The MMORPG Ultima Online loses an important employee. This is the producer of the game, who was part of the team for many years and looked after the project. The community is now unsettled how things go with Ultima online.
Who is it about? Bonnie Armstrong is no stranger for fans of Ultima Online. This is mainly due to the fact that she was involved in the MMORPG as a producer for many years and monitored it.
Ultima online has been around for 27 years, Armstrong was on board for 26 years. Now her time ends in the team of the old school MMORPG, which has caused some memorable moments. In a statement, she announces her resignation as a producer and explains how things are going on with her.
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Armstrong longs for a quieter life
What does the producer write? Bonnie Armstrong spoke up in the Forum from Ultima Online and explained that she will hand over all the tasks of a producer to her colleague Greg Havlusch.
With this she is ultima online but not completely lost. Armstrong will remain loyal to the game. No more than those responsible who monitors the entire project, but in the area of customer support.
Armstrong provides the reason for this decision:
I am sure that you are all curious, why I step down as a producer. I was the happiest person on earth who was able to work with all the actors and the clever creative minds with whom I have worked with now and in the past. But it is time to take a break to work in my greenhouse, play with the puppies and cuddle with my husband.
Bonnie Armstrong in the forum
So they are primarily private reasons that have now taken care of resignation. In the end, Armstrong adds that the past 26 years have been a single highlight for them. The exchange with creative and passionate players would have been particularly nice. The decision to step shorter would not have been easy.
The community is divided
What do the players think? The resignation ensures discussions in the Ultima online community. The user JC_the_Builder wrote a Reddit post in which he responds to the concerns of some players. Accordingly, some fear that Ultima Online could soon be stopped.
JC_the_builder clearly contradicts this. After all, Armstrong hands over her tasks to another experienced employee. In addition, a lot would have happened in the game in the past few months. The user would bet money on the fact that Ultima online continues for a while.
Various views are exchanged in the comments. It is often about the desired changes that could be done with a change at the top:
The future will show how it will go on with Ultima online. However, there are currently no signs from the developers that the game could come to an end soon. Even today there are aspects that make Ultima really good online. One of them has to do with the beautiful home: the 5 mmorpgs with the best house in 2025