Clan Ultionis

Ultionis: Talking about your character “Sorgsen”, do you wish you picked a different one at the start?

Sorgsen: Well, actually I did have another name at start. I started out on Seighart as a spellsinger named nomincus. Transfered to Devianne because ping sucked on Seighart. Rolled yet another spellsinger named nomincus. Changed to plainswalker named MalaInSe in prelude or c1. So Sorgsen is my third name and no, I don’t regret it.

U: Ultionis was a successful clan, what do you think was the main reason for this?

S: It is very hard to name just the one reason Ultionis got so successful. First of all, we would never ever have got so strong had not Morlek invited us to Dynasty. That is a fact. We had 19 members when he took us on, it was never a problem keeping us at 40 members after that. The only reason he did take us on tho is that I left  Ultionis sometime in prelude/c1 to join up with Prophecy. Before that, noone in Ultionis really had any connections to the ‘big’ clans on the server. A third reason I  think is that we had a very solid foundation. Out of the 19 members we joined Dynasty with, I think somewhere between 10-15 stayed almost until Ultionis disbanded. And in a game where clans like Oblivion could be somewhat competetive with 20 members, 10-15 solid members is a good foundation for a clan. Ohh, and I want to add dicipline.  Not only when it came to pvp. About half our clan pve’d like maniacs. Going up at 9 on a saturday morning to exp at ToI 10th. Levels and equipment meant alot in Lineage and we took advantage of it (Altho we always claimed it was our ûber pvp skillz.) On top of all that we had, for some reason, an extraordinary high activity in clan. While Fate, GoA etc. had like 25/40 on sieges in the middle of the night for us euros, Ultionis had like 38/40.

U: What was the most challenging part of leading the clan?

S: Ultionis had kind of a different leadership than Gordon talked about in his interview. At any given time I think Ultionis was made up by 75% that knew their shit in all aspects of the game, pvp, pve, money making etc. We almost always had around 25% of the members that were not as good in those aspects, be that sometimes for good reasons like being new to the game. Given those circumstances I did, for good or bad, take alot of responsibility for alot of the members. While I studied tho, that was no problem for me, I could play 16 hours a day if I wanted, which is kind of scary now that you think back. Anyways… I think that taking time for alot of the not so selfgoing members and also get everyone to feel they were a big part of the clan was my most challenging part. There are many examples on me failing to do so tho for example with Finey and his danish friends.

U: Put together your best pvp team.

S: I was so fortunate in Lineage that I put together my best pvp team almost every day when I played. There are alot of players outside the alliances that I was in that I think are awesome solo pvp’ers and gankers and some of them are probably good in group pvp aswell, I just couldnt judge that since almost none of them frapsed while I was active. Altho I think I am an awesome Warcryer I wouldn’t really want myself in the team, if that is ok. I always like prophets so much more in group pvp because of their ability to res. So here goes. Spires – Nepito – Dioptase – perclo – Catira – Agantara – nancyboy – Silentshade – Jado. I feel that I want to explain some. I have never played with a better prophet then Spires, he’s like the most quiet guy and never bragging, but he does everything right – which is buffing/ressing when needed. Nepito is just a very good computer player, period. I like Dioptase cause he never did anything wrong really, you always had songs, I dont have higher expectations on a sws. Perclo, well apart from being an Italian stud, he is quite a decent healer after Ultionis equipped him in boss jewels and what not. Catira is just the same way as Spires, you have the heals and the buffs before you have time to ask for it. Agantara is just funny in pvp – and a decent player . Nancyboy and Silentshade archers, nothing more to it. Jado is also just an archer, but abit smarter than nancyboy and Silentshade.

U: According to several disgruntled clan mates, you often misstarget and kill them rather than the enemy. Any truth on this?

S: This is true, on alot of occations this has happend, yes. But I blaim it all on the targeting bugg where you got the last target you had on target again when you start fighting. Apart from when I do it to Agantara, then its just for fun. Angry british english is funny. I recently killed him in another game…. while in group with him. It was fun.

U: Is it true that you often go berserk on vent while pvping, and what’s with your famous keyboard-smashing?

S: Well what the fuck! That’s one of the reasons I didn’t put Caveat up there on the best pvp group. He’s all to quiet. Sometimes I thought he was dead irl while we pvp’d. But it’s all good, I talk for the both of us and he tell me what we did wrong after. Seriously tho, in a game like Lineage you need one or two people to call targets. If you don’t you will lose, playing versus equal level/equipped players. I took that on me, since I know I wouldnt be able to shut up anyways. Infact I remember when this all started. It was in Forbidden Gateway. Me, Caveat and a few other Ultionis members fought Warcry. This was during the time Warcry was the shit and Ultionis wasnt the shit. Me and Caveat argued like mad on vent on how and if we should do it, even during the fight. We lost horribly. After that Leafellion ordered us to pick one of us to take command in fights. We chose me. Oh, and by the way, after that fight Morlek (my hero) and crew came and ran Warcry over. Going red and party recalling with Auri.

U: What game do you see yourself playing during 2009, and what’s the main feature in that game that attracts you?

S: I’ve tried out alot of mmo’s the last year or so. With Warhammer I realised I can’t stand faction games where you can’t kill those on your own side. Like…what’s the point, really? With AoC I learned – never trust a game that has ‘potential’. All big failures. I will play Darkfall or Mortal Online. If they suck, I will finally grow up. Grow a moustache, cut my hair and get a ‘real’ girlfriend.