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| − | Open beta has begun! To participate you must download and install one of the beta clients.
| + | #REDIRECT [[Ultima Online: High Seas]] |
| − | * [http://web.cdn.eamythic.com/us/uo/installers/20100908/UOHSBeta_Classic.exe Classic Client Beta]
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| − | * [http://web.cdn.eamythic.com/us/uo/installers/20100908/UOHSBeta_Enhanced.exe Enhanced Client Beta]
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| − | [[File:Adventures_on_the_high_seas.jpg|320px|thumb|'''Adventures of the High Seas''' (from UO Town Hall presentation slide)]]
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| − | ==Overview==
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| − | '''Adventures on the High Seas''' is the latest [[Expansion|expansion]] that is scheduled to launch in Fall 2010 "before Christmas". It was first announced during a UO Town Hall Meeting held on August 28, 2010 at EA Mythic/Bioware's division headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia.
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| − | It was formally announced as a "booster" as opposed to a full-fledged expansion and was stated to have a retail price of $14.99 USD upon release.
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| − | During the first public demonstration, an NPC orc ship was attacked but the orc crew killed the dev team member.
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| − | ==Features==
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| − | Note: These additions are in alpha and are all subject to change/removal.
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| − | ===New Ships===
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| − | *Three New Boat Types/Styles:
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| − | **Orcish - 3 cannons per side
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| − | **Gargish - 3 cannons per side
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| − | **Tokuno - 2 cannons per side, faster speed than other ships
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| − | *Boats are paintable, in different Hues (''no glacial colors!'')
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| − | *New Rowboats (similar to Skara Brae Ferry) allow access to shore
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| − | *Limitation of one ship and one rowboat placed on the water per character at any given time
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| − | ====Ship Movement====
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| − | * Boats movement has been fixed, ships move smoothly without skipping animations
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| − | * Boats can now move at three different speeds
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| − | * May be controlled via mouse instead of spoken commands by accessing ship wheel
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| − | * New methods for boarding ships, replacing long-troublesome plank method
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| − | ** If you are allied, in same guild, in party or have been granted access, you may board ship by double-clicking a rope
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| − | ** If the ship is sufficiently damaged, you can board without permission
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| − | ====Ship Weapons====
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| − | * Boats will have multiple weapon stations where cannons may be placed
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| − | * Multi-step firing system(loading, lighting, etc.)
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| − | * Ammunition crafted by [[Tinkering]]
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| − | **Cannonballs - for other ship and large monster targets
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| − | **Grapeshot - for anti-personnel use
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| − | * Cannons are crafted using [[Blacksmithing]]
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| − | ====Ship Damage and Repair====
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| − | *Boats will display increasing amounts of damage taken (currently 3 damage states)
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| − | **None to Little - No damage visible
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| − | **Moderate - Ship has damaged parts and can only move slowly
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| − | **Heavy - Ship is immobile and can be boarded by anyone
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| − | *Boats may be repaired with a variety of craftable items
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| − | *Players with [[Carpentry]] or [[Tailoring]] can repair ships more with less resources
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| − | ====Pirate/Merchant Ships====
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| − | * NPC waypoints
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| − | * Unique crews
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| − | * Attackable
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| − | * Can defend themselves
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| − | ===Boss Encounters===
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| − | * [[Scalis the Enforcer]]
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| − | * [[Corgul the Soulbinder]]
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| − | ===Sea Market===
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| − | *A floating dock-style town at sea on both Felucca and Trammel facets
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| − | *Located south of [[Moonglow]] and north of [[Fire Isle]]
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| − | *New NPC's:
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| − | **Fish Monger - deals in uncommon fish
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| − | **Dockmaster - to automatically load/unload items from ship holds, for a fee
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| − | **Specialty Merchants
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| − | *Pirate bounty quest system
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| − | **Based off a bulletin board
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| − | **Pirates may be captured or killed
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| − | **Captured pirates can be placed in manacles on your ship's bow
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| − | ===Fishing Profession Updates===
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| − | * Fishing [[Power Scroll]]s are being added to raise the Fishing skill cap to 120
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| − | * Location-specific fishing
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| − | * 36 new fish and marine life
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| − | * 16 new buffs(10 minute duration, from eating fish pies made with new enchanted fish)
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| − | * 2 new wall-mountable fish
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| − | **One each from Trammel and Felucca
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| − | **Will include the date the fish was caught
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| − | *Introduction of [[Lobster Traps]] mini-game to catch lobsters
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| − | *Higher levels of fishing will now increase chances of catching Uncommon and Enchanted fish. These increments occur at 60, 90, and 120.
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| − | *Only Legendary fishers can catch Legendary fish.
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| − | *New fishing-related quest.
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| − | **Certain parts of the fishing quest(and thus, their rewards) are not available until 100+ fishing skill.
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| − | ===Miscellaneous===
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| − | * 20% House and Bank storage increase
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| − | * New Cooking recipes
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| − | ==Screenshots==
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| − | From the UO Japan website.
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| − | {|
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| − | | [[File:Adventures_on_the_high_seas_media_1.jpg|thumb|Comparing the new and old ships]]
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| − | | [[File:Adventures_on_the_high_seas_media_2.jpg|thumb|Fighting one of the new bosses]]
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| − | | [[File:Adventures_on_the_high_seas_media_3.jpg|thumb|Heading out in the new rowboat]]
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| − | | [[File:Adventures_on_the_high_seas_media_4.jpg|thumb|Showing off all the new fish]]
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| − | | [[File:Adventures_on_the_high_seas_media_5.jpg|thumb|New cooking menu]]
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| − | ==Video==
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| − | <video type="youtube" id="q4OqePprQ8Y" desc="Town Hall Adventures on the High Seas Demo"/>
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| − | EA Mythic Lead Engineer Derek Brinkmann demonstrates the new ships (equipped with cannons that actually inflict damage) and goes off to attack some Orcs at Sea. A Major Feature that should be noted is the Navigation/Command System! Do Not Miss It! No more commands to the Tillerman! Ships will be "MOUSE" driven!
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| − | Though the video is of marginal quality, due to the EA video stream provided... it does provide a major glimpse of what is ahead on the Sosarian High Seas.
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| − | {{Categorize|Adventures on the High Seas}}
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| − | {{Categorize|Expansions}}
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