I've played AC2, AOC, Warhammer, WoW, LOTRO, GW, Runes of Magic, EVE. Some of them got some of it right, none of them hit the bullseye however oftentimes missing the mark completely.
[quote="Torval"]They should be held responsible, but not solely to blame. The users of the software are culpable as well.
The botting software isn't bad in and of itself. Selling it for use to cheat at the expense of other paying customers and the …
Originally posted by Axehilt Originally posted by Silverbranch You've overthought a reaction.
I responded to the spirit of the question by the OP. You are of course free to disagree.
In your enthusiasm for reaction however, you've gone…
Originally posted by Axehilt Originally posted by Silverbranch I knew some parents once who fed their kid anything he wanted.
Didn't work out so well for the kid.
Back to what the OP was getting at, I believe, generally, the paradigm esta…
Originally posted by Axehilt Originally posted by Silverbranch "Did BLIZZARD ruin . . .?" is probably the wrong question.
At the risk of pointing a finger at one individual, which often times isn't accurate, in this case I'm forced to say: Lo…
"Did BLIZZARD ruin . . .?" is probably the wrong question.
At the risk of pointing a finger at one individual, which often times isn't accurate, in this case I'm forced to say: Look rather at a Bobby Kotick.
Blizzard is "just a company". It is …
Originally posted by JJ82 Originally posted by jesteralways And all kind of crap you can imagine. Compared to that Trion's AA f2p model is like heaven. Too bad suddenly their management went total bonkers, Mr. Hartsman really lowered his image to…
Originally posted by Scot Originally posted by Silverbranch Originally posted by Scot
Until game design AI can programme this sort of thing of the hoof, its never going to be commercially viable to have a game with the world size of the old …
Originally posted by Scot
Until game design AI can programme this sort of thing of the hoof, its never going to be commercially viable to have a game with the world size of the old School MMO's with top end graphics.
Be specific. What are you ref…
Originally posted by L0C0Man Personally I wouldn't want something like that, but that would be me.
I'd rather have a smaller hand crafted world with lots of interesting things to discover and find out than a world that much bigger but almost all o…
What we are talking about, really, is the emergence of a true "living world" to participate in and adventure in.
There isn't an MMO out there yet that's generated a "living, breathing, world" model that engages a player population the way one would…
More real articles on MMO's today, their trending, structure, challenge presentation to human players, where we think MMO's should go in those respects, if they are fun also, do they appeal to younger crowds or older crowds, are they actually "livin…
Originally posted by Classicstar @OP,
Only if you let them and get under your skin. Stop playing with them stop folowing them stop replying to them, let people play how they want it's still as far as i know a free world.
Problems solved.
But m…
Originally posted by iridescence Originally posted by meonthissite
. To me that's the worst because they don't enjoy anything and they just hop from title to title endlessly and they are always the ones who have to buy a game first prelaunch log…
Originally posted by puffmouse Originally posted by Silverbranch I think Puffmouse over-reacted and took the article the wrong way. /shrug
It isnt just the article though, its all the follow up posts. Here we are in mmorpg.com and just look a…
I think Puffmouse over-reacted and took the article the wrong way. /shrug
Part of the equation (not in all cases mind you, but some of the game-play style related) I can't get away from is: The games themselves often encourage, if not reward, adve…
Is it my imagination, or is this theme pretty much the constant (though encountered sooner and more obvious in Sacred) in MMO's anymore, the (general) theme that causes an eventual game-failure for players either sooner, or later, depending on the m…
Originally posted by Holyfleadip Originally posted by Nickhead420 Originally posted by Waltandrian having just come from a Wildstar beta weekend myself I honestly had a hard time playing it the whole weekend
Same here! This was my…
#5: Ok.
#4: "World of Warcraft has been 'dumbed down' from that standpoint but that's not all bad".
Opinions would vary here, particularly if you have a history with the game "before and after." Anyone today starting the game simply won'…