Everyone is leaving
I have had five hardcore vets all tell me they are leaving the game,various reasons but the majority is because the game doesn't have players.
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I haven't logged into the game, outside of maybe checking a game mechanic before I post about it, to play since the beginning of May because there isn't anything new to do. Sure I could do some of the older content like peerless, Doom, etc but I've done all those things so many times over the past 5-10 years, all it takes is like 30min for me to become bored. A big part of that boredom comes from not having a reason to do X older content; if I don't need Peerless/Doom/Roof rewards there really isn't any reason for me to play that content. Like some of the hardcore vets mentioned in the OP, I've also stopped the auto-renew on my 6 month game time a month or 2 ago for the lack of fresh content. If there isn't something new to interest me or entice me to play, I don't see a reason to pay a subscription. I have even noticed a decrease in the forum traffic lately. I'll go a day or two without checking post and when I do check it out there might only be a few threads with a handful of posts mainly from the same 3-4 people. I feel like it's been less active over the past few month but maybe that is just me.
nothing gets fixed, as evident - no bug fixes in publish 115 at all
because forum mods keep closing/deleting information on bugs
I think it is a bit much for a returning player to have to watch a 40 minute video on complicated instructions on how to install a version of uo that you can play to fix missing nerve strike debuff issue etc.
and when they finally do get it set up, they have lots of other technical issues.
Ban me for saying this conservative view but I still think you should be able to visit uo.com, download classic client and play.
People keep asking me when they are going to fix shurikens or the potion thing where cheaters can chug a cure etc and not lose spell cursor.
but try not to lose heart, devs do know what they are doing.
but they did not publish when it was fixed”
Do agree the player base is declining. UO markets itself almost exclusively to the existing player base, and to a much lesser extent to past players with the hope of getting them back into the game. It does not do anything to attract new players and appears oblivious to their needs. It has not dealt with past decisions that have a negative impact on and discourage newer players from playing the game. So my conclusion is that there are not that many new players around to leave the game. I really don’t know what UO’s game actually is about. Just assume it’s a team oriented game. But do know that I am getting tired of being disadvantaged just because I have not played for 20 years.
Don’t agree with all of the negative comments about this forum. Developers could show more interest in it. I agree with that. But overall feel that the moderator does a pretty good job of running it. That’s not to say I always agree with her, but both players and the moderator have provided me with information that has helped me play the game better, and both respond to most issues raised quickly. Overall think it is a good forum.
That one is easy to understand. Most are sick of the same few people beating the same dead horse.
when was the last time this witch that ruined the game responded to anyone?
I still play the game daily, but really tire of hearing the same stuff from certain posters while also hearing nothing from the Broadsword team.
The main problem is the lack of fresh things to do in the game so people don't actively play. Instead of playing the game, I just come check out the forum to see if there have been any sort of updates (sometimes asking for updates) or answer some questions. It's actually pretty easy to ignore the trolls on here though; when you see the same people saying the same thing over and over you just skip reading their posts and move to the next. That said, if there was actually new content to play or a bunch of new worthwhile rewards to do old content then I'd spend more time actually playing the game and less time looking/asking for updates; as I'm sure many others would.
I can't say i've ever heard of a company that has almost completely stopped speaking to their customers before. It's kind of comical, kind of sad and kind of infuriating at the same time.
They may have meant, I am the troll...
I think there is a subset of players that could probably be considered something like "hardcore vets" and that is probably most of people here (and others that just play but don't ever come here). These are the players that have multiple accounts all paid for. I'm not sure what the Dev team has planned but personally, THAT is probably who should be catered to because those are the people that keep the lights on. If they start losing those type of players that have multiple subscriptions, they are going to need exponentially more players to re-join (or start playing) to make up for the loss. They might want to consider doing what they can to keep who they have because at some point if they lose enough the game won't be around.