So it looks like Broadsword Online Games got their hand slapped, just a bit, in a recently-held Meet & Greet Event on the Izumo shard. A number of different topics were covered in the Meet & Greet, but one in particular stood out as particularly significant: the frustration some of the game’s Japanese players that to this point, Broadsword has relied upon UO Stratics as their vehicle for major announcements.

Which is all well and good for those who speak English…but for those who don’t, it presents a substantial obstacle:

…the problem of where to find information of people in the English-speaking and non-English speaking.

Comments from development, such as bug reports had been made in the form of mediating EA Japan until last year.

However, EA Japan is from no longer matter to the Ultima Online, we have gained from uo.com (information).

However, I have a problem here.

You guys commented in UO Stratics For more information, even while public relations in uo.com.

It’s not reflected in or uo.com this thing and Why?

If you say recently, it was announced that it has restricted the character transfer by the 14th Anniversary Shard Shields.

Mr.Bleak had commented on the detail in the UO Stratics about it, but in a few days, it was announced at the UO Stratics that it has an unlimited.

But, it’s not announce this thing in uo.com.

Who have seen only uo.com will become thought the character transfer by the 14th Anniversary Shard Shields function and remains of two weeks in this limit.

All of us in the future to see uo.com undoubtedly, but it’s not necessarily all of them and also see UO Stratics.

Would not get to put as an article towards the uo.com all if, if to announce that it is important in the UO Stratics?

There is also in development, you guys are news organizations that transmit information in the future to the player.

Ask my’d make it easier to touch in non-English-speaking by centralizing information destination.

Broadsword’s reply, however, is quite interesting:

We understand the frustration of the non- English speaking players, I am sorry it has taken us so long to find a web designer that we feel has the love and knowledge of UO to help us redo our Web page but we have finally found one and are really excited. As we go forward with the planning changes on UO.COM we are planning to have the site not only translate to Japanese but hopefully to Korean, Chinese and German. I will keep everyone updated on our progress as we make it. I want to make sure the Japanese players also know we have the archived Japanese site so it will not be lost.

So that’s good news: Broadsword has brought a web designer on board, and has some pretty big plans for the future of the Ultima Online website.

Oh, there’s also this:

The UO Team would like to invite everyone to join us for a State of the UO Address on Wednesday 17th September at 7pm EST.

If you would like to have us answer any questions you may have that you have always wanted to ask us please submit them by email to wraithbroadsword@gmail.com or on the thread generated by this post on Stratics forums over the next two days after which the thread will be locked. Emails received after the deadline will not be included.

The Address will evidently be held on both Google+/YouTube and Twitch, so be sure to tune in via your preferred service to learn what the future holds for Ultima Online.