alt Hacker NewsCongratulations! I don't know how busy player-run shards are these days, but I look forward to exploring this once you've gotten it a bit further.
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Thanks! There are still a few active shards out there, mostly us "old guys" in our 40s chasing the nostalgia of our teenage years. UO has a way of never really dying. Combat and skills are still a ways off, but the foundation is solid enough that I'm adding features every week (in spare times,) I'll keep pushing updates!
Most active is UO Outlands. Several thousands players?
They've reworked a lot of systems and it's basically 100x better than original UO.
There are several systems in place, which original devs wouldn't even dream of and saying that, official Ultima Online is still running. :D
It's PvP server, but with balanced PvP which really works for everyone. Not like original devs, they just dropped PvP because cookie-cutter players cried.
UO Outlands has been pretty popular for a few years. They’ve implemented a lot of custom aspects (specialties), craft, new dungeons, land, as well as weekly quests and events. My brother and I play it a few hours a week. It’s incredibly popular for the nostalgia and its player base seems to be pretty consistent. It reminds me of early UO where your exploring, learning, and dying a lot. And there tends to be players everywhere you go.