tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541174503724500787.post3939216023979436161..comments2024-01-28T09:56:18.191-08:00Comments on Blogging Ultima: In Which I Say Nice Things About Ultima VCageBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12053920092747626561noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541174503724500787.post-76651502123796196152008-11-30T12:17:00.000-08:002008-11-30T12:17:00.000-08:00Well... probably won't help, but... Smith tells yo...Well... probably won't help, but... Smith tells you about the Sandalwood box in Ultima VI heh.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, if you take the game at a normal pace, you will get to level 8 eventually.<BR/><BR/>Stealing and all that lowers your karma, so when LB ressurrects you, you loose experience. It's important to have a high Karma for this reason.Natreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637939418119253499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541174503724500787.post-83900008582205368692008-11-30T08:33:00.000-08:002008-11-30T08:33:00.000-08:00Frankly I found combat the most annoying part of U...Frankly I found combat the most annoying part of Ultima 5. Especially if you play it the first time, main char is level 5, you're down the abyss just to find out that you need to be lvl8 to finish the game. (Actually I even went there twice for nothing after I noticed that I needed the sandalwood box. Why the hell can't the game tell me this before I am in underworld's lowest level???)<BR/>This resulted in having to kill squids and pirates literarily for hours just to improve the main char to lvl8 and raise my level of boredom also to new heights.<BR/>I "eased" my pain by repeatedly robbing the treasure chest in LB's castle basement until I got enough magic axes to get these battles done as fast as possible. :)<BR/>From U6 onwards luckily there is an auto-combat option, but then again these games don't require you to battle to a certain level anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541174503724500787.post-85678985347919642122008-11-24T05:19:00.000-08:002008-11-24T05:19:00.000-08:00Now I really agree with this post.The only thing I...Now I really agree with this post.<BR/><BR/><BR/>The only thing I didn't like about Ultima V combat was the secondary weapons. It was cool to have attacks using the shield and even the helmet, but in long battles that can get annoying cos they don't do much damage. And fighting Gargoyles or Slimes can become a hell.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, besides that, I love everything about Ultima V combat.Natreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05637939418119253499noreply@blogger.com