Trishin wrote:

1. The longer the server stays down, the less people there will be when the server repons.
2. Working without a deadline means that the work just keeps extending itself. There's always something extra to fix. I would think that the devs would prefer a deadline even for their own sanity.
3. The devs have put in the most work on this project for sure, but the community has put in so much to make this project what it is. They've put in time into the server, as well as some people putting in money. Not saying that means they should be able to whine constantly, but it does mean that they should expect so accountability from the devs.

This is actually a good list to respond to so I will:

1. We are aware of this, however I think 99% will hear about us reopening in some way (through facebook, emails, or otherwise), and in most cases these people will come back even if only to see what we have done and then return to their new games/family/etc. The loss of players to other games, family, etc is something that is very hard to compete with, even if we were to come online tomorrow.

2. We are aware of this. We don't have a deadline simply because we tried that type of work in the past and it drove everyone insane / to quit the project. It is a volunteer job after all, so having to worry about deadlines etc tends to make people simply quit rather than get the job done. Now with that being said, we do have a set list of things we need to finish before we reopen the server. We don't want to make this list public though as we don't want to disappoint people if we decide to remove stuff from that list in order to open faster or because a solution didn't turn out as we wanted it to.

3. The community is why we are doing this. We love the passion from our players, however it is vital to our survival that the developers (/staff in general) is finding it fun and rewarding to work on this server. We take that of a higher priority than responding to player concerns on the forum, etc. (I hope you will forgive us, and understand) And of course we are accountable for our players and community, it is this accountability that makes us want to deliver a good product for you to enjoy. (and partly what makes it fun to be a staff member - at least for me.)

shurick wrote:

Trishin wrote: Now with that being said, we do have a set list of things we need to finish before we reopen the server. We don't want to make this list public though..

Ohhhh, if I could only get my hands on that list to see what exactly is taking so long and whats so important to wait 18 month for. All I can tell you, its better be a one GOOD list or there will be a lot of disappointed people after all this waiting.

I assume there was some kind of list when this server went offline in Jan 2014, and original estimate according to dev posts at the time was several month. What happened to that list and how did it grow to a year and a half downtime is something I cant understand real well, sorry. Would be nice to hear that story one day, but I kinda gave hoping for it.

fremster wrote:

Trishin wrote:

1. The longer the server stays down, the less people there will be when the server repons.
2. Working without a deadline means that the work just keeps extending itself. There's always something extra to fix. I would think that the devs would prefer a deadline even for their own sanity.
3. The devs have put in the most work on this project for sure, but the community has put in so much to make this project what it is. They've put in time into the server, as well as some people putting in money. Not saying that means they should be able to whine constantly, but it does mean that they should expect so accountability from the devs.

This is actually a good list to respond to so I will:

1. We are aware of this, however I think 99% will hear about us reopening in some way (through facebook, emails, or otherwise), and in most cases these people will come back even if only to see what we have done and then return to their new games/family/etc. The loss of players to other games, family, etc is something that is very hard to compete with, even if we were to come online tomorrow.

2. We are aware of this. We don't have a deadline simply because we tried that type of work in the past and it drove everyone insane / to quit the project. It is a volunteer job after all, so having to worry about deadlines etc tends to make people simply quit rather than get the job done. Now with that being said, we do have a set list of things we need to finish before we reopen the server. We don't want to make this list public though as we don't want to disappoint people if we decide to remove stuff from that list in order to open faster or because a solution didn't turn out as we wanted it to.

3. The community is why we are doing this. We love the passion from our players, however it is vital to our survival that the developers (/staff in general) is finding it fun and rewarding to work on this server. We take that of a higher priority than responding to player concerns on the forum, etc. (I hope you will forgive us, and understand) And of course we are accountable for our players and community, it is this accountability that makes us want to deliver a good product for you to enjoy. (and partly what makes it fun to be a staff member - at least for me.)

Very nice reply, it is good to hear.

However, I have 1 concern which still holds true. The person who holds the key to the server is not active (amongst the forums at least). This can be seen through his recent lack of posts which by the last time I checked was something like 1 year ago.
For someone who has played Uthgard for many many years, we all know Blue calls the shots, and I expect his core piece of work is at a stand still while the other devs are improving features around this.

I guess this is not something anyone can answer, but my question is, when/if will we see Blue on here again?

Lucifire wrote:3. Will pets / mobs follow players when they stealth?
All monsters will behave as they did prior to the stealth fixes in 1.87 - they will follow relentlessly.
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ZerGlinG wrote:I saw Blue online on 05.05.2015 here. He's alive!

Infinitum wrote:

ZerGlinG wrote:I saw Blue online on 05.05.2015 here. He's alive!

Blue checks the forum regularly.

relvinian wrote:****** or get off the pot, move it or milk it, fish or cut bait.

Arinmir wrote:Hi,

I have not read all but most of the posts. However, I still have a few questions.

What will be the duration and reuse timer set of PoM and Invig (Endu) potions?

Will Avoidance of Magic (AoM) also reduce the duration of Croud Control (CC) effects (like it did before the introduction of primary and secondary resists with new Frontiers, which was not bad at all because it reduced the damage done by debuff nuke assists)?

Will the Group-finder work at all? (The button you could use to set you LFG and search for LFG’s used on live a lot in classic and SI times?) Are there plans to introduce an automated group building tool like they are currently trying on live?

Will the not live like customization of skin-changes for weapons, armor and cloaks be available again? I can judge by the skin of an Item what it should be and thereby estimate the opponents equipment and damage. This was nullified with the introduction of (especially) weapon skin changes.

thx!

fremster wrote:Very nice reply, it is good to hear.

However, I have 1 concern which still holds true. The person who holds the key to the server is not active (amongst the forums at least). This can be seen through his recent lack of posts which by the last time I checked was something like 1 year ago.
For someone who has played Uthgard for many many years, we all know Blue calls the shots, and I expect his core piece of work is at a stand still while the other devs are improving features around this.

I guess this is not something anyone can answer, but my question is, when/if will we see Blue on here again?

Trishin wrote:
3. Will pets / mobs follow players when they stealth?

All monsters will behave as they did prior to the stealth fixes in 1.87 - they will follow relentlessly.