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Amazing read.

Whole thing: http://www.ultimaaiera.com/wp-content/f ... _Guide.pdf


Check this one, from late 99, showing player numbers online on the shards. Bare in mind this is four years before UO players numbers peaked:



Really shows how empty free shards are in comparison, and proves the thought that the main reason they don't seem 'right' is mostly lack of players, I think. IPY2 is getting 700ish atm, so puts it at the level of the quieter Asian shards in 99 - and even then I'd imagine there's more multi-clienting happening on IPY than on Yamato in 99!

i think i'd call our shard a huge sucess if we averaged 500-750 clients at peak. By removing certain areas of the map like culling the odd town, removing certain champs etc, i think you bring the map size inline with the population we'd expect. IPY didnt feel empty to me, when i played solo, there were almost always people at my favourite spawns.

This is such a good read, I read through the entire thing a few years back, might have to do it again!

Agree with merc too, there's no point having 2k players online if they are spread between about 8 seperate landmasses - think we have taken a brave but correct step to cut down the towns.

IPY had 2k people on then btw

Yeah mate, it's great. Read it all this morning.

The entire manual that those pics are from? Upload that shit.

ooops, braingrown