what do you prefer on a shard? - RunUO

atriticuss · 03-23-2004, 04:51 AM

im posting this question becuase im curious what people would like to see when they first start on a new server, im hoping to get some ideas so i can make a more enjoyable place for users, so let me know what things you would like to see more that anythign else when you enter a new server and what things impress you most overall,

i really appreciate these insights, let me throw another question out, and thsi was pointed out, i would like to get a large player base going, but that seems to be the loop you need players to get players, and i dont have that yet, so i need to make an excelent first impression for newcomers, what would convince you to stay when entering a new shard for the first time? generally people make a character then run around for about 5 minutes and leave never coming back. so i want to do somethign to make the first impression a lasting impression, those first 5 minutes are pretty crucial. thanks again, Atriticuss

03-23-2004, 05:34 AM

100 gp in my backpack, a candle, dagger, a newbieticket.
Emptybank. Fully spawned world, UOR. Slow ass gains.

guest_rampage · 03-23-2004, 06:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by draco

100 gp in my backpack, a candle, dagger, a newbieticket.
Emptybank. Fully spawned world, UOR. Slow ass gains.

Iagree OSI!!!!!

Aggy · 03-23-2004, 08:13 PM

Good uptime , Experienced and mature staff and everything Draco said

rexxz · 03-23-2004, 08:29 PM

Large playerbase, no lag, fast worldsaves, professional staff.

If it has all of these, I would give it a try even if I think i would hate the shard.

Marcus247 · 03-23-2004, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rexxz

Large playerbase

I disagree, for a shard to get a big playerbase there gonna have a small playerbase at the beggining. Give any shard a chance that has a small playerbase and looks good, there just waiting for the players...

03-24-2004, 01:51 PM

I dont really care bout playerbases, if the shard is good i stay and make it a playerbase

Daegon · 03-24-2004, 03:30 PM

Hidden staff. I hate logging into a shard and EVER seeing a GM. If I see a GM it better be for something major.

No neon colors. Neon is so UGLY and doesn't fit into the game *at all*. Players or staff walking around on neon horses with neon clothes make me log out and never come back.

qweazdak · 03-24-2004, 03:56 PM

no neon colors- as mentioned before
no powergaming stuff (ie buy full spellbook, bag of reagents)
professional staff
offers something unique (there can be millions of OSI clones out there)
i prefer RP shards with lots of player to player interaction

03-24-2004, 05:25 PM

I thought OSI was best before publish 16 before they introduced power scrolls. Only thing that I really think sucked about OSI UO during that era was trammel.

rexxz · 03-24-2004, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marcus247

I disagree, for a shard to get a big playerbase there gonna have a small playerbase at the beggining. Give any shard a chance that has a small playerbase and looks good, there just waiting for the players...

I believe the question was what do I prefer on a shard, not what do I prefer on a NEW shard.

Of course a new shard is going to be small. Except for IPY... :-D

I don't play new shards anyways.

So thanks for trying to act like you knew something.

03-24-2004, 07:51 PM

i prefer skill set and more duels than ganks also decent timing not to slow like uo gamers or no timing at all which is to fast

03-23-2004, 04:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
atriticuss Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Springfield, MO Age: 24 Posts: 111	what do you prefer on a shard? im posting this question becuase im curious what people would like to see when they first start on a new server, im hoping to get some ideas so i can make a more enjoyable place for users, so let me know what things you would like to see more that anythign else when you enter a new server and what things impress you most overall, i really appreciate these insights, let me throw another question out, and thsi was pointed out, i would like to get a large player base going, but that seems to be the loop you need players to get players, and i dont have that yet, so i need to make an excelent first impression for newcomers, what would convince you to stay when entering a new shard for the first time? generally people make a character then run around for about 5 minutes and leave never coming back. so i want to do somethign to make the first impression a lasting impression, those first 5 minutes are pretty crucial. thanks again, Atriticuss

03-23-2004, 08:29 PM	#5 (permalink)
rexxz Forum Expert Join Date: Jan 2003 Age: 20 Posts: 990	Large playerbase, no lag, fast worldsaves, professional staff. If it has all of these, I would give it a try even if I think i would hate the shard. __________________ "Talk not of Greenland darkness, or Norwegian ice. The moral darkness is the most solid -- and what cold is there like that, where, walled in a black dungeon of hates and fears and sleepless hostility, the heart broods in bitterness and solitude, over its own cankering and malignant purposes."

03-24-2004, 03:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
Daegon bow before me.. or perish Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: WI Age: 24 Posts: 271	Hidden staff. I hate logging into a shard and EVER seeing a GM. If I see a GM it better be for something major. No neon colors. Neon is so UGLY and doesn't fit into the game at all. Players or staff walking around on neon horses with neon clothes make me log out and never come back. __________________ http://www.dominusexuro.com/

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03-23-2004, 05:34 AM	#2 (permalink)
draco Guest Posts: n/a	100 gp in my backpack, a candle, dagger, a newbieticket. Emptybank. Fully spawned world, UOR. Slow ass gains.

03-23-2004, 08:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Aggy Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 6	Good uptime , Experienced and mature staff and everything Draco said

03-24-2004, 01:51 PM	#7 (permalink)
draco Guest Posts: n/a	I dont really care bout playerbases, if the shard is good i stay and make it a playerbase

03-24-2004, 03:56 PM	#9 (permalink)
qweazdak Forum Expert Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 1,736	no neon colors- as mentioned before no powergaming stuff (ie buy full spellbook, bag of reagents) professional staff offers something unique (there can be millions of OSI clones out there) i prefer RP shards with lots of player to player interaction

03-24-2004, 05:25 PM	#10 (permalink)
php-junkie Guest Posts: n/a	I thought OSI was best before publish 16 before they introduced power scrolls. Only thing that I really think sucked about OSI UO during that era was trammel.

03-24-2004, 07:51 PM	#12 (permalink)
ARandom Guest Posts: n/a	i prefer skill set and more duels than ganks also decent timing not to slow like uo gamers or no timing at all which is to fast

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