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It's really hard on that kind of game not to be P2W, since there's nothing else to sell on the cash shop. Heroes have very low customability outside of gear (which would be P2W), you don't have outdoor aesthetics to sell (the castles all look the same from outside in that gameplay video... they...

There is no imbalance that can't be corrected... ... with your VISA card.

You know this existed since before the "F2P" wave, right? It's called "free trial". The only difference being that most free trials did put a limit on time rather than level. Or sometimes both. (and free trial is essentially what the "F2P EQ" model is)

Simple. Outside of raid night (or just before raid night), you ran your daily heroic for 30mn for the VP, then had nothing else to do. Maybe get some herbs for the weekly flask. So, either you did PvP, or you leveled an alt (and assorted professions).

The ones who enjoy constrained creativity with virtual LEGO.

This simple fact suddenly makes me realize for how long I've stopped playing CCGs...

It's not selling that well right now, but itdidsell that well, and no game in the PC category came close to its launch performance. Which is what the "#1" label meant. Probably faster patch content. They're now trying to alternate non-raid and raid patches, in the hopes of getting a patch out...

That's the only game in the universe where the GM and devs will reimburse people whose scam failed...

Stranger things have been known to happen...

If I remember right, you need racial frigates to 4 to unlock the racial cruiser skills right now (it will be only 3 when the expansion launches).

Perception. If it's cheaper, it must be worse. It is very hard to compete on a product based essentially on quality (people want great games) while communicating on price (we've got cheap knockoff of WoW!). Tons of consumer and marketing studies will disagree. Well, actually, it's not the price...

Note that this is nothing new, the recent EVE novels clearly name and reference some of the big fights and player factions (NC comes to mind).

It's a pure Western show, wrapped in CGI and makeup. For the first ep., substitute "Fallen Ark" with "Broken Diligence", "Terrasphere" with "Crate of Dynamite", "Volge" with "Apaches", and so on, and you have a perfect match. The second ep. is almost pure western, but the Mafia match breaks down...

Not until Aug 1st. But the partnership with a company that has developed a technology that allows players to create NPC stories should be enough to tell you it's more like Neverwinter than EQ Classic.

Well, all those changes in WoW amount tosomething at least.

Because few customers appear to share your objective. No one wants equality. What they want is entertainment enough to pay for... and they don't find it. So they don't pay the sub, and the game fails.

What? A couple new reputations every X months with dailies isn't content forever?

They still need to announce it at Blizzcon. Although they could announce it, and tell everyone during the opening ceremony "by the way, check your mailbox, you might have already gotten your beta invite which we started sending 30mn ago".

WoW! Theyusually wait for the next expansion before touching that.

I still have nightmares about that pickup raid in Fear where I was the only cleric present. Getting people to move only ONE DAMNED CORPSE AT A TIME in front of me, because if I rez you twice, I don't rez someone else before the 2h limit ends... (epic? what's that? you mean that fiery paladin...

You're not supposed to. That's why you're based on an entirely different city. Which is how you meet "sometimes" the main chars, rather than get into their offices for them to give you bear ass quests.

The main problem with "leveling quests" isn't that they're shitty or not. It's that they're a characteristics that indicate you're facing entertainment rather than game. Why is WoW an entertainment rather than a game? It's evident at all points: there is ONE WAY to do stuff. All others...

Sure. But, I spotted this: That means another game where level trumps absolutely everything, due to a very sharp power curve that has been artificially improved (your power doesn't just increase in potential as you level, it also increases immediately with relative level). Which means another...

The big question would be: is the "original game" already including the pilot's contents, and you have to wait until next week for the first episodic bit?

Let's see: ArcheAge is pure PvP. TESO is a wow clone with 3 factions and a Frontiers-type zone, without any significant elder game (funny that for a game with Elder in it). Defiance is just out and seems to confirm the lack of general interest it had before launch. EQ Next is a full unknown...

Thing is, there have been extremely few colossal failures of WoW clones. I think SWTOR might be one. Because what you consider a colossal failure and what the industry considers one are different things. Almost all of these WoW clones MMO have made back their original investment. In the world...

Questhelper was one of the most popular addons earlier in WoW. At one point, you bow down to the inevitable.

90% of all Korean games get those right.

GW2 is that kind of MMO. You do have a main quest line, but outside of that, you pick where you go and what you do, with plenty of choices, and large heaping of lore, but no specific story.

I would disagree with this statement, because when your most efficient spell is cast 10s in advance, and you literally cannot try to anticipate stuff because your tank dies twice during your cast time, then there is no other solution but a CH chain.

No. They're mandatory, and you think they're fun because they yield the reward you're seeking, which is power, not "fun". In the general sense.

The problem then isn't levels; it's a power differential. Basically, you have exactly the same problem at "end game": level 60 people in "levelling greens" will have difficulty grouping with their guildies in Blackwing Lair. Theoretically, they can, but they die. In the same way that they can...

Yup. The previous game for which I had some good feelings was Guild Wars 2. I was willing to overlook the fact that it had blurry roles (no tank! no heal!) and no raiding game, both of which finally broke the game for long term. Wildstar doesn't seem to fall on those points, and it adds...

But I do. I've played some of these. In fact, on this very sub-forum, there's an entire thread devoted to one of those "non-MMO". You group up with a few dozens/hundreds of people, with objectives, on a shared world with thousands. What's not MMO in that? It's not a MMORPG. Granted. But then...

That's not what market research companies see. Yep, the MMO market is sinking (oh wait, the subscription-based MMO market is indeed shrinking... replaced by B2P/F2P models). Not that I don't agree that the current crop of MMO offerings are relatively lacking in features that would play to the...

This is why Facebook has "I like" buttons, but no "I hate" ones.

And how is that working? Except, you know, by making wait lines longer so that the game can attempt to socially optimize your group. Just saying: assume there's a checkbox that says "click here for a longer wait, but higher CHANCE of getting someone you've adventured with before". How many...

No Drop is a method to limit an item's rarity. You can limit it in various manners. But, if the item is "valuable", then you must limit its distribution in some manner. Or you end up with the "everyone has it" syndrome, and it's no longer valued. If your item drop from a dungeon boss that...

Chris Roberts stressed multiple times in interviews that it wasn't "like a MMO at all". Which I think means a mix of local solo-play game, plus lobbied shared instances.

Did Bobby requested an office in Irvine? You know, to get more "in touch" with the work there...