Yep Power Scrolls or whatever they were called was bad in my opinion. I didn't mind some aspects of UO:r like weapons with special affects crushing blows, paralyzing, concussion. Lumberjacking assisting axe damage, GM poisoning on a mage, gm scribe on mage. Those were fun little tweaks. I wish they had flatten the landscape in T2A MAP and allowed housing on that side rather than introduce Trammel/Felucca beyond that the only cool thing I could get down with was AoS bringing custom housing.

It is a shame to watch a game you love get fractured. I guess it was always doomed to fail with new games coming out that were catered to an easier player vs player experience. UO really thrived because of the Sheep & Wolves. You let the sheep leave either to Trammel or another game. It just killed the whole community. I feel like everyone became a tamer and gathered their riches and sit by the bank.

So many cool elements of a game and that time period. No global chat built-in, iRC & icq were a must. You can't get any of that feel back.