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Pointing at the months after an expansion release and saying all is fine is bold, obviously there'sa spike at that time for both subs and box sales. I'm gonna guess that shareholders would like that more often then once every 20-30 months. Which would be a good thing for MMO gamers too - at...

Tad10, the issues you describe arent actually considered negatives in need of fixing by the majority. Blizzard fixes what they think is wrong with the game in every iteration, but that only moves it further away from what you'd want.

Either you outsource for inferior products/results to save money, or you outsource for superior products/results because you want to have a high quality. A company like storybricks has only that product, it's their entire effort and in their best interest do deliver a great result. I expect less...

The thing is, they want regular cash infusions without doing any work for it. I would happily buy a DLC with a new class, new tileset and monsters and a dozen new legendaries and sets (how to integrate the drop chances etc might be an issue, /shrug it's their job). But those things dont come...

Too bad, Storybricks was one of the features I was hyped for (2 years ago). I hope someone picks up on it to build it into an MMO. As in, someone besides Anet because those guys will just half-ass it as usual.

I like that. Interest-meter rising again I guess. I'm so split on this game, perpetually getting on and off the hype train with each new chunk of information. Edit: had not seen the picture before my post, back on the hype train for now! Think we can campaign for red pandas?

More like how ability swapping in EQN might work someday, or maybe it'll be different. Who knows at this point. Anyway, I do like restricted choices, while also having the flexibility of switching skills mid-combat at a price. A design that hard-locks you into your selection once in combat...

I doubt any of that is set in stone. In any case, it's a B2P game so just buy a package that includes a ship if you dont care about the campaign and skip those 15-70 hours of prologue (I for one will do that, might play through it at some later time I guess).

Oh please, stop dreaming. If anything, the new owners compared a screenshot from the moneymaker game (WoW) to SOE concepts, noticed too many differences and told them to make it like WoW for the money hats. We're talking about an investment firm taking over, not someone that gives a shit about...

D2 was expensive compared to other old titles for a whole decade, so dont hold your breath.

It's a bit dissapointing that the only way to have a difficult challenge is greater rifts. Wish they would've added T7-10 or something like that.

By now this feels like permanent non-combat world where you play barbie dollhouse dress-up (not that there's anything wrong with that) and when you want some combat you pick a campaign to your liking and hop in (side question, does that lock you to that campaign until the bitter end or can you...

He might be like me, I thought everything was okay-ish the last time I seriously bothered to check up on it - which was around the Landmark alpha time a year ago. I mean, even IF everything was fine it was a "2+ years away" deal. No need to keep close tabs on a game that is over 2 years away and...

Since everyone probably has their own definition in mind that's a fruitless discussion. I'd say EVE is one even if you look at it in black&white (maybe AA? didnt play that), most other games probably a shade of grey depending on how much they segregate and instance the players away from the open...

They plan to shuffle players between various instances on the fly based on population, friend lists and player behaviour/history (dont like that part). If they do it well you probably wont notice or mind and have a good small-to-medium multiplayer experience while flying around. It's not going...

Considering it isnt an MMO, doing that is probably not a big priority. Elite: Dangerous has multiplayer and character/market persistance right now, this will be similar just with 70mill more monies pumped in.

Has anyone caught any bits of info regarding storybricks throughout all this fallout? It's one of the most important aspects of EQN, at least of the version they peddled for the last 2 years, and I'm wondering if that development was going well or heading into a dead end. I'm not sure EQN itself...

EVE has decent customization since an expansion that came a few years ago, it was for that WiS plan that they claimed to expand upon before dropping the entire idea.

I'm not on board enough to buy alpha yet, maybe if their kickstarter is awesome and/or they promise a three-headed hellhound minipet and a golden nametag for buying the alpha package I might change my mind.

I wouldnt answer that with a definitive yes, but I very much want grouping to matter. A game has to feature solo content these days, and I wouldnt play one that ionly offers the choice between grouping or dick-in-hand at the dungeon entrance. Seeing that other player while doing outdoor content...

Yea that's true. I've been playing a bit the last two weeks and I barely completed any daily, let alone the daily meta. I dont care for the achievement points so /shrug, but it's worse then before. I feel this coming HoT change is especially bad regarding skill points because they could've done...

Not just giving a skill point alongside whatever mastery rewards you get is dumb in the first place. Instead, they waste dev time on providing them through additional means. Right now skill points are abundant enough to be dumped for currency - if they add any new uses for them to make them...

The only way to look at this situation in a positive light is with more hopium then the pantheon thread had on the first couple of pages.

Only 14 minutes huh? I didnt watch your link but is this some kind of highlights cut? I could've sworn the actual thing was hours long.

In theory I'm against it, but it's unavoidable that players use their RL assets to gain advantages in the game. Been that way all the way back to the early MMOs. So the company might as well monetize it I guess, better then putting blatant P2W into the (also inevitable) cash shop.

I'm not hating on cash shops at all but hitting the right ratio between putting your new stuff in the cash shop and making it obtainable through some kind of gameplay is a tough balance. For example I think GW2 was doing it wrong during their first 1.5 years and had too few skins/minis/toys that...

They mention different conditions on new campaigns... I would really be curious how a hardcore campaign plays out. Every character can go there once while it runs (or even only during the first two days), if you die you are locked out. Would probably end fairly quick even if people start banding...

Depending on the length of the campaign it doesnt sound THAT different from GW2 at least for the RvR/GvG stages. You collect points and highest points win. If the win condition is time, all available points being collected or something else is not that different, because it all hinges in the...

They are not exactly awesome but that comment is still selling them short. They've put out an okayish enough product for that decade to keep their own games running and only had to shut off the abortions they bought for a dime like Matrix, VG and so on. They are pretty much the only ones in the...

This thread moves pretty fast... but to answer this question: It was a play on your response to this post and had nothing to do with anyone on the EQ team or from SOE.

The Neckbeard that did well in the last 15 years now poised to return EQ to the glory it deserves. I bet there's more then a few people holding on to that hope, mostly those with posts in the EQ subforum.

They might be doing 100% crafted loot, with mobs just dropping the craft mats and items that are identical to crafting statwise but with a different name (if even that), 'crude orcish sword' instead of 'heavy broadsword'. That way, time invested doesnt become that extreme and doesnt feature...

They had a good way to keep the regular areas relevant, namely specific craft Mats.

Flex, the gear divide is only an issue if you get to keep the stuff indefinitely. Actually given contiued wear or loss of items outright (destroyed, lootable, doesnt matter how), the divide probably isnt getting that big in the first place. You describe a list of ways to cirumvent losing your...

EVE does offer different ways to enjoy the game for the individual player - industry, playing the market, snoozing through high-sec missions, snoozing through low-sec missions with the added chance of butt-rape, exploration/complexes. That's without expanding into things you're better off doing...

Not liking the changes between worlds, I cant put my finger on it but it feels artifical and gamey (duh). Would prefer it if the penalty for death/failure doesnt change, but the risk/penalties to the attackers rises. Also if the worlds are just giant BGs that reset every month, I'm jumping off...

I get that's just a cheap shot, but he asked about how Anet handles the season releases. They sucked at keeping a steady bi-weekly schedule in season 2 and had a measly 8 or so (?) episodes over 9 months, but during some of that he would have missed some of them by only logging in once a month...

Planetside 2, and guess what it still has healers and tanks (quite literally even).

Log in at least bi-weekly to keep up getting free LS updates, assuming they keep the format. I havent played any of them since summer but might start them to catch up. I made it a routine to log in every sunday to make sure they are all unlocked. Somehow I havent really questioned if them...

Skill queue changes are new-fag stuff anyway, the real obstacles like front-loading 5mill of learning skills being the efficient long run choice really cramped a new player that wanted to optimize their advancement. That's long gone, as are characters crippled by odd stat allocation you couldnt...