Originally posted by akiira69

 Star Wars Galaxies Post-CU(Combat Upgrade), and then again at Post-NGE(New Game Enhancement). I loved SWG when it first came out when unlocking Jedi was a badge of honor, sorta like reaching the end game content with out a single death on your main. Pre-CU the method to get a Jedi character was a grueling quest you had to unlike 5 skill trees and a random 6th. Then the CU came out and turned it into a quest that the Dev's allowed to be a sticky on the official forums. Then the NGE came out and everyone who wanted one could make one without any hassel. Now that BioWare is comming out with a Star Wars MMO you have to think why LucasArts is allowing the screw up SOE made still be on the market if I worked at LucasArts Id would not of turned total control over a Star Wars game to a company who has ruined it sence day 1, I would of yanked the license and allowed BioWares Star Wars the Old Republic to be the only Star Wars MMO out.

Exactly. The NGE is by far the worst MMORPG I've ever played. Darkfall and Warhammer are tied for a distant second place.

Continue publishing articles and columns like this and less viral marketing for companies like SOE and this site may become relevant again.

SOE is a force in the mmo industry in the same way the bowel movement I just had is a force in the waste disposal industry.

Originally posted by daarco

And still, MMORPG.com have published many Overviews about many MMOs.

Really? Where are they? Searching the site for overview brings up this article and 100+ features and news items with overviews of certain aspects of different games (pvp overview, gear overview, class overview, etc.) but there is no other game overview like this one. Stradden was very quick to point out that this wasn't a review or even a preview but an overview...why the distinction?

Originally posted by RBlackheart

For anyone on the fence, or just wanting to know more about Darkfall... after all ten parts of my overview are finished, you will have a very good understanding of what this game does, doesnt do, and everything in between.

Based on the first part they will have Adventurine's marketing bullet points regurgitated into a ten part "overview".

Originally posted by kokorell

Originally posted by liberalguy

Originally posted by daarco

And is not Darkfall a MMORPG?  What is wrong about MMORPG.com writes about MMORPGs?? Cant understand why it should be "wrong".

Editorial content is fine but when it's paid advertising and developer press releases posing as editorial content then there is a problem.

PS.  Emm are you a MO dev that is pissed because your game isnt hyped at all by this site? or should i say any site? Sorry  but  i couldnt help it                                                                                                   

Nope, I'm just a fan of the mmorpg genre who is sad to see a once great website become nothing more than a marketing tool for developers.

Originally posted by ummax

I know that WoW subscriptions are about 50% gold farmers at least this is the latest numbers released

Nothing in your post can be taken seriously when you just make up statistics like this.

Originally posted by RBlackheart

I think you are joking yourself if you truly believe my article was a paid advertisement from Adventurine. Feel free to float across every mmorpg site on the web and you will see one obvious thing: Adventurine hasn't spent a dime on advertising. In fact, all of the hype both good and bad this game has generated has been from word of mouth alone. They don't even have a "Buy Now" button on their website.

-Andy Cormier

That's kind of the point of viral marketing...the developers get their press releases posted as "reviews" or "overviews" without paying a dime but honestly you lost all credibility with your statement that if a game is the most discussed game on mmorpg.com then it's the most discussed game in the universe.

Originally posted by kairaene

Hey! Hey!  Just calm down fellas... That heart is Starwarsy and Iconic.... Not like going and actually killing an ewok and looting their still beating heart!  lol

What a trash game it's become...lol

Yeah don't you remember in The Empire Strikes back when Vader gives that heart to the Emperor for valentine's day?

Originally posted by daarco

And is not Darkfall a MMORPG?  What is wrong about MMORPG.com writes about MMORPGs?? Cant understand why it should be "wrong".

Editorial content is fine but when it's paid advertising and developer press releases posing as editorial content then there is a problem.

Originally posted by mantii

Originally posted by liberalguy

Originally posted by andmiller

There is a reason this would never work.  That reason is that this type of game would appeal to > 1% of the MMO player-base.

Exactly right and why you'll never see retarded concepts like permadeath in any real game. You might get somebody to develop a niche game in their basement for the half dozen people that think they would like that kind of game but you'll never see an actual developer do it.

 

you do know you said "greater than 1%".....learn how to type corredtly?   Maybe it was a spelling error but i seriously doubt it.  It was probably a person who was undre the age of 15 and got "confused" on how to say what they wanted to say.  I know this is picky but if you are going to argue a point please make sure you are correct in what you are arguing.

And if you're going to flame somebody for a typo you might want to make sure you're quoting the right post.

Originally posted by RBlackheart

Simply put, if its the most talked about mmorpg in recent history on mmorpg.com, then its the most talked about mmorpg in recent history period.

I think you're vastly overstating mmorpg.com's place in the world. This used to be a fantastic site to come and talk about mmorpgs but since it has become a mouthpiece for developers like SOE it has gone downhill quickly. It's become *very* obvious that advertising dollars are way more important to this site than its users.

Luckily for mmorpg fans there are better places on the internet to discuss games that aren't bought and paid for by marketing departments.

The new MMO for all is a horrible looking web-based game centered around a scammy looing RMT system?

Originally posted by andmiller

There is a reason this would never work.  That reason is that this type of game would appeal to > 1% of the MMO player-base.

Exactly right and why you'll never see retarded concepts like permadeath in any real game. You might get somebody to develop a niche game in their basement for the half dozen people that think they would like that kind of game but you'll never see an actual developer do it.

Originally posted by lornj

i think the most thing i enjoyed about this game was trying to get the best ship components for my heavy x wing.

At least the current development team is too stupid to figure out the JtL code so they can't mess it up too badly...yet.

At this point what do they have to lose? They don't have any credibility left so they don't care if they go back on a previous promise.

With the recent server merges and non-stop dwindling of the player base they are doing anything they can to justify the continued operation of the game.

Wow that's bad...

I guess the art department got tired of copying and pasting the BARC...

Originally posted by Kizion

I am think the galaxies is a boredom. The recent update still can not restore my interest. I wanna quit and head to Guild Wars for fresh air. Maybe  I will restart it some day. Do you feel the same ?  Do you feel frustrated about the game?

Wait you mean more cookie cutter instances and broken gameplay didn't do it for you? I'm shocked...