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In Hartsman's defense, Rift would have been the game if some of the changes out of beta wouldn't have happened. You may have meant that but Rift was a near perfect attempt at the type of game we were looking for but instead of taking the steps in the right direction it took an unexpected turn...

You hit the nail on the head. Landmark really doesn't allow equal opportunity experiences. Minecraft allows everyone to play and while there's some crazy creations, especially with red stone, you can replicate just about anything in Minecraft. Heck, children, very young children do awesome...

You should see the MMORPG.com Youtube videos and comments about the layoffs today. I cannot believe how many delusional people there are in the world.

I'm sure they are not wanting to throw the captain of the ship overboard but I think once the dust settles they can Smed as well.

I'm sure they are just cutting people that one, either have a bloated salary, or two simply have nothing to show for themselves. The reality is there are a lot of people that can do what these guys do. They are really over glorified in their positions and if you can pay someone 15%-30% less...

Yeah... thank goodness. She's one of the good ones. Just curious how long they'll continue with the lay offs.

Wow.. didn't think PS2 would be hit much. Looks like everyone will working with skeleton crews.

What kind of guy is Trost? Honestly, i'm rooting for Holly to take over.

In discussing Moorguard, who established the original Everquest lore? Also, who developed the lore through PoP?

Maybe we can talk Georgeson into stopping by for a "tell all" post. IF EQ and the franchise were to shutdown man do I have some questions for some of those guys if they would answer.

The software world really has two very extreme spectrums. There are areas that seem to have a lot of turn over simply due to start up or project intense needs that just simply deflate up release and then you have the lifers. Some of these guys that have 12 years should really be thankful...

So true... guess i'll work on that tonight.

To me if you (Nova) believes SoE has been poorly managed or whatever, Georgeson isn't the only one to blame. In my opinion, if Dave goes then Smed should go as well. I never really cared much for him anyway. There has been times I thought he was a really douche though he was quite good with...

yeah... i'm cool with it and he has some ground because people he knows lost their job plus his own may be heading out himself. I wish the best for him and his fellow (former) workers. Believe me, I'm sad about this but it's been a long time coming. This just bring validity SoE/EQ is pretty...

Well in his defense, even if he did know better, he had to defend the company and give the standard press response. I just didn't appreciate him being snippy and telling me to "keep up" because it wasn't about keeping up but discussing the reality of the situation. Sorry for all the typos...

As much as I would like to see them make EQNext, I kinda hope they reboot the idea again because I really don't think it was going in an attractive direction. I think they should attempt to find out what they have in their possession first before developing anything new. I'm not sure they even...

The couple times I have spoken to Holly (via social media to clarify) she has been pretty cool. Anyone have any impression on her?

Yeah... look at my response to that moment as well. I explained that a lot of times the "name change" is said just to get the papers done and legalities out of the way. Once everything goes through, leases are let go, people are pink slipped, and everything changes and changes quickly. As I...

Seriously, I don't wish any ill fate on anyone and hope he gets another job and everything but this was a must in my opinion. Even if their suits and strategist did a little Google searching it wouldn't be difficult to see that Georgeson was a bad thing.

Alright guys... Rerolled Game Consulting company is putting is a bid to run Daybreak games. Let's get it together.

If Georgeson has been laid off, there may be some hope left yet... Clean up that resume Brad.... here's that chance to get back in. (Sorry Pantheon devs) This is going to be fun to sit back and watch... Any clue if the people at Nova even know anything about EQ?

With resumes that would rival those of Pantheon's.

Me too.. Seriously, I'm not a fan of grinding but I would prefer to enjoy the ride. I know EQ was a grind but I had a lot of fun doing it. Maybe it was a time, maybe it was just the younger version of me but I like sitting around with people, having some pull, knowing our individual role, and...

I teach a 3D Gaming / Programming class at our High School and through a grant I will have Unity 5 next year. We would have a small team to dictate

I know I will.. the hype train game is better than any current MMO out. I hate to say it but I had more fun at one time on the Pantheon discussions than I have in some MMO's. Not paying for a sub and throwing my money at Kickstarters and then complaining and/or reading all the drama is my MMO.

haha.. yeah, I forgot about gfay. Lanys was a EC server but we had some people in gfay. Just looking at that image this morning just made me think of when was the last time I saw a group of people to that number gather in a place? Org on WoW I guess but no one is really talking but just...

I saw this image on Facebook and this reminded me of how MMO's took too big of steps away from their core. EC Tunnels was a great community layer that I always enjoyed but it took time, I understand that inconvenience. I thought the Bazaar was somewhat a positive step but they moved the...

Maybe the word is out about us and they put the Rerolled people in wave 6. As in... there is no wave 6

Flex... would you stop that!!! LOL Pantheon did have a good run..... I had some great Photoshop fun with it..

Yup 6 here as well... I'm really curious how far they are into development. I'm looking forward to their announcement. I'm sure it is just a KS primarily but that's something...

Man.... we traveled a long way from my posts earlier this afternoon. You start talking EQ and things go crazy. I'll have to catch up but just some quick points. We can handle an old school game and I do believe people know what they want. The trick is understanding that we probably cannot...

I completely agree. There a lot of stuff I would choose to never do again or experience. However, I'm just confused how a lot of simple elements were lost and replaced with more complicated features. More is not always better. Also, this was primarily aimed at how I would fix SoE's current...

My question is why did we move away from the spell book/limited slots and hotkey/abilities like in EQ? What did we require anything more? When I think about it, even in modern games, I need no more than that and each spell in EQ was very memorable. I knew exactly what I needed and for what...

Don't remind me that Pantheon is suppose to be "our" game. If that games was made for us then we have no hope. Who was EQ's dungeon designer again? Wasn't he apart of something recently? Pantheon maybe? Lower Guk, Sol B, and Sebilis are still may Top 3 favorite dungeons of all time. I...

Problem is no one with any seat or power in the industry will ever read this except for Scott Hartsman maybe. I don't even know who lurks around here anymore but someone needs to make a game for people like us. They've made every other niche game think it was going to capitalize on its...

I'm pretty sure there are more people who think like each of us do than actually play the game. I'd be willing to bet those still playing would happily accept these changes as well. I just don't get why they want to waste time and resources taking it further from the solution. I guess in...

Lol... thanks but I don't think it takes any stroke of genius to realize these problems. I'd bet everyone here has said this at one time or another but if they'll fly me out and let me have about 6 months with their team, i'll make sure it gets done because I'm not going to even consider them...

I think SoE's challenge has been to put as much value as they can to the SoE All-Access. Advertising X amount of games for one price is their angle. The more they take away, the less the appeal. However, I don't really see the how adding more turds to the pile is going to make it smell any...

That just makes me cringe looking at it.