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It's not about Smed in any case, he clearly spells out his 'direct supervisors' as his reason for leaving. That's probably as close as he can get without calling them out by name. Would that be Michaels and Butler like gogojira suggested or does SOE have another management layer between his...

Conveniently you can still qualify for some of those rewards by dropping money on the new clan pack, they need to finance their new SC copy.

You can only judge that if you know the profit the investors expected from the game, both within the launch months and for year 1, 2, and so on. If they expected 800 mill per year and get 140 mill, that's a failure. Does anyone actually know the returns that were expected from TOR before it...

I just have to add another quote to echo this statement. They arent using the existing IP. They are just using some names from the existing IP but in a different context. They're making a romantic comedy movie titled Mad Max, would you call that "using the IP"? So if they arent using the...

Cooperative multiplayer would be nice if they put forth the required effort to give it some depth and longevity. Otherwise, why bother ... well unless you just want that "coop multiplayer" blurb on the box/website for the .89% extra sales that generates.

The early access being subcription-based is rubbing me the wrong way for some reason, especially with the final product not being sub-only. Or did I read that wrong somehow? Seems you only get free alpha time with the 1k purchase, or at least not for the $50-100 price range.

Most examples here are black&white good vs evil(probably for clarity), but keep in mind that hopefully they are going with a well-developed catalogue of factions that has much wider and deeper interactions then good elves vs evil elves. Otherwise, it's going to be a 2-faction system even if you...

If they make the environment matter beyond being a pretty backdrop that would be great. The sandstorm effect they added to the new GW2 area is a nice touch, they even tied it into the gamelpay through the meta event chain. It is still gimmicky because it's every hour, on the hour. But still...

I found GW2's world entertaining to play through, it's on my top 5 MMO list (would be top 3 if they had continued adding areas to explore after launch instead of the repetitive living story achievement grind). If EQN is "multiple choice GW2" that's a good start to me. What EQN plans to add on...

GW2's issue was that everything cycled too fast and predictably. Why defend this outpost if I can take it back within 10 minutes whenever I need to access it? That coupled with the fact that you actually didnt need to access anything for specific reasons because of their bland loot system meant...

Now imagine the forums if sacking a town disables the AH/bank/crafting there for a week, let alone forever. Time to drown in delicious tears.

Creslin has the right idea there, and I agree that the chain of events Vitality describes is not really exploiting. It's tanking two factions at the same time for some kind of gain, a situation where he as a player decided the standing loss is worth it for the gains he achieves through it. As...

I notice you seem to imply that it's wrong to spend time grinding. Did it occur to you that it's a valid playstyle? They already said various stuff is gated behind faction and achievements (more grinds) instead or in addition to killing. Regarding that quote, two other games where pretty much...

If they dont cave in and really make a world with diverse factions that are often at odds I'll be happily surprised. They keep saying it so we just have to hope that attitude survives crunch time because that's the time when the games gets nerfed to acess a bigger market share. TOR is still a...

D3 is a good comparison, except I see equipmentin EQN more as having skill-modifying effects like the runes in D3, and not +gooder.

Classes and achievements give you abilities, items modify how they interact with each other. @LLeauaric: I understand their systems, I just think you underestimate the effort and time that will have to go into it. Similarities to it are found in CCGs, GW1 or D&D 4th Edition. Ensuring...

Agree to disagree? Because my unfounded opinion is that it absolutely is time consuming. Voxels arent making it easier, and storybricks doesnt make it easier either. Both systems offer incredible possibilities beyond current MMOs, but both also throw up additional things to consider when...

Imo the highlighted parts are going to take up those years - you are brushing off the time and effort required to build a world and create and balance 40 classes and their abilities and equipment. They have to create a fully fleshed out world with content, and we have seen very little of that...

I don't see a problem as long as your actions are weighted correctly by the AI - endanger the watchtower by training it and go KoS and become disliked by other NPCs as the reputation spreads. The challenge in this regard is weighting pro and con for you so its an actual player choice and not a...

It'll be a good day when NPCs spout a line like "clerics like you must die" and actually back that up with appropriate ingame behaviour.

Not sure if that's their goal but it would be pretty easy within the grand scheme of things. They need a huge amount of likes/dislikes/quirks if you look at the entire system, making sure that Slate spawns with his usual guard set, plus 2 random from badass pool and another 2 random from the...

One interesting aspect is that your actions are supposed to have consequences - not sure how it would translate in game but that particularly guard hating your guts for training him with orcs and getting him killed own own. Kinda like getting KoS at druid rings for farming treants but on a more...

Noob question, do they have a spell gem that functions like disintegrate from D3, a continuous death ray you can swerve around? Alternatively, are archers good or shit with these changes?

Aww dont be bitter, Brad is making plenty of promises.

Wut? EQ and WoW were pretty similar, with mobs at 6+ levels above you becoming nearly untouchable outside of a few specific abilities simply because of resists. That aside, if you say "level would be less effective, just one stat among others" you might as well can it entirely. Level is just...

Just load up some F2P titles that dont use levels to get an idea how it could be. EVE doesnt use character levels to give one example that you can try for free, cant think of any other right now tbh.

GW2 difficulty was much better 4 months before release, too. Those dumb-it-down calls are probably last minute decisions. You just need to hope the devs can point to the last couple of 6-week wonder games to sway their bosses towards sticking with the difficulty.

The lore is not carrying over, only some names are re-used to trigger nostalgia. The actual events and history (i.e. everything that makes up the lore) are rewritten. That pet peeve of mine aside this is the most promising game on the horizon. I share one concern with Merlin though, if they make...

Isnt that Bungie game that's coming soon a big deal for consoles and is pretty much the WoW formula mixed with a shooter? You can run but you cannot hide!

Theres the question of how much of a risk it is to die to #yolo behaviour. And by risk I mean penalty. And by that i mean corpse loss. Well obviously not that but the point is does it matter if I die to something or do I just continue on my merry way within a minute?

A paladin couldnt do that - SKs dont even have a Lifetap that's a Dark Ravager ability (or was it Dark Knight?). In other words, obviously I cant answer that and doubt anyone at SOE could at this time. That's why I said you have more leeway then most other games, and not that you have absolute...

Was that way in most MMOs even without the multiclassing. Maybe current WoW is good at balancing it without making all tanks too same-ish? I havent followed it enough for the last 5-8 years, but back then the best tank pendulum was going and forth, especially paladins were heal/cleanse bishes...

The MOBA comparison is sound as far as the number of active abilities and gameplay is concerned, but the vast multiclassing options add a big GW1/CCG vibe as well. With that background, giving the finger to pvp balance is the best choice they can make. Otherwise pve abilities will be pretty...

I love the ideas this game has, I really do. To the point that I bought more points then I need just to support them. But truth is their polish and notcode issues keep me from enjoying it for long, I usually pick it back up for a new league and leave within the week. Races are an exception and I...

I havent played for a while but incurring ghost heat starting with the second C-ERLL sounds drastic, I dont like that change no matter where the weapon stands balance-wise. Tbh one of the biggest failures of PGI is having some kind of blooming reticle that is affected by heat and movement...

I think someone that wants to play one class only has to adapt to not getting hung up on the class name. Instead of playing only Warrior (which only offers a handful of skills and 2 weapons) that person would probably have to also pursue the Vanguard, Stalwart Defender and Weaponmaster classes...

Well, duh. However, I seriously doubt that they'll just switch Landmark over to being the actual EQN alpha/beta and later a part of EQN because they dont want skyscrapers and AT-ATs in EQN. Even some of the early access cosmetics from Landmark are not appropriate for EQN unless you want to...

Last year's napkin scribbles sounded like they dont want to go heavy on instancing, maybe the game design simply doesnt have you 'queue up' to play with random derps. Rallying calls and such made it sound more like a variation of GW2 and less like WoW.

With a Korean publisher handling the western launch maybe they wont remove delicious grinding and the need to gamble all your gains on a crafting attempt with a random outcome.

Great, now that try to apply that logic toConcentrateandAncestral Recall. Funny how it leads to the opposite conclusion now. Or if you dont want to get into the obviously overpowered cards from the first set look at Wrath of God compared to the generally weaker variants, Lightning bolt vs Shock...