Originally posted by smellyfeet
Couple of things WAR did right that I have wished DAoC would have adopted:  Public Quest was a great idea.  RIFT has used it effectively and should be considered for CU.  All classes were able to engage in ground combat, as a long time DAoC Midgard Healer, I can only hope that CU allows all classes to mix it up in hand to hand combat.  DAoC Midgard healers had no offensive damage spells, they should have been able to swing a mean hammer/staff to keep the wounded enemy on it's toes if not running away.   Instead, they are an easy kill once their instant heals runs out. 

Thus the beauty of DAoc requiring people .. ie healers to group wityh someone with a "big stick" made them need that person ... likewise people with big sticks and no heals required those heals. This created group play . group play makes communities with ignites realm pride. This is WHAT  has been missing in the 10s of mmo rpgs with side v side pvp for a decade. Beside the healer could solo enhance spec (it wasn't good, but it was doable, but then agian few classes had good solo in daoc).

Originally posted by 4bsolute

Oh my... I cant read it anymore: Redesign, rebirth, revamp, relaunch...

What Virus infected the human brain not being able to create Novelty anymore??

Is it SO hard to come up with genuine ideas these days??

Or is the game industry really so hardwired and tripping constantly over their contracts with bigoted publishers that do NOT UNDERSTAND A SINGLE BIT of art and design??

I could vomit left and right... such a bad bad time being a video gamer.

 

And whose fault is it? 80% of you people reading this, because you can NOT stop buying those god damn warmed up franchise-cr@p being released!!!

God damn hold back your wallet now and FORCE QUALITY to happen again OVER QUANTITY.

Motherhoppin brainless consumers.

I thought it was cute that you have a GW2 thief logo in your signature, signifying that you yourself play one of these sequels.

Shine on...

I have yet to give a single dime to any kickstarter...

This WILL be my first, and last.

Thank you Mark and looking forward to hearing more about CU :)

Dear Mark J. IF ANYTHING! You should really think about making your new game kind of like Darkness Falls: The Crusade From the Mythic-Realms days.

Three Realms. Good, Chaos, Evil. Each realm had like 6-7 classes. Each realm had 3 power shards for realm bonus stats towards Str, Con, Dex. There was one boat. The realms could use to travel to each realm to evade to steal the power shards as a team/realm, loot gear, etc.

Best thing about it, you had to roll your stats. It was also a text based game. If you brought DFC concept/gameplay to a 3D MMORPG that would be epic and would sell.

You could even do something with Spellbinder: The Nexus Conflict concept.

Well, I for one, am impressed with Mr. Jacob's honesty and self-reflection.  He seems to really wear his feelings on his sleeve and to be a very genuine fellow, dedicated to bringing a great niche game to market.  Good on you, Mr. Jacobs!

I am also extremely excited about the idea of a DAoC-like RvR-centric game with a somewhat oldschool ruleset and consequences for player decisions.  I'm excited City State is attempting to do this without a giant publisher like EA which would end up footing the bill... and then force the game to be something other than the vision of the dev team.

Time will tell if there are enough RvR vets out there who are willing to back the development, but I know I'm one of them and I really hope this game gets funded and developed.

Mark:

Remember Magestorm? Its still the best game you ever made.

With love,

                    -Rival=FA

http://www.magestorm.net

Originally posted by vonbose0
Someone in the comments said that this sounds like a 3 realm shadowbane. That sounds totally rad to me! I love DAoC and Shadowbane!

Amen to that!