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That's exactly the kind of creative problem solving we need more of. You're driving the player economy while providing players with a way to retrieve their own corpses without just handing it to them. Big thumbs up for that idea.

You bring up a good point. EQ's death mechanic had a lot of unintended and intangible consequences. For one, it could be a great way to prevent people from permacamping shit. How many of us can remember hanging out in a dungeon waiting for the group camping X item to either leave or wipe...

I don't know if the VR guys have made a statement on what their plans for death mechanics are, BUT Death mechanics will be the "canary in the coal mine." For all their professed desire to make an "old school" EQ-like game, if we start seeing them walking back death penalties we'll know we are...

Could come into play later, but I bet it doesn't. I think think it's as you described it- a mini vignette on not only science/engineering, but also on the history of the Earth/Mars/Belt paradigm. They go into detail about that stuff in the books and I think they are trying to find a way to...

Yeah. They aren't doing a fantastic job of making it clear what's going on half the time. I only know what happened because I read the books. If I hadn't, I'd be confused as hell about several things right now. All I can say is be patient and it will eventually become clear.. Cybsled did a...

Yup. An absolutely essential part of her character is how creatively and effectively she used profanity. If they ditch that, they lose a big part of what made her great in the books. Really enjoyed the last episode. Feel like the show is definitely coming into its own. In Season 1, show...

There's a difference between imitation and homage. Granted, it's a fine line- easier to identify than to define. ST did a fantastic job of honoring the genre and time period and walking that line.

Not off base. Anything aside from straight in-game unedited and unscripted footage is totally useless imo.

Show Draper is pretty true to book Draper- especially in light of what we see of her in book 6. I am good with the way they are portraying her. She is much more true to book character than, say, Amos. Kind of annoying how much leeway she is given with disrespecting Sutton. No way someone of...

Metacritic is usually pretty accurate imo, but they are flat wrong on this show. 67 isn't a bad score for Metacritic, but it needs to be 85+. I read some of the reviews and noticed most of the critics seem to have written their critique's after the first three episodes. I felt like the show...

I actually feel ya on this one. I've been trying to watch the show through the eyes of someone who hasn't read the books and I feel like I'd be missing quite a lot of stuff due to the direction. I'd say stick with it. Rewatching the first season might be a good idea, since the guys doing the...

Meng was just that- a trigger and a mechanism to explain certain things about the Expanse universe. I didn't mind his subplot in the books, but his insights and catalytic purpose can easily be replaced in the show without losing much, if anything, from the narrative. I'd contrast this with...

I liked episodes 1-3 a lot, but it picked up speed quite a bit in episode 4.

What were the main issues with corporate clients?

Just tossing my 2cp in the ring for those wondering if it's worth watching. Yes. Definitely. Agree with others that it has a Deadwood in London feel to it. Dark, gritty, realistic, machiavellian, layered. Fantastic acting- Tom Hardy is fucking amazing. Love the political gameplay and the...

Yeah. My buddy tried to get me into it a while back. I liked the ep we watched, but put it on the backburner behind Archer and Bojack. Finally got to it and I see what he was talking about. Super smart/cerebral and subtle-- and fucking hilarious. Just what I like. Halfway through second...

Nope. At least in the first few GW versions they left class mechanics alone. The main changes were allowing player guilds to take and own cities and camps and how pvp points worked. PVP points scaled based on 1. your level, 2. level of your opponent, 3. how recently you killed the target, 4...

For impossible to put down comedy binge shows I'll add: Peep Show Archer

Just to be nerdy, pretty sure those were PDC rounds going through the ship. One railgun shot, much less multiples, would probably be enough to take out a corvette like the Roci. Oh, and yeah, great first ep for the season.

Well that sounds awesome

This is one of those small scenes that displayed Lynch's fantastic instincts. It's clearly a flub by a very nervous one-shot extra, but instead of reshooting (like any other director would), Lynch goes with it and we get another of those bizarre scenes that made the show what it was. Love...

Your memory is better than mine. But ultimately I agree-- that server was a blast.

If you have the pass you should devote some time to RMNP definitely. I would personally put Arches/Needles and RMNP both over YS. Fort Collins is great. I like Boulder better for nightlife but I'd live in FC in a minute if it was close to work for me. You could spend a lot of time in the...

Emerald Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park: Lake Solitude in the Tetons:

Your loop is my neck of the woods. Denver is a cool city, worth a stop in. Go buy some gummies and eat at Blue Pan Pizza (best pizza I have ever had). Boulder is a really fun town too. If I could only do Den or Boulder I'd be hard pressed to pick. Go to Boulder and do the climb to Royal...

Ruin dominated the pve game on SZ, no doubt. But, to be fair, I recall Tides of Wrath getting the better of you guys in pvp on a couple of occasions. I remember one specific occasion involving mass corpse camping in.. ToV? Dunno. It's been too many years. Either way, I hated ToW and there...

Yeah, I was reading the thread thinking someone has to also have been disappointed with the book. Glad to see I'm not alone. I absolutely loved the concept of the book, but the execution was lacking. I didn't dig the writing style, which is purely opinion, but I also thought Gaimon failed to...

I can totally ditto your post if you take out "very" completely and change "amazing" to "really interesting." The directing was great, the acting was good (especially the protagonist's daughter- wow, she can act for an 8 year old), and the story was interesting. The plot had Texas-sized holes...

Seem to recall it was with Luclin (and AAs) that rangers actually became a legit class.

I borrowed a guidly's 55 rogue once because I had never played one and wanted to see what it was like. Gave it back almost immediately.

I know you're mainly here to troll, and I won't stop you. Do your thing bro. But you bring up a good point. No doubt it will be data mined and mapped out- just like EQ was. You can't stop dissemination of game knowledge any more now then you could in 1999, or 2000, or 2001. The Internet...

I think he must have quoted the wrong post lol. Either that, or he has drawn something from your post that I don't see (and that you probably didn't intend)...

Absolutely agree that the players shouldn't know everything. Keep plenty of info under the hood. Let the guessing turn into rumors and the rumors turn into legends. It was the unknown and guessed at that made Norrath seem so big and daunting. The days of knowing the exact impact and numeric...

Their main design philosophy is to create an EQ redux. It's that easy, for the most part. I think that also means creating a very "community-oriented" game, because EQ was a very community-oriented game. Basically, anytime you are wondering about a VR design philosophy, ask yourself "was this...

What's the answer? Don't open your mouth until you have something to show worth showing. That's almost always the answer. If a company starts the hype train rolling, the audience is naturally going to expect to see results. You don't blame the audience for that, you blame the company that...

Ogre doesn't look terrible. He does look like he has Down Syndrome, but shit, it's an ogre, he isn't supposed to look like a genius. Wolf looks better in second pic, but still has a bizarrely red mouth. No idea what's going on with that. Granted, I have a very low threshold for art...

Your calculation is a bit off there Perelman ;)

Ah, well i guess it can't be about that. I dunno, maybe you guys are right. I just think it's a strange leap to start turning Joel into a ghost (especially when he seems pretty well alive in the trailer) just because Ellie is angry and wants revenge. Obviously a long time has passed since...