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| − | '''Adventures on the High Seas''' is the latest [[Expansion|expansion]] that is scheduled to launch in Fall 2010. 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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| − | ==List of New Systems==
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| − | ===New Ships===
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| − | *Three New Boat Types/Styles:
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| − | **Orcish - 3 weapon stations per side
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| − | **Gargish - 3 weapon stations per side
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| − | **Tokuno - 4 weapons per side, faster speed than other ships
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| − | *Boats are paintable, in different Hues (''no glacial colors!'')
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| − | *Introduction of Rowboats
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| − | *Limitation of one boat and one ship placed on the water per character at any given time.
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| − | ====Ship Movement====
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| − | * Boats move smoothly from tile to tile (like walking)
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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
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| − | * New methods for boarding ships, replacing long-troublesome plank method
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| − | ====Ship Weapons====
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| − | * Boats will have multiple weapon stations where cannon may be placed
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| − | * Multi-step firing system(loading, lighting, etc.)
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| − | * Two Ammunition types(Tinkering skill addition):
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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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| − | * Cannon crafting(Blacksmithing skill addition)
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| − | ====Ship Damage and Repair====
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| − | *Boats will display increasing amounts of damage taken
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| − | *Boats may be repaired with a variety of craftable items
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| − | *Players with Carpentry or Tailoring skill receive bonus to ship repair ability/effectiveness
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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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| − | * Defend themselves
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| − | ===Boss Encounters===
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| − | * [[Scalis the Enforcer]]
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| − | * Island Encounter
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| − | ===Sea Market===
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| − | *A floating dock-style town at sea
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| − | *New NPC's:
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| − | **Fish Monger
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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 maybe be placed in manacles on your ship's bow
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| − | ===Fishing Skill Updates===
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| − | *Fishing skill cap raised to 120(Legendary)
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| − | * Location-specific fishing
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| − | * 36 new fish, including lobsters
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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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| − | ==Miscellaneous==
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| − | * 20% House and Bank storage increase
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| − | * New Cooking recipes
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| − | ==See Also==
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| − | {{Categorize|Expansions}}{{Categorize|Adventures on the High Seas}}
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