Guide to Joining Bloodclan from Darkfall Forums Page #1
[1] Introduction
Hello Darkfall forum users. Bloodclan is glad you were interested enough to visit our website. This post is intended as a user friendly step by step guide specifically for Darkfall forum readers who are interrested in Bloodclan and would possibly like to test out waters by playing with us in game on one of our already established branches prior to Darkfall's release. Bloodclan's home and most active branch is currently on the game Ultima Online on a free shard called UO Gamers Hybrid. Therefore the goal of this guide will be specifically geared towards helping interested Darkfall forum members fully setup and play in game with Bloodclan orcs on the game Ultima Online on the free Ultima Online shard called UO Gamers Hybrid.
[2] What is Ultima Online?
We will give a brief overview of the computer game Ultima Online for Darkfall users unfamiliar with Ultima Online. If you are a veteran Ultima Online player feel free to skip this section.
Overview:
Ultima Online is an mmorpg that released in 1997 by a company called Origin Systems also known as OSI. Ultima Online gained wide popularity for including the following game features:
a. Open pvp world that allowed free attack anywhere.
Ultima Online has zero 100% safe zones. Ultima Online's only safe zones are towns spread throughout the land where Guards will attack people who thieve or attack others players. However even towns are not 100% safe and players can still be thieved, attacked, killed and looted in town. All area outside of towns has zero guards and therefore allows players to freely steal, attack, kill and loot other players on sight without guard intervention.
b. Full loot of other players items.
Ultima Online also allowed full loot of other players items. So for example lets say a character "Bob" dies. When bob dies his body will fall to the ground. As result of Bob's body falling to the ground another player "Joe" can walk along and see Bob's body on the ground. For Joe to loot Bob, Joe just needs to double click Bob's body, which is on the ground and then drag Bob's items into his own inventory window.
c. Non level based character training.
Ultima Online's character training system had zero levels. Ultima Online instead had 3 stats consisting of strength, intelligence and dexterity and a series of 42 different skills, ranging from cooking to swordsmanship that could be used independently or in an endless variety of combinations. Each stat capped out at 100 points, so for example "Bob" could only have 100 intelligence. Similarly each skill capped out 100 points, so Bob could only have 100 cooking. A fully worked up character was limited to 225 stats and 700 skill points. So for example Bob could have 100 strength, 100 dexterity and 25 intelligence along with 100 swordsmanship, 100 tactics, 100 anatomy, 100 archery, 100 hiding, 100 healing and 100 stealth. A character will often reap a synergy bonus from having certain skills together. For example Bob's swordsmanship + tactics + anatomy will yield higher damage than swordsmanship alone.
d. Player Skill based PVP.
To do "pvp" a player must press "tab" and then double left click on another player. Tab + left click only initiates a fight. A player must fight using specific character skills with the corresponding equipment. For example, Bob must use his characters swordsmanship skill with a swordsmanship weapon to attack Joe. A player's skill comes from knowing when to use what character skill and how to apply the specifics of that character skill to the given pvp circumstance. For example Bob can use a Katana sword to hit faster but do less damage. Or if Bob's opponent is low on health Bob can use a heavy hitting but slower weapon like a halberd to deliver a finishing blow. Equally if Bob's character has mage skill Bob can cast about 50 different spells at any given time. However knowing what spells to cast when is what really determines a good UO pvp'er.
e. Non item based fighting.
Ultima Online's fighting equipment ranges from bad to good. A player will find out quickly that good equipment is common and not overwhelmingly powerful. Ultima Online's largest pvp factor is player skill.
[3] What is a free Ultima Online shard?
Ultima Online was originally released in 1997 by OSI as a pay to play mmorpg with a monthly subscription. In April 2000 OSI fundamentally changed Ultima Online by creating a large safety zone known as trammel where you could not be thieved, attacked , killed or looted. The implementation of trammel ended Ultima Online's risk based fighting and subsequently many players left OSI Ultima Online. OSI also made changes later down the road, which made the Ultima Onlines pvp system more item based and less player skill based.
Free Ultima Online shards were subsequently invented as a response to many veteran UO players desiring to experience Ultima Online as they originally did without safe zones or an overpowered item based pvp system. Free Ultima Online shards do not charge money to play and are not hosted by OSI. Free Ultima Online shard if sophisticated will often have their own team of programmers, designers, technicians and email based support staff.
[4] What is UO Gamers Hybrid?
UO Gamers Hybrid is one such very popular free Ultima Online shard that is run by UO Gamers staff. Hybrid has the highest population of all free Ultima Online shards in the world and averages out at about 900 players online simultaneously.
[5] UO Gamers Hybrid and Darkfall
Bloodclan will play Ultima Online until Darkfall releases. UO Gamers Hybrid is the closest experience you will receive to actually playing with Bloodclan in Darkfall before Darkfall's release.
[6.1] Setting up UO Gamers Divinity
You will need to download and install three items.
[6.2] Download Microsoft.NET Framework
First item, Download and install
Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package if you don't have it. Download link:
Download details: .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package
[6.3] Download Razor
Second item, download and install a program called
Razor. Download link:
Razor
[6.4] Download Ultima Online
Third item, install Ultima Online. You can download Ultima Online if you don't have a disk copy. Go to provided link and download
Ultima Online: ML. Download link:
UOGamers: Divinity - (Ultima Online Freeshard)
[6.5] Patch Ultima Online
Patch Ultima Online by opening Ultima Online. Patching will require about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
[6.6] Connect To UO Gamers Divinity
Then connect to UO Gamers Hybrid through the program
Razor. You should get this screen:
Make sure UO Gamers Hybrid is selected in the drop down menu. Also make sure 2d client is selected at the top. If server is blank write in "login.uohybrid.com", if port is blank write in "2593".
[7] Reading Material Before Joining Bloodclan
a.
Before making a character on UO Gamers Hybrid read "How To Make An Orc" and all the other links for clan information below. Link to page:
http://www.bloodclanorcs.com/index.php?page=makeorc
b.
Then read "Bloodclan Orc Language (Blah)". Link to page:
http://www.bloodclanorcs.com/index.php?page=blah
c.
Then read "Bloodclan Orcs Rules". Link to page:
http://www.bloodclanorcs.com/index.php?page=rules
d.
Then read "Chain of Command". Link to page:
http://www.bloodclanorcs.com/index.php?page=chain
e.
Then read "Looting Rules". Link to page:
http://www.bloodclanorcs.com/index.php?page=looting
f.
Then read "Rules of Engagement". Link to page:
http://www.bloodclanorcs.com/index.php?page=engagement
g.
Then read "Melee Classes". Link to page:
http://www.bloodclanorcs.com/index.php?page=melee
h.
Then read "Mojo Classes". Link to page:
http://www.bloodclanorcs.com/index.php?page=mojo
i.
Then Read "Punishments". Link to page:
http://www.bloodclanorcs.com/index.php?page=punish
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