Recent content by RunningDog_foh

One thing that Turbine have always been good at is the graphics (yes, I"m including Asheron"s Call 1, where the visuals were limited because they designed the graphics engine before 3d hardware went mainstream. Considering all the 3d stuff was done in software they did a good job). You can...

Add crafted tents, sleeping bags, etc,., and foraging, hunting, fishing and cooking skills (which your character can engage in while offline) and give xp bonuses if your character gets a good nights sleep and eats well.

If you have instant teleports, then why have a big world? Every MMO that"s tried the "big world" has hit the same problems - people get fed up travelling so they dont travel, they congregate in a few spots. And if your players are staying put, you"ve wasted lots of time creating areas that...

It would be easy to make it instanced. Just make the entire wall the entry point to the instance and spawn the player in the appropriate location inside the instance. There"s no golden rule either that says one version of the instance per group or raid. Place a limit on the number of players...

You"d think that particular lesson had been learned from Asherons Call. Huge world = lots of empty towns and dungeons and a few locations camped 24/7 as everyone migrates to the best levelling / loot spots. IIRC Turbine placed 2 - 3 carbon copies of the popular dungeons around the world to deal...

You can"t seriously class Vanguard and WoW in the same league with regards to bugs, and I bet Sigil wish they had the overcrowding problems that bedevilled Blizzard for so long. Whatever else WoW did, it raised the bar on what you can get away with when you release an MMO. "Interesting but...

I wouldn"t say VG has failed since *if the game worked* it"s pretty much what it was designed to be. However the implementation of that design is flawed in that there are bugs, glitches and some hefty balance changes still going on. That said, a more pertinent question might be "given perfect...

It"s only the investors fault if they break their promises on funding or demand unreasonable changes to the design. If you say "I will deliver the software in 4 years" and 4 years later, having been funded, it"s not ready then it"s not the money men you should be looking at. The blessing and...