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If they want item loot, give me access to that naked Wizard's three most expensive items in his bank.

My problem is the stories from UO were closer to 'Dexter' than King Arthur.... I agree with your points, pretty much. I think it'll take a 'Star Citizen' type approach, with a fiery visionary a la Chris Roberts to actually get a really nextgen sandbox open world dynamic MMO.

That was the beauty of SWGs housing system. It was all the sandbox with very little of the griefing. I loved the fact there were actual cities with merchants and actual architects. It's a bummer nobody has advanced the genre from SWGs housing system. I'd argue we've gone backwards, even with...

It depends on how it's done, really. It'll be tough to prevent rampant griefing, though, especially at higher levels. I can't see a scenario where this server tops 100 people after a few months, just like Red99.

So I made an 85 Necro with the free AAA. Is there a cheatsheet that can get me playing and macro everything into one or two buttons for me? I haven't seriously played EQ2 since 2005, so no clue what I'm doing.

Just to add, I like the idea of a 'season pass' which includes yearly content. I'm also for a box fee. That fee is a better barrier to entry than a very small sub fee, to require an investment to play.

I want to pay for content. Tier the game and sell smaller blocks of it piece by piece. I really like the idea of adding 'modules' and selling those. It's a simple way to make profit, but one isn't paying to play stuff they've already purchased. If I'm paying 15/mo I feel like I'm beholden to...

That's a good question, Phoenix. Since the server has done over 3 years of Kunark, that wouldn't surprise me. Amazingly, even after that there are still over 1k on during primetime, and that's with close to no dual boxing. It's more nostalgia for me, but I've only been here a few months. I...

My experiences are the same as Pyros. Houses were a great idea, but the implementation was so bad with the abnormals it really made the game a pain. The best housing system is the one from SWG.

Thanks for the tips. I bought one from litehouse and got what I hope was a decent deal, on one with ozone. Then came the part I didn't include in my budget.. 700 bucks for an electrician to do the line work... Dang...About twice what I thought it'd be.

Magic, Combat, and Crafting Skills | Shroud of the Avatar Forum If possible can you rename this thread or merge it with the other. The kickstarter part is long dead, and the game itself is actually interesting.

I love Dark Souls and I'm looking forward to their sequel, but I'm not looking for Dark Souls actiony gameplay in an MMO, just the environment and feel which stole a lot from AD&Ds Tomb of Horrors and many other modules and 'felt' like what I had been missing immersion wise from MMOs. Graphics...

FTFY.

I think you're aiming too low. EQ was made on a pretty small budget 15 years ago. The game I'm looking for likewise does not require AAA money, and much of the tech is already out there. What exactly do you feel should be in this game? Just better graphics? Should it just be an EQ clone? I...

You need upgrades and new stuff or you have literally nothing to sell. New and hotness does not mean completely different. If you want to play EQ or VG, they are still around. I'm enjoying P1999 quite a bit. Fuck making a clone of EQ. There are plenty of variants. What I want is a Dark Souls...

Back on subject.. P1999's 12 hours of maintenance seems to be taking a tad longer.

Because it's always better to use your neighbors wifi and soak up his bandwidth for streaming videos. Why is it snowing in Ohio already?

I'm not sure why. Clearly he's in his prime. Anyways, I've expected for years he'll pull a Robert Jordan. Maybe his health does not match his appearance:

Pretty sure Dungy has said several times he won't ever coach again. Gruden and Cowher both have been more coy. I'd guess they'd come back for the right situation. I do agree it's a lot less time and grief to be an announcer, though. A lot more job security. Gruden might just be leveraging for...

I'd nod my head in agreement if I weren't busy buying another ship from RSI.

Downtime is not really that good a thing. It worked in EQ because things took so goddamn long you had to have it to survive. It also created a sense of economy and valued things that took time. The bigger question is how does one create a design that pushes a lot of immersion, has valid...

Thread delivers. More plz.

If only he played for Denver and not KC given Colorados more liberal views...

I'd argue focus groups, data mining, and non gamer project managers have done more to destroy the MMO genre then even Brad Mcquaid, and that's saying a lot. You need mining when you are aiming to reduce churn for a widespread product, not for a game that should be created with a vision from a...

I must have missed that living world MMO in my last two decades of playing these things. The only two worlds that came close were AC2 and SWG, both RIP. The rest of the crop were static respawn fests. Even DAOC which had the best PVP really lacked real objectives and real change. EQ was most...

The thing is Trions world and lore is boring and nobody gives a shit about it. They can make wholesale changes in an attempt to fix what are underlying design issues that have come to light, such as removing factions, and opening things up. The entire premise of Warcraft is Horde vs Alliance...

Given the level of power and lack of accountability and transparency from the staff, it wouldn't surprise me if a good chunk of the limited cash is going straight back to the server admins. If so, good for them. It also wouldn't surprise me if any 'competition' was banned. I personally do not...

I don't doubt that some people are making a bit of cash. The problem is the market on P99 just is not that big, and a good chunk of the people there are competing with each other and more items keep coming in daily. Kunark has been out there for, what, three years? Plus, at the end of the day it...

Maybe if he has a huge operation across dozens of games. I'd think the player auctions/RMT days are mostly over. On a 900 person EQ EMU server? Maybe a few hundred here and there, at best. Anyone RMTing an EMU server is whacked.

Hopefully DirectX will go the way of ActiveX and other proprietary crap MS technologies. I've read currently the money is in Ipad and consoles vs PC gaming. Hopefully that'll push more gaming companies to open standards. What does the PS4 use? I can't imagine Sony using DirectX.

I'd argue while there probably is some bad elements, overall P99 is probably run more fairly than the LIVE servers. I was in the rat race back in 99-01. I'm enjoying the heck out of my time there, and while I think the raid scene on P99 is terrible, that's mainly due to EQ's design and not...

OK, after getting a variety of interesting answers from family, friends, and Google, I thought I'd ask if anyone has any hot tub purchasing advice? Girl wants one for Christmas and I have a covered deck in my back yard. Looking at Litehouse and The Great Escape and it seems new the ones we like...

Hey, if plenty of people who want to finance rich former game developers out there, then more power to Brad and his peers, especially if they can get a few million for a no risk venture. All I keep thinking is how much money exactly did Brad get from Microsoft and what happened to it...

For me it was completely unexpected. I always assumed Bioware was similar to Blizzard and had a large base of avid players among their workers. Balder's Gate seemed a labor of love by people who played and liked AD&D, Roleplaying, Immersion, and Story. They were in their element. It seems...

I doubt it gets funded. After the Vanguard debacle with the huge amount of cash he had at his disposal, I'm not sure who among his supporters would pony up money for a Mcquaid led company. This is far different from a Mark Jacobs who released an MMO on a shoestring budget, and whose last...

Cool, thanks. I'll be on and off mostly afternoons EST. Going to try and mainly level until I can get to 30 and save a few plat.

I'm playing Ickk, an Iksar SK. Hit me up Goat if you are on. I'm going to start leveling him some as Blue is packed.

who count all on red is never triple digits for me and rarely above 65. I've checked it out a few times. The server is dead. The login server is not accurate. On the flip side, Blue is so god awful over populated and over camped I'm probably going to screw around more on Red. Watch how long...

I like the open world thing. I want huge server raids not on set set schedules. I do not want huge instanced combat raids, though. I like 10 man ones. I think Blizz has the right idea there. More Planetside 1 bridge battles. Less long static spawns.

No, they aren't gimped, but they are average. You can work hard to be able to solo kill from a class that levels far slower than any other, or you can play an easy mode class that levels fast and is competitive without parlor tricks in WvW. I have an 80 Thief. He's fun to screw around with...