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- A Comment on the Decay of Town / City Loyalty
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A Comment on the Decay of Town / City Loyalty
There is a heated Stratics thread.
Just to give an all-too-brief background (and it’s way too brief because my spare time is devoted to another UO project), as part of the ongoing story arc, you need to acquire city or town loyalty.
For a full explanation of city loyalty, see the UO Herald page or the loyalty part of The Awakening at UO Guide.
Current Rewards
Is it useful? Besides trying to engage the players and give them a geographical sense of belonging, the current reward is a spiffy looking city banner that you can display in your house showing your allegiance to whatever town/city you prefer (UO Guide – City Banners).
The thinking is that it will be importan0t later on down the road leading up to the anniversary in September, and the hints we’ve received indicate that town loyalty will play a part, but for now it’s the banner. I certainly don’t think that the loyalty ratings are only for the banners.
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