So, I hope this is okay to post here, as it is not a bug report or content suggestion but just an inquiry as well as a general greeting.
So, I've come out of a long hiatus from Uru as a result of hearing about the Gehn shard (hello). Installed it yesterday, checked it out--there was no one else on--had a look around, etc. Very nice to see Vothol Gallery in an officially sanctioned online setting. Logged in briefly again today--this time there were 3 explorers on according to the client, but they must have been in private areas because I couldn't find them.
Anyway, I'm curious about a couple of things. First one is: why are we going with multiple hoods, given the low population of the shard? Seems like it would be better to do what other fan shards are doing and lump everyone into one hood until we can get more people. That way it's very easy to find people via Neighbor Chat.
Second question is: Are we moving towards getting more fan ages up on the shard? I've always felt that the fan ages are the key to raising population on fan shards. The problem with MOULa is that it has no new content--so the sooner there is fan stuff up for people to play around in, the better. I was thrilled to see Vothol Gallery and would love to see more of the fan stuff.
Third: Is there a chance we could get a KI directory going somewhere on the forum or site? If we're really going to go with multiple hoods on a low-population shard, it'd be nice to have a way to find out the KI's of others to add to buddy lists. It would be one way to get in touch with people in-game.
I'll probably poke around the forums a bit, and maybe the answers to my questions are already up in various places. If so, sorry for the redundant post. I'd love to hear back from any of you--been a long time, so I don't even know how many of the GoW folks will be the same ones I remember.
In the meantime, I'm KI#00066852, for anyone who wants to reach me in-game (don't forget to message me your KI#, makes it easier to respond)
--C.P.