Rofl that is not what people talk about when they talk of interdependence. Because in that regard every godamn mmo has it, because there is group content in every MMO. If theirs and your answer is "because you can't kill everything in the game solo" for interdependence, it's a sad world.
That male doesn't really look realistic though, just more so than what we got. I'm not really complaining about the art style though, more that I don't care for the one human male face we were shown.
SB in Authored Content (EQN Static Quests)
Read my previous quote where they said they're committed to interdependence. Maybe required grouping is their idea of interdependence, but no one really asked the question...so we really don't know for sure yet.
And they have already talked about and pretty much set in stone a class system that goes against it.
Nah, I like exploring. I'll explore until I get sick of the pregenerated dungeons. Realistically 3-4 months. Same timeframe I got bored in Minecraft.tad, i lova ya bro, but you are in full denial right now. there ain't gonna be an EQ3, at least not in the next 10 years or so. and i know for a fact that you'll be one of the first people hating on this game after a few days of realizing that it's just a glorified gw2.
I promise required grouping isn't what they are talking about. I could see some kind of properly implemented heroic oportunities nonsense though where, if I take a certain set of skills I really want my partner in crime to carry another certain set so we can set off combos ala ffxi. That would be some fun interdependence, though not what people on this board mean when they say it I guess.
Remember the term "Denial of Service". That is their excuse for not having systems in place that make it hard for a player to log in and instantly do whatever they want.... or in other words "Don't piss off the casuals". Required grouping will not be a part of EQNext.
Because that's theonlyway to promote interdependence.
They just don't know what they are talking about. You are right, realistic graphics can age just as well if the artists who do the work are good.
Go watch Snow White. I have no issue with the character graphics including the Kerran. I do have an issue with the Kerran's armor.
Which was hilarious, because iirc that comment was on human type players being blind at night in EQ. If something that small is denial, I am curious how far they will go to make sure no one is denied anything.
And they also said torches will absolutely be required for deep dark dungeons. They just don't want completely new people logging in and being unable to play because they can't see jack shit because their monitors gamma setting doesn't go light enough.
Rigging makes armor customization very very difficult. I've been working on this very problem for one of my own games, and some of the joints are so different you'd need some very specific per model & per joint algorithms to rig up anything with a bit of bend or flex.
