just make sure he understands that UO is pretty much the opposite of wow, if hes not outgoing, not self motivated, is not prepared for many failures in the process of just understanding "what to do" he will make very little progress. thats just a given. Also keep in mind the time period when UO was introduced, a large part of the "fun" was simply being on the internet with other people, the point wasnt to have anything "to show for it." Interesting project. Very difficult to do because it highly depends simply if hes "into" the game or adverse to the experience, especially when the games playerbase has basically 0 players like him. The vast majority at least know someone irl who can help lead them on the right path at the start. Please announce results when completed.
This is a good idea! Perhaps you can pay him to start a blog somewhere where he could post a Diary of what he did that day in UO. I'm sure we'd all be VERY interested to read it. Perhaps provide us with a link.
Not to be blunt, BUT, why would you even bother to do this? It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. Other than to draw some attention to yourself of course. Which is even stranger, because apparently you only play 2 months of the year. My BS radar is going off BIG TIME! Something is not adding up here, in my opinion.
Why? Are you hoping that something he tells you convinces you to play UO more? The logic behind your experiment is hinky at best. I don't care if you pay him to play for a year. I person's opinion does not make for a good test group...la
There is a wee bit of a learning curve. Are you helping him or leaving him to his own devices?
LOL, don't waste your money having them test EvE Online for you...if he thinks UO has a tough learning curve...his head may explode in EvE...la
I don't care about Eve online. I only play 2 games right now.. UO and wow. Maybe shroud of the avatar when it gets going.
One thing I would like to see UO do, kinda like EVE does, is allow you to open a browser window in your game screen. They would provide links to a searchable players guide and even to a forum where a player could ask questions to the devs or player base. I preferred this over asking questions over their general chat system...la
Wow, I thought you were paying them to test it? Some friend they are...la
This along with with your other experiences is the draw of the game. Here is a game you can play for more than a couple of months and still be doing something new each time you play.
to be fair, UO was never about questing. I've probably only done about 10 quests in my entire 15 years with UO. Its the kinda thing that can be fun to do if you encounter it in your travels, but definitely not something to focus on. There are a few exceptions. The first edition ter mur books can be fun to collect. theres a few quests in the abyss with cool rewards (candlewood torch, goblin slayer talisam, etc) These you really need a character that at least has basic skills, and can kill/heal at a reasonable efficiency (think 110 weapon 30hci 80healing 90tactics/anat, or 110 casting skills)
sounds like you may need to find the right person for a viable test. try someone in their 30s to 40s who generally doesnt play video games so is not inundated with modern assumptions.
Okay, I am really curious. How old are you? How old was your play tester? Did either of you ever pick up and play any of the older Ultima stand-alones?
Well, that is really my point. Those, mostly sandbox, worlds were great training for...uh...these ones, this one, this game. lol
He sounds like. Complete whiner
I was looking forward to hearing updates on his progress but actually he sounds like a complete whiner who gave up when it didnt satiate his desire for instant gratification.
Did you tell him how to join general chat? Did you put him on a low population shard or a high population shard? Did you give him ANY guidance at all?
I have issues with UO. Issues that I understand (although some here might argue differently
) after playing this game for 15 years. My point is this guy jumped in and made a snap decision based on very little understanding of game mechanics or gameplay when he didnt get instant gratification. He didnt give it a fair shot or attempt to understand the game. He gave up before he started.
I can fault him and do. He wasnt someone who just decided to give UO a try. He wasnt the archetypical new player (which I again agree would probably just give up and perhaps rightly so). This was meant to be a test to evaluate UO over a period of time (which he knew) and rather than trying to understand and adapt and learn he just whined and gave up. That wasnt the point of all this.
He sounds fictional to me.
Sounds like 2 WOW players that didn't do any reading or ask for help and just wanted to troll UO. WOW players can not understand UO because they have to use gray matter to play.
I can well remember when I started playing about 3 years ago. I didn't had any problems with best gains but I had rather seen something like:
