Wurm Online: New land opened, Free to Play tutorial server/sandbox

[palmer_eldritch]

So if I start on this Golden Valley server and then decide to sub, do I take my character with me to one of the premium servers?

Which premium server should I go to? Which one are you on, TGR?

Bloodworth, your registration is currently down. It throws up this message:

"Phase one registration failed:
Key: error
Entry: An error occured when sending the mail: Could not connect to SMTP host: localhost, port: 25. No account was reserved."

[tgr]

I'm on the first premium server, i.e. I haven't moved to wild yet. I forget its name offhand.

[MournelitheCalix]

I recently tried this after reading one of Raph's blogs about sandbox implimentation.  I think it looks like an interesting game, and there is clearly a lot of depth to it.  The targeting however was simply abysmal.  Oh and I never did figure out fighting either, so when I met up with a ferocious adolesent bear it ended up wiping the floor with me before I was able to even take a swing against it.

Another problem was urban sprawl... and I mean everywhere.   Spent two hours running and was unable to cut down any trees because it wasn't permitted in owned forests  

[tgr]

You should probably just take a peek at http://noizeviolation.com/wurm/Freedom_map.png and find areas of land which aren't that well visited. I haven't been back to samling since the initial starting point was up there, but it looks fairly sparsely populated right now from the map.

At least the area around dragon fang mountain and inner mountain looks packed.

[Dark_MadMax]

It is a very promising sandbox. unfortunately digging dirt and carrying rocks is not exactly my idea of fun gameplay

[Bzalthek]

It definitely caters to the creative people more than other types.  It's awesome when you finish a large project you've been working on, though it's tedious in the interim.  I had two toons working and that made it better.  However the upkeep on the free shard at the time broke me, and I decided I rather liked my wrists without the scars.

[Malakili]

I've given it a try a few times and it just hasn't caught me early enough to want to keep playing.  I know that is part of why people like it, that it doesn't give you things for free and you need to sort of work to get/make stuff, but if it was easier to feel like I had some investment in the game early on (like a space that was very clearly defined as my own), then I'd be more likely to want to play. 

To me, the biggest competitor with Wurm is Minecraft, and I can build a decent enough wooden house in 15 minutes.   Again, I know that long term stuff in Wurm is part of the point of it all, but when I compare my experience there to my experience with something like the very first time I logged into the original F13 minecraft server, it just wasn't even close.

[Mrbloodworth]

"Phase one registration failed:
Key: error
Entry: An error occured when sending the mail: Could not connect to SMTP host: localhost, port: 25. No account was reserved."

Should be good to go.

Golden valley does not technically exist anymore, you can not settle there, its a tutorial only server.

Oh and I never did figure out fighting either, so when I met up with a ferocious adolesent bear it ended up wiping the floor with me before I was able to even take a swing against it.

Another problem was urban sprawl... and I mean everywhere.   Spent two hours running and was unable to cut down any trees because it wasn't permitted in owned forests  

Yeah, not sure you would have survived that bear, as for combat primer, its one of the next sections of the tutorial we are working on.

We have a few wiki articles located here:  Fighting Skill Tips and Fighting and the names of creatures are important. Animal conditions

IE: The bear you ran into:  Fierce - red, size slightly increased, increased attack speed, increased stamina, frenzies more

As always the CA chat is a great place to get questions answered. Also turn on spam mode in options, its basically a verbose combat log toggle.

As for space, Yes, our population has been growing rather rapidly and a side effect os so many free user accounts is the tend to congeal next where they start. The map is a great guide http://noizeviolation.com/wurm/Freedom_map.png, i know from my flights around the south east is less populated. I still highly recommend that if you guys are going to try this out, group together, it will increase the enjoyment 10 fold.

To me, the biggest competitor with Wurm is Minecraft

They are related.

[Mrbloodworth]

I have formally left this project.

[Nebu]

I have formally left this project.

I hope that it was by choice or for a better opportunity.  Thanks for the updates!

[Soln]

I have formally left this project.

I hope that it was by choice or for a better opportunity.  Thanks for the updates!

aye thx

[Mrbloodworth]

I have formally left this project.

I hope that it was by choice or for a better opportunity.  Thanks for the updates!

Yes, I left. More for some soul searching and some personal refinement reasons. Three years and a lot of lessons learned isn't a bad run. It's just time for new things.

[Nebu]

Yes, I left. More for some soul searching and some personal refinement reasons. Three years and a lot of lessons learned isn't a bad run. It's just time for new things.

Glad to hear it.  Best of luck in your new endeavor!

[Cadaverine]

I have formally left this project.

Good luck in whatever you do down the road. 

[Montague]

Arise!

Wurm to go on Steam, with the ability to play locally and server hosting:

http://www.wurmonline.com/2015/09/16/wurm-unlimited-announcement/

[Ginaz]

Arise!

Wurm to go on Steam, with the ability to play locally and server hosting:

http://www.wurmonline.com/2015/09/16/wurm-unlimited-announcement/

This is now available on Steam.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/366220/

[Rendakor]

I'll keep my eye on this. A lot of the concepts looked interesting but I didn't want to deal with internet dickheads. Now that I can play solo or with a few friends, it might be worth it.

[Druzil]

I put a bunch of time into the old WURM and I have to say it's a little weird to me to split an already small player base into yet another game mode/world.   I assume they are continuing the MMO part in tandem?  Again, that seems strange.

It does alleviate the biggest problem I had with the game which was it was just too expensive.  Monthly premium + $$ plots + $$ tools just made it too much (not to mention paying for the currency conversion).

Dunno, I really did like the game so I am interested.  Then again, I'm not sure if I would enjoy playing in a completely empty world.  Part of the fun is exploring and seeing all the crazy stuff people have done.