Originally posted by Solude
Originally posted by Fohmyn
A sandbox game is NOT a themepark game with no content or progression. It's an entirely different beast. Player-driven content versus developer-coded content. What you want or desire to …
What it comes down to is both games are imperfect. Very much so. It will likely be a challenge for both to retain many of the people who initially try them out. Having good communication with the developers shows they know of issues, unpopular game …
Socialization is one of the most important, if not the most important factor in MMOs. The genre has been trending towards gameplay that requires minimal socialization, and I believe it suffers for it. I've heard the arguments cited in the OP, and I …
I'm not a fan of having downtime where there's nothing to do except wait. I like certain advancements the genre has made since the time of DAOC where you now have 5 things you could be working on and want to do, and only limited time. Instead of sit…
Thing is, making a claim like that is unfounded. When we don't have any high quality, polished sandbox games to look at, it's impossible to say what market share it may or may not command. I tend to believe the OP has it right. Sandbox games are cur…
A few more details for you guys to alleviate two concerns I just heard. The buttons on that Logging toolbar were:
Cut Down Tree
Cut Into Small Logs
Cut Into Large Logs
Remove Stump
All four work. They are pretty self-explanatory.
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Shadowbane is built for a niche. It is the only MMORPG on the market with full-scale open pvp. The only other RPG created or in development with similar ideas is Darkfall. We have no release date for DF, so I shall stick with Shadowbane until then. …
I am not so sure about such a huge population increase, I sure haven't seen it. Population seemed to be declining for a while on the Mourning server, although it seems to be steadying now. There are so many fewer large nations than there used to be,…
There are rumors running around about a new expansion being planned. It is still pure rumor, but www.aerynth.com has suggested that a new expansion will be revealed at the upcoming Austin Game Conference. Here is the article, pasted for viewing conv…