of 0-10min and I attempted logging out and in to no avail. I decided to try sitting at the window to see if it would let me in the game after the queue time was up. I have been sitting in the 0-10min queue time for over an hour now, so I'm not sure what method we are supposed to use to get in. (Below is a pic of my queue time and a stopwatch I started running.)

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I was finally able to log in I just logged out and kept trying

 

[Cinderella]

Echoes of the blight? Is this part of shadows awakening???

it must be the name of all three Dynamic events. Shadows awakening is part I

 

[Keven2002]

it must be the name of all three Dynamic events. Shadows awakening is part I

**Searches UO-cah and impatiently awaits a data mine**

 

[Maldar]

3 1/2 hours later and I am finally in. Sheesh....

 

[Poo]

weird i got in right at noon and i played for a hour or so, then i really wanted my desktop moved over from one of my existing guys, so i logged out, copied the desktop over and logged back in and had no wait time at all.
played for another couple hours then called it a day.

 

[Poo]

i just went and logged in right now and got right in.

 

[That Guy]

So do I wait at Que screen? or keep tryin to log in? Very confusing.. says within an hour but expect login within 0 to 10 minutes.. NM.. Dont wait.. Keep tryin worked..

 

[elster]

for those playing, what's your opinion?

 

[Stinky Pete]

for those playing, what's your opinion?

I played for about 2 hours and it was the most Trammel thing I have ever done. I logged off and vowed to never go back to Super Trammel ever again.

 

[Pawain]

for those playing, what's your opinion?

Fun. I only made it to 80 on two guys I ran thru together. Someone had a house in about 2 hours.

 

[Arcus]

I played for about 2 hours and it was the most Trammel thing I have ever done. I logged off and vowed to never go back to Super Trammel ever again.

On top of that you get the benefit of the world ending and having to start all over again! What a great MMO experience!

 

[Stinky Pete]

On top of that you get the benefit of the world ending and having to start all over again! What a great MMO experience!

That doesn't bother me, but if I can't kill or steal from people, how will I make friends? How do I know if someone is really my friend if they aren't allowed to kill me or steal my stuff?

Restarting isn't an issue if I can keep my friends from season to season.

 

[Anon McDougle]

I don't understand the allure of being weak and under powered..

 

[Keven2002]

I don't understand the allure of being weak and under powered..

It's about the journey to become strong and powerful... I get that part of it.

What I still don't get is NL end game. Creating a "legacy" on a temporary shard where your toon is transferred off at the end seems kind of contradictory; you become a great/powerful player which then gets transferred over to a PROD shard where there are legendary skills and skills that do not exist on NL (like mystic etc)... so the time spent building your legacy is actually to the detriment of your PROD legacy (which is more permanent).

In addition to that, the potential opportunity cost of playing NL over PROD shards could be extremely high depending on what you are getting from NL compared to the rewards of the Oct/Nov/Dec Prod content.

As I have said in previous post; the timing of things doesn't seemed to be planned out very well considering they are releasing everything they have while only giving us a small crumb-size content the previous 9 months of this year.