It depends on how it is done. In WOW the zones are there but do not have a load time in between (except of course the instanced zones).
In COH, it was necessary and help to break up the feel of the city into districts. I didn't mind the load times…
Sure it's been done in every game and fantasy novel since man learned to write. It doesn't make my point any less valid.
Let's put it another way, is such a model really necessary? Blizzard could just as easily broken down the factions into strict…
I'm not sure I can agree with that. In Asheron's Call they had dedicated PvP servers with high stakes losses and those servers did quite well.
In terms of population, WoW has "8 million subscribers", but you'd really only need about 3,000 hardcore…
I have never gotten a character to max level in any mmo, but I have probably started 20 characters in each game.
At low levels, I feel that I am accomplishing something. As ltaer levels require more exp, the game slows down and I start to 'feel' t…
I don't usually care for PvP, being ganked by high level gangs..no thank you.
But I agree with the OP that more MMOs should have a high stakes PvP server. Obviously their are enough people out there that want it, it doesn't affect my gameplay, an…
Originally posted by maxnrosy
to vinzent:
Play the very first warcraft game to the 3rd, go read the lore on the websites, and read the warcraft books. Then start playing world of warcraft. When your playing wow actually read the quests to figur…
Originally posted by LethalBurst
ROFL at the OP. That's all I'm gonna say. I'd worry about racism coming from MUCH MORE SUBSTANTIAL PLACES THAN MMOs (like family and friends).
ROFL right back at ya. The purpose of this thread is not to end rac…
Allowing a player to switch factions regardless of Race would solve the issue. Perhaps the character might have to take a quest to "prove" he is willing to switch sides. After all, so many years of bad blood...
I'd also like to see two more factio…
Originally posted by SUMB44
These alliances are not racially based, if anything they are political alliances. Think NATO vs. Warsaw Pact... Think Axis vs. Allies...
There are also complex political relationships at play between the Horde an…
In the infamous SWG, a player chose what ever race he wanted...then he chose which faction he wanted to belong to. I liked that.
It meant you didn't just kill someone because he was a Rodian. You actually had to know which side he was on. You were…
Originally posted by Novaseeker
Originally posted by Vinzent
Originally posted by Novaseeker
It's political more than it is racial.
But my politics are being determined by my race. Who is to say that all Orcs hate Night Elves (aka asian girl…
Originally posted by Novaseeker
It's political more than it is racial.
But my politics are being determined by my race. Who is to say that all Orcs hate Night Elves (aka asian girls).
Originally posted by Kyleran
But seriously, aren't you reading a little too deeply into a game meant to provoke conflict/competition between opposing sides?
Conflict could be based on realms, regardless of species. Say I make an orc who choo…
Originally posted by Novaseeker
I don't think that they see each other as "evil" -- it's more of a political dispute between the two sides. When you get to the advanced levels of the game, you begin to see a lot of cooperation between the faction…
I call upon everyone to play opposite sex characters and pretend to be that sex in real life!
Let the homophobes be ware! By hitting on us will be corrupted! You're only hope for salvation is to stop playing!
For many of you, it is too late.
O…
Things to keep in mind.
Much of the talent that made AC1 left around the time of AC2.
In LOTR, you will never be more than a secondary character in a story that has already been written. Frodo destroys the ring, not you (oops spoiler).
It will…
Originally posted by brostyn
Personally, I can't play the opposite sex. I tried. I got hit on all the damn time. It was sick what people would do. They would give me money, help me out, and then get pissed when they found out I was a dude. So I st…
I've got a whole bucket of gasoline, where shall I dump it?
As long as we're getting into preschool psychogeneralizations here's a few to start the flames going.
People who play the same sex avatar are clearly closet homo-sexuals, as they njoy s…