The skills system is probably closer to UO than to any other game. Your skills go up through use, and you gain abilities similar to the magic line in UO. Your skill rises, qualifying you for new abilities.
World spawns are also dynamic in the same …
Here's the lowdown on Action Mode:
- It is a client side only feature, the server treats everything like RPG Mode. You still have special abilities, timers, etc. What action mode does is translate your actions client side into a target and an abili…
Free For All PvP can be successful but it's a small niche of overall players who prefer that style of play. It's a die hard bunch of players who enjoy those types of games, however. So there will probably always be some room for those titles, but I …
I can't see WoW dying. It will keep losing subscribers as it continues to age. But it still has plenty for a healthy population, and I'm sure it will jump up again when the new expansion arrives.
The Early Adopters only allowed Pay Pal purchases. Kick Starter is easier for a lot of users.
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* Closed Alpha Round 3 now has a set date and it is March 2014. All Closed Beta Round 1 (before it was labeled Guarantee…
Originally posted by gatheris
another big issue i've found with a mix of PVP and PVE is the constant battle of balancing PVP that tends to ruin the PVE game
It really depends on how you balance the shop. Repop is not going to have any ite…
Originally posted by SirBalin
Siege system could be interesting...they are definently taking a chance as pvpers tend to not give many chances. I hope it works out well. I didn't watch the interview with kayetta...however I can't believe they woul…
I'm always skeptical when someone gives a lot of superlatives but has nothing to show for it. Greed Monger is a good example of that. Lots of promises of pie in the sky features but none of them are implemented. It's easy to make claims, it's a lot …
Great to have a beta that starts a weke after the game was scheduled to launch just a week ago... To take nearly 24 hours for it to download a 70 meg installer... and then to have the lobby/patcher crash before it ever downloads anything else. Welco…
They are way too easy these days. I don't think many people want to go back to the cruel old days of hellish penalties. But they do want a little more challenge and less hand holding.
While I did like Guild Wars 2, I felt like I was soloing in a large group most of the time, rather than really playing with other players. The events were also scaled down to the point that you really shouldn't fail many of them, which sort of remov…
The market can support a wide range of game types. The problem is after wow destroyed the numbers we thought were possible for MMOs, companies view a couple hundred subscribers as a failure, and they design their games hoping to have millions of pla…