I think a lot of what the author is talking about has nothing to do with Old vs New.
What the author is talking about is 'first love'!!
I had dabbled in older MMO's like EQ, but because of a poor dial up connection it wasn't until Earth and Beyo…
Planetside was an awesome game, and Phantasy Star Online was great too, but I have very fond memories of Earth and Beyond. That game was never given a fair run.
However, it's not so much the Sc i-Fi setting itself that drew me in to those games, …
Originally posted by Lasastard
... performance is less critical right now than having a fun concept; that however is a different story for another time
Indeed. And sums up exactly why I'm rather jaded with the whole MMORPG genre!
Sure WoW gets a lot of flack - but it has by far the biggest number of players - so it follows that it'll have the biggets number of idiots!!
The Best for me has been: Star Wars Galaxies (pre NGE - I left before that was deployed). Final Fantasy…
Agree with OP
I was in closed beta. The game is fairly solid in some respects, but needs a lot more work in the important areas (and yes, those loading screens are painful!).
My biggest problem is that it felt like yet another generic cookie cu…
I would guess that the vast majority of paying players joined the game after the Open Beta had ended. So to them the game is just the way it is.
When I was in Open Beta the game was fun, I'm now a paying customer, and the game is still fun. …
Garriott has perfectly summed up my current feelings towards MMORPG's. No purpose, no drive beyond grinding or farming. It's just a pointless existence.
Good luck to Garriott!!
Depends on your definition of Customer Service.
If you mean kids screaming about nerfs, demanding to know why X has been implemented but not Y, how they have a right to know exactly what is going on at all times, and that as a paying customer they…
/agree
Have played the majority of MMORPG's on the market, beta tested a few, and EQ2 is definitely the best.
Also, amuses me how much all those people who hated SWG so much that they 'will never buy another SOE product' are missing out (if they s…
That wasn't a post aimed at you Rabid, just a 'perspective' post No offense meant if any taken!
My specs are similar:
MSI Neo 2 Plat mobo (939 socket)
Same CPU
2GB Corsair PC3200 RAM
Gainward Ultra 2400 Golden Sample (actually a factory overclocke…
The problem with any forum is that it only represents a small proportion of actual players.
So the endless threads about poor SOE customer service etc are usually based on 'a problem that someone friends brothers uncles dog' once had and never got…
Originally posted by Xzaro
There is really no need to make a topic about this everywhere. Go find information about it yourself if no one gives you tips. If your not gonna go find info about it, what makes you think that we will? Thanks for your pre…
The game is not bad at all. I played for three months before suffering MMORPG overload (was playing 3 other games at the same time).
Leveling is slow.
Grouping at higher levels is essential - but it can be very tough to find a good group
It doesn…
XBox Live is fantastic. I certainly don't regret signing on with it.
Yep, MMORPG's are pretty boring. I've played em for years, but I'm now bored and annoyed with the lack of variety or innovation.
I'm a casual City of Heroes player at the moment…
I live in the UK, but can't sympathise. If the competition means so much to you then the only solution is to get up and wait at the time the draw is announced.
I pretty much stopped looking at the competition pages as all the ones I was interested …
If we're talking about playing games (which I hope we are!), then whether XBox or PS3 have a 'PC like architecture' is irelevant. It's like comparing apples to oranges. Sure, they are both fruit...
If you're talking about functionality (which I as…
OK, first things first...
Xbox 2 will not be a 9GHz machine. It will probably be a multi processor machine (and maybe multi-core, multi-processor), and they 'might' be 3GHz each. But in parrallel processing you don't add up the GHz to get your over…
Yeah, I'm actually pretty happy with my old PC, and would like to keep it for another 6 to 12 months... But it has a lot of problems, my favorite of which is a screwed I/O controller; which means that occasionally my mouse starts lagging, and my key…