Everything about EvE is pretty cool, except when I actually play it I get bored to tears. Love the PvP but I hate EvE's combat model. The spreadsheet thing doesn't work for me.
Most of his flowchart applies to other games too, like the decision about which content to attempt with the group, he just paints it as unique to EQ.
I'm so on board with that. Dont forget the dorfs though. I'd love to have an open faction system where you can actually kill npcs in your hometown if you decide to, with the appropriate repercussions. Since it's 2013 put in two "are you sure?!" warnings that you can turn off through options and roll with it. Just gotta make sure the important NPCs are tough enough, but that should be obvious and easy (then again, plenty of dev teams fail at obvious and easy).
Being able to kill any npc was a good thing in EQ and I liked their faction system. Velious faction was a pain but it worked, a similar system could be expanded on to include PvP.
Sometimes I had to decide during a fight, do I want to watch Sportscenter? Maybe take a piss? Do I have enough time to make a sandwich before people get suspicious? It's tough choices like that you don't see in these McMMos anymore
Yes, and the point that most people want to make about rotations is that the rotation itself is not a decision. Rotations are kludges designed to satisfy a category of gamers (which a personally call "console gamers", and others less nice things) that think that, if they are not constantly pressing buttons, then they are not "engaged" with the game and aren't "playing".
You could probably find a macro to help you make that descision easier..just check the forums...
so basically you're describing neverwinter combat. well the "auto-attack" is hold down left mouse button, not exactly auto, but yeah. Holding down right mouse button is a seperate auto-attack/utility ability that's situationally useful.
I feel like yeah maybe. Food and drink shouldn't be "uber out of combat regen items" though.
It's pretty close. I've been piddling on a lock on emerald dream and the only thing I miss from the current incarnation is ability to click a quest name in your right tracking list and have it open up the text. Not seeing shinies everywhere or big "go hear" signs was refreshing.
It's a little different. Higher alcohol content. Harder to come by because it's seasonal.
Prior to patch 1.6 it was close but no. Had far too much instanced content, too many quests, too few good sub-endgame items and the BGs were just item grinds (though AV was pretty fun until they screwed it up). Additionally the talent tree system screwed up classes and combat was just a little too fast and a little too spammy. VG was closer but also had spammy combat issues in addition to massive bugs.
Was 1.6 the BLW patch? I liked that zone heh... What about that patch was bad? That was the battlemaster patch iirc... That what you mean?
