Hi all,
I've been running UO servers for a long time, namely Burstfire UO (as lil_eddie) and The UO Project (as Charm). I am now working on a serious and updated server, I've been working on it for 1 week, so still in the planning phase of what to offer.
I never played on Santiago, but if you let me know the key things that made it so popular I could integrate them into the scripts I have. The most similar server to TUP/BFUO was Coldfire, when that went to pot a lot of their players came to TUP.
BFUO and TUP have always been Fizzle pvp, I know no other type of PvP (i do but i choose to ignore it). If you look on youtube you'll find some pvp event videos of both servers.
The scripts date back to 2001, obvioucly updated and refined over the years, but im giving them all a big overhaul and adding in things that people actually want, not what 10 players cry about because they suck at something.
It will also be a mature server, and a lot of web-driven features (my area of expertise).
Dont expect a launch within the next few months, it will be a little longer, but the more people helping to build the servers features the better. I am writing up a features list on the forums, which is open for discussion.
http://www.ultima.one
It IS planned as a T2A server, but we may launch as UO:R and add T2A should we need more space, I can't decide yet
Register on the website - not the forum (you shouldnt be able to anyway) - it will create a forum account and queue you up for a game account when we go live
(let me know if you get any problems, the forums only went up a few days ago and im still tweaking them)