Recent content by Dullahan

My philosophy on Pantheon is 'maybe one day there will be an mmo worth playing again.' Soon would be great, but they have a wide lane and nothing comparable coming out. I don't want them to mess it up.

I had a lot of fun playing EQ as a teenager. Went back in my 20s and played it again, still found it to be the best mmo I had played and it had little to do with "nostalgia" that everyone carries on about. Everything I earned in the game meant more, was more cooperative, which made everything...

The challenge of EQ raiding was not rigid mechanics like mmos today. It generally wasn't as challenging when it came to the fight itself. The struggle was getting a full raid of competent players leveled up, geared up and online while content was available. EQ was open world, so nothing was...

If only they knew completing their character models in pre-alpha was what stood in their way of rocking.

AI or machine learning is totally unnecessary for most to enjoy an mmo. Just having mobs that are programmed to somewhat intelligently, somewhat creatively use their abilities to harm and heal requiring the player to pay attention and respond is a proven formula. Creating a half a dozen...

I'll be on pvp. Come at me.

For most players, all the information they needed was there. Early EQ strategies were basically complete heal your tank and maybe have X resist or stand in a certain spot. Most raid info was available, and virtually anything you wanted to know about group or quest content which is all most...

I guess they can wait until beta to develop major parts of the game, but that isn't usually how it works. Generally, you don't go to beta until the content and features you intend to launch with are in place to be fixed and optimized.

Pantheon has offensive and defensive targeting.

If Smedley was still there, I'd believe the battle royale thing because he was always trying to capitalize on the latest trend, even to the detriment of the game. Don't believe they have money to continue development on EQ3, nor do I believe any other sane person would attempt to convert EQ into...

The challenge of EQ was not about knowing how to do something, but in the doing. The information has always been available for the 99.9% who aren't on the top of the curve.

There's nothing to say that they have to reveal everything to test 99% of the mechanics and systems. Besides, what is far worse than a game with information that is largely known is a game the is largely broken. The idea that in a year most of the worst bugs won't be revealed, is far-fetched...

I'm pretty sure I remember them saying, on multiple occasions, that they want at least a year of beta. Based on what we've seen, beta is still a long way off. They have 7 of 12 classes, and those are only partially complete (skills up to maybe the 30s). They're still working on the first racial...

DAoC would have definitely been more interesting if you progressed your character in contested content. They had the right idea with Darkness Falls, but for some reason stopped there. This was the main reason why I found EQ pvp so much more fun than DAoC. I actually got to kill people and take...

I personally don't care that much for the arrows next to group members. MMO should rely on communication over HUD when possible. The only way those should exist is in a very short range to overcome normal visual/audio limitations of a video game world.