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Dolphins have completely new OL, and the Pats are considered a playoff staple. I agree they aren't quite as good but what exactly has ChiTown accomplished the past few with Cutler besides constantly being overrated? One playoff season? The Bills have an excellent defense as Chicago found out...

Really late but damn!!! Look at those Dolphins stomp some Brady ass!! Then look at ESPN, etc not even talk about it. Hell, the halftime show on NBC, the surprise game is the shitty Bears losing? You mean the 8-8 guys from last year losing to 6-10 Bills. Not nearly surprising as the Pats who...

Not only that but some of his statements are blatantly false. WoW has both meaningful loot that is incredibly hard to find now and is a gigantic world. Quite a few games have contested content in some form or other. Also, which game started making smaller worlds with a Book of Knowledge? Who...

Grim, Of course skill is dependent on playing time like anything you learn. Time = skill only to a certain point though. At some point, it's just a waste of time and EQ had a lot of those moments. EQ had it's moments when skill was needed. I know, I played. Most of the time...once learned, it...

It just depends. Some like Jacobs and Garriott remake themselves off hard work and desire to be great again. Some like most of the old EQ staff stay at their jobs and just keep moving forward. Some, just move on when they fail. The very select few try to rehash their glory off the backs of...

Your hyperbole would make me laugh if I hadn't heard the exact same ridiculous comments for the past half decade. I'm sorry you aren't a special snowflake anymore where time invested isn't the primary measuring stick of your prowess. I'm even more sorry you can't seem to find a forum on here...

I'm hoping that's what Rallying Calls will be. Hopefully they will be a server wide even that everyone can get involved in. Draegan, I think you hit the nail on the head of what type of progression they want. Achievements are a very easy way of showing forward progress without enforcing...

Levels are exactly artificial time constraints. They are a required time sink. They restrict access. EQ was a game every slug could play. You camped a spawn for loot and the only ability you needed was to be there first. That's some high end competition! People spent more time sitting than...

It's the goal of every game. Who plays games to be average? As stated earlier, the goal is to let skill and experience be the divider but still allow people to play together. Just because people want artificial time constraints to separate players doesn't mean it's a better system.

I think it goes beyond presentation. At no point in EQ could a level one and a level 50 do real content together. They could ride your coattails while you hoped that your speed leveling didn't kill them too many times from random greys you didn't notice. Games got much better at allowing a new...

It's the same driving force all MMOs have at later levels. Just because you are a warrior doesn't mean you may not want a skill from a different melee based class at some point. They just have to make the skills in newer classes interesting and you have the carrot. Just like leveling is never...

They won't monetize classes per se but I could see them monetizing a goal needed to get a few classes. Like WoW required engineers having 10 k gold for a part to make the hog, I could see that armor pre-req maybe needing a $3 piece. There will have to be some hard to get classes out of 40. I...

I agree that the gear aspect is pretty much the same thing and probably the main reason some people continue the hamster wheel. They are talking about doing a whole lot more than just that though. It's like getting a new sports car that does almost everything different but you focus on engine...

Partially true but simplified a whole lot. All games up to now had various ways to level but that was the end goal. You did what you needed to get to the end game for raiding most of the time. With leveling removed, we don't know how they will show progress. You maybe can cook, or explore which...

Thanks guys! I will definitely watch a few drafts and I already bought Naxx so maybe this will save me the next time.

So, as a new player like Cyni but with previous MtG exp...how hard is it to get into Arena and actually have positive results early? I've gotten to rank 12 for a short period the other day and have been grinding with a decent hunter deck, a slow and usually outclassed priest and a decent Druid...

Lol, sounds initiative already. As long as the UI shows the food gauge in a totally different area than the stamina gauge, super movement cool down gauge, and the super special moves gauge(and the armor and health bars) I'll be ok.

It was Super Heroic of you to share this with us. Did it tax your health or armor levels and how quickly did they recover? Thanks.

In the end, there shouldn't be a reason to make them paper dolls. The classic "look" can be made in character selection if you want it. Having restrictions like that in a PVE setting is limiting when it doesn't have to be. Plenty of games have figured it out even 15 years ago. I'm hoping they...

Exactly. A warrior with 300 health and 300 armor is much harder to damage than a wizard with 300 health and 50 armor. Games have used armor mitigation with great success for years. There could be plenty of reasons why a wizard wouldn't want or couldn't use heavy armor. A character that does 500...

Those examples really don't justify that since it is primarily a PVP based fix. As Heallun mentions, the mobs were not era relevant and there were multiple ways a mob could kill a wizard without low HP being needed. There is truly no need to have low health glass cannons outside of a PVP fix. Is...

No offense but I think changing your life total every time you change classes in a game with 40 classes is kind of stupid. Armor can do the job of balancing just fine. I've never been a fan of the fragile caster preconception anyways. At least one series I've read has very robust casters because...

That kind of reward may not be for you. They have already stated they want rewards for whatever playstyle you have. For some, like me, unique mobs are a great step forward and I want to be part of as many one time events as possible. I want to see how the environment changes. What I can help do...

I completely agree. When will they finally update computers to play this amazing stuff once again? I just thank god that we didn't have shitty symbols like this- Would have made the game totally unplayable.

I disagree. I think it trying to push into new territory which will probably turn off some but there's games on the horizon for them too. Being like everyone else would be another WoW clone which was just an updated EQ...fixed. The elements that some really want to see remade will never happen...

I don't think $2k satisfies him(not a lot of money really) but he isn't a coder, lore guy, artist, etc,etc,etc and has to work with whoever will come for free. This 'game' is dead as hell and I hate to even help keep it on the first page here.

I don't think EQN will be at all like most people have mentioned for the last few pages(and earlier). It will be very similar to a MOBA and there won't be a lot of unique loot that just drops off one mob. I don't think they want to encourage camping, twinking or any of those other archaic...

Rescorla, I'd love to see harder content but players are notoriously lazy and stupid. We can use Dark Souls over and over as an example while never seeing it in MMOs. GW2 tried something different and it was too hard on people. WoW didn't change it's grouping mechanics just on a whim. I hope...

Ut, Great points on all of that and I pretty much agree with all of it. Is Georgeson going to over hype the product? Yeah, I think he will just like Molyneux has always done. I do think it will end up being very good though(just not what he describes completely). I do hope the partnership...

Ut, To throw another perspective on the points you have made. 1) Storybricks can't do any worse than what we have and they know exactly what kind of story telling experience is out there right now. Sure, it may end up being less revolutionary than hoped for from all fronts. That doesn't...

Sounds like this game is custom made for PRX. Large guilds with good leadership have an automatic advantage but this allows the advantages to extend beyond a small instance or blocked off area of the map

I barely played after a month because i'm just not a very good builder. With that said, I have no regrets and didn't buy for the perks. I've never really seen early adopter perks being worth anything months after release. Anyone else? I got into this to help them test for EQN and hopefully my...

I think Quaid's idea is similar to what WoW is doing and that's not all bad. DPS should not be the defining characteristic of your character. It should not be the basis of the game when everything is boiled down to it's core. That is the problem right now, not the ability of people to actually...

It was a sarcastic response but diversity, by definition, is variety and 40 at launch is a lot more variety than the 14 EQ had. Did you possibly mean unique abilities or concept? If so, the SK was a warrior /necro hybrid, Pally a cleric/warrior hybrid, Ranger warrior/druid hybrid, BL was a...

40 CLASSES! BOOM! SOE's got your back!

Top notch Keg. Tuco, you are da lawwww!

This game is the future of both Storybricks and the EQ franchise. While this will not be comparable to what Storybricks could do in five years, it will still be the best product they can possibly supply. I'm pretty sure this is a significant step forward in any light we want to shine it.

Tarrant bringing the thread back to life. Keep it coming bro. Don't fear the hate.

I do agree with them though. I can't imagine this game failing from a financial point which is the primary goal. It is doing so many things differently and is getting so much hype that a ton of players will be trying it out. If the gameplay is smooth, I see this taking off because there just...

I'll donate $20 to the cause but do we have a guy really willing to do this? Gav, don't back down bro. Rerolled needs you. Ravvenn needs you.