Dear Planet Partners....

I really like your points. game develepors know the... I'll just call it "collection effect" since diablo. it works. always. the only reason I tried calypsos harbinger event in the first place was the diploma, cause all in all, it was no good. that wasnt enough to care to finish it though...
the only planet partner website that is like an actual game website instead of an infoarchive - or the biggest sin on the internet, an "under construction" notice - is arkadia's. The storyline thingy would work great with their storyline, they have everything ready. except maybe a voice actor ;)

on an unrelated note: your example also made me compare MA and bioware and I had to laugh :D

 

Rex, first, thank you for the input. I like how you are able to give examples and solutions while posting a problem. That says a lot about your desire to help push the Entropia Universe forward. Please note we are always actively collecting information in various locations (not just EU related) and posts like these help a lot. I think you are correct about EU having huge potential and would like to point out that FPC converting over to Cryengine is one of the most monumental feats in MMO history. That move alone to me says that MindArk is committed to the growing and improving the Platform and I fully share your view.

I see the Planet Partners and MindArk much like Nintendo is the Platform, and Konami and Activision are the Planet Partners. Each might have different ways to go about brining a product to said platform and each is working within the limitations of the platform as well as the many advantages. I think you will be happy to see as more and more Planet partners come in, that each brings something unique to the Universe. What I am happy about is that the Entropia Universe continues to grow and get better. Much like anything else rewards will be had be those who pioneered the way and helped mold the future.

PS thanks for being a Farmville neighbor back when I was "Doing research on it". = )

Kay, Planet Cyrene website has yet to be officially announced or released (press release etc). The fact that EU players have found it does not mean we need to release it if it is not ready or time to do so. We have under construction because it's better to have that then some holding site that is trying to sell you a hotel package or vacation if you are clever enough to look it up. I personally do not see the big sin but can understand the frustration. I hope this clarifies our choice.

Thanks again for the input.

 

I understand that you dont want to release something that is not done, I simply think that there should have been a website the moment the game was announced. You say that planets are like individual games, I say that I cant remember hearing of a game, released or not, that didnt have a website I could visit to look up what it's all about. Even major mods have websites. I'm not talking about the full site of a released game, just a teaser. some artwork, some story background, something that tells visitors 'this is cyrene, something great awaits you'.

You have decided to do that via EP and social networks, which somewhat rectifies the lack of a website and is an interesting concept, but only to people that are already playing EU I think. If you dont play a game yet you dont go reading fanmade forums. At least I dont ;)

When I started and saw the planet rooster, cyrene's was by far the most interesting banner. But I couldnt click it. A list with 8 banners and only two had anything to show for it... So you annoyed me before you could get me excited with the stuff I found here :D

I just dont think that's ideal but I guess we'll have to agree to disagree there :)

 

Kay, You make some great points. But I must say I have not had the same experiences. Being an avid MMO player I can so for a fact that World of Warcraft did not have an official site for several years after it was announced. Conan Hyborian Adventures took 5 years after it was announced, and Warhammer took at least 2 (Possibly 3) before it released an official site, and lastly Huxley might have even heod the record for longest announced no website MMO = ). I really do not think it's that uncommon for large MMO's. We have a strong budget in play for Cyrene, but are definitely not as large as these 3 previous titles, so we humbly ask for some leeway = )

As you pointed out, we have tried to release info despite not releasing the website. Now a days I understand that putting together a simple site is the way to go and I must admit we should have been more diligent. Rest assured we are learning our lessons as we go and will be presenting something soon.

Thanks for the feed back, much appreciated.

 

You're welcome :) I'm not much of an mmo player, so I wouldnt know, but that list made me laugh, especially about wow :D guess blizzard have been learning too.

deliver that hd image and you get your leeway, deal?

 

Next Island had an extended 'under construction' notice, not a website. it was 3 (or 4?) pages with NO content. the media page said something like "nothing here yet" until a short while ago. that's a waste of webspace, not a website.

but I do agree that boring/dead websites can do more damage than they may help. their website was actually instadeath for any interest I might have had for next island. good point there rex.

 

I will not agree with this.
If every planet have they're own separate economy that mean that you can go to Rockropia, hunt for few months, then go back to Calypso and everything you looted on Rocktopia is useless.
And about that there are too many items. I think that this is the main goal of EU - to have too many items so no one can be self sufficient. Everyone depend on the goods that other produce. You can not build your car alone and your clothes and your weapons. Just like in RL. Game is hard - yes. Game is dificult - yes. There is too much to learn - yes. Game is not for everyone - yes. BUT this is why we all play it.
And I'm not sure you can compare it with farmville, because we are talking of diferent types of people that play those games. Can u say that pointless activities in Farmville with zero dificulty are fun for you?! And 99,9999% of the people playing farmville games wont make it more than a day in EU. And probably the age diference of players is minimum 20 years.

 

yeah can't wait for the website launch but what Rob wrote sounds very sensible too.