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NEWS Developer Meet and Greet, October 17th, 2022

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[Mesanna]: Hello everyone
[Kyronix]: Greetings!
[Mesanna]: lets begin shall we
[Mesanna]: Good evening
[ZARIGANI]: Right
[ZARIGANI]: heloo
[ZARIGANI]: I am from Japan and will be using a translation tool as I proceed.
[Mesanna]: ok
[ZARIGANI]: Sorry if I didn't get some things across well or if it took me a long time to respond.
[ZARIGANI]: But I'll do my best, because I really need a favor!
[ZARIGANI]: What I would like to request is a fish tank related update.
[ZARIGANI]: It is not interesting that when a creature in the Fish Tank dies, the graphics of the fish bones are all the same.
[Mesanna]: what type of update are you looking for
[Mesanna]: we have added new creatures in the past
[Mesanna]: nice suggestion
[ZARIGANI]: Since you have the graphics when you catch the fish, I would like you to show the carcass as it was when it was alive.
[Mesanna]: we will add that to the list
[ZARIGANI]: I'd like to display it in my room in its non-dead graphic form.
[ZARIGANI]: AND
[ZARIGANI]: I would like to see an aquarium built where the aquarium creatures can be dedicated as points of interest!
[ZARIGANI]: If there is a zoo, I thought it would be fun to have an aquarium as well.
[Mesanna]: when we redo the zoo collections we can add something like that
[Mesanna]: thank you
[ZARIGANI]: Thanks
[Mesanna]: good evening
[Nablarch]: Good Evening!
[Kyronix]: Hello!
[Nablarch]: Nice to meet you.
[Bleak]: Hello
[Nablarch]: Happy 25th anniversary.・ Thank you for your support all the time.
[Kyronix]: Huzzah!
[Mesanna]: Most welcome
[Nablarch]: I have a request regarding Sea Game
[Nablarch]: Could you consider the creation of an arena
[Nablarch]: for naval battle in Trammel?
[Nablarch]: Can I explain the background?
[Mesanna]: The other arenas that were built did not go over that well
[Mesanna]: not sure that would either
[Mesanna]: but if you want to send us your details we will review it as a team
[Nablarch]: Thank you ver y much
[Mesanna]: most welcome
[Nablarch]: I am going to send you the details by mail or someting
[Mesanna]: email yes
[Mesanna]: you have my address right?
[Nablarch]: Ok
[Nablarch]: That is all from me
[Mesanna]: thank you
[Nablarch]: Thank you for this oppoortunitay to talk to you
[Mesanna]: of course
[Mesanna]: good evening
[Cutbow]: hello and happy 25th and many more years of your presence
[Parallax]: Hello
[Mesanna]: thank you
[Kyronix]: Hip Hip Hooray!
[Cutbow]: ummmm what do you do Parallax?
[Mesanna]: maybe by 30 we can have another party
[Mesanna]: He is the newest member of the team
[Mesanna]: the is a dev
[Cutbow]: *fingers crossed for 30*
[Cutbow]: i have a question regarding memorial items at the abyss house that lost memorial items on Napa
[Mesanna]: that was a players house
[Cutbow]: few months ago, owner said the memorial for original owner was gone
[Cutbow]: some sentimental items
[Mesanna]: As of right now there have been no memorials removed yet
[Cutbow]: will we be able to replicate at the new memorial area and how
[Mesanna]: if you are talking about a players memorial
[Cutbow]: someone did
[Mesanna]: no
[Mesanna]: there will not be any decorations at the new one
[Cutbow]: they removed elf bench, flowers, teddy bear, Medusa statue
[Cutbow]: all missing
[Mesanna]: no items put out for a memorial would ever be replaced
[Cutbow]: understood
[Mesanna]: but we are removing all the memorials in game
[Cutbow]: just trying to figuye out who removed our items and didn't give a chance to claim them
[Mesanna]: to have them all in one place
[Mesanna]: What you do not understand is once you give items to a EM they will not be returned to a player
[Cutbow]: our EM who placed them has long be gone
[Cutbow]: been long gone
[Mesanna]: I have no idea what happened to these items
[Cutbow]: just a bit of a mystery to us
[Mesanna]: can we help you with anything else?
[Cutbow]: can you add luck impacting claiming wheelbarrow plants in rare hues please?
[Kyronix]: Well those items are essentially a slot machine, so while the luck stat doesn't impact what comes out of those items
[Kyronix]: The very real aspect of luck does
[Kyronix]: So we don't need to have double luck
[Kyronix]: Because then they cancel each other out
[Kyronix]: and you get misfortune
[Cutbow]: okay thanks for answering
[Cutbow]: gnight all
[Mesanna]: night
[Kyronix]: Thanks for the question!
[Mesanna]: good evening
[Bytor]: Good evening
[Bytor]: I have 2
[Bytor]: but first thank you for the 25th party, I had a lot of fun
[Bytor]: very creative on your part
[Mesanna]: good we enjoyed it
[Bytor]: 1st
[Bytor]: On Catskills and I know you all are busy
[Bytor]: but can the Yew Mint please be able to get a trash can ?
[Bytor]: It is the hub of RP on Cats
[Mesanna]: yes
[Mesanna]: I can drop one tomorrow
[Bytor]: Thank you
[Bytor]: you are awesome !
[Mesanna]: sometimes =)
[Bytor]: 2nd is for Kyronix
[Bytor]: It has been awhilee since I have asked you about the Pit and Myrmidex warriors dropping crystals
[Bytor]: I believe you said 1 in 20 or 25 should have one
[Kyronix]: Sounds about right
[Bytor]: but with all the recent updates fixes etc
[Bytor]: they again are very far and few in between
[Bytor]: We run the Pit several times a month
[Bytor]: so in a time when you have a min, could you please look again. Thank you
[Kyronix]: Nothing has changed recently
[Kyronix]: But happy to to some insect inpsection
[Bytor]: well, I was thinking along the lines of when sometimes a patch or hot fix goes in
[Bytor]: some of my em items in my museum lose their ability like sound
[Bytor]: it just stops making sounds on occasion
[Bytor]: thats why I asked
[Bytor]: maybe something got bogged down in the drop rate
[Bytor]: thats all
[Mesanna]: we will look into the drop rate
[Bytor]: thats all I had had. Thank you
[Mesanna]: make sure nothing got stepped on
[Mesanna]: by mistake
[Bytor]: :)
[Mesanna]: thank you
[Bytor]: thank you for the trash barrel
[Mesanna]: welcome
[Mesanna]: good evening
[Napoleon]: Bonsoir
[Napoleon]: I have a 2 part question
[Napoleon]: It seems everyone in fel is openly using the Orion client wihout punishment, is there an amnesty on this?
[Napoleon]: 2nd part of question,
[Mesanna]: no but get caught and your account will be actioned
[Napoleon]: some people would like to play on your official classic client in fel however can't because
[Napoleon]: select nearest hostile, brings up
[Napoleon]: neutral animals, dead targets, and red/grey guild members, this has been reported over half a dozen times
[Napoleon]: please let us play official client
[Mesanna]: one sec
[Mesanna]: we are in a discussion here one sec
[Mesanna]: are you asking us to take the feature out of the orion client into UO
[Napoleon]: no
[Mesanna]: is that what you are asking?
[Napoleon]: people are forced to play orion because
[Napoleon]: when the press
[Napoleon]: select nearest hostile
[Mesanna]: that is what I just said
[Napoleon]: wait one moment please
[Napoleon]: there is a bug that is fixed in orion
[Mesanna]: we are not going to bring that client into UO
[Napoleon]: that we would like fixed in uo
[Mesanna]: and if we start picking and choosing what we wil land will not
[Mesanna]: where do we stop
[Mesanna]: its a slippery slope
[Napoleon]: okay i am not asking for a feature haha
[Mesanna]: that I am not sure we should walk
[Napoleon]: there is a bug in classic client
[Napoleon]: that when you press
[Napoleon]: select nearest hostile
[Napoleon]: it targets neurtral animals, dead players/pets, and red/gret guild members
[Napoleon]: so people have to download a different client just to play the game
[Napoleon]: it has been reported about 6 times on official forum i can send links
[Kyronix]: Those are hostiles in the eyes notoriety checks
[Kyronix]: So what you are reporting isn't a bug
[Napoleon]: okay they are not though because
[Napoleon]: if i cast earthquake, it will not hit a guild member
[Napoleon]: so they are not hostile,
[Kyronix]: That's not what we are referring to in this situation
[Kyronix]: We all hear what you are saying
[Napoleon]: you need to differentiate orange players to neutral animals
[Kyronix]: And we all know what you want, but we disagree with your logic to get there
[Kyronix]: Thanks for the feedback as always
[Napoleon]: okay jsut make everyone dl illegal client then thanks
[Mesanna]: good evening
[Giselle]: hi there! first, thanks for the deceit event, some great reward picks!
[Giselle]: my first question: How long do you keep the shard/server backups that support rollback when a shard crashes (weeks, months, etc)?
[Kyronix]: Glad you are having fun!
[Parallax]: Glad you are enjoying it!
[Mesanna]: why this question
[Mesanna]: just curious
[Giselle]: will get to those details in a second :)
[Mesanna]: Just so you know we will not be changing any of our backup procedures
[Giselle]: no worries, won't be asking for you to change backup, just wondering how long you keep them?
[Mesanna]: why
[Giselle]: Not sure you want to answer, so should I move to next question?
[Mesanna]: I would like to know why and since you are not answering questions go ahead
[Giselle]: Bonded pets are getting erroneously deleted, are you interested in reproducing the problem on test center with me (pets that got deleted are on test center, by chance)?
[Mesanna]: OK you have to understand something
[Mesanna]: to get a pet back we would have to revert the WHOLE shard
[Mesanna]: that is not going to happen
[Giselle]: not true
[Giselle]: you can lookup the item in the backup
[Mesanna]: no
[Mesanna]: we can not
[Giselle]: it's a database
[Giselle]: indexed by itemIDs
[Mesanna]: Anything else?
[Giselle]: Are you interested in reproducing the pet deletion bug?
[Mesanna]: If we could get someone to give us details
[Mesanna]: of course
[Giselle]: details posted here:
[Giselle]: Bonded 5 slot fire beetle was deleted (went poof)
[Mesanna]: but we have asked and tried to reproduce it
[Mesanna]: if you have steps to reproduce of course
[Giselle]: I have the exact pet on test center
[Mesanna]: please email me
[Giselle]: I'd take the time to reproduce the problem with you, but would need to verify you actually have the code instrumented on TC to catch the issue
[Giselle]: part of the problem relates to line of site checks
[Mesanna]: Misk or myself can do it
[Giselle]: can you PM me on that thread I posted, to arrange a time/date to reproduce?
[Mesanna]: email us when you have it figured out
[Mesanna]: anything else
[Giselle]: I have the exact pet on TC as the character was copied before it was deleted on prod
[Giselle]: one more question:
[Giselle]: Any chance you can add the higher resolution kingdom reborn graphics to EC (machine specs have improved alot!), and would you be opposed to a 3rd party releasing an add-in/etc with the kingdrom reborn graphics for the enhanced client?
[Mesanna]: no
[Mesanna]: we are going forward not back
[Giselle]: those graphics are higher resolution ...
[Giselle]: not opposed to a 3rd party add-in for ec?
[Mesanna]: we are not going to be redoing all the art and what we did try did not work to our satisfaction
[Mesanna]: anything else
[Giselle]: are you opposed to a 3rd party doing an add-in for EC?
[Mesanna]: Yes it won't work
[Mesanna]: getting art into UO is a detailed procedure
[Giselle]: let the 3rd party figure that out, would you be OK if a 3rd party did that?
[Mesanna]: NO
[Mesanna]: it is not going to work
[Mesanna]: have a good evening
[Raven]: hello all
[Mesanna]: Greetings
[Kyronix]: Salutations!
[Parallax]: hello
[Raven]: thanks for UO i really liked the fair, was fun
[Mesanna]: was fun for us too
[Raven]: thanks to the new guy for the egg event
[Raven]: do you think we will have those kinds of event again?
[Raven]: where we dont have to fight
[Raven]: did i say something wrong? Messana told me to thank the new guy for the event when i seen him
[Parallax]: Look for it maybe next year!
[Mesanna]: lol
[Mesanna]: you are cute
[Raven]: im so glad i hope we get new deco stuff maybe mushrooms of different color
[Raven]: and butterflys or maybe fishtank fish
[Mesanna]: you never know
[Raven]: everyone would be doing it nonstop for those deco items
[Raven]: well thanks again for all your hard work
[Raven]: enjoy
[Mesanna]: most welcome thank you
[Kyronix]: Thanks for playing!
[Parallax]: Thank you!
[Mesanna]: good evening
[Doc Holiday]: hiya
[Doc Holiday]: so i'd like to hear more about the afk - nerf / ban situation
[Mesanna]: the only thing we will say is that event was designed for active game play
[Doc Holiday]: timeout - 30 minutes for "afk" in deciet?
[Doc Holiday]: i see
[Doc Holiday]: so its like a
[Doc Holiday]: speed camera?
[Mesanna]: That is all we are going to say
[Mesanna]: anything else
[Doc Holiday]: yes
[Doc Holiday]: when someone gets the 30 min thing, does it "mark" your account?
[Doc Holiday]: as a three day ban would?
[Mesanna]: *shakes head* different for every person
[Mesanna]: any other topic you would like to discuss
[Doc Holiday]: ok, high seas
[Doc Holiday]: when are you going to give us rideable seahorses?
[Mesanna]: Never
[Mesanna]: tried it years and years ago
[Mesanna]: will not work
[Mesanna]: Shoot I was actually in QA when they tried to add in rideable sea horses
[Doc Holiday]: not really cool that you are implementing rules though that you are not willing to discuss the reprec
[Mesanna]: have a good evening
[Mesanna]: greetings
[Mariah]: Good Evening Dev Team
[Mesanna]: Good evening
[Kyronix]: Goodmorrow!
[Parallax]: Evening
[Mariah]: I would like to just say Thank you very much for the Deceit Event
[Mariah]: It is AWESOME!
[Kyronix]: Hooray!
[Mesanna]: we are glad you are enjoying it
[Parallax]: Glad you are having fun!
[Kyronix]: Glad you don't have a bone to pick with us about it!
[Mariah]: Love the new items and the return of the Epaulettes
[Mariah]: hehe
[Mariah]: I would also like to thank Kyronix for spending time with us on TC1 when
[Mariah]: the new event was announced and for answering our questions.
[Mariah]: Thanks also for having the Fel PvP Weekends… Chesapeake will enjoy it!
[Mesanna]: most welcome
[Mariah]: A little communication goes a LONG WAY and means a LOT!
[Mariah]: We wish you all and your Families a very Happy and Safe Holiday Season!
[Kyronix]: Same to you
[Mariah]: Any chance the Silver steeds can be ridable from the Fair clicky?
[Mesanna]: LOL
[Mariah]: hehe
[Mesanna]: no they are just for show
[Mariah]: ok Thx :))
[Mesanna]: thank you
[Mariah]: All done :)) Thank you
[Mesanna]: can we help you with anything else
[Mesanna]: have a good evening
[Mesanna]: Greetings Peter
[Peter]: hello
[Peter]: I would like to see new poses added to the mannequins, dyeable wigs, and dyeable bodies. The mannequins are part of the house decor. Wouldn't you like to decorate it wonderfully?
[Mesanna]: we will keep that in mind
[Peter]: Okay
[Peter]: thank you
[Peter]: see you again
[Kyronix]: Goodbye!
[Mesanna]: Thank you everyone for coming this evening
[Kyronix]: Thanks everyone for attending and asking questions, we really appreciate it!
[Bleak]: Thanks Everyone!
[Mesanna]: if you have any other suggestions please feel free to email them to us
[Mesanna]: Good night
[Parallax]: Thank you everyone, have a great evening!
 

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Gosh, shes kinda rude
What did you expect when the player gets rude first? You should have been here way back when some of the Devs would get down right nasty when you tried what they did with Mesanna
 

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I see Mervyn/Yoshi/The blacksmith was there. He should prewrite his questions so they understand what he is asking. She gets rude when she has no clue about what you are asking.

Just because you have a pet on Test Center, it does not mean you had the pet on a live shard.
 

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I did find it interesting that Mesanna didn't actually say it outright that unofficial third party clients are illegal and ban-able. She only said "if caught" accounts will be "actioned". So one could argue that if they aren't actively looking for it then would anyone ever be caught? Then in event that it was caught, is it like unattended macroing where the first offense of two are just a slap on the wrist?
 

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What did you expect when the player gets rude first? You should have been here way back when some of the Devs would get down right nasty when you tried what they did with Mesanna
I've been here since beta. In all that time, Gordon "Tyrant" Walton was the snarkiest I've ever had dealings with. That dude would rip you a new one and boot you out of IRC lol

What did you expect when the player gets rude first? You should have been here way back when some of the Devs would get down right nasty when you tried what they did with Mesanna
Which one? She was rude to multiple players
 

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Which one? She was rude to multiple players
The chat just underscores yet again why she shouldn't be in charge of UO.
It's her way or the highway, I mean look at how she reacted when she was asked about the targeting bug, she immediately fired off about illegal this, illegal that.
She treats UO like she herself owns it and it's her property.
 

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The chat just underscores yet again why she shouldn't be in charge of UO.
It's her way or the highway, I mean look at how she reacted when she was asked about the targeting bug, she immediately fired off about illegal this, illegal that.
She treats UO like she herself owns it and it's her property.
And her fanboi pom pom club encourages it. I'd ask all the many people asking and emailing her to delete players memorials go vote on official forum so we can see..
 

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I did find it interesting that Mesanna didn't actually say it outright that unofficial third party clients are illegal and ban-able. She only said "if caught" accounts will be "actioned". So one could argue that if they aren't actively looking for it then would anyone ever be caught? Then in event that it was caught, is it like unattended macroing where the first offense of two are just a slap on the wrist?
I thought that one was interesting as well
 

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I did find it interesting that Mesanna didn't actually say it outright that unofficial third party clients are illegal and ban-able. She only said "if caught" accounts will be "actioned". So one could argue that if they aren't actively looking for it then would anyone ever be caught? Then in event that it was caught, is it like unattended macroing where the first offense of two are just a slap on the wrist?
It's like I've been saying for years now, there are 2 different ways to use these programs. One will get you banned and one won't. If you use them for their better macros or better targeting, nobody will ever know. If you use them to do stuff AFK or make it way too obvious that you are doing it, that's a paddlin'. When you use the programs, you know exactly which of these you are attempting to do and the consequences if you get caught.
 

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I've been here since beta. In all that time, Gordon "Tyrant" Walton was the snarkiest I've ever had dealings with. That dude would rip you a new one and boot you out of IRC lol



Which one? She was rude to multiple players
The lost pet and the way they are dealing with AFK players.
 

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I did find it interesting that Mesanna didn't actually say it outright that unofficial third party clients are illegal and ban-able. She only said "if caught" accounts will be "actioned". So one could argue that if they aren't actively looking for it then would anyone ever be caught? Then in event that it was caught, is it like unattended macroing where the first offense of two are just a slap on the wrist?
She said at one M&G that as long as you responded to the GM and were not multiboxing you were basically safe. No she is not gonna come out and say yes it is ok, EAs Rules are still EAs Rules.
 

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[Doc Holiday]: ok, high seas
[Doc Holiday]: when are you going to give us rideable seahorses?
[Mesanna]: Never
[Mesanna]: tried it years and years ago
[Mesanna]: will not work
[Mesanna]: Shoot I was actually in QA when they tried to add in rideable sea horses
Told you. Some people thought i was talking out my ass when i mentioned ridable seahorses with a pack for fish (fishermen mount) being a planned feature, but being buggy and exploit-prone with how they traversed.
 

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I no longer read Meet and Greet and I avoid doing it because I can no longer read the inappropriate, rude, snooty way in which the lady of pears Mesanna replies !! Get UO out of her hands!
I wouldn't even put her running a fruit shop
The day Mesanna stops being in charge is the day the servers shut down. It's foolish to think otherwise.
 

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Told you. Some people thought i was talking out my ass when i mentioned ridable seahorses with a pack for fish (fishermen mount) being a planned feature, but being buggy and exploit-prone with how they traversed.
i remember using seahorses in a freeshard one time, this was like 10 years ago.

can't be done? never worked?
its so simple to do and i'm not even a tech guy !
 

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i remember using seahorses in a freeshard one time, this was like 10 years ago.

can't be done? never worked?
its so simple to do and i'm not even a tech guy !
This is from one of the free shards they have the better teams for adding stuff like that. they have over 25 mounts
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makes me feel sad when I see the clothing art there then look at the ones, we have but some stuff been added that was one post that got me banned on the forums over there for a weekend.
 

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so no memorial for her then ?
Her Memorial will be when the gave shards goes down for the last time.

I wonder if there they will be placing the ones they take down in there or how we can get players added to it.
 

HRH Liz

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She has on many times said that the day she leaves UO that the severs will be shut down when she leaves that she is the last producer of it.
I highly doubt that BS would shut down UO when they have a contract with EA to maintain it and if UO shuts down so does DAoC and BS goes out of business.
 

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having the whole team report to a new engineering director (that can also code) would change things up a bit.
It’s odd only one staff member responded to most questions, and “no” didn’t seem the right answer many times.
 

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This is from one of the free shards they have the better teams for adding stuff like that. they have over 25 mounts

makes me feel sad when I see the clothing art there then look at the ones, we have but some stuff been added that was one post that got me banned on the forums over there for a weekend.
Well, after looking at the client that was referred to (can we say it since it's actually mentioned IN the chat log?); it makes me wonder why half of this stuff isn't in the base game. So same with the artwork.

Generally, when you see something like this taking place it's because they are not hiring the right people but rather people that she feels won't question her authority.
 

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Ya right. So BS is going to break its contract with EA and fire all of his people. I got some swamp land, in real, for sell and I will even throw in a bridge.
Ultimately what it comes down to is that Broadsword really doesn't care about UO. They never have, and they never will. So Bonnie is going to be the showrunner until she decides to leave. Given that we don't see subscription numbers, we can't measure the profitability of UO, but I would be willing to guess that UO isn't a profit generator. It's paying for itself or it wouldn't still be active, but I'm positive that its net profit isn't making it attractive enough to pour additional funding into it.

So Bonnie is the choice that Broadsword has made not because she is the best choice but because she is most likely the affordable choice. Replacing her with someone competent comes at a cost. One that they are not willing to sink into UO.
 

HRH Liz

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Ultimately what it comes down to is that Broadsword really doesn't care about UO. They never have, and they never will. So Bonnie is going to be the showrunner until she decides to leave. Given that we don't see subscription numbers, we can't measure the profitability of UO, but I would be willing to guess that UO isn't a profit generator. It's paying for itself or it wouldn't still be active, but I'm positive that its net profit isn't making it attractive enough to pour additional funding into it.

So Bonnie is the choice that Broadsword has made not because she is the best choice but because she is most likely the affordable choice. Replacing her with someone competent comes at a cost. One that they are not willing to sink into UO.
BS has a contract to support DAoC and UO not just DAoC, so where do you get the idea that Rob Denton will let UO just die no matter how much he may or may not hate UO. Do you really think he is that stupid? People really need to use that gray matter more often.
 

HRH Liz

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Was in one of the videos I believe where they announced Broadsword... I recall it quite plainly ...
Right. I am going to tell EA that I will support BOTH game and then post a video saying that I am not going to do what I just signed a contract to do. You really must think that Rob is stupid.
 

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Right. I am going to tell EA that I will support BOTH game and then post a video saying that I am not going to do what I just signed a contract to do. You really must think that Rob is stupid.
She literally said she would be the last producer of UO in some video.

That's why I asked for more info on the creation of Broadsword. It was created by all of the developers from UO and Robs group according to a recent article on UO. She is part owner of that I assume, just as the other devs are. I would like more info about how that works.

I do not see EA giving up anything. They just let games go in cold storage rather than sell the rights. Profit is not a major concern, The Sims Online was profitable, but they shut it down, they wanted to push The Sims 4 instead, and they have been doing that and making more money on upgrades and purchases. They did not want to split the market. Even if they own both.
 

FAKEUSERNAME

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Mesanna is why you can't have nice things and her rudeness is nothing new. She's been actively killing Broadsword UO for some time now.

In regards to her rudeness, it's not acceptable at all when she is the one being rude first.
I don't know why she does that to paying customers in public, it can't be good for business.

It boils down to her making bad decisions and surrounding herself with the wrong people.

The artwork pipeline isn't complicated.
Look at the Valentine's day artwork from the last go. It was something pulled from a simple search for free clip art.
Instead of having lots of new art and avoiding those mistakes, you get very little art and those mistakes are made.

Pretty much the same deal with the seahorse.
There's no good reason why you couldn't have had this for some time now. Perhaps it's something Mesanna is still testing and perfecting on her own.

I've seen a lot of great recommendations from players throughout the years, many of which would undeniably be great additions to the game.
The reason you don't have these things is because Mesanna can't make it happen.

I know she regularly passes up talented help such as engineers and project managers in some of the most notable tech companies who have offered to help numerous times for practically nothing.
Instead she surrounds herself with no to low skill individuals, pretty much players she finds in the game that she thinks she can trust. People like Clops.

There's a chance she could change her ways but it seems highly unlikely. To me it appears that she is getting crazier and crazier.

Elsewhere, things pop up all the time and get better and better.
If she doesn't deliver soon, someone else will.
 

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The chat just underscores yet again why she shouldn't be in charge of UO.
It's her way or the highway, I mean look at how she reacted when she was asked about the targeting bug, she immediately fired off about illegal this, illegal that.
She treats UO like she herself owns it and it's her property.
Absolutely. Thats one of the most cringe worthy exchanges I've seen at any level. Even a first level customer success person would have a better handle of what was being asked.

Target nearest hostile is absolutely broken and any person who actively plays the game would know this.
Napolean is explaining that the whole reason people look to another client is because of this bug which they can obviously fix in a heartbeat in a differnt client - so why can't UO just fix it -and she explodes into some rant about other clients. I mean, a decent developer could fix this bug over a morning coffee. If they cared. Like 1%. That was the point.

It would be alot easier to fix the reason people NEED another client by just fixing the obvious bug. Much easier than trying to police others using the other client.

People want to follow the rules but you make it hard when you put a broken product out while taking nonsense questions about dead fish graphics. Honestly if we get different dead fish graphics before a fix to targeting I'm going to lose it.
 

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Mesanna is why you can't have nice things and her rudeness is nothing new. She's been actively killing Broadsword UO for some time now.

In regards to her rudeness, it's not acceptable at all when she is the one being rude first.
I don't know why she does that to paying customers in public, it can't be good for business.

It boils down to her making bad decisions and surrounding herself with the wrong people.
Is it surrounding herself with bad people or only bad people would work for her. Because if she were my manager I'd quit before I sat down at my desk in the AM. No way I would have that person as my 'leader'.
 

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She has on many times said that the day she leaves UO that the severs will be shut down when she leaves that she is the last producer of it.
She has on many times said things that were not true. Why should Broadsword not promote someone as new producer as long as the game is profitable? She does not own UO. She is just a regular employee in that regard.
 

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i remember using seahorses in a freeshard one time, this was like 10 years ago.
can't be done? never worked?
its so simple to do and i'm not even a tech guy !
I was going to say the same, the ability to both walk and ride on water has been available in freeshards for as long as I can remember.
From memory there is a mountable blue hued horse which only works on water/sea tiles, it was quite fun to use.
Clearly the client is capable of allowing it, they're just.....of course, it's more than likely not a technical issue at all, but more like a "Mesanna doesn't like it, so it won't be added" issue, like always.
 

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Is it surrounding herself with bad people or only bad people would work for her. Because if she were my manager I'd quit before I sat down at my desk in the AM. No way I would have that person as my 'leader'.
Reminds me of that interview? video of her and Calvin Crowner? You could cut the tension between them with a knife, it was such an uncomfortable video to watch.
I think he was producer at the time and she was the assistant producer.
 

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BS has a contract to support DAoC and UO not just DAoC, so where do you get the idea that Rob Denton will let UO just die no matter how much he may or may not hate UO. Do you really think he is that stupid? People really need to use that gray matter more often.
You need to increase your reading comprehension skills because nowhere in there did I say that Rob Denton would let UO die.

UO's profit margin is most likely not large enough for Broadsword to feel that it is a good risk of extra investment capital. Bonnie will NOT be removed from the Producer role most likely because she is the economical choice (e.g., her salary range is below that of what a qualified Producer would be). Ultimately this means that Bonnie will be the Producer until she decides to leave and she has no intention of leaving.

Should she leave, there will be no white knight riding in on their horse to magically solve the problems of the game because they will hire an underqualified Producer to replace her based on salary.
 
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You need to increase your reading comprehension skills because nowhere in there did I say that Rob Denton would let UO die.

UO's profit margin is most likely not large enough for Broadsword to feel that it is a good risk of extra investment capital. Bonnie will NOT be removed from the Producer role most likely because she is the economical choice (e.g., her salary range is below that of what a qualified Producer would be). Ultimately this means that Bonnie will be the Producer until she decides to leave and she has no intention of leaving.

Should she leave, there will be no white knight riding in on their horse to magically solve the problems of the game because they will hire an underqualified Producer to replace her based on salary.
I'd take an untrained middle schooler over mesanne
 

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You need to increase your reading comprehension skills because nowhere in there did I say that Rob Denton would let UO die.

UO's profit margin is most likely not large enough for Broadsword to feel that it is a good risk of extra investment capital. Bonnie will NOT be removed from the Producer role most likely because she is the economical choice (e.g., her salary range is below that of what a qualified Producer would be). Ultimately this means that Bonnie will be the Producer until she decides to leave and she has no intention of leaving.

Should she leave, there will be no white knight riding in on their horse to magically solve the problems of the game because they will hire an underqualified Producer to replace her based on salary.
Well technically you have to double that salary (well maybe not double) by factoring in that Misk is being paid some sort of salary to do "QA"... anyone in the software industry can tell you that if they had a third of the defects released to Prod as he does they would be fired. Some of them are such a major oversight (like the misspelled items or the static spawn points when Destard first opened) it makes you wonder if they even tested things as all.

The Armstrong household is doing pretty well from UO if you ask me. I wouldn't be surprised if one if not both have a second job given the lack of production over the past couple years.
 

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You need to increase your reading comprehension skills because nowhere in there did I say that Rob Denton would let UO die.

UO's profit margin is most likely not large enough for Broadsword to feel that it is a good risk of extra investment capital. Bonnie will NOT be removed from the Producer role most likely because she is the economical choice (e.g., her salary range is below that of what a qualified Producer would be). Ultimately this means that Bonnie will be the Producer until she decides to leave and she has no intention of leaving.

Should she leave, there will be no white knight riding in on their horse to magically solve the problems of the game because they will hire an underqualified Producer to replace her based on salary.
Bonnie makes more than Kyronix or Bleak so alls you would need to do is promote one of them and hire some to replace their open spot and Misk, problem solved.
 

FAKEUSERNAME

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The Armstrong household is doing pretty well from UO if you ask me.
You got that right, you can look up most of the financials online.

Broadsword is similar to other profitable companies that have went out of business, primarily due to greed.
The people at the top who do little to no work essentially rob the profitable company blind by giving themselves fat paychecks.

It doesn't cost much to maintain the products Broadsword manages given their budget.
Instead of investing money in to the products they manage they've spent the bare minimum.

Imagine what UO could look like after all these years if all that money wasn't wasted.
 
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