That's only weird if you actually believe everything he says.UT can't be the only person who knows SoE Devs.. So other people can dig if they don't believe.. I know for a fact ponytail is liked tho.. At least from the people I talk to.. It's weird tho.. UT is so willing to air SoE laundry but has his lips sealed all thing blizzard. Where is my Titan info!?
There has been zero censorship in this thread. I do not want to stop negative topics from coming up, I want to stop the shit posting. If you or anyone else does not know the different feel free to PM me and I'll explain it to you.
There certainly seems to be a large number of people assuming (and hoping) that it will be.
/disagree contested content in eq2 PVP was what made that pvp experience the best I have ever had.
Actually my friend, I like games for Art, not for how much revenue they take in or not.. but nice try.
It would also include Alpha access, Beta Access, the "Pantheon Explorer" title, and forum access.
Looks like it, couple of times I've seen Brad say "More will be revealed in the PC Gamer interview!".
I would support redoing the main video and adding a lot more enthusiasm. Brad could talk about how he's always had to make compromises in the past and now that he's doing this independently, he can finally make the game the way he envisions it. He should, IMO, play up the advantages that independent publishing gives.
But I'm old and suck at all of those. Give me back my camps and gear based pwnage.
Same. Hartsman's leadership and PM skills can't be denied. As a designer and MMO player, he isn't 'us'. He lacks 'vision', as can be seen from Rift which was streamlined but pretty much copy and pasted MMO Design 101.That stings
I'll agree that Hartsman can get stuff completed - I just though Rift was bland on bland on bland. I mean Two factions really? Quest hub's with horrible multi-quests? Thing is, I really wanted to like that game.
I think it's fair to assume their will be a mix of open-world and instanced raiding in the game. I just don't care that much because I like the leveling/grouping game far more than raiding. It's why I liked VG more than EQ or WoW - it had the most fun and most varied leveling content. You could level three to four characters from 1-45 and never (or almost never for the fourth guy) hit the same content. I use 45 because 45-50, yeah you end up in the same places.
Yeah, I deserved lumps from Draegen, because Hartsman's PM skills are undeniable. And yeah I agree with you that would be a dream team pairing of the "get this shit done" guy and the "come up with the good shit to get done" guy.
Indeed, i guess what offends me in some way is giving a guy props for being a good PM ? Is just not all that interesting to me. Its not like he at anytime moved the industry in a new direction anything near what Brad has done, yet is is heralded around here for whatever reason.
It all comes down to competition for resources to create conflict and make a more interesting world. You may not be interested in that kind of conflict, but I certainly am. It makes the world feel more alive to have those kind of rivalries and drama. I'm tired of the video-game-ass-video-game-focused MMORPGs that really started with WoW. They aren't interested in being virtual worlds with communities outside of maybe your own personal guild. You don't give a shit what anyone else in the game is doing because you don't have to. Personally, I'd rather just play a single player RPG or a round of DOTA or something if I was only interested in enjoying some cool gameplay mechanics with friends.
I'm pretty sure everyone in this thread has said they don't want purely contested spawns for raid mobs. In fact, raiding itself has been on the back burner--most people in the thread want a game more focused on leveling and dungeons, and yeah, the dungeons/leveling content they want to be contested with perhaps some systems to alleviate extreme population issues, but that goes back into wanting the leveling experience to be a much bigger part of the game than it has become in MMO's.
Yeah but good management is important. Sigil/VG failed to deliver a near bug free game at release because of bad management. You can have the best idea in the world but if you can't execute on it - you've got problems.
I'll add that it makes the reward more rewarding. Who wants a ribbon that someone hands you for "being a good guy"? No one, you throw that out immediately. But getting a little trophy for placing 1st or 2nd in a race against a bunch of other people, well that trophy goes on your shelf.
You miss Kreugen's point though. That only benefits the ones that go first or second, and in today's MMO world, it's usually one group of people all the time. What happens to everyone else then? Sucks for them, play a different game?