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My stance on xp pots is that when the game is fun playing, wtf do I need xp pots for? So I get to the end faster? It sounds like fast forwarding through a movie you are enjoying. If the game isnt fun, wth am I doing there? I can imagine plenty of cases where you can argue for them being P2W...

I kinda wish MMOs would adapt the DLC concept. That way they get their sub-equivalent amount of money if the manage to put out sufficient content, but if they sit on their laurels doing coke like some dev teams they get nothing... also an incentive to produce content in a timely manner. I'm...

TOR is no example you'd bring up in a discussion about reasonable F2P models, but the point about each item in the shop being one less in the world applies to alot games. In that regard I think Blizzard is doing well, but still have a sub and the shop items are pure bonus. F2P/B2P games dont...

Without distracting you from the fight with DMK, real life analogies suck. Nickle&diming is one thing if they nickle&dime stuff you would get for free with a sub, I can live with that. But B2P/F2P games are faced with the decision of "do we want to put this in as content or as revenue" on every...

I'm not going to deny that there's a good portion of "get off my lawn" in my opinion. I wouldnt not say it's a coincidence, and it might very well be the natural evolution of gaming. It is a point we simply disagree on, though. Imo it is caused by gaming becoming a market that is more often...

I'm not blaming it on WoW - I'm blaming it on video gaming going mainstream which happened independent of WoW, and mainstream players wanting this to be made easier and faster all the time. A demand that isnt going away when a game is made more accessible one time. So the game is made more...

In an ideal world I would prefer the subscription model, but in the last 5+ years no game has been good enough (time intensive enough, really) to justify it. Yea it might have been the case 7 or 9 or 11 years ago (not to mention that back then bandwidth was actually a cost factor for the MMOs)...

As long as they have a subscriber churn things are fine really, that means the lost subs are mostly replaced with fresh players... once the fresh players stop coming as replacement then they really need to worry... I think they dont have a replacement cash cow ready right now, titan was...

It's a decent solution for the ladder play, but the default league was always cesspool. It would be nice if that could be designed to be a sorta healthy environment/economy. Much broader itemization would be part of the solution. I hope the mystic enchanting system sucks up items/gold like a...

You are right, loot is only one half of arpg motivation. I LIKED leveling up new characters in D2, for me and most fans that stuck with it for years that was the game. Level a char, play your favorite chars in high level stuff and find an interesting new drop that enables a new build you find...

Yea that's what I was going at in reply to that mention of MTGO. Blizzard needs to make it way cheaper to reel in their usual playerbase (seems they do from what you are saying). Anyway, is this basically a copy of the paper tcg with the needed twists to play well online? From the limited...

So is there a chance of integrating this into EVE like they planned for Dust? I want to make a trench run across the surface of a titan to blow it up without nav computer

I think you're out of luck if you are looking for Blizzard to provide PVP like D2 or D1 had. They are too big and keen on keeping their players so any pvp you get will be categorized, fair and sterile bg pvp, if they ever do it. For that reason I hope they just scrap that workload and stick with...

A cynic would say starting with a sub and pulling your long-planned F2P system out of the hat after 6 months earns you $15 x 6 x 1-3mill. More money is never a bad thing, and you still get the F2P monies after scalping the suckers that would never touch a F2P for 6 months. I'm a more optimistic...

The unfortunate truth of most projects is that once the games goes gold half of them or at least their workforce is let go and their budget is slashed down to 25%. I'm sure they'll still do the best they can then but it is not in their hands how much of their long term goals they can realize...

What I am wondering is, how much of the game will be handcrafted and designed (regardless who did it, players or devs)? The landmass is supposed to be bigger then EQ1 and EQ2 combined. That's alot. Will they just design content like EQ1 had at launch, say a dozen dungeons and places and a dozen...

That's MMO thinking though, you dont have years of investment in any action rpg character like in MMOs. Replayability and long term motivation in action rpgs IS making new characters and exploring new builds. Or rather, that was the game, and you asked to leave it out, and they complied. For...

Well yes but the way you phrase it makes it sound stupid. What I mean is the weapon is too important compared to the entire remaining set of gear, because except for very few pieces any dps additions on armor are percentile improvements that are based on the weapon. One way could be having more...

The weapon is a too important factor for the character's damage. DPS is king by a too big margin. The idea of your weapon mattering for every class is good, but current implementation can use some twists. Maybe work with the weapons own damage in relation to min/max damage on other items. That...

He didnt know him as a mortal at first. In some lore bits they say half the angelic council wanted to destroy humanity long ago, I guess he was for that and is still for it now, only he got got a power-up and goes at it alone now. I hope Imperius joins the dark side so we can whoop him, he has...

Amen to that. I thought it was retarded as he AH was the no questions asked number one feature I wanted for a Diablo sequel. I didnt for a moment think of the repercussions I guess. And now I'm happy about playing without AH use when I dig it out for an hour of mindless monster bashing every...

There are some other threads here in dire need of your wisdom then, may I suggest the TESO and EQN thread? Tbh I dont care much about WoW and last expansion I bought was TBC, it's just a slow day at work. I guess the question is when do they go F2P because I might take a look again, just not...

That's saying nothing at all though - I am in the same boat. I am back if they fix some basic stuff... "If they fix some basic stuff" is the same as "IF if if they can correct the fundamental design mistakes the whole game experience is build upon". Because like you say the game is smooth as...

Any detailed information about unfucking the game into something worth playing more then a few weeks? Or is it just the announcement, some videos and "arent you excited now??!" blabla? I glimpsed at a bullet point that mentioned "completely random McDungeons that last 15-20 min" which is the...

Where is the sub number for WoW now? From that graph it looks like Cata caused a drop in player numbers but since MoP only releases at the end of the graph it's influence isnt visible there. How has the last year treated WoW sub numbers since MoP release (havent followed much)?

I am fine with dyes. I dislike the clown suit attitude but if I look at GW2 where you can very freely dye however you like, it is very rare. IN EQ1 you were much more restricted. I also think dyes do not take away from recognizing what a player is wearing/has raided/accomplished. It did...

You lost one on the first one - There have been plenty of times when I have been positively affected other players or have positively affected them in GW2. Negatively, not so much since the game is designed to make that hard (people manage, though). I do agree with that last sentence to a...

I have no season pass and havent bought any DLC. I have the mechromancer pack, you got that as bonus if you pre-ordered on steam. I wouldnt be surprised if the pre-order packs differ between retailers, though.

People throw money at MTGO because you can get the money out again if you bother or redeem for paper sets. Also MTGO is only played by MTG players, which are used to the expenses. So you are right, this is gonna be CCG niche and wont appeal to the core blizzard demographic if they really view...

You might have pre-ordered the base game, that got you the mechromancer for free.

I really hope they decide in favor of collision detection. It's certainly not impossible, adds interesting twists to pvp and if the SB AI is good it'll also be a boon for PVE. Being able to knock out the half-blocked door next to the ogre lessens the grief factor, and if thy are really worried...

You are right about "most of us" (I assume) but we arent the 20 mill that WoW touched upon at some point, we're just a tiny, bitter fractions of that. I'm thinking of the player that had WoW as their first MMO back in vanilla when everything is still exciting and magical, and then it slowly...

Probably three seperate classes, although the conditions to obtain paladin might include being a cleric and fighter first.

Who knows, there are so many players that left WoW behind in the last decade that a WoW++ game that delivers frequent content might become a hit. I know many people that left WoW because there wasnt enough to do between the major updates back when they took l9-12 months per patch. The graphics...

Easy, there is only one wizard that even teaches it. Find him, jump through his many hoops, get your sidegrade situationally better spell... not everyone will do it. Have dozens such wizards, depending on which hoops each player jumps their spells differ.

Yea we have, but they can get the chance to prove it. After all GW2 has settled into bi-weekly content patches successfully, it just has other issues.

That is my whole point. The last couple of years MMOs have gotten easier and faster to "max out". Someone mentioned TOR and that was a train wreck for that and other reasons. GW2 hit the same wall about 2 months in when everyone that was semi-serious was in full exotics with the no-lifers...

I think AE outlines are needed otherwise you are restricting your design options too much. EQ basically had point blank or AE centered on a mob/player and that's it. They need to be very careful which abilities get outlines and how visible they are. GW2 does it subtle enough that it's not...

What they need to do is to require a huge amount of time/effort to optimize one role. You can learn all skills/ships in EVE - but it isnt practical, so people tend to pick their favorites to focus on and fly that. Or they fly whatever is required to get the job done, expect raid guild to dictate...

That's about the only hope I have - GW2 is able to make 2 vapid patches per month. If we credit Wildstar with the same ability and assume that all the gem shop work GW2 needs goes into actual content, then they might be able to make one decent update per month. It would get my sub money for...