Who else pre-ordered...

Gandalf Parker · #1 June 7th, 2006, 09:30 PM

I really liked the completness of the UO world. The economy, the quests, the variety you could have in day-to-day living. But the official servers filled up with griefers, and just plain FILLED UP. The "wilderness" where you could build a house become crowded suburbs and you were fighting deep wilderness type monsters in tight alleys between houses packed as tight as they could get.

But like many games, its saved by user efforts. There are now over 300 player run servers. All different styles. Some majorly PvP, some cranked up in monster strength, some so creatively rewritten as to be a completely new world.

The one Im on is run by a husband and wife team, about 30 people at a time on it. Enough for some real economy, and some team work. But not so many that you cant find a spot in the wilderness to build and have no neighbors if you want.
As MMO's go its a comfortable virtual retirement for me.

Gandalf Parker
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Hey my wife loves me playing Ultima Online.
I get to pack-rat, try my hand at making things, visit other peoples
junk sales, kill & skin animals... all the things she hates me doing in
our garage.

NakedLunch · #2 June 7th, 2006, 09:37 PM

Furcadia is where it's at

baby_arm · #3 June 7th, 2006, 09:43 PM

I hear it's fun for the whole family. Avoid that John Matrix guy, though.

DominionsFan · #4 June 8th, 2006, 06:20 AM

Oh I see Gandalf, I just visited some old UO sites, the game looks fun indeed. I guess UO must be the mother of all MMORPGs.

Hm I never heard about Furcadia, Im gonna check it out.

Caduceus · #5 June 8th, 2006, 11:28 PM

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DominionsFAN said:
I guess UO must be the mother of all MMORPGs.

Oh where has the time gone?!?! I must be getting REALLY old...

DominionsFan · #6 June 10th, 2006, 06:20 PM

Hm....this Furcadia looks very weird to me. What is this game about exactly? I downloaded the necessary files, started the game, and I've found myself on a screen, where I could choose that what animal to play with. Is this game for very young people? It looks like that at least, however I might be wrong, because I wasnt looking at it more, I quitted after the first screen, it was a bit silly to play with a rabbit who walks on 2 feet.

NakedLunch · #7 June 10th, 2006, 06:26 PM

To get to the real fun in Furcadia, you have to click the FurN button under the "B" tab in your interface.

Endoperez · #8 June 11th, 2006, 02:30 AM

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DominionsFAN said:
it was a bit silly to play with a rabbit who walks on 2 feet.

What about a commando killer rabbit who hunts down his enemies with vengeanve? That game is called Lugaru. It's strange, but also very good.

Nerfix · #9 June 8th, 2006, 09:53 AM

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baby_arm said:
I hear it's fun for the whole family.

Even for the litter?

baby_arm · #10 June 8th, 2006, 04:24 PM

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Even for the litter?

I would never inflict the horror of Furcadia on poor, innocent puppies.