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http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=163207

its true. i want real time combat like conan will have. i hope we get vehicles early on, like lvl 10.

A non-balanced obsessed, non gear-centric, intelligent, thought out game that doesn't rely on Raiding as it's soul source of end game content.

I'm absolutely sick of these developers and players being completely controled by the almighty "Balanced" classes. Balance? WTF? Who cares about balance, give me gameplay that impacts the world and worry about making classses or skills that are fun.

I'm tired of gear centric games. Yeah it's fun chasing after that wicked staff of the gods but chasing it for 6 months isn't just inane, it's tiresome. It promotes terrible behavior and above all else, it's a cheap ass cop out for actual game play and story elements. Dev's, get off your lazy asses and do something for your cash, stop asking me to chase colored pixels just because you say I should.

Raiding is fun, no doubt, it's a great way to get your guild together and have a common goal of taking down a baddy and beating something in the long run. But basing an ENTIRE game around it? At the very least, make it a combination of things but large scale raiding (whether it's pvp or pve) as the only end game activity is just idiotic.

Originally posted by Hrothmund
I'm probably going to get butchered for this, but MMOFPS! That's what I honestly want, a good and solid MMOFPS. I'm eagerly awaiting all the flames for this, but hey, it is very unlikely that it will be an MMOFPS, so please just keep this thread as a wish list.

I truly think "sticky targeting", meaning that your target is slected until an other one is picked and that you don't have to actually aim with your spells or melee attacks, is dead. This is why I find WoW PvP unappealing.

**FLAME!**  Just kidding

If it could be done in the vein of Morrowind I could maybe see it.  The inherent problem with MMOFPS is that the more FPS you get, the less spells you get to use (by spells I mean combat abilities) Because it's hard to move, activate an ability AND target with a mouse.   And you would HAVE to move to avoid getting butchered.

So you have one hand on WASD, one on the mouse....how do you hit the right keys to use your special combat tricks?

So then make less combat tricks, but then the game becomes tiresome quickly because we're right back to doing the same thing over and over and over and...there's a reason most FPS games have rounds taking less than 5 minutes.

Not trying to flame ya.  Just showing the inherent problems.  FPS style targetting works in those games because you hit a button to select a gun, then just keep shooting it.  In MMOs, part of the charm is cycling through 5-10 different abilities.  mixing them would be frustrating without some special gaming pad, and even then would be tough. (I play with a Nostromo pad with a d-pad on my thumb, and even then I find it trying at times with sticky targetting).

However, a "kill box" that moved with your character's facing would be cool.  A little stickiness, a little actually aiming and it moves with you so you don't have to be ridiculously accurate, but you have to physically interact with more than a click.  but then casters would have to have spells that didn't cancel by moving, or else they would be worthless.

Originally posted by Therooster

So you have one hand on WASD, one on the mouse....how do you hit the right keys to use your special combat tricks?

Originally posted by arctarus
Sorry to burst your bubble dude, but i get this from the web, "http://digg.com/gaming_news/Starcraft_MMO_No_way_Blizzard_DENIES_any_new_MMO " they will not be releasing any mmo for starcraft.

But i would personally like to see SC 2, to carry on the story of what Duran have say about a more powerful race coming...