Turn Siege into a classic shard or just make a classic shard and just forget about Siege.
My take on this? Siege is dead and broken. You, the developers don't fix the issues that trickle over from the content that's tailored to trammel styled shards. The community could have helped make things easier for you to have fixed them, but personal grudges between the few remaining on Siege don't get set aside. Players comment to stonewall fixes on systems they have no experience with or understanding of just because they have issues with the people. Or they have a "whats in it for me" mentality so no one else can get anything until they get it first... no matter how easy it would be to make the game just that much better for someone else. Either way, the players and community have looked to you to address things (and not through inaction and silence) and you've let us down.
Besides Freja, I've been playing on Siege YEARS longer than most every Siege player left playing this game. And even regarding Freja, unless she's a beta (atlantic) player... I'm her elder too.
Siege is an empty shard because there aren't enough players, playing it. The population has dwindled periodically every time big ticket issues go unaddressed by you, the developers.
AoS brought the Personal Bless Deed issue to a shard without insurance and wasn't addressed for 2 years.
UOSE brought the blessed sammy helms and ember legs and wasn't addressed for another 2 years.
Greater Dragons (versus players in sub-prodo gear) on a shard that has no passive detect and allows players to abuse ninjitsu, hiding and stealth to circumvent rules the Devs put in (like no hiding, moongate/gate travel, entering a house, etc. etc. when your flagged an aggressor.
Private housing which is the ultimate safe zone and instanced dungeons that players cannot raid.
Faction artifacts that cost 5 times what they do on other shards even though Siege factioners risk more than any other server (having only 1 character slot and no trammel to escape the risks of factions with.) Faction artifacts that cost 5 times what they do on other shards because ONE guy who doesn't even play UO anymore complained to you Devs. An uptick in price that took moments of dev time to increase... has been sitting at 5 times the price even though the community's faction players have asked for it to be brought back to normal so more than just those of us who are the elite will enjoy participating in factions.
Monster loot tables that don't make sense. Risking more than on any other server hunting monsters... only to get the same rewards one gets on any other server. Nobody has gone to Doom in YEARS because nobody wants to waste time completing a few runs of the gauntlet only to get nothing. Treasure of Tokuno?
So on and so on and so on.
Then we get this:
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There are many players that like no insurance, no trammel and everything else that Siege is... but there are very few players who give a rats ass about playing a broken version of what they enjoy. Don't believe me? Look at the population of Siege.
Notice all the talk about a classic shard? Well that's because there are A LOT of people who want to play an Ultima Online that WORKS like it's supposed to.
I've been here for 14 years. This is not just some random talking here. When you have a player who's been here and stuck it out this long telling you what I'm saying... you should know that you're losing a BIG chunk of what made this game to begin with.
So wipe Siege and replace it or give us an alternative: a classic shard. Take it back to a version of Ultima Online that worked. Then you can focus on more themepark tailored additions to this game and forget about the sandbox so the oodles of us can log online and enjoy our time in game.
So I can start logging in again and enjoying my time in game.
My take on this? Siege is dead and broken. You, the developers don't fix the issues that trickle over from the content that's tailored to trammel styled shards. The community could have helped make things easier for you to have fixed them, but personal grudges between the few remaining on Siege don't get set aside. Players comment to stonewall fixes on systems they have no experience with or understanding of just because they have issues with the people. Or they have a "whats in it for me" mentality so no one else can get anything until they get it first... no matter how easy it would be to make the game just that much better for someone else. Either way, the players and community have looked to you to address things (and not through inaction and silence) and you've let us down.
Besides Freja, I've been playing on Siege YEARS longer than most every Siege player left playing this game. And even regarding Freja, unless she's a beta (atlantic) player... I'm her elder too.
Siege is an empty shard because there aren't enough players, playing it. The population has dwindled periodically every time big ticket issues go unaddressed by you, the developers.
AoS brought the Personal Bless Deed issue to a shard without insurance and wasn't addressed for 2 years.
UOSE brought the blessed sammy helms and ember legs and wasn't addressed for another 2 years.
Greater Dragons (versus players in sub-prodo gear) on a shard that has no passive detect and allows players to abuse ninjitsu, hiding and stealth to circumvent rules the Devs put in (like no hiding, moongate/gate travel, entering a house, etc. etc. when your flagged an aggressor.
Private housing which is the ultimate safe zone and instanced dungeons that players cannot raid.
Faction artifacts that cost 5 times what they do on other shards even though Siege factioners risk more than any other server (having only 1 character slot and no trammel to escape the risks of factions with.) Faction artifacts that cost 5 times what they do on other shards because ONE guy who doesn't even play UO anymore complained to you Devs. An uptick in price that took moments of dev time to increase... has been sitting at 5 times the price even though the community's faction players have asked for it to be brought back to normal so more than just those of us who are the elite will enjoy participating in factions.
Monster loot tables that don't make sense. Risking more than on any other server hunting monsters... only to get the same rewards one gets on any other server. Nobody has gone to Doom in YEARS because nobody wants to waste time completing a few runs of the gauntlet only to get nothing. Treasure of Tokuno?
So on and so on and so on.
Then we get this:
Mythic Entertainment | Ultima Online - Play the 14-Day Free Trial!
There are barely any current siege players playing anymore because of all of the broken systems on the server. Because of all the neglect. Because of getting fed up with playing a BROKEN game. This coming from one of the Siege players that's been playing at the top level of factions, champion spawns, what-ever since before there were such things. They are broken and they sit broken... WHY??SEIGE ATTENTION
So with all the other features and bugs in UO, why did we decided to remove the daily stat cap for Siege?
The simple answer: Why not? Over a month ago I visited Seige to discuss a few topics, not the least of which was their population, and what they thought would drive more visitors to the shard. I made no promises, but asked them to identify a few easy fixes we could implement in one of the development cycles we have for this summer.
So, we did it. Will we implement other requests from their list? Perhaps. We will see how this update goes first before moving forward.
There are many players that like no insurance, no trammel and everything else that Siege is... but there are very few players who give a rats ass about playing a broken version of what they enjoy. Don't believe me? Look at the population of Siege.
Notice all the talk about a classic shard? Well that's because there are A LOT of people who want to play an Ultima Online that WORKS like it's supposed to.
I've been here for 14 years. This is not just some random talking here. When you have a player who's been here and stuck it out this long telling you what I'm saying... you should know that you're losing a BIG chunk of what made this game to begin with.
So wipe Siege and replace it or give us an alternative: a classic shard. Take it back to a version of Ultima Online that worked. Then you can focus on more themepark tailored additions to this game and forget about the sandbox so the oodles of us can log online and enjoy our time in game.
So I can start logging in again and enjoying my time in game.