LilJack
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1 hour ago, Saber +7 said:
Probably cause I’m one of the few people here that pay attention to PSO as a whole rather than only the literal tiny bubble that Ultima is.Most players here have sub 1000 hours on this game and literally 0 hours on a server that is clearly doing things right.
You probably have no idea that I recently attempted to lead a community driven overhaul plan because I am one of the few people larva will reply to via personal messages. That plan included ideas that main “pillars” of the community and ALL GMs thought were valid. Of course it was stomped out at the top, but most folks here don’t even know what they don’t know on a list like that because they’re only privy to Ultima which at this point is nearing 7 years behind the times.
If you know so much,
Again, why are we continuing to do nothing it seems. We aren't even trying.
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On 11/9/2023 at 5:59 PM, Saber +7 said:
The ideas in this thread are pretty much all trash lol
happy hours need to go and are part of the reason no one plays regularly and generally have moved to other servers
regarding another ship… if not even the most populated server with like 30x more active players can actually sustain a classic mode / new ship no shot we could
I disagree and we can agree to disagree.
I will say this though, I've noticed any time someone has new ideas for the server or when people in the community pipe up and ask about changes, you disagree and say something negative... Maybe you enjoy the lifeless state of the community and want it to fail. Who knows.
That's just my take.
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My thing is why are they letting the server rot like this...
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20 hours ago, mudkipzjm said:
I can't be bothered to read the rest of the thread but I'll lay my thoughts out. Ultima's decline ultimately boils down to how the server is managed by Larva. It's not OP weapons or any custom stuff, I believe there's an audience for that but it isn't fulfilled by Ultima. It's the silly stuff like PGF being available one month out of the year. It's needing 80 hit just to hit certain enemies, therefore encouraging people to donate. It's the lack of any kind of change to better this server and has just be in the same state it was 3-4 years ago. It's events always starting almost a month late sometimes. It's toxic people, or even worse(such as pedophiles and conspiracy theorists), not getting banned warned 10 times instead of being banned. It's the happy hour system that only encourages playing in 3 hour bursts instead of more often. It's the lack of anything to encourage people to play outside events, since most things worth using are event online. As a (ex)player, it's just obvious there's hardly any effort being put into this server anymore and it'll stay declining in population until there's an effort put forth by Larva to actually listen to his player base and admins who play this game to improve this server. As someone who's probably played close to 20,000 hours, I don't want to see this server die off. I would love to see this server alive again, but just letting it idle isn't going to fix anything.
We can complain all we want but ultimate there's little we can do as players. You'd think having your server dwindle down to 10-20 players online would be enough of a kick in the pants to change something but apparently not. Ultima's problem ultimately dwindle down to Larva's inaction to change anything within the server. This isn't a hate post aimed at Larva, it's just stating facts from someone who's put entirely too much time into this game.
Hate to say, but I couldn't agree more...
What exactly does @Larva need to make the changes?
Is it funding? Is he not making enough money? Do we need to pay a coder to help with adding new content and updating the game play? Are we just not open to making new changes?
What do we have to do to get someone who cares? Because the server is definitely overall neglected...
That statement has nothing to do with adding new content or making changes to the server. Nothing to do with OP equips or changing drop rates.
We don't even have the staff to get events on time.
So when it comes to advertising, supposedly posting on forums, and Twitch Streaming... What are we really doing here? Because when people come, they'll stay for a little bit and then realize the server had the Valentine's day event banner for 8 months and was just changed a few weeks ago...
Hell, make it a see all tell all. If we need funding for professional advertising. Say that and start a GoFund me on the forms. That would be more proactive than what's happening now.
I've lived and played PSO since Dreamcast days. Played through the FSOD days of Gamecube Ep1&2 and BB official Sega servers, and before I went to college in 2012 I was on Schthack's Server.
It really does hurt to see something with so much potential - rot.
Even now, almost over 20 years later since the original release of PSOBB... THIS server has the potential to make a comeback and have hundreds of players.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and hoping for new results. The state of the server won't change until we make changes... and it starts with Leadership-Larva/GMs(hiring new people) and then goes down the line to players and community...
That's my 2 cents...
Love all you guys.
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12 hours ago, SanicTeam said:
That never really crossed my mind the way how people spammed CCA to get to lvl 200. That was the meta ever since due to it being quick LOL. Also another thing i thought of is adding something like daily missions, idk wat the rewards would be but im sure it would be nice for new players.
Having every class on every ID at level 200 is very repetitive... I know people that have a Hucast with all selection IDs and they're all level 200...
If that doesn't say the leveling and exp part of the game is outdated, I don't know what yo tell yah.
Daily rewards would be perfect but it couldn't be super OP. Maybe like raffle tickets and then add mini games in that one lobby...
Ultima could literally mimic what most free to play mobile games or online games do to keep people playing and keep people active. Even if its just a daily log-in. It's a start.
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4 hours ago, SanicTeam said:
I think adding new stuff would bring a breath of fresh air that I'd love to see. I think new quests in general are nice and i don't see there being any qualms for new or old players alike. Though new weapons is super sensitive, remember the discourse with Serene Swan? Yeah adding stuff like that on one side is nice since it provides a new item for specific classes to use thus introducing a new playstyle or tactic, however, if the item isn't playtested and causes players to feel discontent with the item to the point where the item gets changed is not good. IMO small quality of life improvements would be extremely nice for the game, like removing damage cancel, more emotes (idk if its possible to add more), more custom music for lobby or even adding more custom npc models for players to change into.
Oh yeah. When I talk about adding new things to the game, I don't mean new items. I've always thought level 200 on Ultima was outdated and obsolete. People spam CCA and hit 200 during event times like its nothing.
Adding an incentive for gaining exp (bragging rights) or some kind of prestige system would be perfect... or kill counts like during the historical AOL cup event back in the day...
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2 hours ago, Kotta said:
Oh no, Ultima has finally died flipping dead for real this time
Nahhhhhh that doesn't count Kotta. Everyone here knows when there's an event on and or HH, people get on and play XDDD.
We need ideas that increase game play outside of event times to bring back old vets / make more people playing daily/ and also make new players want to stay...
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I think there should be a vote on whether to change the classic play or add new content to bring new players... Just my opinion.
New content meaning adding things that bring replay value to the game instead of spamming (x) quest to get (x) item during (x) event.
Daily log in/ prestige system/ kill count quest events.
I know a lot of the issues we have to add new content is coding and that takes time and money...
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I'll be on in a little bit if you want to play and I can introduce you to some of my friends. I've played pso GC and pso BB since 2002/2005 and I still feel noob or have noob moments, and that's okay! We're all just playing the game at this point for the nostalgia and feelings we had 10-15 years ago!
Let me know! I go by Jack or Kikaider in game!
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I haven’t been here that long.. only a few months, but in all honesty. I say let him. From the conversation I’ve had with him, he’s seems cool.
Psobb is almost over 20 years old. The community isn’t that large. Most of the topics on the forums haven’t been posted on in months. We aren’t bringing in new players and if we do, they don’t stay long.
toxic or Untoxic
I’m all for bringing old players back especially if overall, they have the same passion and love for pso as I do…I know he has some good ideas to bring to the table regardless of if you agree with them or not, discussion is needed
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Ultimate - Skyly - Mines 2 - Branz - Trap Search
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I’ll take it for 2dts 👀
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Could I buy the liberty kit?
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How much for the banana cannons and sambas?
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Are you on now?
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Banana Cannon [0/45/0/35|0] -5pd/1DT >.> Lemme get it
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Could I get a Samurai Armor for 10 dts
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Lemme get the Gizonde 30, foie 30, and proof of sonic for 15dts
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Samurai Armor
Demon Fork
Glide Divine V00
Give me a total>.>
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Can someone help me get my F1-F12 hot keys working?
I’m on labtop and when I hit F4, it does the volume o_o
I also want to know if I can change my start menu from the Home button on labtop to a different key because the turnoff button for the labtop is right above the home button and I have fat fingers XD
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I figured it out. Please close
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Can someone help me out?
When I hit the launcher, and hit start game, the game window comes up and shows all black then immediately closes out. It doesn't even make it to the start screen. I've whitelisted the launcher and psobb.exe on Macafee.
Am I missing something?
Meseta major update / The Value of Money II
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Thank you to all that helped make this happen. It's a good start.
My question to the community and to leadership is:
What can we do to help aside from streaming/ marketing-advertising and the thank yous for your hard work?