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Who do some players only look at games with WoW lenses on? It's possible to have an MMO that plays *nothing like WoW* and all of the conventions that you throw at it go out the window. It's not made for randoms and they aren't creating PvE content that has to be tuned.

Soulbound just announced they're using SpatialOS which is a big big deal... or could be. Soulbound Studios using Improbable's SpatialOS for new MMO | Latest news from the game development industry | Develop Learn More - Improbable It can literally change what is possible technically...

That design got scrapped because of the publishers. The lead designers of that are the ones who are creating Revival, based on many of the original ideas of RIFT that got canned so it could be a more WoW-like game.

I actually think he *is* wrong (whoever he is). There is a grind and a million things to progress, but if you pursue them your character becomes appreciably different than other characters who did not pursue the same progression paths. Very few people know there's an entirely additional...

Very early combat preview from PAX East, and also some words about character evolution... I like what Jeremey says.

No, that's the definition of what killed the genre. When there's a whole world of activity available, why offer one linear path of progression (that had nothing to do with the rest of the game?)

Snow accumulation. Chronicles of Elyria - Snow Accumulation Tech Preview - YouTube

It's in the exact state it's been in for 10 years; the lead developers are working on it with varying amounts of production support. The current support Illfonic was giving them has been cut off, as Illfonic needs to keep afloat. Simple as that. It's definitely not dead.

Nah, spend some time in the Founder's channel... it's just dead with Illfonic (and maybe not even that.) Edit: Full disclaimer: It certainly could be dead! But they aren't stopping

Damn shame. It's not dead though.

I believe they are using the Unreal engine. They are releasing more screens now, building up to the PAX showing and then eventually the Kickstarter.

Actually the game is less gear-dependent than pretty much anything out there.... there isn't a "best in slot" in the same way theme parks do it, and there are actually more valid customization options available. Also, why play something other than a witch or a ranger? For fun. And agree...

As far as I understand, the quests are the main way to get contribution points which you absolutely need, and quests also reward inventory expansion.

Early look teaser video.... Kickstarter coming in May. And for you cynics, you should read up a bit before dismissing this one on a screenshot. It has some very innovative features... Chronicles of Elyria - Early First Look - YouTube

No, just spend a lot of time in their IRC and the game director hangs out there a lot, and he floats some ideas/test images, etc. Just a big fan of the virtual world/sandbox side of things so try and pay close attention to games in that mold... ! Edit: Here are a couple of the tests...