Wow guys, I gotta say I was worried when I started this post...I just KNEW that all it was gonna do was bring a bunch of flak down on my head for my noobish old UO views...but I have been pleasantly surprised. Thanks to everyone for the wealth of information contained in their posts, not to mention ...

Reading your post made me EXTREMELY happy Oromis! I had been straight-up told by so many end-game players on this shard that stand-alone magery was worthless, and that the ONLY way to be good was to GM Taming/Animal Lore. If this is indeed NOT the case, as you say, then I retract my request for mage...

Yeah I guess that would be a big problem...I wasnt aware there was a stat cap for single stats, just thought it was an overall 300 total cap....well, guess that throws the plan out the window lol. That aside, is there some other goal you could suggest to set instead of a natural 200? Also, Im assumi...

OMG, so sorry guys, I wasnt signed in when checking the forums for the first time, and once signed in went straight to writing this post and DID NOT SEE the Use of This Forum post by +Colibri...I SHOULD have posted this in the general section, apologies all around. If you see this +Colibri could you...

I love Excelsior Shard; it takes me back to the days when I used to play the game after it first came out. All the nostalgia of playing again, I've grown to kind of lament the fact that Mages really aren't a viable standalone role that one can play in the game to any great effect, and owning strong ...