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Like the back of your head, ala a zoomed in, over the shoulder third person? Just admit you want the advantage and laziness of third-person and be done with it. The whole 'not like I'd actually see in real life' argument is hilariously idiotic and about the worst 'realism' argument I've ever...

And third person view isn't a realistic, true-to-vision representation either. My guess is you just personally prefer third-person, probably for it's advantages, so are coming up with reasoning to support your personal preference. Just say you like it better and I can respect it. Because by...

The camera options never seemed intended to use as normal, but just to help get screenshots. :P The people I knew used first person because it gave more accurate control of your movement. This could often be seen when a caster got agro and started moving spastically until they got back into...

The only way to see your character and the work you've put in is by every cave having vaulted ceilings so you can watch your character fight? I don't personally mind third person for the outside world. I just get sick of indoors and dungeons being gargantuan in scale to avoid camera issues...

Vanguard is the best example. The world was challenging, but not impossible to navigate. You had to learn your way around and pay attention, mostly, to not die if you were wanting to travel. Getting a mount was huge, not only for speed but because you didn't instantly get dismounted and there...

I'm not saying it was perfect. I'm saying it was pretty good, especially as a start in a new, widely accepted game (even then). It was a ton better than the shit it became. It was even better than the shit in later games. All because devs trying to implement pvp systems makes it into...

I always thought there were even too many starter areas in EQ. Neriak, for instance, was an awesome city and could have easily supported troll and ogre starting characters. Vanguard was the worst, by having a ton of races, so a ton of starting areas. The starter village to racial city to...

Oh, I just meant, you know, having a world where you could randomly encounter the enemy as you were leveling or go hunt them where they were leveling. WoW at launch was pretty good for that. You could be on some quest or out exping and get in a fight. It is sad that by now when we think of...

You sure? Because I remember starting on a pvp server and having it actually be pretty good pvp until the battle grounds were shoved up my ass.

I think any game that succeeds on the level they're working at will be a test of compromises. While I want a huge, open, seemless world, I know it's probably not that feasible. That doesn't mean I want a world where zoning from one area to the next requires running down a hallway only vaguely...

I'm just going to uninstall ahead of time by not bothering to ever install the game.

I want to role-play as a wizard who can teleport anywhere at a moments notice, slay dragons with a blink of an eye, and triple wield flaming great-swords.... so, anything other than that would simply ruin my immersion. Immersion is a funny thing. When a player is talking about what they...

Second tutorial zone? I don't have a key and haven't played the game, but consider it judged, because I don't like games where you describe part of the world as a second tutorial zone. Is the world design really this shallow/blatant/thinly-veiled that there's what can so easily be described as...

Mark me down for some level of spell/ability limitation. I like the idea of having a set of spells for different situation. To not only plan for what might go down, but plan according to what you'd be fighting and who with. That shaman can slow, so your enchanter can load some other situation...

I hate flagged zones. I think the 'keeping out' should be done by mobs kicking your butt.

VICTORY IS OURS! If this were PBS I'd have just called in a pledge to order the full dvd of the program I'm DVRing!

I'm still somewhat sympathetic to the idea you put a ton of time into a game and then end up quitting or being highly discouraged because you really just aren't having fun with your class. I don't want instant hot-swapping. But some kind of way. Like a quest where your level 40 ends up level...

Cmon, tad, don't fail me know! We both want to know if combat will have ot/dt or else we'll riot because it's the only right way to do combat!

That they'll have a 'con' feature and mobs will be randomly generated so you don't have to 'start over' when you die? :P It's really not that bad. I don't want to turn it into a 'what games have you played' discussion, but in EQ or similar games you're a noob, go outside noob town, and...

Not sure if serious.

How about on a Pantheon website you have a developer roundtable, ask poll questions, discuss the results and game features, and then actually have it matter and not be a huge crock of shit like with EQNext? Brings people to the website, gets them involved, lets them hear from devs, AND lets...

I just hope it's a starting point in a player's decision to engage a mob, not practically providing a conclusion on whether you should engage. I swear it's gotten to the point games should just tell you your odds of winning and you can press a button and simulate your victory. See also...

It's not a guess, it's a reasonable assumption. You just barely killed that mob called an orc peon. Are you going to then try to solo Chief Orc Daddy himself? Only if you're an idiot, and you'll learn your lesson and thus have lurned how 2 play. So, no, it's not a guess, it's using your...

Same way we handled it in EQ. Give us a general measuring stick like the /consider function based on levels, if the game has levels (skill totals, if the game has skills, etc). Then, the bigger orc that spawned in the middle tent? Assume he's stronger because he's bigger. That Dwarf that...

Yeah, your group of 6 adventurers are fighting mobs while your crafter buddy is nearby at a forge making provisions that provide a 'sharper weapon' buff and your diplomacy friend is discussing the nature of war with the king of the bugbears you're murdering to find a peaceful resolution...

Adding any number of extra spots in a group for dps doesn't make a game inherently more fun, first of all. Not to mention a game balanced for 8 man groups means content is tuned for, what, 5 dps spots, which is what everyone will aim for. A tank, a healer, maybe a support or second...

There were also good moments. Like, unless I'm remember way wrong, wasn't there somewhat serious talk of larger group sizes that thankfully enough sane discussion on the boards helped shout down. Because no, being able to add 5 or your dps friends instead of 2 isn't necessarily going to make...

Be careful to not over-do it. I hear a fully stocked fridge on every floor was what did in the Copernicus project.

Even after dinging 50 you still chased level 50. Exp loss and raids where you die a lot were a motivating factor to keep playing the game, not to quit as many modern-mmo-ists would have us believe. Having items that were still rare and sought after outside of the raid zones/mobs where exp...

The convention/unconventional one was 7/10. I say keep going!

Your nets will simply have to be hand-written, good sir.

Challenged with the claim that mediocrity is often what sells, Quaid ends up citing several mediocre games he for some reason then admits probably did make money. Then, while lost in his own lust to troll others to prove they really are the idiots he believes everyone else to be, doesn't wait...

It's a date!

Not having a clue about EQ for the last decade is probably a good thing. All this big-dick-swinging over EQ is taking me back. One word: contested content!

Trick question? MMO's without levels don't have endgames?

Competition is socializing for epeen man-children with daddy issues. That's just science. Speaking of carebears, I miss the shit out of Sullon Zek. Brad? Brad? Brad? Brad? BRAD? ....please?

It almost worked in Rift!

I dunno, I got you to bitch about having to wait so long for groups, claim you played a healer, flash your e-peen to support your argument, and then have to write: which was almost as good as which really did tug at my heart strings! Oh, and somewhere in there you admitted you don't have...

Remember that one time that one guy you knew either quit or re-rolled his moderately high level character because he didn't have the perfect stat allocation at character creation? I miss that.

WHAT?! Spell graphics had shit dps!