If there's one thing that RPGs could teach MMORPGs its that the holy trinity is not necessary. Something I would LOVE to have implemented in MMOs is increased combat speed with the utilization of environments. I would love it if you had to be more q…
Originally posted by Dmyankee Once you really get to thirty you begin to see how restrictive the world is and small. I do not blame them for that actually it was smart make it small and expand. But then you get to 50, and it is the same grind as wow…
The problem with not being a "WoW Clone" is that WoW simply compiled great things from the few other MMOs out there at the time and put it into a market full of people unaware of what an MMO was. While I agree with a lot of what people are saying ab…
Something I dislike about MMOs is the definition of easy and hard. In a game of dice rolls, it's much more difficult to make something truly challenging. Granted, I rarely play a game through to true end game raiding and what not, but I rarely see a…
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Originally posted by Emane19
In my opinion, Vanguard died because it was released too close to Everquest II,
Usually, I find it appallingly hilarious when people don't do even the most basic of fact …
In my opinion, Vanguard died because it was released too close to Everquest II, and was largely thought to be a better game than EQ2. SOE bought it out and then just let it go so it couldn't compete with EQ2. They shipped the game way too early so i…
Yup, I agree completely. My MMORPG days didn't start with pen and paper, but I did enjoy spending countless hours a night on Everquest. I still try to look back and see what it was that made me enjoy that game so much more than every other MMO now, …
While this series may be an opinion piece, it is completely unfair and does not display the whole picture. Like many others, I look back to my first MMO as an incredible experience where I spent all my time when I could. I happily grinded out the le…
I am right there with the OP. Ever since my fascination with EQ ended, other MMOs just haven't had the same feel. EQ was so vast and open, and better yet, there were tons of people just like you experiencing the game. I never felt like it was a mad …