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Well apparently their max cluster size is 8 servers. Why that is an issue I have no idea, but everyone who has dealt with computers should understand by now that these types of limits happen all the time, and usually a factor of 8 is involved in some way (8 bit, 16 bit, 32 bit, etc etc.). I...

They were forced to add two new servers and split up the NA cluster though. All the servers had queues and a couple of them were over 3 hours. They couldn't add anymore servers to the original cluster, it was already maxed. Not a perfect solution but the best one available. And free transfers...

Success is having a very healthy bottom line in business. Popular is getting fawning reviews from the fans. Rift is very successful compared to most mmos. Successful enough to now be working on 3 more mmos (in various capacities) and a fps. Most players didn't go back to WoW after SWTOR though...

I had always planned to buy the expansion, but it came out right when F2P was really starting to take off in the mmo world. Tons of players were just too occupied with the F2P gaming options to bother getting our credit cards out for SL. The whole sub model died even before Storm Legion came...

EQ2's character artists sucked. The world and the mobs looked ok though. EQ1 has the same issue. I never understood why Sony uses the worst artists on the player character art. They also used that strange plastic looking rendering that turned everyone into glazed playdo in EQ2. I prefer a...

Yeah, that was my main issue with the game. Liked the rest, just found raiding tedious because of the incessant wipes due to some player having to answer a door, change a diaper, lag, or some such nonsense. That happened all the time in older games too, but we could usually cover for them.

Since it isn't cross platform it's basically separate games. PC players will play with Mac players but that's it. My only concern is if I have to buy the game twice to play it on PC and console. I'm fine with having to play alts.

Ok, so you don't have anything. Trion was able to obtain financing for Defiant and End of Nations because of Rift's success. They also have WarFace and will be publishing Arche Age in the west. None of this would have been possible if Rift was the failure you all claim. I'm not saying Rift is...

Cute. Seriously, which mmos are more successful (I'm talking real dollars here) than Rift? Obviously WoW, and you can throw GW2 and EvE in that mix. From what I understand Lineage 1 still makes a ton of cash for NCSoft so they might be but that's not for sure. I know of a couple others that...

It will be interesting to find out the facts of this. If the game doesn't actually look like that video when played on a PS4 then it's appeal drops off considerably.

Every game is going F2P. Even WoW will eventually if their numbers continue to decline (and they will according to Blizzard). F2P is a fact of life for all mmos. Trion was just being proactive and did it before it became absolutely necessary. And I suspect they did it to make more money. The...

Depends on what you consider popular. Compared to WoW it isn't, but that is true of every mmo. Take WoW out of the equation and Rift is one of the most successful and popular mmos. Been playing a lot the last couple of weeks, started new toons on a few servers (was lost on my level 50s) to...

Works for me. Just have to get another TV in the living room so I can raid and watch Game of Thrones at the same time.

Somebody at the NSA needs to leek this stuff.

Different games, different audiences. The Division looks amazing, Destiny looks ok, but both are shooters. There is some overlap in those who will play all those games, but isn't the same as having say TESO launch the same month as WildStar.

Amazing graphics. Felt like being there. Have to check this one out just to explore the city.

TESO just announced for Q1 2014. Mmos are like movie launches, they don't like to step on each other. So the earliest would be Q2 for EQNext. Given how little info is actually out there my bet is fall 2014.

2014 makes much more sense. It was obvious from how little info is actually out there that they weren't ready.

Bungie is what makes this cool, otherwise it would be just another FPS mmo.

The community argument is valid but in today's mmos it really doesn't mean much except in a global sense. In EQ, server communities were king and they still exist today, but that is the exception, not the rule. More important is the fact that even WoW has serious issues with unpopulated...

They haven't explained it in detail as far as I know. They mention shards but what that means is anyone's guess. I support the idea of a megaserver. I think all mmo's should go that route. GW2's version didn't go far enough imo, they should have everyone in overflow servers for PvE and just...

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Lol, lots of jimmies rustled with my post on your precious. I generally stay away from this thread, but the slobbering love for the crap art style got the better of me. But telling me to go away is a bit hypocritical hmm? Considering the massive amount of shit flinging that generally goes on...

I read up on this game a bit recently. I could be wrong on some of this info but if I recall Runescape 2 was released and they gave people the option of staying in Runescape 1. They eventually dropped the 2 and it became just Runescape, while Runescape 1 was renamed to classic and new accounts...

/shrug SoE certainly has had their fair share of screw ups. But most people like PS2, and I still log into EQ1 occasionally. PS1 was glorious for a few months and I even enjoyed EQ2 for a bit. There is a ton of things they could do better though. EQNext probably wont be the game I am hoping...

The art style is gay. Game may be the best thing since sliced bread but I will never play it because of the art, and I know a lot of people who feel the same way. But, as WoW has proven, there are plenty of people who like living in a Saturday morning cartoon.

Nice picture of Draegan you got there Laura.

The vast majority of players do not raid in mmos, and many never even reach max level.

I can understand where you and Draegan are coming from, but max level isn't always the best experience. WAR and Rift are good examples of that. In WAR the best gameplay was the first tier, 2nd tier too but the gameplay was far and above more fun at the first 10 levels. Rift has a similar...

Extended travel only works with very populated worlds (servers). Using multiple-server tech like the traditional old school mmos, extended travel always fails because most people leave after a couple of months, making grouping and raiding difficult for those who stick around. But that doesn't...

Hah, too true. And the "new kids on the block" (yep, I'm implying that everyone is gay after us jaded old fucks... sue me) will be jaded after LoL is old and past it's prime.

Back in Classic EQ the best path wasn't the path most people used though. That wasn't because EQ was so much better, but because the internet was still relatively new and people didn't automatically google every strat for every action. EQ benefited from our ignorance and we had a lot of fun...

EvE is considered a sandbox mmo by most people, even though it doesn't have world building tools. But that is mainly because of the focus on PvP.

Endgame raiding was like this on some servers. On my server every mob target was FFA for most of the time my guild was playing. Which meant we were constantly griefing and being griefed by the other top guilds. It was glorious and the best time I have ever had in an mmo. The drama was intense...

EQ wasn't a sandbox mmo, but it did have more freedom and less theme park than most mmos that came after it. It's all relative. Arguing how may angels fit on the head of a sandbox mmo pin is kind of pointless, but understandable given that there isn't much else to talk about. And the EQ...

Think the Raptr deal is still going on. You can get the expansion for free by just leaving the game on at the log in screen for 14(?) hours with the Raptr client up. It will disconnect you but as long as you don't hit the "ok" button, you'll still get credit.

Not at all, was just asking for more info. I haven't been following this game at all. Sounds serious, sucks for them.

Lol, aye. I just started a new toon. I have multiple 50's but had no clue how to play them, and my banks are full of stuff I have to research and figure out. But to be fair, the same thing happens in every mmo I go back to. EQ is the worst for that. I've always thought that a better storage...

Is just one person saying this? Or have multiple employees complained? It makes a difference. There are always one or two employees, even at the best companies, who say they are singled out. And yelling happens at every company occasionally also. It shouldn't but people are what they are. If...

98 percent of the internet (using UT's ass end number) thought SWTOR was going to be the next coming of god. Can't get much more herdlike than that. And in this instance UT is following the herd. He does have personal reasons of some sort also though. Look, I don't know if TESO is going to be...