Macefighter
Apprentice
I dont think that it has to ever get old or die out. The spirit of UO and all its glory of being the earliest MMO can continue on and on... Though I feel that in order to be successful it must be adapted to generation after generation without changing it at the core.
Some of the features that a lot of us here enjoy involve the full loot open world PvP, a subject surrounded by tons of controversy in the forums of lord british's new project!
Heres whats going on with LB's new project though: they will NOT have full loot PvP. Though, there going to have some very interesting PvP mechanics in it, it will never compare with how old school UO ran PvP.
Now, ive often felt that these newer MMO's might make our private UO shards based on the old school UO fall out of existance. But I feel there is plenty of individuals these days, young and old, who are all for the old school UO.
The main thing I think needs to be done to keep the spirit of "old school UO" alive is to keep the game the same, but update the style and graphics to the younger generations. But keep the old 2d clients for us "old timers" in our late 20's to early 40's. Im thinking most younger individuals in the 12-18 years of age are probably a bit turned off by the old school graphics. Maybe if slowly overtime more screenshots for this site are done in a 3d client that would be more appealing to the younger individuals who probably werent even alive when UO first came out, we could increase the population on this server..
Im not sure where I saw this at, but I remember seeing a program you can download that completely changes the graphics in UO to be more up to date. Its not the crummy 3D graphics that were released in UO third dawn, it looked real nice, and really seemed to fit a modern adaptation of old school UO. I remember seeing it on some german website, looked real nice though its not for me because im too "old" to play UO this way, when I play UO i want to see it the way I saw it when I was 12. But if we are going to keep this old school UO alive and bring in new players to it in the year... 2025 it might be a good idea to update it in some way to attract people in the 18-25 age group who dont EVER play games in 2D. I always hear my dad talking smack about the newer movies and how they are all horrible, that ever since newer technology and special effects came along it ruined creativity. I think that this is more just him growing up in a totally different time where movies were usually in black and white, and silent movies were still in style. (yea my dad is old enough to be my grandfather, I was born when he was quite old).
Instead of being closed-minded old-timers, I think we should cater to the younger MMO crowd that could be coming. We dont have to change the way the game is displayed for US, we can play the 2D clients in the year 2050 if we like! But just imagine if you could keep your game going that long! Us old timers are going to be very low in population by then, we will have to depend on the younger individuals to keep the game alive if it is going to last that long.
Anyways.. I just think that these private servers are a good "alternative" gaming experience for us individuals who prefer not to play a game where there is too much safety. I think there will always be players, young and old, who want to play in an online world where theives and murderers are kept under control by features such as trammel, or selective multiplayer. And in the future all the big hit games will all have tons of regulations on PvP interactions. So, theres no need for UO forever to worry about dieing out because of LB's new project!
Some of the features that a lot of us here enjoy involve the full loot open world PvP, a subject surrounded by tons of controversy in the forums of lord british's new project!
Heres whats going on with LB's new project though: they will NOT have full loot PvP. Though, there going to have some very interesting PvP mechanics in it, it will never compare with how old school UO ran PvP.
Now, ive often felt that these newer MMO's might make our private UO shards based on the old school UO fall out of existance. But I feel there is plenty of individuals these days, young and old, who are all for the old school UO.
The main thing I think needs to be done to keep the spirit of "old school UO" alive is to keep the game the same, but update the style and graphics to the younger generations. But keep the old 2d clients for us "old timers" in our late 20's to early 40's. Im thinking most younger individuals in the 12-18 years of age are probably a bit turned off by the old school graphics. Maybe if slowly overtime more screenshots for this site are done in a 3d client that would be more appealing to the younger individuals who probably werent even alive when UO first came out, we could increase the population on this server..
Im not sure where I saw this at, but I remember seeing a program you can download that completely changes the graphics in UO to be more up to date. Its not the crummy 3D graphics that were released in UO third dawn, it looked real nice, and really seemed to fit a modern adaptation of old school UO. I remember seeing it on some german website, looked real nice though its not for me because im too "old" to play UO this way, when I play UO i want to see it the way I saw it when I was 12. But if we are going to keep this old school UO alive and bring in new players to it in the year... 2025 it might be a good idea to update it in some way to attract people in the 18-25 age group who dont EVER play games in 2D. I always hear my dad talking smack about the newer movies and how they are all horrible, that ever since newer technology and special effects came along it ruined creativity. I think that this is more just him growing up in a totally different time where movies were usually in black and white, and silent movies were still in style. (yea my dad is old enough to be my grandfather, I was born when he was quite old).
Instead of being closed-minded old-timers, I think we should cater to the younger MMO crowd that could be coming. We dont have to change the way the game is displayed for US, we can play the 2D clients in the year 2050 if we like! But just imagine if you could keep your game going that long! Us old timers are going to be very low in population by then, we will have to depend on the younger individuals to keep the game alive if it is going to last that long.
Anyways.. I just think that these private servers are a good "alternative" gaming experience for us individuals who prefer not to play a game where there is too much safety. I think there will always be players, young and old, who want to play in an online world where theives and murderers are kept under control by features such as trammel, or selective multiplayer. And in the future all the big hit games will all have tons of regulations on PvP interactions. So, theres no need for UO forever to worry about dieing out because of LB's new project!
