Legacy Polls

What annoyed you the most about Ultima IX?Votes Percentage
The Number of Inaccuracies15922.8%
Gameplay Bugs16824.1%
The Controls/Avatar Movement7410.6%
Lack of Features11816.9%
Other415.9%
Everything13719.7%
Oct. 1, 2008 to Oct. 24, 2010

Gameplay Bugs and Inaccuracies both received massive votes over the two year voting period.


What bugs should be our focus next?VotesPercentage
Bugs during Minoc – Blackthorn Confrontation12.9%
Slaying Demons in Valoria720%
Raven’s Boat and Signal Flare at Valoria38.6%
Moonglow Catacombs Elevator Bug720%
Disappearance of Mariah and Jaana1748.6%
Oct. 24, 2010 to Dec. 3, 2010

Clearly people miss Mariah and Jaana in Ultima IX! Definitely got this one fixed in short order and then released.


How much do you Travel by Boat in Ultima IX?VotesPercentage
Only if Raven’s Driving4136.0%
I love sailing the ship around Britannia’s Ocean… uh… sea … lake?4035.1%
Everytime I drive, the game crashes3329.0%
Dec. 3, 2010 to June 17, 2011

Rather an even split for this poll. Crashing appears to be a significant problem, but many still would like the option of exploration.


Next Task for U9 Patches ProjectVotesPercentage
Kill Nasty Demon Bugs in Valoria410.3%
Fix the Magically-Broken Moonglow Catacomb Elevator923.1%
Failures with Valoria Docks Signal Flares00.0%
Find a solution to the VTOL Sigils and Runes1025.6%
Correct Blackthorn/Minoc Scene Bugs25.13%
Add a few caves of goodies throughout Britannia1230.8%
Make a small island map of hidden treasures25.1%
June 17, 2011 to Aug. 5, 2011

Pretty even split on this poll. Extra goodies was very favored. The Sigil/Runes bug along with the Catacombs Elevator received plenty of votes as well. Both of these bugs got fixed in the 1.19H patch.


Where should the Stones Town Theme by Arthur Varkvasov be used?VotesPercentage
FW’s Cove where Iolo moved to (it’s near where the Shrine of Compassion is located)2348.9%
What’s left of the Lycaeum817.0%
What’s left of Empath Abbey612.8%
The Farms of the Brittanies612.8%
Vesper near Covetous24.3%
Other24.3%
Aug. 5, 2011 to Feb. 4, 2012

Clearly a solid Stones Theme belongs following after Iolo.


What Forgotten World Path would you like to see in a Demo?VotesPercentage
Compassion1415.6%
Humility22.2%
Honesty1213.3%
Justice66.7%
Sacrifice55.6%
Honor66.7%
Valor44.4%
No Demo, would rather wait for the first Milestone4145.6%
Feb. 4, 2012 to July 25, 2012

The vote was far from split here. If FW had succeeded in a new map(s), the audience preferred to see the first true Milestone rather than see a Demo.


What Minor Feature would you most like to see in Forgotten World?VotesPercentage
Functioning Inns2121.6%
Cabinets that contain Items via a GUMP2121.6%
Item Crafting2323.7%
Commodity Trading (e.g. wool, thread, minor goods)44.1%
Karma Penalties for Stealing2828.9%
July 25, 2012 to Oct. 17, 2012

This vote was super split. The lack of adding new features was rough, as many of these features would have been wonderful to add. Stealing penalties, though, seems to be sorely missed for even a simple karma hit to mana was preferred over nothing.


What Bug is next on the Hit List?VotesPercentage
A Fully Functional Covetous Elevator815.4%
Remove All Skeleton Respawns1936.5%
Fix Valoria-Jordan Shipwreck Bugs713.5%
Valoria Signal Flare Scripting Bugs47.7%
Rat-Mayor Scene in Paws47.7%
A lot of minor fixes in Moonglow1019.3%
Oct. 17, 2012 to Jan. 16, 2013

Another mixed vote, though removing Skeleton spawn points was a clear winner. This fix is definitely in the list for the last of our patches. We would like to have two final patch version to avoid major gameplay changes in the main patch release.


How to make magic more interesting and useful?VotesPercentages
Tougher Fights73.9%
More Spell-Intensive Puzzles189.9%
Magic as an Viable Alternative around Obstacles2513.8%
Tougher Fights and More Spell-Intensive Puzzles137.2%
Tougher Fights and Magic as an Alternative1910.5%
More Spell-Intensive Puzzles and Magic as an Alternative2413.3%
All Three4726%
Don’t involve Magic anymore than it is 179.4%
None of the Above1116.1%
Jan. 16, 2013 to Jan. 20, 2014

This poll is harder to analyze given it really needed to be a multiple choice poll with 4 options (wasn’t an poll template though). In total, Magic as a Viable Alternative got the largest result with 63.5%, while More Spell-Intensive Puzzles was a close second with 56.4% of the vote. Less the half, 47.5%, were interested in Tougher Fights to make magic more interesting. Only 15.5% either preferred no change to the magic functionality or preferred a different alteration to magic’s gameplay application. I really wish that either the DLL patching or Project Britannia 2.0 had been able to progress, so some of these changes could be broadly implemented.


What new Features would you like to see in FW?VotesPercentages
Blacksmithing13.9%
More Armor Sets27.7%
More Complex Alchemy27.7%
Mining Ores13.9%
More Weapons with Varied Effects1453.9%
Food Preparation (e.g. cooking stews and pies)623.1%
Jan. 20, 2014 to March 3, 2014

New Features: something we weren’t able to even start coding. Additional crafting was clearly not highly interested, though there were a few who wished to make more than simple bread loaves in U9. The majority vote here favored More Weapons in the game with more variations in their effects – think about the impact from the Staff of Charming and the Frost Sword. That variety was definitely fun.