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Lately I've noticed a lot of excitement surrounding the new dev team taking over UO. I do have to admit so far it has been somewhat better. However, the issues I have on my mind they are not just issues the dev team can solve.
1. Player Base
2. Cheating
3. Lacking a complete 3D game side
4. Poor or Inadequate Ingame Support[GM's]
This is just a short list of major problems facing the future of UO. Has EA just had enough of it since the bought it some years ago. Is that why we see no changes in sight for the near future.
The ever decreasing player base is evident accross all shards. Even EA admits to the decreasing player base by suggesting Shard Merges to help bolster sparsly populated servers. Are we to just assume that no one ever really played on some shards. I say no. There is an increase in players leaving this game. If you are unaware of this problem I invite you to open your eyes and take a head count next time your looking around your shards popular areas. I for one know about 3-4 years ago the servers were packed and any vet with some time under their belt can back me up on this. Servers were stuffed with people. Now when I go around and look at player ran events such as MOA you can tell that there has been a decline in the player base. I remember when there was standing room only. The only way UO can fix this issue is Marketing. When you last crusied the pc game section of your favorite store. I ask you did you see any UO games for new players to buy? Have you seen any commercials for UO? Have you even seen a game review since mondains legacy came out? How is it that EA can expect to get new players to come to uo when they don't have any games at the local store for them to buy. No commercials to excite new players. No nothing. Seems to me that we are being stuffed into a closet in the back and are expected to bail ourselves out.
In exciting new members how can EA expect to do this with a 2d only side of the game. Yes hooray for Kingdom Reborn but it's not that great. Even EA has all but admited that Kingdom Reborn was a horrid mistake and completely a waste of time. The amount of people that do play Kingdom Reborn is no where near the amount of vets who only play on 2D. So EA can't shut down the 2D side or the will lose probably 75% of the veteran players. However if EA went to a completely 3D side of the game not this fake 3D or enhanced 2D they may be able to recapture some of the MMORPG market. However even though EA has this ability and the resources to do this. UO is not their bread and butter, if you are unsure of this next time your kids go to the store with you take a look at the electronics section and see how many sports games are made by EA and for how many different platforms. UO is but a small piece of their puzzle.
The in game service is a joke. How many of you can remember back in the day?
When you paged a GM for help a GM actually showed up and believe this or not they fixed your problem. Wow imagine that a person in game that you can count on to actually fix a problem. Back in the day we didn't get referred to a website so they can save money. No a little man in a red robe came down from the heavens and fixed the problem. There were no excuses sometimes we had to wait a bit but we always got a human response. When you take a look at other MMORPGs across the board they have an extensive in game service system. And their in game technitions actually have the power to help you. The sad thing is over the years you know the role of GM hasn't lost powers in UO. EA has just limited what they can do to service it's player base. Now if EA actually cared about the survival of UO and it's customers why would you do this to a loyal player base such as those associated with this game. Too many to count players have multiple accounts. Accounts older then 9 years Vets that have stuck it out through thick and thin only to be stuck into a closet somewhere and left to rot?
In regards to UO I see it as EA has two simple choices. 1 they can totally revamp and fix UO from the ground up. It may be unsettling to watch and be a part of but they would have to go in and FIX everything. Not leaving 1 Stone unturned in the name of game progression. or 2 They can simply sit back do nothing as UO idly goes dormit and eventually dies off. Those are the only 2 choices. The reason those are the only 2 choices is because if they simply maintain this game as we know it now it will die off. The player base will continue to shrink to the point that it would just not financially be feaseable to keep the servers running virses the cost to profit margin. Now it makes you wonder why control of UO was transfered to a different part of EA. Was it to fix UO? or Was the move done so they can put us on the back burner and let the doors close on Sosaria?
1. Player Base
2. Cheating
3. Lacking a complete 3D game side
4. Poor or Inadequate Ingame Support[GM's]
This is just a short list of major problems facing the future of UO. Has EA just had enough of it since the bought it some years ago. Is that why we see no changes in sight for the near future.
The ever decreasing player base is evident accross all shards. Even EA admits to the decreasing player base by suggesting Shard Merges to help bolster sparsly populated servers. Are we to just assume that no one ever really played on some shards. I say no. There is an increase in players leaving this game. If you are unaware of this problem I invite you to open your eyes and take a head count next time your looking around your shards popular areas. I for one know about 3-4 years ago the servers were packed and any vet with some time under their belt can back me up on this. Servers were stuffed with people. Now when I go around and look at player ran events such as MOA you can tell that there has been a decline in the player base. I remember when there was standing room only. The only way UO can fix this issue is Marketing. When you last crusied the pc game section of your favorite store. I ask you did you see any UO games for new players to buy? Have you seen any commercials for UO? Have you even seen a game review since mondains legacy came out? How is it that EA can expect to get new players to come to uo when they don't have any games at the local store for them to buy. No commercials to excite new players. No nothing. Seems to me that we are being stuffed into a closet in the back and are expected to bail ourselves out.
In exciting new members how can EA expect to do this with a 2d only side of the game. Yes hooray for Kingdom Reborn but it's not that great. Even EA has all but admited that Kingdom Reborn was a horrid mistake and completely a waste of time. The amount of people that do play Kingdom Reborn is no where near the amount of vets who only play on 2D. So EA can't shut down the 2D side or the will lose probably 75% of the veteran players. However if EA went to a completely 3D side of the game not this fake 3D or enhanced 2D they may be able to recapture some of the MMORPG market. However even though EA has this ability and the resources to do this. UO is not their bread and butter, if you are unsure of this next time your kids go to the store with you take a look at the electronics section and see how many sports games are made by EA and for how many different platforms. UO is but a small piece of their puzzle.
The in game service is a joke. How many of you can remember back in the day?
When you paged a GM for help a GM actually showed up and believe this or not they fixed your problem. Wow imagine that a person in game that you can count on to actually fix a problem. Back in the day we didn't get referred to a website so they can save money. No a little man in a red robe came down from the heavens and fixed the problem. There were no excuses sometimes we had to wait a bit but we always got a human response. When you take a look at other MMORPGs across the board they have an extensive in game service system. And their in game technitions actually have the power to help you. The sad thing is over the years you know the role of GM hasn't lost powers in UO. EA has just limited what they can do to service it's player base. Now if EA actually cared about the survival of UO and it's customers why would you do this to a loyal player base such as those associated with this game. Too many to count players have multiple accounts. Accounts older then 9 years Vets that have stuck it out through thick and thin only to be stuck into a closet somewhere and left to rot?
In regards to UO I see it as EA has two simple choices. 1 they can totally revamp and fix UO from the ground up. It may be unsettling to watch and be a part of but they would have to go in and FIX everything. Not leaving 1 Stone unturned in the name of game progression. or 2 They can simply sit back do nothing as UO idly goes dormit and eventually dies off. Those are the only 2 choices. The reason those are the only 2 choices is because if they simply maintain this game as we know it now it will die off. The player base will continue to shrink to the point that it would just not financially be feaseable to keep the servers running virses the cost to profit margin. Now it makes you wonder why control of UO was transfered to a different part of EA. Was it to fix UO? or Was the move done so they can put us on the back burner and let the doors close on Sosaria?
