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  • I love how folks pretend that a founder who sells his/her company to a huge corporate entity is somehow innocent when that huge company butchers the original vision, guts the brand or exploits its strengths.  They call it "selling out" for a reason.…
  • Just rolled again here on Ryzom.  Really enjoying it.  So much depth/detail.  So interesting.  And the graphics still generally hold up (at least for me).  Community is awesome.  Only concern is the over all population.  On Silan (starter area) its …
  • Rift is a real quality title.  Great graphics, fantastic class system, tons of content, decent population on the right servers, and it really knows what it is-not trying to be something else.  Tons of new content on a regular basis as well. EVE - …
  • We might have achieved a new low here on MMORPG.  This thread (2 pages in length so far) is critcizing a game for launching poorly BEFORE its launched!   Post after post basically assuming that itll suck, assuming thatll it launch poorly and discuss…
  • Up until recently i would have always answered NO!  However after playing SWTOR I can now say i actively wish for that game to fail.  I want it to fail because i dont ever want another MMO company to think that:   a.) stale voice overs = content…
  • Once a product reaches break even the "cost" to add additional users/players goes down.  For example if you are holding a concert and you can seat 5,000.  Lets say you break even at 2,000.  You look out over your audience and notice that you have 20…
  • Everquest up thru and including Velious.  I still think back on it fondly-a truly magical time in gaming the first wave of major MMO titles (UO, AO/AC/EQ1/DAOC)  Not going to see it again... A close second for me would be EVE (nothing quite like a…
  • I love all the "anti suits" gibberish.  Suits put together the money, chose the members of the team, greenlight a project, ensure that a fantastic game is created-but then... those same suits kill it!  Because..well suits just suck! I think the ga…
  • Has to be the oddest age distribution poll ive seen. 
  • Re-read some of the posts.  I REALLY think you should consider Eq2.  While each level comes relatively quick (to 90) its still a pretty long journey.  If you balance regular leveling with obtaining Alternate Advancement levels (of which there are 30…
  • I think for a solid fantasy PVE game you couldnt go wrong with either EQ2 (id play on the extended server as its quite busy) .  No game is as complete and has the depth of content that eq2 has at the moment.  90 levels, 300 aa's, complex crafting, a…
  • Success in MMO's is a relative thing-since NONE of us are privvy to the internal numbers of running Trion or any game company, what their ROI looks like, their burn rate/overhead. So we are left with really one way to measure success and that is to …
  • 300k new players?  They launched how many new servers to accomodate ALL of those active and new players?  I applaud AOC's success-i think its a perfectly fine game.  But i do chuckle at comparisons to EVE and a few other games that have either dozen…
  • I love how the MMO community defines "invention".  It has to be something completely original, never seen before, totally unique.  Because in threads like this whenever something innovative is pointed out the automatic response is "its just an impro…
  • For me it has to be those moments (unfortunately quite hard to come by) in EVE when you had just entered a synch'd warp with 15-30 of your fellow pilots.  Orders fully issued in VENT, roles assigned, first targets called due to good scouting.  Easin…
  • IF all the people who actually whine about what happened to Vanguard actually play/played Vanguard with some regularity i gurantee you it'd be updated and supported.  Interestingly a similar thing can be said of early SWG.  The game actually wasnt  …
    in SoE Comment by Vantras July 2011
  • Recently returned and re-rolled.  Having a great time!  Found a solid RP guild-enjoying that.  Leveling a brand new Khitan Guardian-enjoying that.  Pretty intrigued by the AA system, Feats, various faction quests, using veteran points, the active RP…
  • I am guessing that three months in it has the 2nd highest amount of NA subscribers among all MMO's.  Seems pretty solid to me.  Second place isnt considered a success?  Personally I hope all games that launch succeede.  I am no fan of WoW but i gi…
  • Originally posted by Kilnu I am one of the affected by the servers being down.  In that time i've tried Rift and Aion.  They are garbage in my opinion.  Players can go out and try every game out there, but unless they find quality or are just comple…
  • People have to show a loss to "win" in a law suit.  Having the information stolen but then never used to cause harm will not yield a major legal defeat for Sony-no loss.  Sure theyll have to pay for credit monitoring, might even see some fines from …