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In other news, it sure looks like it"s easier to pitch in the National League than the American. Any truth to that ?

The fewer tanks, the better. 2 is more than enough. With dps and healers you can have more because there are more "types" of healers and dps as some have stated. Backstabbing rogue or fireballing mage. Big single target heals or HoTs. With tanks, if you try and balance them to where its...

I really prefer the classes to be unique like in EQ and have say 10-12 to start. I know that I would prefer to have say a shadow priest class and a healing priest class over what WoW does which is combine the 2. I think there is a sweet spot in the amount of classes there should be without...

I know Im old school but I always liked killing trash in PoF and PoH, HoTesting, etc because the trash could drop loot that was a step up from what you could get before. Also, is there any chance of group exp being just as meaningful as solo questing? In that same vein, any chance to have...

Any chance you have a "weather" team? Id sure like to see thunderstorms building in the distance complete with thunder and lightning and then move in to certain areas, among other things. Can that be done yet or are we still like a decade off ? Also, the WoW model but with realistic graphics...

I"ll take EQ with tons of quests and instances or WoW with grouping as a viable means of exping and camps plz. ...and my idea for a Lufia 2 style 100 level dungeon.

Can we at least say "fast combat" > "slow combat" ? Not so much for the actual gameplay decision but for the enormity of the idea. This idea wasted 1 year of developement because Brad was too egotistical and stubborn to realize. Please understand too that most of us followed Vanguard from...

Who the hell would ever do something like that ?

I still want my 100 level dungeon from Lufia 2 and have that as an instance in an MMO. Its one of the cooler ideas of any RPG I have ever played.

I know Ngruk knows this but I will say it anyway. Gameplay >>>>>>Graphics Not saying you cant have both but at the very least, make this game fun.

Perhaps I should have just put a big smiley at the end of my last post. I really didn"t think you would be working for Curt based on posting on his thread.

So can I assume that since Scott posted in Curt"s thread that he will be lead designer for 38 studios ?

So if you had 100 people making an MMO, what would the average breakdown be? 1 CEO 10 designers ? 40 coders? 20 engineers? 20 artists? 9 QA ?

What do senior engineers do in the gaming world again ?

Im sure this has been discussed in the other 182 pages but has Curt talked about acquiring say Speedtree or Unreal 2.5/3.0 ? Anything of that nature yet ? Or is he building everything from the ground up >?

While that point is very valid, I think there are other viewpoints as well. If I were just starting out and I saw this guy killing like that, I would ask him how he did it. So then he links "Blade of Carnage 15/20 +100hp" . I would be like holy shit where did you get that!? He would explain it...

Not to digress into another HUGE issue but I think it is necessary to have BoE on most items for the reasons above. Granted I do think that having some "twink" items in game would be great. 2 very good examples of great high level twink items that I would love to see again are a haste item like...

It is all about options Curt. As long as 2-boxing etc doesnt detract from others enjoyment.... I have never 2-boxed before but I have played both WoW and EQ2. What makes WoW 2 boxing so much worse than EQ2 ?

So is a game made basically just like wow but with the addition of quested zones like Sebilis thrown in something that would appease both crowds? Or perhaps making grouping a more viable option than it is in WoW. Currently it is better to solo than to group in order to complete quests and level...

This is good. I liked that about eq2.

Please dont make raid content contested. I dont have time to compete with college kids playing 60+ hrs a week.

I would love to see both and I think there is no reason why you couldnt have both in game and be successful. A perfect game for me would be a zone like Sebilis with a simple key quest to access and then great loot for it"s level. Open zone and non-instanced. I would also like to see a...

I graduated from the University of Texas and over on the texas scout board we all think he is guilty. Sucks because he is one of our own. What"s worse is that he could have come out and really helped his image by admitting use. I do want to say that I havent put him on the cross yet, but the...

I really appreciate you taking the time out to talk with us, and specifically myself over the last 1hr or so. It"s nice to see that from "the big guys" every once in a while. If when Im back from lunch, you have left, I jsut wanted to say Merry Christmas to you and to keep your nose to the...

I guess my rant, in the end, is that these decisions you make today have far reaching consequences. I wish you luck in getting them right. I liken the design decisions you make today and for the next few months the equivalent to pitching in a game 7 in the world series. It"s bascially a make or...

I just hope you have the strength to truly listen to other people when they say a particular idea of yours isnt working even though you may think it is the end all greatest idea of all time: See slow combat system in Vanguard If you don"t then you may be patching in the fun in beta as well...

Lol, I could have sworn he was talking about Vanguard.

@ Ngruk, Fun first. Create 1 zone and make it hella fun to play. There was a game released about 3 years ago who had this approach and they are doing quite well. Another recently released game took a different approach and sadly Brad McQuaids game sucked. As far as another fantasy...

Curt, and I mean this in the most respectful way possible, but set aside any ego you may have about setting up an MMO since it will be your first, and hire Scott ASAP. It would be the smartest thing you could ever do.