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Great post Xaxius. Many crappy F2P games are just made to 'get in on the free money'. Another reason there are so many crappy games is because everyone is keeping most of the same old crap and just adding a few bells and whistles. All the easy stuff like levels, static mobs, quests, and even...

Exactly and it doesn't fit with the goals of WoW as a decade old game that is based off endgame activities. Blizzard is trying to offer ways for people to play with each other. That is the goal of every development team. SOE did not want levels to be a hindrance to getting people playing...

Exactly. F2P isn't some big, bad scary monster. On another note, I haven't seen CCP release sub numbers in quite a while and I've heard they have lost seemingly significant numbers. Maybe the single outlier success story needs to shake things up like WoW? Glad to see I can rustle Dumar and...

I disagree. 72 mill was accomplished by one very respected guy who said and showed a lot. He had a great track record and I havent seen anyone compete with his funding level. I doubt we'll ever see that kind of funding again.

F2P brings in a ton of money. Why not use both if you can? SWToR and WoW both bring in cash shop money. Why would a company cut off its right arm to please a small segment of the gaming pop? Many old school gamers are now willing to pay for some extra benefits as well. How many people bought...

Lol, my bad. I forgot the gamers were making this dawg!

I liked the cross class building and Storybricks but could have left out the terrain destruction. Cool, but unneeded for me. I think SOE was too disorganized and spread out to be effective. They tried to dabble in all kinds of things while not concentrating on fixing on improving enough things...

Dumar is just shit posting like normal. WoW was and is a better designed game than anything SOE ever produced. Not only that but they do a damn good job of listening to their customer base(for the most part), and adding content that is fairly fun and addicting. It is the standard and will...

My concern as well.

Flex, I think that is the most valid argument against the previous mgmt. They could have already been much further along with some significant upgrades but wanted to go all out on new and underdeveloped ideas and tech. Blizzard has already shown where simpler looking tech helps shift resources...

That's the unspoken aspect of this discussion. While that polygon art looked fantastic, they wanted destructible environs and some player-made voxel art is extremely nice. Some of that voxel artwork has obviously progressed since 2011...

Convo, I agree that scrapping EQ3 cost them too much time and money. They just tried too much all the time. EQN, EQL, H1Z1, etc all at the same time. Keeping support for so many games to push that station pass. Just some unfocused decisions over the years.

I don't think that would work well with this crowd. Dark Souls is very action oriented much like Tera. That is the direction the genre is moving which is very good. WoW has very difficult endgame content, the trinity, etc. I can see the conversations now. "Well I wanted a tough game but only in...

Where is the proof that it was working? I see a lot armchair geniuses coming out of the woodwork after some lazy managers get fired. You are wanting a huge world, with environmental interaction, no instancing so that it's even harder to maintain frames, good graphics, dynamic AI, alternative...

This 'game' is going nowhere without an investor. Brad cannot sell this garbage but maybe Rowan being there could help. This guy hasn't done much anywhere lately but it's Brads money(for all intent and purpose).

I think a lot of people assume they would have liked that original EQ3 when there is no evidence that this would be true. In fact, I doubt most people here would play that game past 6 months...like everything else released in the past decade.

I'm pretty sure the release on PS4 is a primary concern with new ownership. Expanding market and revenue streams with product already in beta is just smart business. I'm sure that future expansion of EQ and EQ2 are be very limited as they try to push forward with newer potentially more...

It is good to see someone with a real resume at the company. At the same time, Chris Rowan doesn't seem to stick for very long at any of his latest ventures. As mentioned though, he is a step up from Brad so Yay!?

Flc touched on why it's taking so long. This game wants to get rid of levels, the Trinity, use destructible environs, unique AI(with it's own hiccups and development issues), and a host of other things. This game is crazy ambitious(much more than I thought SOE would ever do) and it has cost...

I agree with Flc. EQN was at the very, very early stages and the experimentation used with EQL could only help speed up later development. Using free designers was a good idea and EQL was truly the visionary aspect of this company. Too bad SOE just couldn't pull it off. There was a ton of...

How bad is Brad that he was cut by a company willing to keep so many other people? If SOE was cutting that massive load of fat they no longer needed...and still let Brad go last year. Wow.

Yeah, they are cutting this company up for the resale. Trim the fat, demand some nice promo mats out of the traumatized leftovers and dump that off for a nice profit. EQN must have some things that make it worth keeping. The older games are fucked though. Unless you like stasis in those games...

The Ut-hammer has struck but Smed is dodging like a champ so far.

I'd love the game Wizardry was trying to sell but EQ definitely wasn't that game either. EQ could be hard solo and when you first started out. After that, grouping was really easy. Raids were hard but half of that was because of shitty game design. WoW still has harderdesignedlate game content...

The main problem with older games is that people have moved on. People want the extra amenities, options, etc. Newer players didn't grow up with D&D, dial-up, landline phones, etc. they expect a lot of different things than older players. As much as EQ was a horribly designed game, people put up...

No matter the reason, SOE having those kinds of losses added to them being dumped off does not sound good. Time for Smed to get his ass in gear if he wants to survive Ut's culling of the industry. It will happen just before Pantheon releases so be prepared! Ut is coming!

If Daybeak is sold off fairly quickly, then they are it trouble. If not, then these venture capitalists must like what they see. This might allow quicker updates and push things forward. With Sony hemorraging money everywhere, it isn't exactly the epitome of great business. I'm willing to...

But that shows a double sided argument where the developer can never win. Much like in politics where the president can't take credit for any positives but gets blame for all the problems. Ut is constantly harping about changing the old guard and yet you both reference a lack of career...

That's exactly what they say happened. The better team won going away but Belicheat has to do his shtick. He reminds me so much of the NFL version of Dirty Dick Nixon. Going to win but so damn insecure he has to find loopholes. Just cant help himself.

I hate both teams but the Pats more so...Go Hawks??! Brady is a stud as is Gronk, Wilfork, Solder and Revis. I think Seattle has a better D but the Pats have a much better QB and Gronk so it should be close. Seattle did luck into the SB against a wobbly injured QB so they still haven't impressed...

Im just happy to see the SEC going back home. Parity is coming back and the Big Ten might start getting the top conference vote. Harbaugh, Dantonio, Meyer. That outclasses the SEC even though Saban is a great coach.

I'm having a lot of luck with zoo right now. Sure, it's pretty easy to do but the deck is just so synergistic. Had an incredibly fun game with a person using Jeeves. Don't know how they thought it wasn't a huge advantage for me but was really fun to show them.

I agree with Brosar here. If Fleming is a sexist, racist, etc writer who makes Bond a product of his time, why fuck with the original writers version of Bond? Why should we fuck with what makes Bond...Bond? What need is there for a black Bond? Can't Tyler Perry make his own super spy movie or...

I don't think the GB hype is going anywhere. Not a fan but they are fun as hell to watch. As a Dolphins fan, it's nice to enjoy watching football sometimes.

Sutekh, That was one of the worst games I've ever watched. The run D was truly horrible as was the tackling. The OL was weak and Tannehill dumped some passes off quick just because it was terribull. Wallace not knowing how to put two hands on a pass was infuriating as was Hartline getting...

Rex is a good DC. He has had some really awful GMs but he hasn't developed a QB worth a shit. You have to develop the QBs in this league. He would have been better than his dad in the day though. Better than his brother too.

Chuk, You always save me from a year of being a little bad. Thanks! Merry Netsmas everyone!

Nothing, just the chance to be his wingman next time. Hard to drop the pill in after you've been outed. Much easier with a wingman. He can tell everyone how sloppy seconds to Cosby was.

He also provides so much more variety. Sanderson is like the big movie producer who likes to dabble in many different things. Butcher is the the Walking Dead TV show of this genre. Top notch writing but doesn't deviate from the main money makers too much.

Just finished Radiance. Fantastic read that I finished really quickly. Hate I have to wait so long for the next one but thanks to George RR I'm used to this. Just a few issues overall with it but just nitpicking. Hoping for anything but the cookie cutter, 'guy turns into her dad' theme for...