As posted on stratics by me:

EA,



I have been playing this game since before AoS. To tell you the truth, I really DONT CARE that you all have changed the whole pvp scene to a newer way. Yes its crappy, the needing to have high quality items to be a high quality pvper, but that isnt what this is about.

What happened last patch? Bushido was supposed to be changed to do "normal" damage. What it does is the SAME as before the patch. Whats going on with this lag? Have you all opened up one too many faccets? Felucca and its people, are the core of your game. Without them, you wouldve never had the money to think about these expansions you all have done now. WE made this game famous. Times were good. Then came the three lettered nightmare. AoS.

We coped with it, and learned to deal with it. The items and artifacts were a new things, but many of us were able to deal with it.

The 4/6 casting was horrible. Youd have to be rich to have it. But we all know EA has fixed bug after bug. From the para lightning para lightning to some of todays bugs like word of death.

But my point here is, why cant EA focus atleast ONE whole publish to the faccet which brought UO alive? All of us here pvping are struggling. Well those who arent using the bugs are atleast. The fact that we have archers who swing faster than a mage mini heal with 2/6 casting (the cap) and do 80+ damage killing us instantly, should make you all try to fix this. It should make you all think more about what everyone, what ever skill does in PvP. In this case, archers take the point of PvP away. It should now be named, BnA. Bushido n' Archery.

Also, the lag in this game is unbearable. Atleast in my opinion it is. I think its time you all forget about making new facets and expansions, and try to make the old ones better. But this time with the people of the faccet. Im not sure if you all have any idea of how many people who used to pvp left this game because of the crap it is now. I know friends who play certain shards that well lets say EA doesnt own. (Name will not be said because of RoC). And well, they wish they could come back to OSI, but they wont. Not until the PvP is fixed.

If EA is going to tweak PvP as much as they have, why not just give us something to make it all almost even.

DO any of you play mages? I mean do any of you that can actually do something, play mages? Or do you leave it all up to archers now?

Give me and the people of not only Sonoma but the people of Ultima Online 10 things that make magery overpowered.

If you can find 10 legitimate reasons, I atleast will stop arguing about this. But right now I can think of why Archers are overpowered. That only takes one reason:
1. 85 Damage 3 out of 10 hits, one hit per second, 25 damage every other hit.

I know I said it takes only one reason, but I decided to give you 10 reasons. Maybe this way you'll notice alittle more.

I find this sort of ridiculous. Ok, not sort of, I find this REALLY ridiculous. I am not only on the mages side, but COME ON BALANCE PVP ONCE AGAIN.

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The lag:

Ok, the lag is another problem. During PvP, lag is like a virus. If you cant move, and you freeze, if your fighting an archer, forget it. You are dead. Dueling? Did you lag? well, lag while you duel, even if its another mage, probably like a good 40% chance of staying alive. Id say much better than lagging against a bushido archer.

I want to know whats causing it. This lag got 10x worse with the release of Mondains Legacy. Yes some people are fine with it. But those people pay tons for their internet or live in a place where well, they ping magnificently. Ive been on DSL for a LONG TIME. When AoS came out I had Dial-Up. Jesus christ, I couldn't move one bit. And thats how I feel now while using DSL which I never had a problem with.

Ive lived in the same place since I started playing UO, so its not where I am living, because I was doing fine before. Are you all putting out too many expansions, quests or faccets, that you clutter the game in a whole? Or is it just Sonoma?

I dont find the need to pay 12.99 which you all INCREASED by the way. It used to be 9.99, and have to pay for a top of the line internet in my area ranging for 50-60.00 just to be able to play this game, when I used to be able to do it with Dial-Up and was running extremely fast with DSL. And now well, DSL is worse or equal to the connection to UO I had with Dial-Up.

Its not my computer, Ive reformatted, kept things I only need, it matches the requirements on the box of Ultima Online, and I used a much older computer before.

So whats going on guys? Whats the deal? You all RAISE the prices of the game by about 3.00 a month, release various expansions (atleast once a year) that we MUST buy in order to play the game in full, then give us crappy support ingame and out of game, and give us tons of bugs that make us all want to grab the UO box and tear it into peices.

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Many people will oppose this thread, and some will go for it. I am expecting a flame feast on this thread. But hopefully this is heard. I would've posted this on U.Hall, but I play Sonoma, I encounter these problems on SONOMA, especially the lag.

Flame and Enjoy.

Thanks for the time whomever from EA reads this. It was a long post, and I am sure its not fun to read, but its the truth.

~Cobra

God..

Nevermind.

Well, I don't know. I think Cobra thought about it and presented it well. There are a few things I would have said differently...maybe a little less accusation. I don't PvP and my lag issues are because I am in Japan so...none of these issues really bug me. He expects to get "flamed" so I don't expect he will be upset by tough criticism.
I feel the dev team is doing a pretty good job and I don't mind the expansions that much. Again, the tone is the only thing that throws me off from this post.

Almost forgot...I don't expect most folks want "flaming" here because we don't want to turn into one of those other boards.

I think he presented the post well. The lag issues are only partly based on the game/servers but more based on your connection so nothing can be done about it. But in regards to the PVP problems, I think he presented it well.

I really don't see the point in this whole thread... EA knows about the problems with PvP.. they are working the best they can to get the majorities opinions on what needs to be done.

a couple things, first, the death of Fel happened with pub 16 and the introduction of Trammel.. and second, EA is not going to role back the clock for you. you have two choices.. deal with it or quit. AoS was more the rebirth of the game than the death.. a lot of people liked it a lot of people don't... you obviously don't.. so quit..

I'm of the opinion that archers are overpowered as well.. but guess what.. everyone knows this.. EA knows this, PvPers know this.. hell with the way people !!!!! about it the fricking kid down the block who has never heard of UO knows this.. THEY ARE WORKING ON IT.

you talk about mages.. they aren't overpowered.. they are pretty balanced. they are the only skill set, IMHO that requires skill.. and if you are really skilled as a mage... i mean really skilled.. the even tho PvP is screwed up.. you can still hold your own. if your not that skilled.. well.. thats not EAs fault is it?

I honestly have no idea what you are trying to accomplish with this post.. do you think your pointing out some huge oversight? do you think this is some kinda of revelation that has gone unnoticed in the world of UO? I mean really whats the point of this besides to ride the asses of the people doing their best to correct problems that have piled up over the years?

the devs and EA are doing the best they can... they keep us informed and they work hard to sort though all of this BS to find the serious problems that need solutions. posts like these are a waste of their time because it isn't providing any new data...

but whatever... welcome to stratics may i take your order?

Well flutter, do you pvp? If you did PvP, youd be mad about it aswell. Unless you were one of those archers.
as for my ping

Sorry you feel that way. But well, if you think its an excuse so be it, I could care less.

Id like a large french fries and a bottle of cola.

EA said that mages were overpowered. I am not sure of the thread, but when I find it, I will sure present it.

He made an error in the earlier part of his post. He said that mages were over powered and then gave 10 reasons why they were NOT overpowered.

Generally speaking, please watch how things are phrased... agree with his post or not, theres no reason for anyone to be rude.

I didn't realize I was being rude.. I was merely trying to determine why we need this post as it seems painfully obvious that everyone knows about these problems and it frustrates me to see them reiterated time and again.

Your ping time is horrible
Run a trace route.

My pings have been in the low 300's out here...but I am on the little island of Okinawa...kind of the hill billies of Japan. Well, at least that is what I have heard. I can't tell because they all speak Japanese. On a good day I get pings that are in the low 100's.

I don't know much about this argument or the purpose. I think he was just sharing what he posted on another forum and wanted some other opinions. I just wish the pure warrior were more powerful...they probably are but I am too much of a goober to figure it out. Can this be considered a rant?