Excelsior

I think that's kind of the point, to prevent uber-ostards/hellhounds/hellcats that dominate other shards.

Here's a dump of a couple pings and a tracert. I'm not sure how to interpret it beyond that there is some point 28 hops down where things go amiss.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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ping shard.uoexcelsior.com

Pinging shard.uoexcelsior.com [194.249.53 ...

I'm interested in giving Excelsior a visit, it sounds just like what I'm looking for. Unfortunately, I seem unable to get in. I open the shard through UOGateway, it downloads one sizeable file (I see a long list of files, so this may be where the problem lies, possibly login.cfg not finding its way ...