Can anyone tell me, how come , they arn't , announcing,
The Biggest And Boldest Update In Over A Decade
, while everyone is at home because of covid-19 , why not take advantage of that and at least have it announced jesus , the marketing in this game....
I feel like they missed the opportunity
Feels like they are notably absent just turning on old events to keep people busy with no real progress. Not really understanding what is going on. Most people can work from home in the tech space and things are going gangbusters for other gaming companies with all of the people home.
I get that some new announcement won't make the code magically be ready - but they really could have spun up any number of promotions to get people back into UO during this time. Really missed a golden opportunity.
Like subscribe for one month - get a mythic token free.
Alacrity training hours for all every Friday/Saturday.
Some rare hued tamables one month only.
Etc etc.
Any number of things that are pretty easy to implement and then email blast your old subscribers.
Honestly they could have had a number of promotions in game that would have garnered some press coverage. Imagine some sort of contest where the winner gets one month of their mortgage/rent paid up to $2k? What does that cost them? 2k? They could get crazy publicity.
Something like complete this quest chain and your name is entered into a drawing.
Get creative already. With weather getting better in Northern Hemisphere and lockdowns opening up - the window is closing.
Theo I couldn't agree more with your post, so many gold opportunities they could of had, but they chose to remain silent and toggle some old events switchs on instead, now like you said , the door is closing with summer approaching UO about to reach the lowest peak again of the year, great time to announce it right ?
For the simple fact that if they did announce it and god forbid something happened that they could not do what they wanted then I will say with 1000% clarity that all you people would want them all fired. Now how do I know this, for the simple reason that in the past DEVs use to tell players what was coming out and when it did not happen the boards exploded with threats foul language and everything else. That is why the DEVs no longer say anything because of the RUDENESS of some of these so called ADULTS. Do you think the DEVs have the same equipment at home as they do in they office, no. They are stuck at home like the rest of us so cut them a break.
I agree they would get flamed if plans didn’t work out but maybe they tell us
“we are currently Think about doing blah blah blah if things work out if not we might be doing Blah blah blah if all that doesn’t work out we will turn on old events while we come up with plan C”
Hype was always a good thing. Until Forums were invented.
Agree that they could have done some promotions to make some money while people are at home. People investing in a game may help a few more stay.
I'm actually scared about it, this "big announcement" is so vague I don't know what to expect.
IMHO all the nay sayers would have been disappointed by it no matter when they announced it including you.
People play FREE shards because they are FREE and they can openly run any program they want.