I think it's time for some sort of update from the Dev team...
I feel like it's a bit hard to justify radio silence from the Dev team at this point. We are a week away from August which means:
Some people try to say there is so much negativity in UO / on the forum but this is a fine example of it coming from the complete lack of effort. I could see a counterargument if the Devs actually interacted with the players and gave semi-frequent updates (every few weeks or once a month) but that's nowhere near the case here. It's almost like the more the PAYING player base asks for some sort of communication (on anything) it makes the Dev team dig in and say even less.
I don't think we are asking for something unreasonable just to know the state of the game most of us enjoy(ed) playing for so many years.
I'm tagging the only Dev member that posts here because the rest of them have long since stop coming here (Misk/Mesanna). @Kyronix - What's with the lack of communication / updates?
- We haven't had a newsletter in over 6 months
- We haven't had a M&G in... 4-5months?
- The last "event" was a 4 hour (split into 2 sessions) single day event that was completed over 2 weeks ago that many people were unable to attend
- There was some (seemingly) random update made to house placements that skipped testing on TC1 and has very little information
- There is zero road map for production shards for the remainder of the year (we have more trail behind us now than ahead of us for 2023); Halloween & Christmas are assumptions not fact
- NL was supposed to be starting Alpha at this point but there hasn't been any update on that since the last newsletter (6 months ago)
Some people try to say there is so much negativity in UO / on the forum but this is a fine example of it coming from the complete lack of effort. I could see a counterargument if the Devs actually interacted with the players and gave semi-frequent updates (every few weeks or once a month) but that's nowhere near the case here. It's almost like the more the PAYING player base asks for some sort of communication (on anything) it makes the Dev team dig in and say even less.
I don't think we are asking for something unreasonable just to know the state of the game most of us enjoy(ed) playing for so many years.
I'm tagging the only Dev member that posts here because the rest of them have long since stop coming here (Misk/Mesanna). @Kyronix - What's with the lack of communication / updates?
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The only valid excuse now would be if every employee quit.
A simple post every other month saying hey still here but busy AF would suffice for me.
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At this point we can only assume that the developer truly do not care. At least that's what it looks like from our end. It's a shame because we all do truly love this game, why else would we still be playing it all of these decades later?
The last communication we had was so vague as to house placement. No other information regarding how long this timer is or any other details about it? Seriously, come on...
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TELL US THE THINGS!!!!
Never be afraid to challenge the status quo
This is personally where my frustration comes from. The Devs remain silent on what players should expect and we have months of "downtime" (aka no new content) go by before we eventually get something "new" that a large percentage of players didn't want or care about. Even if just a few ideas are discussed from the boards (is it possible or not & why) it at least shows they are listening to the players. Instead they opt to give us silence which many take, including myself, as the Dev team simply ignoring the player's voices. Of course people are going to be negative when they feel neglected for a game we pay to play the content.
In your real life work, do any of you waste time on tasks that your boss doesn't give a S*?
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It's no wonder the free-shard experience feels like it's ahead of the official game. There are developers there that are very responsive and dedicated to their player-base.
Feels like? There's 1 that's left this one in the dust both in gameplay and workplace professionalism.
If a freebie has had 2 updates this year, that's 1 more than what we've been paying for the past 8 months.
Personally, i feel like a stooge to keep dropping cash with no updates, no words, not even the old empty promises of "we'll look into it".
Does anyone really think that's acceptable for a game we pay a monthly subscription for?
It's truly a shame of what Broadsword has turned this game into. When Mythic took over the game awhile back I had so much hope for the future of this game. I really thought this year was going to be good for Official UO with the alpha of the New Legacy.
Who was I kidding?
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