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Lithose, I understand your point but using the german example is ignorant. Going to war expecting to beat a gigantic country in months while wearing summer outfits is short-sighted but has nothing to do with the supply chain. Supply didn't fuck up, command did. I don't like to use modern war...

Lithose, Yes, I am. In many ancient societies, command led from the front line. Logistics did nothing to help during the battle so the value it held during the battle was minimal to non existant. Healers do much more than logistical support in these games. Bad comparison. Archers is a better...

Supertouch, you may be right for an old system of combat. Why the fuck do all the mobs just sit there while you pull one at a time? Because that is what worked but it sounds ridiculous when you think about it. One on one combat is exactly what would happen when a group of 5-6 meets another...

The Holy Trinity has the same problems everyone seems to have with the new system. If your healer sucks, how much content do you really get through? Tank can't hold aggro, how much? The only reason the new system by Arenanet didn't work is because the game was set to faceroll easy from day 1...

Tad, Thanks for all the info! Thanks Ambi, Teekey, Grim, and a few other posters for helping me wade through the past 20 pages of derp. Whew, what a load of garbage posts to wade through. I liked the salty tears for a little while but then the circle jerk between about 6-8 posters who didn't...

Only Arthur got a legendary sword. Whereas Lancelot, Galahad, Tor, Gawain, Percivale, etc were legendary warriors. Give out legendary weapons but don't make it to where camping is a major game plan. That's not real gaming. That's, "I have more time to sit at the desk, HaHa!" gaming.

Zhen, Great post about phasing. What a lot of people seem to forget is that EQ was made by guys who liked D&D. Maybe I never experienced those type of D&D games where 400(exaggeration) guys all went down into a dungeon to camp 'spawns' but I think a system of phasing could easily bring back...

I would love to see forests burn down sometimes. Sure, I wouldn't want the whole forest to burn down but isn't that a realistic expectation? In dry weather trees burn down? I'd love to be camping an area of the forest and then see smoke rising up somewhere nearby. Imagine the extra gameplay...

Azeth, How dare you quit FF7 when you got bored!!! Same with Farcry. Don't you know children are depending on you to keep playing games when you don't want to??!! Don't you know Vanguard turned it around in month 4?! WTF!!

Tad is exactly right. A world has consequences whereas a game may not. I'd like to see a world not someone's personal no consequences playground. Quaid's idea is a good example of pushing that idea out in one way. PvP has it's place in every server but being PvP centric should be on an optional...

Hmmm, just when my tears were welling up....bad design decisions indeed.

PvP has always been a horrible ideas for MMOs. EQ did it right the first time with a few PvP servers with special rulesets. Leave it at that and focus on the game itself. I don't mind if EQN releases in an unfinished state. They just have to slow down leveling so that only a few get to that...

I'm almost on the opposite side of the spectrum. I have no problem with instances at the bottom of a non-instanced dungeon(as mentioned earlier). Having very rare loot is of a secondary concern for me and I'd rather PVP be a very minor detail with little effort used. PVP destroys games just as...

Rezz, Your thoughts of what to expect are exactly what I think we will end up seeing. This is a big release for SOE and they aren't going to marginalize the audience by going neckbeard with their top franchise and it's hopes to unseat WoW. Instanced dungeons, somewhat interactive combat and...

I think most people are using extreme examples to get their points across(impossible right?). I think EQ will ship with auto attack but it can't hurt to have a few updates to combat and spells either. I don't need engulfing darkness version 10 with a different name yet the exact same uses. I do...

Flipmode, I don't mind cartoony graphics but they really shouldn't be too much like WoW either. You shouldn't do MASSIVE shoulderguards unless the fanbase is truly clamoring for them. There shouldn't be yellow anything above anyone's heads ,etc. I don't mind cartoony because of what you can...

So...EQ had some unpopular expansions which I mention. So unpopular that many of your friends left after a little over two years, right? Is that your version of 'long in the tooth'? These people moved on so successfully that WoW was just a blip on the radar screen and has, of course, ran it's...

That's exactly where I am. If these games are costing so much money to make, can you at least give me a solid streamlined story where I don't have to do garbage quests? Garbage quests are so easy to make and such a wasteful interrupt. Give me a solid story, some cool side quests, and some...

The problem I see is that some people think there was only one type of EQ player which just isn't even close to true. I knew quite a few people that grinded to the max and then only played on raid nights on EQ. That's not an exclusive WoW type gamer. That's been a gamer that has been part of...

I think the advantage only lies with games like WoW that focus on endgame or older games. A good designer will reduce or negate these advantages to keep the other players happy. The game could start with 10% exp pots and the difference is truly negligible in a 50-60 level starting endgame. EQN...

Exactly. Convo, That's one of my issues with cash shops. When I have limited bag space that does interfere with my ability to play the game like I want to. It's an artificial limitation that is just used to irritate me enough to spend more money. I don't need 10 bag slots but I would sure...

Abe, Cinge, Draegan really have the right of it in this conversation. Time = money. If you have no life, no job, etc and can play all the time because you have no true responsibilities, the developers don't owe you any more than the rich guy paying to get to endgame faster. I'm not calling...

I loved EQ but that doesn't mean camping one spot in a dungeon is the way a modern game should play. It doesn't make sense, it isn't immersive, and it's definitely not active gaming. I love hard to acquire gear and think EQs low rates of return for some items was awesome. That doesn't mean we...

I also played a necro and they definitely were misunderstood in groups but a ton of fun to play both solo and in groups. A rare, unbiased group would learn that while not as powerful as enchanters at what they provided, they were extremely versatile. I always felt like an ace in the hole for my...

Good, because after we fist fought the gorillas and lions for control of this planet I'd hate to see us use weapons against lesser threats like these mega monsters...

One of the many things I'd love to see. One thing EQN has going for it is that SOE doesn't want to follow Blizzard's lead forever, and they had a very successful game that WoW improved on in many ways. They are much more willing to do something different and follow some of their own ideas than...

I like that rune system pretty good. Flying is a no-no in my book. As cool as it was the first time I did it, it really killed off a lot of different things. I'm also dead set against experience loss. The easiest way for EQ not to get my money is retrying that unpopular part of EQ all over...

More like ancient Rome. England invaded and plundered the resources of every country that couldn't fight back it found. England was also extremely lucky that a young English artist sucked off Hitler as a youth or he may not have chosen Russia next. Either that or he thought taking Russia would...

Pretty easy answer. Do a combination of what chaos and eyashusa said. Call corporate and the local health dept. Have a handy picture if possible. The manager didn't fix the problem so fuck them. Oh, and why the fuck are you still eating at a place that can't even cook a chicken finger properly?

Those videos honestly made me a bit sick and were a tad comforting as well. Weird I know but I played way too much WoW and the addiction turned sour. Having said that, if it offers the best MMO experience, I'll still give it a whirl(which I expect to do). Can't really expect ex-WoW guys to...

I disagree because no one knows the perfect ratios to make 'a perfectly balanced world.' Smaller worlds means content will be eaten through even faster. I could be wrong but it sounds like you want an amusement park game again where every 5 feet, there's another ride. WHEE! I do agree that...

Great point. When the best of show is a no show 3rd iteration of one of the oldest franchises, the next big thing is an updated WoW clone, and the biggest sandbox game coming up is a probably worse UO...something new needs to be pushed. As bad as consoles are for rehashed franchises(so are...

You don't win insulting your consumer base. You don't win charging excessive rates. You also don't win offering less than a 20 year old game does upgraded graphics,etc be damned. If this game gets a bunch of sales later on the cheap...that's not really a win. Lots of games get that...

Might as well start with Elantris and get his early book out of the way. WoK is far superior and the next one is my top option for future reading. Hopefully, it's just as large as WoK because I've almost run out of books I really want to read right now.

AAs weren't around in the early expansions before Luclin. PoP took 10 months but after that there were 2 expansions a year for a while. The February and September release dates for expansions went on for about 5 years from PoP to SoF. That is a 6 month release date and was far too often. SOE was...

Some fantastic music. Thanks for sharing.

Really good start to the season. Missed some Brock and Sphinx action but overall a good start. 21 had some solid lines. Still miss 24.

This just goes to show how much time epics really take to produce. Sanderson is probably the most prolific writer I've ever read and this is taking a while. I know he had to finish up Jordan properly(Hallelujah?!) but I'm still itching to get back into this series. The first book was just so...

My bad and I agree about original being wrong. Better form of entertainment? Yes. More closely associated with the original source material. Yes as well. Good? Entirely subjective.

I truly enjoyed Signs even with the water ending. Very similar to War of the Worlds and a nice plot twist the first time when he was still fresh. Sure, sounds stupid when logic is applied but don't all movies sound that way? I sure hope someone else here enjoyed the hell out of the Avengers...