Why getting rid of the WBB customizations is a bad idea
For those who don't know the recent newsletter announced they would be removing the customizations at the various West Britain Banks. Though the impression given was that of a decision that mostly was made, the newsletter stated they'd listen to contrary arguments.
Well here are three arguments. I'm sure there are others but I've got three.
2 - You said in the newsletter that you wanted to dump the deco because it had failed in its intent to bring people back to the WBB.
A--Was that really the intent? I always thought it was just to have cool and player-driven deco at one of the most-important locations in the capital city of the most-important country on the UO map.
B--More people use the WBB, and just hang out there (start groups there, socialize there, etc.) than you're giving credit for. It can be harder for you as devs to see this because you have all of the shards to worry about. By contrast most of us play on 1 or 2 shards and that gives us a larger dataset for things like this.
3 - Consistency is a virtue but so is uniqueness and individuality. These decorations add to the uniqueness and individuality on each shard. Consistency doesn't demand sameness.
Well here are three arguments. I'm sure there are others but I've got three.
1 - Why take the time to remove something we already have? Assuming you're removing them manually, shard by shard and item by item, or coding it into the server, it seems like this alone could take a couple of hours of effort that likely would better be spent, say, rounding out or refining event content. Why take the time and effort to take away something from us that we already have?
2 - You said in the newsletter that you wanted to dump the deco because it had failed in its intent to bring people back to the WBB.
A--Was that really the intent? I always thought it was just to have cool and player-driven deco at one of the most-important locations in the capital city of the most-important country on the UO map.
B--More people use the WBB, and just hang out there (start groups there, socialize there, etc.) than you're giving credit for. It can be harder for you as devs to see this because you have all of the shards to worry about. By contrast most of us play on 1 or 2 shards and that gives us a larger dataset for things like this.
3 - Consistency is a virtue but so is uniqueness and individuality. These decorations add to the uniqueness and individuality on each shard. Consistency doesn't demand sameness.
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Again this goes back to it takes zero effort to ignore requests or say "not at this time" or "no" compared to X amount of time to strip down the banks and then STILL have people asking for her to return the decorations.
I guess common sense isn't always so common....
Based on historical facts, I think ignoring requests seems to be the norm
This is why many is asking... why ignore everything else and focus on these either pretty, messy, ugly or historical deco?
We are not trying to ask for things for selfish reasons. The other issues like addressing bugs would have provided better user experience for current, returning and new players.
It's not the same population as before.
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Leave the customizations. They aren't hurting anyone so what even is the point of doing this? I can suggest a lot of things like that could be done in that time instead of removing decorations from brit bank.
For example, fixing Cold Wind damage to actually deal useful damage. Fixing how pets use various spells and masteries. Turning a dungeon into a treasures event. Creating a few boss mobs and dropping them literally anywhere in the world and give them a handful of fun artifacts each.
If we are going to start clearing up eyesores why not start with the abandoned EM event deco/characters scattered about the maps, or the random paintings and statues stuck in the world maps where houses previously fell?
Sounds good to me. But the banks are especially gross and should be removed deco since it has been brought up. Never was a fan and even think luna decoration should go.
https://forum.uo.com/discussion/4140/incorrect-sign-posts-in-new-haven “
You dble click the purple painting to get on the roof where the gate is. I hope they leave those things!
I guess Drago does not look at house roofs much. Because that is the only place we can show off a sizeable amount of deco.
Don't look at any of my roofs Drago, you will be stupified.
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been used for a long time.
Never be afraid to challenge the status quo
While WBB may not ever be as popular as Luna will be, it's still one of the more popular spots to hang out in game. I still see "New Players" at WBB when they return, as older Vets probably head there first before going to Luna.
Each shard has its own unique history and WBB is one of the places where that can clearly be seen. There should be a moongate and Spellweaving circle at WBB for each shard.
Rather than ripping it all down, let's keep building on our history and make West Britain Bank better for each and every shard.
Never be afraid to challenge the status quo
Never be afraid to challenge the status quo