Source:

http://www.uoherald.com/news/

Do you have Facebook or Twitter?

Chrissay Zeeman

17 Apr 2009 12:10:15

Well we do now!

We have a Facebook page and a Twitter feed.

Our initial Twitter account will be providing headlines and news items from our UO Herald, later we will be providing twitter feeds for some of our developers and producers. Our Facebook page will aggregate this data as well as make use of the bells and whistles that Facebook offers, such as the event schedule and photo album.

While these pages will generally “mirror” information off of the UO Herald, Twitter and Facebook will give us the opportunity to provide additional information that is more suitable to those audiences and technologies.

http://twitter.com/UONews

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ultima-Online/79061181602#

" UO does not have more than 2-3 developers anymore anyway and their gms handle all games, so their costs for the game are pretty small.  "

Agree with everything except the above , I can tell you with great confidence , UO has way more than that working on the game as a WHOLE.." 

I will also predict if Stygian doesnt grab new players ,UO will not last to much longer , UNLESS EA/ Mythic decides to dump DOAC ( Because WAR is closer to DOAC than UO is , in term of game styles)

EA lost its chance to make UO great or even as big as WOW ( well maybe not ).

If you want a classic return ,let the dev's know and tell them what would make you return.

http://www.uoherald.com/feedback/index.php

Be patient , do'nt make to many characters to fast , find a populated shard , and have fun..

As posted on UO.com

December Developer Letter

Calvin Crowner

UO Development Manager

12 Dec 2008 18:09:16 EST

For the record what I am about to write is “so not my gig”, but I’ll endeavor to push through it.

I wanted to pass on that with the recent announcement of earning from Electronic Arts that the Ultima Online team is still intact and still pressing forward on both the Stygian Abyss Expansion, and supporting the Live Game. In addition, we are still moving forward with the Event Moderator Program. I know it’s been a long time coming, but as you may have read we’re going through more than a bit from our side these days. For us, the team is actually having a great time coming up with diabolical ways to engage you for the foreseeable millennium, or until 2012 when the Mayan calendar says everything will end – whichever comes first.

We’re preparing both the New UO client and the first completely playable level to internal testers next week. We are also planning how we want to run beta internally and externally, and as soon as we have a complete answer on it all, we’ll inform you as well.

About Event Moderators: there has been a lot of speculation on how we chose who we chose, why some were selected and others were passed over. I can tell you this: we read for content before we read names. There was no favoritism in any part of the team, and I can say there was a bit of common sense in selecting who went to which shards. We also selected a mixed team of experienced members, and not-so experienced members. We eliminated anyone who had legitimate marks on their accounts, or anyone who had “great intentions” but no event experience at all. In short we picked an initial team that would best serve the community, and whose applications seemed to have the community’s best interest in mind.

We will continue to grow, adjust, and evolve the EM program as we go. We have kept everyone’s applications on file, and have a backup list of Event Moderator contributors. Some EMs may not be able to fulfill their duties so we will be selecting from the initial batch for anyone who is not able to commit as they planned. Life happens.

Finally, we’ve been tracking the latency issues since their inception. We tested the impact of the Invasion and other associated events in game and found none of the additional content impacted lag. We’re constantly following up with trace routes that some players have contributed and our World Wide IT team is in contact with the external carrier we think may be the key to the problem. The more data we have the better, so have your friends create an account and send us all the information you have. Wink.

I sincerely hope this answers a few questions or concerns. Now, I have to go help Leurocian figure out how Baby Bach really can be used as an educational tool, and why puppets should be a new system in UO.
 

Source:

http://www.uoherald.com/news/news.php?newsid=476

All Hail UO beating another one ,     , oooppss wrong forum  

No really  ,I  played in beta and 2 weeks after lauch and it never really peaked my interest , it was like it didnt suck me in , like some other MMO's I have played..

Originally posted by RogerWilco12

Hell yeah good work !
I downloaded the latest Ultima Online KR last night, wow 2gb file, gone along way since the first UO installer (like 300-500 megs?).
Hopefully this weekend be up n running again :)

UOKR is huge if downloading , It needs some TLC , but I liked it alot and from what it sounds like the next expansion will fix ALOT of issues.

I quit UO for WAR , I'm enjoying the break from UO , there are a few things coming up that make me want to try it again soon.

1. Event Moderator Program  coming back with players taking on that role

http://www.uoherald.com/application/

Application deadline is November 17th, 2008.

2. Stygian Abyss

http://www.uoherald.com/stygianabyss/

3. The game has lasted 11 years..

UO just needs a few thousand friends to return , with fresh ideas and more support for the large community.

Originally posted by uoplayer123

          Go here and submit  feedback on it ,  We need more non UO players to ask for it.

 

 

http://www.uoherald.com/feedback/index.php

" Bringing back in old players: Yes, they are looking at marketing for this purpose ,Size big enough that they are talking about new hardware to support ,There will be areas in SA reds can go (applause). More detail in the future... PvP content mentioned"
 

Those are recent quotes from townhall meeting this weekend..

http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?t=98896

some new info from the latest townhall:

http://vboards.stratics.com/showthread.php?t=98896

"- Gargoyles have their own animation effects... including flying

- Dungeon will look and feel like the original Ultima Underworld dungeon

- SA will be for both clients (no details yet)

- KR is being improved including new map, more vibrant, better map overall.

- New client being based off of the KR technology (the SA client)
 

- Bringing back in old players: Yes, they are looking at marketing for this purpose

- Meeting coming up regarding live events and the expansion

- Size big enough that they are talking about new hardware to support

- There will be areas in SA reds can go (applause). More detail in the future... PvP content mentioned
 

Thank you to  Dermott of LS

"It's a shame for the MMO industry that Lord British had to give up UO...

I'm sure he could have taken it in an entirely WoW direction (as far as numbers go)"

Not only he , but EA totally blew it.....

Originally posted by Barrakketh

The game still has many bugs , player regularly cheat , hack , dupe , script. As of now when you see another players theres a 50% chance its just a bot farming using scrpits , and even if there is a real person at the keyboard chance are likely they are running a hack.

 

The new client Kingdom Reborn is close to unplayable , the graphic are fair to poor , there are a ton of bugs when it running , it crashes about every hour or more.

 

With the way UO is going  now I dont see how the game will maintain enough players to keep it going unless you can have an mmo with nothing but bots running around in it.

So let me get this straight you have actually played for more than 15 hours on a regular shard , and have actually FULLY patched UOKR and played it for more than 8 hours in the last few onths?? , I'm guessing  NO.

Besides even if UO was at  , hmm , 75,000 active PAYING accounts the would = close to $900,000 a month and a little ove $10 million a year , i'm no EA finacial rep but one would think that is pretty profitable..

I think you should move on....    

Originally posted by Amaranthar

I agree that if UO had allot of people playing, it would still be better than any other current game being offered up on a satin pillow.

But I also think that pre-AoS was much much better. And Pre Trammel was much better than even that because of the life and emotions, the dedications and alliances, the realism in that  political regard, that it gave the game. But that's not for everyone, of course I understand that.

I have gone back to UO after several times quiting. I'm still playing it, because it's simply the only fantasy based sandbox/worldly game, even in the sad state it's in. I just can't stand to be herded around by a ring in my nose like these other games do to you.

Sadly EA seem to not want to sink any marketing into the game , in its current state UOKR is 100x better than it first release , bug fixes and patches to make the game better are coming in fast , the next expansion if released as stated last year ( not sure if will) sounds to be real cool gargoyle races , new skills , also sems based on the ULTIMA Stygian Abyss story line..

If you dont play and would like something added or fixed to make you comeback post it here:

http://www.uoherald.com/feedback/index.php

If you are a new player or trying to get back into the game besides these boards you can check out: Stratics , alot of the players there are more than willing to help , if you cant find answeres here..

http://vboards.stratics.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35

Not sure what that error would be , is it still going on?

http://support.uo.com/contact_info.html

Makes you wonder if thats all UO is now a profitable training ground for future devs of EA , think about our dev cycles over the years , almost like a college degree path..

Proof???

We got at least a year left...With around 50,000-60,000 accounts x $10 or so a month = about $600,000 a month  plus very popular micro transactions ,  I would think that would be pretty profitable for EA....

Looking over a few pages of info and some of the publishes and storylines going on they SEEM to be gearing up for some big stuff , they are currently doing a massive clean up Britt ( For old school players) , could UO be going less item based...

But hey it's EA you never know...

http://www.uoherald.com/news/

I'm still waiting to see if Mythic will have any change on UO or are they holding on to it till WAR is released?  , If Mythic gives UO the time of day and adecent budget I think they could make UO alot more interesting and maybe a nice little shot at a comeback.

Hey its an old thread , but its worth a shot f you send info into feedback here:

http://www.uoherald.com/feedback/index.php

Update your review section to reflect UOKR ( when did this site give a full on review last?), maybe even remove some of the older out of date info , UO still has a playerbase and a place in the MMO world..

PS: Try and get some interviews or dev posts...