Originally posted by Xasapis

Dying game? You must live in a paralel reality that everything works in reverse.

 

Even if WoW loses 9/10 of their playerbase, they will still end up with numbers that keep other MMOs afloat for years. The fear is not about the game dying but about the game having the absolute monopoly in the MMO frontier.

eh, actually 1/10 of wow's player base is like 2x more than most mmos even have. And it would still be more than most of the top mmos. people have been crying and whining about wow's numbers since it came out and how it was going to tank in 6 months .....isnt happening. It isn't going anywhere for a long time.

 On the flip side , I hope other games keep forcing wow to add new features/ Warhammer forced them to add achievments and try to make an improvement on pvp ...although I still think it sucks for the most part. Overall though , Wow does too much right for what i want in a game. Ive tried everything else and its either more of the same done worse or it just plain sucks.

 I couldnt even stand this game for more than a week. It seemed like more of a Diablo with cities for a chat room. However It wasnt poorly done , there were some good aspects to it. I would consider playing GW2 , If they open it up and drop the instancing which I think is theyre main plan.

 Welll ....thats alot of dps really. the 25 is probably on the top end for that instance to begin with if Im nto mistaken. Not to mention ...the warrior might not be tanking but Im sure 1 of the 3 pets were .... and hunter pets can tank very well or If nothigng else take a beating till everything is dead . And with the amount of dps you guys should have been doing any amount of dmg the pets were taking and you should have had sets of mobs dead in no time. And these days most of the people in those dugeons arent new .... most are experienced doing rerolls such as yourself.

As far as new players not learning anything .... you would be correct but It istnt because the dungeon was made easier. Its mainly because of rerolls, people know the dungeons now , people are twinked out etc etc

*edit* yeah I just looked it up. Its a 15-21 dungeon. Normally when running alts, I go in around 16 or so , 20 is generally my cut off point as I move on to other higher level dungeons.

 Yes KOTORO will have an impact on SWG. When it is released , SWG will officially die ....thank god.

Originally posted by Wizardry

Originally posted by xephonics

what is a fiascal?

 

I believe it is a bottled beverage that when opened a little hand pops out and slaps you a much needed one.If one isn't enough it comes in 6/12 and now they got specials when buying a case of 24.enjoy,open as many bottles as you need.

 Sounds as If your a frequent buyer.

Originally posted by Vicksburg

WOW PvP is the best there is .

You see, opinions vary.

World PvP on my PvP server is very much alive and kicking.

Arena is the max and Battlegrounds with premade groups is awesome.

 

 

 I highly doubt world pvp exists to the extent most of us expect. That being said, Wow's pvp isnt bad but its far from great. And arena's get old fast ....may as well call it macro wars or exploit wars. And most people have no idea how much exploiting goes on in arena's , because most dont even know when it happens.

...maybe Im just tired of a gear treadmill. Dailies and grinding factions just seem like a job more than playing. But the game is good enough to play in spurts, so more than likely Ill eb back when WOTLK comes out If Im not enjoying WAR.

Originally posted by jatobi

Yep every prof will have one.  Except Herb I think, because they get buffs from certain herb nodes.  Not sure yet.

 If that is the case, they need to get rid of the temporary herb buffs and give them a permanent increase like the others. And while this may further diversify your character from others ..... it pidgeon holes you into doing a proffession you would rather not do just to give your class a boost in critical areas.

 I dont like it but in the overall scheme of things it apears to be minor boosts.

 I could agree with Tater on theLFG in WOW thing. If Im in LFG , chances are the random invite with no tell is for one fo the dungeons I want to do. In which case it isnt as big a deal. However on random invites when Im not looking for group or asking for a group in general chat ... is rude. I will decline every time. Communication is common sense , If you cant communicate ...chances are you dont have any common sense either. In which case Im better off not grouping with you. Or more times than not its just some annoying kid who doesnt know any better ...which Im also better off ntot grouping with. I used to give the benefit of the doubt and just take it ...btu Ive been burned so many times .....its just a waste of my time to accept blind invites.

 I can see what your saying. But the Wow jabs are old. This happens in any game with a poor pvp system with no repruccussions. And these types of actions have been going on far longer than WOW has been around.

Originally posted by Soara

People hated the NGE, but those people who were cool enough to stay have created the best community in MMO history

 

 The community was great before NGE. Im sure many people would use more appropriate words for the people who stayed ....cool wouldn't be one of them :p.

 Jedi's as an alpha class by holo grind with perma death. That being said,  there would have also have to be a way to reattain the FS slot If you killed your jedi.

 Its never the customers fault and the customer is always right. The down fall lays on the shoulders of SOE and lucas arts alone -poor implimentation of a game and poor management of a game.

Word of mouth always matters. Before NGE I knew plenty of people asking about if they should try it. After NGE, If SWG came up in convo...most had already heard that it was a piece of junk not worth trying. I personally havent ran into anyone aside from the internet that had heard anything good about it.

 Word of mouth is a killer ....

 You made it this far, you could have a slew of questions answered. Just click the link to take you to the war main site.

 You seriously think a HUGE company in the mmorpg industry is going to turn this into vaporware? Seriously? If you had money to put down you think this is going the way of vaporware?

Originally posted by Narco28

Originally posted by Martie

Originally posted by 123123456202

aion will be an asian grinder

 

and AoC isnt crap it has major flaws that have already been stated (which they are fixing before implementing this stuff) and if they add this like a major siege battle (if you actually read it, it says they will have other ways of sieging that will be even bigger) they will see even more people the only thing i see in WAR that will really atract more people is instant gratification because you are doing pvp getting good gear from lvl 1 while age of conan is more story based which pc gamer for some reason dont really like.

 

Bigger than the 20 mans on screen 5 FPS? lol worst thing about it is that its instanced so it should cause even less lag, hell i goe better fps when a 40 man horde raid attack IF, with about 200 people on screen in IF.  Game  design  is pure console game. Aoc is a story based game like all games you mean?  Hell what is the story in aoc, i dotn even know. Because playing upto lvl 55 i didnt even know what the story was ingame, are we meant to kill conan or something?  War already has more people in in open world RVR zone than aoc has in an instanced so called next gen pvp siege with 20 people at 5 fps.  hell even AV in wow has more people in a zone doing pvp, hell even going down more AB has more people on screen with 100x better fps.  Aoc is a failure in game design and pvp,  what i did like about it for 2 years was the hype and the spin though, but then release came and shit really hit the fan.

 

   You lost all credential after you stated one simple fact: you only played to lvl 55.  You know nothing about 20 man raids and what kind of FPS people have. I do not have a tippy-top of the line comp and I play AOC  on High settings perfectly during raids. So quit talking out your ass about something you know nothing about.

   I am currently in a top raiding guild in Conan and from my experience (and the general experience of everyone in the guild) is that Conan, as a game, is great. Why you might ask? The reason is simple; IT IS FUN. Funcom has done something other mmorpg's have forgotten, and that is to make the game fun. PVE raids are really a blast and soon the pvp sieges will also be a load of FUN as well.

  The reality is all the "naysayers" are always finding ways to trash this game. First they said AOC's launch will be comparable to that of Vanguard. And what happened? AOC had one of the smoothest launches in mmorpg history(even better than that of WoW: wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/Epidemic-Obesity/Age-of-Conan-Poised-to-Dominate-WoW/).  FUNcom delivers.

GET OVER IT. AOC is a good fun game. Funcom has delivered so far as I am concerned, and AOC will only get better with time. Don't like it? Good, go back to WoW or spend your money on  WoW recreated under the name of "WarHammer".  Either way you not playing = less drama and more bandwith for the rest of us (Win- Win situation).

 People will never stop taking jabs at AOC ....If people dont stop taking jabs at other games in defense of it.  /sigh.  The only thing it does is increase ........

Originally posted by kaydinv

Those videos confirmed that this game is a WoW clone. Not trying to be a dick or anything but: the map/radar is in the top right portion of the screen, the player's energy bars are at the top left, the enemy's energy bar is right beside it to the right, the abilities are in a toolbar at the bottom center portion of the screen, and the chat window is on the bottom left...like WoW.

 

When the Chaos guy goes to destroy some building, he literally kneels down, a timer bar appears on the screen, fills to the right and then the building explodes. Minus the building exploding, this is just like WoW.

The proportioning of the characters even looks identical. The aesthetics are like a slightly upgraded WoW.

 

The huge "TARGET IS DEAD" message that pops up on the screen makes this game seem like it is going to be even more easy mode than WoW is.

 

Sigh...I...I just don't know what to do anymore...

Oh noes, not another ui clone. /lol

 Does someone really need to argue teh point why? Its called common sense. You can say its an Indy team or w/e you want ..... there is a huge difference either way in the amount of development put in. But it isnt like anyone is going to change your mind one way or the other right?

I think some ppl are clearly missing the point.  It's not that the game costs $50 or whatever, it's wasting money on a game that has yet to impress some of us.  I'll just wait for a free trial and then decide.

What I want to know is, is the game worth playing based on content, gameplay etc.  I could care less about nudity, and gore (and yes, I am a female gamer).  I am looking for a new game that will hold my interest, and so far this game has failed to do so.  I really wish they had capped the lvl'ing to at least lvl 20-25, that way you can actually get a glimpse at the other aspects the game has to offer, rather than just the "newbie zone".