I think what it really boils down too is the simple fact that people don't like being lied too, and this is exactly what John Smedley has done...and frankly has been doing for quite some time.
 

I think that quite a few people here either don't recall or was not involved in SWG pre-NGE, i don't think they can really understand that when NGE was released entire guilds left, thousands upon thousands of players quit...or the amount of players who bought Trials of Obi-Wan only to send it back to SoE demanding a refund on a obviously incomplete expansion....due to Mr. Smedley's and staffs ineptitude and disconnection with the gaming public,

Is RMT a big thing? well to be honest i can see how it can give a pssible advantage on PvP servers, yes...an advantage given to a player simply because he/she is willing to shell out more money for a 'x' weapon or 'y' armor is a way to make others shell out the same amount not just to gain a similar advantage but just to be on-par.....why bother killing that NM for that unique drop when you can give SoE an extra 10 bucks?

However, the real point is Mr. Smedley flat-out said that RMT wouldn't be on non player-exchange servers...once again and very true to form he lied and did whatever he wanted, player-base be damned.

When this doesn't work either and EQ2 players start leaving.....hopefully SoE will get the message and fire Mr. Smedley.

Edit: here is a very old (and very long) article from a former EQ/SWG gamer talking about SoE tactics and Mr. Smedley.

http://plaguelands.com/2006/02/23/smedley%E2%80%99s-skill-in-the-art-of-bs-has-increased-to-epic-proportions-300/

--Names of characters, guilds and pets -must fit- with the content of the game, example: a game such as AoC could have a player named "sparks666" anywhere but on a RP server....refusal to follow this rule is grounds for name change continued abuse is grounds for moving said character to a non-RP server.

Gamers -must stay- within character in /chat, /guild, /shout and or /local at all times...speaking in /ooc is acceptable as long as said player does not abuse it,  ooc in /tell is also acceptable....refusal to follow this rule is grounds for a one warning only any other abuse is grounds for moving said character to a non-RP server.--

This is the only way i know of to keep a RP server strictly for RPer's, which i believe is more effort than most places are willing to give considering that the server would have to be monitored 24/7...sure, RP'ers could 'police' the area for non-RP'ers but even that can only go so far.

On top of which you have the 'Anal RP'ers' the ones who get upset because you're not RP'ing like -they- want you too or how they planned it, the power-hungry guild masters who demand people act like he/she does...and so on and so forth.

There is RP out there in MMO's...but they tend to be the small flash or text based ones with 30 people who tend to be just a bit too xenophobic for my tastes.

The first lady of Star Trek has passed on, she will be missed

Originally posted by IAmMMO

  Does the quest or mission system still feel like ground hog day? I've never played such a repetitive MMO as Matrix online. You can count the number of things you can do for XP on one hand. Then pick one out of that to repeat over and over and over and over again in a group.

Yes the missions are basically the same, a few additions here and there....i agree that the missions are repetitive...but no more than any other MMO i've played....the rewards on the other hand....

Are they still using those laughable piss poor comic book cut scenes that looks like it was drawn by a five year old to set the stage for an event over the decent mini animated  cut scenes the game had for the start of an event in its first couple of years since it's release?

Ok that's a bit unfair, yes the comic-book style is still being used for obvious reasons...but to say it looks like a five-year old drew them? come on.

 Are they still using the view screens in the game world to play ads from the real world in a game you pay a sub for?

When i last logged in they were still showing ad's on billboards, but i don't know about now.

Hi all,

The good folks at Rumbarr.net are also giving out keys too....don't mean to step on any toes or anything but just letting you know, also xWintermutex  has laid out some detailed instructions to play MxO through Station Launcher Beta, here:

http://www.thematrix.rumbaar.net/index.php?topic=2387.165

You'll have to scroll down a bit.

Hope you enjoy the game.

I did a search for this but nothing came up, i apologize if this has been done before but i was wondering what starship you'll be in, if available, and the name you've picked.

If my fears about this game is unwarranted i'll be in this:

Miranda Class-Crusier

My ship name: U.S.S. Botany Bay (if available)

Originally posted by honeycutt01

yeah well i love it but the games store employees never heard of it the company should start advertising and restocking the store shelves with the game

It's cheaper for SoE in the long run to just put on places like D2D or Fileplanet.

MxO isn't dead, but it's been on life-support for years....Recrusion is losing it's RP, Syntax has PvP but that's not exactly a good thing when all you have going on is 10 Machinists/Cypherites standing around Mara C with their thumb up their butts waiting for Zion/Merv to eventually show up.

Vector has been hit the hardest, most of our population has went to Syntax...at least there they can find a fight.

Originally posted by Rokurgepta

Originally posted by boognish75

 I sure do miss enb.

 

You and me both. There was a group working on an emulation but it has been a couple of years since anything happened, I guess that died off too. Damn shame as E&B for all of its faults really had some fun stuff in it.

 E&B players?!?

Good times, good times.

Rumor has it that the people who were trying to get E&B up and running again got a nastly letter from EA telling them to knock it off or else...so..yeah i don't think we'll be seeing it again.

*shrug* sucks, but what can one do?

I agree with Gamefocus as well.

AoC was one of those "ship now, fix later" games, the removal of content along with content never placed in when we expected it to be there is very clear.

Now Funcom is fixing it, slowly....but at this point it may be too little too late IMHO.

( this was going to be a response but i decided to just make a new thread because of length)

Being an old school Trekkie and a old school gamer i must admit to not having much faith in ST:O being very true to the Star Trek universe...now i realize that this is jumping the gun but it's only my opinion and is by no means an attack on ST:O or the people who are waiting for this game..it's just my two cents on the subject.

I think that Interplay along with Activision had the Star Trek universe down pat with 25th Anniversary, Judgment Rights,Starfleet Academy, Bridge commander...just to name a few...we've also had some really, really horrid Star Trek games over the years as well.

What I'm trying to say is that Star Trek has taken a real beating over the years in the video game industry and for the handful of games that are just amazing we get tons more that are a shallow, lame attempt to sell a game on the Star Trek name...now we get a MMO that has been started, stopped...started again and finally switched to another developer...never a good sign IMHO.

The concept art and ship designs we've been shown so far is...well...not very true to the universe, now i do like the ship building system they'll be having...but really, let's be honest now....we all know what ships we want, myself i want a Miranda Class...yes,yes i know she's old but she has charm and I'm certain that fellow gamers know -exactly- what they want to fly...Constitution? Sovereign? Defiant?...do we really need to change over ship design so drastically?

ST:O will need to focus much, much more than just combat or exploration...but planetary research, meeting new races, relief efforts...and this is how you should be able to "level up" and/or increase rank....truthfully this should be the first MMO in which you can level to max without firing a shot.
 

Lastly, what is the approach to death? for example if I'm ambushed by two Borg Cubes in my Miranda Class (which is brown bread against one, let alone two cubes) do i get assimilated and game over? or do we have new tech that allows clones like EvE Online? will we have to buy a new ship or will one be given to us?

In the end i don't really see how they can incorporate Star Trek into a MMO without throwing a lot of things out the window, i hope I'm wrong on this...as i said i love the Star Trek universe and I'm more than prepared to come back here and eat crow if I'm wrong....but I'm very skeptical Atm.

Sorry for the long post, looking forward to your response.

AC2 eh? Check it out.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2808019

AC2 $29.99......and still for sale!!!! at Toys R Us.

LOL...looks like TRS is behind the times, i wonder if they still sell E.T. for the 2600.....

Hi everybody,

I've been thinking about giving this game a go, if anybody has a buddy key to spare i would be grateful.

Thanks.

JustTalkingStuff@gmail.com

I think DC Online is going to be a bit of a letdown as well, i just don't see it doing anything remarkable.

I also agree with Daffid

SoE as a company has been implementing questionable tactics for years and the ones to get it in the back is the customer base, and for what? the possibility of SoE making more money....which has yet to work in their favor i might add.

EQ is the perfect example of SoE being hungry for player cash.....EQ was released in 1999, between 1999 and 2008 no less than 15 expansions have been released...this is the largest single grouping of expansions ever released for one game, and most of these expansions were around 30-40 dollars on release.

SoE doesn't care about your support, they don't care about your dedication to them...they care about your money.

Speaking for myself, i can say without a doubt that i am burned out.

I don't know when you started gaming on line OP, but for me it was EQ, then to DAoC, AO, EQII...i racked hundreds upon thousands of gaming hours over the years.

I've seen it all already and most MMO's are still following the same tried and true method, I'm not dazzled anymore like when i first played EQ or AO, that excitement just isn't there anymore....and other days it just feels like work.

So i've been on a break for the past year...and truth be told i'm not really missing it, and it seems that i'm not missing out on much either.

Never heard of them, however i've had these for years and never had a single issue...my voice is crisp and clear to other players, they're comfortable for extended playtime, wireless and also a bit easier on the wallet.

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/webcam_communications/internet_headsets_phones/devices/4226&cl=us,en