*Sighs* Lets try to remain civil here lads, shall we?
Before we begin tearing into other players and belittling them for their feelings, lets take a step back and look at why they might have developed those opinions in the first place. None of us are brainwashed here, and each of us is human. Our opinions are based on our experiences.
With that said, I don't honestly believe that anyone truely loves Kingdom Reborn; instead, I believe that those who support it (myself included) see in it something that could eventually grow to become a phenominal client (afterall, its far from completed). Those against Kingdom Reborn see a client that is nothing like their beloved 2D, and feel that the development of Kingdom Reborn would only be a slap in the face, and another nail in the coffin. On the other hand, we all have the same hope don't we? We all wish to see a game revitalized, returned to its glory days when an average faction battle was in the hundreds, where walking by Britain Bank would crash you, and where you could find other players to hunt with in each dungeon.
I have to admit, I am nearly at the end of my rope. I love Ultima Online, but I am finding fewer and fewer things that make it unique and a steop above its competion. One of Ultima Onlines unique traits was that it was light years ahead of its competition in terms of content - there is player housing, player villiages, naval combat, and a skill based game. No longer is Ultima Online unique, no longer does it have the same draw it once had.
I want to see Ultima Online thrive again, I don't care how they do it. I would love to see a new client, I hold out hope that Kingdom Reborn might just be that client, but I think that its going to be the playerbase that is the true downfall of Ultima Online.
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Housing was the first question they asked if we wanted. They said it was hard to work out, but they dident ever say they dident want it.
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They said that they wouldn't mind eventually adding it, but that there was really no reason for them to release it at launch. They stated that it was meant to be a more casual game, something more like EverQuest. They wanted to differentiate between UXO and UO.
I remember, because I remember spending hours having heated arguments with Ravenspyre about it (not to mention a number of arguments about why Orcs should have females, and Pixes should have males). I finally pulled my head out of my rear and realized how pointless it was trying to argue which direction a game should take, and decided UXO wasn't the game for me. They pulled the plug a month and a half later. Go figure?
