Raph said:
cameltosis said:
Game Pillars part two has dropped today:
https://starsreach.com/stars-reach-game-pillars-part-two/
I'm still trying to digest everything they talk about, but if im honest, these pillars have me e…
MMOExposed said:
Originally posted in 2014
https://forums.mmorpg.com/discussion/404630/mmoexposeds-defining-what-a-mmo-is-changing-the-acronym-i-knew-this-day-would-come-finally-end
Wasn't well received back then (got TEMP BANNED for suggestin…
Kyleran said:
I fear the day isn't too far off where we'll be holding running conversations with chatbots and be unable to discern them from human posters.
Is that because the bots are getting smarter or the humans getting dumber?
Quizzical said:
Definitely not an online game that is vulnerable to having the plug pulled. That doesn't sound like a fun way to go.
It could be like in Agents of Shield when the Framework shutdown.
Kyleran said:
This is really all part of pricing segementation which is a refinement of an Econ 101 principle, charging what the market will bear.
https://pragmaticpricing.com/2010/04/21/price-segmentation-introduction-and-id-for-discount/
Ea…
Kyleran said:
Its not just you. I've run into that same situation in almost every MMORPG the past 10 years when I've tried to PUG as a healer, so I'll only do it in a guild situation these days.
Honestly, the whole speed running concept pretty…
Sovrath said:
Eldurian said:
I agree with this premise. But I would say here is how the term MMO is going.
~80% of people who care about the term MMO understand it to mean a game where hundreds or thousands of players occupy the …
Quizzical said:
Asch126 said:
He does have a bit of a point though, many web sites go to extremes with their clickbaiting.
Fixed that for you.
IMO, it is the price they have to pay to not leave their mommies basement! ha
Amathe said:
I am struggling to find a game that I like. But I respect that millions and millions of other gamers seem to be finding ones they like. It sounds like a break up line. No, really, it's me not you...
The sad thing is that am…
DMs experimented with XP systems for weapons in dnd back in the late 70s and early 80s. It was ok. You basically used your long sword and as you gained xp your "long sword" would earn as well. You could earn bonuses as you leveled.
Now mind you,…
Amathe said:
I don't mind a tutorial if it is short and sweet.
I don't like tutorials that rush you. Hurry! Hurry! The Castle is on fire!!! I don't want to hurry when I just appeared in the world.
I also don't like when you get weapons and…