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Because it was bad. Think: Magic the Gathering when you want to be playing real-time, interactive, 3D dungeons and dragons. I think they actually found a decent balance with the direction they were going and having the ability to counter spell and reactive abilities. The problem was then...

Not sure if serious. I mean, random Death Touches were, umm, random, and I guess it was fun to randomly wipe while doing everything right because of randomness beyond your control? I love EQ and want slower combat. But let's not go crazy and start pretending EQ was particularly complex.

I love the concept of Rift. If they'd have simply taken out all the solo-quest-hub-progression and slowed down exp it would have been awesome. The dungeons were fun and challenging, despite being instanced they at least weren't mindless. The Rift system was cool. Both dungeons and rifts had...

Or they have normal sized ceilings and clipping is all fucked up and the camera gets all herky-jerky and you end up zooming into your character anyway.... but then you can only see your character and not the npc/room, so it's no better... so you zoom into 'first person' mode and it's just a...

Want: 1) Game designed around 1st person, meaning it's well rendered and not just a zoomed in camera where you have to stare at the ground to see that you're a body and not just a floating camera. Work on giving visual combat cues from the target, mobs and other players, so we can actually...

What game? So, TragedyAnn, tell us more about your c-section! Derails like these are why we can't have nice things.

Agreed.

Maybe he'll let everyone assume she's dead so a really big OMGZ moment can happen later. I mean, RICK wouldn't do that after all the talk of trust and honesty and shit (since he's not simply crazy anymore), but that doesn't mean the show's writers wouldn't. I could see the writers sacrificing...

Exactly. The only reason the survivor girl had a bad leg that apparently falls off at the sight of zombies is because the writers needed to give stupid people a force feeding of motivation for Rick ditching Carol. The entire arc between Carol and Rick this episode was leading up to the...

I liked when the zombies came out of one door, into a mess of vines, and the apparently split up, each getting in position right across from someone, and synchronized so each one came out of the vines at about the same time. I can appreciate some formal, coordinated Redcoat style warfare...

So, you're saying the doctor had a whole rational discussion about how Hershel shouldn't have been in there, but then when he had to cough rationality broke down and he didn't do something that has become complete habit by those in the medical profession in not coughing in people's fucking...

The ironic thing is arguably two of the games that allowed for the most outside-of-intended mechanics were both Brad projects. Vanguard was also pretty interesting with finding unintended ways to accomplish things due to it's chaotic development 'cycle' and the fact there were never enough devs...

Not having loading zones between every area, dungeon, cave and hole in the ground isn't exactly reinventing the wheel. Seems to me it's pretty basic stuff these days, and there's a big difference between reinventing something and risking its failure (Vanguard's chunk system) and simply not...

Sooo, instead of a group looking for a certain level tank, they'll be looking for a tank with a certain number of powerups. And you're going to go back to your noob zone with all your powerups and what, not out'powerup' the content? It's just a different name for the same mechanics, and why...

I know, right, like seriously! The only thing better than zoning back and forth between areas in a game is having it completely seamless and having the game freeze up for a good 5 seconds as the new, ummm, NOT-a-zone loads. Both were much better options than eliminating harsh transitions and...

Are there still decent level 50+ guilds around? I've played a few alts and shit seems dead for grouping at lower levels, so I've thought maybe I'd just take my level 50 blood mage to 55+ and see the rest of the raid/group content for those levels, with the hopes that at higher levels there'd be...

Shrug. Levels give people an easy measure of power, and I don't mind. You're level 10. You go into an area with level 15 baddies. You have a general idea what to expect, where you belong, etc. And it gives devs an easy structure to design the game around. What would you suggest as an...

Regarding the zoned vs seamless discussion.... it's almost as if how well it's implemented is more important than what is implemented. Pretty amazing notion, eh? If all they can do well is zones, then they should probably have zones. That will however make me think they can't do other...

Vanguard is still one of the better pve games if you've willing to focus on grouping and all that entails (organizing a static group or being willing to form pugs or have a bot army, etc). Vanguard is the antithesis of pvp. But yeah, there's dueling.

Pitch? Pretty sure when it comes to Smed everyone else is the catcher.

Everyone has the infection, but some people are immune (main cast members) while others are not immune (red shirts and black dudes). It may not make logical sense within the show, but makes the writers' jobs easier, so seems like a great idea!

Because the twist will be some illogical gimmick that isn't actually clever writing? I agree. It's funny because it actually makes sense.

Yes. I was assuming we were a part of this same thread and the context. The context being people who rail against something as old and outdated by the fact something else newer is more popular are fucktards. People who think automatic transmissions are just newer and better and don't...

Your arguments are common, across many industries and mediums, and usually short sighted and ignorant. It's like saying when the automatic transmission was introduced nobody would ever put up with a manual again! When, in fact, still going pretty strong and while a lot of fucktards can't...

Confirmed rapist.

They've got the engine and dev tools from EQN and the original design docs and classes of Vanguard. All they have to do is art and making sure the game actually runs. Hell, start with just a single, small continent that is polished on servers that actually run and people will pay to beta test...

Good writers don't make you wait for awesome.

Hrm, that's not how I feel about the show. I feel that it could be an amazing look at the human experience when pushed to the extreme, with zombies... but instead is a melodramatic soap opera, with zombies. The difference is dramatic shows have characters acting out of greed, lust, shame, etc...

I see what you did there. Nice misspelling pun! So, what you're saying is you shouldn't ever eat really tasty, well-made food, and eat nothing but Hungryman frozen dinners because you are who you are and nothing, not even changing your quality of life, even if it's just a perceived change...

Is it possible you're so used to the over-the-top melodrama the show usually produces that when actual drama takes place you find it to be anti-climactic? I do agree, though, the writers have created a climate of melodrama, so when a scene is more subtle it could be seen as [figuratively]...

Kangaroo as a playable race would be awesome. I'd make a boxing monk.

Now that I looked for the video again I realize it was for the rpg, Reckoning. Still, same devs who apparently all sat down and approved a trailer of a 'hero' leaving his huge hammer on his back so he could hack, slash and stab skeletons to death not thinking the DnD nerds would be facepalming...

That article pretty much sums up everything that is wrong with mmorpgs at this point. Mainstream players apparently thought: the models were fine; surely SOE was going to update the models after a huge, chest-thumping premier with character models they very deliberately wanted to feature; and...

EQ's pvp, particularly Sullon Zek was awesome. It made you actually make friends and not be a dirt-bag [relative to the whole 'enemy' thing] and pay attention to where you were going and who was already there, and foster a community that would rally to defend areas against attacks or come to...

I'd rather play in an open world where it's 10 v 10 unless 200 people decide to show up, and are allowed, and then you either match the other sides numbers/skillz or you fuck off. Any pvp that is so regimented as to be in a battleground or specific pvp area sucks, no matter the numbers. pvp...

Only some walkers. If you're killing one, then they just crumble to a pile of CGI goop. But if one attacks you as you're walking backward in the dark, then the fucker is made of steel!

WoW killer, if you ask me.

Four weeks ago using Verant/SOE/Sigil "soon" (tm) time frames.

The thing that sucks is if they let the characters be more intelligent (or at least not stupid), then they could create more intelligent threats, too. Instead of every threat being self-generated from idiocy. We could have some human enemies who are actually cunning and scary because of it, as...

You remind me of friends who call their bitch ex-girlfriends a bitch after finally realizing she's a bitch, but then end up taking the bitch back and trying to convince everyone she's not actually a bitch. Deciding you wanted to start watching a poorly written show again doesn't actually make...