I am a loooooong time UO'er (Sept 97, to be precise) who has played on OSI servers until 2007, then moved over and was active on a RunUO shard (which I won't name!
) ever since. That shard, however, just isn't "Busy" enough for me, usually only has between 20-30 people logged on at any specific time, and half of THOSE aren't really active.. So I'm looking for a new place to play that's a more active. I don't need a lot of hand-holding, and I'm up on all UO features/functions up through Samurai Empire. (Of course, I know nothing about Excelcior specific modifications!) About me: I am primarily a fisherman/merchant. I do not PvP (at all), and very seldom do I PvM, except in the case of needing something to stock a vendor (such as with bags/powders of Translocation). However, I *do* love to fish, mine, lumberjack, and I love running vendors. I've found, though, that there are so few new players coming into the lands of Britannia, that most people have their own mules and can craft just about anything that I would primarily sell on vendors - full spellbooks, pre-made runbook (with runes to towns, dungeons, etc), Scrolls, Potions, etc.. I feel that this style of play may be "dead" to me, but would appreciate any input that people here have on how the vendor situation is.
Above everything though (as mentioned above), I love to fish. Fish, fish, fish, and more fish. I'll fish from the time I wake up in the morning until I fall asleep face-first into the keyboard.
So I have to ask the experienced fishermen & women here - how's the fishing situation, especially in terms of MIBs, Paragon Serpents (Felucca only?), etc.. Or in other words, does the fishing here differ much from OSI? Also, since I've read here that this shards Felucca facet still follows the Trammel rule-set, are there any places that double resource collection? I.E., 2 ore for mining in Felucca as opposed to 1 ore in Trammel, or 20 logs as opposed to 10? Considering that Felucca is a "no Recall" shard here, that would make resource collecting very different/difficult, although I suppose that's what the "keyrings" are for.
I must admit, I'm a bit disappointed that Heartwood doesn't appear to be implemented here, as another thing I *love* to do is sit for hours with a few packies and do the heartwood quests for a chance at Runics & Special Recipies. Since I don't really like to PvM, killing Paragons isn't going to be a very good solution for me to replace those items (This is the first place I've seen with Fletching & Carpentry BODs, though, too!).. But I guess I can spend the extra time fishing.
Like I said, I don't need a lot of handholding, and I like to read, so I'm going to spend a lot of time reading the forums for any answers I can gleem, and probably log in this weekend to get a proper look around.
Any information I can get from Merchants & Fishermen/women would be greatly appreciated, as that's going to drive my primary decision.
Many Thanks, and "Cheers!"
