Originally posted by Gorwe
"It happened right here on mmorpg. Someone was interviewing daglar(Chris coke I think) on that 'tripping the Rift' podcast. And the question came: 'So, what about Arenas or even the ranked/competitive version of it? Wha…
They have my attention for now. But, as soon as I hear "FFA, full loot, unconsentual PvP", I'm gone.
I'm for PvP, of course, but not for ruthless extremes--everything must exist in a good balance.
Originally posted by GeezerGamer Originally posted by LungingWolf Originally posted by fivoroth
"MMOs were not that fun pre-WoW. By reading these forums you would think that MMOs back then were the holy grail and everyone is super happy and…
Originally posted by nariusseldon Originally posted by LungingWolf
Why does this example matter? Because players of all tastes want replayability in their games, especially if they really love them. Yet, there are only certain ways in which you…
I think that a combination of a sandbox and a themepark--a "Sandpark"--is the future. That is, themepark elements should be highlights and special events in an MMORPG and sandbox elements should be the daily, usual aspects in an MMORPG. After all, e…
Originally posted by nariusseldon Originally posted by LungingWolf The problem is that "new school" gamers in general don't understand these things. They say things like, " 'A sense of accomplishment'? What? These are just games. Gimmie my mone…
Originally posted by fivoroth
"MMOs were not that fun pre-WoW. By reading these forums you would think that MMOs back then were the holy grail and everyone is super happy and there were shooting rainbows everywhere and all problems turned to pixie…
Originally posted by Kyleran
"Games are being made exactly the way the majority of the player base wants ..."
No, MMO developers are assuming that what is most successful for them and their peers is what most players want. That's all that t…
Originally posted by Rydeson
"EQN definitely has their work cut out for them.. Personally what I saw so far in ALL combat videos, is bouncing bunny twitch zerg.. Now some are saying that SOE will address this by changing the energy pool int…
It is true that Trion Worlds is not locking anything necessary strictly behind a real world price tag wall. But, even so, they are forcing the player to choose between doing increasingly massive grinds and paying fee(s) to circumvent the said grinds…
Yeah, way back when I first learned about and checked out SotA, I saw how the combat system was described. At that moment, I lost interest and moved on.
I expect this game to have a niche audience at best, as is.
Perhaps, if the combat system is c…
Originally posted by Abaxial
"I see a lot of posts here complaining that such-and-such a game is bad because its quests are all 'kill 15 goblins' or 'fetch 15 purses'. I'm not sure exactly what is expected as an alternative. In a single player g…
Originally posted by Boneserino Originally posted by LungingWolf Originally posted by PioneerStew
"When I write the above question I am thinking of the regular Tarren Mill and Cross-Roads open-world PVP that occurred on the PVE serve…
Originally posted by PioneerStew
"When I write the above question I am thinking of the regular Tarren Mill and Cross-Roads open-world PVP that occurred on the PVE servers in vanilla WOW. This was probably one of the highlights of my time PVPin…