test center 2

Looks like it might be. It's a "Felucca" only map.

Starting Location: Ocllo Gateway

Keep getting login time out

Yoshi said:

"this is definitely a first.

Not NL

i just mean testing something in fel"

NL is the original landmass.  What is called Fel now. I think I heard them say Occlo is the city in that spot.  Not Haven.

Will have different inter player rules.

“Ocllo 
Always takes me a few tries on crystal portal”

Ya my way looks funny.  But that's how I pronounce it incorrectly I'm sure.

I liked to buy regs there back in the day.

I guess this means we should be able to expect patch notes either tomorrow or sometime next week.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if patch notes arrived later today, or in a couple weeks.

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When you go into character creation for TC2, you can still select Human/Elf/Gargoyle. Are we going to be able to play Elf/Gargoyle races in NL, or is NL just human?

We can also select from all the skills. Is NL going to have Chiv/Necro/Bushido, etc.?

The NL character creation process as detailed so far (choosing surnames from a list, etc.), doesn't look like it's going to work like the current process. So, they might just be standing up TC to get things started, and it may take a while before you can even generate a character.

Or it could be good to go in 5 minutes. Who knows...

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Would make sense though to have a couple weeks of solid testing prior to a 26th Anniversary launch, which is only 2 months away at this point.

I'd imagine there would be a very large client patch or a separate test client before any testing begins. 

Yes.  They may test all races even tho we may not have all races in NL. Someday they plan to send the good parts to permanent shards 

Who knows how it matches the info we have heard so far.

A new experience for us all.  . I'll have fun.

Has anybody made a new char on TC2?  I just tried to make a Human Male Warrior and it kicked me back to the log-in screen (3 times)

I don't believe anyone has made it past creation screen . in reality we have no clue what TC2 is for and just quickly jumped to the conclusion that it must be NL. if only there was a method the developers could use to let us know about such things...

Skett said:

I wish they would put all this NL stuff on hold and fix my chicken lizard eggs first 

its not like another month or two is going to make a difference for a 2 years past the release date schedule  

This highlights the issue many have with the very concept of NL   most people would rather have a bug free game than a shard no one asked for 

Grimbeard said:

Skett said:

I wish they would put all this NL stuff on hold and fix my chicken lizard eggs first 

its not like another month or two is going to make a difference for a 2 years past the release date schedule  

This highlights the issue many have with the very concept of NL   most people would rather have a bug free game than a shard no one asked for 

Yes bug free would be great but go back and see how many people asked for a Classic Shard and it looks like NL is that, but yes again bug fixes would be better for the current population.

Lord_Frodo said:

Grimbeard said:

Skett said:

I wish they would put all this NL stuff on hold and fix my chicken lizard eggs first 

its not like another month or two is going to make a difference for a 2 years past the release date schedule  

This highlights the issue many have with the very concept of NL   most people would rather have a bug free game than a shard no one asked for 

Yes bug free would be great but go back and see how many people asked for a Classic Shard and it looks like NL is that, but yes again bug fixes would be better for the current population.

One of the few actual details we know is the NL is in fact not a classic shard and even if 100% so making it seasonal would make it not..

It seems that you and I are the only ones that remember all the threads about a classic shard and then the arguments over what is a classic shard. Well they finally did it, and we hear, nobody asked for this.   😂

You got that right.  😂 

https://uo.com/ultima-online-new-legacy/

It clearly states it's not a classic shard....

Grimbeard said:

Lord_Frodo said:

Grimbeard said:

Skett said:

I wish they would put all this NL stuff on hold and fix my chicken lizard eggs first 

its not like another month or two is going to make a difference for a 2 years past the release date schedule  

This highlights the issue many have with the very concept of NL   most people would rather have a bug free game than a shard no one asked for 

Yes bug free would be great but go back and see how many people asked for a Classic Shard and it looks like NL is that, but yes again bug fixes would be better for the current population.

One of the few actual details we know is the NL is in fact not a classic shard and even if 100% so making it seasonal would make it not..

What is a Classic Shard.  From what I understand NL is UO before the split and the only thing different is you can opt out of PvP.  So it gets wiped every year except your char and his/her skills and some goodies.  How hard is it going to find GM Armor to outfit your 7XGM Char.  The first Chars I will make is a miner/smith/tailor and a warrior just like I did 25 years ago.

When the map has only original Britannia and the items have names like vampiric of power and skills go to 100.  That is not modern UO.

Grimbeard said:

https://uo.com/ultima-online-new-legacy/

It clearly states it's not a classic shard....

Pawain said:

When the map has only original Trammel and the items have names like vampiric of power and skills go to 100.  That is not modern UO.

Grimbeard said:

https://uo.com/ultima-online-new-legacy/

It clearly states it's not a classic shard....

Now you're going to somehow dispute the developers own words?

Skett said:

tc2 is for testing the new idoc system only invited tester can enter it. 

im guessing the tester are the scripters that complained in the first place. 

Actually that was Grimms idea in a TC thread,  Idea stealer!

@Grimbeard @Pawain

Q: Is Ultima Online: New Legacy an Ultima Online Classic Shard?

There is no magic dial to turn back Ultima Online to a specific era.  Times have changed and expectations have moved past what the landscape of MMORPGs was like in 1997 and beyond.  So in short, no, this is not a 1:1 recreation of a classic UO server in any given era.  What we have done, however, is to rekindle the magic and nostalgia that drives the core desire to experience a classic server.  As we have stated, we have completely rethought, reworked, and redesigned several core gameplay experiences with the goal of rekindling the classic experience of Ultima Online –  focused on keeping true to the roots of Ultima as an RPG!

This is their idea of a classic era of UO

Yup, classic experience with less hoops, less grinds, less calculations and no spreadsheets needed.

I'm ready to log in!

Pawain said:

Yup, classic experience with less hoops, less grinds, less calculations and no spreadsheets needed.

I'm ready to log in!

So exactly what no one asked for! Go team 

Grimbeard said:

Pawain said:

Yup, classic experience with less hoops, less grinds, less calculations and no spreadsheets needed.

I'm ready to log in!

So exactly what no one asked for! Go team 

So that's gonna be your new catch phrase in every post now.  Great.

Ya no player has asked for UO to be less grindy or complicated  you are correct.

We are right next to a post wanting a tutorial because UO is exactly those things.   😂

We want less complexity and grinds but on our normal shards 

Skett said:

We want less complexity and grinds but on our normal shards 

Then if the things on NL are popular, maybe they can bring those mechanics over.  

You can keep trying to hatch your eggs while we play there.  😂

Yeah like everything that gets created on this planet needs someone to ask for it to be made first. 

Pawain said:

Skett said:

We want less complexity and grinds but on our normal shards

Then if the things on NL are popular, maybe they can bring those mechanics over. 

Not being able to log in is such a tease.

oh cool a three year teaser for something nobody wanted. 

Grimbeard said:

Pawain said:

Yup, classic experience with less hoops, less grinds, less calculations and no spreadsheets needed.

I'm ready to log in!

So exactly what no one asked for! Go team 

And what is it you think everybody asked for.  Pre AoS was #1 and a lot asked for pre pub 16

@Grimbeard and @SaulGoodman1 / @Saul_Goodman must be room mates.  Everybody asked for a Classic Shard but no two people could agree on what that was so the people than own UO decided to do what they thought a Classic Shard was and if you do not like it then do not play it.

Lord_Frodo said:

@ Grimbeard and @ SaulGoodman1 / @ Saul_Goodman must be room mates.  Everybody asked for a Classic Shard but no two people could agree on what that was so the people than own UO decided to do what they thought a Classic Shard was and if you do not like it then do not play it.

If they don't play it, they can't complain about it.
So they will play it.

AmberWitch said:

Not being able to log in is such a tease.

RonFellows said:

... or a separate test client ... 

As Ron hinted at, probably in closed testing with select individuals.

The rest of us can see the shard, but without the correct client, can't log in.

Good way to show they are working on NL, and create interest, without actually saying anything. A teaser, if you will. (Not all communication has to be verbal!)

(I would suspect the correct client will have a much different character creation process. I.E. no Elf/Garg, totally different skill list, if there are skills, etc.)

They should let Popps test.  It's temporary and supposed to progress easily. So he would provide many novels in that regard.

 an unannounced secretly selected closed alpha testing seems par for the course 

Grimbeard said:

 an unannounced secretly selected closed alpha testing seems par for the course 

Yes, it does.

There was a closed alpha for Kingdom Reborn in 2006 or 2007. 
There was a closed alpha for Stygian Abyss in 2008 or 2009.
There was a closed alpha for High Seas.
There was a closed alpha (and forum) for Time of Legends.


Also,

There was a closed alpha for Diablo IV.
There was a closed alpha for Starfield.
There was a closed alpha for Cyber Knights.

You name a game and it has probably had a closed alpha for a select group of testers.

Sometimes developers even call the first closed alphas "friends and family testing".

Arroth_Thaiel said:

Grimbeard said:

 an unannounced secretly selected closed alpha testing seems par for the course 

Yes, it does.

There was a closed alpha for Kingdom Reborn in 2006 or 2007. 
There was a closed alpha for Stygian Abyss in 2008 or 2009.
There was a closed alpha for High Seas.
There was a closed alpha (and forum) for Time of Legends.


Also,

There was a closed alpha for Diablo IV.
There was a closed alpha for Starfield.
There was a closed alpha for Cyber Knights.

You name a game and it has probably had a closed alpha for a select group of testers.

Sometimes developers even call the first closed alphas "friends and family testing".

Silly me i assumed that phase had happened in the two years prior..

Lord_Frodo said:

@ Grimbeard and @ SaulGoodman1 / @ Saul_Goodman must be room mates.  Everybody asked for a Classic Shard but no two people could agree on what that was so the people than own UO decided to do what they thought a Classic Shard was and if you do not like it then do not play it.

I dont have a mouse, and just watched the netflix doco about WHAM that is close enough to a classic shard for me.

George Micheal - Careless Whispers