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OSI Starts Selling Preleveled UO characters

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the end-of-ultima-online dept.

NinjaPablo writes "OSI has started a new service, detailed here which allows you to pay $29.95 to get a decent character premade for you, and bypass the hours of working skills at lower levels. Most of the player community is in an uproar about the whole thing, since it basically means a newbie can pay a little extra and be as good as an average player right off the bat."

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  1. Yeah by TheDanish · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    That seems fine by me. I mean, seriously, how much different is this than auctioning/selling off your own character? Anyway, I don't see what the fuss is about; a newbie is a newbie, and this isn't going to make the newbie a better player. But what do I know? I haven't played the game much at all... I thought it was a bit boring.

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    Danish != nationality
  2. The Realm and Ultima Online Still Up (!) by loomis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Isn't it amazing that these two games are still up and running? I can't possibly imagine how both Electronis Arts and Codemasters still get subscribers.

    Loomis

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  3. What's the point of MMORPGs again? by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I forgot... So, there are "games" you can play, where you accomplish nothing, learn nothing and do nothing... and now you don't even have to play?!? You can just BUY your way into a powerful character without having to go through the annoying trouble of GAINING EXPERIENCE? Why not just masturbate? Sounds too much like real life. The people who engage in such practices need not share our oxygen. *off to gain some REAL LIFE levels*