02-19-2010, 11:58 PM
RE events:
It's hard to give a warning well in advance of a tour since staff don't always know if they'll be able to host a tour. Ex: Monday night a staff says Saturday morning they will host an event. Friday night they end up breaking a leg and get stuck in the hospital all day Saturday. All this causes is people complaining the event wasn't hosted as promised.
I also see staff do a broadcast for at least 10-15 minutes before any event and there's a message every 1 minute or so. That's more then enough to get the attention of those playing UO. As for those who aren't ingame and just look at the forums, well that's your fault really for not having UO open behind your web browser, dunno what else to tell you.
RE important ingame changes:
I've previously suggest to implement something along the lines of a message of the day gump that only shows the first time you log in after an update. The message would be a simple gump showing the list of changes with a close button. The best thing about doing this is that when there's an important change, nobody can complain they didn't know since it's right there in your face the first time you log on after an update. If you don't read it that's yoru fault.
RE static auctions:
I think we've pretty much covered that in another thread and most people seem to agree the forums is the best overall place, but something could be added around banks and in pits to tell players to check the forums for auction news. Maybe we can even make a new section for auctions so you don't have to look through all the forums for auction threads.
It's hard to give a warning well in advance of a tour since staff don't always know if they'll be able to host a tour. Ex: Monday night a staff says Saturday morning they will host an event. Friday night they end up breaking a leg and get stuck in the hospital all day Saturday. All this causes is people complaining the event wasn't hosted as promised.
I also see staff do a broadcast for at least 10-15 minutes before any event and there's a message every 1 minute or so. That's more then enough to get the attention of those playing UO. As for those who aren't ingame and just look at the forums, well that's your fault really for not having UO open behind your web browser, dunno what else to tell you.
RE important ingame changes:
I've previously suggest to implement something along the lines of a message of the day gump that only shows the first time you log in after an update. The message would be a simple gump showing the list of changes with a close button. The best thing about doing this is that when there's an important change, nobody can complain they didn't know since it's right there in your face the first time you log on after an update. If you don't read it that's yoru fault.
RE static auctions:
I think we've pretty much covered that in another thread and most people seem to agree the forums is the best overall place, but something could be added around banks and in pits to tell players to check the forums for auction news. Maybe we can even make a new section for auctions so you don't have to look through all the forums for auction threads.