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Not Sigil. In Feb 2007 they actually reduced xp from 3/4 dots because they were giving too much XP versus what was the expected curve. It was SOE that completely fucked the curve up and made it so you always outleveled content. Another reason why SOE should never be trusted with MMOs...

It wasn't bad, but I'm getting tired of the topical episodes. I'd like to see an old school episode of just WTF.

My main issue with ED was the Horde/Alliance imbalance and the DDoS attacks. Just a weekend too many when I was in the mood to play and the server was down. Otherwise, I enjoyed my time there - never got to check out AV (think I quit in mid-40s). Is it the original AV or the late Vanilla AV...

Good balance of Solo v. Group play, plus generally solid classes (the only class I played that was underpowered compared to the rest was the Psionicist). You could solo to cap but you would miss out on great dungeon experiences which meant that you would usually avoid soloing if you could help...

Same level as first episode this season. Decent but not brilliant.

The usual case is the reverse. Where Obamacare premiums will soar - Aug. 6, 2013 Also I'll be interested in your 2015 coverage. I'm reasonably sure it'll rise from $350/month. The horror... of reality intruding on your anecdote.

Didn't realize so many people were shareholders of insurance companies. Good to know.

I don't know about lightsabers (which are supposedly confined plasma not lasers, IIRC my pseudo-SW science) but 3D displays "in space" seem possible.

It was a solid episode. Not great but solid - and has some laughs mostly with the Butters/DMV story. The ultimate test is would I laugh watching this again when I see a re-run next year? Probably, the Jehovah's Witness - Butters interaction is "funny-always".

Art is worth something if there's a fuck ton of it. But only if there's a fuck ton so someone could actually make an MMO out of it. That's basically how VG was made. A fuckton of Art Assets fro VG 0.5 that was re-used to make the released version. If it's just a few months worth of art...

No.

He's fucking nuts.

Stuff like this is just proof that the inmates are running the asylum. How did a fuckwit like Turner get to be a Billionaire? Women are why Obama is President. And proof they should never have gotten the vote. Sure we have fuckwit liberals on this board, but a majority of men voted against...

Just what I was told by someone in the biz. That's why they shut the SD office and consolidated everything. So no official source.

Trion's shopping itself so he'll go when Trion gets sold or when it folds.

ITitan will just be WoW 2.0: Take StoryBricks-like NPC (non-combat) AI and Voxel Destruction of EQNext and add real MMO classes and Vanilla WoW (Trinity) Combat. Butler's and EQNext's biggest problem is their desire for everything to be shiny and new so they kicked out the good with the bad...

Wasn't perfect, still better than FOTM skill based systems.

No. FOTM requires some kind of selectable skill based system (be it via Skill/Talent Trees or seperate skills) or (in the case of EQN) a skill-based system masquerading as a class based system. Don't confuse WoW talent trees with EQ character classes. Yes the trinity required warriors and...

Original Total Recall with Arnold. Not sure if it's cult, but it should be.

Absolutely rose colored. Tyen stopped being a constructive member of the community over eqbrowser. He went nuts. It got fucking ridiculous.

Eh. Rose colored glasses. But whatever. The same could be said of much of the discussion on this board - such as this very thread on Brad and his new MMO.

He was okay a few years ago. But he's really off his rocker with eqbrowser. I wasn't joking about him going schizoid. His obsession is beyond normal - also he basically destroyed fohguild forums.

Okay, then please explain again how a skill-based system or equivalent (e.g. EQN's multi-classing) which will have max 4 FOTM builds is better than a class based system which has 16 unique classes. Because I don't get that from your post. -_-

I thought it was agreed by all that talent trees were bad? Instead of a talent tree allowing a priest to be a necro (Vanilla WoW) you should have a Priest and a Necro class. With respect to the discussion of uniqueness - you completely missed my point. All the multiclassing BS of EQN is...

Yeah I don't think it's going to work the way SOE thinks it will. At the end of the day, some abilities are going to be mo' betta so you'll find 90% of the people playing that base class (say Warrior for tank - hypothetically) with the odd class ability from something else to round out the...

Thank God we're talking about Plutonium 238. I was worried we hadn't given the NSA quite enough key words to have them track this forum ;-)

I honestly think Tyen's gone schizo. Won't be long before his eqbrowser starts talking back too him.

Agraza, I disagree with you 98% of the time (like Zehn) but you're not stupid (like Zehn) so I don't mind arguing with you even though it's mostly pointless.. What you're missing here is that meaningful choice is necessary for "unique" characters. Yes, I know that you know that I know that no...

Decisions have to have consequences or they're pointless. Butler & Co. miss the whole point of RPGs. The solution isn't making everyone be everything, it's designing classes that matter. So players don't regret their choice. Fucking ridiculous. Edit: Basically they're blaming it on the...

I thought the story on 7 was that it was a shit architectural design that really wasn't designed for 47 stories and they didn't want to cause panic because there are other shit architectural designs in NYC. IIRC, there was a PBS special on a building in midtown that would collapse in a Sandy...

It's all about the benjamins (and management). Brad can pull it off if he gets the money and management other than himself. I will write it off if he starts NewCo with himself as CEO. That just can't end well. Call it the difference between INT and WIS. Brad has a decent INT but showed a...

It's time for...

Good. @Agraza you can google up the Texas kid pretty easily.

They were very hazy probably because they didn't know themselves.. The multi-group stuff seemed to be like a Fear Break. Not a raid on a Dragon.

What is Speech but the expression of Thought? Sure there is: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or...

Progression servers do pretty well for SOE, especially for the first year or so.

If it's Vanilla WoW clone, I'll still check it out.

Vanilla WoW was better until it wasn't. And yes, they said no EQ style raiding, but there will be multi-group content (example of Crushbone with 100's or 1,000's of Orcs depending on who was asked). Instanced raiding sounds like it'll be DCUO style - maybe 12 peeps if we're lucky.

I take it you've bought into the FBI/NSA civilian surveillance then. Unless somebody is going around buying ingredients for a fuel-oil bomb or equivalent WTF, they get to think and assemble as they want, without suspicion and without interference from the government. Anything else leads...

Who the fuck cares about Free Speech, Free Thought and Freedom of Association, amiright? Good to see another Brown Shirt here on RR.