Originally posted by wolfmann

Originally posted by safwd

No global chat is good for a pure PVP game.

It is however bad for building a game community.

But perhaps there is no such thing as a good game community anymore.

 

Funny that NO GLOBAL chat built the SWG community, and that it actually was one of the reasons almost all SWG players(Pre-NGE) says SWG was the best community game.

Ya, you may be right.

But EQ had global chat and most ex EQ players will say that EQ was the best community game.

Originally posted by safwd

Originally posted by wolfmann

Originally posted by safwd

No global chat is good for a pure PVP game.

It is however bad for building a game community.

But perhaps there is no such thing as a good game community anymore.

 

Funny that NO GLOBAL chat built the SWG community, and that it actually was one of the reasons almost all SWG players(Pre-NGE) says SWG was the best community game.

 

Ya, you may be right.

But EQ had global chat and most ex EQ players will say that EQ was the best community game.

Maybe good communities depend on the quality of the people, and have nothing whatsoever to do with global chat. Perhaps both SWG and EQ had the types of players condusive to good communities.

Originally posted by Grunties

Originally posted by safwd

Originally posted by wolfmann

Originally posted by safwd

No global chat is good for a pure PVP game.

It is however bad for building a game community.

But perhaps there is no such thing as a good game community anymore.

 

Funny that NO GLOBAL chat built the SWG community, and that it actually was one of the reasons almost all SWG players(Pre-NGE) says SWG was the best community game.

 

Ya, you may be right.

But EQ had global chat and most ex EQ players will say that EQ was the best community game.

 

Maybe good communities depend on the quality of the people, and have nothing whatsoever to do with global chat. Perhaps both SWG and EQ had the types of players condusive to good communities.

Actually forget everything i said. EQ did not have totally open global chat. It had /tell, /shout, /say and /whisper as well as guild chat.
 

How this will translate to a game already in possession of a toxic community, we have yet to see.

Originally posted by Ashrik

How this will translate to a game already in possession of a toxic community, we have yet to see.

None of these forums show what the community of darkfall will be. Most people on here probably wont even play the game, they just float from one forum to another spouting hate or love.

I have a feeling that the community of Darkfall probably wont be very good though. The PVP community that the old UO players remember is not the same PVP community that is around now. Just pop onto a WoW PVP server and you will see that.

Originally posted by wolfmann

Originally posted by safwd

No global chat is good for a pure PVP game.

It is however bad for building a game community.

But perhaps there is no such thing as a good game community anymore.

 

Funny that NO GLOBAL chat built the SWG community, and that it actually was one of the reasons almost all SWG players(Pre-NGE) says SWG was the best community game.

Oh boy you are dead wrong on this one.

What built the great community in SWG was actually that the game REQUIRED you to rely on others. You NEEDED other people close to you to succeed. You had to establish contacts for better prices or getting what you wanted, even the most simple things like weapons and armor. Then even buffs, food, slicing weapons or architects to sell you houses to your town.

SWG featured awesome Roleplaying capabilities due to this as you constantly had to engage with others. If you ever played a non-combat class you know what I mean. I was a ranger/pistoleer. I constantly traveled the wild in search for better hides/meat/bones. While I at the same time built up my network of contacts with both sellers/buyers. Also smooth talking my way to better sale prices and better deals. It was like nothing else out there...

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Originally posted by safwd

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Originally posted by Ashrik

How this will translate to a game already in possession of a toxic community, we have yet to see.

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None of these forums show what the community of darkfall will be. Most people on here probably wont even play the game, they just float from one forum to another spouting hate or love.
I have a feeling that the community of Darkfall probably wont be very good though. The PVP community that the old UO players remember is not the same PVP community that is around now. Just pop onto a WoW PVP server and you will see that.

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With other games that actually have a marketing campaign or can be found in a Gamestop/Walmart, most people have never even been to the forums. With Darkfall, if you're not a forum person the chances are that you haven't even heard of the game.

If most people here aren't going to play, and most people out of here haven't even heard of it (and can't get it through their normal retail outlets)-- who the heck is going to be logging on?

The same things I dn't like in UO are already apearing in DFO