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That just shows someone who didn't crack up the draw distance in options. Even at Ultra, you had to move the slider further to the right to max out draw distance. I just went through my shots and the fog isn't anywhere that bad. *Edit* It also could be that the fog increases because of...

What exactly was that quote referencing? I didn't see anything related to "advanced social features" in beta.

Why not wait for another month after when it goes F2P?

We're comparing ESO to FFXIV now? Let's have some perspective people. Christ.

Yeah, I thought about that too.... Age of Conan all over again. Good point. Still, surprised the Press would pick up on that. They're usually the most clueless of the bunch.

What interests me is the disproportionate amount of Press hate this is receiving prior to launch. I went into this weekend, based on the conversation around here, that this was Vanguard level bad. It clearly isn't, but it's not a good game either. Technically, outside of the login issues, I ran...

So disable it for friendly PCs... it's been done before. The complete lack of collision detection in a action based combat MMO makes the combat feel weak. There are ways to solve your horrible example from 15 years ago and they could be applied here as well. Your assumption is right, I'm level 9...

This game could be improved by adding Collision Detection, removing the Quest Helper/Solver, and making enemies 2x-3x more difficult. As it stands today, the game offers zero challenge and the combat is not as fun as it needs to be. The end result is a MMO that just bores me to tears.

For a good game sure but we're still talking about The Elder Scrolls Online. If the press was on board with this, like SWTOR, I would expect that. I just don't see it happening with this game with this much of a negative vibe so close to release.

It's not the sub. It's the cost of the box plus the sub that becomes a problem. It becomes a problem because it's not an amazing game, just an average one. Because of that alone, the initial price tag + sub will scare people off. Outside of folks on this forum, how many millions of people are...

ThisForbes articlesums it up for me. Here's a small excerpt...

I don't know... at least from the mobs I've seen, they seem to have some pretty obvious visual queues that indicate an AoE (cone or otherwise) outside of the obvious ZOMG red circles. Even then, I haven't had a problem seeing red circles in 1st person. That could change though.

This is the first time I've gotten a chance to play this game. Fortunately, I've played many MMOs in beta that are a lot worse than this. So... I guess it has that going for it. The biggest problem so far... it's horrendously boring. My "expectations", seeing how it is an Elder Scrolls...

Spotsstillavailable on Serenity. Just picked one up.

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That was really cool.

Classic.

In honesty, it should. You're asking people to part with their money in the hopes of getting enough funding tomaybeget more funding tomaybeget a game theymightlike. If you're expecting people to do that for you, you need to provide a hell of a lot more clarity and detail than what's already...

I feel the same way about Shroud of the Avatar. Whether you like the game or not, they put together a great Kickstarter for a niche game.

I think it's cute that people are telling others how to spend their money. Maybe the people suggesting a peer review on pooling investment capital would be willing to do the same thing for people who provide charitable, political, or religious contributions.

I'll take it a step further... I'm 100% sure SOE is on board. To really know that though, all you had to do was pay attention... I'd hardly call that any sort of revelation. Sept 9th via Twitter: From BradMcQuaid.com: Brad's responseto my post earlier this week: I fully expect SOE to...

My thoughts exactly. I would instantly do what you described above with my $250 backing right now if it were available.

Buckle up, Buttercup. It's going to be at least 3 years of this.

Agreed. Very nice.

I fully expect this to be picked up by SOE at some point. Remember this on hiswebsite?

I bumped my contribution to $250. With that being said, this hasn't been quite what I expected. I would have expected Brad to follow Richard Garriott's lead and latch on to the last title that made him successful and build upon it. Shroud of the Avatar is a real spiritual successor to Ultima...

Not really the point, new IPs tend to sound "generic" until they establish themselves and their identity. Doesn't matter if their first, twentieth, or what ever. If it ends up being cool, it will be memorable.

I felt the same way when I heard "EverQuest" the first time too.

I'm sure someone could make the case in saying that for just about every game in this forum.

Sigil tried to do that with Vanguard and their Advanced Encounter System, but it wasn't used often due to issues with the tools if I remember correctly. There are so many creative ways to spawn named mobs. Unfortunately, since every MMO is an instance inside of an instance, they're never used...

Haha! That wasn't directed at you. I took a look at your pjnorrath site though, very nice job.

Aw... that sucks.

Their forums are up at their previous Kickstarter ip address. http://pjpantheon.com/index.php?page_id=103

Regarding leveling and progression? There needs to be a better way. Developers need to stop making their content completely irrelevant as they build upon their game. I?ve been thinking about it quite a bit and I would love to see Brad take this game in a different direction and attempt to...

You would have open world contested encounters, I just don't lump those in with "dungeons". You can still have your City of Mist. I'm lumping "instance" into anything I got to zone into. Once it hits its said player cap, it clones itself. Scale the drama accordingly.

Regarding first-person, I thought the original Darkfall did it right. Fixed 1st person perspective combined with a very tightly fixed 3rd person view. Provided on hell of an immersive experience.

No instances is just plain stupid. Instancing all the dungeons/raid, especially with today's technology, just makes sense. I'm not saying, let's give everyone their own instance of the Plane of Time, but I think there is a balance there between competition and stupid. I like EQ2's method for...

This is why level progression need to die in the proverbial fire. Not only does it completely alienate new players over the lifetime of the game, but it creates ridiculous nonsense like the above... trivializing huge gobs of content. Again, low max level and make it all about skill and item...

/sighed That horse has been beaten.

I can't believe I left out the 1st person view. Also, add in the soundtrack byTodd Masten(Nino) and make one of the kickstarter goals to make it fully orchestrated.