Starr Long left a short message in the Shroud of the Avatar forums:

We are extending Release 3 access through Sunday night. We will turn off R3 Monday morning.

So…if you haven’t had a chance to log in to Release 3 yet, you’ve got more time now to do so. And then you can hang out like Chlorthos (Rothbard) and me.

I’m reliably informed that FireLotus Tavern in Owl’s Head has become the equivalent of the bank in Britain in Ultima Online…or, at least, Ultima Legacy.