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UO Spring Roadmap Update

PawainPawain Posts: 10,735
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https://uo.com/2025/04/29/spring-roadmap-update/

Spring Roadmap Update

Posted on April 29, 2025 by UO Dev Team

4/29/2025

Greetings,

We hope you are enjoying Spring wherever you are! We’d like to give you an update on what you can look forward to in Publish 120 and beyond!

Publish 120 is currently slated for Word Wide Release this June – we hope to bring the first batch of Publish 120 to Test Center 1 later into May as it makes its way through development and QA. Some of the highlights include,

The Rifted Crown – Britannia has enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity but the war drums will not remain silent forever. This exciting new live event will bring intrigue and surprises at every turn with:

  • The Siege – Forces have taken control of a strategically important city – where will you stand? This multi-faceted battle will be sure to test the mettle of even the most courageous. But, for those who survive great reward awaits!
  • The Clydesdale – ride into battle on this mighty steed, are the rumors of this creatures enchanted origins true?

Included in Publish 120 will also be our 28th Anniversary gifts which are slated for release in September – this year’s theme is orchids! Our talented art team has created some beautiful orchid arrangements to dress up both your house and character!

From the engineering front we are pleased to share our planned Classic Client upgrade is progressing on track and we expect a testable version later this summer.

Over the next few months we will be performing some required upgrades to both the UO.com website and UO Forums. The transition for the website will be seamless for the most part, except for our player wiki. There is a necessary migration for how we support our wiki and as such, it will take us some time to polish any formatting and layout issues following that migration. The UO Forums will require a necessary migration as well and will keep you posted on when this is planned. Our goal is to make these upgrades as seamless as possible for all users.

Following Publish 120, we return to New Legacy for Publish 3, where The Shattering event will begin to unfold! Followed by Publish 121 and a host of holiday fun that is slated for this fall.

We are also pleased to announce a new series, The Roadmap Roundtable. Unlocked through the unrelenting research of mages at the Lycaeum, we will be broadcasting live from Britannia as well as through the ethereal void thanks to the power of the Interdimensional Communication Crystal! We’ll be talking about New Legacy Publish 2, Publish 120, and taking your questions on all things Ultima Online on May 6th from 6-8pm ET on TC1 as well as our Twitch & YouTube channels.

See you in Britannia,
UO Team


We are set with Communication until September.  Sounds Fun!

Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.

Comments

  • TimStTimSt Posts: 1,925
    Does Luna count as a "strategically important city"?
  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,735
    edited April 29
    @Community Manager  Hook us up with a sneak peak of the new Clydesdale graphics.
    Not too late to give equines a new ability, Thunder Hoof.
    The RL ones come in many colors and patterns.
     o:) 

    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,735
    The Seige is straight from the "NL engine"  Just like Eclipsed Dawn.  
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • LokeaLokea Posts: 78
    Pawain said:
    The Seige is straight from the "NL engine"  Just like Eclipsed Dawn.  
    Would be interesting if they ported over some of the NL codebase for the quests.
  • LokeaLokea Posts: 78
    TimSt said:
    Does Luna count as a "strategically important city"?
    Or New Magincia.  Would be hilarious, but they will probably stick to the mainland Britannia.

    I would say Vesper or possibly Yew, maybe Minoc or Skara Brae.  Trinsic and Britain have been done too many times, and most of the others are too out of the way or too small.
  • psychopsycho Posts: 381
    My first though when reading this new information from uo.com was... quote " Britannia has enjoyed a long period of peace and prosperity.... "  UO is 28 years and its two months since ast dynamic event with fights in town like Britain, its hardly long period of peace and prosperity lol

    but putting that text glitch aside, its good something new is comming. I hope some of this is permanent content also, and not only temporarily content. Would be nice to have something new to hunt outside the event times also.

    As for my guess, its 1: spellbook invasion, 2: the 4 boss invasion with Stratos etc, 3: dynamic invasion.  Any of those with replaced - new rewards.

    And I think all applies to the tram / feluca towns which is nps
  • SkettSkett Posts: 1,761
    Can you tell us exactly what updating/ upgrading on the cc client we will be getting 
    will it have an expandable play window fast frame speed, hot bars, better macros, and agents, grid containers, Any graphic improvement ?Basically will it be like webUO but not a browser app client 

    ty
     
     @Kyronix @Parallax @Community Manager
  • mismis Posts: 281
    edited 12:44PM
    I expect something like the previous event, with points and then redeem for whatever you want.

    And to request, among the items there should be a Lieutenant of The Britannian Royal Guard type sash but improved special for the event.

    YESSSSSS
  • Community ManagerCommunity Manager Posts: 522Dev
    edited 1:23PM
    Pawain said:
    @ "Community Manager"  Hook us up with a sneak peak of the new Clydesdale graphics.
    Not too late to give equines a new ability, Thunder Hoof.
    The RL ones come in many colors and patterns.
     o:) 

            (\w/)
        (..  \
       _/  )  \______
      (oo /'\        )`,
       `--' (v  __( / ||
             |||  ||| ||
            //_| //_|    jv
    Unfortunately I cannot give a sneak peek, but, here's a nice ASCII horsie!
    Skett said:
    Can you tell us exactly what updating/ upgrading on the cc client we will be getting 
    will it have an expandable play window fast frame speed, hot bars, better macros, and agents, grid containers, Any graphic improvement ?Basically will it be like webUO but not a browser app client 

    ty
     
     @ Kyronix @ Parallax @ "Community Manager"

    I would ask for your patience in this for more information. :)
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  • DM_WyvernDM_Wyvern Posts: 177
    Community Manager said:
    Pawain said:
    @ "Community Manager"  Hook us up with a sneak peak of the new Clydesdale graphics.
    Not too late to give equines a new ability, Thunder Hoof.
    The RL ones come in many colors and patterns.
     o:) 

            (\w/)
        (..  \
       _/  )  \______
      (oo /'\        )`,
       `--' (v  __( / ||
             |||  ||| ||
            //_| //_|    jv
    Unfortunately I cannot give a sneak peek, but, here's a nice ASCII horsie!

    NGL. Kind of hoping the new pet looks exactly like that ASCII horsie. ^_^
    DM Wyvern's Lair YouTube Channel




  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,735
     Need @Victim_Of_Siege to post his conception of a Clydesdale.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • Victim_Of_SiegeVictim_Of_Siege Posts: 2,340
    Pawain said:
     Need @ Victim_Of_Siege to post his conception of a Clydesdale.
    I didn't have the time to draw it myself so i had my sarcasm infused ChatGPT ai friend to draw it for me.

    Generated image
    A Goblin, a Gargoyle, and a Drow walk into a bar . . .

    Never be afraid to challenge the status quo

  • PawainPawain Posts: 10,735
    Umm you see its.. nevermind.
    Focus on what you can do, not what you can't.
  • Victim_Of_SiegeVictim_Of_Siege Posts: 2,340
    lol, it disappeared .
    A Goblin, a Gargoyle, and a Drow walk into a bar . . .

    Never be afraid to challenge the status quo

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