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Alright, jokes and light hearted ribbing aside, let's break down a few things. Blanket mass market advertsing is an archaic form of advertising and is prohibitively expensive, the only real companies that manage this are AAA games that rely on blanket coverage to get the name out there and have huge advertising budgets to back up the millions spent in development cost and input. Wurm has struggled with being known in the past and online presence can be an important thing, it's the difference between "wurm? whats that?" and "wurm? i've heard of that, what's it like?" Blanket advertising across many sites and formats gets presence out there but does little to convert to actual sales, it's spending money to be a recognisable game. Beyond that, you have more targeted advertising. Instead of standing in the middle of a shopping center yelling your new game name out you're approaching people in a gaming store, people who will be more interested in your product and thus spending less time and effort (money) focusing on them to attract players rather than just getting your name out there. This is where sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Reddit push their advertising, being able to identify and address your target audience all through their tools, and why we use these focuses. Saying you enjoy playing MMO games as a genre is similar to saying "I like eating at restaurants" There's so many aspects of it and so many different variations around the simple mmo mechanic of multiple people online. Sandbox as a genre has also been watered down in MMO gaming, with many "sandboxes" simply being a theme park with a few options to customise, rather than the open ended self goal orientation of Wurm. This is why we use more targeted advertising through social media. Modern MMOS have a huge budget behind them and is actually why so many of them fail or become pay to win quickly, they need to recoup massive development costs and after spending so much on that, advertising is just another fraction of that cost so they go with more mass market appeal. So the question is "what are we doing?" With 1.3 we focused on contacting MMO sites and begin getting the game out there, updating our press information as well as beginning coordinating with other sites and ensuring that our third party information is up to date. People nowadays use three forms of reference when looking into a game, social circles, third party sites, and the site itself. Social circles is always powerful advertising, knowing someone who enjoys the game is a huge draw, as it instantly means they're not alone in this new game, it's why we use Facebook and Twitter to do all those "share and like" giveaways, not to get random people to see it but so friends of those who do play can see it. Secondly there's third party sites, congregated MMO sites and things like that. With 1.3 and since I have been in contact with many of those and have had my CRA team also working on keeping those updated, ensuring that all accurate information is available to them, we're also working on other projects to help there such as giveaways and sponsoring. Lastly, there's our site, Wurmonline.com and the forums. This is where we share the bulk of our information directly, and it's where a lot of new and prospective players will come to check out the game and ultimately decide if its worth their time and money to play. What they read on the forums shapes their view of the game and the playerbase, it's important that we focus on sharing just what is going on within the game and community and thus the weekly news/valrei int'l. We track player stats across many aspects, namely new players coming into wurm via golden valley, and premium numbers. While new player counts have gone up, conversion to premium is low. This means that spending more money on blanket advertising does not solve the issue, and that there are key areas we can improve the game to maximize the effectiveness of what we spend on in advertising. What are our plans for the future? Wurm Unlimited reviews have given us extra insight into the issues new players face in Wurm, namely the UI, the usual graphics complaints, and learning curve. This is why we are working on an updated UI that provides a better experience without relying on the event bar to play (A fun trick is trying to play with the event bar minimised and seeing what you can and can't do.. I need to get out more). A new tutorial that truly showcases just what Wurm is while also helping ease players into the game and also provide better systems for learning on the go is in the works as well, and as that comes to fruition we will share more then too. Those of you who have used the unstable client know just how awesome Wurm looks with better shading and lighting, and that will be in long before the other two (soon we hope!) Until then we'll continue to work on social circle incentives, competitions that can provide rewards such as premium and silver and focus on easing a few of those old gripes that players have had over the years, so when the updated UI comes we can begin our big push and ensure that the players that do join find Wurm to be a much easier game to get into. We're here for the long term, and will continue to work on improving core aspects of the game and addressing existing and new player issues, we've come a long way in the past year and we look forward to seeing what comes. I hope that answers the burning questions about why we aren't on billboards and site wide ads, larger advertising rounds will occur during major updates and will remain options down the line.

We’re pleased to confirm that PayPal transactions are back up and running, all purchases should be processed within the next hour and will return to their usual speed from now on. We appreciate your patience during this time. -The Wurm team

TBH I think it should be built into the mirror that you get at the beginning.

Like ropes are based on your ropemaking skill, and yoyos on toymaking, and locks on locksmithing. I fail to see the major issue here, production goes from raw material > refinement process > result for all priests, bar nahjos who still get around 6 favour from a 100ql garlic without having to do anything other than pull it out of the ground.

That! THAT! *screams loudly and points at it* THAAAT! Also my empirical statistics based on the considerable number of "hardcore online players" I used to play with before finding Wurm... 0% of them stayed in Wurm. Only ONE actually played for like, a month or two. Majority of them barely survived few hours and 'logging off and never coming back' was common during the Tutorial. This is from the time of SmurfWurm, the green people. I heard all sort of things, one surfacing most was "lol you slide and lol no animations and lol graphics". So what has happened? ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN "FIXED!". Sadly, I am probably never able to make those players try Wurm again. Trough the years of playing I've also been privileged to observe quite many people start out and vanish. One common pattern is that players are more likely wanting to "achieve things by themselves" which means that me as an "established player with thousands or tens of thousands of every possible resource in the game and mastery in so many skills" is there only to make new players uncomfortable. They want to make their fingernails bleed in struggle of foraging around for that one pumpkin, then sow it as field which they lovingly tend until it can be harvested. This is a metaphor of "having done it all by yourself". I could just drive my cart into their little slum of 4 packed uneven tiles with wooden fence around it... and present them with supplies that would take them YEARS! To accomplish all by themselves. So I've learned not to offer anything to new players... lately not even much deeper knowledge. It is a fact that in my early days I also loved to discover things myself and feel the accomplishment of making a sickle (which I remember being very long and confusing process within my first hours of playing.) Then there are those players who stick to me like glue, asking me to make them pretty much every single thing. Or ask me how to make nail, how to make large nail, how to make ribbon. Despite me every time showing screenshot of crafting window (or in early days show the activated item and targeted item with context menu options) with red highlights and arrows. Some harshly uneducated dissecting; So if I would go and black&white the crop out of players, these two types would be the distinct ones. Type 1: Self discovery, exploration, curiosity, internally entertained. Type 2: Driven by thrill and competition, group types, externally entertained. Remaining players of both types tend to deviate in two distinct paths; Type 1: Self-sufficiency, personal empire building, maximization of everything. Type 2: PvP, community events like unique slays, rifts, hota... (Note; There is gray area in everything, also in between of these types. Some people are like "ambitypes" of these two types. Which is why I mention the distinction.) Not remaining players of both types tend to deviate in distinct reasons: Type 1: Knowledge/resource/discovery saturation. Type 2: Combat system, boredom, loneliness. So what does all this have to do with OP [Marketing thread]? Realize that if we would be running "Dads who dress as princesses" Club in this city, we would need to advertise it the way EVERY single dad should be targeted with advertising. Then accept that only a small fraction of those are curious enough to come see what it is about, and only a tiny fraction of those will become regular participants. As Retro points out in his response. Wurm is "a sandbox MMO". These days we have to call it "a true sandbox MMO" because they are calling all kind of games "sandboxes". Now some other games actually follow suit and start calling them "a true sandbox MMO" also, so we need to start calling Wurm "a real true actual sandbox MMO" and the spin goes on. See the pattern? It is beautiful point that people do not even seem to understand it. And theres that, Wurm is spearhead to show what "sandbox" as a word means, and there is (hopefully) gonna be a game which will shove the spear further and make Wurm look like themepark game. Somehow Wurm has been managing to have healthy number of players which suggests that any "marketing strategy" they have got and will have is probably as good as it is. Especially when considering putting Wurm ad on Superbowl, just imagine that. The "demographics of players" who we'd expect to stay in Wurm, and whats coming pouring out of the... whatever the super bowl is, when its spilled and poured. Issue is not how Wurm team is marketing/advertising, nor the issue in how game (or community) is treating new players. There is no Issue. Wurm is just popularity equivalent to "dads who dress as princesses" club.

looking for some PCs on Salempl Would come naked or with full lot that I will be posting in a bit. Taking offers both ways, thats the way I like it No trolling fealls, rl is a ###### and wives hate wurm. I have known for a few days, but tried to fight it. She won. Skills dumped at Feb 16, 2017-----Skills: 0.0Close thread

Reserve not met. I get to keep it Her ! ty all for bidding no next time Unfortunately. she's mine A wooden cupboard, used to store small amounts of precious liquids. Used to store up to 10 different liquids with reduced decay. Notes Can be planted. Has ten vials with room for 2kg liquid each. Cannot be mailed. Has to be empty in order to be picked up Glows ? YES it is the sexiest glowing item in game I have ever seen ! Above image is of a normal one imgure acting funny will update rare glow one eventually. ( this will not get re auctioned )

1.allow dragging from crate/bsb in wagon directly into pile 2.allow dragging actual mass quantities, e.x. 300 ore from one crate into another crate without having to shift drag and hit the button 100 times, or one drag from a bsb to a smelter to put 100 ore in both very simple changes inb4 realism from people who are okay with dragons

This is a seriously awesome service, very professional and easy to deal with. 5 hours of affinity for one little bite, cant beat that.

are you implying dragons are NOT real?

Vulcan's Retreat (or vulcans point) when the original wulfgar owned it 3 years ago. Bonegetter had it for a while. it neighbours my deed and bay and leads to `Xanadu H`.. a name i gave my colossus for navigators lol. I agree, the work that's been done is Impressive. I'm working on a road from this location to haleohana, from time to time, at the moment. (edit- completed!) Well done man and well done to anyone that helped you. it looks better than it ever has.

Spammed thousand of chop actions and had less than 5 come out under 100 ql so not sure how you are having so much trouble with this.

Sacrifice is not possible for those who have independent characters that do not "follow" any Wurmy gods. All are not of the same mind in their Wurm pursuits or beliefs. Better then a system that works for all like *discard* or for those afraid to use it maybe instead let them just be dumped into trash heaps and dissolve like other objects in there. Let's just not make some convoluted method of disposal exclusive to some characters or some other tedious type of process involving a lot of time. =Ayes=

If You were famous blogger or youtuber they would. Otherwise no candies for common players. On a serious note, it's just a game, with pixels and data. Why just not change someone's gender if player would feel better after that, would enjoy game more? Of course, after that change there would be more players who would like the same, but again, why not? Just limit it to 1-2 times for every account and move on. It's just a game.

How to make Wurm great again. Remove Player Gods Rework Vanilla Gods Bring Posteh Back Merge Epic and Freedom Never Ever Ban Someone For Saying Gary

has it ever been hooked up to any sort of bigscreen 4k tv type monitor, or do you always use the regular laptop monitor? my other thought was if the launcher somehow got pushed/dragged "offscreen" but then you would at least be having a wurm process showing up in the task manager, and I think you checked that already I am again out of ideas but i will again brood over it and come back if anything else occurs to me, hopefully one of the wurm client developers might spot this and have an idea (if it is still not working tomorrow, if it were me i would probably start PMing select devs as they don't always read every forum post, and two days without Wurm is about my max tolerance)

Agreed roland. Xsamuraizx also known as horse ###### 2000

rare rakes are clearly 6 dollars, tops. unless its enchanted, got woa on that one?

if i sell my new rare rake we can invest 8 dollars

That was me with the newspaper post anyway, don't give Retro credit for my well thought out, top shelf sass. He can't come close to my level of sass. The Facebook posts that were talked about on the last page of this thread were in response to someone asking about why they were used, since they'd only go to people that have already liked the page - not past marketing campaigns. With the 1.3 release we had multiple ad campaigns running across multiple websites, and we invested at least a whole dollar. Future targeted campaigns will be run when it makes sense to based on update cycles and using the data that we already gather, and we'll invest like, at least 2 or 3 dollars - maybe 4, we'll see..

That sounds about right for this account give or take 50e.

No! There is already an advanced off deed decay mechanic that greatly increases it when a player has not logged into the game for around 40 days. Then if you also put perimeter over it you prevent it from being repaired. This is sufficient to allow a deed to eventually and inevitably over time to destroy any house in the way of its expansion. Patience required. Beyond this, now way should any player be able to "take over" a house that another has built unless on their deed already. Pity the poor immigrant that might loose their home over the mechanisms of the greedy landholder, which by the way already exist in the ways that I have mentioned. =Ayes=

ok smeagain Lets be real, any and all pets have an abysmal hit chance and every weapon except for polearms do ass for damage when equipped on any mob, including avatars and uniques, and they still do ass for damage if they arent attacking a mount or a mounted player. useful? very situational, better than a 5spd hellhorse? 9/10 times no. the speed will be more beneficial every single time unless you have no need to move anywhere. this does not change the fact that a lib lock is a creation of pure ###### stupidity and myc directly harming cffp is seems like an oversight as it forces you to go out of your way to remove your "gods chosen land" to get timed affinities and more stamina/stamina use reduction. if you want an overpowered god, look at smeagain, prime example of something that should be nerfed into the ground, not poor little libila. it has two passives, dmg bonus and a res stone (pretty sure it has CR too) which is much more than lib it has two pillars, fungus trap (the best pillar in the game damage wise) and ice pillar it has weakness and smite, the two best spells for unique hunting it has light of fo and heal, making it the best choice for land and boat battles and as an added cherry on top, it has cure medium which is quite useful for horse healing in pvp. it also has oakshell and refresh, the two most useful utility spells in the game. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, but i dont see you complaining about this, or does the ability to hit a 5 damage wound on someone every minute via a zombie pet overpower this? wtb playergod removal, vanilla god rework.

Hey everyone, Some of you might remember from me constantly making bulk goodies down south or my goofy jokes in freedom chat. Due to some issues irl i was considering selling my account (you might have noticed a lack of bad puns and me spamming trade), which i didn't really want to do because i've had the same account for almost 4 years, made lots of friends and had an overall fun time. It was doubtful i would have carried on playing if i had to sacrifice all the time and energy i put into Punishlife. It turns out that this abysmal situation didn't have to happen thanks to many players and friends coming together to help me in my time of need. I had resigned myself to giving up wurm for good but without knowing it, Pagani had taken up my cause and rallied help from some wonderful people. So i wanted to thank each and everyone of you. From the bottom of my heart i am truly grateful that this community came to my aid. Being British i'm not very good at asking for help so special thanks to Pagani for taking the initiative and doing all the grunt work (and thanks to pookie, whichever account he is on these days) So once this rough patch has settled i'll be back to my usual busy self and will regale you all with my childish humour. See you nerds soon <3 Edit: Didn't realise how many people cared, i truly feel loved. Thank you all <3

In Golden Valley Help channel I've talked with a few players who got quite upset when I explained they could no longer change gender. If it used to be possible I can't see why useful functionality was removed. Adding it to the mirror would help new people but would exclude characters that have used theirs already.

Sent to @Burdok tyvm

Please CoD the following items to Burdok 100QL large rat pelt 88coc-88c 39QL hammer 87coc-87c 50QL small anvil 81woa-81c Thank you very much

Thanks for your work on this map!

Actually scratch that, i was misremembering. What activates that question is in server features (using a gm wand in game) and look for "Free armour and weapons on spawn". Added: And if that is on all newbie armor/weapons are deleted when you die as well.

Hiho Amadee, while the dropped feature is a change it's also part of the cooking update that recipes have specific heat sources or containers now. Pretty much all pre 1.3 recipes are affected by that change. Old info usually is removed and/or updated to the current state to keep the pages nice and clean. But the page itself is a bit old and could use some love. The "such as a stone oven" would be replaced with the proper container then to make it more clear and easier to spot. I'll take a look at the sap and syrup page later today. Thanks for the note :3

No hurtful sarcasm, we can not do this.

I think the average cutting a 99ql corn or veggie at 1 cooking should be higher though. Right now it cuts into a 1ql or something dumb. Maybe add "cutting" skill to the game instead of making cooking the required skill. All the other things you mentioned are based on a skill. Maybe if you get level 30 in that skill you produce 100ql. Cheesemaking works that way currently. Personally I think cooking isn't exactly the easiest skill to level, a lot of us are still not sure what is optimal to raise it, a lot of the information isn't publicly shared.

Friends quit over this system, it's based on your cooking skill unfortunately.

An easier method to get rid of keys maybe, but not the wholesale removal of them no. I am still quite oldschool and have keys for all my locked containers/vehicles, and would like the ability to keep it that way.

Alright thanks anyway! I'll pm them cause I already took about a 2 week break and i'm ready to get back into it and start playing again but now this haha. Thanks again for the time you put in to help!

Hatchet, iron 12ql, 74coc, 40c. COD to Partrune please. Thanks smilingcat!

Thanks. I haven't decided on a good working font, but will have something up tonight. It won't have a complete village list, but it should be a start.

Personally if it is on ur deed, then there should be a mechanic for such.

Ok I need to step away from my computer a bit but I will try thinking of other things to try and then check back later I assume you have restarted the computer in case any program is hung up in memory? If you try launching wurm then launch TASK MAANGER does it mention anything wurm related under PROCESSES is this the place you edited JAVA PATH & VARIABLES: LaunchConfig [Runtime] OverrideDefaultJavaPath=false JavaPath= [Memory] InitialHeap=512m MaxHeapSize=2048m [VMParams] JvmParam0=-XX:+AggressiveOpts

It used to be that after reformatting, you had to be sure to get the motherboard chipset drivers so maybe also check that on the laptop support site; https://www.asus.com/ROG-Republic-Of-Gamers/ROG-G751JM/HelpDesk_Download/ I am not sure if that is as critical these days as it used to be, but it won;t hurt to make sure CHIPSET drivers are installed after a reformat if you have any other issues with sound or internet connections there might be other drivers there to look for too I would NOT install anything that mentions BIOS at this stage (BIOS updates are very tricky sometimes and can mess up a computer if not done right or if it gets stuck instaling)

Can you post a DXDIAG report: go do START>RUN or SEARCH, type DXDIAG (enter) and doubleclick on it to open Once it loads, click SAVE ALL INFORMATION and save to desktop or anyplace you can easily find the file. Open it with NOTEPAD, go to menubar and top and EDIT:SELECT ALL then EDIT:COPY and then come here to reply, rightclick mouse and PASTE It will be LONG but I want to see all of it. If you get stuck at any stage let me know

DO NOT PLEASE DEAR GOD, put a discard option. Just allow them to be smelted or thrown away in a trash heap. I've had way to many times I'm working with logs and I end up clicking on discard because the menu doesn't fully open. The discard option has no timer, so there is no chance to cancel the action. Please think these things through.

Hired him for 15k pans - so far everything fun and fast will post my gains. Did the whole 15k in 2 days (12k first day and 3k the second day), suprefast, very friendly! I recomment him for your HFC gainz! Start Cooking : 26,6589 HFC : 39,3086 ML: 37,2487 SD: 24,6418 End: Cooking : 58.4274 HFC : 91.6230 ML : 40.6456 SD : 28.1273 Will update this and put into spoilers we get further. You have just received the title 'Caterer'! You have just received the title 'Iron Chef'! You have just received the title 'Cook'! You have just received the title 'Saucier'!

As it has been repeatedly stated, an updated and incorporated tutorial is already in the works, this isnt defending an antiquated system, this is pointing out the current system fails because of lack of awareness of it, not because of the lack of the system in itself. New players leaving is not just a tutorial issue, and it's not going to be singularly solved with a tutorial that does a better job of explaining what wurm is, although it will go a long way. There are many reasons new players dont stick around or grow bored of the game quickly, sandbox has been thrown around as a genre so much many don't realise what a true sandbox game is, and struggle with self set goals. The user interface requires a lot of reading tabs rather than looking at the game itself, which is what we're currently working on and will continue to do so. Like I've said in the past few months, getting new players into the game is important, but focusing on what keeps them playing is just as important, if not more so. We will continue to work on improving not only the new player experience, but also ways to ensure that they realise just what is possible in wurm.

Small mod to fix crops not growing in 1.3 alpha: [download removed] Edit: As of 1.3.1.1 beta, this is not needed and will cause issues, remove it.

I strongly disagree that the same affinity should be granted to all players for the same recipe. The current system in which the affinity is different for everyone is a very refreshing departure from what games usually offer. It's like having your very own personalized game in which you actually discover things yourself instead of looking them up on the internet. We need more content that works this way, not less.

I've been busy...

olloch - he's a mini posteh and is very cautious but none the less good at reading the situation and coming out on top

Peanut butter, Vegemite and cheese, toasted.