Thread title says "for 2d players please" and yet all the EC users come out of the woodwork with their panties in a bunch because people want to discuss a simple improvement that could be made to the still-very-popular classic client. Thread subsequently gets derailed into yet another EC vs CC debate.
Typical.
Most of us that use the EC either are still, CC users to a limited extent so the topic applies to us as well. I'm not out to begrudge CC fans for their choice in client, but I can tell you this much... UO has no chance at a revitalization, ever, without forward progress in it's user interface. We all talk about how we would love to see Subs go back up and it's true we would. But we can't pander ourselves out to the hopes and dreams of drawing back old players. This was a foolish dream the "Classic Shard" fans had, those that were really interested in UO still either A) are getting their fix through other means or B) had just left the game recently yet kept up with news of UO's development. While there might have been a few exceptions I doubt a "Classic Shard" would have drawn 500 renewed subs/new subs much less thousands.
The point is for UO to gain back subs it needs new blood, yourself, me, the other posters in this thread we are
not the potential future players of UO. We are the past and present and that's all we'll ever be. For UO to regain subs, it need to be able to draw their interests, the CC won't do that 90 cases out of 100. Jimbo reading on some gaming site runs across UO mentioned he's not going to know anything about the games culture, history, or game play outside what little might be mentioned in the article and even then they won't understand half of what makes this game as special as it is. What they might see is a screenshot, a link to a video etc., and that is where EA/Bio-ware/Bio-ware-Mythic or what ever you want to call them have to grab their attention.
To sum it up, while most of us EC users don't really mind the CC still existing, we'd much rather the focus be on a client that has the potential to attract new players, a client that has the potential to advance the game into a new millennium and not live totally in it's past. The CC doesn't afford that opportunity in it's current condition and boosting the game play windows resolution isn't going to do it either. This being the case, we'd rather try and convince as many as possible to try it and convert so eventually the CC can slip silently off into the sunset to hang out with all the other mid 90's era technology.
I even started a poll on this a while back, on if they were to put in a "Legacy Graphics" option to make the EC's game play window look entirely like the CC's would people be more interested. Like I said I'm not against the CC I just don't think continued development beyond keeping it able to connect to the servers is the right way to go anymore.
