BryanGTR
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Disclaimer: Writing this went on far longer then I thought, their will be mistakes in the writing so forgive that.
In my opinion not that people like myself have any issue installing UOF. I guess you could also look at it like "If they are not determined to figure out how to run the game they likely will not give UOF a chance". If you google UOF you or at least I do not come up with anything, you haft to be pretty specific.
I understand this shard has been here for awhile, I have I think two 7x characters, alch mage almost complete. I am just coming back, haven't even logged in yet, trying to get my password reset. Played the T2A shard for awhile, 7x tamer, 7x hally mage etc, so I play UO.
Ok but I also play a game called World of Warcraft, really competitive game, been around for what now 12 years? You would not believe how many skilled players play that game that would love this game and they do not even know it yet. Its like when I first played Fallout 2 (not 3 or New Vegas, I said 2). Played it 3 different times never made it out of the very beginning of the game. Thought it looked horrible, didn't like the turn base combat (still the only game I like that has turn based actually). But one day I gave it a real shot, I got past the starting area and long story short it became my favorite Singleplayer RPG of all time along side Ultima 8.
More to the point of the thread,
So Media, gameplay footage: I think the gameplay videos for this game could be better presented, if that means a custom UI (which some have), commentary, and showing how a player can just kill another player then take his stuff. See you can show all that happening but if it is not presented in the right way some people may not grasp it or care to grasp what is happening.
Advertising (really falls under media as well): Really what I am about is wanting to reach out of players I at least know personally that PvP but obviously this game has more to offer then just PvP. The obvious that it is a sandbox, you can customize a house, explore, craft, ship to ship combat, roleplay if that is your thing and progression, it is all their.
They say first impressions are a big deal, and showing a mmorpg player UO for the first time is a first impression. This goes back into how you present the game. When I watch gameplay of UO looking in outside of the box it is very foreign, aged and different. I started playing UO when I was young, played OSI for years, greatest mmo experience by far. Playing WoW off and on since vanilla the game has aged similarly to UO yet millions still play it, some could say it is a cash cow for Blizzard.
Streaming: People love watching people play video games, you take say I don't know, a good WoW PvPer, that happens to be good at UO, one that doesn't even need abilities on his screen because he uses full keybinds for everything. Lets say Bathcat or sSreet Whore some good duelers/PvPers I have ran into were also high rated WoW players that had a Youtube or Twitch following. This shard would blow up.
Now closer to the conclusion:
If you have been following me this far then this goes back to the beginning. The installation, I was impressed when I saw the interface, it looked very legit. However, at least for me (and if it happened to me it will happen to others) had to actually go into the installation folder to install Razor. You also have to install razor in the folder you installed UOF (again at least I had to do this) to get the game to run.
Really simple right? Well when you are trying to present a game to someone that already has 0 interest you want to take away as many obstacles as you can. This is a video game generation of streamline, WoW, easy to learn and play, very difficult to be considered a good competitive player in PvP. UO, hard to even learn the basics, rough learning curve, aged graphics, rewarding progression and PvP (but looking at WoW while newer still is a 12 year old game and still the most popular mmo). Look at runescape or even Minecraft, so UO's aged look is not the major factor, it is the presentation of the game to other people.
Am I this guy, this popular WoW PvPer that has a huge following on Twitch or Youtube that also happens to be into & good at UOF? Yes to everything but the popular part. I just now got channel art and a intro done for my Youtube. I also do not have a whole lot of hours into UOF with just a 7x nox mage, near complete alch mage and a 5x(?) Theif. I have played UOF sporadically, a large handful of better players play UOF currently. Yes I am just now coming back to the game, my UOF buddies are back into it now, got a guild going. They do all the content, champ spawns, my buddy Adam very knowledgeable about the game in general.
So the final point and conclusion:
I want to present this game to people, I want to be like "Hey watch how PvP works in this game, look how it takes timing, how interrupts, stuns, etc work", "Look I just stole a item worth 20k or more", "Hey look at this champ spawn, look at how chaotic it is getting, this is fun".
If you have spells all over your screen, a bag opened etc it will be a flag to some. While I have a clean interface when I play, making full use of razor and not clicking anything, it will initially catch interest with the right commentary but when they start playing the game and realize all the work required, learning razor, the mechanics, etc, people quickly disappear from the game.
My suggestion: Get these good players presenting the game on Youtube, streaming on Twitch.tv. I will as well once I get settled back into the game. If this is already happening as much as it can be then that is awesome. I would not have typed all this if I did not believe in the shard. The more people that play this game the more money or higher chances of more money UOF will receive as rudimentary as it sounded. While this could all just be a selfish post to manipulate my friends into playing UOF with me it has truth. The shard is constantly progressing, it could just be more out their (popular), in my opinion.
The End.
In my opinion not that people like myself have any issue installing UOF. I guess you could also look at it like "If they are not determined to figure out how to run the game they likely will not give UOF a chance". If you google UOF you or at least I do not come up with anything, you haft to be pretty specific.
I understand this shard has been here for awhile, I have I think two 7x characters, alch mage almost complete. I am just coming back, haven't even logged in yet, trying to get my password reset. Played the T2A shard for awhile, 7x tamer, 7x hally mage etc, so I play UO.
Ok but I also play a game called World of Warcraft, really competitive game, been around for what now 12 years? You would not believe how many skilled players play that game that would love this game and they do not even know it yet. Its like when I first played Fallout 2 (not 3 or New Vegas, I said 2). Played it 3 different times never made it out of the very beginning of the game. Thought it looked horrible, didn't like the turn base combat (still the only game I like that has turn based actually). But one day I gave it a real shot, I got past the starting area and long story short it became my favorite Singleplayer RPG of all time along side Ultima 8.
More to the point of the thread,
So Media, gameplay footage: I think the gameplay videos for this game could be better presented, if that means a custom UI (which some have), commentary, and showing how a player can just kill another player then take his stuff. See you can show all that happening but if it is not presented in the right way some people may not grasp it or care to grasp what is happening.
Advertising (really falls under media as well): Really what I am about is wanting to reach out of players I at least know personally that PvP but obviously this game has more to offer then just PvP. The obvious that it is a sandbox, you can customize a house, explore, craft, ship to ship combat, roleplay if that is your thing and progression, it is all their.
They say first impressions are a big deal, and showing a mmorpg player UO for the first time is a first impression. This goes back into how you present the game. When I watch gameplay of UO looking in outside of the box it is very foreign, aged and different. I started playing UO when I was young, played OSI for years, greatest mmo experience by far. Playing WoW off and on since vanilla the game has aged similarly to UO yet millions still play it, some could say it is a cash cow for Blizzard.
Streaming: People love watching people play video games, you take say I don't know, a good WoW PvPer, that happens to be good at UO, one that doesn't even need abilities on his screen because he uses full keybinds for everything. Lets say Bathcat or sSreet Whore some good duelers/PvPers I have ran into were also high rated WoW players that had a Youtube or Twitch following. This shard would blow up.
Now closer to the conclusion:
If you have been following me this far then this goes back to the beginning. The installation, I was impressed when I saw the interface, it looked very legit. However, at least for me (and if it happened to me it will happen to others) had to actually go into the installation folder to install Razor. You also have to install razor in the folder you installed UOF (again at least I had to do this) to get the game to run.
Really simple right? Well when you are trying to present a game to someone that already has 0 interest you want to take away as many obstacles as you can. This is a video game generation of streamline, WoW, easy to learn and play, very difficult to be considered a good competitive player in PvP. UO, hard to even learn the basics, rough learning curve, aged graphics, rewarding progression and PvP (but looking at WoW while newer still is a 12 year old game and still the most popular mmo). Look at runescape or even Minecraft, so UO's aged look is not the major factor, it is the presentation of the game to other people.
Am I this guy, this popular WoW PvPer that has a huge following on Twitch or Youtube that also happens to be into & good at UOF? Yes to everything but the popular part. I just now got channel art and a intro done for my Youtube. I also do not have a whole lot of hours into UOF with just a 7x nox mage, near complete alch mage and a 5x(?) Theif. I have played UOF sporadically, a large handful of better players play UOF currently. Yes I am just now coming back to the game, my UOF buddies are back into it now, got a guild going. They do all the content, champ spawns, my buddy Adam very knowledgeable about the game in general.
So the final point and conclusion:
I want to present this game to people, I want to be like "Hey watch how PvP works in this game, look how it takes timing, how interrupts, stuns, etc work", "Look I just stole a item worth 20k or more", "Hey look at this champ spawn, look at how chaotic it is getting, this is fun".
If you have spells all over your screen, a bag opened etc it will be a flag to some. While I have a clean interface when I play, making full use of razor and not clicking anything, it will initially catch interest with the right commentary but when they start playing the game and realize all the work required, learning razor, the mechanics, etc, people quickly disappear from the game.
My suggestion: Get these good players presenting the game on Youtube, streaming on Twitch.tv. I will as well once I get settled back into the game. If this is already happening as much as it can be then that is awesome. I would not have typed all this if I did not believe in the shard. The more people that play this game the more money or higher chances of more money UOF will receive as rudimentary as it sounded. While this could all just be a selfish post to manipulate my friends into playing UOF with me it has truth. The shard is constantly progressing, it could just be more out their (popular), in my opinion.
The End.
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