New player

[dwolf]

Hello, I just joined the shard and haven't played UO in a while. Just wanted some general questions answered such as where do most people hang out and what's a quick way to make money. Or more specifically, what's the most sensible way to get started with a warrior character? Been a while... played atlantic 5 or 6 years ago.

Thanks! Shard looks great.

[WiseOne]

http://wiki.uosecondage.com/Main_Page

http://wiki.uosecondage.com/Beginners_Guide <---- Ton of info!

http://wiki.uosecondage.com/Templates

If you are set on a warrior, I would just spend most of the day at Jhelom graveyard as it is seconds away from the safety of the town/guardzone and the spawn is generally very easy, bar the occasional lich which you can guard whack. Since magic is a MUST even for warriors (unless you are one hardcore mother f-in' role player) start with 49 magery and 50 resisting spells. 1 in whichever you want based on the starting equipment (http://wiki.uosecondage.com/Starting_Equipment).

If you need a buddy to watch out for you while you are raising fighting just let me know when you are usually online and I will have a character near by in case you need any help (heal/resurrection/general help). PM is the best way to reach me. Welcome!

Cheers

[mrbojangles]

Welcome to the shard.

A lot of people hang out in Britain, at the bank and graveyard, you'll typically always find people there.

There are lots of ways to make money as a newb. Just beating on skeletons, etc is the most direct and fun, but probably least effective method. Mining, lumberjacking and bowyering are easy ways for a noob to make money, but are tedious (sell ingots and wood to players, bows to npcs). A bard is a quick character to make, but you'll need a little bit of gold for training magery.

[dwolf]

Thanks for the tips guys. Will hang out at the cemetery for a while to start. Also wondering if the lumberjacking bonus exists on this shard with a swordsman and if it's even worth it. I remember that being pretty fun way back in the day.

[Mens Rea]

No LJ bonus that was UO:R.

I suggest you hang out at Brit GY - that way you will learn all of the names and pvp styles of the local pkers.

[Pirul]

Take 50 magery and 49 healing. One of the biggest misconceptions is starting with 50 resist, when really, it's quite simple and cheap to get to 55.

[WiseOne]

Take 50 magery and 49 healing. One of the biggest misconceptions is starting with 50 resist, when really, it's quite simple and cheap to get to 55.

Teach me!

[Sandro]

fire field

[WiseOne]

fire field

Yes, how could I forget.

I remember having a good macro for that and the other spells at higher levels.

Now that I think about it, there is a good way to raise magery and resist at the same time by casting spells on yourself but I can't find the link that tells you which spell at which skill level. Anyone?

Also, first thing to do is definitely raise healing before running around in a fire field. You can raise fast after 60 by casting poison on yourself or another character and curing them. (Healing others takes 5 seconds versus 10 when healing yourself, curing poison is 6 and 12 respectively if I am not mistaken). I was so poor back when I was training healing on my first character I just went on fire island and let myself get poisoned on purpose by all the serpents. Not a bad way to raise fighting skills and get some moolah in the process by the way. To raise from 80 to 100 is the easiest. Keep resurrecting a dead character but not accepting it with the dead one.

If you need any basic supplies let me know.

PS

If you ever make a mage later, make sure you raise meditation together with magery and resisting otherwise it gets way harder later.

[dwolf]

Thanks again guys. Final question is why do I need 50 magery? Is it important to have that on this shard? I only really would use it for recall.

edit: Are any guilds recruiting? Might make it easier to get into the shard. Thanks

[WiseOne]

I find this game heavily leaning towards magic so I recommend GM'ing magery even on warriors, it just makes life easier (recall, gate, insta cure/heal, etc.). Check the guilds forum for information on recruiting (viewforum.php?f=24).


Cheers