Originally posted by brenth just look at most MMOs end game all there is to do is RAID or PVP endlessly (this is what hell should be) shouldnt a veteran be a a priest managing a church? or a warrior that is a lord of a castle or a wise…
Originally posted by TeflonEddie
I haven't learned much from playing MMO's, but here are a couple of opinions:
1. A friend is a friend, regardless of the distance between you.
2. PVP is intrinsic to the MMO concept; be it physical, economic…
Originally posted by gillvane1
If you want REAL honest to goodness ROLEPLAY that has a lot of depth, and a story, and two sides, then Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition will be ONLINE, and that's the way to go:
This looks freakin awesome! I ca…
Originally posted by nariusseldon
And there is nothing wrong with level/quest-grind hack-n-slash gameplay.
You may be happy with that, but there are a lot of people who have grown tired of that and are looking for something a littl…
Originally posted by Dreamagram
I think the only way to get an "uncontaminated" role-playing server in any bigger MMOG is to add limitations and penalties on in the game-play (levelling, getting equipment, communication, etc) that nobody wi…
Originally posted by Lodeclaw
I want to see the following:
+Dedicated roleplaying servers WITH GMs who are roleplayers and will actually try to help.
+Guild services to help players make the most of their experiences together. (more than a …
I'm pretty amazed by some of the things people have said about RP in this thread.
There seems to be a lot of misconceptions about it. There are a lot of text-based muds that do exactly what you guys are talking about. RP enforced environme…
demarc -
Our opinions may not be so far apart... although you do seem to be looking at it from more of a EQ/WOW raiding/PvP stand point, and I'm looking at if from more of a UO/AC PVE/PVP/RP standpoint.
Class systems may have some strength…
The issues you are raising demarc have been addressed already in this thread.
Here's an excerpt from my post earlier (#28)
"On the other hand a skill based system allows you to create new character types of your own, it allows you to experiement…
Originally posted by demarc01
Originally posted by Onin
Asheron's call is a bit old and the graphics are certainly dated, but it has no level cap and a PVP server.
Really?
They removed the level cap from AC? When i played there was a l…
Originally posted by nariusseldon
Originally posted by Onin
Making an alt means starting a different character. Another character that's going to be locked into a prescribed set of abilities, just like your main.
On the other hand a skill …
Originally posted by nariusseldon
Why is class restricting? You can always make an alt.
It is no different that you have to choose a set of skills and get locked into them.
So the fault is NOT with the class system, but whether there is lock-…