All Posts by Squal'Zell

Originally posted by pdxgeek

Originally posted by precuorbust

Dead as in less than 100 are online in prime time.  Dead as in they each probably have less than 500 players left each.

 

I can't even get one of the fanbois to post a picture showing 100 people online on one of the most populated servers! The last time I was on Intrepid 100 people would have been a huge event.

i can get you a pic of pre-cu with 100 or more people  i think any vet (that kept their screenies) could get you a 100people or more screenshot without spending to much time browsing his screenshot folder

im a vet! and proud of it

my real life employer, man is he mean, big and has the  permanent "anger" buff

i would have to say in GW (the cathedral of flames dungeon) in HardMode 1 player 3 heroes 4 henchies the big worm boss at the end

Originally posted by sfc1971

Originally posted by Squal'Zell

first they copy WoW

now they copy GW

GW has had holyday events since launch, every halloween/christmas/valentines, you name it, its like a tradition in GW to celebrate and redecorate Lion's Arch on any possible occation.

To be fair, SOE has done holidays for a LONG time, long before GW or WoW launched. Copy WoW? Sorry, WoW copied SOE's Everquest. WoW ain't called EQ Lite for nothing.
 

For some reason it has gotten to be a tradition in games to include the holidays, this goes so far as asian games including christmas. How logical is that?

SOE has done many things wrong and getting Jabba the Hut to throw a party doesn't even deserve to be on their top 10 of worsed mistakes. If the game was a success it would have been a small wrinkle, not something to moan about.

 

indeed welcome aboard mmorpg

and who cares if soe copied EQ, the fact is that due to WoW's success SWG's team decided to go with that model to also be successful they added talent tree (expertise) and put in levels. they did not do this move due to EQ's glory but to WoW's success

and as for holidays, ive only known GuildWars to make such a big event out of it, where the gods come down (grenth as death on holloween) and have minigames and challenges.  NPC Avatars do play a role and they do it in such a way that you do not care that the immersion is messed up for a few days

in GW it simply sounds like a blasphemy for Jabba to throw a holloween party, its just... NO....

Originally posted by RogueSeven

Hello all,

 

ive been reading around and this game seems to have a good community, now, i was wondering, how is it that people make hundreds, maybe even thousands of dollars?

 

if i get into the game and pay just the monthly sub and such, am i able to make money myself? do i get some land to open a shop or something?

no you do not. you pay the premium account and you can have up to 512m^2 of land (but you have to find it and buy it (more $$) if you want more then your premium goes up depending on how much land you want to own.

 

i understand that you can make, virtually, ANYTHING, is this true? does it cost real money or ingame money to make these things or are you able to make stuff as you want?

right click>create> poof a cube appears that you can move cut modify as you wish, you create another cube and modify it and then a sphere and then another geometrical piece and voiala you link em and yo uhave (insert thing here)

www.xstreetsl.com this is a site where you can see many things for sale that have been created. so to answer you do not need real life or in world money to create your stuff.

 

next, say if i were to want to make a bunch of money, i would make something that could appeal to a lot of people, right? now just a random thought, a lot of people like blowing up people, in a purely virtual and semi-comical way, could i possibly make (with the proper knowledge) something like a nuclear bomb that could blow up a lot of stuff? this could be appealing to people to buy...or is this something that would be against a terms of use sorta thing? if it is, what about small weapons like hand guns, swords, etc...giving people a lot of action in the game, maybe even open up something like an arena with a combat system where people could battle it out, would this all be possible and potentially good money makers?

all you named exists already and its free to aquire so.. no why would i buy your little handgun when i can get one for free. you would really need to stand out in your creations

tower of 1000 swords, Samurai island are 2 of the ones i know that make swords and sell them due to their custom scripting and high detail

 

lastly, what is the conversion of second life money to real life USD?

 it fluctuates with the market but if im not mistaken it varies between 275 and 250L$ for 1 $USD

thanks for help

i just noticed that no one really answered your questions so here you go

first they copy WoW

now they copy GW

GW has had holyday events since launch, every halloween/christmas/valentines, you name it, its like a tradition in GW to celebrate and redecorate Lion's Arch on any possible occation.

yes anonymity can be a great enemy of a online community but everything i post i try my best to be it myself.

everytime i post i think of the way i would speak to a perfect stranger. so this comes to say that i will not just insult anyone since i might just get to kiss a baseball bat, nor would i speak of something i know nothing about and say stupidities as that would just make me look like a retarded moron and i would get outright laughed at.

instead i post on things i know to be true, state clearely when it is my opinion. and always remain polite. and when i really need to insult someone, instead i make him feel very stupid by contradiccting everything he said with suported facts and logic. (that also humiliates him and makes him loose much credibility) so future posts he makes will be viewed like a joke regardless of how good it was.

but thats just me, others will use the anonymity to blabber anything and everything that passes through their minds. but sadly enough there is no way to control that. even if you make  a board rated mature, there are still adults out there who will simply be stupid and act like 13 year olds because they can and they are protected by a computer screen.

Originally posted by Lydon

Well the way I understand it is that it's sort of exponential.  So the first second it will be 20, the next it will be 20 + 20, the next 20 + 40 etc. 

sry just had to post here for this, not on topic either

20 = 20

20+20 = 40

40+20= 60

60+20= 80

thats not exponential, thats linear

does not change the values though, just the wrong use of terminology

trying to make this post sound contructive and not smart ass flamebait

please take it as constructive information

Originally posted by Moaky07

Originally posted by EbenEmael

Originally posted by Moaky07

"I don't think however that getting rid of the vet forum will solve anything...Jestor and his ilk will just set up shop somewhere else. No it's time to tame the Wild West of the Internet, Cyber stalking Cyber harassment need to have real consequences.
"

 

It wont stop it entirely...but it would end it on this site.

 

This is supposed to be a site about MMOs, and news pertaining to them.

Not a glorified "hate club". That is grade school BS.

MMORPG.com would be a lot better place if this stuff wasnt allowed. Instead it gives credence to folks like Jestor...who wouldnt receive the time of day on nearly any other site.

I am sure some law enforcement agencies would love to get their hands on the vets posts from this site the past 3 years. From those alone you would find conspiracy to destroy property(the ones that used to damage game boxes on shelves and call upon others to as well), threats made to SOE(Wildcats threat of website if SOE didnt open classic servers), general hate inspired actions, and IP infringement...or whatever else.

These are just things off the top of my head.

When Jeff died it took on a real face around here.

Put an end to it Stratton.

Make this a site about present/future games...not wallowing in the past.

That is very narrow minded of you, wanting these forums removed because you don't agree with some posters. If you don't like these threads than don't read them. Some of the people here are trying to educate others about what type of company SOE is. You can find just as much 'hate' on the official forums.

As far as Jeff goes, he obviously had other issues he was dealing with. No one knows what other than himself and his family. Trying to place the blame on anyone in this forum is ridiculous.

 

Were you around when Jeff come to make peace with the "vets"?

 

He was lambasted. You could tell it bothered him by him bothering to show up to post...he was viewed as akin to the anti-christ. Here he works in the industry, and everywhere his reputation didnt just take a hit...it was torn apart.

It didnt go on for 6 months or a year either...we are talking a couple months short of 3 yrs and the whining is still going on. These "vets" keep dibs on everyone involved, hoping to get another chance to cause em grief I would imagine.

Ask one of their "elite" members where Nancy or Julio is working presently...I bet they can answer without missing a beat.

 

All that place does is foster hate...and now things have gone too far.

 

I dont care if it was only a micro-fraction of concern to him...it is rediculous it has gone on this long.

Enough already. The fact someone would mouth off in his RIP post stating he didnt "suffer enough"  says it all.

Everyone not realizing how serious a matter this is must not of ever lost someone close to them in a similar manner.

It is time for it to end...and it never will as long as that forum exists. It may not curtail it entirely...but it can be done away with on this site.

Which is what should matter to the other posters here. A site for discussions...vs a site to cry over 3 yr old spilled beer.

 

i lost my sister in a similar manner , shut your mouth!

it was stated that it was not due to SWG

his family posted in the vet forums

i dont think any man would kill himself over a few dickwads on the internet.

the same hate can be found in every forum, the only difference is that the vets will say why it was better and how we got lied to... by removing the vets forum and having the ROC on every other forum you are censoring/deleting valid posts about valid opinions of a current MMO and the company that made it. if MMORPG.com would remove that forum they would be no better than SOE deleting all posts critisizing the NGE in the oboards.

you should open your eyes and do some research and see that MMORPG is happy land compared to other discusting and disturbing hate websites out there that are meant in the sole purpose of provoking suicide of targeted individuals.

if you really are pissed at the vet forum for the "so much hate" why not simply go to a major blog site and post on how hate sites should get banned (thus "regulating" the internet itself...)

and i will keep it polite and i will tell you

go away (what i really want to say to you has to much profanity)

Originally posted by BushMonkey

Originally posted by eccoton

Originally posted by Wharmaster

Originally posted by eccoton

A lot of us miss pre-cu SWG. I miss it a lot!

 

So did I. I went from game to game to game searching for the same feel, the same sense of immersion, the same rich environment.

So glad I found it.

 

Spill the beans! Where and what did you find?

 

Suposedly When Games change or are cancelEd, Many Unhappy  people get together and try to relive the experience. COMprende?

Genius!

Originally posted by bodypass

Originally posted by Thoric485

The positive thing WoW did is that it strengthened the genre, as in introducing a lot of new players to it.

The bad thing it did is that after dominating the market it put it's gameplay development to a complete halt and almost all new mmos are stuck with auto-attack, endless grinding and meaningless, annoying PvP, because developers are afraid to break the mold.

 

What all Wow haters (what's in a name?) have in common is that they never see the evolution.

Those who played it in 2006 wouldn't even recognize the current game anymore.

Blizzard constantly fine tunes it.

Just one example : how many of you - old players - know that you gain extensive experience honor and gold from daily open world PvP quests? I am 69 with my new PvP rogue and I really have to watch out not hitting 70 too early with all these multiple 12.300 experience PvP stuff I get each day for EACH PvP daily. So I only do 3 of them each day (2 open world and 1 in the BG).

Just an example like daily heroic dungeons or arena championships with  free CHOICE of gear and 25.000 dollar price money PER player.

Or the fact that  each Wow Realm had to contribute to the landing on Sunwell Island and everyone had to work together to change the Sunwell lands.

AV will have its 4th change with WotLK, but you all speak of Wow of yesterday. The one without PvP gear, resilience, arena, awarded open world pvp, heroic dungeons, professions that are updated each 6 months, etc....

The usual Blizzard quality.

 

 

pennies worth compared to other MMOs out there present and past

i was about to do the trial but then i saw the SOE logo and i just closed the window...

SOE = bad business(SWG)

Originally posted by Z3R01

Hell people copy a sad ass game like WoW, why not copy a Gem like Eve Replace spce with an ocean and Spaceship with boats and you have a winner.

regular SOE business plan

ive seen this before.. oh yeah SWG!!!

the way i see it is hiding behind your computer screen.

true story back in the days when i played world of warcraft (at launch and only played it for 2 months)

i was lvl 10 and minding my own business doing my own stuff and this guy challenges me for pvp. i see he is level 30 and i simply decline. he does it again and i decline. he does it a 3rd time i send him a polite PM to stop. he keeps doing it and i ask him why does he want to pvp if he can see that i am only lvl 10. his answer was because i know i can win you noob, now be a man and accept my challenge. to which i replied, you must be a very insecure kid in real life that has no friends and hides behind his computer screen and thinks he is all mighty because at lvl 30 he beat up a level 10. i get a pm back from him: reported have fun in bansville and he loged off.

never got banned (nor warned)

insecure kids who can't achieve nothing in live (most of the time its their parent's fault) can hide in a game which is easy for them to achieve something (instant gratification) and it makes them feel good, now he will reflect the behaviour of the only people with power that he has around him... (parents/ older brother/sister) back into the game, and there is where you find the asshats.

and writing this it just made me realize that again it all comes back to the bad parenting skills (or way of life of the parents) if a parent swears all the time, the father yells at the wife, what do you think the kid will grow up to do? swearing and yelling at the wife is normal

this same attitude is reflected within games that are very easy to get gratification such as WoW, WAR AOC EQ LOTRO etc... the only difference is that they are protected by 1) miles and miles and miles and 2) anonimity.

Originally posted by MARTYB2K

Originally posted by Squal'Zell

Originally posted by MARTYB2K

K lets go through some examples.

Dungeons:

WOW's best dungeons/Instances are much better than any game out there. Prove me wrong. The Deadmines for example is more fun than any other dungeon i've ever played in another MMO.

 

According to YOU, not to me

 

The MMO market is about 15million people. 11 million play WOW, so the vast majoirty of players agree with me. What gives the minority the right to think the majority are fools for believing this. Ok think of this. I'm an atheist. I don't believe in god, but the majoirtiy of the world do believe in god. I think all the believers are dumb for believing. How does that make you feel when i say that? Ignorant? Well thats how WOW players feel when we are told we are carebears for likeing this game.

never said wow players where carebears

could not care less what you believe in or what you think of what i believe

just don't impose on me that WoW is the best game of all time

yes 11/15 million play wow so they must back you up then again 80% of the world lives on less than 10$/day (thats 4.8/6 billion people that are hungry in the world) source: world bank development indicator 2008. is it better to be hungry? majority ONLY means ACCESSIBLE to more people. Target market is bigger.

a shoe manufacturer makes shoes. EVERYONE walks! every one needs shoes therefore more market possibilities

a glasses manufacturere will only make glasses for people who need glasses, market is reduced, thus less possibilities.

the fact that WoW has more market possibilities means that it will get more people.

EvE online is a more difficult to learn, comprehend and time consuming... that narrows down the target merket to only a select few thus less people will play.

and to the person who said grandmothers can learn to play any MMO? let her try eve online, or UO, or for that matter figure out the crafting system of SWG(pre-cu) (or darkfall if and when it comes out)

so i would sugest you take some classes in business or marketting before you post ridiculous comments like the ones you just did

P.S i think blizzard developpers are geniuses in the business world, not so much in game development.

Originally posted by MARTYB2K

K lets go through some examples.

Dungeons:

WOW's best dungeons/Instances are much better than any game out there. Prove me wrong. The Deadmines for example is more fun than any other dungeon i've ever played in another MMO.

According to YOU, not to me

People Just Need To EXCEPT WoW is the best MMO of all time

let me fix that for you

People Just need to know that EXCEPT WoW everything is the best MMO of all time

in all seriousness, no, it is not the best MMO of all time, perhaps the most sucess full, but not because its good but because its simple. like ive said many times before

Anyone and their grandmother can play wow

which is brilliant if you want to have billions of subscriptions. nonethesless, it is not the best game of all time.

perhaps to you but not for me and many others.

Originally posted by korvass

One thing that I don't understand:

Why is porn always the bad-guy? Why are people so hung up on cyber-sex anyway? I mean, if two guys hook up on the internet and have a bunch of emote sex while they jack off, whilst convincing themselves the other is a girl, who really gives a fuck? As long as they're not hurting anyone, what does it truly matter?

There's some truly bizarre and ignorant comments in this thread, from the 'furries are sick', to 'people who cyber online have no life' - yeh, and the mass-murder of fantasy creatures online means you do have a life?

What ever happened to just being happy for people doing their own thing?

If Billy over there likes to slaughter orcs all week long, cool! I'm glad you're having a good time. Johnny over there is roleplaying a well-hung shemale.. all power to him, I say. It's 2008, people, not the 12th century. Time to get over your hang-ups and just let people enjoy what makes them happy. As long as nobody is getting hurt.

 

k picture this, you are at a restaurant and at the table beside you there is a guy who enjoys eating naked, he is not hurting anyone, he is just there naked.

i would say the same thing for SL, there are places that sure go have your virtual sex, but do not come into a public area to do it...

this points to the quote " get a room"

Originally posted by UpskirtPower

i was wondering if guild wars or dea dor not too.

i recently purchsed factions about less than 30 days ago. i cant really get into it. i dont even know how to play. i play role play...... didnt finish it. i play pvp.... i jus run up to a group of oposing force and start to whack them... 5sec later... droped on ground.... revived.... 5sec later droped on ground...

i dont know how to play guild wars.

factions was not the best choice to start in

nightfall or prophecies would have been a much better choice as they will "teach" you how to play, how to get skills, what skills to get, some cool builds, and they ease you into pvp.

as for factions, its centered into pvp. it was made to enhance pvp of prophecies...

now as far as your pvp experience, its not like wow or eq2/eq1 swg aoc war.... you need to focus on your group. you alone are worthless, you need to complete yourself with the others. my sugestion would be to find yourself a nice guild and play with them, pvp with them (in their teams) monkeys will either heal and keep alive or prevent dmg that would be delt. as rangers and mesmers will interupt the casterswho in their turn will try to dish out exessive damage. while the tanks try to get the rangers and mesmers out of their way (tank) necros will help the monkeys ( thats what i call monks) and the eles keep their energy up or debuff the oposing forces while the others can do their jobs. assasins... they do precise strikes like shoadow step to the monk drop him and retreat to safety. and the rit... well he will just support any other class. ( i feel like im missing a class.) oh yeah paragon and dervish... paragon... i still have trouble wondering what they do... and dervish is DPS AOE with tanking capabilities.

oh and each class is not bound by what i just said, ive seen elementalists tank, rangers do over 1200 dmg aoe  ritualists heal and warriors assasinate.

Don't know what world you live in...

never had trouble finding PUGs be it in HM or in NM.

the best of the equipment can be aquired at lvl 15 for about 1 plat each (or less)

but you are right about the pvp and HA that youdo not get considered if you are not high enough rank. which you need to play HA to get...

try maxing out one of those 8 lvl 20s you have, and i dont mean lvl wise, i mean cap all elites, unlock all skills for all classes  with 1 character (even the ones you do not need) get titles, faction rank, (kurzick,luxon, sunspear, lightbringer,azuran,vanguard,norn,dwarven) get the extra 15 atribute points, max out your character