Overview<\/p>\n
Ultima Online: High Seas is an expansion (aka \"booster\") launched on October 12, 2010 with Publish 68. It was first announced during a UO Town Hall Meeting held on August 28, 2010 at EA Mythic\/Bioware's division headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia. It was introduced with the title Adventures on the High Seas but later trimmed to just \"High Seas\". It was formally announced as a \"booster\" as opposed to a full-fledged expansion and debuted with a retail price of $14.99 USD. <\/p>\n
On September 28, 2010 the release date was announced as October 12, 2010 and the High Seas Test shard opened for testers the next day til October 7, 2010.<\/p>\n
During the first public demonstration, an NPC orc ship was attacked but the orc crew killed the character of the lead engineer Derek Brinkmann.<\/p>\n
From the UO Japan website.<\/p>\n
EA Mythic Lead Engineer Derek Brinkmann demonstrates the new ships (equipped with cannons that actually inflict damage) and goes off to attack some Orcs at Sea. A Major Feature that should be noted is the Navigation\/Command System: No more commands to the Tillerman and ships can be \"Mouse\" driven! <\/p>\n
Though the video is of marginal quality, due to the video stream provided, it does provide a major glimpse of what is on the Sosarian High Seas.<\/p>\n
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