You clearly have no idea what the word ‘business’ means as it pertains to this topic
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All shard shields and transfer tokens did was destroy every shard except for Atlantic.
Top 10 on most clueless comment listThe sensible approach would have been to cap the population of Atlantic years ago, it's only got so many people because it was first on the list, they could have rotated the available shards to funnel people into less populated ones, but of course they were short-sighted as always.
Shard Shields were one of the worst ideas ever, along with the random resources, destroying cities and 'revamping' Despise, the list goes on and on and don't get me started on the t-hunt 'revamp' either!
I don't think shard transfer in general are the issue, but only making them free for a fraction of the playerbase is horrible.Shard Shields were one of the worst ideas ever, along with the random resources, destroying cities and 'revamping' Despise, the list goes on and on and don't get me started on the t-hunt 'revamp' either!
I can understand why your upset by this but you have to remember, as stated above, that Ultima Online is a business and has to, at minimum, break even financially. The cash shop items should be desirable and should be helpful for new players and returns who were careless with their vet rewards and items. The problems only come when the cash shop items are more "powerful" than ingame items as then things become "pay to win"
That's what I did when I read Atlantic's economy is the only one not out of whack.
The truth hurts, but shard economies where a single rich player can buy every item there is on vendor search can clearly be considered "out of whack to some extend"
You have not looked on LS recently. Other shards are using Atlantic Prices now.The truth hurts, but shard economies where a single rich player can buy every item there is on vendor search can clearly be considered "out of whack to some extend"
I believe that when a Witch says it.
Are you really trying to frame it like the overall economy isn't skewed by picking one of the healthier examples out of all the shards? Ok then.
If they made it free to transfer for everyone the other, less populated shards would begin to grow again in my opinion. People would have an incentive to stay on their own "local" shard to actually play the game and just run to ATL or wherever when they need to buy or sell something from there in particular. It would also mean people on ATL would find it easier to visit other shards too to sell what they have to a target market where there is shortages of different types of items. Less barriers to trade always stimulates more growth in an economy.I don't think shard transfer in general are the issue, but only making them free for a fraction of the playerbase is horrible.
What choices do you have as a new player? Beg veterans for the coming 10+ years to go buy stuff on Atlantic for you or buckle up $40 for a trip back and forth to buy a nice robe and an ethy that you can't find on your shard? Hard pass on both.
In other games free server transfers are the best thing I ever experienced. I've met so many people, been to so many different places. In UO I would have to pay $40 to only visit your house on Europa or just wait another 5+ years or so @ShriNayne LOL. See ya in 2025
I'm saying all the shards have horrible economies. My original comment was because someone said Atlantic has a good economy.
I think Atlantic cap was the opposite of what they actually trying to do. I believe the idea was to have players gradually move from less populated shards to more populated ones, and thus deal with the empty shard problem. And that worked out in a typical UO fashion of taking a bad situation and expanding a bunch of dev hours to make it worse.The sensible approach would have been to cap the population of Atlantic years ago, it's only got so many people because it was first on the list, they could have rotated the available shards to funnel people into less populated ones, but of course they were short-sighted as always.
Shard Shields were one of the worst ideas ever, along with the random resources, destroying cities and 'revamping' Despise, the list goes on and on and don't get me started on the t-hunt 'revamp' either!
And this is simply callous, IMO, and, for the zilch it matters, it has already cost to BS at least 1,000 $/year, i.e. the subs of the 10 accounts I have already closed.
AMEN! I saw on Legends Atlantic prices and about lost it. Just ridiculous.
