Very well said by two members of InsaneMembrane's Site . I'm definitely going to write an article on old Ultima Online (pre-trammel) both in russian and english sometime in the future.
Anyway, visit Insane's site&forum if you want to learn some shocking truths about the Shroud of the Avatar scam and Richard Garriot.
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The only problem that needed to be solved about pre trammel was that there were to many lazy, useless, spoon fed sensitive carebears in the world. For me Trammel was the starting point of UO's downfall, pretty much where I lost interest in the game. It went from a hardcore, exciting game to a fag fest with fluff. This topic is one good reason why I don't think RG had much to do with the creation of UO.
Personally I would go as hardcore and free for all as possible. Pking, pickpocketing, being able to loot peoples houses again, steal peoples stuff. as long as there were ways for people to reasonable defend against these things, UO had the balance right from the beginning pretty much. Another thing to point out is that a lot of the people in the generation growing up now, old enough to start gaming, are looking towards hardcore games. People want freedom, to kill and to be able to loot, they want it hardcore, twitch is proof enough on this point. I think the developers are so domesticated that they are scared to offend anyone. Judging by how dumbed down SotA is, they are basically assuming every gamer is retarded and needs to have their hand held through everything. Catering to sensitive people by creating a safe zone world in this extent is in fact hurting their income by quite a bit instead of helping. I know countless people that won't touch SotA just because of carebear it really is.
Envy Gaming
Post by on Mar 9, 2015 at 4:12am
I couldn't agree with you more, Housewife Brit. They are pandering to the pathetic housewives and sensitive new-age, safe-zone loving care bear retards. I've tried to show Port how fun and beneficial my PK play-style is and how important it is to the success of the whole game. But they are not listening. I'll keep res-killing noobs and owning everyone until they listen. I've made many enemies with my play-style but have slowly gained the support of most of the smart people on the forums. However, Garriott and his team of bitches still have their heads up each others arses and obviously won't listen.
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