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Brad's first project was EQ. Not a failure. Brad's second project was VG. VG was a failure because of the aforementioned drug problem and lack of direction and because it was too fucking big. Despite VG being a failure it still had the most innovative Diku-based combat system seen in an...

Nah, isometric won't cut it. Zones on the other hand are a good idea. Vanilla Wow was Zone-arrific yet done in a such a way that you really didn't notic that you were corralled in a zone.

I'm not interested in telling them anything. We are all aware of Brad's past drug issues, but then again Robert Downey Jr was a Heroin addict for ten plus years but he's made some of my fav recent Hollywood Blockbusters since he cleaned up (First IM and the Sherlock Holmes movies).

I don't mind empty spaces but three continents at release was too much. Even with two continents there was a lot of empty space in Qalia. Brad gets one more shot at this - and that's only because EQ was pretty good and VG despite being super buggy had the best classes (at release, not now)...

Yes and was down to 50,000 by the second - that's my whole point. Vanguard would have released nearly bug free if it had been smaller and they'd cut out Thestra. Qalia and Kojan were enough.

Pretty much and I think Gaddafi was a complete Pig. All we've done is help AQ in Libya and Syria. Fucking awesome that our current President wants to aid AQ on the fucking anniversary of 9/11. If we're going to bomb anyone it should be the Saudis.

You guys are crazy. Sure it was great to see Dargun's Tomb, but if you weren't with a group you were never going to delve that dungeon. It was so far away from any major population center it could take hours for someone to reach it pre-portals. That big only works if the game has a larger...

Never going to happen - that just leads to 38 Studios half-finished MMO. The only way McQuaid succeeds at this project if he starts small and releases steady expansions. That's why he's less important than whatever producer he finally picks as to whether this ever sees the light of day.

No. That's what killed VG. It was too big, they couldn't fill it with enough content.

I did - he's no different than Araysar and the other anti-Semites in this thread. Don't try to argue with 'em, they'll (and this includes Phazael) justify their hate of Israel's "bad jews" anyway they can. Israel is no better or worse than anybody else and our only actual ally in the...

Niche is fine. But for this game to survive Brad has to: -Allow for solo play by all classes (this was possible in VG, but not in EQ). VG had the right mix, best stuff was in dungeons requiring groups, but you could solo grind two or three dots when nobody was on (this is one of the reasons...

Funny, but yeah he needs a Producer that can keep him on track. I'll be interested to hear who he is working with.

One might even say it has a lot of upside for him.

It's really only a few people who go over the top with the dev hate. I think it'd be easy enough to put those few on ignore as long as you have a thick skin. The real problem is that we end up in these endless circle jerks threads where the same ideas are repeated every 50 pages or so - so if...

EQN is not a WoW clone it is Diablolminecraft. It is however, unlikely to be something those of us who like EQ/VG will play long-term. I enjoyed LOL for a month. I can imagine myself enjoying EQN for at least a month I just don't see the longevity given horizontal progression. At the end of...

He needs to be kept on a medium-length leash by a money-man as CEO. Otherwise he'll fuck up again and spend 98% of his money on Art Assets and Design and 2% on coding tools (i.e. VG Debacle 2.0). The single biggest reason why Vanguard failed was that he tried to do too much - if he had cut out...

When did rabid anti-Semites start taking over re-rolled General? What happened to the rabid liberals? At least they were funny.

Why hasn't this thread been rickshawed for its overwhelming stupidity?

Closed Beta was supposed to start this month. Fortunately for SOE, Winter goes from Dec 21 to March 21, so they have a long time until thereleaseopen beta is actually 'late'.

What a stupid thread. Kudos!

I played Vanguard longer than EQ, and EQ longer than WoW, and WoW longer than LOTRO and LOTRO longer than FFXI and FFXI longer than Rift. To each his own.

@Jarnin - I much prefer EQ1 godlist to the EQN mini-version.

I still think you should play the game - as I said maybe SB is beyond amazing.

Lore changes bug me as well but at this point I'm so meh about the class/combat system I can't imagine playing all that long unless StoryBricks is beyond amazing.

Pretty much this. Anyone who doesn't get that an idiot can pick up a gun and kill someone they could not otherwise kill is beyond retarded. @Erronius - yes Saudi's suck and why Bush and Obama insist on helping them I haven't a clue.

I totes will! More interested in the landmark closed beta that is already a week overdue.

So the French Foreign Legion is now being run by the Saudis?

I wasn't bothered by the ability of Fry & Leela to eat/drink/breathe. I think you can justify it on the basis that anything that is brought near to them enters their sphere of "actionability."

https://www.vanguardthegame.com/news...nguard-roadmap New VG roadmap. I may have to log back in finally if they really have fixed some of the lag.

Lol and FWIW erronious the K&P avatar would be an improvement over the peace prize - at least it's not fuckin' Obama.

That statement was ahistorical and followed a Marxist (and thus incorrect) view of history. There have been lots of rich people who have died for their country. To give but one example, the American Revolution was populated by rich people. This is not to say that the Rockerfellers wouldn't...

Marxist much?

Butler and Talisker have completely forgotten that the Trinity was more than just a "tired combat mechanic." People like roles - it provides easy identification to other players, it gives one's role-playing added depth and yes it gives combat direction.

s. More good news. Interestingly, markets don't think we're going to war. Gold has plummeted.

I don't recall them as being perfectly fluid but I'll take your word for it what else?

List them.

Yes. Many.

Watch it again. Apart from the sentimentality, it's a _really_ clever episode. Everything that happens to Fry (up to, but not including, the Universe stopping) makes sense within the reality of a 10-second time loop. Including the key plot point of his watch showing 7:02 when it's actually...

I see you were just trolling. My bad for responding.

Who the fuck knows?