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Woodsman
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Let's flip that around.Why aren't the veteran players BEGGING the dev team to drop the old client entirely?
It's important to mention this again to remind others, but the graphics update is happening. It's not up for debate or discussion, it's not a theory, it's happening.
There are at least 10 million MMO players who have never played UO. Those 10 million players are used to interfaces that look like the EC. Again, that's not up for debate or theoretical discussion either, because you need only to look at the major MMO websites to see interfaces that resemble the EC. There are huge websites devoted to helping people customize those interfaces. Major MMO makers showcase those mods and customizations and invest a lot of developer resources into make it easier for players to work with those interfaces.
My question is, why aren't more CC players supporting the graphics update, the work on the EC, the new questing system, and the updated new player experience?
EA is not doing away with the CC anytime soon, so you shouldn't feel threatened, and yet, and not necessarily in this thread, I come across players who are incredibly adamant that EA should not upgrade the graphics and should kill off the EC and that no work should be put into new quests or new player experiences. Those same players will tell you that the quests as they are now pretty much suck, and that he new player experience is horrible.
All CC fans should be incredibly supportive of any serious efforts to bring in new players. Instead we get a lot of dev bashing, and a lot of people who think that UO can't appeal to younger players.
This last really bothers me, because I've played all of the major MMOs and I think UO can offer a lot to younger players, especially those who fill up the latest and greatest MMOs and then leave in droves when the free month is up. The problem is you have to get them in the door, and you have to give them an interface they are used to. I believe very much that if EA can finally get a decent modern client and graphics update into the game and keep it, that it can keep younger players who would give it a chance.
If you want to play the CC, great, more power to you. If you want UO to stay profitable, then you should be supportive of any efforts EA is making to bring in new players, especially given that at times in the past that some in upper EA management seemed hell-bent on dividing the player population or ensuring that UO was going to lose subs. This represents a change in the attitude towards UO and we should be happy about it. I still have serious concerns about EA management given what the CEO has said and what has actually happened over the past few years, but somebody at EA has decided that UO should get a shot at bringing in new players.
Everybody should be 100% unified behind the attempt to bring in new players.