I've been following the other BioWare Mythic games because BioWare Mythic only has one or two people doing all three of the websites for UO, Warhammer, and Camelot. According to what Kai Schober said earlier this year, Camelot has priority, Warhammer is second. He's never said anything about UO which is frustrating as hell.Anyone heard anything about whats going on with my.uo?
It has been "temporarily offline" for several months. closing in on half a year.
What's going on?
As somebody further down the page states, that's a lame answer because the stats and search had been working for nearly a decade before they remove the functionality:It's not forgotten, but I can't give an ETA yet.
From my understanding, it's quite complex.
When asked last month about Warhammer, Kai said this:Well, if you don't have the ability to communicate about your own game mechanics then why even get in the MMO field to begin with.
For them to say that it's 'complex' when it has been working for 10 years is ludicrous. Seriously, it's an amateur remark, and it the Customer Relations guy can't make a logical statement about the game then maybe they should get someone in that can. It's pretty sad when freeshards are able to do things that professional (?) game developers can't seem to figure out. Especially something as routine as making a web page.
Later in the thread, Kai posted this which makes me wonder:It got delayed - like other stuff. The current ETA is end of August.
People were not happy, because just like with MyUO, RealmWar was a major reason to use the WAR website. Then Kai said, in regards to Camelot:The version update of the DAoC web site comes first, then we'll launch the WAR site, which is almost completely converted by now. (Yes, this mean another delay.)
RealmWar won't be part of the functionality of the new site.
ThenUpdate it from Drupal 6 to Drupal 7. That update delayed the WAR page, too.
Now in his defense, Kai did post a mockup of the new WAR site, so he's working on a website:The version update of the DAoC web site comes first, then we'll launch the WAR site, which is almost completely converted by now. (Yes, this mean another delay.)
I've had those threads bookmarked since they were posted and check them every so often. I've been tempted to register for an account on one or the other just to ask Kai about UO's website.Very detailed response, i thank thee!
If you are refering to your sig, you might want to read this article: Gamasutra - News - EA, NetDragon Partner On Chinese Ultima OnlineAnyways 2012.![]()
EA's Warhammer Online house, Mythic, will support NetDragon in developing a version of the seminal game specifically for the Chinese market, and NetDragon will also maintain licensing rights to operate the game in Hong Kong, Macau and India as well.
It doesn't matter what you tell him, he's still under the delusion that some Chinese company is developing a 3D UO that will save the MMO industry and bring a new age of peace to the world.If you are refering to your sig, you might want to read this article: Gamasutra - News - EA, NetDragon Partner On Chinese Ultima Online
Kai respondedIf they can't even get a simple website up and running, forget about Realm War.Who really cares about the website? I mean honestly, if it doesn't have Realm War it isn't even worth doing imho.
The Mythic devs are just discovering fire and you expect them to build space ships.
I just need to get an account there and PM Kai about UO.The WAR devs have nothing to do with the web site. That is no excuse for the delay (which has various reasons) but you can't blame them for everything.
ThisThe UO website has been going downhill steadily since we've lacked REAL community rep. Sorry Kai, we had high hopes for you, but they've been long since dashed.
Community relations requires interaction, something we haven't gotten since James (such as his tenure was...), not just posting news on a barely functional website. Fobbing off the BNN Archives as "too difficult/time consuming to convert" showed us Mythic's nonexistant commitment to community. Why keep your own website up to date when the fans do it all for you anyway, right? Why make a playguide when Stratics and UOGuide do it for free? Why host official forums when Stratics and UO Forums do it for free?
I guess its too bad that anyone new to UO (I know, I know, a silly idea) wouldn't know to look for things on these sites to begin with - or might get turned off UO since the publisher doesn't visibly care. (By visibly, I mean on the Herald. Dev posts here don't count as "public" for those who don't use Stratics.)
The Herald is important. Its just too bad that only the Japanese web team are the only ones who get that.
Looks like the other sites have been down longer as well. I'm definitely going to get an account on the BioWare.com forums and ask Kai myself. The fact that Kai said that Realmwars wasn't coming back for Warhammer makes me wonder if the conspiracy fans were right and somebody was figuring out player numbers.Actually, it's been offline since 30 SEP 2010....
I can't say I remember Chrissay but I do know Jeremy started the process of updating uo.com so I would guess that Chrissay just took to continuing that. However any community rep that even attempted what Jeremy and Chrissay did can be called great.I liked Jeremy a lot, but I think Chrissay was better. Chrissay was able to help coordinate many HOC player chats and other ways to enhance communication. She was also the last one that really made any progress at getting uo.com updated.
Who specifically are you referring to Ahua?I knew you had to be lurking around...![]()
I doubt Kai is a web developer and also a web/graphic designer. But it is a good excuse to blame inaction on Kai having to do everything for 3 games. Mission Accomplished.Lets face it, if Kai is doing the updates then we'll never get anything done to our website...
I don't think he is any of those three, to be honest with you. I think they were tacked on to his responsibilities. He implied that just upgrading the Camelot website between different versions of Drupal was tough/complex.I doubt Kai is a web developer and also a web/graphic designer.
Kai is doing community relations for 4 games actually, when you count Wrath of Heroes. I'm still not sure what Rowland Cox does other than post an occasional update on one of the Heralds. Kai is the one who talks on the official BioWare Mythic Warhammer forums, and he occasionally sticks his head in on the IGN boards and he is the only person talking about website updates to any of the Bioware Mythic games.But it is a good excuse to blame inaction on Kai having to do everything for 3 games. Mission Accomplished.
The WAR devs have nothing to do with the web site. That is no excuse for the delay (which has various reasons) but you can't blame them for everything.
SWTOR is going to have a lot of web-enabled stuff going on. Actually it already does - they are building up guilds before the game even launches.I've been wondering if perhaps WHO, DAoC, and UO will see something new for browsing character, guild, and faction information once SW:TOR is up and running and that whatever it is will be a clone of what SW:TOR uses. And/or perhaps this information will eventually be accessible to us through the Origin.com website.
He may have "project managed" the upgrade of Dark Age of Camelot but I doubt he did the development and graphics. It is more likely that the DAoC producer PMed the upgrade including getting budget approval and the resources for it.I don't think he is any of those three, to be honest with you. I think they were tacked on to his responsibilities. He implied that just upgrading the Camelot website between different versions of Drupal was tough/complex...I doubt Kai is a web developer and also a web/graphic designer.
There doesn't seem to have been any resources put into any of the website upgrades. If he had went outside of Kai or BioWare Mythic, it would have already been finished and the other websites would have been finished as well. A version upgrade for Drupal should not take a month or more. That's why I think Kai is doing the website stuff in addition to his other duties.He may have "project managed" the upgrade of Dark Age of Camelot but I doubt he did the development and graphics. It is more likely that the DAoC producer PMed the upgrade including getting budget approval and the resources for it.