Electronic Arts wants you to come back to
Ultima Online in a bad way. The "Call to Arms" event has begun and has new incentives for new and existing players alike. Newbies will get special armor, weapons, 20,000 gold, and increased skill gain for themselves and everyone in their party. Die hard
Ultima Online players will be rewarded with escalated skill advancement for inviting new players and will enjoy "more exciting" Advanced Character tokens. Getting started has gotten cheaper as well. The price for the Stygian Abyss expansion has been lowered to $19.99 and $29.99 for existing and new players respectively. Just
CLICK HERE to jump (back) into the Abyss.
BIOWARE MYTHIC ANNOUNCES ULTIMA ONLINE CALL TO ARMS
FOR NEW, FORMER & CURRENT PLAYERS
Festivities and Stygian Abyss Price Reduction
Begin on August 5th,
BioWare Mythic has revealed the Ultima Online™ (UO) Call to Arms and is enlisting new, former and current players of Ultima Onlineto participate in the epic online festivities beginning August 5th
, 2010.
The
Ultima Online Call to Arms online festivities will include:
· Players creating new (non-trial) accounts will receive a “New Player Token” giving them access to 20,000 gold, a premium armor set, weapons, and increased skill gain for all venturing party members
· For former players, we’ve updated the templates for the Advanced Character tokens that making them more exciting. As an incentive to invite someone new to Ultima Online and bring forth a new pack of “UOphiles” – current players who journey with new players will also receive escalated skill advancement
·
Ultima Online: Stygian Abyss, UO’s most recent expansion, is available now for new low price. Upgrades for existing players will now cost $19.99 USD while new users will be able to buy the expansion plus 30 days of gametime for $29.99 USD. Pruchase
Stygian Abyss via digital download from
www.UOGamesCodes.com
· Live Events are back: One of the long lost gameplay elements of
Ultima Online is returning with the help of Event Moderators to lead in game events and drive the live story arc.
Ultima Online will be re-introducing several characters from both Ultima’s and
Ultima Online’s past and pressing toward re-creating the former majesty of the town Magincia during Call to Arms
· Introduction of PvP “Arena” Gameplay to Ultima Online: For the first time ever, players will have the option of battling in 1 versus 1 player versus player (PvP) combat in one of two brand new arenas
You can find out more information on
Ultima Online and Call to Arms by visiting:
http://www.uoherald.com/news/
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