And a real pain in the toosh to get rolling as a new player. I've been playing a little under two weeks now, and a number of people and the shard in general has been very helpful and kind in getting me rolling.
But... the way things are set up, it's REALLY hard to be self-sufficient. I don't WANT to depend on others for things. I should be able to build up power like the established community, and work my way forward. UO for a lot of us is setting up self-sufficiency, not dependency.
Here's the problem: I can't advance imbuing. my imbue fails are rugged, since you can fail at various parts of the process. I can't get imbue PSs because the NPCs for imbue quests were removed. No one is selling the imbue PSs (i've tried since i started). I can't do champs alone because I don't have the imbues. what I *DO* imbue is obviously not going to be the best gear anyways, since I don't have the base artis or gears yet.
Yes, I can continue to throw away valuable mats at imbue attempts, but I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed to advance the most important skill on the shard, and forced to struggle with such horrific fail rates when i can't farm efficiently yet. if i had imbue PSs, i wouldn't feel like i'm "throwing away" mats... i'd at least be advancing even when i fail. i'd be feeling like i was progressing. it just doesn't atm, not without at least being able to raise imbuing. and yes, i could get other people to do my imbues for me, but like i said before, a lot of us play UO to be independent, not dependent. I don't like imposing on others, and i'm sitting on probably 10-15 imbues atm and would rather look through my crafting menu and do it myself, not have someone sit there while i slowly pick out my best options.
But... the way things are set up, it's REALLY hard to be self-sufficient. I don't WANT to depend on others for things. I should be able to build up power like the established community, and work my way forward. UO for a lot of us is setting up self-sufficiency, not dependency.
Here's the problem: I can't advance imbuing. my imbue fails are rugged, since you can fail at various parts of the process. I can't get imbue PSs because the NPCs for imbue quests were removed. No one is selling the imbue PSs (i've tried since i started). I can't do champs alone because I don't have the imbues. what I *DO* imbue is obviously not going to be the best gear anyways, since I don't have the base artis or gears yet.
Yes, I can continue to throw away valuable mats at imbue attempts, but I don't see why I shouldn't be allowed to advance the most important skill on the shard, and forced to struggle with such horrific fail rates when i can't farm efficiently yet. if i had imbue PSs, i wouldn't feel like i'm "throwing away" mats... i'd at least be advancing even when i fail. i'd be feeling like i was progressing. it just doesn't atm, not without at least being able to raise imbuing. and yes, i could get other people to do my imbues for me, but like i said before, a lot of us play UO to be independent, not dependent. I don't like imposing on others, and i'm sitting on probably 10-15 imbues atm and would rather look through my crafting menu and do it myself, not have someone sit there while i slowly pick out my best options.