What would it take to revive Mxo?

I recently began playing Mxo about a week ago. Picked it up after ditching vanguard(mabye in time vangaurd will shine), and I am loving Mxo. I love the customizable looks, the cyber-underground streetlife vibe that Mxo has, and the skill trees, omg the skill trees are awsome! Ive never seen a game that gives the players so much room for customization. And the gameplay so far is very fun. I kinda like the way missions are handled via cellphone. Its unique and it really immerses you as a key player in the Matrix. Combat is very compelling and interactive, and via the varying skill trees, combat can be takled hundreds of different ways. And by endgame you can jump over buildings, practicly flying? lol, this games definatly has a "cool factor".
(I will complain about fps inside buildings though. I am currently running an AMDX2 4600, with nvidiaGeforce 8800 GTS, and 1Gig of Ram. And I still only get about 10fps inside buildings. Vangaurd wasnt even that bad  )

All in all, I love the game. But my concern is this: As great of a game as Mxo seems to be, It seems to be dieing. I rarely see other people. And most of the Redpills I do see are lvl 50 already. Im starting to wonder who Im going to group with as things get harder(Im lvl 10 atm). I really wish that more people would play this game.

What would it take? What would have to happen for Mxo to be revived? I personally would like to see an expansion pack. other players have told me that there is virtualy no endgame content in Mxo. There is the problem! no wonder hardly anyone plays anymore. And expasion pack would be the perfect thing to fix that. Add some endgame features, new lvls, new looks, new places. Mabye they could touch the graphics up a bit, they are already decent, but some DX 9 texture and lighting features would be nice.

What about marketing? Im sure with a little marketing/advertising people would be reminded that Mxo is still around, and that its worth a second look.

What else could be done? Will we ever see the day that SOE performes cpr on Mxo?

 Wow. My join date is rather... messed up.

Talk about a chuckle. I haven't been around in about a year and I return to pretty much no one I know around anymore. Not surprising I guess.

 What would it take to get MXO back on track? I enjoyed it back when we had our first few live events (The red-sunglassed agents and the hunt for Neo's RSI bits), but I remember as soon as SOE was rumored to be taking over, people started dropping.

Community has always been something that drove the game, imo. Maybe just getting more people into it. THe roleplaying, etc.

Bah. It's too early to think about this.

What would have to happen for Mxo to be revived?

I recently began playing Mxo about a week ago. Picked it up after ditching vanguard(mabye in time vangaurd will shine), and I am loving Mxo. I love the customizable looks, the cyber-underground streetlife vibe that Mxo has, and the skill trees, omg the skill trees are awsome! Ive never seen a game that gives the players so much room for customization. And the gameplay so far is very fun. I kinda like the way missions are handled via cellphone. Its unique and it really immerses you as a key player in the Matrix. Combat is very compelling and interactive, and via the varying skill trees, combat can be takled hundreds of different ways. And by endgame you can jump over buildings, practicly flying? lol, this games definatly has a "cool factor".
(I will complain about fps inside buildings though. I am currently running an AMDX2 4600, with nvidiaGeforce 8800 GTS, and 1Gig of Ram. And I still only get about 10fps inside buildings. Vangaurd wasnt even that bad  )

All in all, I love the game. But my concern is this: As great of a game as Mxo seems to be, It seems to be dieing. I rarely see other people. And most of the Redpills I do see are lvl 50 already. Im starting to wonder who Im going to group with as things get harder(Im lvl 10 atm). I really wish that more people would play this game.

What would it take? What would have to happen for Mxo to be revived? I personally would like to see an expansion pack. other players have told me that there is virtualy no endgame content in Mxo. There is the problem! no wonder hardly anyone plays anymore. And expasion pack would be the perfect thing to fix that. Add some endgame features, new lvls, new looks, new places. Mabye they could touch the graphics up a bit, they are already decent, but some DX 9 texture and lighting features would be nice.

What about marketing? Im sure with a little marketing/advertising people would be reminded that Mxo is still around, and that its worth a second look.

What else could be done? Will we ever see the day that SOE performes cpr on Mxo?

 

Here is what would revive MxO....

A Millionaire/Billionaire who buys the rights for The Matrix Online from Sony.  Then he will get rid of this whole game and make a new one that FEELS LIKE THE MATRIX!  I hope this will happen in the future, that a new Matrix game will come out that will actually feel like you are playing in the Matrix.  This game doesn't even come close to what the movies are.  Path of Neo was the closest game that came close to a Matrixy feel. 

Here is what would revive MxO....

A Millionaire/Billionaire who buys the rights for The Matrix Online from Sony.  Then he will get rid of this whole game and make a new one that FEELS LIKE THE MATRIX!  I hope this will happen in the future, that a new Matrix game will come out that will actually feel like you are playing in the Matrix.  This game doesn't even come close to what the movies are.  Path of Neo was the closest game that came close to a Matrixy feel. 

Frink wrote:

Here is what would revive MxO....

A Millionaire/Billionaire who buys the rights for The Matrix Online from Sony.  Then he will get rid of this whole game and make a new one that FEELS LIKE THE MATRIX!  I hope this will happen in the future, that a new Matrix game will come out that will actually feel like you are playing in the Matrix.  This game doesn't even come close to what the movies are.  Path of Neo was the closest game that came close to a Matrixy feel. 

Jeez, keep your pants on, I'm playing the lottery every chance I get!

mur02004 wrote:

What would have to happen for Mxo to be revived?

hmm, how about less posts like these and we carry on playing, the fact is yes...a lot of people have left, but....

there are so many new players out there that counter-act the legends of the game that have left. look at the live events for example, i swear i have never seen even half of the people who congregate at them (and i've been playing since November 2005 on and off), most are Zions of course, but when they hit lvl 50 they usually drift into other organisations, such is the way of the game..

don't give up hope, just work with what you have...

aiolos wrote:

fizzle wrote:

mur02004 wrote:

What would have to happen for Mxo to be revived?

hmm, how about less posts like these and we carry on playing, the fact is yes...a lot of people have left, but....

there are so many new players out there that counter-act the legends of the game that have left. look at the live events for example, i swear i have never seen even half of the people who congregate at them (and i've been playing since November 2005 on and off), most are Zions of course, but when they hit lvl 50 they usually drift into other organisations, such is the way of the game..

don't give up hope, just work with what you have...

these new players you speak of are more than likely alts or people who play this game strictly b/c of station access. the only people left who play this game are hardcore Matrix fans (which I am), so essentially MxO has become a niche game.

As I said before in this thread, the only way this game can be revived (attracting new players) is more content, i.e. expansions and the like. Heck, scrapping this game and completely remaking a new one on a good engine with a decent combat system and content is more likely to get a sufficient player base. And personally, I hope for that to happen.

Yea, but I don't think Warner Brothers or the Wachowski Brothers are going to let anyone make MxO 2.0.  Mainly because of the poor performance of this MxO.  They'll have to basically be promised that MxO 2.0 would make more profit than this game currently is making. 

As a brand new player of MxO, but an ancient MMO'er (I started with UO back in 199 I would have to say that there are three main things that could help revive MxO.

For starters, the learning curve in MxO is atrocious. I've played alot of games and there were several aspects of the game that just didn't make alot of sense to me, or that I didn't understand until I went trolling in the forums for guides. You're average gamer isn't going to do that and fans of the Matrix who've never gamed before probably won't either. They'll see something they don't understand and write the game off in the free month. I'd recommend expanding the tutorial a bit and helping the player along for a few more levels. (The game is on an old Evercrack treadmill design as well, so it seems to take ridiculous amounts of time to get to level 50, no suprise that it ended up in SOE's lap, but I digress)

Secondly, this game will never be huge, not by UO or Everquest and certainly not by WoW standards. HOWEVER, that doesn't mean it can't be successful. I have been exceedingly impressed by the amount of RP going on in MxO, of all the games I've been a part of over the last decade, the only one to top what I've seen thus far in MxO is UO. They should try to take advantage of that. For relatively cheap, they could webvertise in alot of places where fans of the Matrix like to troll, but since most of them have already played, they're going to need a gimmick... on to that.

The game needs a code push. Since they are working with devs who didn't design the engine and there appear to be limitations to what they can and can't do in a timely fashion, they need to find a solution to this problem. Whether it be port the game over to another engine (time consuming, anyone?) or hire on some new help temporarily and make a major overhaul to the game (expensive), they need to come up with some persistant, long term goals for players at the end game and be looking into expanding levels/abilities of players. I would personally like to see combat changed as well. Interlock provides some very cool visuals, but the "awe" of those last about 5 minutes after you've seen them. I would say, throw IL out the window and come up with a system for engaging multiple targets in Melee combat simoultaneously (much more Matrix-esque) and allowing the use of other fighting styles against multiple targets. (Shotgun spreads, covering fire from rifles, etc)...

Once they've got their gimmick, they hit the ex-players and Matrix fans who may have never played with a net only ad campaign, maybe even hit some general MMO sites to try and draw people in while at the same time holding onto the people they aleady have with this same new content.

I've looked at quite a few vids from The Agency, and it certainly isn't Mxo 2... It is Planetside 2.

As for SWG fans, they could give a *poop* less about this game, don't expect any help from them. (Besides, we all know KOTOR:Online is in the works, which will deliver the death blow to SWG.)

Its a mixed bag of feelings from me on SOE's stance on MxO. On the one hand, I can't believe they wouldn't want to invest more into the game given its ravenous success at the box office, on the other, I can totally see them just riding it out for whatever they can make off of it because, afterall, it IS SOE... They are the Osama of MMO gaming. (Lets make every game we own in the exact same fashion as our first title and see how much money we can make, screw revolutionizing the industry, give us that fat dollar...)

Incase it isn't obvious, I'm not a fan of SOE.

The thing that set this game apart from all the rest originally was the chance to really interact with the characters we've all come to know and love in a completely non-scripted manner. Not what we have today...but real interaction. That being said, I'd say the one key building block to reviving MxO is...

Bringing back a Live Events Team.

Yeah there needs to be something to do that doesnt involve a mad grind / farm.  So much of what happens in mxo is recycled.  I get that we dont have LET or DEV staff to seriously work on new content.  Ultimately what would "revive" (which i think is the wrong word cause mxo certainly isnt dead.. its just.. limp ha) MXO?

A bigger budget.  How do we get a bigger budget?  Larger player base.  How do we get a larger player base?  We need to market the game....

so there we go.. through logic we see ultimately MXO needs to be marketed more appropriately before we can get anywhere else.  However you could argue that this alone will not bring new players to the game.  New players (like old players) need something to stir the imagination to get away from that oh so bad grind to 50... so you could argue that LET would help bring players. 

I could go round in circles all day here.

Yes, MXO events was what made this game so special. I talk about real big events like the assassin thing not our current "little events".

I honestly think SOE has enough money to do something with MXO. It's just they don't want to.

Everquest is much older than MXO and they seem to be "hooked" on it, adding new content very often a friend told me. Without a first step from SOE , The Matrix Online will never evolve and will stay only an "addition" to the station pass.

Yes, MXO events was what made this game so special. I talk about real big events like the assassin thing not our current "little events".

I honestly think SOE has enough money to do something with MXO. It's just they don't want to.

Everquest is much older than MXO and they seem to be "hooked" on it, adding new content very often a friend told me. Without a first step from SOE , The Matrix Online will never evolve and will stay only an "addition" to the station pass.