 JobbieKeep It SimplePremium
join:2010-08-24
Mexico
kudos:1 | reply to Skittles
Re: rose-colored glasses (Q-Q--) I am a huge fan of the RTS series and WC3 was one of the games I have spent the most time solo or on lan parties. So when I killed Arthas it felt like closing the circle, which was really hard to open for DW until I started reading the books but It was way too late for me.
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said by Krisnatharok:said by TheThing:said by Archivis:I think we'll see our group continue to subscribe, but I can definitely see that people need something else to supplement their game time with than just playing WoW every second of their spare time.
I'd like for it to be something like an FPS, but not some insta-gib nonsense. I think some co-op would be fun.
firefall Firefall is a great idea, as are GW2/SWTOR/TSW. I may go back and check out all four at some point, but right now I've been consumed by my Crysis 2 playthrough--shit is maxed at ultra with all DX11 goodies on at 2560x1440, it's gorgeous, and the storyline rocks. I get the feeling hardcore WoWers would never ever transition to GW2.
SWTOR has such a bad rep, I think that would be a stretch too.
TSW doesn't that have beast mode system requirements?
my impression of firefall so far is a FPS WoW... i can see it getting huge. When you guys start a guild there be sure not to forget me! It's supposed to have WoW-like raids and everything. From what I've played of it, and from what it's supposed to be I'm pumped! *drooling* I can see this being a huge hit with WoWers... and be fun to get everyone on vent/skype/mumble |
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| said by TheThing:SWTOR has such a bad rep
and earned every bit of that rep.... |
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 Carpie
join:2012-10-19
united state
kudos:1 | reply to TheThing
What about the online D&D game? Anyone know anything about that? I remember being on the wizards.com site and seeing an ad for it. |
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 I AMPremium
join:2010-04-11
Ephrata, PA
kudos:4 | DDO? I heard it did pretty well and found a niche with its community. |
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 AdaliciaPoM Nom Nom 'Mon
join:2009-10-13
Columbus, NE
kudos:12
·Time Warner Cable
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The game, despite a plethora of faults, did some things right. And by right I mean really well. It was a good effort but too little to late. I have fond memories of my short time with it, just like Rift and Age of Conan and every other MMO that has come and gone (or remains in some semblance of what it was).
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 McBrainBRB Face Melting
join:2010-05-06
Kalimdor
kudos:2 | said by Adalicia:The game, despite a plethora of faults, did some things right. Namely, not get into a battle of wits with a Sicilian when death is on the line. |
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Carpie
join:2012-10-19
united state
kudos:1 | Inconceivable! |
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I cant disagree with you more. It was bad out of the gate, from concept to implementation, it was bad. Bioware does single player console games great, MMOS.....um, not so much. The only thing it got right was the cinematics. |
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 GhastlyonePremium
join:2009-01-07
Las Vegas, NV
kudos:2 | reply to Immer
I enjoyed my time leveling in SWTOR up to 50.
What irritated the crap out of me was how fuckin shitty the game ran. Imperial Fleet was a slide show.
Even people running i7's at the time were complaining about how bad it was.
The game engine was just, bad. |
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MWAHAHAHA! MWAHAHAHAHAAAA! MWAHAHA... {thud} |
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 Snuffboxir nice irlPremium
join:2011-04-15
Milwaukee, WI
kudos:4 | reply to Adalicia
said by Adalicia:The game, despite a plethora of faults, did some things right. And by right I mean really well. It was a good effort but too little to late. I have fond memories of my short time with it, just like Rift and Age of Conan and every other MMO that has come and gone (or remains in some semblance of what it was).
Balance and Progression > Story and Cinematics - who woulda thought?
Pure foolishness in my opinion. Game was dropped at the perfect time between expansions, they copied WoW almost word for word and had potential to keep a lot of WoW's subscriptions, that's where the "did some things right" ends however.
It's one of the largest gaming flops I've seen, keeping their budget in mind. |
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. |
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AdaliciaPoM Nom Nom 'Mon
join:2009-10-13
Columbus, NE
kudos:12 Reviews:
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Balance was my biggest issue. The end game content that existed at launch and what was released not long after was actually enjoyable in my opinion though the standard "not enough to do at launch" argument obviously applied.
I thought questing was the most enjoyable of any MMO I've played, both solo and group, Flash Points and Operations were enjoyable, especially story heavy ones, the three launch Warzones weren't bad but man, that fucking PvP balance. Sweet shit Bioware had no god damn idea what the fuck they were doing. And yeah, the engine that game ran on was a bloody abortion. But, once again, I'll continue to lament over what could have been.
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Snuffboxir nice irlPremium
join:2011-04-15
Milwaukee, WI
kudos:4 | ^ SWTORs so bad, talking about it even kills threads.
Sorry Adalicia, I had to. |
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AdaliciaPoM Nom Nom 'Mon
join:2009-10-13
Columbus, NE
kudos:12 | Nah, I just kill threads. I should quit posting again.  |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Immer
I did not have an epic ground mount until sometime deep into BC. And never had epic flight until we did a server move and I crashed the fel iron markets five times.(farmed the shit out of Hellfire and sold in bulk, as in 200-300 bars at a time. All of it always sold and then I waited a week for the prices to push back up and dumped another 300. worked out quite well.)
one of my biggest WoW complaints is that there have been skills/spells in WoW balanced for years and years, Then along comes the arena and the nerf bat started to swing fast and furious. Everquest never had any real PVP system, But they did do something right. every spell had two data sets, if attacking a player it did less damage, So a wizard could have the equal to a tactical nuclear strike but it would not have a negative impact when two people dueled. I was always surprised that WoW never did this.
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Vorpil
join:2010-01-30
Wright City, MO | reply to Archivis
said by Archivis:I think we'll see our group continue to subscribe, but I can definitely see that people need something else to supplement their game time with than just playing WoW every second of their spare time.
I'd like for it to be something like an FPS, but not some insta-gib nonsense. I think some co-op would be fun.
LoL anyone??? 
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 KrisnatharokCaveat EmptorPremium
join:2009-02-11
Earth Orbit
kudos:7 | Psh no, Firefall all the way. |
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 SnakeoilIgnore Button. The coward's feature.Premium
join:2000-08-05
Mentor, OH
kudos:1
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My first MMORPG was Ultima Online, which in my opinion, was far better in many ways than ANY game since. The early days of UO were buggy, laggy, etc....but man, what a fun time I had. Dying actually sucked because you rezzed in nothing but your underwear! If you killed a high profile person on your server, you went to town and bragged about it. I could go on and on about how much fun that game was
I could give you a big sloppy kiss right now.
My sediments exactly. Todays standards of PvP or pre-school compared to wha real PvP was in UO. Get killed, have everything stripped from you, your body hacked up in chunks. The chunks in turn being fed to some animal tamers pet to be turned into shit.
Ahh yes, the hell that was UO before the happy days of trammel.
I like the fact that instead of rerolling a toon, you just selected a different skill, and untrained the skill you didn't want.
I guess the confusing thing about wow now is that it has no true "levels" as they exist in other mmorpgs.
I hated grand mastering blacksmithing in UO. It took so fing long. But once you did it, you felt like you accomplished something.
I miss fame/karma titles. WOWs titles are ok, but to me thy like the impact of seeing someone with the title of Dred Lord so and so. The dred tells you that they are the evilist person in site. Lord tells you that they are a very famous evil person.
And all they had to do was grind a lot of deadly poison, poison a lot of blades, then kill a few NPC healers, if they could... man they could put up a good fight.
Not bad for a dial up game with shitty graphics.
My apologies for going OT.
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By the way, I really think where Blizzard has fallen short is with the type of casual player who may play a lot (tens of hours per week even), but has no interest in instances, PvE and PvE.
As such a player I can agree. There are few quests that I truly enjoy [first one is the "Punch Deathwing in the face"]. There are a lot more I wish I didn't have to do, because the rewards don't fit my class.
I wish WOW would introduce a crafter toon, or a bard.
I would be in such love of wow if my engineer could travel the wilds with a pack of goods and repairs to sell players.
I'd really be in love if i could have a bard, like I did in wow. Being able to provoke mobs into attacking each other, or to lull them to sleep so I could escape. Or to assist my combat buddies, I play a horrible sounding song that creates a discord in the enemies minds. And causes them to have reduced attacks.
Then to travel to a tavern, and to strum my lute and sing about all the glorious battles I have been in. all to woe the bar maids and to gather a few coins and some free food. And possible a bed to share with one of the bar maids.
Ahh the life of a bard.
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