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BlueLily
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Hello fellow Sailors!
Like many of you, I have played UWO since day one (with a few leaves of absences in between). I have always loved UWO and the Community's potential. I say potential because while for the most part we are a good community, there has always been more than enough room for improvement in more than one areas.
I know many are very upset about about the server wipe. Personally I find it disappointing too. I mean, it's no easy matter to see years and countless hours of work just erased. But you know, the way I see it is this: The server wipe WILL happen, it is a fact. I don't see that I can do anything to change that fact. So that leaves me with three options: 1) Quit. 2) Complain about it, hate it, whine, play the game for a couple of weeks then rage quit. 3) Look at this as an opportunity and hope for the best.
I myself have always been one to face a situation with as positive an outlook as possible. Now, this doesn't mean I'm blind to the very real possibility that I may be witnessing the end of UWO. I'm fully aware that this is a very feasible future. But again, I'd prefer to look at this as an opportunity.
Papaya doesn't seem to be in our community's best opinion... far from it in many cases. But I don't know Papaya and therefor I can't and won't judge them. At least, not without giving them a chance. We all need time to get to know each other, to learn from each other. We (uwo community) tend to be a VERY social community and expect our publisher (Papaya) to be involved with our community. We are used to having some form of communication coming from our game's publisher.
Papaya on the other hand, maybe isn't too well acquainted with the UWO Community. Or perhaps it is, I don't know. Maybe they are busy trying to get everything ready for us. Maybe they are not used to being so involved with a game's community as far as communication goes. There are many possibilities here. What I do know, is that it will take tame for both sides to get to know each other.
Also, let's keep in mind that Papaya is the one that is making it possible for us to continue playing the game we all have come to like so much. Yes, with some major setbacks, but at least the game is still around. Of course, there are those of you who may think it better that UWO wasn't around at all instead of seeing a server wipe. I do understand that point of view and sympathize with it.
Now, the reason I see this as an opportunity is because, while it's heartbreaking to see all our work deleted, I also see a chance to improve as a community. Yes, Papaya will delete all our hard work, but really it's mostly up to us to make this work. To ensure not only that UWO is an enjoyable experience, but that it stays around for years to come. If the majority of us just complains and quits... well UWO's continued future is at risk. Now, if we work through this, bare through the loss and push forward with determination and hope then UWO can become something very enjoyable. I know because I've seen it happen, UWO has been around for quite a while now and in that time I saw the community swell, grow, work together and diminish over the years only to work its way back up again. The community this past couple of years was not nearly as big or as lively as it was four+ years ago, but that potential has always been there!
There used to be a time when the whole UWO community would get involved with SF's and Port investments. The French used to be hated... mostly by the Portuguese because they always bloody took our ports! And annoying as that was, it was also a lot of fun! We'd get together as nations, trying to improve our nations' standing be it through sea feuds or port investments and so much more! I know there are plenty of you that still remember those days! Player politics was a fascinating thing to witness. And this is coming from someone that happens to hate politics in general. Yet I found myself so entangled in game politics all for the glory of our nation (uwo nation, I'm talking game here! IRL politics SUCK!).
We will unfortunately lose many of our veteran players. I understand why they are leaving. Sometimes, a loss is too great and starting over is just not an option. That's understandable, and I respect their choice. For the rest of us staying, let's make this work! We'll be starting from zero but you know, we'll get through it. We'll make new characters, chose our starting nations, build companies, develop colonies, fight each other, make friends, make enemies. Yell at bloody pirates and even admire some of them. It's a game people, it's OUR game. UWO will be what WE make of it. WE can make it fun again, even if we bloody have to start from the ground up again! Along the way, we will bring in new players, some of them will stay and make UWO the better for it (Yes, I'm choosing not to mention the long list of super annoying players that every game is cursed with!).
UWO has a lot to offer, even if we have to grind our skills to hell and back again. Our community is this game's best asset. Well, to be fair, player community is every mmo's best asset! But you know what I mean. It's up to us, the community to make this game an enjoyable experience. We have a chance to start over, and maybe even avoid some of the mistakes our community made in the past. Though to be honest... there will always be trolls. It can't be helped, it's an unavoidable reality. We should move forward as best as we can. The best we can do, is try!
With that in mind, I very much look forward to seeing all of you, my fellow sailors in UWO!
P.S. You know what I dread the most? Going through all 3 schools AGAIN! Just thinking about it makes my skin crawl! But go through it again I must!
and 2 others.IGN: Evelyn
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I do remember how much fun it was to put the pressure on as a French sailor to get those damn portuguese out of the mediterrenean. It took alot of planning to get everyone focused on a target/goal which was the most fun ive had in any game i ever played!
I can also remember waking up the day after investment bond were released and having lost almost every port we worked so hard to control. I was devastated and just couldnt find that emotional attachment anymore. Hard work and co-ordination was no longer needed, only a big spender who could use real money.
We can do better this time around with papaya, assuming they are listening. The things that killed UWO are all mentioned on this forum multiple times. If they truly want to fix the game all they need to do is ask us the players!
you can not wipe a game to prevent anyone from reaching high end content,especially if that is what you use to "sell the game"
I would like to see some kind of promise or guarantee from Papaya ,that they will not do another wipe
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I do very much understand the outrage. I very well see how the situation managed to get an emotional response from otherwise very calm, reasonable and collected people.
Papaya's silence probably doesn't help either, or the statements it is interlaced with. Such as: "Due to OGPlanet's discontinuation [...] all Uncharted Waters data on their servers has been lost". I'm not sure how they expect anyone to buy this being the reason, when there's already was one smooth transition from NM to OGP.
Though I thought about it for a while, and also decided to stick around give it a chance.
I remember the moment, when the Steam players joined. The School chat was full, and a bunch of new players was joining the World chat to get advice. It was kinda cute and heart-warming to see all the "old" players' efforts to guide and help them out.
If that's any indication of what the UWO community can be in the time of need, the next months may be not as horrid as one could imagine.
We are going to have a blast!
I suppose we should expect to have to take a time out mid battle for the nurse to come and turn them over so they don’t get bed sores :p
"The server wipe WILL happen, it is a fact."
We're the ones that pay the bills on this game. Not some mythical "new player influx" that's unlikely to materialize for a 13 year old game. Us. The server wipe WILL happen if we acquiesce to it.
Of your 3 options, 2 is the most reasonable, though not with a foregone mindset of defeat. Complain, and maybe see a reversal. If not, 1 remains viable. Wiping out years of invested time and money makes 3 seem a bit naive. Only idiots would be burned twice, and I don't think there are enough idiots to make the game financially viable long term.
Besides, if the game goes under again, maybe we'll get someone with the NA rights who'll release the updated PS4 version. That'd totally be worth the wipe.