Why you banned EJ from all chats?
I tried help chat on Atlantic today. There is nothing except Avatars or other RMTs. You banned them from General Chat and now they are abusing Help one. General chat is much better now.
Why EJ accounts are unable to use General (and other ) chats at least in a read-only mode? Currently for EJ's this game looks really dead. You cannot find where are activities, who is gathering party to fight something. I think it will affect how many new players we will get in the future.
also because you cannot connect 2 or more chats, there are no people in Help one. Even if some newbie EJ will yell there- no help will come.
Why EJ accounts are unable to use General (and other ) chats at least in a read-only mode? Currently for EJ's this game looks really dead. You cannot find where are activities, who is gathering party to fight something. I think it will affect how many new players we will get in the future.
also because you cannot connect 2 or more chats, there are no people in Help one. Even if some newbie EJ will yell there- no help will come.
- Allow EJ to use general chat in read-only mode?20 votes
- Yes, I like this idea45.00%
- No , i dont want them to see what secrets I am posting there.55.00%
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Also you need a 3rd option:
3) No. If they want to see general chat they need to pay for the account.
On my shard the player base appears to consist mostly of old time players that developed their characters a long time ago and are playing the game because they enjoy playing the game. Maybe it’s different on Atlantic but really can’t see these players needing to buy anything from players using EJ accounts to cheat the game.
Agree with Gwen the game needs newer players if it has any hope of surviving. It’s older player base is not going to last forever. With so many free options available, UO needs EJ accounts to compete for new players. Don’t know the solution but in a game already quite biased against newer players in almost every respect making the game more untenable to prospective new players is not the answer.
Maybe try contacting some players that have gone from EJ accounts to subscription accounts.
I dont wanted to pay for the game if it will lag or not fun anymore. It is online game. You are supposed to see people communicate. And I really want to see more people come to this game.
Do you buy anything online? Do you use a CC/Debit Card at a store? Is your EJ account just the basic account?
You want to play for free without supporting UO, good thing others pay for UO to keep it going so you can play for TWO years for free. Honestly you have been here long enough to decide to support UO or not and if you do not want to support UO than you need to accept what you get for free or giver UO some money for your free ride.
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I'm not sure what the answer is, but I don't think that's it.
In my 'coding ignorance' solution I would have a list of 'approved' urls that is was ok to post and anything else would be either blocked or automatically shunted to Trade channel. On my list I'd have uo.com, uoguide, stratics, uo-cah and knuckleheads. Maybe discord? and possibly there are asian sites that are often referenced?
I'm not sure that's at all possible, but if it was, then genuine EJ players could again have access to general chat.
Perhaps seeing the conversation in GC like you describe would be incentive to get a sub... but better to relegate them to help only so they only get to see the RMT spam.
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I disagree that anyone would be forced to use GC anymore than any of us are now. Knowing what kinds of things people sale in GC is probably better for most people than being completely oblivious to those things because you are barred from even seeing them. If it’s a source of frustration you can either sub or leave GC.
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