source taken from UO.UHall


Recently Wilki stated on the "50 on friday" thread that Npc's will not likely ever have the ability to do pet rez's because the Japanese market didn't want it. I personally could care less if they do or not and I don't want to turn this into a pet res thread. I do want to know why the Japanese market dictates to the rest of UO. Maybe for all our banter of how alive UO is, it could be that we now exist because Japan keeps us afloat. (BTW It's good to be back)

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Wilki has already responded that that is not the case and explained reasons to back his words in the same thread.
Let's not have any drama over it?

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The Japanese market makes up roughly 50% of UO subscriptions so they also have a say in how things are done. If the developers are on the fence about something and the Japan team says no, then that is pretty much 75% against an idea.

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correct... what's the point of bringing it up again when we've already had a clear dev response on this one?

I don't see one.

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I tend to believe what Wilki says the first time. He's been known to do the backslide when his big mouth gets opened to wide.

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Wilki UO Community Coordinator

Excuse me? I find that rather rude.

Furthermore, I really dislike it when people try and use what I've said to stir up divisions in the community like this. The "second class citizen" stuff is pure bunk, and you really should know better than to post something like this here.

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Indeed !! very rude

I wonder how big the european market is then

Damn them Americans that wish to make this a single player game.

Seriously, if everyone was given everything they wanted, there would still be something to complain about.

Ya, I feel sorry for Wilki and the UO staff that post regularly on Stratics I don't think I could handle that much abuse.

Yeah tell them all to post here instead.

No really. Tell them to.



Resistance is Futile.

Just sounds like a post from someone that likes to stir-up trouble. I hate ignorant people.
Wilki is one of the nicest, straight shooting guys I know. Before and after he became an EA Community Rep.

You should have been a MOD on the old MYUO boards if you like abuse! Reading that stuff consistently can really jade your outlook.

My opinion is that we are all Sosarians, regardless where our keyboards are.

I would not badmouth Wilki. He is as straight talking as they come.

But after the way they worded the soulstone decision it does sound like we are second class compared to the Japanese market. But if they are as big a portion of the playerbase as they say then it makes sense too.

I remember a few months back I seen someone post the Asians populated 60% of uo. Still 50% is a large number. But lets not forget its not the players telling us what to do, its the international devs.

If they don't want something, tough luck. Thats why I feel this game needs ingame polls so all players can represent how they feel other than having someone mandatorily speak for you.

I believe pet res npcs would be a great thing. Normally players such as my self don't charge for pet res's, but when there are no tamers around, it wouldn't hurt to sacrifice 1-2k just to get your pet resed.

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If the asian devs dont want it, then just dont implement things on their shards. Why hold the other international/american shards back because one group of devs in-particular doesnt want innovation.