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Not sure if this off-topic in a thread such as this, but are we expecting Titan to amount to something deep and challenging that fosters long-term interest? You may assume it's only the WoW-team that has changed but for some unfounded reason I pin that on all of Blizzard. I would have bought...

What he says. It tells me many people are idiots that dont even know why they're playing the game. The thing is the goodfoundry content will be made and it'll probably be fun. Neverwinter nights 1 had some sweet mods and even small persistant worlds from what I am told. I dont give a damn about...

I'm not adressing the rest of the post (good points in it though), only the bolded part: You vastly underestimate the dedication some people put into stuff like the foundry and the resulting quality of their efforts. Thats what "the game begins at the level cap" gets you. The endgame as the only...

I havent actually played, will play some because a friend of mine loves his D&D and NWN and will play this, and I'm sure for some casual playing its fine. Question is, what did you expect? This isnt exactly a AAA release. Xzi has the right mind to it I think.

The stealth systemsoundscool. It does not adress the problems with stealth he summed up beforehand, though. So its a good example for missing the goal he sets out for that design. If you are a non-stealth cloth class at various stages of different games that meant being victimized by rogues...

Tmac, I think the reason there's no interesting discussion on the concepts put forth by the CU team is because not enough people here on rerolled care about it. If lets say a dozen posters were very interested and following it closely you would have each of these concepts pop up here when they...

Like you said its the perfect casual game. Casual includes not OCD'ing the daily even though you dont want to play. You arent getting over your burnout while still forcing yourself to play it for half an hour or more every day. Buy or DL a single player game you might find interesting and...

When you say Success value is inflated, it obviously implies you prefer the "everyone gets a medal" kindergarten attitude games have today. Nothing wrong with that really, I play alot of GW2 currently and that is the definition of everyone having the same shit you get automatically and nobody...

No question if they make it. He's willing to cough up a few mill himself, so no doubt the team would be able to get "someone" to fill in the missing 100k or 300k. From the interview what struck me was his claim of being free from the burden of PvE development allowing them to rapidly produce...

Not sure I like the graphics, and controls seem a bit slow on the response compared to GW2. Not moving while using attacks feels odd, does that apply to all classes and attacks or just some? I found the ton of rp options that do nothing in game a nice touch, something the more dedicated foundry...

Well your mistake is simply that you consider this a big name title. Take it for what it is and (never played it so conjecture) it will probably be an ok-ishly mediocre game. And really, nothing I heard about it ever pointed to this being more then that.

Why not just whoever wins the war, keeps the castle until someone stronger comes and takes it? As a bonus you can see the losers driven before you and hear the lamentation of their women.

I believe a shop is gonna be in every game from here on out. Cant even name one of the top of my head that doesnt have a cash shop for at last some gimmicks and cosmetics. I would like some devs to take a critical look at the $15 model. I think its outdated really because no game delivers $15...

Once we turn into a star trek utopia world not driven by money we might get something like EQs designs but refined from somewhere. Likely a holodeck, and let me go on record here saying I'm ready for that! While money calls the shots there's just no way to something like EQ being remade with...

I might give this another run if I get the chance to play with a buddy on the weekend. It might be good fun that way. However the quote above sounds like "fun to level a few characters then shelf it" which doesnt quite have the appeal a Diablo clone should have imo. Do we know if they balance...

The bolded part - is that really required or the only way to do expansions? I mean it was "interesting" when BC came out and I threw away everything I had worn before for a clown suit of mismatched greens, just to restart the item grind from there. And I see the obvious goal of getting...

You're right with that. And considering that "dungeon with static and roaming mobs" is probably alot quicker and easier to create then "instance with tons of scripted and tuned-for-5-players encounters", they can just throw more dungeons at players if it seems like they get too crowded without...

Well the statements from Smed and others clearly say they had been working on a WoW-like version and scrapped that and went in a totally different direction. Since at the core WoW and EQ1 gameplay isnt far apart, it is safe to assume it will be nothing like EQ1. No specific details though.

They'd be 10 years old then, instant collectible item. Better register while supplies last!! Seriously though its the same thing as Blizzcon, one announcement and alot of smoke and mirrors. Its kinda expensive just for seeing some short videos of EQN and playing PS2 on a bigger screen then at...

Considering doing something for certain npcs made rival factions hate your guts, and the existance of probably hundred+ factions, this seems like a cool innovative look at the EVE or EQ1 faction model. As long as they also make you able to attack (futile or otherwise) anyone and suffer the...

They'd have me playing again if they actually randomized the maps. I dont understand why the 4th difficulty setting still needs these barely changing maps with always identical exit directions, handholding time should be over. Unless of course in their brilliance they realized that random maps...

Looking at that storybricks kickstarter did raise my interest. Still, it'll be months until we get real info so no point in starting another round of nostalgia here until then. You all know the right place for EQ1 nostalgia is the wildstar thread right?!

I think it is worth picking up again if you have an account, if you dont like what you see just shelf it for another 6 months. Although if you havent played PoE my suggestion is to spend 10ish hours on that first so you can actually begin to compare them. PoE has far more depth but a bit rough...

Smed *loves* the PS2 model so I would look closer at that and less at EQ1/2. EQ1/2 models are tacked onto a sub game and all about keeping the people that are subbed on that subscription, imo. PS2 is build from the ground up for their F2P with optional subscription model, and they'll do the same...

I agree that housing needs many different "impossible" goals to stay interesting. Look at GW2 with their legendaries that were meant to take a year or longer. People just grinded it 24/7, flashed their credit card for the buyable parts and did it in 2 months. If housing is like that the people...

Since there is no point to leveling additional characters of a class to try out builds, it hardly matters how fast you get 60. Except for our chinese overlords of course, to keep the gold farm running. So I am not surprised this has not made big waves so far. The easier gold farmers can replace...

At last Colonial Marines wasnt acutally made by gearbox (Borderlands games that they made were great), question is will they outsource this with the same results the Aliens game had, or do it themselves?

It also helps that there is no contender for being the next best thing. I mean look at the first page here. Firefall I know nothing about and 4 pages dont seem like anyone else does. EQN is confirmed to not give any info until late summer, and the thread about it is full of EQ nostalgia despite...

Please, Diablo 3 at least was entertaining for a while even if it lacked the long-term motivation and interest that D2 had. This game didnt even stay interesting for an hour.

If you're looking for something radically different then WoW you'll probably want to follow another game (not sure which one, the other projects with tangible info out have fail written all over). This is taking WoW and making it better, hopefully liberally taking the good parts of the other...

Legend of Faerghail Diablo 1 (and 2 but played D1 far more) Starcraft Baldurs Gate 1 Also Everquest (and WoW) I guess, although both have great hours (much more in EQ for me) they had monthly costs so the best bang for the buck pales compared to the offline games. I played D1 SO much for...

Tried it with Storm for 15 minutes, then bought Thor and played another 10 minutes. A very forgettable experience. Environments seemed especially uninspired, as were the waves of trash to kill. Maybe a Diablo-clone doesnt mesh well with the superhero genre, because beating up 100 identical...

I see no real need for a subforum for EMUs. Seems to be a small niche that will linger with only few threads and no real activity. Sounds like the D3 forum on FoH was that should've been folded back into the 'other games', but once it is there nobody bothers with a change. Competitive is a broad...

I dig out 9th dawn when i have some time to waste without proper pc access. Doesnt lend itself to short spurts because i tend to not remember where i left, though. It has a free demo so just take a look, its a throwback to classic 80s rpgs i think (didnt experience those firsthand).

I wrote 2 paragraphs on how to make hardcoded factions work but screw it, its crappy work-around that mostly brought trouble and issues, why hold on to it?

Well it IS a WoW-style game, and they're making no secret of that. I expect evolutions from it and not revolutions.

This sums it up nicely. DMK, assuming enough others act like you, the next Elder Scrolls single player game will take lessons from a supposedly wild success of TESO and screw it up with factions and battleground instances for your campaign character and shit, because you bought it out of...

The art seems WoW-inspired, thats a good start because most MMO players are familiar with it. I think I said it before but I want this to be Borderlands the MMO bolted onto a chassis of "WoW mechanics but improved". Thats a good start for a theme park MMO. I do hope they put ALOT more effort...

I agree that this doesnt look like it will do the Elder Scrolls IP justice, both in design and execution. But buying it to prevent a potential negative impact on TES6? Thats a stupid line of thinking and if everyone followed it and this becomes a sales hit, you will only get a TES6 that is like...

About quests, I think those should be taken back to being meaningful. Fetching 5 bear asses isnt a quest. EQ epics were great quests (shitty mechanics notwithstanding, dont derail this sean!) because they required effort and rewarded something meaningful that you didnt replace at the next hub...