Pan'Theon: Rise' of th'e Fal'Len - #1 Thread in MMO
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OMFG afk bots to get acclimatized to zones....
That entire system sounds clunky and stupid. That is NOT at all "old school" EQ.
And having half of Japan and China chewing their arms off waiting for it didn't hurt either. But Blizzard fucking OWNS at marketing. Makes you wonder why Sony continues to be so fucking bad at it. Did it ever occur to Sony if they spend just HALF as much effort on marketing their MMO division it could be making money as well?
I have issues with this architecture. It's essentially a glorified lobby room if you think more than twice about it. It phases you with others in the world according to certain criteria, yes: such as if the player owns a shop, is of the same guild, past history, crowdedness of the town, etc. A bunch of factors that are used to calculate whether you'll interact with this person or not.
While the tech is certainly impressive, that isn't what I'm after. What about randomness? What about pairing me with strangers that are complete assholes or want to kill me? What about pairing me with someone I have no history with, and never will? He'll just be a few pixels on the screen for the rest of my player's life.
The randomness associated without the use of phasing is superior to the calculated outcomes with it, in my opinion. I'll play this game for sure, but it isn't necessarily the type of world I envision.
Kaljin
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You joke but I'm more sure this community could put out the funds & the people to actually put out the next old school MMO then some old school vets that have work/ed in the industry.
Actually I'm certain of it.
DickTrickle
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Whole article is about climatization (which sounds cool) but has this line: "It's an ambitious idea; so much so that McQuaid wasn't ready to talk about it when we spoke with him earlier this month. McQuaid isn't even entirely sure if it will work once they make the leap from the concept to player interaction on the beta servers." Heh. Commit to having it in there if you're going to hype it up (which he has considering how often he mentioned the PC Gamer article).
Big Flex
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Yup ..... I can only imagine the fanboys on the kickstarter are going to be creaming their pants with excitement.
Jimbolini
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Yea..no idea at this point why Brad would let that happen. (Maybe it was too late to change it for anything else)
I suggest investing $20 in the Rust alpha to see the MMO potential first-hand. It's immediately apparent. The map is huge--though largely vacant. Even though it's an FPS, it's extremely immersive. Until you inevitably turn off the grass and jack up the gamma, that is.
Interesting how your character is affected by the environment. I was always bothered by my Half Elf not needing any cold gear when journeying to Halas. That's a pretty cool addition that is definitely in line with old school MMO challenges
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So the big reveal is Resist Gear plus a resist bonus based on the time in the zone? I am sorry I doubted this for even a moment, clearly that should be enough content that we all toss in $1000 each right now.
I liked warriors (what I played in eq) a lot in terms of the "spirit" of the class. It's just actually playing them that was somewhat lacking. Especially after playing modern games. I don't want the ability spamming rotations of WoW but SOMETHING more than turning on autoattack haha.
Incredible isn't it? The worst picture they have is the one they give PCGamer? Regardless, the idea is cool, but the article is lacking. Not to mention how brief it is. What is that, 800 words?
Watching the KS thread now is going to be an amusing experiment in how to lose all sense of reality. I have't looked yet ,but I'm positive "awesome,love it,perfect,exactly what we needed" are all being thrown about.
BTW , had a lol moment at the operation soup sandwich , spot on.