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Works for me if I can be a sycophant in your court, and by 'sycophant' I mean 'parasite who gets to eat the food gathered and cooked by your minions without doing one damn thing.' Also @Warhead, I don't think Nuclear Apocalypse is in anyone's interest so it isn't a worst case scenario. I do...

There are a couple of 100,000 gamers willing to pay a subscription for a (for lack of better terminology) "hardcore" MMO. It's not really what I mean because as a now casual player I too would want to play on this "hardcore" MMO. However a game for those 200,000 or so players has to: 1...

Which goods are these? China + Russia control 95% of Rare Earth metals. We're not even allowed to make lightbubls in this country (only LED bulbs allowed and those are so mercury contaminated we have China make them so they can kill their own people instead of ours). Etc.

Except that the Syrian excursion is bad for everyone. Not just us folks. Let's do it by the numbers shall we? Who are Syria's Allies? Russia and Iran Who are Iran's Allies? China and Hezbollah What is the worst that could happen if we bomb Syria? Iran bombs Israel with the help...

So I take it you prefer the MOBA classes? As discussed Diku-style combat/classes may be "old" but then again so is chess and Go and you don't see people replacing Go with stones that have different abilities. The advantage of DikU class/combat are that (1) People like Roles, (2) Developers...

The claim is that they can't reveal everything because they're afraid the player base couldn't handle it - contrast this with the statement back in March where they said they would "reveal everything." So yes, the marketing & PR is beyond retarded.

No it's an over-generalization, and as such both over and under inclusive. There are players who want things handed to them who will play long term, and players who want competitive content that will leave relatively early. However, like many generalization it is mostly true. A large...

Kudos for fighting the good fight but in this case we're not attacking everything they do/say. Almost everyone is very interested in StoryBricks and a lot of people are interested in Voxels. There are a decent amount of people like yourself that are okay with changes to the class/combat...

Eh. I've been moderately optimistic overall despite my reservations about class/combat. But the competition roundtable results and related dev tweets were ridiculous. Talisker might as well be making TESO, and as i said I found the guy very likable, so I'm a little disapointed if this is the...

Nah. It's worse. They are smart people who played EQ and are making a game that fixes all the problems they saw in EQ. The issue is that like instancing and quest-grinding in WoW the fixes are worse than the original problems. Some things just can't be fixed but then they aren't really...

Second System Effect. I liked VG, which Butler also had a hand in. I was rooting for EQN but this latest round of questions and Dev answers was disheartening given my already existing concerns with the class/combat system. I met Talisker at SOELive and he was a very pleasant, smart guy but...

Yeah, you can't help but think Smed's love of MOBAs is a driving factor behind the design. Which begs the question: where is the EVE influence? @Quaid good call.

I'll probably make a Pyramid and just leave it at that ;-)

I don't expect much. I'm just annoyed that SOE looks ike they're going to blow it again. Nothing said about the combat or classes since release has convinced me it was a good decision to entirely ditch EQ/VG style combat or classes. The only real justification for the change was the "reduce...

I like the AI and exploration options. But that could just as well be in a single-player game.

It just feels like Butler and Talisker were in the #2 guild on some server and resented the fact they got locked out of content by the uber guild (and also happened to lose a couple Clerics when the guildleader dumped his girlfriend). The solution isn't zero competition and be all you can be...

I think they went down the path of "let's make something new" and felt they had to make everything new. Which wasnt the best plan.

Lol. Even Reddit is upset over the Poll. Nobody wants instances any more -_- So they copy MOBA classes but not MOBA competition?

As we've discussed before, they could have made EQN with StoryBricks, with destructible Voxels but kept combat much more MMOish instead of going full MOBA. They are forgetting one of the lessons of DCUO - the average person gets tired with action combat all the time.

I've never liked the executive team at SOE and I've always stated my preference for old-school classes not the MOBA classes. The only thing I've changed was I've gone from not knowing who Omeed was to disliking him now that I've seen him in action. Edit: The only new info is from gamescom...

There are many people who should be fired at SOE. Starting with Smed. But yes the entire Marketing department should go. Omeed is an idiot and the chick who runs Sales & Marketing is a an empty suit. I'd love to know the numbers for Dragon's Prophet, Wizardry Online, MTG Tactics and all...

Okay. But if we start putting boots on the ground you go first also Sasha better get drafted and get to the front lines there too. /sarc If the main argument for attacking Syria is because if we don't it'll make Obama look bad I'm going to say that's a pretty shitty reason.

I thought we were going to get a sketch this time. Main critique: Steelskin doesn't fit with hobbits IMHO. I just get HoMM2 flashbacks. Hobbits are more like: Rumfeather Hall or Puddington Manor or Whisperfoot Hold.

http://m.pcgamer.com/2013/08/28/soe-...-employee-base 90+ fired. Majority from Customer Service and QA. Bugs Ahoy!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not much beachfront in Landmark or Next until they fix the Water Voxels. Oasis may be a mirage...

Nah, you should start it. Quaid's EQ Thread (RP and Bearded Minions) or wtf. There's room for more threads in this sub-forum. ;-)

Holy shit. That's amazing. I'm surprised that hasn't been buried. Also is there a source on Iran??? Edit: NVM I see it is on CNN. This is how WWIII starts. We need to stay the fuck out of Syria.

I don't know. He doesn't not say EQN/L had layoffs - just that development on them is continuing. If they're doing a company wide restructuring (and they appear to be doing just that) you'd think they'd fire one or two from EQN/L as well. Maybe FTP isn't working as well as they thought...

It's a constant PR news item for reddit.

No clue but at least one person from the VG team was let go and Hobart is on that team. Looks like everyone was hit but EQN/L and maybe I'm wrong about them.

I think that's a followup tweet to the one right before it just sayiin gthat EQ Next is going forward.

+ regen.

Yes, the Obama impeachment talk is just varous R's talking out of their ass, anyone compare who's saying what to whether or not they're running for re-election next year? As for Obama not having done anything yet - you underestimate the man. He's been hot to trot since killing Osama shot his...

At least 3.

Blizzard. 600 Layoffs in March. Subs plummenting between 600,000 to 1,000,000 a quarter for last 3 quarters. More layoffs soon? Trion. San Diego/EU studios closed. Up for sale. ArcheAge dubious. SOE. Today (8/28) just hammered EQ2 and DCUO staffs. Not sure about EQ, VG and...

SOE just fired a ton of people not on EQN/Landmark. See EQNext thread.

Did Hobart survive the layoffs?

Don't include Afghanistan. We actually had a reason to go into Afghanistan to get Obama/AQ after 9/11. It was everything else that was fucked up.

Are shitting me? You realize that he could just, you know, not go to war? Not authorize the launching of cruise missles and/or boots on the ground.

He should repost in an RP/Story thread. I can see a couple of edits but really should be in a new thread.