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I think all that went overboard and they are starting from scratch, just using the name and known locations to tickle your nostalgia. There doesnt seem to be a desert of ro on the map for example, unless it migrated across the mountains. That isnt a solid reason really because you can sell armor...

You only realize that now? I believe I have stated as much every 50ish pages for the last 5 months. Kickstarter is the only way to a remade EQ1. Really there's no reason for you to linger in this thread except to troll people that like a different type of game then you like. I havent had much...

People write that often and might very well be right, but it's just conjecture. You could just as well argue that "GW2 is doing that and they recently had to ramp up how frequently they do updates because that system didnt bring up enough money to sustain operation with just 1 monthly release."...

That's not an MMO, from the sound of it it's single/multiplayer with the option of a GW1-like setup through company servers. just what I (mis-)remember from conversation mind you, I'm not following that game. 82 dungeons actually sounds like alot, but VG was standard follow the easiest path to...

If you're lagging too much it's kinda pointless to join the zerg, shooters arent very forgiving in that regard. I havent played much lately because of summer but I never used instant action much after they made the drop point random, since an esf takes you wherever you want to be within a minute...

I like the idea of meaningful quests, but you still have to keep them uncommon and not just have them take up the entire area. I took a look at the WoW newbie zone revamp back in Cata where they dedicated the entire zone of Westfall to nothing but a bad CSI joke, Redridge lead into a Rambo...

I'm counting on it. Matter of fact I have the money right here and am willing to throw it at the screen as soon as possible. PS2 alpha squad was a pretty nice deal imo, it was $40 iirc for $40 in station cash plus a camo, 6-month boost and an additional gun for each class, and beta access...

Vanguard as a released game was shit *because* it was unfinished and a crappy homebuilt engine, and probably some other reasons. The ideas and concepts it represented I can get behind, but what came out of it was crap, unfortunate as it may be. (not saying nobody played or plays it, I know I...

Do they have changing weather now? That'd be nice. I remember it being planned when I quit but never heard about it's implementation. If you mean static "in this zone or area it rains all the time" then that's not quite what I mean by weather. And if that's the case then GW2 or TOR do that too...

Yea WoW had a night cycle, like I said if your parents sent you to bed early every day you didnt get to see it because it wasnt night-time every other hour. I said it had no weather, nor does any other recent MMO I can think of. They all just have a permanent rainy or dusky zone to give the...

The weather and not-really-dark night aside the day/night was ok in WoW because they had a good atmosphere going in most of their zones to start with. TOR in contrast was downright sterile, it was really jarring.

Weather and seasons are two big players here. No MMO I remember had seasons and weather was mostly set in stone and noverchanging. WoW does have day/night cycles, although its actually real life time based so if you always played in the afternoon you'd never notice. That was ok in a way, EQ day...

I think he means to look out for answer to these questions coming up in the panels or other dev comments throughout the event, not ask them all personally. If he gets the chance to drill dev for answer to the list, then even better. Also to critize somewhat, vendor diving? Might as well ask...

Will I be able to generally attack any NPC (well, most, exceptions are ok) and suffer the consequences?

I'm not worried about P2W but another concern is that they might put too much of the cosmetics into the cash shop and too few attainable through play - imo a problem that plagues GW2. For me the holy grail would be faction hits for PVP kills. It solves the issue organically, and you dont need to...

Not sure if you played EVE. It's really pure FFA as far as PVP goes and not faction-locked. I didnt do any team PVP in EQ but my understanding is they had hard-locked factions like DaoC? That would be quite different from EVE.

I think something like this is plausible, maybe done well enough to mask it. But afaik not even BF3 has entirely destructable terrain, there's no way EQN will (and PS2 doesnt have it either, that's the same engine). Terrain overlays and/or phasing tech to give the illusion of temporary terrain...

To answer that question - I am happy with the way PS2 turned out and the more open development and information approach they take with that game. If they follow through the same on EQN then I'm optimistic about it's future (wether the gameplay is for me is another question ofc). After...

To stick with the Blizzard analogy, not wanting to have anything to do with it doesnt give you free choice within the corporate structure. Some of the Blizzard North devs decided to take their hats back then but thats probably all the say they had in it. The Elder Scrolls team at Bethesda could...

Gonna have to one-up that, God of Lighting landed in my lap: http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/W...g_Manipulation Also not A-list but the divine aspect gives alot of applications I wouldnt have thought of just from the name.

Titan dominance aside I dont think the way they make the core sets has to be changed significantly, I found the others from Tenth Edition up to M13 were well done. I actually prefer core set limited because the color identity is usually shown most clearly. I'm not the biggest fan of the length...

Like I said, I hope you are right. To put down another example of why I still fear for TESVI, compare the franchise to Diablo. D1/2 made by Blizzard North, Blizzard North then absorbed into Blizzard during WoW crunch time ... next Diablo made by them didnt exactly live up to the franchise's...

That's pretty much a given. I'm just hoping I will be in the cheering half. I think you give them too much credit. If SOE told them to suck cock in their reviews for an early, legitimate view at EQN during E3, they would trip over each other to get on their knees. Simply because it would get...

As a replacement for leet-looking cobalt armor you now get a cute title for slaying Trakanon so you can still show off your digital prowess in town.

Yea, just like Bioware keeps making quality single player rpgs despite TOR. I can see Zenimax "bring the Skyrim team on board" both for PR and manpower and cannibalize Bethesda throughout the winter in an effort to push TESO into the mediocre ratings (up from terribad). Let's hope that fear...

Yea as you can see in the TESO thread (lol) most people are chill with GW2's cash shop. I find it well done except for the fact they dont put enough cosmetics into their actual content since launch and too much in the cash shop.

I just want to throw in a different perspective on the PS2 cash shop here. Imo it's one of the best implementations of F2P cash shop I encountered. There's not a single item in the PS2 shop that is cash-only and has a gameplay effect. Not one. Also, prices for weapons range between 125 and 1000...

That's just it, really. I'm actively playing GW2 and I'm actually spending money on it from time to time too (no RNG boxes though, they can shove those). Because the combat is fun, and the exploring is oh so fun. They really did that right, even if nothing else. I doubt I would do double world...

That's what I am saying. There is nothing of meaning at the end of the leveling curve to chase after. Usually people continue doing the same thing they did before, doing map completions. Sabbat's post sums it up as well. They have legalized RMT, so obviously you can buy everything on the AH with...

I really hope they go with something like that. Gives alot more meaning to the player <-> npc connections, and provides a faux safety siminlar to EVE high sec.

Actually GW2 has a ton of issues, and Utnayan is right in most regards. It could have been alot more if they had kept their goals in mind, but they chose to switch over to maxing revenue after the hype train rolled into station. I only disagree with his P2W opinion, and that pointlessly so...

The instancing topic is already over again, this thread moves quicker the closer we get to the reveal. Just want to say the dragonslayer thing was awesome and a really nice touch. Also, when you get into semantics about phasing/instancing better describe what you mean. Bioware just used...

Ut, you literally get the gold to buy exotics from leveling. When you max your level you buy the max stat gear from the gold you got while leveling. There is zero reason to buy gems with dollars or in-game gold unless you want to buy gem shop items. Gem shop items are skins and gimmicks like the...

Damn I was gonna comment on the whole WoW and EQ are the same argument, but Laura trolled the ball out of the park. So let me just add that it greatly depends on the MMO you're playing. I played EQ/PS1, then WoW, then EVE until CCP tried to cash shop that up (turned to the MMO nomad lifestyle...

Actually I think Anet isnt P2W by Ut's definition, because while you can buy max stat items for gold and buy the gold for gems, that's not bypassing any kind of effort or achievement. Without daddy's VISA you just take your leveling-earned in-game monies to the trading post and voila, max stats...

They are also missing some weapons like 2handed axe, whip, polearms, land-based spear (maybe two-handed or roll into polearms), javelin. Could also add shields to casters, etc, etc. Question is should they? Just for the sake if it isnt reason enough if it homogenizes all classes. Another...

Looking at the shape of MMOs from say the last 5-6 years, the differences between vanilla WoW and EQ really do seem small, although they seemed to be worlds apart back then. I want neither back without some changes but given some changes I would prefer both of them to WoW'12 or TOR and the...

Ut, if you're basing the pay to win claim on that article from november then whatever they feared did not come to pass. No P2W in GW2 unless you follow the line of thought that even a different skin for an otherwise identical item is P2W. Not that they arent screwing up in other ways.

I dont think every weapon on every class makes that much sense. It's one thing to have a caster use a melee weapon to channel his spells, but a melee clubbing his foe with a scepter? Not really fitting. But they have alot of room to increase weapon choice without going that far, so giving each...

Concerning the sci-fi angle of this game, are they actually going to push it or is that just the lore and the actual zones will be straight out of WoW? I know the setting is sci-fi but they seem to be doing their best to skin it as fantasy, down to the gunslinger being a mage. Buildings mostly...