[Roadmap 2026] 'We have made the tough decision to sunset the UO Forum'

Pawain · January 16

@Community Manager they get the news feed now.

Maybe yall don't know that.

Pawain · January 16

@keven2002 and all. There are 2 gen chats. 3 if u count NL.

Ones last post is a picture of toons or something I put. Don't use that one.

Pawain · January 16

Someone needs to tach Popps how to use Google docs for his walks of text. You can put a goggle document there.

Community Manager · January 16

Pawain said:

@ "Community Manager" they get the news feed now.

Maybe yall don't know that.

I know there are a lot of plugins out there to allow you to post news and stuff from various websites to your website/forum. So it would not surprise me.

Pawain · January 16

Here is the setup of discord. The top general is the one used.

Its just a stream of talk, cant post images. Can post images in other areas.

Some were using giant Gif size files all the time so no pics is better.

Image: https://forum.uo.com/uploads/editor/it/s1ynllguvjk9.png

Arroth_Thaiel · January 16

Sunsetting the official forum is a mistake.

A forum and Discord are two vastly different forms of communication with profoundly different consumers and purposes.

Perhaps more importantly, forums and Discord provide interaction, access to and recording of information, and searching of information, in substantially different manners.

Losing the official forum will be a huge loss to the community.

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I would suspect that Dark Age of Camelot and The Old Republic will both be keeping their forums?

As will Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous, Diablo, Nexus Mods, Steam, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and pretty much every other modern company?

Normal businesses seem to add to their communication channels, not reduce them. Especially with a proven format that has been in use for decades and which the company has 100 percent control over.

Sunsetting the official forum is a mistake.

Pawain · January 16

How much does a forum like this cost per year?

Ahua · January 16

Switch kind of puzzles me... will lock many many players out. Also team don't forget that discord only records channels history so far, anything too old won't be able to be searched unless in permanent threads, at least it is so on all the other servers I am on, leading to a lot of frustration.

For example I could search for some information from a dev, and its been replied before so I get ignored, but the search is not able to find it anymore. This is especially a problem on channels that have a lot of action, as the old posts get deleted by discord faster.

And can I suggest posting the discord link in the post? Where do I find the link? ._.

Ahua · January 16

nvm I have found the link in Fenneko's post.

Acid_Rain · January 16

Arroth_Thaiel said:

Sunsetting the official forum is a mistake.

A forum and Discord are two vastly different forms of communication with profoundly different consumers and purposes.

Perhaps more importantly, forums and Discord provide interaction, access to and recording of information, and searching of information, in substantially different manners.

Losing the official forum will be a huge loss to the community.

--

I would suspect that Dark Age of Camelot and The Old Republic will both be keeping their forums?

As will Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous, Diablo, Nexus Mods, Steam, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and pretty much every other modern company?

Normal businesses seem to add to their communication channels, not reduce them. Especially with a proven format that has been in use for decades and which the company has 100 percent control over.

Sunsetting the official forum is a mistake.

100% in agreement. Cutting the official forums to save money reeks of desperation. Is the margin of profitability that thin? If so… that’s a bad omen for the game. Put ur heads together & come up with another viable alternative. Diminishing means of communication isolates community which is never good, proven time and time again.

Victim_Of_Siege · January 16

Pawain said:

How much does a forum like this cost per year?

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Pawain · January 16

Image: https://forum.uo.com/uploads/editor/x5/m1zb2eolt04d.bmp

Victim_Of_Siege · January 16

Pawain said:

sure meet me in . . .

a shadowy urban alley at night dimly lit by a single flickering streetlamp a mysterious dark figure standing partially obscured in the background a small weathered sign on the brick wall reading Cats lair

a shadowy urban alley at night dimly lit by a single flickering streetlamp a mysterious dark figure standing partially obscured in the background a small weathered sign on the brick wall reading Cats lair

Pawain · January 17

I cant repeat what I did to see this, but here is the info today for the Discord.

Image: https://forum.uo.com/uploads/editor/fv/ahgjs1r97400.bmp

Ahua · January 17

TimSt · January 17

Will the Discord be set up so we do not end up having to see replies to posts that we are not interested in?

Pawain · January 17

TimSt said:

Will the Discord be set up so we do not end up having to see replies to posts that we are not interested in?

General chat is a chat room. The other areas are like a topic and replies.

Pawain · January 17

Image: https://forum.uo.com/uploads/editor/v2/eb22qhsl1aam.bmp

mis · January 17

Acid_Rain said:

100% in agreement. Cutting the official forums to save money reeks of desperation. Is the margin of profitability that thin? If so… that’s a bad omen for the game. Put ur heads together & come up with another viable alternative. Diminishing means of communication isolates community which is never good, proven time and time again.

It has no bearing on that issue.

In the roadmap, the UO team comments that the software has reached end-of-life status and is no longer supported.

'Our current forum software has reached end-of-life status and is no longer supported. New forum software is necessary which would require extended downtime as we address feature implementation and critical security updates.'

Depending on how that text is interpreted, if the new software is installed, there will be a future forum in the future.

But that is something that the UO team will have to clarify and announce when the time comes.

Victim_Of_Siege · January 17

mis said:

Acid_Rain said:

100% in agreement. Cutting the official forums to save money reeks of desperation. Is the margin of profitability that thin? If so… that’s a bad omen for the game. Put ur heads together & come up with another viable alternative. Diminishing means of communication isolates community which is never good, proven time and time again.

It has no bearing on that issue.
In the roadmap, the UO team comments that the software has reached end-of-life status and is no longer supported.

'Our current forum software has reached end-of-life status and is no longer supported. New forum software is necessary which would require extended downtime as we address feature implementation and critical security updates.'

Depending on how that text is interpreted, if the new software is installed, there will be a future forum in the future.
But that is something that the UO team will have to clarify and announce when the time comes.

I'm not sure how else to interpret " we have made the tough decision to sunset the UO Forum. We expect this task to be complete by the end of February." which is the line above what you quoted and the subject of this (your) OP. This means by the end of february they will sunset it as in, shut it down, make it read only, delete it etc. How they sunset it will be the "But that is something that the UO team will have to clarify and announce when the time comes." part.

I believe the Forum shutting down is a done deal, unless they are convinced to change their mind. About all we can do is start a gofundme to fund new hosting and software. I'll let others who know the costs of that chime in with a cost because i wouldn't trust AI to give me 100% accuracy on that figure.

@Pawain

The End Is Nigh rpuns

Mariah · January 17

I keep reading that there's information here that should be kept, but I haven't had a single email or dm telling me which information that is.

I've been through the five on fridays and added a little to a couple of pages, and the reply this week on repairing I've made a complete page for under 'crafting', but what else is there?

When was the last time you looked back at an old post for information, and what information was it?

Victim_Of_Siege · January 17

Mariah said:

I keep reading that there's information here that should be kept, but I haven't had a single email or dm telling me which information that is.
I've been through the five on fridays and added a little to a couple of pages, and the reply this week on repairing I've made a complete page for under 'crafting', but what else is there?

When was the last time you looked back at an old post for information, and what information was it?

I believe everything we really need is in your WiKi, Stratics. UOGuide, UOCAH, Knuckleheads, our collective heads and so on. the only old posts i reference are the EC Macro ones and I assume you have those in the WiKi. They could delete all of this and we'd have the information we'd need or could get it with a quick post in discord saying "How do you do xxx again??" I will definitely mourn these forums, but the info here is in multiple other places already. my $.02

Mariah · January 17

there seems to be some misinformation. Different sections of discord are set up differently. The general chat area, is just that, general chat. But there are different areas set up differently where past posts can be scrolled through.

Here's a screen print from the Home-and-garden section. I made this post back in July, not only can I still find it, but as you can see, I can still edit it and someone commented on it 30 days ago!

Image: https://forum.uo.com/uploads/editor/5y/jw55rpxabi9o.jpg

Mariah · January 17

ok, I don't have all the EC customizing information a few people have posted. Mostly because the later posts on each thread left me confused. If the authors of those posts will contact me I will add those to this area: https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/technical/enhanced-client-custom-user-interface/

Victim_Of_Siege · January 17

Mariah said:

ok, I don't have all the EC customizing information a few people have posted. Mostly because the later posts on each thread left me confused. If the authors of those posts will contact me I will add those to this area: https://uo.com/wiki/ultima-online-wiki/technical/enhanced-client-custom-user-interface/

I'm pretty good at figuring out what i want to accomplish, but there were a few basic ones that i rereference from time to time and you appear to have those. And Thank you for all that you (and @Rorschach) do. I know I cause trouble here and there, but you (and Cail) were the ones that gave me that nickname ;P

Grimbeard · January 17

Well Pawain and myself will need a section for our arguments then we'll need a popps poop area....

Victim_Of_Siege · January 17

Grimbeard said:

Well Pawain and myself will need a section for our arguments then we'll need a popps poop area....

Well, at least on Discord you'll have the ability to block him.

Pawain · January 17

I blocked the idiot that said all I do is complain. It was a pleasant result.

Pawain · January 17

@Mariah ; You have added everything I have asked for. Personally, I used Stratics more for info because pics are difficult to post here.

Thanks and I'm sure you will keep doing a great job!

Victim_Of_Siege · January 17

Pawain said:

@ Mariah You have added everything I have asked for. Personally, I used Stratics more for info because pics are difficult to post here.

Thanks and I'm sure you will keep doing a great job!

they are easy to post, but once you post a cut n paste pic, it says "that picture is already in the conversation" when you try to put a second one in the same thread, so you have to paste it in paint and save it, then add it. bit of a pain but workable.

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