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Sometimes I wonder if they've played an MMO in the last decade. For instance, they don't want an in game map, because, and I can't even count how many times I've heard, "they want players engaged in the world." Like a map somehow takes you out of it? Apparently they don't realize that there...

I think that'd be an interesting experiment they could run. Open the next test up with a server like that, and see if it's significantly more popular. I'd bet it would be.

This is a wild one. I noticed someone brought it up to Shawn yesterday. Grouping with 1-2 extra players the exp feels much better. When you get to 5 or 6 though? It falls off a fucking cliff. Why would they design the experience curve to plummet as you add more people? Doesn't that discourage...

Where are these 7500 players coming from? They don't even get that in a free playtest. It's actually funny, in thinking about this, I realized that EA is actually going to hurt them here. It's going to divide up their playerbase into people who are willing to pay a monthly subscription to test...

THJ is actually a great example though, and it's been mentioned several times in multiple threads (like the TLP's, or suing one). THJ works because it takes all of the shitty stuff about Everquest and makes it fun. All that "friction" we keep talking about is removed, and what's left is a fun game.

I think that's the frustrating part for me. I think this game could be super fun. But all that shit that they're adding that's going to drive everyone off, they don't seem to want to budge on. The frustrating part is going to be a year into it when they realize they fucked up and can't sustain...

I think if the devs solely rely on places like their Reddit and Discord for feedback, the game is doomed. Hopefully that's not the case, because they did fix things like the gamma issue. But those places are just full of people who want the griefiest game possible. And it's going to drive the...

It's funny, that person thinks it's just his own issue with being an adult and not being able to dedicate a solid 4+ hours to a group uninterrupted. The reality is the entire audience for this game is that person now. Which is why I asked a while back who they think their intended audience...

They really nailed the "dumb comedy" thing. I don't really want to call it slapstick, but just...stupid jokes? Not quite dad jokes. It's something where modern day "dumb comedy" just doesn't land. I wish I could describe exactly what it is. Calling them dumb doesn't really do it justice either...

I hope not. I feel like those commercials started a good 3 or 4 years ago. Also, Zach Braff looks retarded now. He's had about 8 too many facelifts.

Yeah, there was also something about these under 30 minute play sessions I think. What it tells me is that people logged on, decided to look for a group, had no luck and said fuck it. Or logged in, looked around and thought "anything I do is going to take an hour to get going and I'm already...

It was on Shawn's Twitch stream. I'm sure they'll post it in the next couple days.

My issue with corpse runs is it actively discourages risk taking. It makes your playerbase grind out boring ass blue mobs because no one wants to waste an hour trying to rebreak into a zone that they were only able to do in the first place fully geared. If you're camping a new dungeon and find a...

I had the stream on briefly, and saw the numbers. Someone asked about subscribers and Shawn said that basically each 1k subs would be about 1 employee. So they're looking at 2-3 employees (not sure if this is in addition to their core team or what though). Considering EA will launch incredibly...

I noticed that despite this test being longer, this thread seemed more dead this time around. They're releasing their data, and the numbers dropped off a fucking cliff. I know someone will just say "people are saving it for later when it actually matters," but I don't buy it.

Is that a needed thing in gaming anymore though? You have to remember when EQ came out, it was the heyday of things like AOL Instant Messenger and ICQ.

Her nose is too narrow and angular, her face doesn't really move because there's so much filler in it, her eyes are missing something (folds? I dunno) that I assume they either removed or is just wonky from a facelift or something. Like I said, she looks plastic now. It's a retarded look...

I always say this, people think investing has to be complicated. "I need to diversify into 20 different asset classes. I need real estate, bonds, stocks, crypto, gold, silver, domestic, international, etc." Why? Why would it be any different when you have $100k vs $10M?

I like that Mike addresses the retards who thought he liked The Acolyte. You know who you are.

I'm sure if you stare at plastic Instagram and Tiktok whores all day she probably looks attractive. But no, she looks ridiculous, and you're wrong.

You a big fan of curry or something?

Man, they all look so young. I didn't even realize Joe Flaherty was on SCTV. I've been rewatching Freaks and Geeks this past week for the first time since it aired. Pretty sad that every single person from the show is either already dead or in their late 70s.

Oh yeah, I fucking loved that show.

Candy was in far more of my favorite movies. Not that Home Alone is a big part, but shit, I watch that and Planes once a year, every year. And I'll watch Summer Rental, Great Outdoors, Stripes, and Uncle Buck basically any time they're on. Tommy Boy is the only movie I'll regularly catch from...

Yeah, I maintain my stance that this game never comes out.

This was a very short episode. But yeah, much better. I remember reading this last week and it bothered me. She definitely looked better this episode, but man, that plastic surgery is just a trainwreck. I don't know how anyone can find her attractive. The sad part is I found some pictures of...

Fucking casuals, am I right?

You say that, but it's been a quarter century and no games have had any success with that model, and that's including EQ who also dumped most of it. Hell, EverQuest even dumped stuff like retarded long travel as early as Planes of Power, just 3 years in (years before WoW was released). Imagine...

I keep logging into this hoping something finally clicks, but if the type of gaming you're describing is their audience, and this is what you're actually looking for, I do think it's hopeless. I've logged in a few times today, looked for a group for a bit, and logged off because you can't...

The irony is, in this situation I did have someone helping me. We couldn't find it. Turned out it was probably 20 feet from where I was searching. I don't think people understand just how little visibility there is in those sandstorms.

I'm confused how having money in the bank helps you see through a sandstorm better?

Wait til you die in a sandstorm and have to wait an hour for it to pass because you can't see 5 feet away from you. So your only option is to log off because otherwise you'll die of hunger/thirst as you search for your corpse unsuccessfully.

Why would I play a 20 year old game because I don't like what the 25 year old game has to offer? Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you people?

There's plenty of people who love what MnM is selling. They number about 1500-2000 total though. I'm apparently not one of them.

And yet I've got thousands of hours on the EZ (Extended Zones) server on EQ emu. It's a server that cut out all the fucking retarded shit and lets you just enjoy the game. It's grindy as all hell.

I mean, I wouldn't know, the last time I played WoW was about 20 years ago. If you ever wonder why MMORPG's are a dying niche, it might be because 10 minutes of travel time to "the next zone over" is standard instead of actually playing the game.

I decided to test it out. It took me 6:09 to run there from the western gate with sow, not including the time it took to get sow. 8:57 to get there without sow. So I might've been a bit hyperbolic, but it still fucking sucks. 9 minutes of just running. It's why I responded to someone in the...

I just can't get motivated to play this. I thought this test with lots of people on would do it, but it's just...not. Like, I had my lfg flag on and some dude invited me to a group in Telekir, and the thought of running there for 20 minutes made me close the game and do something else. I keep...