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Are the POI's ALSO procedural? Or are they static and the procedural stuff is built around them? Can the POI locations change when the land "resets"?
Fuck, why aren't they streaming the panels.
Well, they haven't mentioned anything about difficulty at all. They just showed the concept and shouted a bunch of dev speak. I'm intrigued but I'll wait until I can get my hands on it.
I'm really disappointed with the look of the character's gear. I feel like loot will be meaningless.
The "fun" in EQN doesn't seem tangible, it seems like the "fun" is the experience of it all.
The "fun" in EQN doesn't seem tangible, it seems like the "fun" is the experience of it all.
No character levels? Might as well take the walls down so the Mexican's can storm the US while we are at. Fuck that noise.
Unless....its more class based levels or something...while I appreciate them trying to help redefine aspects of the MMO paradigm but thats just a wee bit to radical for my lil ole self.
Unless....its more class based levels or something...while I appreciate them trying to help redefine aspects of the MMO paradigm but thats just a wee bit to radical for my lil ole self.
I was 19 when I was playing. I ended up in a mainly scandinavian guild (lots of Danish people). They banded together to do raids when they could, at their time. Yes, some encounters were lost (played on Bristlebane) to other raids, but along the way I met Japanese, American, Italian, Greek.... So many different people from different countries. All around the world. Splitting servers just seems like censoring the mmo part. I remember "latency" being a reason WoW used early on, then it fell to shit when they suddenly announced the ability for the US army to connect to American servers from anywhere in the world. As they should be able to, but it also completely shot down their initial reason.
Granted latency might be more of an issue with higher focus on active combat, but still. Few people with the computer power to run EQN that also does not have a good internet connection. Let the community form, as you say "unofficial" servers, if they want. But I would not mind encountering people from different countries again. Also, NA servers are usually all English even if the population is diverse. On EU servers, it seems everyone just likes speaking their own language. And there are so many of them.
Forced separate servers are not good. Would be odd to design their whole game around the philosophy of choice is good, then blocking it at such an elementary level as who you can play with. Especially since this is the essential reboot of EQ, where they pander to the people who made memories in EQ. A game where people met others from all around the world. How many old EQ guilds were not broken up transitioning from EQ to WoW? I was in the US at the time of release of WoW. Played with lots of scandinavians and people around the world for years, then suddenly, only allowed to play with Americans. Let guilds reunite in EQ:N. Many guilds would not be able to do that with split servers.
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To me, this has more to do with dungeon design and pacing than actual combat itself. Perhaps you can move a bit quicker if you entire group can dodge every single ability, perhaps you'll need to stop and rest for a minute if a few aren't as good at dodging, etc. A need for Crowd Control will also slow down pulls quite a bit as well. There's definitely a balance that needs to be struck. I think there needs to be ebbs and flows when exploring a dungeon.
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Well I am quite impressed by this. No matter what nobody can say that SOE(of all companies) isn't trying to break the mold of a stagnant genre. It may fall flat on its face, it might be a wild success. Either way, I am excited to see how it turns out.
SOE was the first company to make the MMO a big deal and they did it by making a game they thought would be cool. Now unlike every other asshole developer out there they are not trying to copy the most successful formula. They are making something very new, just because they think its cool. And that is fucking awesome.
SOE was the first company to make the MMO a big deal and they did it by making a game they thought would be cool. Now unlike every other asshole developer out there they are not trying to copy the most successful formula. They are making something very new, just because they think its cool. And that is fucking awesome.
you're right, they're copying the most successful formulas
it could very well be genius.
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So are player owned cities in EQN or only Landmark? I know they said you could work towards building Halas and stuff, but what about your own town/house?
They actually said that you can collect classes then even go further by mixing and matching skills and shit to invent your own thing. So it might be closer to UO. Which you like right? I mean you loved UO. This is nearly exactly like it.
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I believe landmark provides infinite building materials @ your disposal, whereas in EQN you need to attain them. So, it seems player created cities are possible.