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But let me answer my own questions with my guesses 1. They did this to cater to people who have limited time to play. While not a wrong, they allowed people to warp all over the world and complete content perhaps faster than they should and/or monopolize said content. 2. They added this...

Im thinking along the lines of sandbox, non instanced content. Fast travel from one end of the world to another would allow a guild to lock down most of the content and that is a huge problem.

So lets start by asking a few questions: 1. Why did the devs take long travel out of the equation? 2. Why did the devs go to a BoE loot system? 3. Why did the devs speed up the leveling process? Answers to these questions could shed some insight as a lot of us on these forums...

You say "WE"...were you a VG dev?

EQ2 for all its bad stuff, did a couple things right. Their mentoring feature was great for higher level characters to delevel and help their new buddies. They also added chronomentoring, where you paid a fee and had your level reduced without a need for another character, great for farming...

It's really not even about "not catering to the masses". Really where the gamer designers lost their way is they stopped making THEIR world and we are just players in it. They have basically been trying to cater their world to everyone and their grandma, and the end result is a bland...

Some of those mechanics would have to happen rapidly though. If we kill a lot of bears, and the rabbit population grows larger, it can't take weeks for the bears to respawn. That wouldn't be practical. Speaking from a gaming perspective of course.

Swtor I presume

Fast travel needs to go away, especially if all mobs are open world and contested. We don't need 1-2 guilds locking down all the mobs all the time.

I'd imagine we'll get more info by or at E3 this year. It's supposed to launch this year so we will see.

Right but the hardcore PVE players won't stay in a game like that. You still need PVE content.

Really it's just the size. The Elantra has less horse power but both have 4 bangers. I just bought 2013 Sonata limited. It's very nice and only 25k

Ok that CGI was tits!

I don't really think it is all that complicated to design a good MMO. Call me naive but you only need a few things: Distinct classes with their strengths and weaknesses that are interdependent on each other- That should cover the need for players to group together to accomplish things...

This game looks average. We shall see if this version of the hero engine isn't complete dogshit

I used the keyboard and the controller in EQOA. Really the keyboard was only for talking though. All actions were done through the controller primarily. I am too used to the keyboard and mouse interface these days but it was more fun to control your character with a controller than a...

EQOA was awesome on the PS2. Just needed more ram and marketing.

Man I installed a custom UI...I forgot how many damn UI elements there are!

This x 1000^^^

I'm sure you have. But he said integrated graphics. Even the new ivy bridge chips with hd4000 can barely manage WoW at low settings. Laptops with dedicated graphics cards will fare a whole lot better.

Expecting to play any MMO with integrated graphics is expecting a bit much isn't it?

I agree. They should aim for a polished VG instead of EQ with new graphics. Then they would have a hit. VG is solid, just buggy and unfinished.

Idk. We all talk about not wanting homogenous classes, but if all defensive tanks have a defensive stance and an offensive stance, aren't they basically the same. Also, should a class that has better innate defense ever do as much DPS as a class that has less? I don't think so. But modern...

Both blood mages and disciples were OP as shit so of course everyone thought they were awesome. Everyone loves to be OP. Doing ridiculous DPS while being the strongest healer should NEVER EVER be thought to be a good class design. EVER! But the classes mechanics were great.

He got too full of himself and had to commit seppuku.

Bummer

Last I checked, all of us are theorycrafting and not speculating what SOE is making. Only thing we know for sure is its a sandbox. No need to come in the thread and insult everyone.

I understand that. Was just wondering if this is a complete FFA PVP game or not because if PVP is optional, this may be a hit.

If you like cutting edge players who break the class mold, shouldn't you like Rift? Or am I misunderstanding what you're saying?

Is this gonna be FFA PVP on all servers? I hope not...

I'm of the opinion that those are ok but limit them to your server so people can't be a tool with no repercussions. The cross server ones just let folks go nuts.

This beta doesn't even support 2560 x 1440 resolution. Click to move. It's ok but no way would I shell out for the founders pack.

Actually, SOE made that game you're describing and scrapped it. They didn't wanna put another WoW clone out. They are going a different direction they say. So there has to me SOME hope. If all they cared about was that crowd, they definitely wouldn't be making a sandbox game.

EQOA used an xl dept system that was meaningless at max level but since you had to grind CMs (AA in EQ), you wanted it gone. EQ2 used a shard system in the beginning. You could lose up to 5 shards before you would be really gimped. But each shard made you 20% less powerful. On top of that you...

So since I barely played EQ, what happened if you were max level and raided. The nature of raiding implies death, and lots of it. Did players have to spend time grinding back to cap after every raid?

You're giving SOE credit calling their marketing a sore point. It's been downright abysmal. I know you say you work there and have to cover your ass, but try to keep it real here.

What I don't get or understand is how can people say a modern EQ won't sell. Everything sells these days. Gamers buy all sorts of shit good or not. A modern EQ is guaranteed at least a million box sales minimum. The argument is where will the sub numbers fall. I mean, do you think games like...

What server other than test has the highest population?

Its a MMO you can play from your iPhone or Android smartphone

Is there a noob guide for EQ somewhere? I played way back when it first came out but didn't put much time at all into it. I'm bored and willing to give it a go but have no clue where to start and the default UI is hideous and intimidating lol. Any good custom UIs?