Craftsman it is more an issue with *language* than attitudes, many a time, but the *language* oft comes off as attitude even when at times it is not at all meant to be so by many Siegers posters. More like 'habit speak' I think.
There are lots of grand players on Siege whom use the phrase and do NOT mean it as an insult at all....just *habit speak* or habit post.
But..I have oft posted this on Siege Forums, from time to time, about our own posters ie players of Siege's *language* or use of same words, that whether the words are meant to be insulting or not, can come off that way or feel or seem /demeaning to those customers playing posting/reading from all the other shards a Siegers posts, and for em to try NOT to use certain words which can turn off others before they even digest the posts posted.
Let me sight for example :
The phraseology word coinage the words..'production shard' and 'prodo shard'/prodo sharders'....to some/to many ... is offensive...it can seem to denote that other paying EA/UO customers and/or all the other shards they produce besides Siege, are maybe somehow..*less*, thus such wordage to some/ if not many has over time..become more like instant insults red flag in front of other bulls, the moment other posters/players/customers even see/read the words 'production shard /prodo shard' in posters posts it angers insults or turns em off before they even read or digest a post. It may not be a form of insult at all, more like *habit speak* or habit posting of the terminology.
When one thinks upon it though, ALL shards are *produced* by EA UO ...thus if any shard/s is active it all is...a production of EA UO thus production shard /product of ...Electronic Arts.
But ...Siegers use the terminology to refer to all shards that are not SIEGE...kinda comical cuz SIEGE is also ....produced and a product of EA...thus a PRODO SHARD.
Yet I have seen new players come onto Siege and within a week they start 'talkin the talk' before they can walk the walk on Siege oft...sayin *Prodo shard* or saying "I left my prodo shard for Siege"...etc. I just smile...yep the shards all of em are very unalike compared to Siege...tis why I like it there too...but it still is PRODUCED thus a product of EA ...like all of the shards thus...Siege then too, is a *prodo* of EA.
Might be more normal or less insulting to others to post...'regular shards' or shards with two rulesets'...instead of useages of 'prodo shards/prodo sharders.'
Anyhow...I play two shards which are both.. prodo shards of EA, since both are produced by EA UO as a product to purchase and monthly rent, and thus each a different unique product of EA. But yeh...I my own self, just never quite get it as to why that every shard that is not Siege is somehow labeled a *prodo shard* by many upon Siege. I know it is not always meant to be insulting or demeaning but can sound or read that way in posts. More a force of habit speak or something.
I doubt the terminology habit speak will ever end though. I myself do NOT use *prodo* in posts myself, unless explaining all shards are products/ thus production of/published by ie produced by/ of Electronic Arts,
Otherwise I do not use it at all, cuz it does sound demeaning or can be interpreted that way.
BACK On TOPIC....double resources were to try to lure um motivate folks to go kill trees in Felucca instead of Trammel....or to go mine ore in Felucca instead of Trammel...that did not work ...unless they are born to fel ruleset they will not really go for it, just for double the wood or ore etc...that has been proven, when they can mine lumberjack in safety 2x as long if need be to get what they need in trammel..so they do not need to *go* to felucca if they do not wish to do so..and many won't.
Siege has no TRAMMEL....so .... kinda weird that we did not get dbl resources from the get go, but I guess it was cuz we also had (no trammel) to try to lure or older vets that went to tram...to go/come back to felucca, and to maybe try to lure some newer folks to go from trammel to repopulate felucca, or to try to enable and provide some kinda reason for others whom never go to felucca nor been there ever, to try to at least go there, for dbl resources...just guessing though.
