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Pre-Alpha is a framework, but not feature complete. Your most basic systems in place. Combat, NPC and PC interaction, basic inventory. Models, animations, crafting, itemization should be sketched out, but not really anything in a shipable state. Basic player classes should be at least playable...

So I play Destiny 2 with Misha from Periphery.. He's been joking around about doing a full soundtrack cover of the Destiny 2 music in his djenty Periphery style.. I keep calling him on it.. hopefully he'll do it. He's a ridiculously talented musician.

My PRS Holcomb model has the SD Alpha/Omega set.. The bridge Alpha sounds amazing, but the Omega is weak as fuck.. Not sure why.. Need to do some investigating.. I went with Bareknuckle Juggernauts in my Mayones Duvell 7.. My Mayones Qatsi 6 has the Bareknuckle Nailbomb (bridge) and Cold Sweat...

I still have ONE game for this system. Haven't seen anything else beyond Zelda that interests me on it.

Mechwarrior or Battletech has HUGE VOLUMES of story available. You do realize it was a pen and paper RPG for decades prior to being a video game right? MWO is not an MMO. It's nothing more than a PVP arena.

Actually no, you'll need to collect the raw materials, then smelt them into metals, and forge the components required to build your personal space ass-cleaning device.. But before you can use it you'll also need to create the solar energy collectors to store enough energy to power the PAC...

Scott wasn't one who was afraid to make big change.. He was responsible for guiding EQ2 into a reasonable game after the abysmal state it was in at launch. He's the one responsible for scrapping the 'play your way into your final class" nonsense, and just letting people pick the damn class they...

I threw $25 at them because I believe in a fair number of their team members.. They're good developers, and I want them to succeed.

Easy.. He's a FANTASTIC snake oil salesman. A master of bullshit smoke and mirrors. He's perfected the ability to speak at great length, very enthusiastically, without actually saying anything meaningful. So he baffled people with bullshit and hoped the actual developers could catch up to his...

Vocal minority wins again.. The reality with most MMOs is players THINK they know what they want without grasping the consequences of those choices. The phrase I liked best in this regard was "Play more game, and less game designer" because most people couldn't think past their own personal...

I personally HATE the F2P model because of exactly this.. Dev teams aren't asked to make a great game anymore.. they're asked to make a game with ways to add microtransactions and shit to sell. The focus is totally in the wrong place. I'm still a firm believer that you make a great game, and...

Actually that was from player feedback according to my sources.. Players actually ASKED for the game to be slowed down on progression servers.. Maybe this is a case of players not knowing what they actually want, but that was from polling data..

Sure.. When Ponytail was made head of the EQ Franchise as a whole, and a new Creative Director, and new Lead Designer were assigned.. I didn't realize what an egomaniac Ponytail was until then, and the people promoted to the new positions made me not want to be on the team anymore. I was REALLY...

Come on, Denaut.. What have you worked on, anyway? :p

Mechwarrior / Battletech could be incredible. There's a GIGANTIC amount of lore and history that could be used to bring the game to life.. Pilots could rise up through the ranks to drive better and better mechs, and ultimately control their own lance / star (Clans) PVP in house vs house wars...

Mash's problem was he was difficult to work with.. He's not a people person at all. Extremely talented, and dedicated, but kind of a dick at times. Akil is freaking awesome to work with, and one of the reasons I'd be interested in joining the Ashes of Creation team.. He straight up loves games...

I don't.. You can avoid ability bloat by simply not making 100 abilities. Not every class needs to be able to do every goddamn thing.. That's the whole point of having different classes.. to make different ways of doing things.. It's a conscious choice to not be stupid.

1.04 was about 47MB if I remember correctly. Tiny patch. I'm stuck trying to find people to do the Nightfall and raid.. Sitting at 265-270 depending upon weapons..

That being said.. the people on EQ and EQ2 are doing great work in keeping those games alive IMO.. The people on the team are fantastic developers, incredibly imaginative, hard working, and really have the best interests of the games at heart. And Holly is a superb producer to work for.. She...

I realize I'm probably dooming myself from working in games again as a result of this.. but honestly if that's the case then so be it.. The shit that happened with EQN upsets me more than I can describe. SOE had a chance to really do it right and recapture the EQ nostalgia in a new game, and...

This exactly. Ponytail was determined to make his gaming 'legacy' with Landmark.. He had an ego that rivaled anyone I've ever worked with.. Any time anyone suggested we just make an updated EQ, we were dismissed as 'not thinking big enough'.. Well.. his 'big' thinking got us SOEmote, and EQN...

Nope.. Not Steve. I don't think he was ever Lead either, but I could be wrong.

It was never cancelled until the final nail.. It was scrapped and restarted multiple times but never cancelled.. It was around 2010 when Rich Waters and I were discussing the initial ideas behind the basic systems.. I thought we were onto something new and innovative like management had asked...

Battletech could be amazing, but I doubt any company will give a team enough time to do it right.

Curious what people think exists for a known IP that would make a great MMO? Something that would be familiar enough to engage people but not so familiar that the 'canon' people would flip out every time something changed even slightly.. Some of my ideas would be: Ready Player One Xanth World...

The reality is there isn't much new development even possible. Someone, somewhere has done whatever there is to do with current technology, and so your best hope is just to do it better, with better writing, more engaging fights, better art, better worlds, etc. To me this is what made WoW such...

This is significantly better than the D1 writing.. Gameplay is fun and was the best thing about D1 as well.. moment to moment gameplay hasn't been surpassed or even matched Destiny in a shooter yet.. Some of you could whine about god damned anything...

You know you're in trouble when Derek Smart is talking shit about you..

I'm still playing a little here and there. It has its moments..

When did the clan stuff start working?

It was cool only in that it was interesting tech, but usefulness was absolute zero for in-game stuff. MAYBE the only practical use would be for creating dialogue visuals in a cutscene or something, but I'm fairly certain there is good tech already available for that.

I think the thing that's most sad about Chester's death is his lyrics have been about his struggle with depression for a very long time.. Several songs on each CD have almost been a cry for help. Much like Scott Weiland's death, there were a lot of people on the 'gravy train' that didn't want to...

12+ years after release, and I still keep coming back to this game. It's still fun to play. Leveling up a DPS Monk right now.. I only wish I could play a Gnome monk.. for no reason other than I think the animations would be hilarious.

One thing you can't fault Dave for is his enthusiasm for a project.. It's just while at SOE it seemed mostly misguided. SOEmote is a perfect example. Utterly useless in a game, yet pushed hard by him. I think he was genuinely shocked that people didn't care, plus he had way too many people...

His real problem is hubris. He simply cannot accept that he isn't right about everything.

Pfft.. He can suck it.. I lost any respect for him when he publicly trashed EQ at Fan Faire while working for SOE.

I liked this when it was called Overwatch.. lol

Until there is a game available for everyone to play, the forums don't matter much. If there's any lesson to be learned from game development over the past 20 years, it's reality rarely if ever matches player's convoluted imagination for what they've hyped the game to be.. At this point, I'd be...

The difference being Minecraft was a playable game in early access, and charged $10 initially. They didn't then try to sell you different colored blocks for more money. CR is running the biggest scam in gaming history right now. It will remain a scam until he actually ships a playable game, and...

The funny thing with this game is if it ever releases, and it turns out to be fun, I'll happily plunk down my money for it. I don't see it happening, but I would love to be wrong. Privateer and Freelancer were some of my favorite games back in the day. The Wing Commander stuff was awesome too.