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Too many games over 'balanced' of course. Doesn't mean we need to start from scratch when things were legitimately not balanced for shit. That's the tough thing for Brad: trying to find that balance in all these mechanics when your starting point is going to have to represent a compromise that...

They were just using you for your ports and paying you after. They weren't really your friends. You were a portstitute, my friend. ;/ It's not your fault, Convo. Convo, it's not your fault. Really, son, it's not your fault. I generally agree, though. Finding someone to port should...

Good point. I totally remember porting classes suddenly wanting to rely on a tank and healer after they'd soloed as far as they could and realized the only way they could get epic loots was to join a group. They were also often the ones saying they should be allowed to roll on everything and...

I think this is an important aspect of controlling content. Not this system, but the philosophy. You have to have stuff that is easy to get to, stuff that is hard, and stuff that is nearly impossible. The problem with fast-travel dungeon-finders is there is no longer control over accessing...

Or by everyone rolling wizards. Good points. Thanks for adding to the discussion on game design.

If you were a melee during certain eras of EQ, it was something that came into play every day. If we want to enable, encourage and reward grouping, there are smarter ways to go about it than creating so may barriers grouping becomes a hindrance. It's about compromises, which is why these...

I don't think I've seen anyone, no matter how die-hard, old-school, hardcore EQ fan, who has thought this is a good idea to go back to. So congrats for that. You're right, though, one of my strongest memories was going LD at the entrance of Seb and not being able to get back on until the wee...

Why teach people a game that is different than the main game? Why teach them mechanics that are different from the main mechanics? This kind of thing is one of the aspects that killed Rift for me. There were two different games fighting against each other, and it made both games seem out of...

The question is what gets people hooked. Is it being handed gear upgrades almost immediately from zero-danger fed-ex quests? Is it automatically grouping them together? Is it not letting them experience any death penalty? For me, none of that stuff is at all a hook. It's boring and makes...

It won't help them find friends, though. It will help them find acquaintances. It will teach them that like so many other modern mmos the game will provide henchmen that happen to be other players. Need a group? Here, the game will match you with someone. Being forced to go to school...

Nah. Over turning is bad. Making systems overly complex is bad. Too many mechanics aren't good. I think the thing to do is what you're doing. Make fewer starting zones. Make content that is logically accessible. Do like Tokyo and build up and down; the world doesn't have to be sprawling...

We do know something about her. She's been fucking him for how long now, without ever mentioning she were married? I'll bet they were going out, too, because women who fuck a dude for any period of time other than a long weekend that don't mention they're married are either a) not happy with...

Sounds to me like she's just turned on by herpes.

Yeah, you're right. The smart thing is to just text her to fuck off, or better yet walk up and tell her husband all about it. When Numbers has his teeth kicked in or tires slashed, maybe you'll learn that sometimes you have to think like the enemy to not get your fucking tires slashed.

I guess my thinking is the game will need people to travel at some point. You're either traveling to the dungeon, or having to travel in the dungeons. I liked Vanguard system where you ran to the dungeon, but then could get summoned to the group once you got there. The only way I see having a...

Yeah, have mulled the options over. You have main cities in every main region that you can't port to, but are the regional auction houses. People go there for the economy, but they aren't a place others hang out in general, thus potentially hurting a player driven economy because there'd be...

So, you bring up a LFG system that helped people figure out who they should send a tell to, as if that interaction is a bad thing. And then suggest global chat is the only option, as letting people teleport to any dungeon is bad. Ummm, what about that first option you brought up and seemed...

The hell. There were plenty of players I knew in EQ that I liked, and trusted in my groups, but they were shit at traveling and if we didn't have a porter to pick their ass up and someone to go with to help hold their hand, they wouldn't make it to the group. They'd not get groups over others...

Hah, exactly. Being someone who could reliably survive travel in EQ was a bonus to your reputation. Being that in Rift meant you were the go-fer to lazy asswipes who'd probably never even seen the outside of the instance.

Vanguard before rent-able flying mounts had a pretty good balance and mechanics, like healers being able to call in new group members. I'd maybe even extend that to other classes, like wizard or druid, that would have teleports, evacuations, and calling spells. The rift-stone system wasn't...

Good one! Really I just don't like getting my ass beat or psycho bitches plotting revenge on my car tires. There's a way to handle a scorned woman (meaning all of them when shit goes down even when they're the ones at fault), and it's not by fueling their scorn.

Yeah. Wasn't really paying attention to it. Figured if it were worth it, I'd get it at launch. In reality, I'd probably just never get around to trying it. But having gone there now and looked around, it looks like it could be fun. They might make perfect counterparts for me. Group based...

It's way easier to buy something tangible you may not even want the next day than spend on something intangible even if it's something you've been hoping for. Whether it's a job, relationship, car, following a dream, people do it all the time. Settle or accept the tangible thing that is easily...

So, Star Citizen sells space ships. Shroud of the Avatar sells housing plots and houses. Pantheon needs to sell what, to make a difference?

I'm sorry, but you got high and put out an incomplete, flawed forum post? So, no matter what sense you make in future posts or how much you explain the situation, I'll never, ever, EVAR trust you again and any post you make I'll immediately make a reply how I remember that one post and demand...

What about an old-school power-studio? Shroud of the Avatar and Pantheon under the same company. A one-stop shop for all your old-school gaming needs! They could even work out some kind of station pass sort of thing, where a subscription gets you access to Pantheon as a sub, and gets you...

We expect the content to need the roles we've agreed to play. If the roles we've agreed to play are 'anything that's needed whenever' that really means people will complain an encounter is too hard when it doesn't allow the 90% of people who want to play tv-watching-dps to defeat the encounter...

That ought to have bought some tits/ass/pussy pics, man. I know you're just trying to help her out, but you've got to think of this community as well. We can't support you supporting her if you don't support our support, man. Honest question: if you're not paying for it, is it still...

Maybe Swamp Donkey will be a raid mob.

Who cares about charity by giving back to the community (this one, I mean).

I'm experience the same thing. That, and there are quite a few people I've intentionally not tried to convince yet. I'm still hoping something more "Hell yeah I'll back" turns up before the end, because right now it's lacking that punch.

Elves are in, and are naturalistic!

I think it's just the KS thing we keep harping on. It's like with novels, where you don't have very long to hook a reader. The KS just didn't have a hook. It was either easy to dismiss it (and no, like novels, most people aren't willing to "wait until it gets good"), or it was the kind of...

Pretty sure EA didn't insist on Warhammer having shitty ability lag and (imo) absolutely shitty art direction that didn't live up to even a shred of expectations.

You're boring me just talking about his wife! And it's not about sex... it's about... fuck if I know, but if it were just about sex then I'm sure he wouldn't be fucking the worst, most sketchy place ever to get sex? The rush he's getting from whores isn't from the sex.

No shit, man. You gotta budget for these things. Otherwise the girls get clean and you end up alone. :/

First, don't send her a fucking text saying anything she'll see as important on any level. I don't care if you kids these days communicate that way. Women are still women and she'll be able to sit there all by herself stewing over it and planning her [husband's] attack. Call her over, sit...

Reminds me of the Ray Ramano (I think) stand up routine about intentionally messing up taking out the trash enough your wife forbids you from taking out the trash. But in this case the Vanguard playerbase has just kept picking trash up off the floor. And Vanguard devs are finally just...

Your mom had poor puss management.

What's your favorite pvp game/server/situation?