So I got a question I just thought of. You have to be a Gametap subscriber to use the game. So if you get the window where you can name your explorer/visitor (come Feb. 15th) we know you're paying for it. The "Visitor" slot was for people who weren't paying, limited their options and meant to make them want to pay and play.

So, since you have to be a paying customer to get to that spot anyways, what's the use of the visitor slot? Is it just so you can have another avvie after you've used up your 5 explorers?

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That's a good question, cause I'd like to know how to use that so I can invite a couple of visitors.

What you describe is the current situation but I am sure that will change once the game is released officially.

That being said, for a while it was possible to accidently create a second account when signing up for the preview open beta. It has happened to me and that second account can only be used to create a visitor.

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Dan'nee wrote:

So I got a question I just thought of. You have to be a Gametap subscriber to use the game. So if you get the window where you can name your explorer/visitor (come Feb. 15th) we know you're paying for it. The "Visitor" slot was for people who weren't paying, limited their options and meant to make them want to pay and play.

So, since you have to be a paying customer to get to that spot anyways, what's the use of the visitor slot? Is it just so you can have another avvie after you've used up your 5 explorers?

they could possibly use it for, say, a time and/or feature limited standalone "demo" version of uru that people can download so they can have a look around a relto and maybe the city or solve the cleft or something like that.
as they say, the first one is always free.

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Firesign wrote:

Dan'nee wrote:

So I got a question I just thought of. You have to be a Gametap subscriber to use the game. So if you get the window where you can name your explorer/visitor (come Feb. 15th) we know you're paying for it. The "Visitor" slot was for people who weren't paying, limited their options and meant to make them want to pay and play.

So, since you have to be a paying customer to get to that spot anyways, what's the use of the visitor slot? Is it just so you can have another avvie after you've used up your 5 explorers?

they could possibly use it for, say, a time and/or feature limited standalone "demo" version of uru that people can download so they can have a look around a relto and maybe the city or solve the cleft or something like that.
as they say, the first one is always free.

Why would you want to download a demo of something you got in the original Uru?

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The demo would be for people who have never played Uru, not people who have Complete Chronicles on their desktop. Although, even if you already bought the original Uru, if you get a demo and a visitor you will be able to talk to some people and see how the multiplayer stuff works.

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GAThrawn wrote:

Firesign wrote:

Dan'nee wrote:

So I got a question I just thought of. You have to be a Gametap subscriber to use the game. So if you get the window where you can name your explorer/visitor (come Feb. 15th) we know you're paying for it. The "Visitor" slot was for people who weren't paying, limited their options and meant to make them want to pay and play.

So, since you have to be a paying customer to get to that spot anyways, what's the use of the visitor slot? Is it just so you can have another avvie after you've used up your 5 explorers?

they could possibly use it for, say, a time and/or feature limited standalone "demo" version of uru that people can download so they can have a look around a relto and maybe the city or solve the cleft or something like that.
as they say, the first one is always free.

Why would you want to download a demo of something you got in the original Uru?

well, quite possibly because the original (boxed) version of uru is incompatible with mo:ul since mo:ul uses a different physics engine, network code, etc. plus, if i remember right, uru:cc had the network component stripped out.

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plus, if i remember right, uru:cc had the network component stripped out.

No, CC worked just fine with D'mala. But yes, the original, including CC, is incompatible with the current Uru Live.

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No, CC worked just fine with D'mala.

Only because the patch reverted it to ABM 1.0.

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Oh boy <Smacks head with hand>

Since it was released I have been trying to figure out why Delin has felt different then the other ages; It's meant for the visitors!

Thanks for starting this thread, ya gota love those "Eureka!" moments..


After reading this thread that's the one thing that makes sense. All visitors are supposed to have access to the hoods, and the city thru the nexus. Uru is all about the People and the Ages, so it stands to reason that there would be some limited ages kicking around in visitor areas. They come in check out the hood and have access to a mini-age that gives them a feel for the bigger ages without needing a invite to someones age.

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I played for a while with my accidental visitor account. I believe visitor accounts were still under development at the time so it would probably just cause confusion if I told you exactly which parts could be played.

All I will say is that I could do more than I had expected which I ticketed as a bug.

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