I 100% agree with you on FFXi being one of the most unsung heroes of mmorpg's. I played it for 2 years and sometimes regret leaving it for (eeecchhhhh) wow. But looking back I enjoyed myself a lot. The leveling gets a bit grindy at parts and some of the higher level questlines are completely Linkshell dependent. I was looking at the latest release of the ultimate collection, but between life and other games in full swing I simply don't have the time to invest. FFXi requires dedication to progress.

 World of Darkness MMORPG that's in development by CCP.

"Why Not" wait for that?

 Dear OP,

I challenge you to go without mmorpg.com for one month and see how you feel. Matter of fact, make that all gaming information  websites in general. Because that all mmorpg.com offers you: information. Do with it as you will.

No one is telling you to follow this site as law. It's mostly based on opinion.

No one is telling you what game to play and how to play it. It's an open forum to express you own opinion, which is exactly what your doing here. That's totally fine, you are entitled to it, but I am giving you my opinion on how you are incorrect with yours. Take it as you will.

No one has ever asked me for money to use this site. It's free but not the only one on the block. Others have services that require fees, this even offers you a free blog.

If the average person comes on this site and believes everything he reads here 1) he is probably new to "the game" and is 2) a little naive. Both are normal, we all started out the same place. But at no point did I say, "damn mmorpg, you made playing video games bad for me." In alot of ways it has actually SAVED me money and also enabled me to find games I would of never even heard of before.

I have one motto when it comes to any information or news I see and hear, "Take what I want and leave the rest." If I feel that a source is incorrect more than correct, I make a decision if I want to continue using it or not. It's that simple.

Maybe if you are unhappy with mmorpg.com then you might be unhappy with games in general, which is a much bigger issue.

You should call Dr. Phil for that one.

Good luck in your gaming,

Inktomi 

PS: All MMORPGs' have the grind element.

PPS: All RPG's have the grind element and they are the predeccessors to the MMORPG.

And if you don't know that, then you better ask somebody.

 Jon,

Actually, you are correct on the fact that Champions is a sequel. For two reasons: Sequels are in fact spiritual successors of previous works. (1) CoH was cryptics work and also the fact that it is the (2) successor of the pen and paper game becuase if I read correctly much of the content takes off from where the p+p left off.

So you are right in a technical way.

Sorry, no abuse here.

And, I am going to be happy to get back into the FF Online franchise through the release of XIV. That was the one game that I wish I never left. And to top it off I left it for wow.

I deserve abuse for that alone.

Best,

Frank

 (De)func(t)com.

When a founder of the company leaves that is usually a really bad sign. Or it might be a blessing, either way I'd like to see the company pull out of this.

 Yeah, I can sum it up in one word.

Prioritize.

 If this game had a repeatable quest system or even a daily quest function as wow and runes of magic has I would of stayed longer. 

It just has to turn the grind down or at least give us some choices. When I hit the 40's I found out about the "don't do quests" leveling guide on the wiki. So I was stuck with a hellacious grind that makes me wonder if it's worth it. I did do a few of the higher instance and it was plane jane same road; tank and spank bosses.

However, I did find out that if you do the monthly sub, you really don't need to hit the cash shop as much. Gravity also lowered the price of the sub which is usually unheard of.

 I played Requiem on Hammerine and I can agree that is is what it is, a PK server. But it's nice to see the game is going to make some changes going forward. I've got a 4x rogue there and don't mind going back every now and then just to grind. I will make it to 70 someday...

Good review also. Mediocre isn't a great score but it's honest, for a free game and a change in scenery it's great.

Originally posted by t0nyd

 Whats up with forming a team. For the last two days, everytime I try to form one I get a message, team server is down. Today, around 10am I finally formed a team, then the server crashed. Of course they posted saying it would be up by noon, its 3:48 here and it still shows that the server is down. Funny enough, the website is down also...

Forget Champs, I'd like to see the build for your drake.

 Jon,

I agree with Richard Garriott on this one. Stock options and market conditions are a difficult thing to time, but one of the provisions in his contract was that he had to sell his company stock within a certain amount of time. The stock market, internationally as well as domestic was in a terrible state.

They could of given him  more time and maybe a better method of termination. I think he has a case for the loss on the shares. Other than that he is kinda flaky and maybe should of been working on TR instead of traipsing around in space, but I wasn't there in the boardroom. 

Ink

 The more I read about CO the more I am glad I stayed away.

Bill Roper + Any MMO = Lawlfail.

Did they warn the public about lifetime being "limited supply"?

If the answer to that is no. Then that is the worst type of shady backend marketing I have ever seen.

Lawlfail.

 Hey, I'm really glad they pulled it off. Good for them.

Does anyone know who is funding them?

 You should blog, it's alot of fun and you seem to have really good insight on DFO. Paragus used to blog about darkfall alot and got alot of feedback, granted has gotten his share of trolls like you did. But this site needs more positive DF writers. 

Believe me, I would play the game if I wasn't knee-deep in betas, games I'm reviewing and actually games I get to play becuase I want to play them.  

Darkfall in my opinion, is the JR Ewing of the internet. People just love to hate it.

 1) Dragon Age:Origins

 2) League of legends.

 3) Avatar : I'm really curious about it.

 Currently I am playing EVE and getting back into Fallout 3 for the new DLC headed this week. I wrote a blog about why I dumped CO and Aion, that should explain it all.

Originally posted by rr2real

Originally posted by Toxilium

Originally posted by rr2real

the problem i have is following a game too closely and having it be a huge let down (AoC, WAR, Tabula Rasa, Hellgate London, etc)

"...following a game too closely..."

 

99.9% of the time if you follow a game from start to finish, it will almost always fail to live to expectations. Never follow games too closely unless you are prepared for major disapointments.

 

yup that's why i'm asking people if i should play this game lol

RR,

My worst vice is advice and here it is again, free of charge. 

I would suggest playing some betas if you can get in, if not the let the game go into what I call the "ginuea pig" phase. Let it release, then start talking to people that love the game and hate the game. Not the overall message of the status quo, becuase you'll hear alot of bandwagon jumpers that dilute the truth or just want to bark. If the game you are watching offers a trial run, do it. That has saved me alot of money in the past. There are a few euro sites that are giving away CO keys.

Also, play a game like it. Wondering about CO, play City of X/X for the superhero experience; they are offering a trial period. If you like it, then give CO a shot, if you don't, like I did then walk away.  I pulled my reserve from both CO and Aion this week. Why? Because I have found a game that I liked, played both betas and I'm sticking with my current game. I'm not unhappy and I'm not one that needs the new,new thing becuase it's new. 

I hope this helps.

Play safe,

Ink

Originally posted by AIAG

Originally posted by Inktomi

 good video, but your going to get a warning for being an accomplice to someone breaking NDA.

 

Incorrect and if I am than the mods are not up to date on the policies.

The NDA for the press was lifted around 2 months ago, this video originally comes from http://www.gamestar.de/

 

You can find a thread about it on the official forums.

http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=25357

Well bully for you. I was always used to NDA for games in closed beta. Leakerz.com posted a few videos that were pulled off of youtube which led me to believe that the NDA  was still in effect. 

GL2U and HF.

 good video, but your going to get a warning for being an accomplice to someone breaking NDA.

Originally posted by Teala

It just keeps going and going....just let it rest people.   DF got the score it deserved.   It was not the revolutionary MMORPG that it was touted as.   The UI is archaic.   The graphics and animation have a lot to be desired.    The combat is jerky and clunky.    The game is not all that.    In a couple of years if AV continues to tweak it and make it better - then maybe MMORPG.com will do a re-review.   It's not the end of the world however.   Enjoy your game and move on.

Because Darkfall is the JR Ewing of the MMO world. It's something that people just love to hate and attracts drama and contraversy.

People like drama and contraversy.