Originally Posted by dupapa
Regardless the fact its only temporary im GOING to invest time in it so it SHOW's that im interested in a Classic shard,
if it takes me playing on a temp shard for a month to get the momentium going for a REAL CLASSIC shard then im game..
people can bash it, but its the ONE OPPERTUNITY to have a voice.....
that to me is worth GOLD
I agree and it's nice to see some enthusiasm, like I said I reopened my account for this, and that says a lot for me to do so. Now about Siege the one thing I actually liked about Siege was the one thing many others didn't seem to like and that was having one character slot, on the one hand yes it could be irritating for some things, but on the other hand it makes it so that no one is self sufficient and there is a need for a community.
Then again with soul stones and the like, I guess it's a moot point. Paying attention to a good deal of threads lately on stratics has shown that the trend is to blame this and that part of the game in a piecemeal fashion and saying this is what's wrong with the game and if the devs only did x then it would fix the game.
The reality is that there are many many issues with UO and they all need addressing, but the one thing I have always thought missing the most was the sense of community that old UO had.
Not so much the pvp, I mean it was great don't get me wrong, but what I miss the most is populated towns, going through brit and seeing the hustle and bustle of the place, the ringing of hammers against iron at the forge all day and most of the night long.
I miss seeing people at the mage shop in brit selling spellbooks and potions, watching the thieves at the bank attempt to get away with anything they could and how funny it was to see a player run a thief down, just all of those little things that you get from having a community.
Now even if we get a Classic shard there is no guarantee any of that will ever come back, but I believe that the reason community like that fell apart was because of the item obsession fostered by AoS, and the rapid skill gain that was introduced later on, anyone who played back in the day will tell you it took a long time to get a GM blacksmith.
So basically it's on us to make this happen, getting the classic shard is one thing, but it's all for nothing without a sense of community to belong to.