As noted last week, the New Legacy shard — we can’t really call it an expansion, can we? — for Ultima Online has launched as of today:

We are thrilled to announce that Ultima Online: New Legacy will launch today at noon eastern!

During times of high demand users may experience queuing during login.  If queuing occurs,

• If you’re placed in a queue, your position is based on the time of your initial login attempt.
• The official Classic & Enhanced clients will display your estimated wait time.
• After the estimated wait time, your spot in the queue is not guaranteed.

In preparation for launch a new client patch is available for both the Classic (7.0.105.0) & Enhanced (4.0.105.0) clients.  This patch is mandatory and will be required to login to both New Legacy & Production shards.

This patch also includes a very special update in preparation for our upcoming live event, Echoes of the Blighted Realm.  We have updated the texture of the enhanced client model of the Nightmare to allow rare colors of this powerful pet to spawn during the upcoming event.  This will only impact the enhanced client.

To access New Legacy, fire up your UO client of choice — which now includes the ClassicUO web client — and join the queue. Or dive right in, if you manage to time it right so as to not end up in a server queue.