Oh brother.
People cheat because the can.
Remove cheating and they can't.
That doesn't mean they quit. Argh. They just can't cheat.
You don't play a game you don't like for the sole sake because you can cheat. You play because you like it.
People will still like the game and play.
PVP because you like it. Speed hack gone. PvP liked, so you still PvP.
Resources. NOW heres the kicker... You script because you make gold. You sell gold and make money.
They CASH makers aren't here to script, they are here to make money. YOU CANT SCRIPT. SO WHAT. They just figure out other ways to make RL money.
All this worry that fixing cheating and scripting will end the game is so silly.
Think about it.
Going to have to disagree with you here. The sellers left a long long time ago. Think about it lets make believe you were a seller only in games to make money. Will you devote all your vast resources to dransik and Uo or will you point your resources to games with millions of players therefore millions of potentual clients. Sorry Raven they left us long ago. Whats left is just regular players no corporations, no multi marketing gold to cash sellers. Just hobbiest.
The next part i've played since the beggining, I've met 1000's of players and I can count on one hand how many of them never cheater one way or another to my knowledge. I can't count the forums as people here say one thing and do another. Those who are out spoken about it in game no one will tell them they violate anything. So there best buddies who they played with since the beggining,who helps them out with anything UO will be banned, then they themselves will be banned permanatly for cursing in game because of it.
Speedhacks. Cal said it right there perception of it. Can Cal serious tell me there server is being hacked? I've posted plenty of legal speedhacks in the tech forum,which would be pretty much any tweak you can make to your system and connection.
The only illegal one that I can imagine is one that is hacking there server and I haven't seen no one flying from minoc to tristen in less than 10 sec's yet at least not since the early days of UO. Anybody serious think these programs out there actually works better than any tweak you can do to your system themselves. Those programs are for the non-technical players. User mode if you want. Same with macro-script programs. Complicated scripts can be made without any use of the popular program.
Sure as hell if they present a challenge to hackers the hackers will make things that will destroy any sense of normality in UO.
The UO budget doesn't have room to even advertise the game let alone spend everyday combating them.
One way or another either people will leave because they can't use there user programs or people will leave cause there competition all sudden has invulnerable mode,flying mode,instant gold mode,test center mode,etc..
Even if they are out there for just 1 day at a time thats long enough to destroy the whole Uo market which in turn will push the pvm,rp,rare colectors,merchants, felluccia scroll players but mostly all trammel players away
leaving the game as empty as a fresh spawn gypsy iron vender merchant.
Even if this doesn't come to pass there will be people that know as much as I do that will make there own way around it being undetectable and will have full control of UO seeing as the other users will be stuck where there at so competition will be gone for them. They will control everything. Eventualy this will anger the rest and once again not enough subscriptions to keep anything a float.
Uo simply does not have the budget and there is not 1000's or even 100's let alone 10's of players joining everyday to fund it. They used to ban all violaters on sight. They realize they kept losing alot of merbership per every ban and there is no replacement for them so they stop and only do it for the most serious offenses.The last show of bans caught mostly the wrong people and let the truly criminal stay in.
They cut forum,they cut advertising,They cut hard copies,They cut dev, they will eventually cut the EMs again. They start projects but run out of funds to finish it before the next group of dev take over(Ishnear)(Malas)(3d)(KR)etc.. Now we have SA and the Client which was release before it ever was finished.
There resources are fading but all in all they still chug along got to give them that. So as much as I hope they make the game more enjoyable though am still paying for it which means am still enjoying it. I am realistic with the consequences of actions they might take and not hidden in a 1million subscriber WOW fog.
Man I have too much time in my hands better get back to work, Everybody stop distracting me lol...
Well then.. How should my reply to yours, start? 
