Zzadist said:
I think you misunderstand my hatred for Quinn. I don't want to blow him out of an airlock. I want to violently torture him until he's a babbling vegetable. I want to crush him. I so utterly loathe Quinn it isn't even remotely funn…
Richard, I realize your perspective means you HAD to add at least one Asian game to your list but I completely disagree with the omission of EverQuest. A case can be made that without EQ, there would've been no WoW (considering where most of WoW's d…
Originally posted by rpg-maniac Originally posted by Dauntis OP, what would you suggest that a F2P game do to make money in order for them to be able to produce content and pay their bills so that people could play their game?
Path of E…
I wonder how anyone could take the term 'WoW clone' as anything but a pejorative. Do you take great pride when someone says you're carrying a 'knockoff' Chanel or Gucci bag? Does your heart swell to bursting when someone says you're wearing 'fake' C…
Matt, I'm curious about something. This column is apropos because I can think of several examples of this occurring, one of which you presided over. Remember the Mission Architect? Now, those "exploits" you called out, who determined the assets that…
Originally posted by azmundai subscription model has only a minor effect on communities.
modern mmo developers don't care about communities, or they care enough about allowing everyone to solo 90% of their game, or instantly queue for content in t…
Originally posted by Doogiehowser
MMOS were never tough or difficult. They were just too time consuming. Unless people equate time sinks with challenge?
Time sinks are challenge. They're individual player challenge. I don't care how good you are a…
Bill, I'm curious about something. Where is this outrage coming from? You don't honestly think this is the first game to make its female models cheesecake. The difference is, they're not trying to hide it or gloss over it. Where is your outrage over…
Originally posted by Coldren Originally posted by vayman Game companies need to let us make our own stories in MMOs. Give us the world, give us the freedom, give us the tools. We'll do the rest.
That said, it would be fine to have some evolving…
Originally posted by Ozivois
They need to slow down level progression - that will add more time to subs. Lower experience gain to a minimum so that players have to spend inordinate amounts of time in every area of the world. Offer raids for every …
Originally posted by Fadedbomb @MikeB,
That reminds me, you forgot the "EvE" business model. Flat-Rate subscription model with no cash-shop (they abandoned it, it sits there with stock items since it was added), and give expansions away for fr…
"If you’re reading this, there’s a part of you that absolutely loves Star Wars."
Not really. I mean, I loved the first three movies but that's about as far as I go. I'm actually more into BioWare moving into the MMO space with their signature elem…
Originally posted by Gishgeron
And I have one reason that invalidates yours.
They were inherently bad already.
Seriously...ground up, designed to be time and money sinks. If anything WoW pulled the reigns back on the time port…
Originally posted by Coldren
Originally posted by Shallak
Because there's more vegian then carnivore (following your drift) that plays mmo and WOW proved it? MMOs are made to make money. Balance point vegian, so you invest the…
Originally posted by VoxTrooper
its survives on laziness and while it is logical to have everyone fighting metal up front leather in back its not logical for the metal wearing guy to be holding all attention while his friends shoot his enemy and…
Originally posted by bobfish
I agree, on the whole with the list. But I don't know if your criteria matches mine.
I think the list ranks the MMOs accurately based on the score and acclaim they will receive, however I believe based on …
Originally posted by Isturi I have not played EVE in ahwile. But it seems that it has become a pollitical MMO? if so Why? If I am wrong I do apolagize. It just seems that games are just that are ment to be fun. I guess Drama in a MMO is fun for some…
Originally posted by Robokapp now about high-sec suicide ganking...have you ever seen it yourself? you need to carry cargo worth a few hundred millions for any pirate to find it worth it. they're losing a ship but also a lot of standing for suicide …
Originally posted by mm0wiggins
Originally posted by tddavis
... I decided to move on to games that I found fun now, not later.
Fair enough, but for the record, it's this kind of mentality in the new mainstream generation of MMO players…
Originally posted by girlgeek
Meh...forgive me. I suppose it is all really about preference, huh?
You make this admission and then still try to belittle someone for their preference. Nice. I happen to prefer some of EQ1's models to WoW's as we…