Yup, unless something is done, its a quick grave for a good, nad potentially very profitable, game with a big IP following.

Balls in SOE's court and, unfortunately, we all pretty much know what that means.

Even if Brenlo only likes fantasy games...

Where For Art Thou Test Server?

Linking to my points on a decline of development staff comes the realisation of a distinct lack of test server for players to test potential features/fixes on their way to the game. Quoted as being restricting many times by what little of remaining staff we have this void has been outright blamed for a general fear to develop larger projects. Not to mention has no doubt delayed the fixing on some most vital and long awaited bugs (see extensive dev testing required for the interlock fixes that pushed back the original scheduled for Update 56, a delay that may have been avoided if the team had the player base to assist them).

I can not say i know of another single SOE MMO that is also denied adequet testing facilities in this manner.

Will The Matrix Online ever receive a Test Server?

Website Smebsite

Let me be blunt, The Matrix Online's website can only be called a lost cause. At least thats what SOE seem to think. Let me elaborate by pointing out a couple of key flaws and long time complaints by the community. First and foremost, the guide button present on the navigation bar. Dulled. Unused. Ever since it's launch over a year ago.

This guide was once actively pursued by former MxO Community Relations Manager, Dan 'Walrus' Myers, who went as far as writing a brief quick start guide on his own accord, allowing players to provide feedback on his draft. This too was over a year ago. We have had no word and no hope for our website ever coming to close to the standard of other SOE websites.

Second, the premise of a players site ala Planetside, EQ, EQ2 and VG. There are two buttons on the site's main navigation, 'News' and 'Players' - both linking to basic news site, the only page i might add to undersee any kind of regular updates and that is purely down to the fact that page alone is under the control of the CRM. Why provide a Players button with no intention of a players site? I read it more as an insult than anything.

Third, clearly viewable from the above mentioned news page is an image advetising an 'Update 2.0' - another relic of the website's first introduction this image has been incorrect since day 1 and despite regular complaints from the community remains unfixed. It originally linked (now gone, it is a static, useless image) to an explaination of the Combat Revision 2.0, part of Update 34, not 2.

Update 2.0 however implies the game has only received one update since its induction... one. Hardly a positive sight for potential players researching the game. All it required from the start was a little care to properly research the product and all it's required since is a small update to the image relating to the current released update and a link to the appropriate patch notes. As i mentioned, requested for years, ignored for years.

And this brings me to perhaps one the biggest concerns for the site, the main front page, the beacon of which all visitors are met with, the hub for potential players. This page clearly advertises an anniversary event for the game. An event that took place over 7 months ago. This image remains grossly out of date, despite knowingly having a fall back image of 'The Story Continues...' which has been used in the past the web team leave the site in disarray - leading potentials to see nothing but an abused game from the get go.

This isn't even the first time the team have appeared to simply be lazy in their duties, you see when it first came online the site contained a video section of it's media area (which too has seen limited updates over the years, only 1 to be exact). The videos hosted here however never contained any audio. So what happened instead of the problem simply being fixed? The section was removed. Never to be seen again.

The site is bluntly put, a shambles. A harsh relisation many have had to deal with since it's initial launch so long ago.

Can we ever hope for regular and relevant updates to the website?

My posts are beginning to be deleted by the higher ups on the Matrix forums for asking questions.

And they aren't off topic.

Twice, I posted in the Broadcast Depth thread here asking when we were going to get a new Week in Review (as it had been over two months), and both times, it was deleted. I stayed on topic. I did not spam. I didn't even insult anyone.

But it was deleted without any explanation, PM, or whatever.

What's up with this censoring, SOE?

OFFT: Cloud?.?  where you under the influence when you posted that?..i've been reading your posts ForEver and well, I just want some of wotever you had  :*)

Null

Edit: nvm, it's not worth it. Go about your daily lives. Nothing to see here.

"Excessive Negativity" is bad, mmkay?

Triple post. You Fail

But yeah, we never need get those MxO avatars... come to think of it, we havnt got a lot of things...

What? Just sayin'

It does - of 'britknee speers'.

http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...ction=Community

I think the point wasn't so much about infos, or news, or interviews. More about general coverage.

I means, its the games second anniversary, its in the podcast title and we get i think someone timed it at something like 5 minutes talk time.

Would it have killed the team to talk about the game in general? How it came to be, it's move to SOE, whats overall happened in the story, what gameplay improvements have been made?

None of that stuff is time or legality relational.

But no, nothing.

yea, kinda tired of getting slapped around by ogers and frog poeple over here at MxO, not that EQ doesnt deserve some sorta recognition, but well, MxO is an SOE product as too. How about a little more than a half as$ comentary of our weekly O.S.O.T.L.G.

Aqua wrote:

< Another MxO Player

Matrix Online hitting 2 years IS a big deal for us, and granted its not been around as much as Everquest a bit more attention in the podcast would have been good, maybe getting a questionaire or feedback from the players themselves which you could share and discuss on the podcast, looking at the game 2 years on and how its got there. Speaking about the anniversary event was quite limited and gave brief details, maybe getting a bit more from the Producers or Devs would have added more to it.

If its really a game you don't care too much about then how about getting more feedback from the Devs of the game or even the players to see what else you can bring to your podcast, you'd be suprised what you may discover if you look deeper into the rarebit hole (oh if you don't get that line, I would suggest watching the movies).

ZippyTheSquirrel wrote:

Ashlanne wrote:

Make sure you stay tuned to the very end for some side stitching laughs

Oh, the whole thing was a joke, to be sure.

Owned.

...And I agree with Aqua, imax and NightTrace.

- RedLynk

Just moving people's posts from the other thread because of my poor linkage skills.

I think the point wasn't so much about infos, or news, or interviews. More about general coverage.

I means, its the games second anniversary, its in the podcast title and we get i think someone timed it at something like 5 minutes talk time.

Would it have killed the team to have made a post asking for MxO players to submit some bits for the cast? Or to talk about the game in general? How it came to be, it's move to SOE, whats overall happened in the story, what gameplay improvements have been made?

None of that stuff is time relational.

But no, nothing.

So i hear from the big Walrus man that MxO will be a fully featured addition at this year's SOE Fanfaire - great news!

Now, what i was wondering is:

A) Wheres our dedicated MxO Fanfaire board then?

B) Any hints as to what might be in store for MxO players going this year?