5 years and still going

[Sky]

If I'm lucky, I can figure out what a static is and get one too.

You don't want one.

[Oban]

Apologies for twisting the spirit of this thread and attempting to make it casual friendly.

[Venkman]

12 pages do not a casual thread make :)

[Merusk]

This thread isn't anywhere near hardcore, though.  What is it?

Damnit we're stuck in the middle. Press on, grind more we'll get hardcore yet! 

[Furiously]

You know what would be awesome, if you didn't post for a while, and your postcount went down.

[Venkman]

OMG post decay be insane. Forget IGN...

[Yegolev]

Hmm...ambiguous language. Anwyay there is always something you can kill for XP solo at every level, although that XP may suck. Soloing strats are a lot better now than they used to be for most classes though.

Well, since you were curious, I was playing a black mage taru at the time, and I honestly cannot remember what class Killjoy was playing (yeah, that fucker again).  We would double up on things, as always, but there came a point around level ten or twelve where we were faced with a tedious grind or grouping with japatards.  We chose Option 3: unsubscribe.  He lasted a bit longer than me, but not by much.

It's nice to hear things have improved, but I'm not going back.  I'd rather grind in a single-player game.  Did you know you can level your characters to 9999 in La Pucelle?

[voodoolily]

That dude's teeth are way too cavity-free to be hardcore. What, did he grow up in a state with fluoridated water? Ooh, how intimidating.

[CmdrSlack]

That dude's teeth are way too cavity-free to be hardcore. What, did he grow up in a state with fluoridated water? Ooh, how intimidating.

His day job as an investment banker has a totally hardcore dental insurance policy.

[WindupAtheist]

Don King hair is punk now?  What?

[Grimbone]

This thread has done it.
It has brought me from the long time lurker shadows.

Grunk, those head wounds you've received...
Yeah, that's from the logic club, reason stick, and comparative analysis hammer.
Beatings will continue until enlightenment is attained.

Thank you, please carry on.

[Sky]

I guess I could have tinted the entire picture green. There is nothing hardcore about Wayne Static.

Real hardcore punks never make it.

You know what would be awesome, if you didn't post for a while, and your postcount went down.

If you get denned you get a post count debt you have to work off, each post only counts as a half-post.

[Ironwood]

That sort of thing might

[Ironwood]

Encourage multiple postings.

That's probably

[Ironwood]

Not a good thing.

[Sky]

Well, people are already camping the named spawns and all the newbies are rolling up the flame class. Nerf the flames!

[Oban]

Weekends always bring out the weirdoes.

[Azazel]

I'm just amused that both WUA and Slayerik, usually hated enemies have both teamed up to flame the Grunk in their own indomintubatleable ways.


Grunk brings love. Grunk brings hope. Grunk brings unity.


 

[WindupAtheist]

The dirty little secret of the epic f13 "Handful of Insane Cranks Who Still Talk About UO" wars is that Slayerik and I actually get along okay, and that 95% of our flaming each other is basically self-aware sparring for shits and giggles.

[cmlancas]

My reality has been eternally shattered! I am so confused!

[Quinton]

You know what would be awesome, if you didn't post for a while, and your postcount went down.

This is obviously the future of message board design.

I need to work on my postcount before the next f13 expansion, or I'll never be able to see the new endgame content.

- Q

[UnSub]

You know what would be awesome, if you didn't post for a while, and your postcount went down.

This is obviously the future of message board design.

I need to work on my postcount before the next f13 expansion, or I'll never be able to see the new endgame content.

- Q

Can we get resting post count bonuses? You know, like the first 10 posts of the day are worth triple score, then the next 10 double etc all the way down to posts only being worth 0.1 of a post count?

Otherwise, these boards aren't fair on casual posters.

[Slayerik]

The dirty little secret of the epic f13 "Handful of Insane Cranks Who Still Talk About UO" wars is that Slayerik and I actually get along okay, and that 95% of our flaming each other is basically self-aware sparring for shits and giggles.

Yeah, its just to keep me sharp for tough challenges like Grunk and Drifting Darkangel.

Dude, come on. We hate each other. I will nevar be friends with a trammie!!!! ;)

[Sky]

A lot of the hardcore UO players from the day hear harken from very different playstyles. The great thing is that the game supported all those styles very well, and with the lack of variety in the mmo market we were all mashed together. You'll never see it again, I'm glad I was there.

[UnSub]

A lot of the hardcore UO players from the day hear harken from very different playstyles. The great thing is that the game supported all those styles very well, and with the lack of variety in the mmo market we were all mashed together. You'll never see it again, I'm glad I was there.

UO had the luxury of no competition* to offer something for everyone. Unfortunately doing that now would probably see the game ignored by the various sub-tribes of MMO players for not offering their little cliche something special.

*No big name, widely available competition

[Slayerik]

A lot of the hardcore UO players from the day hear harken from very different playstyles. The great thing is that the game supported all those styles very well, and with the lack of variety in the mmo market we were all mashed together. You'll never see it again, I'm glad I was there.

Well put Sky.

/high five

[Venkman]

Heh, if the Multiverse people succeed in getting some big development teams to use their engine, we could see a future of people jumping from each game with their same avatar, getting their clicque/niche activity fulfilled for a session.

Color me skeptical though. I want it to succeed but it seems more a hobbiest dream like NWN than anything for the AAA studio.

[cmlancas]

A lot of the hardcore UO players from the day hear harken from very different playstyles. The great thing is that the game supported all those styles very well, and with the lack of variety in the mmo market we were all mashed together. You'll never see it again, I'm glad I was there.

Well put Sky.

/high five

This thread delivers now with more Corp Por!

[Sky]

I don't always jump into the UO conversations/bitchslapping, but the name Sky is from one of my favorite UO characters on Atlantic, late 97/early 98.

Goddamn. Ten years.

[WindupAtheist]

Dude, come on. We hate each other. I will nevar be friends with a trammie!!!! ;)

That because you're a stupid mean PK who'd gank his mom for her muffinz!!1!

Speaking of which, I resubbed to the game a few days ago.  So did a couple friends of mine who used to play a few years ago.  The new client isn't quite ready for primetime yet, but they seem to be working hard and it's getting better with each patch.  Woot.

[bhodi]

Can we please get back to the "will panic for gil"? You guys have like thirty UO shitslinging threads but FFXI almost never gets the appropriate amount of dead-horse beatings.

[Grimbone]

Mithra /panic for gil    Oh the memories....

Galkans. I don't think I've ever seen a more retarded racial graphic.

[Margalis]

Galkans. I don't think I've ever seen a more retarded racial graphic.

Have you heard of EQ, EQ2 or Vanguard?

[Kitsune]

So, a bit more in line with the subject, I saw FFXI going for $4 on the counter at my local Gamestop, which says it comes with a month of gameplay.  It also has an asterisk and mentions that there are fees for online use.  Sooo, I'm not exactly sure whether that means they actually bill you for the month of gameplay that 'comes with it'.  Also couldn't tell whether the trial disk comes with any expansion content or not.

[NiX]

The real kicker is that they're not telling you the dvd will explode in your dvd drive and the shrapnel will seek your genitals.