Oceanians Unite - respond if you love Oceania

[Winterfell]

It will be a sad day indeed if the NZ and Aussie players have to abandon our beloved shard, but that is what will happen if the server situation remains as it stands. My ping from Nz has gone from 64ms to 180ms and my hops to the server from 14 to over 30. How they expect to keep a player base is beyond me. Maybe they have too many US based players who can't find a Shard to play on "yeah right',( Kiwi joke). I have started an Eve online acct and if nothing changes in the next month or so 10 years of playing UO will go down the drain. Pity as I have made many friends in Oceania...... maybe they could try Eve . Cal time to be straight with us, what are the future prospects for the Oceania Server to be viable for Aussies and NZ's to play as it can't stay where it is. Surely a company the size of EA would be aware of what other options were available by now if not before, as it would seems poor business sense not to have run some kind of business analysis prior to making any moves as dramatic as this. Oh and could the last person off the Shard Feed the hamster and turn off the lights.

 

[Tina Small]

Protest Avatar

Made a new avatar (my first ever), based on the logo for the Oceania shard. I know it's probably kinda dumb looking, but if you like it and want to use it, feel free to copy it.

 

[Amathist]

Re: Protest Avatar

Made a new avatar (my first ever), based on the logo for the Oceania shard. I know it's probably kinda dumb looking, but if you like it and want to use it, feel free to copy it.

Thank you tina for trying to do something to raise awareness to our plight.

It is truly sad and just frustrating I am at the point of being beyond that and moving towards angry.

If this was any other service I would not stand for it and would have screamed bloody blue murder by now or taken further action. But to be sure they would not be getting away with it.

It is only the love of my guild keeping me from saying screw it, I play UO for fun and as a hobby to unwind and relax and enjoy ......that ain't happening and I honestly just don't need the stress and frustration life has enough of its own.

The dance around the bush as if we are all idiots and the failure to provide a decent answer is only adding to the depth of frustration being felt.

ALL we want to know is a) is it being fixed? b) when is it being fixed? and by now I am totally on board with c) will there be compensation to oceanians?

 

[Voodoo990]

needs to stay on top

 

[Deneya]

Knock Knock.

Can we please have some communication?

 

[Dean478]

Maybe we should just all dress up in red robes and lag the Atlantic shard like what Lake Superior players did back in the day. Maybe that'll get their attention.

 

[Clog|Mordain]

Maybe we should just all dress up in red robes and lag the Atlantic shard like what Lake Superior players did back in the day. Maybe that'll get their attention.

maybe! thats a good idea

 

[Fayled Dhreams]

Maybe we should just all dress up in red robes and lag the Atlantic shard like what Lake Superior players did back in the day. Maybe that'll get their attention.

maybe! thats a good idea

nothing more one way or the other on that ...

but I dimly recall that actually doing it ... was actionable ... iirc
*shrugs*

but
iirc ...

took a sizeable CROWD to actually lag'em and the recent calll to DO such a thing ...
well

meh.
would be kinda like flipping a volkswagon

and not.

*hums to stones* I can't get no ... sat-issss-fffFFFFaacction ...
I can't get no-o you tube Feeeee eeeedsuh!
...

Oh wait ... omg ... Stratics just Oce'd UhallOffTopic!
Support! support!

errrrrr

 

[Amathist]

and stresses them out .....

 

[Dean478]

nothing more one way or the other on that ...

but I dimly recall that actually doing it ... was actionable ... iirc
*shrugs*

It was. I remember reading about it on the Imanewbie comics site.

But I've got nothing to lose. I didn't pancake and fight and petition for an Oceania server all those years ago just to have it taken away. That was my main reason for joining. I spent hours each day just reading the UO site hoping they'd make a local server for my shocking dial up connection so I could play. Since Pacific was too laggy.

Now here we are back at square one.

 

[Felonious Monk]

Bump

 

[Harlequin]

This post needs a more accurate title. I thought it was to do with an oceania event or social gathering and totally gave it pass.

Devs may be skipping this thread as well.

OP doesn't seem to have posted again, perhaps a mod can change the title or merge it with a thread regarding oceania being moved to the server farm in the states.



Connection into and out of Oz have always been weird. Bad connection to everywhere, even to the other Australasia locations.

So moving the server to the other locations might not work. There's also a language issue when paging for GMs (if it's moved to the other Asia server farms).

 

[Lord Frodo]

Put the servers back where they were.

 

[Theo_GL]

Anyone have gold on Oceania they would trade for Gold on GL or Atlantic?

I'd like to develop some characters on Oceania and have limited funds there. Looking to move over 2 or 3 mil.

 

[Coppelia]

65.216.123.38 seems to be near Ashburn, Virginia (East Coast).
Soon Ocenia servers will be in Europe.

I don't know what they are doing, but they are doing it slowly for such a critical operation. Generally when you have to do an interruption of service, you don't let your customers in the vague for so long.
I feel bad for Oceania players. :/

 

[anne bonny]

Well another of my vet guildies of 12 years is packing up thank you UO you have done well.
What is so wrong about this whole matter is that you have ripped us off not only of our shard but you have taken our money under false pretences, this had to be planned and yet you took our money for the SA expansion and the High Seas and are stilling taking it for subscriptions without even a truthful word being uttered......WE WANT TO KNOW NOW are you closing uo off for Aussie and NZ players by this i mean forcing us out because game is unplayable to us..just stop the b/s and be honest .

 

[Dean478]

Well another of my vet guildies of 12 years is packing up thank you UO you have done well.
What is so wrong about this whole matter is that you have ripped us off not only of our shard but you have taken our money under false pretences, this had to be planned and yet you took our money for the SA expansion and the High Seas and are stilling taking it for subscriptions without even a truthful word being uttered......WE WANT TO KNOW NOW are you closing uo off for Aussie and NZ players by this i mean forcing us out because game is unplayable to us..just stop the b/s and be honest .

Under Australian Trade/Consumer Laws you can actually get those fees back as you bought it with the intent to use it on the Oceania shard. Also the official UO site still lists Oceania located in "Australia". Which again is false information.

 

[Deneya]

65.216.123.38 seems to be near Ashburn, Virginia (East Coast).
Soon Ocenia servers will be in Europe.

I don't know what they are doing, but they are doing it slowly for such a critical operation. Generally when you have to do an interruption of service, you don't let your customers in the vague for so long.
I feel bad for Oceania players. :/

Yep, this is why we are so upset.

Zero communication prior to the event taking place.

Cal has posted stating they are 'looking into it' but apart from that - absolutely nothing.

The lack of appropriate communication is actually what is fueling this fire.

 

[T'Challa]

Maybe we should just all dress up in red robes and lag the Atlantic shard like what Lake Superior players did back in the day. Maybe that'll get their attention.

Not enough players left in the entire game to draw the crowd we drew that night

 

[DevilsOwn]

and your cries were heard!

 

[Nimuaq]

From uoherald:

Oceania will be migrated back to Australia, this should resolve latency issues players in the Oceanic region have been experiencing.

 

[Lord Frodo]

From uoherald:

 

[Falon of Eldor]

Glad to hear the server was moved back! Good job Mythic.

 

[Dean478]

Thank you, Mythic. And Happy Australia day.

 

[Amathist]

It is happy Australia day, and the drop bear was a cute touch BUT this is temporary cal has outwardly said so....so what is the plans from here...please keep us in the loop this time so that we don't have to go through the frustration and feeling of betrayal at the hands of EA.

 

[Gallica]

Thankyou to Cal, James and all the team who worked, and are still working to get Oceania back on track.

I hope when you find a permanent solution that you can keep us informed so that we all don't go through the frustrating part of not knowing again.

You have proved to us that you are looking for solutions and for that I am very grateful. Thankyou all very much.

 

[Winterfell]

Great news... thanks to all those who posted and to those in a position to do something for listening and taking some positive action, even if it may only be in the interim. All of us on the Oceania Shard appreciate the time and effort taken to help resolve the issues.