Hmmm... ok ill bite... and point out a few things most of you seem to forget or put off to the side when you start this type of chain post. (warning I got carried away on the facts...its a book chapter)
1. DAoC has its FULL dev team. Their leader is the creator of the game and head of Broadsword... not a board of directors.
2. Their player base support their dev. Hardcore vets out to keep their game going.
3. EA might have taken their office and some staff, but their leader got the major staff back after creating Broadsword's creation and the agreement with the board to handle both UO and DAoC.
4. EA had both games on virtual sunset till he did this. Meaning UO was on its death bed. Not because of us the player but the fact EA wanted to kill both off.
5. UO was saved because we were solvent, and bringing in enough for both to survive. EA holds the purse strings and waffles the point often. The Board of Directors is fine with us, its the Exe's of the working company who are not. (its common for the board and the exe's to disagree in any company)
EA is a Billion dollar company now... we give them peanuts... Meaning Exe's want champagne and caviar.. Board is fine with Peanuts, Beer and Popcorn that add up.
6.UO has a very small Dev team, this was not by choice contrary to many here who think so.. EA took great glee to strip the Mythic office of personal and what I call the good stuff. With that done they gave what was left there a very very short time to get the hell out. I can prove 99% of this in just a few EA news letters.
7. Not for lack of trying our Lead Producer has tried to hire new replacements... its not an easy job. Those who have gone in have left so short a time frame that we never got the news they were ever there! One was a Stratics lady who went in all full of pride in her ability.... she left quickly.
We do have a new artist. She has been doing a great job and I commend her greatly for the hard work she is putting in.
8. Our Dev team are employee's. They do have family and do have a life outside UO. Vacations, sick days, and holidays are off. We tend to forget that. This is their job not a lifestyle that they Live 24/7/365.
They are dedicated to their jobs, but have family, friends, and outside work things they like too. To ask them to do what use to take close to 30 people in the past is pretty lame and quite honestly rude. Many of you tend to use the same ploys to motivate them.. to many becoming blue in the face. GET REAL.
What people UO has cant even begin to cover what the office of old use to do. even though they try hard to do so.
Lets see you put in the hours you want them to do for your boss.... yea had to think on that one didn't you.
9. We have GM's, thin spread over 27 shards. Back when we had Counselors the number of GM's was in the 20s. if not higher (I didn't actually count them back then). They even back in the 2000 era were spread thin.. yea go figure. They cut back hours to give some rest to the field.. then came the move...
Redwood city move killed a great deal of staff. EA didn't need to move them...(mind you this was way..... before Mesanna was even in the picture of Lead Producer) Yea you all forget that EA made this mess to start with.
10. F2P.......
This is a subject that for a new game meant to use peoples mental state of one up on the others kicks in. You have no idea of how many kids have gotten in bit trouble for the drive to beat the other guy... or the family that hit the rocks cause one of them over spent on their "hobby" and bills were due and no funds to cover cause it went on a game without thinking. There is study that now have them classing this as a disease! Free to Play sounds like it would fit in but after a long look at how our game works .... this is a bad idea. EA right now hates the idea we still exist. They just need a reason to lock us out and throw this game in the pit of no return. I have already seen and heard many in chat and in town talking of EJ. and how they will enjoy not paying to play.
This might sound ok to you... but I have noticed house spots are coming up on Atlantic.. yes they are not the huge ones but.. this is how the other shards nearly died. Things are becoming hard to find...oh not the rares.. but the small stuff.
11. EJ.
As per the newsletter and M&G they plan it for spring (for those who are not so clued in spring ends in June)... Wait for it.... wow I didn't have long... they are chomping at the bit for info to help them plan their leaving the paid world to make use of this boon to their bottom line. Many of you have asked for things to be added for them to use... What are you thinking???
Do you really want them to stop you from gaining anything till you drop off 5.99$ in the piggy for that 10 pt gain in one skill set?
(what ever the = in Sovereigns) This would have to effect all of us not just the EJ nippers.
I look at what it will do to those of us who pay for the game..... I am not too keen on them messing with my play.
Yes I know this became a book... But you best think on this real hard.
EA is no dummy.... idiots yes dummy no.
We all are not privy to the limits EA gave them...
I do know they were told no new billing program....
put a piano in front of the bank in Trinsic 
