It is NOT an unfair advantage...... YOU have the right to use this too... you just have to get out of the Jurassic period and use the EC.... if you do you can have all the advantages it brings.
Seems like this is getting some likes so I guess i'm not alone. I would rather quit UO than play the EC so your point of play the EC instead it not even a valid point.
It's an unfair advantage, There's really nothing else you could call it. Just because people are able to choose between two different clients, they get penalized for choosing classic in a sense.
If you do not play EC you "can't". When you get people who play EC fighting others who are playing CC, it's an unfair advantage.
This is a better idea then sliced bread, and I like me some Toast.
That's because there is virtually no one else left in the game. All that's left is 'left over' jurassics, and a few UO die hards that use the EC.
Uhm NoThat's because there is virtually no one else left in the game. All that's left is 'left over' jurassics, and a few UO die hards that use the EC.
The game has been bleeding badly because of continued support for a classic client which can't attract new players.
They should drop the crap client for good. Kiss all the jurassics goodbye (Good Riddance!) and focus on 1 client the EC,and bring in some high resolution art. Then throw the game on steam in attempt to attract some new players, and prolong UO's life. Actually no, this is what should have happened 5-7 years ago, and they decided not to go that route...so here we are....
Luckily, for all you Jurassics..the Dev Team are also Jurassics as evident by their decision making over the past 5 years. Fear not your in good hands..
The Devs hammered the nails in the coffin 5+ years ago when they decided to continue to support a 20 year old client.
I have no doubt the Devs will once again try and appease the Jurassics by increasing the game window & attempt to 'enhance' a 20 year old UI.
Getting rid of 60% of the player base will not help the game, it will just cause it's immediate death.
I think he just posts to try and anger people. Usually I just ignore the comments as they are pointless
Captain...please don't tell me that you place high stock in a stratics poll!?
I completely agree that only the devs know the real numbers, and for sure Stratics polls aren't exactly the most accurate way of judging the player base, but since the devs refuse to tell us the real statistics for some reason they are better than nothing I guess lol.
Keeping the status quo means the UO franchise just bleeds out...I completely agree that only the devs know the real numbers, and for sure Stratics polls aren't exactly the most accurate way of judging the player base, but since the devs refuse to tell us the real statistics for some reason they are better than nothing I guess lol.
I just don't think getting rid of either client would be a good idea due to large amounts of players that would be lost because of it.
Windows 95 is so cool though!
Jurassics Rock !!!,,,"Holds up shaky, Feeble Fist"
This is blantantly false. The developers have stated that the usership was 50/50 CC/EC two years ago, with growth in the direction of the EC. Client usership is discussed at 3 min 1 sec in the following video.
The devs do not refuse to tell us the real statistics. This is also blantantly false.
@ honeycombsugarbear - keep cheerleading the third in a long failed line of alternate clients (3 now i Believe).
I think its completely unlikely that the CC gets any updates of any kind.
Of course I disagreed with the conclusion you drew, but...
You realize that the EC is the status quo as well right? The classic client doesn't hurt the game whatever. It doesn't get dev time, nor has it for many years. As for UO dying a slow death, it is, but that's got nothing to do with the CC. It's a nearly 20 year old game... it's gonna die eventually. Why you are pinning that solely on the shoulders of the CC is beyond me.
How many times do the DEVs have to say that they will no longer be doing major updates to the CC... Messing with that ugly string of code is not something they can safely do and destroying it would be good for the game how?
I mean... just use the EC? They didn't make it work better and faster... it just works better because it's modern. The CC works poorly because its like 20 years old, what do you expect? If function is what you care about not art, then why are you not on the EC in the first place? The only reason to not use the EC is you don't like the aesthetics. They aren't going to update the CC, so you might as well make your decision now, and get used to playing the EC, or accept the limitation of the CC.
Not to mention the absurdity of putting in a ton of time and work to essentially make ANOTHER of a client we already have... I mean really...
Exactly. If they spent more time fixing the EC and changing the aesthetics to please the CC users as in using CC paperdolls, CC mobs, etc.... and having a "toggle" for that.... I think they would get more people to switch.
Your right, I forgot the devs said the statistic in that video. Thanks for pointing that out
Actually you can but love the sarcasm.
Oh come on now, its code not a WW2 vet.
Neither client is being dropped ever. That's reality. Mesanna has said it several times. End of story, done. Deal with it.
More clients, more options = a good thing. Does anyone *really* think either client is killing UO? Folks think *that's* the problem? lol They could work on the CC and toss it on test. If it works, it's works, if not, they tried. If they don't have the mad skills at least they tried. But they don't even try. If they need help how about hiring people that make all the 3rd party programs and run grey shards cause they are doing amazing things with the CC. Just saying. It's easy to make excuses why they don't work on the CC more, it's tough to actually roll up your sleeves and get it done. One person in the UO universe decides what direction we go in, there's your problem. Not which client you use. Not that it's *impossible* to work with the CC. It's takes people with skill AND desire. Hey! Maybe they'll surprise themselves and actually learn something about how the CC works! No one has ever accomplished something they never tried to achieve. As of now no one is being directed to even try and it is impossible to get anything done when one doesn't try. The only thing that holds back the CC is direction and effort.
But surely you must realize how foolish it would be to take the old client, the one that was abandoned for the new client, and devote pretty much all dev time for a long stretch to making it work... like the client we already currently have. That would be terrible management.
Only if you want to hang on to the majority of the player base.
CC players aren't going anywhere, we both know it.
Except a large portion of the functionality being requested already exists in the CC.
I assume you mean via UOA?
