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• • Honestly, why would you open beta?

  • The one thing on this list of reasons I think is odd is the 'to help me pick out my go live class'.  To me that implies that you're going to be in a deathrace to level 40 when the game comes out.  I humbly suggest that you enjoy the ride a bit more. Roll up some alts, check out the scenery. Zerging to the end game content is probably going to wind up giving you burnout in the long run.  Need evidence for that?  You're salvating at playing yet another MMORPG, you're probably already burned out on the existing games.

  • Posted: 9/03/08 1:05 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Ages of War

  • I want more votes, the numbers bother me.  Maybe someone can nag to have this poll put on the front page.

  • Posted: 9/02/08 8:44 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Levels....is the idea in MMORPG's broken?

  • When you're designing a MMORPG you start with some basic character questions:

    Are the characters going to become more powerful, depending on how long they play?

    If so, how will that be done?  Shall they have more durability or more ability to deal damage?

    If you decide on both, how will that be acheived, through perodicly updating their durability and damage (levels), through updating only those things which are used (skills), through giving them more powerful equipment (gear) or some combination of the above?

    If you don't want to make the characters more powerful, how do you extend the 'play element' ie the mechanics of combat?  What will be the hook, if you take away character development, will it be more and more content (which is extremely costly to create), will it be dependent on FPS style PVP (which is done in other genres quite well, no subscription required)?  What will be the carrot to keep the player coming back for more?

    I don't have a problem with levels in games.  They force the player to take their time through the content that is in place.  I like playing lots of content and I like being able to say 'someday I am going to kick that dragon's ass' and coming back and doing it.  Last time I tried to play WoW I found the levelling too fast.  If you do the quests for all that experience, you find that you level so fast that the PVE content becomes trivial.

  • Posted: 9/02/08 5:06 AM
    General Discussion
• • Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning: Correspondent - Bringing Back Guild Life

  • I have to agree that I didn't understand the article.  I understood all the sentences, but I didn't quite get the point other than this guy liked his DAoC guild.

    Questions that should have been answered:

    1. If it takes an alliance of guilds to RVR  - why not just make one big guild?  It seems like organizing a bunch of smaller guilds to set up a RVR event is just an extra waste of time.

    2. Did DAoC have guild levels?  If not, why do you think that having them will be good for WAR?

    3. What the hell are guild levels in WAR?  What do they do for you?

    4. Will you be forced to join a 50 person guild in WAR if you want to partake in RVR?  If so, is that a good thing?

  • Posted: 9/02/08 2:45 AM
    General Discussion
• • No more grind mmorpg games plz

  •  without the need to spend hours on end to enjoy the game.

    
    If you're not enjoying the game, don't play it.  Grind problem solved.

    If you don't want to have to invest a lot of time to develop your character and play 'end game content' play TF2 or GW.  Problem solved.

    I played Everquest and enjoyed the PVE content.  I never got mad at Sony because my levelling was going too slowly.  If a new game launches and it takes 50 days of play time to get to max level, that's fine with me, as long as it's enjoyable.  The whole concept that the game companies have some responsibility to remove slow levelling from their games is simply ridiculous.  They need to make games that people enjoy, that's it.

  • Posted: 9/01/08 5:39 PM
    General Discussion