All Posts by wardog250

In every game I played that had open dungeons, it was a disaster.  I never want to play a game where I have to stand in line to kill something!  I've seen it in so many games.  Yes, in some games, there were literally lines formed to kill certain mobs.  You would wait for the toon infront of you to kill it, then it would be the next person in lines turn. Then there was the occasional ninja who would run up there and jack a kill before the person in line got it.  Talk about getting flamed.  lol  Instance dungeons actually improve immersion for me.  Then you are more focused on the task, rather than how many players are standing around where you are at.  Sure it might kills someones dream of ruling a dungeon, but mmorpgs aren't about individual players being God, its about everyone getting their fair slice of the action.  So why let gank fests hog all the action?  Not everyone in the world has the same play style, so don't assume the entire game revolves around your toon.  I like instances, as long as they aren't don in excess.  I mean you shouldn't have to run into an instance for every quest.  Thats just rediculous...

All it says on the site is the morning.  So that's pretty much anytime between 12:00AM and 12:00PM PDT I'm assuming.  lol

Originally posted by rawRzorz

The new word for everyone who hopes for the demise of Darkfall is "niche"

 

What exactly does it mean to be niche in Darkfalls case?

Simply defined, it means you either hardcore like the game (fanbois ) or you hate it . 

No in between .

It's only Cat 1 now and its dying pretty fast.  Someone must have prayed their heart out.

Originally posted by c1c3r0

Look at Runescape. It may still be a browser game but it just recently broke the world record for most popular free MMORPG of all time. Hell it even has over 200k active subscriptions. It brings in millions a month. I don't know why people say graphics matter so much.

With the increase in technology, gamers are seeking titles with more of an aesthetic appeal.  Its always been that way.  People want the next big thing; if not just to look at it for curiositys sake.  If the game plays to the persons liking then they end up sticking around.  Its not that graphics matter; but, they have a certain allure to gamers looking for something new and up to date.

Nice list of stuff there. 

Originally posted by ghoul31

Darkfall just released a new 17 minute video. It has some cool stuff. Ship battles, floating platforms to attack player built cities.  It looks a lot better than WAR at this point. And i prefer the realistic graphics to this cartoony stuff .  Of course we will have to see how beta goes

 

On youtube (in 6 parts):
http://www.youtube.com/DarkfallOnline

 

Originally posted by CSA_Saxon

     I was one of those people who was 100% going to get WAR when it came out. But I got a big shock like a lot of people when Darkfall posted its video and turned out to be real. WAR is a horribly EASY MODE game just like WOW. Your quests are all just given to you even being shown on the map where to go. No penalties for dying and no looting so everyone will have the same equipment running around at the end game UGH! I know Darkfall still might not come out but the fun factor looks amazing. WAR really is a WOW alternative same childish easy play with some RVR tossed in. I would love to build my own city or destroy someone elses instead of watching little kids try and set up a chicken zerg. If Darkfall puts any more meaningful info out before WAR release I probaly wont get it. But if they don't I'll probaly get WAR just as a place holder.

 

 Edit: Sorry it didn't post right for some reason had to edit. Lost a lot of info.

Even if Darkfall was released, say maybe by 2012 at the least, it would be highly a niche game like EVE for example; but, to a new extreme.  The interest in that style of gaming (winners take all, losers loose all) is low to begin with.

The subscription base would be fairly low considering the game is almost a decade old in in the making and the games coming out right now are keeping most of the gamers in the world fat and happy.

So, it's got no physical chance in hell of ever competing with WAR or any other game on the market.

The design seems simple, simple =

Originally posted by syxx

 

 Ive been playing Wotlk beta now since preview weekend ended and all i got to say is, As long term WoW players like myself will be disgusted, as i was. I'll be writing a more in depth review on Wotlk on the WoW forums when i get more time but for now here's some logic. 

     IF you got anything to say to flame me , or if you disagree then your better off writing Blizzard development because these are facts...not just opinions.

    1.) Stormwind harbor, yeah its cool but um should have been added years ago to cut travel times.

    2.) The new class dk plays well but i was truly disgusted to start right in front of the lich king...and hes suppose to be the baddest ass in the game to date...but even his character model looks like a grease drinking retard. There's even quests that make him look pretty weak.

    3.) For the most part, Northrend is the same thing as BC with grindfests, timesinks etc. It's just new scenery with for the most part boring boring gameplay.

    4.) They upped all cooldowns...this means your going to see talents to lower cooldowns...Why this is a problem?. Because enhance shamans have been crying to be fixed for years instead of constant nerfbats..So what does blizzard do?. They higher Stormstrike Cd and give you a talent that ends up making it 2 sec's lower....fire ele and earth ele are now on 20 min cd's.. Completely pointless development that makes you feel like your finally not being nerfed when in fact you really are. But dont get me wrong i have 5 70's..and feel the same way about every single one of those classes.

   5.) When i found out AQ war effort was back i rolled my eyes, Not only is this pointless but its absolutely retarded to the point of chest beating...Everyones gonna be 80 or trying to get to 80...AQ is of no meaning anymore. GG Blizz

   6.) It feels like a single player game when your not answering someone in general chat...Doesn' feel like anything is going on except for the quests your doing which are the same damn things over and over. It also takes about 2x the amount of time to actually level. Really really lame gameplay. Blizz development is doing nothing to make WoW more enjoyable or fun...

  7.) Sooooo many more logical things that should have been added years ago. I'll get to them when i have more time.

 

Now for the good part... What does this all have to do with WAR?. As you can see for yourself's from poor quality blizzard development that simply with WAR's features/feel and fun factor, It will make WAR a game worth spending some time on.    As for WoW, if your new to it and not tired of blizzard taking a dump on you every year then of course your going to go buy WOTLK. But if your a long term WOW player like myself and your going to continue to let blizz dump on you then you really belong in the handicapped section of MMO's.

You said a couple of things there that would have summed up this entire thread and avoided any tension.  You have 5 level 70 characters.  See, when a person starts complaining about a game they've played for years I just have to laugh.  How long can anyone play the same game over and over, especially one they've spent countless hours per week playing?

Games get boring when you've played them for a long time.  This is nothing new.  Picking out subtle flaws and issues with the game is simply our way of rejecting something we've been fondly attached to for so long in order to have some closer on the topic.

If you just sat down and thought about this for a minute, you woud have realize, WoW isn't a bad game, you've just gotten tired of it.

Most people who plan on playing WAR are from other games they've all played for years on end.  Its not that they are all utterly disgusted with their previous game, they simply got tired of it.  If you play a game for more than a year, you can hardly say the game is bad.  It milked you for hundreds of dollars; so, we come to two conclusions, you get talked out of your money easily or you considered the game a worthy investment.

Originally posted by x_rast_x

To be honest, I think it's a good thing that this game knows who its target audience is and is sticking to them.

To me, it seems, the biggest reason games are failing left and right lately is because they try to be all things to all people and end up failing everyone in the attempt.

I think I will save this qoute and paste it on every thread on this site.  ha ha!

Well said! 

True that yo!  lol 

What happens when a developer fails to acknowledge the soul of the game?  When the true genre fans that know the canon inside and out are ignored.  You get Star Wars Galaxies.  The worst MMORPG disaster to date.

I'm pretty sure if you point that out to the developers the idea of epic failure will ring in their ears.

$OE is the most mocked gaming company ever established.

If Cryptic wants to avoid the same fate, I'm sure they will do what is right and heed the constructive critcism of their knowledgable fans; while ignoring the crying from cheap thrill seeking kiddos.

I can see having a group on the surface being important.  In space it would simply be a disadvantage.  Someone flying solo could run circles around a ship with a player crew.  If they were to find ways to balance that out, they would limit solo flying to small ships; but, that still presents a problem, are you going to be shuttling around a group to every planet you need to land on? 

It would be convienent to have a crew already on board to do away missions with.  Otherwise the solo player will be at a disadvantage, unless you want to see fleets of solo ships flying all around the galaxy.

By them declaring that you can fly a ship solo, I think they are emplying that as a backup option in case you find yourself crew less while on a mission in space.  There is a reason why no one touched Star Trek Online for such a long time; because it presents too many problems.

One thing is for certain, if this game is ever released it will be far from any ordinary MMORPG.  It will require excessive teamwork, making the player base limited to those who are willing to deal with the curve, like you see in EVE.

It's Star Trek, its all about getting the facts mixed up and disorganized.  Don't you ever watch the shows?

In the Star Trek dimension you can have any character from any episode anywhere at anytime.  Therefore no matter what you do in Star Trek, it makes sense because that's how it is.

All they would need to do to justify anything done is mention one word or letter if you will.   Q

Thanks for reading.

I'm one of those SWG players that likes to peak in every few months.  I play for about 2 weeks then move back to whatever game or real life activity I was doing before.

Since the day CU was implemented I have watched the numbers of players drop phenominally.  Every time I log back into the game the numbers there were there previously have dropped by at least %10.  This is over a couple of years.  You see, Ahazi was one of the more active servers years ago.  Now, its quite literally a ghost server.  Thinking about asking TAPS to do an episode of Ghost Hunters in Star Wars Galaxies.

Even when you get those curious numbers that show up with each major update; they eventually leave again after a couple of weeks, if that.

A majority of the servers will be vacant.  SOE is well aware of this fact.  Why do you think they run this game with a skeleton crew?  Why hire a huge staff?  They know this game is a wreck and no matter how many times they try to fix it they will keep loosing more and more subscriptions.

Originally the game could handle loosing one or two players here and there.  Not now, not when a large % of each individual subscriber makes up a large portion of the games population with their half dozen accounts.

The games end is coming and no matter how well they or anyone else sugar coats it; you can't hide the truth.  Just look at the statistics.  Its a virtual countdown to 0.

When the game started out in 2003 till CU, it was an alright game, simply because it was a big fat sand box.  You could do any profession and fit right into the networks and communities in the game.  Now...its just a sickening mess of people desperatly clawing for some type of entertainment.

What SOE needs to do is refund the fees of all the current subscribers and send out an apology by mail to everyone who subscribed and shut it down.  Be done with this joke once and for all.  The fact that they keep whipping this dead horse just adds to the anxiety and frustration of anyone who played or is playing the game.

I read a lot of the posts on these forums for various games.  I like to read the postitive and negative feedback on titles that are out and ones coming soon.  It's almost impossible to not notice the amount of useless flaming I see.  Its nothing new; I've seen flaming in forums for ages.  Only problem I see is that its more consistent now days.

Not everyone has the same interests.  Something a lot of people on these forums fail to understand.  They think if you enjoy something they do not like, you are total moron.  The flaming I see in forums like on this site really annoys the hell out of me.

Not everyone likes the same flavor of ice cream.  I don't see kids standing around outside Dairy Queen waiting to bash someone's face in for picking the wrong flavor.  So why do people allow it to happen on here?  I guess the reason people think its okay to talk trash to others via the web is because they won't have to worry about getting stabbed by some crazy person.

Its nice to see how degraded the practice of embedding morals in the youth has gotten.  Just last week I read a story about some local teenagers who dug up the skull of an infant and smoked pot out of it.  I know there is a saying for stupidity like this; but, whats making it worse is when other kids laugh about it.  A week later they'll go out and try the same thing.   Not because they want to rebel or make a statement; but, because they are just that stupid.

I could name a hundred reasons why parents and society have failed the youth; but, who would I be kidding?  It wouldn't make much of a difference.  Just felt like getting something out of my hair.

I usually play through a game before I give it a judgment.  Its hard to generalize a game just from playing it a few weeks.  I'll check out the sites you linked.

I bought the platinum edition with EN expansion.  Seemed like a good deal to me.  Anyhoo, eatin lunch and installing it now.

Originally posted by gil0

who is sure to buy GW2? i was wondering how many people that will be.

I think i wait a month and then buy it so i know what other people think of it.

 

 

All depends on what I think about the first one.  lol

Hi, just wanted to mention from reading posts on here and checking out the actual website I decided to give the game a run.  Got a new beast of a system being delivered here next week and have AoC on pre-order; but, I am a gamer who likes diversity, so I tend to bounce between games a lot.

Looking forward to trying it out.  I'll post later on what I think about it. 

Originally posted by kefkah

Not trying to be rude but to me this is just a step above Star Wars Legos - graphics wise.

Then again, I own both of those releases...

Clone Wars and me never quite came to an understanding. Perhaps it was the pseudo Samurai Jack meets DBZ thing.

Ya I never understood that myself.  They continue to baffle me with the way they turn Star Wars into a franchise for infant entertainment.