Recent content by Gravel

Man, talk about losing a big hitter. Although I doubt he's acted in anything in a while due to age?

For fucking $70, there better not be microtransactions.

It's funny, because he brings up meditate, and that's one of the best examples of clinging onto a system from 25 years ago without really considering why. Having abysmal mana rates means your group is sitting around constantly doing nothing. This works in 1999 because what are you going to do...

If they can get the sound of smacking a tree with an axe down, I'm in. When is this one supposed to release?

Yeah, the reality is that it's going to be 90% poopsockers after 2 months. This game is never going to get 5k paying subscribers.

That's because the game isn't necessarily bad, but a lot of the design decisions are. And they have really dug their heels in on those bad ideas.

And that kind of game just can't exist in 2026 because we live in the era of Wikis and Discord and instant communication and tests that last years where everything has already been figured out. There will never be another EQ because it was a product of a specific period of time, not because of...

It's been incredibly positive. Just my outlook on everything has been more joyful. It's made me appreciate everything a lot more.

The funny part is I bet the people who are in the "I want to wait for EA to play" camp are the same ones who will say they want to play this and be in the group figuring shit out, not realizing that the second that EA starts, the 100 people who've been consuming all the alpha content will...

I can't remember who's been posting it, but I think this is the misconception. You blame instancing for deteriorating the social interactions we remember from EQ, but I think the reality is the world changed. EQ was basically a glorified chatroom for a relatively new internet. But a quarter...

And like has been pointed out over and over, that only works when you're the only game in town and it's 1999.

Yes, although it's significantly smaller than my old one (posted here sometime in 2015). I haven't been to a gym in over a decade since building my own. Whenever we figuring out building a new house though, we'll make a much larger one again.

They only speed up content by allowing all players to actually play the game. What you're arguing for is essentially restricting access to content for 90% of your players for "longevity."

From what I can tell, they're falling into an echo chamber trap. Essentially only listening to their Discord feedback and anyone jonesing for a game to play who will say whatever it takes to get an alpha key by watching their Twitch streams. And while it does sound like they occasionally read...

Glad people are finally coming on board. The game has lackluster interest while it's currently free. And that interest seems to be dropping off fast already. Beta was supposed to start like 5 months ago and is still pushed, but when EA finally starts and people have to pay to playtest this, I...