If you were planning on playing over lunchtime tomorrow, the shards will be down for hardware maintenance.
They are being taken down December 15, 2010, at around 11am Eastern/10am Central, and should be back up by 5pm EST.
Update: They are back online as of 1pm
Read: UOHerald.com
Origin will be getting Publish 69 later on tonight.
It’s scheduled for 11:30pm Eastern/10:30pm Central, and should be up and running by 12:30am EST for the night owls.
There are bug fixes that will be made available as a result of Publish 69 being tested on Test Center.
Bug Fixes
* Fixed an issue where some metal weapons and armor where not dye-able with the metal dye tub veteran reward.
* Added metal chest to the dye-able item list on the metal dye tub veteran reward.
* House owners can now dye metal items that are locked down using the metal dye tub veteran reward.
* Fixed pinkish color appearing on the new veteran boura mount in the Classic Client
* Fixed issue with colors on certain pieces of equipment in the Classic Client.
Read: UOHerald.com
Update: Full list of Publish 69 changes (December 15, 2010)
It’s only been a few days since Test Center Received Publish 69, and we now have some updates to the code.
The updates will be available shortly if you wish to test them out, on Test Center 1.
Updates: Abandon Ship
* Harbormasters now have a context menu option that allows you to abandon your current ship.
* Abandoning your ship will cause the ship to decay within 5 minutes if there are no players on the ship.
* Once your ship has decayed you will be able to place a new one.
Bug Fixes
* Fixed issue where fishmonger reputation could go below zero
* Corrected the resource production rate on the new veteran reward to once a week
* Players can no longer use ward removal from talismans on themselves to bypass the magic reflect cooldown timer.
* Increased community collection points for crabs and lobster from 1 to 10 each
* Reintroduced the requirement that you be a friend of the house or better before you are allowed to drop items into locked down containers.
Read: UO Herald
Test Center is getting Publish 69 later today.
Highlights include:
* Holiday Gifts
* New vet rewards including Metal Dye Tub for 5th year vets, Rideable Armored Boura for 13 year vets, and unique rugs for 10th year vets.
* Town invasions from followers of Virtuebane
* Snow.
* The Abyss is being fleshed out. Many should appreciate that.
* A whole slew of other changes, including better journal handling for the Enhanced Client.
More information:
Update: Removed information – full Publish 69 information (December 15, 2010)
Read: UOHerald.com
There is a brief note posted by James Nichols on UOHerald.com about working being done on the ISP (Internet Service Provider) connections tomorrow (December 7, 2010). The work will occur from 7:30am to 11:30am Eastern.
The two shards that will be affected or unavailable are Test Center and Origin. The client patcher may have availability issues during this time.
Read: UOHerald.com
Update: Everything is done.
Update #2: Looks like it was done ahead of Test Center getting Publish 69.