Originally posted by Kem0sabe I´m completly clueless regarding what you just said, mainly concerning these so called "core" players, what does that even mean?
I started playing mmorpg´s with UO, i played EQ, AO, SWG, EQ2, WoW, does that make me a core player?
A large segment of WoW players are former UO/AO/EQ players, are they core players aswell or did they magicly stoped beeing core players since they strated playing WoW?
Do you mean brad fans, sigil fans, verdant fans? like Turbine assumed dnd fans would buy DnDO just because of the brand, look where that got them, deserted servers and a minuscule player base.
Is vanguard supposed to be a "niche" game? niche like DnDO? niche like EvE?
This whole core or not core argument is completly pointless, Vanguard will succeed or not based solely on it merits, saying that its targeting a niche market is just anexcuse for porly developed game systems not beeing able to atract a large audience.
I reserve commenting on the current state of the game in detail due to the fact that it still looks like an early alpha and proly will have to receive huge ammounts of work and beta testing even before theres a public beta (stress test).
When the game has gone gold, then i´ll be ready to form a personal opinion if i should buy the game or not, untill then, Sigil should struggle to make the game "Fun" instead of a mindless grind with 1990 style gameplay. And they should stop relying on these supposed "core" players, because customers are not stupid, and they are not out to waste their money, they will judge the game on how it plays at launch and not on how it should play in 2 years time when everything that was promissed would finaly be implemented.
Reading this makes me wonder how much you've actually looked into Vangurad. I can't tell you the number of times the Devs have explained what they mean by "Core MMO player". It's all over the forums.
To answer some of your points: Vanguard has designed the game with a certain type of player in mind. They've stated this is their target and they aren't going to change the game to appeal to people that aren't in their target. If that means they are resigned to a niche game, well they're okay with that.
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Reading this makes me wonder how much you've actually looked into Vangurad. I can't tell you the number of times the Devs have explained what they mean by "Core MMO player". It's all over the forums.
To answer some of your points:
Vanguard has designed the game with a certain type of player in mind. They've stated this is their target and they aren't going to change the game to appeal to people that aren't in their target. If that means they are resigned to a niche game, well they're okay with that.