Originally posted by sushimees It is ok. Classes aren't that balanced really. Summoner's usually screw everyone up with their dots and with their pets who can run as far as they want from their master and still attack the enemy.
You level up by qu…
This is a genre that requires a big time investment, so it's no surprise these kinds of things pop up.
I mean just think about it - you're playing the same game at the same time as umpteen thousand other people, the natural human tendancy is to di…
Nothing at the moment - since I've returned to college about 8 or so months ago my real life has been much more interesting than my MMO life and my MMO playtime dwindled down to the point where I just let all my subs lapse and fire up Diablo II ever…
Diablo 3.
I know it's not an MMO but I think it's going to suck a lot of people away from MMOs, at least for a while. Especially WoW - tons of people migrating from Dialbo II is what made classic WoW as big as it was as fast as it was, and people…
After some thinking, I really don't have an issue with how Blizzard is doing it as long as it doesn't negatively impact other parts of the game.
These games in general, and WoW in particular, are all about the 'peen. Cash shop items have zero pre…
I don't get the people who like to run a virtual rat race either, but it's their time and money.
I play EvE because I decide what I want to do. Not the devs, not other people, not some NPC talking head. Just me.
Currently I live in a class 3 w…
Also, a lot of people see WoW players as the distillation of every negative gamer stereotype there is. Not just here but out in the wider world and in other online communities.
It's kind of striking actually - you can say "I play MMO X" and they'…
Freedom is one of the most important aspects of an MMO, at least to me.
If I want to play an RPG on rails there's lots of really, really good single-player games that offer that. But in an MMO environment being one face in a crowd of people who a…
Originally posted by heerobya
People are tired of the "tried and true" WoW formula, and if they are not tired of it, they'll likely be playing WoW and no matter what you developers release, it's never going to be as good at launch so those playe…
Well, I finally found a suitable site and I'm setting up more permanently now. Will need to bring my jump freighter out with the rest of my POS mods and a few months of fuel (and then do another trip to bring out ships and other supplies) but the h…
It takes a long time to learn how to pvp in EvE, especially if you take the self-taught route.
A solo veteran player using a rookie character will be successful. A true rookie player will not. EvE pvp really isn't about your character skills, th…
I've had similar thoughts to the OP - if endgame is all that matters why have a leveling part of the game at all?
I think a better solution would be to make the leveling portion of the game single-player though. The online portion, the whole worl…
Originally posted by Kordesh
Originally posted by x_rast_x
What you're asking for makes absolutely no sense.
You can gimp yourself by using only text chat to make all the people who don't want to use Vent (or are deaf) happy, or you ca…
What you're asking for makes absolutely no sense.
You can gimp yourself by using only text chat to make all the people who don't want to use Vent (or are deaf) happy, or you can tell them to piss off and get the next person in line who actually wa…
Dumbing down is what happens when a game aims for mass appeal, misses, and ends up pleasing nobody.
For all this talk about dumbing down MMOs, how many of those games have been successful?
Wow, this goes way back. It's a damn shame Underlight never really caught on. Was my first MMO, and as far as roleplaying goes, I've never seen anything like before or since.
Originally posted by qazyman
Originally posted by Ruinal
In EVE they are fond are touting the 'different ways to PVP'. Economically, yes the RL money can trump ingame skill. And buying up a veteran character DOES give you an edge. Sure, i…
Originally posted by Rockgod99
Originally posted by x_rast_x
Like just about everything else in EvE, the plex mechanic is poorly understood by people who don't actually play the game.
I don't mind cash shops in general, but I prefer…