Originally posted by BadSpock
Question is-Would people play an MMO where you made a character, assigned them their stats (from a max pool) and picked out their skills and equipment (again, maybe assigning "points" more like a Call of Duty style "pic…
Obsolescence is modus operandum in WoW. Every single expansion.
Admittedly though the only time I got stuck in the repetitive dungeon run was in EQ LDoN. Something adopted later on by WoW when associative 'DKP' or 'Status' driven, and player con…
Originally posted by Jean-Luc_Picard
But the amount of time required for EQ was exponentially higher.
No shit. You cannot say those were required hours though. Just hours spent. I honestly dumped close to 9 hours mean, ~12 hours median, a day --…
Originally posted by Kothoses
However the outright winner of this section for me is the Guild Wars Mesmer/Necromancer combo I had (GW 1 not 2).
GW1 has some very interesting combos. I did the nec/mesmer for abit. War/Mes was quite effective as w…
Originally posted by VengeSunsoarIt happens a lot and still happens. I was soloing in EQ2 just last week, chatting in /general when some guy starts messaging me about how bad his day was, how drunk he was and how the cops busted him twice today (to…
Vertical: Advancement of a character through a means that is linear and measurable.
Horizontal: Advancement of a character through a means that is non-linear and situational.
I prefer both. We can argue semantics all day about what is or isn't. B…
Originally posted by VengeSunsoar
Downtime that encouraged strategy or efficiency I'm all for, actually I wouldn't even consider that downtime.Downtime I refer in these discussions is the sitting 5-10 minutes while waiting for health/mana and times …
Originally posted by observer
I'm not insulting anyone's intelligence.You just can't get past the fact that people don't want to waste time talking about what they had for lunch, or why their kids are crying, or that they took a bath... sorry, but …
Originally posted by VengeSunsoar
Yes that is it. People talk to me all the time, sometimes I start sometimes they start. People in Pugs, guilds, on vent... as he said the list goes on and on.It's you.
You may have discounted the varying person…
I've thought and discussed at length this topic in the past and never came to a solid conclusion about it. While I wholly respect and admire Blizzard's design principles and approach to game development the eventual landing point firmly places itse…
Originally posted by Dullahan
Just about any class from Vanguard. The classes had so much character.
Definitely. I did not try all of the classes in Vanguard but had my hand at ~seven of them and enjoyed each. If that game had gone into further f…
This shows a lack of understanding of what it takes to make any game of the scope of a modern AAA MMORPG.. You expect to get it all, because of tools available...Then comparing games made over 20 years ago, when failing to acknowledge, there wasn't …
And this thread right here tells me there was always a divide among gamers. This isn't new versus old, just the same old argument of one opinion over the other. Some people value time driven content others enjoy just going through content.
It's s…
Best of luck to you Kassal.
I would recommend a short video of game-play, particularly on a site like this. You have a very tough crowd to sell here and most of us are not likely interested in an FB game. But a nice little play/tech demo goes a …
Originally posted by AlBQuirky
When does "difficult" become "too hard?"
Probably when a goal becomes unattainable without fulfilling the goals for 100 other people. I get huge encounters, I understand guild structure and hard work. But when you h…
Originally posted by Ridelynn
The support and patient crew are usually "You did so good!" or "Way to go, you got that quick!"
I hate this shit. Don't experience it much but have management at work that thinks this actually means something. Empty e…
Interesting responses with plenty of familiar explanations that relate to aesthetics. I have heard these answers so many times I am pretty sure it's pure bullshit.
I've exclusively played male characters since I identify with that gender both biolo…
Originally posted by Dullahan
The problem is the belief that because YOU (whoever you are) might not enjoy that sort of group based gameplay, its a bad thing. However, it's not a bad thing if there are some MMOs out there that aren't made for you. …
Nothing is free.
P2P Subscriptions as the exclusive way to access the game are the antithesis of P2W. Everyone must pay to play, and unless you count time as a currency, no one is at a monetary advantage over anyone else. RMT could be argued at thi…