The idiots at DBG are so desperate for a win they just might try it. They've done nothing but fuck up the game over the past year and anything, literally anything, that might saves their jobs is probably on the table at this point.This forum is aging so hard that probably half the people who click the thread will do so actually believing that's the real ruleset.
Why would you believe this?My tinfoil hat theory is that the new owners are using EQ as a testbed for new systems and mechanics in preparation for a future MMO.
Why would you believe this?
Stuff like the persona thing they added on the last TLP, combined with the new owners having said they wanted to develop the IP. A way to test see what works, what issues come up when you try it, before committing it to a new game or new IP. An explanation as to why they try stuff that seems to come out of left field sometimes.
As I said, it's tinfoil hat stuff so I have no evidence beyond what the spirits radiate into my brain.
My tinfoil hat theory is that the new owners are using EQ as a testbed for new systems and mechanics in preparation for a future MMO.
This would be like a new car company using a Pontiac Fiero as their test bed platform.
I think you're overvaluing how much portability between two incredibly different products would exist. The concept of personas is pretty simple and EQ is hardly the first to do it (especially in the simple form it exists in now); the devil would be in the details of all the elements of characters that you would need to move between which would be highly dependent on a lot of different game systems. EQ players are known for having a lot of alts and they usually take some time to really develop so some type of persona system seems natural to have for EQ itself.Exactly, you use a dead end product to beta test your ideas so you can have them work right from the start in your 2025 model.
Maybe I'm wrong and perhaps I'm giving modern software development too much credit as to the amount of forethought that goes into it.
I would argue most of the recent EQ system changes just stem from an engineer being in charge. When you're a hammer every problem looks like a nail. A lot of this stuff just feels very engineer-y a lot of "I can fix that!" without much consideration as to whether you should fix it. Just a different style of approach due to a different kind of person calling the shots
Yeah half of them are in top 3 live raid guilds incognito.Do any of the current team actually play the game?
So they spend all day working on the game then go home and play all evening!? Good lord.Yeah half of them are in top 3 live raid guilds incognito.
So they spend all day working on the game then go home and play all evening!? Good lord.
To be fair it's a lose-lose for them.So they spend all day working on the game then go home and play all evening!? Good lord.