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We should think of some questions here. Then post and upvote it to the top.
We should think of some questions here. Then post and upvote it to the top.
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Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO
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zero_name
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A tiny team of people (not all devs) trying to make a game in the most challenging and resource exhausting genre should worry less about innovating, and more about trying to relight an old flame. It's nice for people to want innovation, but that's saved for devs with a big budget -- and even they don't want to waste resources on MMOs.
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tyen
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Brad McQuaid said:
Pantheon Forums - Blog View - Sunsetting an MMO
This retarded view is shared by, apparently, every major gaming company to close down an MMO.
You let people run custom servers, and give them the ability to edit the database or whatever custom server shit, on a website with a simple ass layout.
That is what you do when your servers stop being popular, dumbasses.
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Convo
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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Depends on what you define as innovating I guess. I think there are some simple design ideas that could innovate but not require a ton of resource, if that makes sense?
Also, think classes need to expand past EQ but keep the essence of what made the classes in EQ great.
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Reht
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It does considering they have to code, or at least configure all of the other mechanics that some of us want to see changed anyway. Furthermore, they have 12 devly types on their team, which is about the same as Crowfall. And with what we have seen in Crowfall's development over the last 12 months, team size isn't a worthy excuse; it's not like Pantheon is setting any development records. Hell, look at what Project Gorgon has done using unity with 1 programmer.
Soygen
The Dirty Dozen For the Price of One
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Reht
Molten Core Raider
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I support this, Soy has stretched that $1 so far it's not even funny, well kind of is.....
Big_w_powah
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God damn it.
I literally stared at the $100 donation package for 30 minutes trying to talk myself into/out of buying it.
I'm so hard up for some sweet old school MMO action but I just can't part with the money yet until I actually see some shit.
Holding strong for now.
I literally stared at the $100 donation package for 30 minutes trying to talk myself into/out of buying it.
I'm so hard up for some sweet old school MMO action but I just can't part with the money yet until I actually see some shit.
Holding strong for now.
tyen
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Well, if you nerds want an EQ clone you've already got it with the EQEMU <-> Unity framework that I have open source on the internet. Can build to any platform. If you want it to be a different game, I/you/we can easily make the npc/item/quest stuff go to a webpage where you can crowdsource it. I imagine it would cost around $2,000 to buy absolutely top of the line badass zones/npc/pc models. I could prolly penny pinch and get some "meh" assets for $1,000.
For example, the zone below is $45. Would be perfect for a dungeon.
For example, the zone below is $45. Would be perfect for a dungeon.
tyen
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it'd be doable for sure. Can put a moderation que for changes, some stupid voting system or individually moderated by "staff."
Plus, all the servers will be custom and I'll have a web editor for people to manage their servers and edit it without any coding knowledge. So one server can be totally different than another, all kinds of customization to increase the longevity of the game.
With the assets, ya can do it all kinds of ways.
I've been thinking about the assets part for a very long time and came to the conclusion that I can still keep the project open source if I use "asset bundles" where the paid assets are hosted somewhere else than the project source. That way you can still develop/use the assets without it being on your computer or in the project source. That way, I can keep the code open without getting banned by Unity for sharing purchased assets to the world.
Open Source is very important to me with the whole Unity & Eqemu framework. It wouldn't advance if it wasn't.
Plus, all the servers will be custom and I'll have a web editor for people to manage their servers and edit it without any coding knowledge. So one server can be totally different than another, all kinds of customization to increase the longevity of the game.
With the assets, ya can do it all kinds of ways.
I've been thinking about the assets part for a very long time and came to the conclusion that I can still keep the project open source if I use "asset bundles" where the paid assets are hosted somewhere else than the project source. That way you can still develop/use the assets without it being on your computer or in the project source. That way, I can keep the code open without getting banned by Unity for sharing purchased assets to the world.
Open Source is very important to me with the whole Unity & Eqemu framework. It wouldn't advance if it wasn't.
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Hosix
All labs matter!
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