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Malakriss
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Are there any people in the industry that UT likes? I'm not sure he likes any major company to even work with them, let alone EA lol.
Furious
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This is how evey game should be developed. A pure passion project.
I'm not sure you will ever be able or have the time/resources to make a game but man do i applaud that type of attitude. Plus nets if i could.
Siddar
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Good post I agree with almost all of it I've actually made most of the same points in separate posts here myself but you brought them nicely together in one post.
I would add one extra item that is critical to creating the community feeling EQ had. That being creating the perception that players playing the game are gaining some perceived economic value by doing so. They don't actually ever have to actualize that economic value but they do need to feel that the six to eight hours they spent playing the game on a given day did have some real world economic value.
The problem with modern MMO today is hordes of third worlders with a internet connection have crushed this aspect of MMO that were key factors in early success of both EQ and WoW.
Once you drive out the third worlders and return the markets real life $ markets in these games back to the western highschoolers and college students making $5 to $10 a hour. Instead of current c50 to$1 a hour third worlders make. That lets you recreate the incentive for people to invest more time in game. This is because they feel time they spend in game is being validated by real life economic worth even if the players never actually realize that worth.
The biggest thing UT has going for him with this project is us. Don't be afraid to use us like brad pimps out his crew. I am more than willing to throw some podcast action into the mix!
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tad10
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I don't trust you to make a good game Ut only because while you might be a wiz on what's wrong with MMO development houses I can't remember the last time you discussed the goodness and badness of actual MMO mechanics.
tad10
Elisha Dushku
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Lol
And since we're theorycrafting again:
If you're trying to push the boundaries then an MMO needs to solve the following problems (in no particular order):
- Content. Content for the guy who can only play an hour a day, the guy who can play 3-4 hours a day but only on weekends and for the guy who can play 30-40 hours a week.
- The Barrens (lack of players in low level adventuring areas after the game is mature raises difficulty for newbies entering game and for vets returning to game).
- Value (The game must be worth the subscription and relatedly, the in-game effort (risk) must be worth the reward).
Storybricks, for example, is an attempt to solve the Content problem and the Value problem but you still have a Barrens problem. Blizzard's Jump to 90 is an attempt to resolve the Barrens problem but causes a Value problem.
tad10
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No. The lesson that no MMO house has ever learned is that guys want to be punched in the face, but only some of the time, and only if they'll have an opportunity to punch back.