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me eitherI have no opinion on this matter.
me eitherI have no opinion on this matter.
I do miss some particular things about AoS. I LOVED the starting area for necro's. I also was a big fan of Chivalry and the new lands. But I couldn't imagine how much of a crapfest having trammel would be lol
Yes this so much this. I'd come back fulltimeI hate to say it but I've caught myself looking for another place to play UO recently.... Is it because UOF is bad? Definitely not! UOF is, by far, the best server I've ever played on. But, I'm looking for a change of pace.. Something different. I've pretty much burned myself out of this era of UO for now.
I'm proposing that @Shane and co. open up a new server with a different ruleset (AoS & ML). Now, before you begin the flaming and endless rants of how bad this suggestion is and how bad of a player I am, just take a deep breath and relax for a minute. Then continue reading
I suggest keeping the same login info for this new server so that it would look like OSI did when logging in but instead of different servers with the same ruleset, it would have Ultima Forever - UO:R / T2A and Ultima Forever - AoS / ML.
Example:
The idea behind this is to bring everyone who plays UO here, to the UOForever community. Will the current UOF server lose a few peoples? Maybe, but not necessarily.. Overall, I believe it will bring in way more than we'd lose. This also gives people an opportunity to try something new. I know many people who have never played in the AoS+ ruleset but they want to! They want to try it out and see how it is. With this system, UOF wouldn't lose players overall because they wouldn't have to go to server X or server Y to experience something new. This system also helps prevent players from burning themselves out. Everyone burns out at some point and they stop playing for a while... With this system, if someone burns out of 1 era, they can just go play the other. It's a different pace, different skills and abilities, different everything BUT, still UO. Still UOForever.
If Shane and co. can create something like this and start up an AoS/ML era server that is just half as good as UOF currently, then I'm convinced it'll be the best out there. Thats because we're already the best out there (for our era).
Also, this shouldn't take away from the current developments of the server we currently have. Hire new people to code the new ruleset server. Preferably, people who know the general mechanics of the ruleset. This way, Shane can still oversee what goes on and is still in charge. This way, both servers can continually be in development and continue to pump out awesome new content for players.
Lets make the UOForever community bigger. Shane, @Adam , and the other staff have created the best server UO has to offer. We should expand on this and bring in more players who prefer a different ruleset than we currently have. Who knows... Maybe the players a new server attracts may want to test out the UO:R/T2A ruleset. Either way, the players stay here in the UOF community instead of playing in other places.
I'd love to see some of the few good elements of AOS stolen. The resist system was lame, and made things to item based which wouldn't really work for shard without item"insurance", but Chiv/ Necro and the weapon specials where worth salvaging as I think they would add some needed freshness to the shard. (both pvp and pvm wise) Something like the Doom champion bosses would be a nice addition as well. Instead of dropping Artifacts, it would they could relics and whatnot.Can always have an AoS / ML ruleset with a fel only facet. Keep Luna in there as the 'safe trade' and 'bank sit' area
Also please code and add ethereal darth vader mount....
I highly believe that there definitely is demand for a well run AOS+ Shard.. there have been several attempts over the last year but unfortunately most of them failed due to super custom systems and/or retards being in charge. The only problem I see, though, is Shane and Adam running two servers as once.. I guess they're already pretty busy keeping UOF:UOR up to date as it stands; they'd probably have to hire a complete new Staff team if they were to open up a new Server. I do believe that there would be plenty of people willing to work for them, though. The AOS scene is a big one.
That's why it has been suggested rather than hire more staff or split the current staff that maybe the next landmass has the different ruleset. Then you have the best of both . staff foccues on 1 shard, a built in player base, established devs. Ect.
I highly believe that there definitely is demand for a well run AOS+ Shard.. there have been several attempts over the last year but unfortunately most of them failed due to super custom systems and/or retards being in charge. The only problem I see, though, is Shane and Adam running two servers as once.. I guess they're already pretty busy keeping UOF:UOR up to date as it stands; they'd probably have to hire a complete new Staff team if they were to open up a new Server. I do believe that there would be plenty of people willing to work for them, though. The AOS scene is a big one.