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LOL, for whatever reason (serendipity I suppose), this statement has legs for me. Don't really even know what Crowfall is about, probably because whenever I read the name I see CrowFAIL. Unfortunate. But EQ and EQN finally passed my patience and personal expiration date for fanboism. It's...

The imbalances between the classes would be a much bigger issue if it wasn't so easy to level an alt to 80. Started playing again a couple months ago, not a ton but consistently. Only had 1 lvl 80, now I have 4. Instant level and xp items drop like candy now, so the last 10 levels on 2 of my...

Yep. If you want to make WoW type money then competing with them directly with a standard quest / hub mmo is almost a certain failure. Can still make a ton of money though, GW2, FFIV prove that, just not WoW personal atm bucks. It is no coincidence that all of these are quality games. LoL...

They are making bank. Got me to buy some gold because I was tired of farming it for even simple things like exotics for my alts. It's not hard to rationalize either, especially if you make a decent living in the "real world" (also, GW2 doesn't charge a sub). Haven't spent as much as the guy you...

I like GW2 and your comment doesn't offend me. Lots of room for variety in the marketplace. Pretty tired of the trinity to be honest, but afaik nobody has come up with a better solution. GW2's version of gameplay works but I wouldn't say it is better.

This.. so this. So tired of every race looking the same because mmo devs have to use the same set of bones and are too LAZY to do anything else. Plopping a lion's head onto a human body is so f'ing cheesy. GW2's charr race is cool. One of the very few non humanoid body types around.

I was talking about maintaining an IP's value and the need to keep it in the public's eye. What you read into my statement is purely your issue.

They have been putzing around way too long. The world has moved on. The kids don't know or care what EQ was and the die hards will be in retirement homes by the time they release it. There is something to be said for rushing to market. It keeps your brand in the public's eye, even if the...

1256 pages, lost interest a few hundred pages back.. so when is the game coming out?

Agree about GW1 being built for PvP but in the end most of their players were PvE types. I tried many times over the years to get the dedicated PvE players in the various guilds I was in to try PvP, but it was for naught. Most PvE players just refuse to even try PvP, that's true in other mmo's...

Most Guild Wars (1 and 2) players prefer PvE and avoid PvP like the plague, PvE is where the money is for them. That sucks for us who like PvP but it is the truth of things. GW2 has PvP because it adds additional value to the game and the owners like it. Besides the game's name requires it. But...

Any significance to him fighting "ARerolledSkeleton" in the later pics? https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/...46619270_o.jpg

Hear, hear. I would love a game that had the original EQ run from Qeynos to Freeport experience and all the other stuff that EQ had that mmo's don't have anymore. At level 15 as a SK that was a lot of fun. Did it with a friend and we had a scary, hand wringing, blast. But it worked because EQ...

SWTOR was a failure in almost everyone's eyes, especially the investors. STWOR was regularly touted as the real WoW killer, and if anyone had a chance to do that it was SWTOR. The fact that they failed, especially with the Star Wars IP behind them, is why nobody talks about WoW killers anymore...

Flames and Rants boards in early EQ were half of the reasons to play that game. DRAMA BABY!... it rules all.

Yep, And the people who move to the new servers will be pissed off and lonely next month. It's the same story for every new mmo.

Well, as I said, as long as it's not overdone. I loved the epic quests, they needed crafting help, but it wasn't too outrageous in the crafting portion. And it was minor in the overall arc of the quest. On the dark side of that type of quest was the standard rotation that every expansion went...

Regular crafted aye. But the gear that required rare drops off of mobs and a decent crafter to finish were cool. As long as it wasn't overdone. My favorite quests are still the original epics in EQ. I generally don't care for questing, but those were a lot of fun. And when you finally finished...

Heheh, been thinking about giving WoW another go (new models coming, etc). But this game is similar in style, so thought I might try it instead. The early posts in this thread were so upbeat. Guess that boat has sailed.

Lol, listening to Abe rant about EQ is hilarious. Abe acts like he was butt raped repeatedly by moss snakes, rats, and the like, and never got over it. Never got into a group, never went on a successful raid and was laughed off the server. Rep mattered back then. Really dude, let it go. You...

Even with their recent sub losses WoW still rules the mmo world. I think they realize they have lighting in a bottle and it would be next to impossible to do it again. Plus any MMO they put out would hurt WoW's sub numbers more than anyone elses. It makes more business sense to keep improving...

I'm surprised they thought that. Even in EQ, most players were not in high end raiding guilds, nor did they want to be. But EQ had a ton of content for everyone so it didn't matter. WoW learned that lesson well. They catered to both casuals and hardcore. plus adding viable pvp, and it worked...

QFT Install the original every now and then. Not sure why that game works so well. So many things they did I didn't usually approve of (no joystick? BLASPHEMY!), but it's still fun.

Yep. Main was a War at release, etc. Easy to play, a lot of fun, great in a small group roaming in WvW, great solo pve, etc etc. Just loved that toon. Problem was so did everyone else. Knew the nerf bat was coming, surprised it took this long. Imo the main problem with warriors is that they...

This is getting away from the current level / progress discussion, but for me it is actually more important. Big Pet Peeve in every MMO. What kills me is not new content, levels, or abilities, or any of that.It's my fucking bank. Start up an old mmo, just want to kill some mobs and get...

This isn't my fondest memory but it happened to survive the purple haze. Just recalled it while reading the EQNext thread. We were one of the first guilds in Vex Thall (EQ Luclin..). Brutal, brutal place at first, very unforgiving. The second place guild on the server was still butt hurt at...

I agree. And I'm looking forward to trying EQNext's attempt at it. There definitely is room for improvement over the old model.

etchazz is correct though. I'm as casual as the next guy these days, like many of us here. Just at a different stage of life and can't afford the time anymore. Would I like to be able to play again in an endgame guild who rules the server? Sure, but it isn't going to happen in any game that...

Which people want "artificial time restraints". Does anyone here admit to that? Most people like competition, it's part of human nature, we strive to be better. Caving to the casual crowd that only want's content that every slug can play just makes a slow, boring and ultimately empty game...

This is the goal of all casual games but as Daidraco says in his later post it just doesn't work, in real life or in games. In real life for the obvious reasons and in games because it is boring.

heh... heh... ..... The game doesn't need my support. You've got a bunch of drooling idiots with more dollars than sense throwing thousands of dollars at it. And the devs designed the rewards to sucker them in. There is a subset of human beings who just can not control themselves when...

Zero in. Would have helped if I thought they needed it but with all the fanatics running around throwing thousands of dollars at this..

This. MMOs are about character advancement, building your toon to be more and more powerful so as to take on stronger challenges. It doesn't matter what you call it, in the end it's still just another version of levels. That isn't to say they can't do a better job of it. The classic...

Considering the amount of drugs smoked in those days, if you remember it, then you weren't really there.

I don't have a problem with the idea of it, especially since I am so over the old model. Been doing the mmo tours recently and just can't get into it. Almost every mmo, new or old, follows the old standard that EQ started, and it bores me to tears. Downloaded the Archage beta recently and was...

The Cartman is strong in this thread..

Well if you can't be neutral maybe you should just not comment.... See whut I did thar? The point is that this forum has a ton of very opinionated posters, you included. Why should he not post? Don't have a dog in this horse race... too early to care one way or the other. But your venom...

If it's the same issue then my opinion of TRION will drop to zero. I let them slide on the last time but letting it happen twice is amatuer BS. It's most likely the usual suspects though.

Don't role play myself, but I usually create an alt or two on role play servers in whatever game I'm trying. Some of the players are very good and can add greatly to the experience. The best were the orc and goblin role players in Warhammer. They were hilarious.

Well, to be fair the game Underjoyed is describing hasn't been released since EQ (possibly vanilla WoW). Perhaps Vanguard fit the bill somewhat, but another important factor in releasing a game is that it actually plays on most machines, and Vanguard didn't. So it is possible that...