Thanks for all your help and advice guys!

I will be working on this and posting more information about it as well.

To the OP, I apologize if I hijacked a part of your thread.

Before I ask my question, please pardon my ignorance in this area.

How come you cannot juse "Design" the MMO on paper and theory, ie the story, the classes, the races, the combat style,the skills, how they work, the crafting mechanism, etc etc etc - and sell that idea to a publisher ?

To be honest, I have (what I think) an amazing idea for an MMO that would be somewhat revolutionary in the way it does thing, but really does not need any new technology to be invented to create it, its just a really great design of a game from story concept to game mechanics and style. I figured once I finished with it, there might be an honest chance to shop it to publishers. Am I completel wrong here?

I totally agree. I was just about to post something like this. I absolutely am in love using the controller. I been playing MMOs since UO and I thought I would never resisit wanting to use a keyboard and mouse but I just dont know if I can go back to playing an MMO without the controller now. Sony did an ammazing job developing the game so that skills and abilities can be used via combos and specific buttons on the controller.

I been playing DCUO the last couple weeks and  I absolutely love using my 360 controller. The thought of going back to the keyboard and mouse again to play some of my other MMOs is just dreadful. Anyone know of any other MMOs that take advantage of using a controler?

X-fire advertises some thing called switchblade which allows you to play any PC game with a controler but when I downloaded it, it wanted me to register and it looks like the people who made it no longer support it and there is no way to register the product to start using it.

Really would love to play eq2, STO, LOTRO with the controller.

Magic The Gathering

Medieval Total War

Fallout

Originally posted by NegativeJoe

 

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Originally posted by TheHavok
and generally not meeting the standards of an mmorpg released in 2008-2009. Was it Mythic's fault? 
 

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as a huge DAoC fan i couldn't really get into WAR. but also as a general mmorpg fan that has tried every other game released since WoW...what game DID meet the standards of an mmorpg ?
WAR isn't a bad game at all. I can't think of another game released in the past few years thats better. PotBS? Vanguard? AOC? Tabula Rasa? Spellborn? Darkfall? big no to all. Aion, Fallen Earth you think? played them both and bigger no to both.

it gets a bad rap for alot of things, some being valid, others just being that at this point in time, alot of mmorpg fans are jus disheartedned and bored at the entire genre. (which is why this whole aion fad has me so puzzled...the only draw it has is..its a new game to grind)

I disagree about Fallen Earth. The graphics arent all that great, but the game is groundbreaking in its creativitiy and as immersive as EQ1 was. BUT, you have to enjoy a post apocalyptic type setting to enjoy the game. There arent any elves or majestic castles; instead there are trailer partks and junkyards where you scavenge for scrap metal to make guns. 

There will always be a special place in my heart for DAOC. I will never forget the times running around Isle of Glass or Aegir Landing doing tasks and killing Mygga. I will never forget the weekend long relic raid battles. The all night sieges going back and forth is about as much fun as I have ever had playing an MMO.

When I heard about the consolidated servers and possible release of Origins, I wanted to get back into game shape so  I resubbed. Lots of memories came back, and things were good. But as I played, something just wasn't right. It took me some time to figure out, but eventually it became pretty clear to me. This is NOT the DAOC that I knew or played. The game has changed irreversibly regardless of origins or not.

One of the best things about DAOC back in the day was you would log on, and take a deep breath and ask yourself "Where am I going to hunt and kill today?" Nowdays, the game sets you on a pretty linear path. It seemed like I was constantly bogged down by quests that I had to do. Class quests, epic quests, ML quests, faction quests....  Even if it wasnt mandatory, it seemed like the game pushes you very hard into the questing system considering the rewards you get in xp and loot for questing. All the teleporting seemed to make horse riding and boat rides useless as well.

After playing for about three weeks, I decided that, although I will always love DAOC for the fun it had given me years ago, its charm is gone and its personality has changed. I really hope the new server does well, and it continues to give people he excitement of open RvR warfare and sieges that it once gave me, but it seems my time in Camelot has truly come to an end.

Originally posted by wesjr

This is what the "buzz" is about...

 

http://www.camelotherald.com/more/3872.shtml

Thanks for that link, all the hubub makes sense now. I would prefer origins over the new cluster, so I will be crossing my fingers.

In searching for news on the upcoming changes to the game, I keep reading snippets about people talking about going to origins instead of playing on the new consilidated server. However, I cannot find anything on the Herald talking about bringing the Origins server project back. Can anyone confirm for me what is going on?

Originally posted by Doonya

Several changes have been brough in over various patches some of the major changes are:

All ML and arti mobs have average respawn of 10 mins - no more waiting hours, days, weeks only to find someone else got there while you were afk.  Alsoyou no longer need the actaul arti to drop, just encounter credit plus the scrolls.

Many of the ML mobs and encounters have had their difficulty reduced - no longer need huge zerg-type raids to get MLs.

new mob type called a afrit (two levels doable by smaller and larger groups) plus elementals (for solo) which give an item which when you have collected five, they combine and you can get items previously only available on ML raids plus the chance they drop decent items when killing afrits. 

Scrolls are far far easier to come by .

Both artis and MLs can be bought with your Bounty Points - RvR enough and you can bypass TOA content and still get the rewards

 

Thanks for the recap. That sounds pretty good actually. I think I may resub :) 

Originally posted by sevitoth

TOA is easy now. Not like the old days.

Care to elaborate at all? What has changed?

Originally posted by Wolfenpride

Classic servers are near dead, but the Devon cluster is thriving right now.

Population of each server and cluster are at www.camelotherald.com

TOA?

No Thanks. 

I do like the idea of Eve and have heard nothing but great things about it. However, I dont think I will ever play Eve because at this point I am so behind the curve of all the established players, that it doesnt seem likely that I would ever be able to achieve too much when competing against all the longstanding veterans. If they ever opened a new server someday I would certainly check it out. 

I have been playing POTBS for about 5 days now, and I have to say that it has been a truly revolutionizing experience. The game is far from perfect and has its faults, especially with avatar combat. However, there are certain mechanics and new ideas to this game which I think should become staples in future MMOs.

The first thing that really blew my mind was how different the game is based on your class. In other MMOs, your class really only effects your playstyle and role in a group. In POTBS, your class effects the way the entire game is played and what kind quests / missions you get. If your interested in being a merchant and building warehouse, crafting supplies and controling the marketplace, then the game is going to focus around different types of ships you own and the entire point of going into open seas. 

I think this class style is revolutionary and hope more games in the future pick up on this. Instead of being just like everyone else and doing all the same quests,  except being able to us a different type of armor or casting certain spells, this system really makes you feel the game from an entirely diffrent perspective. 

Second thing is the ship battles. I must have slain over 100k bears in my MMO life, as well as twice as many goblins and orcs. In POTBS, the ship battles are extremely stategic and fun. Instead of just worrying about Health and mana, you have to watch your speed, your ships firing angle, how many crewman are available, ship morale, HPs for your sails and your hull, and what kind of ammo your using for the particular situation. I personally go with grapeshot style ammo and decimate the opposing ships crew, and then grapple and board them. Or if you for the firepower, just blast them with the heaviest shots you got until their hull is ready to break. 

I would say the game isnt for everyone. Its not a very quick satisfaction game and does require some strategy. But its certainly worth giving a go for the free trial and using up all your time. Try different classes and see which one suits your playstyle. For me, being a pirate and getting to steal other peoples ships when I defeat them is pure pleasure to me :) 

If you didnt have a pic of a mass murderer as your icon I would consider joining you. But that pic makes me wonder what kind of person you are

 Woody. You only need one period between sentences. Your school system has failed you. 

But yeah, Warhammer is not such a great game, and Mythic does pull some stunts like this from experience in DAOC. But I dont think its some kind of grand conspiracy. 

Originally posted by seabass2003

This is the answer I got.

Yes, when you enter the retail key into your account, the billing date will be moved back 30 days, thus giving you 30 days of free play. Now, depending on how your account was deactivated, you may or may not have to activate it by paying whatever your previous subscription rate was when the account was deactivated. This would be more, for example, if you failed to cancel it and didn't make a payment for the previous subscription. If a payment is required to reactivate, the retail key will still add an additional 30 days of free play on to it.

- Pent

Ok, I think I got this now. They will not let you add an expansion key to an account that is not currently active. You have to pay the $15 (or whatver you decided) to get it activated again, which gives you 30 days of playtime. Now, when you activate the key, it gives you another 30 days, pushing back the next charge to 60 days. 

So if I want to play this game on my old account, I will have to pay the $15 to turn it back on. Hmmm, not sure what I am gonna do.

Could anyone suggest a good server for a someone starting a completely new account? hehe 

Originally posted by Varking

I have started a thread for you.

Click me to read it

Thank you~

And also thank you too seabass2003

I can look at the forums, so I will continue to monitor both threads to see what answer I get. Great help from you two, I really appreciate it.

Originally posted by seabass2003

If you went with digital download no free time. All others I am pretty sure give you free time added even to an old account. I'm not positive but I am pretty sure I remember people talking about this on the official forums. Might want to check around just a bit more before you do anything like make a new account. I wouldn't know like other people because I have the lifetime so I just buy expacs and away I go. I'll try to check it out for you though.

 

From what I found the complete and collector's edition give you an extra 30 days, the digital does not. Hope that helped.

This is what I was thinking as well, as the account help FAQ alludes to this but isnt exactly specific to my situation. Unfortunatly unless your account is active, you cannot post on the official forums to ask. I'll poke around and see what  I can find.

Thanks for the help.

Originally posted by ZANGFEI

Sometimes i just have to laugh. Thanks......

Was my question really that ridiculous? I figured since the box says 30 days free, it would be strange to give 30 days free to some players and not to others. Since this is an all inclusive pack, I wasnt sure if it was an across the board 30 days free to anyone who buys and activates.

I guess I will just make a new account.