Ipy3

I figure we should get some good discussion going about this shard. There's no doubt that it will be the next "big" UO freeshard when it launches. Let's face it, UOForever is a trash server that will die the moment any sort of competition is launched. The horrible ruleset and how disagreeable it is to our play style means that this shard won't last for much longer. It's a struggle even now trying to get people on for a raid.

I've been Alpha testing the several different features upcoming for IPY. So far, the ideas are great and the coding that has been implemented has been wonderful.

They have a fully working, automated arena system. Details found here:
http://inporylem.com/ipy-3-arenas/

PvE End Game Armor Sets:

http://inporylem.com/lets-talk-about-sets-baby/

And Portals:
http://inporylem.com/portals/

Beta is getting ready to open up some time in October and they are planning for launch sometime in the winter. Now is the time to put in your input on what features you'd like to see or what sort of improvements you'd like to make. In my personal belief, the aged game that we are addicted to can be considered a success if you play a shard for a year and have a lot of fun and retain good memories of your time there.

Updated with Portals link

Theres been some debate on ditching nearest target too, so I hope that goes through.

As of now, Az is taking applications for Beta.

http://inporylem.com/forum/showthrea...798-IPY-3-Beta

Send him a PM expressing your interest. I would advise including that you are from Bloodclan and hoping to bring good news back to the clan about the new features, etc etc. :)

Some New Updates!

The Orc Fort:

Az is wanting to make the fort a "limited housing area". What that means is making the fort an owned building, having an owner, co-owner, friends etc etc. There would be limited storage in the fort and the clan would have the ability to decorate the fort as they wish. For obvious reasons, no banning or kicking from the fort. I haven't confirmed if instant logging out will be added, but I would assume no. I requested a 50 tile radius in all directions from the fort be made a "no count zone" or perma grey area, as well as having a permanent red healer spawn along the outskirts. Az agreed to this.

The stat loss penalties have been lowered from 5-15% to 1.75-3%.

Skill gain has been increased. Instead of taking 1-2 months for a finished character, it should only take 2-3 weeks. This doesn't apply to crafters.

That's definitely an improvement to what we've seen. Now paladins need to be nerfed, that item that allows them to know the coordinates of murders to be completely removed, and we'd be in business.

I'll support you guys in this. I was a long time member of Catskills Undead and Shadowclan Orcs, and will visit regularly.

I wantt too killl inn thiss betaa placee youu speakk off

Sounds great. I'm always going to be ipy friendly since those were some of my fav memories with bc back in the day

Just checking in I will almost certainly be playing

su erm me nub heer bak abud dis ting ?

We've been crunching down on getting everything ready for launch. Be on the look out for a launch date soon

ugh i wish it was out, by the time it comes out, I'm going to be deploying...

I might come back for this....

greetings
i'm coming to IPY3 from uosa where i was in Shadowclan
i'll be there from launch
i'm an old school player from catskills (97-02)
just wanted to introduce myself
can't wait for january 11th
agh clompun sum humies
Hoowah!!

Welcome! we look forward to seeing lots of orcs prowling the fort on launch!

hopefully this one lasts!

Do I dare play UO again? Oh boy...IPY was pretty good...Rel are the Pewbies coming to IPY3. On the beta are the Boulderfist Orcs there?

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Originally Posted by Aya'Stigi

Do I dare play UO again? Oh boy...IPY was pretty good...Rel are the Pewbies coming to IPY3. On the beta are the Boulderfist Orcs there?

Smug has been MIA from Boulderfist and I dont think the others have any intention of leaving UO forever...

Pewbies will be there on IPY3, i saw them talkin about it on the ipy forums.

Yew, UND, Savages, and a possible dwarf guild will be there on launch. We'll see how it goes. Yew for sure is diving head first into launch. No Boulderfist in beta, though I'm sure they'll try and come spoil the fun. And yes AYA you better come back. This will probably be the last great hurrah for a UO shard. I know this will be the last shard I will ever play, so now's the time to join in. January 10th in the evening is official launch. I'm taking that day off work and you bet I'll be around for it.

I'll be there. It looks like Shadowclan may not be making a branch in IPY 3.

Edit: Found the application form. filling it out now.

I will likely make a separate forum account for Gung'zog

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ajar Deathstrike

I'll be there. It looks like Shadowclan may not be making a branch in IPY 3.

Edit: Found the application form. filling it out now.

I will likely make a separate forum account for Gung'zog

I can just change your forum name for you buddy. reply in this thread or let me know in pm if you would like it changed

General Mechanics

Currently, In Por Ylem is based roughly around "era accurate" t2a combat. This means you should expect to see mechanics like:
Insta-hit weapons
Precasting
Healing through poison
No special weapon hits of any kind
No specialized "pure mage" viability like poison mages or scribe mages

Ugh, anyone know if IPY3 is planned to use this system also?

They are. It's a cold, hard, tank mage world out there, but the shard is gonna be a blast.

Yes, tank mage was king on IPY2...but really archery hits pretty hard if I remember correctly and a decent melee player can hold their own...I am assuming that this iteration of IPY there will still be no mounts...that is key :P....Also, I found that when I played IPY before people did not know what to do if you could actually heal properly...