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There are mostly EQ and WoW derails because they are the only two that dominated the genre during their time, that's all that is to it. Just because EQ was more to your liking doesnt mean everything WoW ever did it is crap. Some of it is brilliant (or at least good and worth iterating upon)...

I voted against heavy moderation, mostly because its never going to be objective. That said, I'm not happy with the derails going on, and it would be nice if both sides could dial it down. I'm in the camp that wants a different game then the current 'standard' so maybe that's neckbeard...

I like what they did with the new patch. Had a hard-fought mass battle for several secondary bases on Amerish due to the alert system, which really never happened before. Also, they've made it much easier to get xp with several additions since the game released, so even without spending money...

Odd that you say that, because the reason we dont see that any more is that McDungeons with 2 corridors and 3 bosses are more accessible for a greater portion of the playerbase, which seems to be something you value highly. @Laura: Did you play GW2? Imo it has a nice mix of handholding and...

That interview sounded like he was talking about WoW at times and not EQ1/2 if that's what you mean. I'm in the same boat with your comment about PS2. I havent touched a SOE game since 2004 until Planetside 2 so my frustration against the "old" SOE has faded away long ago, and Planetside 2 is a...

Here's another point of discussion on dungeons, assuming they go with basically the WoW model (30 minutes, 3-5 bosses with some trash corridors): I'd like the dungeons to have versions for different amounts of players, i.e. solo, duo, 3 players and 4 players. To tie this idea into the...

With Wildstar I'd be VERY careful about how many of the additions to the WoW formula are actually worthwhile and not just a flashy distraction that turns out uninteresting and pointless after doing it twice. Their additions (pvp plot, explorer/soldier/etc "jobs", hardcore raiding?) do sound...

You're picking an example to suit your point. That's fine, but you could spend the $60 on Starcraft 2 instead and be set for a decade until they release SC3. just an example from the opposite end of replayability. Theres plent of middle ground also. (and for the record I enjoyed the new tomb...

Its half-finished in even the more important aspects they were planning a year ago, and development is slow. That said, its fun. Nothing you play all day, every day, but a nice diversion if you load it up occasionally. It is no MMO though, it is World of Tanks without a ton of features like...

Keeping my fingers crossed for the expansion (2015 I guess?) to unfuck this with different realms: AH and no AH for HC, AH, and no AH for normal play. Going into more soulbound stuff is a bandaid but no solution. I'm no big fan of the ladder pool as it evolved in D2 since you were thrown out...

I would love if some company found a way to do this. Raid caps really changed my game experience in EQ for the worse, especially with the changing numbers and content tuned around them. With the player tendency to take the zerg approach over taking on a challenge, it is probably a design problem...

Besides this train wreck the upcoming MMOs seem to have a more modest budget and approach, although I might be totally wrong there. The only ones that i would group as possibly expensive are EQN and "Titan". Well the latter is guaranteed expensive but after 8 years of money hats I doubt they run...

Yea no point in leaving that added incentive in for people that might or might not preorder in February or March. /boggle

Gecko is spot on, he's not Garriott or in the short list of esteemed non-sucking designers as put forth by Lord British, hence I declare this game to be fail. On the serious side, ancient code bits are his salvation? I'm curious if this gets enough funding together, cant be that many ex-DAoC...

He was just ahead of his time, everyone knows player choices with consequences arent part of modern game design.

The reason you dont have many such designers running around is probably because the MMO genre (from UO until now) doesnt have 8-10 A+ titles in the first place. Depending on how you count them you get maybe 3-6? UO, EQ and DaoC for laying the groundworks of the modern MMO space, WoW for...

While all that content was there, and you are right that Kunark had less pure raid content, some of the stuff you list for Velious isnt as much as it sounds. For example ToV, 3 wings of raid content is true but what exactlly was in the west and east wing? One dragon each and a ton of trash to...

Watch it not only use the PS2 engine but instead be a literal reskin of that game with fantasy skins and spells instead of guns. You change classes at a terminal reskinned to be a mystic shrine or something...

After looking through their media section it looks like WoW with improvements (which is a good start). Thing is thats the same impression TOR made before beta access was widely available, so it doesnt count for much. The "stalker" class video showing a WoW rogue solo a few mobs and the fact that...

Probably same as now considering EQ2 and WoW would have been set in motion around 2000-2001 (wild guess).

Count me in the 'we' ... I still have a hard time not mixing this and Firefall up in my head and couldnt tell you from a feature list whch of them is which. I only skim the end of the thread every few weeks though.

I agree with mkopec there, I only played for like 1-2 hours after a long-ass download and was through with it again for the next few months at least, so definitely dont sub before playing for a few days.

For what its worth I havent bought HotS because I reviewed my "first day buy" policy for blizz after D3. While I actually enjoy CCGs the UI and visual design for this dont thrill me that much. Anyway it is F2P so I will just try it out (if it hits android mobile before we have holodecks)...

If I get this derail right it is about a physical product? Well if you get the book for contributing (dont care enough to check) there's a reason to do it regardless of any stretch goals. I do agree that several kickstarters are blatant money grabs. I threw $25 at that game Roberts is making...

Didnt the physical card game fade away after a publisher switch or something? Friend of mine was pretty active until then. Iirc it didnt stack up to the big card game IPs anyway (Pokemon, MTG; Yugi). Seems they are re-using at least some artwork from it though, so this is essentially a 15 people...

If it walks like a duck... At this point in time one would even have to specify which age of WoW the copy is, Vanilla WoW and Cata have significant differences imo. The skill/Class aspect might count, reducing the dungeon group size by one certainly doesnt put them out of reach of being a...

His point may even be valid if you generalize it somewhat to game design being very stagnant derivative during the last decade, the result of playing it safe for the sake of money. But thinking he and his buddies from 30 years ago are far above everyone else that worked in the business in the...

I'm not sure this is the right response to the post you adressed!

Oh I dont feel screwed over by Valve, dont get me wrong. Its just that imo they are mostly about steam and cornering the digital distribution market and less so about regular game releases (when was the last half life episode?). Imo steam the way it is today is about money (you might argue...

Valve is not about all about the money? Might want to rethink that. The core of that argument is that sure in '85 people wanted to make money with their games too, but they also wanted to make a good game and apparently had some say in it. Today, there's always a bigger fish in the megacorp...

Nice how he cites a few other has-beens as great designers just because their games are from an era when he himself made his mark on gaming. I'm pretty sure the two decades since then had plenty more great designers that he simply doesnt know about or fails to credit properly. Although I guess...

The sad part is more often then not the IP alone sells enough boxes for the release to not be a total failure, and player retention after a month isnt credited to "the game was crap and people only bought the IP" but various other excuses like "changes in the consumer market". I think Rift is...

That's really depressing to read. Stuff like the features they gutted are the ideas that might eventually move the genre forward again after a decade of standing still.

I've been giving this yet another try today (like the third) and i'm warming up to it a bit.Wish the graphics looked a bit better and the controls were as responsive as Diablo (one of the few things they didnt screw up with D3). I only played the beach area each time before setting it aside for...

I agree with the last few posts here, anyone still having a positive outlook on this game is avoiding a critical look at the facts and details that are known about the project. "Hoping" it will end well is fine before you have facts, but we're part that point because all released info paints a...

Since I didnt play the beta, ist this some kind of MMO like PS2? (If its a Diablo or GW1 variant can a mod move the thread to other games? Getting my hopes up for a new City of Heroes isnt nice)

I thought TOR was the final nail in the WoW-clone coffin, but I guess there's always one more. I wonder if the corporate level that actually decides to keep paying this is simply unaware of the direction of the the project and market. I just hope we get a well-done Elder scrolls 6, would hate...

The main disadvantage to the WoW model is the fact that all older content is obsolete not only for those that played it (thats normal) but also pointless to do for newcomers. I think TOR actually gives you a set of good lvl50 gear at a terminal for free, which you had to play a decent amount of...

The gear resets are something I didnt like at all with WoW. I'd prefer a progression where at every point of a characters existance you can solo, group or raid for your gear and the items gradually increase. Lets say for weapons you have 100dps items you can get solo, 110dps items through group...

Seems to me the thread is going in circles again. The new eq is going to be f2p, theres no point in repeating that topic really.