Britannia Zoning Department - Land Rush Phase 1

What is the thinking behind only opening up land in Brit "county". Is there someplace I can go and get a idea as to when a area that I would be even the least bit interested in, to place a house.

I'm pretty sure they did that to keep the community kind of centrally located. Keep people from running off to the far corners of the world and locking themselves in their houses for hours at a time. Keeps the community together and active... Next rush will change that, I'm sure.

Why would u want the "community kind of centrally located". On less you're a thief or a sand flea. Exactly how does it keep people from locking themselves in their houses for hours at a time? Does nothing to "keep the community together and active.

This entire reploy is non sense.

This land rush/squeeze could be seen as yet another controling element of this shard, For the few, screw the majority.

I think its great that staff are doing these events. Im sorry you are upset you can't get your dream island or moongate home right away. The rest of us wil be enjoying our current houses and upgrade or move az spots become available

I am sure the main reason behind these waves of land being opened up is to level the playing field as much as possible.

The majority here can't afford a castle yet, probably about 5% at most can afford a tower.

If all land was released now then those 5% (or less) would get all the good spots right away and everyone else, the precious majority you seem so concerned about, gets screwed.

Instead of going on the forums and attacking another player for something that you immediately do yourself I strongly recommend taking a chill pill and maybe rubbing one off to help you relax, Dude.

I have no interest in a dream Island, Castle or a moongate vendor house, I simple want something out of the way, so I can be left to do my right. I dont want to be told when to sell, what to a vendor, or told where I have to place my house and when.

Just as easy to mark off the 19 locations for a castle and the other so called hot spots and raffle them off. You could use event pts or something.

Atfer going live on Sept first, there will never be a level playing field again. New people come and go all the time. Some one will always have more then others. Did you mean to say, I am glad they are holding those spots until I can afford them?

You don't know me or what I am about. You dont see me hanging out at the bank or telling in IRC for hours on end. So for you to make a comment like above is pretty inmature, but then again, so are you.

I also mean to add. Kids need not reply

I dont actually like this idea either. I see a lot of blood being spilled on this day. Who knows when the spots i want open but i will try to grab one here anyways... I can place up to 10 for crying out loud! I just have to take a day off work because it will be during monday morning for me.

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Before you rage about someone's answer, consider spell/grammar check. "On less" and "reploy?" Come on now...

Also, take a breath and listen to what it is I'm saying. Keeping people centrally located in the beginning is good for a short while at least. You actually SEE your neighbors. This is a massively online game, if you aren't interacting with other players, it defeats the purpose. Now, I understand not wanting to be forced to see other people. I really do get that. I was merely relaying information that was given to me a while back. So don't shoot the messenger.

Yes there will be blood, but they're trying to create fun little events for people to enjoy. Would Saturday be better for most people? Probably. But someone's always going to be put out, you cannot please everyone. Keep in mind, you don't pay to play here. The staff has provided us with this opportunity and have done a fine job so far. Having a land rush system gives me something to look forward to... Does any of this land appeal to me? No, but I'll just wait until the next one.

Breathe easy people...

Perhaps someone is standing to close to the mushrooms.

Not having your neighbor sitting in your lap will allow you to pick who you interact with. Maybe someone who you might have some fun PLAYING with. Not always looking over your shoulder.

Secondly, Why were you given information about the land squeeze in advance? :| For the few, screw the majority.

You cant keep people centrally located here. They want to go to the town they like most, whether there be inhabitants or not. I rarely talk to anyone in town, mostly we interact in dungeons. Shoving all new players to one town does not help them that much as they will have to compete for resources and selling to venders. Also, the town and people of Brit are dirty... =P

This isn't Utopia Online, it's Ultima. If you want isolation, go find it. There are still spots out there, or were, that are plenty remote. There will be more in the next rush.
The player base isn't large enough to warrant opening the whole shard so the people who played beta can farm up 10 castles (fortresses) each and flood the shard with them.

People are going to have to pick and choose wisely and this will actually promote some early real estate trading.
I've got some interest in the first wave, but it's not the only spot in Britannia I'm interested in possibly occupying.

Also, none of the players know/knew anything about the rush details in advance of anyone else who was reading and paying attention.

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Take a breather... Any information I have is available to the rest of the shard. Leave your IRC on every once in a while and READ it. Plenty of useful information is relayed to people on that magical device. Granted, yesterday was mostly a few people complaining about a patch... but most of the time there's some very useful information on it.

Being close to neighbors that you don't like is part of UO!

Just overnight both my characters were killed by my very own next door neighbor Saruman of B^K.

Not only did I lose a bunch of reagents and bandages, but I also lost a couple of runebooks and other valuables.

The very first night I let my guard down and didn't unload all items on the floor I get PK'd, the griefers never sleep.

Isn't UO great? (Hail yeah it is!)

Not trying to be a dick but you (Falcon) seem like the type that would rage quit after much less. You're already complaining about something that you get to enjoy for free and the live server isn't even 2 weeks old yet.

I know the playing field can never be level. Even during beta some people started early, I started a week before live. So what if I only got provocation to 70 and barely macroed magery on either of my 2 main characters. This is a game of achievements, the pleasure comes from working hard and getting shit done. You claim to be for the majority but all you've done so far is complain that YOU can't have something YOU want.

Oh and by the way, there is a big difference between being immature and being playful. Maybe if you untwist your panties out of their bunch you can relax and enjoy this multi-player game.

UO has never been a completely level playing field for players. Back in the day you had people who had dial up and those who had broad band. Now, there is razor, some players who use it to
macro can level up a character in a few days, while other players who can't use razor to macro (for whatever reasons), it takes weeks to month or more to level up.
The whole point is, the staff is doing their best to make it as fair as possible for all us players.
Are they going to succeed a hundred per-cent, no. That is reality of UO.
So lets give them a hand-shake, instead of complaints.

thanks all