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I don"t know how I sound to others, but if the tone of my voice bothered them, I sure as hell wouldn"t begrudge them turning off Vent. As for judging, who"s judging? I said I can"t stand the sound of their voices...it grates on my nerves. (I also can"t stand the sound of nail files or anyone...

Not really. If it goes mainstream, I"ll either quit MMOs or just play exclusively with real-life friends. You can"t imagine the number of horrible voices I"ve come across on Vent. Nasal, flat, regional accents that are a bitch to sort out, and one guy who sounded a lot like Kermit the Frog (and...

Hey Nino, assuming you"re still popping in to read this thread, here"s a quick question: given the problems Everquest II had catching on early due to its hardware requirements as a result of SOE"s "planning for the future" engine decision, what was the reasoning at Sigil behind making the...

Yeah, I ran across this article a couple of days ago, not sure if the link"s been posted here before, but here goes... More on Vanguard and world design | The Cesspit.

Personally, I think the EQ2 strategy of planning for the future with the graphics engine really isn"t going to serve them well in the long run. It limits them to a pretty small share of the PC gaming market, and frankly I"m not sure it results in a much better looking game. If Vanguard was built...

Doesn"t look like it. They can"t even update all the game"s art yet (including much of it that the artists have actually finished, according to a dev post on SV). I tried the trial, thought the game needed polish so I held off on buying it. Glad to see I made the right decision. Maybe I"ll check...

Apparently, they couldn"t make the AES work correctly, so no triggered gold mobs for the forseeable future. (which is a pity, because AES seemed like a great idea)

Or even if Sigil had managed to implement the AES (Automatic (?) Encounter System) they hyped so much prior to release. Instead, it"s EQ camping time! Yeah, this game"s going to last....

Since about the time EQ came out...people didn"t always approach it in this way (that was a subset of power gamers) but as games became more linear, this mindset seemed to spread to the rest of the community. This is why I prefer games like EVE and UO (which I may try again if they release some...

Steroids. HULK SMASH!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, you better be gay, dude. (Seeing as she looks something like a mid 20s biker guy wearing lipstick) If not, whaaaaaaa???

Yeah yeah, we"ve heard it all before. You"re just a Vanguard hater. There"s plenty of content no one"s seen yet. Just yesterday I found this wandering ogre boss on one of the Kojan islands. (and people say Vanguard"s model work sucks...I nearly wet myself with fear)

He"s nothing of the sort, he was a foul-mouthed rude bastard who despite those qualities, had a great insight into the state of this game, the devs" approach to things like features (core and "fluff"), and it"s potential market. Go look up his posts, he wasn"t just generalizing, he actually...

Yeah, pretty much. Still, I think that the engine they"re using (trying to future-proof the game) is actually a bigger problem, because of the barriers to entry it provides. Someone asks a friend about Vanguard, hears "well they"ve cleaned up the bugs and it"s fun to play, but you"ll have to buy...

Players too. Not having to upgrade because the newest MMO needs a ton of RAM and a faster processor is a boon to pretty much everyone but hardware vendors. And since they won"t be trying to trump each other with tech (my MMO requires FOUR video cards just to run), they"ll likely end up focusing...

Yeah, you"re right Steve...the more I look at this sort of problem, the more I think console MMOs are potentially viable, since it would be far easier to design for a standardized platform. After all, if the choice is between shelling out 2000 bucks for a new rig to play the latest PC MMO or the...

That"s damn funny. Also, is your avatar a zombie Ann Coulter? (picture"s a bit too small for me to be sure)

That seems to be a problem on MMO forums in general. He"s dealing with the other side of the coin over on Silky Venom, where apparently at least half the posters are still drinking the Kool-Aid. Changing the game direction is very dangerous - Silky Venom

Saving that for sweeps week.