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I like discussing MMO mechanics and alternative ideas. I am sure every time a thread starts down the road of conjecture and what if's, some people would be screaming derail. Often times, the derails are the only interesting conversations going on; as the game has little to no information to...

I have only had one really hard to explain experience. I remember posting this back on FoH. 1st grade, friend is having a sleepover. There are 7 children invited. The friend's mother is going out for the evening and hired a baby sitter. We stay up, eat pizza, play games, watch a non-scary...

Not sure if anyone pointed it out yet. But I am pretty sure the 4th race for the exiles is going to be undead. I was watching the trailer on the exiles, and when the narrator mentioned joining forces this image comes up with 4 hands. From right to left you have Human, Granock, Aurin and...

I liked my +15 zweihander. I used that 1 handed with the eagle crest tower shield(whatever the lightest tower shield was) and the giant's armor set. For the last boss however, I ran in naked using the sword 2 handed. Being able to move around at top speed makes that fight a breeze. The sword...

Not sure if anyone had recommended it in this thread already (I looked) but "Jin-Roh The Wolf Brigade" is a quality film. Takes place in an alternative reality japan in what appears to be the early 60's. It sort of comes across like a noir crime flick/ political thriller. I watched the...

I remember hearing a dev state very clearly that they do not intend to use any form of LFR. Raids will strictly be manually constructed. And the same dev stated that they will definitely have an LFD tool. Also, they are trying to create a difficult raid game. Difficult to the point where they...

Ok, so we can establish that much to be true. Socializing without talking is fucking or dancing. Doing silent dungeon runs makes it more difficult to establish any kind of connection with people. Communication is one way we differentiate ourselves from one another. This is especially true in a...

Madsapper, I don't know what your issue is that causes you to get so riled up. But obviously since we don't share the same opinion there needs to be something personally wrong with you. Right? The only point I have been trying to convey this whole time, is that the game design can facilitate...

LFD is only part of the problem. I keep stating that when combining an LFD tool (that doesn't help you re-group with people), with cross server barriers, WITH shitty dungeons that don't require you to utter a word; it creates an environment where meeting new players becomes prohibitively...

The North Koreans are already cut off to a large extent and have maintained power through a martial state. So removing their leaders from power will require dismantling their military. That is probably the most unappealing and downright shitty assignments I could possibly think of. North Korea...

All of the examples given about forming a group the old fashioned way, with an LFD tool present, talked about pulling from their guild and friends lists, which is what I mentioned. What I said was impossible, was putting together a group from scratch (i.e. you don't already know any of the other...

If there is an LFD tool, you CAN'T form groups manually. You can pull people out of your guild, but there is zero chance of creating a pick up group from scratch with an LFD tool present. You just can't do both. LFD reduces time constraints for players completing content, while creating...

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I have never had issues with the LFG tool. I really hate LFD and LFR however. LFR, because it shits all over the raid scene and makes it seem extra pointless. LFD, because it promotes shitty players and bad attitudes. You will never see these people again, so why not be a greedy, self...

*Goes and gets the belt*

That's because your grandfather's childhood was shoveling shit, or shoveling coal, or shoveling snow, or shoveling dead baby animals into the furnace... it was never fun and always involved shoveling. Your grandfather was damn happy not to be a child anymore because being a child used to suck...

The universe is mostly empty space. The world we experience is strange in terms of how it is structured. The smaller in scale, or larger in scale at which one observes the universe, the greater the ratio of empty space to non empty space. Everything appears to exist in complete isolation...

Without enchanting a lot of current builds don't work or don't work nearly as well. The only thing people use enchanting for is pumping base stats to ridiculous levels. If you want to eliminate enchanting, then give more stat points with each level up. You can shift the majority of stat points...

Climbing around on a giant creature could be one way of handling that kind of combat. I think most large monsters would be able to scrape a player off without much issue though, so it would be a risky move to try solo. However, if you get a group that disables a creature to the point where...

A player needs to have near perfect information when regarding their own abilities and tools. They should know exactly how effective a particular weapon or move is, or what special qualities their tools possess. However, the players should have to figure out on their own, when is it best to...

I know it will never happen, but I always wanted to see a final fantasy that incorporated the worlds or areas from previous games. I know Cloud makes a cameo in final fantasy tactics as a secret character. And I believe all of the iconic swords from the series show up on an optional boss in...

I think the only real issue with black holes and singularities, in terms of relativity, is one of perspective. When trying to describe what is going on inside a singularity using relativity we get infinity; when trying with quantum theory we get infinity raised to infinity. We then say, there is...

That video response is so perfect it almost makes me think that the OP is a plant, or in on the joke.

I didn't donate to this project, and I wouldn't. I gave it a once over and it looks tired before it's even started. However, fraud IS a crime. And anyone who takes the money and runs, no matter what venue they choose to operate in, is liable for penalties. And don't worry about civil cases...

A donation is a gift of money with no expectation of a return. These kickstarter campaigns aren't really soliciting donations when they they have long lists of items that correspond to specific levels of funding. Even a PBS fund raiser could get into trouble if they failed to deliver all those...

This is not advertising. Advertising says, HEY! look at me! and that's it. The moment money changes hands it becomes a sale, if the buyer is receiving goods at the time of purchase; or in this case, an investment. A sale of goods has a lot more protection for the buyer than an investment...

Well the way Morpheus delivers his lines he states, "we don't know who struck first us or them" and when trying to determine what year it was, he also wasn't sure. So humanity's knowledge of what lead up to current state is iffy at best and Morpheus was delivering the best guess of what had...

No one said anything about a prequel, was just an alternate explanation for where the matrix came from. None of this would matter if the matrix sequels never happened and people went home after the first movie and believed whatever they wanted to believe. But the sequels muddy the water enough...

This whole Thor, Odin Zeus thing is kind of moot. Surt is the real bad ass you need to look out for. He is the guardian of the realm of Muspell, the first world according to Norse tradition, and wields a flaming sword. At the end of this world he will slayALLof the gods and burn the world with fire.

This coming from you two means I am probably on to something great

I have funded exactly one kickstarter project so far. That is Project Eternity. When I donated they already had received double their initial goal. So why did I contribute? Because they had some very clearly defined stretch goals that made the project look even more appealing if it reached those...

Why the Sequels Suck part II The matrix plot craters regarding why people are used for energy and why the machines keep preserving Zion ect. could have all been neatly summed up if the origins of the machine system were explored further. The only thing we get are a few lines by Morpheus in...

If you watched the original Berserk series with English dubs, thenthisvideo is pretty damn funny. "My love for you is like a truck."

There is no good reason given in the movies as to why the machines use people for energy. There are plenty of other power generation technologies that do not require sunlight. I think this would have been an excellent point to address and might serve as a reason to explore the origins of the...

The matrix sequels were probably the largest wastes of potential movie making of the last decade. The first matrix set up near limitless possibilities for what kind of action and story elements could be introduced. And yet the things we get are flat and uninteresting. So yeah, it's way too...

Meh, I used this thread to spew ideas for hypothetical "never-gunna-happen" games. I figured that posting them here would be less obnoxious than starting new threads. I mean, considering that EQ:Whatever has no info and tons of people were throwing around what if's, it seemed like the place to...

Case in point^ Hmm... ok Monsters purchase things with souls. Souls are gained from killing people, or NPC monsters, or opposing faction player monsters, and maybe a few other activities, but mostly killing. They offer the souls up at various altars spread throughout the world. Getting to...

Hardcore republicans are fucking idiots, Hardcore democrats are fucking idiots. Being hardcore anything, increases a person's chance of fucking idiocy by at least 300%. Sounds like EQ2 is being developed by the duke nukem forever school of design. Take a but load of time, waste a shit load of...

What draws people to mmo's these days? It's pretty pretty graphics and the ability to choose a bajillion character customization options. Modern MMO's have basically degenerated into playing with digital dolls and action figures. Except when I played with my G.I Joes in the sandbox...

Everquest was punishing in the early and mid game. Late game however, death was not the grim specter it had once been. This is because by the time the player was max level or approaching it, they had hopefully established a good network of allies and friends that could help them when shit met...