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Im thinking we will soon I’m looking forward to it
Plenty of stuff to do in UO. This thread started as there's too much to do in UO for a new player without a guide.
This is a huge project they are working on supposedly to bring Utima Online to it's 'largest audience ever' or whatever and literally nothing is known about the project. If it really does launch for the Anniversary then the launch date should be public knowledge by now, and information on what you can actually do in new legacy should be trickling out for the past couple months and the next two months so maybe random youtubers, mmo sites, facebook groups can discuss this and build interest in it.
My guess is they are probably going to release this game on steam at the same time so hopefully that will generate some interest. But I feel the development team needs to take the blame if this is a huge flop for the simple fact they failed to communicate about it and allow natural interest over time to build. This game really can use all the positive exposure it can get.
I think the Devs should be releasing at least some details on certain things (a how-to-guide of sorts) like skill building as an example if they are really targeting new players because it is something that has been well documented that there are many nuances on how things work.
If NL is going to be released for the 25th anniversary (or even this year) they should know by now how something like skill building will work. The "wait and figure it out" approach is the same thing they do now which is essentially what this thread is about. If they don't communicate these details / how-to things ahead of it, they are putting brand new players at a huge disadvantage to veteran players who will have an idea at least based on experience on how to gain skills, what each skill does, and what combo of skills to use (how many people started the game like me with a char with a weird combo like mining/fishing/hiding/stealth/archery?). These new players will likely lose interest when they need to spend half the season figuring out what even works and what to do.
"largest audience ever", any teasers? So far I have only seem graphics like classic at NLS in the video.
This is why I wasn't excited... looks a prodo shard with classic graphic that is wiped yearly with a simplified skill or system, just slap in rankings and call it new legacy... legacy is classic?
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NL is intended to take the grind out of skill leveling, they intend to change many game mechanics, we will find out what they had time to implement.
Sure, we'll see what they actually implement in due time (going on what 2+ years now?) but we could say that about anything. Given the severe lack of demonstration or even their thoughts on expected mechanics, I wouldn't be surprised if there are very few changes and they just use each season to tweak a couple things. For the record I'd be totally fine with this thought process if we hadn't been waiting for over 2 years now on something they promised would bring the biggest audience ever.
Edited for a side note I just thought of. The whole "find out what they had time to implement" is funny because I could apply that to the bar I was building in my basement. Great intention with a pretty cool idea and I started off strong when I demo'ed and rewired the stuff down there.... but that's pretty much where it stopped lol. Today there are 2 huge racks of booze (organized) but no bar and no seats. I guess technically I could grab a bottle and sit on the floor and drink haha. I often found myself doing other projects that needed done(or just going out because I didn't feel like working on it on a Friday night)) instead of working on this grandiose idea for a bar because of how much work it actually required. That is unfortunately what I think NL will be. A very big exciting idea that they pushed out but 2-3 years later it's going to just be a few changes with a lot of things the same.
What attracts players to any new game is first the look, feel, sound, visual effects. Its human nature to start by going for the looks first.
Biggest audience or same audience? I think it's dwindling audience.
All I care is to save my game assets on production shard. So I wish all the Dev well and if NLS is not treating them well then please come back to production shard - the same audience need you!
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I do not play games. I play UO. I like to watch some games, sometimes. UO, however, is the only one that has kept my attention. I really do not have the time to play games. So, my play has been one that is often grinding to make gains, because I did not know better or did not know another way. Most of the time I play in the early morning hours when I first wake up and enjoy coffee and scan through countless business emails and text messages from abroad. It helps that I can come to forums like this to receive advice on how to play better. For many, I find dissatisfaction may be rooted in an "endgame" mindset. UO does not provide that. For example, there is no "Victory" title herald bannered across your screen when a scenario is completed successfully like in "Call of Duty, MW3"
I have played off and on since 2001. From 2012 to 2019 I thought I had quit for good. Yet, here I am again. During those years away, I can actually say that I occasionally dreamed about the game. Not sure what that was about. Dreams are strange.
I find the almost boundless world of Britannia fascinating to explore. I remember one year just walking to almost every place my character's feet would take him. Another year I just spent wandering the seas in my little boat, marking runes to different islands and locales. In both instances I realize others could have completed such adventures in no time at all. My time was limited. In all actuality, I enjoyed that it took me so long, because there was no endgame for me. This was a simple escape from the otherwise stressful real world in which I lived. To think, during those early years, I did not even mention to anyone that I played a game. In the circle of life I found myself at that time, it would not have been acceptable. Yet, this did not keep me from meeting so many new and wonderful people, many of whom I still maintain friendships or a casual acquaintance with to this day. Some of those friendships I made in the early years while attending a UO Townhall with my daughters, the likes of whom include J.P. Grimm Omen and other early contributors to the game. Others, I have never met, but have known in the game or on forums such as Stratics. A few of those people I recognize here on this forum and remember reading their posts over ten years ago and more.
In the Formosa shard section of this forum I have a post with pictures of people I have met from around the world that played UO or still play. In my current place in life, I have even met people that play UO in my company or surrounding area. I no longer feel any reservation about stating I play UO. In fact, the game has broadened me in so many ways because of the talent, intelligence and variety of people I have met that play this game. It even led to new ventures and contacts in my real life that I never would have expected, such as bringing together CCP Games and Pearl Abyss a few years ago, and helping out with one of their more popular game trailers. That only happened because one engineer, who worked on my news show in Europe earlier in the last decade, went on to work at CCP Games when I moved to China to take over marketing for a group of companies here. CCP had an office in Shanghai at that time just a few blocks away from our building. There are countless more examples, suffice to say, the people I have met in and out of the game, with connection to this game or gaming in general, have really enriched, no...expanded my life experience.
People. It really boils down to the personal connections that I have made over the years, playing and interacting in and out of the game with others, that make the game so rewarding. Do not get me wrong. I met so many incredible people in my many years in the US Army, and later doing news for a military and government news organization in Europe, including so many heads of state, but the connections that I made in and out of this game have been some of my dearest.
I could never have made so many gains at the pace that I did accomplish them if not for the help of people associated with this game, including some on this forum, whether they realize it or not. In turn, I have reciprocated that help whenever I can, in and out of the game. As I have mentioned before in another post, I can not do a champ spawn by myself, though I will still try. I just do not have that finesse. I piddle and amuse myself doing what little I can, sometimes making those silly cartoons or designing houses. It is an enjoyable distraction for me. Although, in some ways I could confess it is an extension of a creative self deep inside that after years of submission yearns to come out. Ha! Listen to me. Too funny. Now, picture all of that being said as I stress later this morning in a suit in a highrise office building worrying about everything that we must worry about these days.
I guess that is all I have to say. I could go on and on, but its enough.
Thanks to all of you, and UO. For me it is a better world knowing this game is there to run to after a rough week, even if all I do is throw it up on my wall monitor and enjoy the ambience over a gin and tonic.
The easiest ones are baracoon and rikki. A lot of people use a samp for the full spawn but i use an area caster for the spawn and another temp for the champ. Need help, i'll discuss details.
Anyways, sounds like you're living one exciting life!
All they need to do is rework the monetization and revamp the progression. Give more reward for leveling up properly in the game by actually playing it. The chat is constantly spammed by gold and item seller sites as well. What exactly are the devs doing? Because from my math, it seems like they are just depositing around 10k subscribers money every month, plus the money they make on the shop for people to skip leveling and doing what with it?
meanwhile there is this entire world, lore and people who want to play and enjoy it. Like I said, I feel if they made the progression feasable and had a non pay to win sub only trammel and also a siege perilous server. People would love playing that. First they would have to rework the systems and make it fun, not a grueling clicker for hundreds of hours to level.
Was not until I got a house and a vendor that I actually got enough gold to buy scrolls and other stuff I needed. Even then it took over a year. Now, I did start a new player on a different shard and bought enough to make that player viable, no scrolls or ethereal animals of course, for less than 30,000 gold. But as a beginner would have no clue how to do that. Anyway agree you don’t have to take gifts but for new players having a few of the right things early on can really encourage them to continue playing.
We (vets) should make a thread on our ways to make enough gold to fund a first character.
Just because someone new might not be able to get a +25 stat scroll themselves (sure it makes a difference but depending on what you are doing it might not be that big of a deal). They can still do lots of things they might enjoy and use the profits from that to buy other things they might not be able to obtain themselves; like a stat scroll. Perfect example - if a newbie had the patience the sit around and tame cu's (which don't require a 25 stat scroll) they could make a pretty penny selling the white/black colors which spawn daily. There is also an off chance they tame a blaze and then they can buy just about whatever they want.
I do think new players should be kind of directed to join a guild because that's probably going to improve the overall gameplay when you first start because people can explain things. As a 24 year vet; I've kind of gone away from the group play in favor of solo play because 1) the times I play are typically off hours 2) playing solo increases the challenge which keeps me interested.That said, 24 years later and I still do learn some new things about the game either while logged in (if I'm around other players) or on here.
Another view point:
Say 95% players have left UO.
Out of the 5% who stayed, lets assume CC vs EC users are 50-50.
But why should they care about what the remaining 5% want?
Why not think about how to regain 95% of the lost population, from the new generation of gamers out there.
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