Originally posted by BillMurphy
I will likely by SOMEONE beer. BE THERE! :)

Oh, I see how it is, buying beer at the shows I'm NOT attending. *grumble*

Originally posted by chelan

you review games for a living ... no sympathy here  ;)

Actually no, I'm an EMT for a living, I review games on the side.

Originally posted by Sarcan

Bill, you need to update your first post of this thread with all three MMORPG cabal information. That way first time reads know who to contact in and out of game to join any of the three societies.

Yeah, get on that Bill, duh. Slacker. Sheesh! ;)

Also, just so all you non-Templar folks know, well, Dragons in particular I guess...

I'm still working out the details, but I'm putting together a Bounty system for the Dragon guild... Every time one of you kill Bill in PvP and post a screenshot here on the forums (I guess I'll have to get a sticky'd "Killed Bill" thread created, I'm sure it will be record length given how gimpy he is) I'll have some form of reward...

Me and Sarc will have to get together and brainstorm it a bit and get the final details together, but there you have it. Bill, they're coming for you. ;)

Sorry guys, last couple of days has been hectic for me. I work as an EMT in my "real" job and past couple days I have been on the ambulance working. I'm off for a couple days now and will be off and on gamewise. Just send me a tell on GrrArgh and I'll get you in.

Main problem we have currently is only officers/GMs can invite, which is ridiculous IMO. Once we get a couple folks in the Dragon guild we'll bump some of you up to Officer so you can help us get folks invited.

I'm ingame.

Name: GrrArgh

Server: Grim (Same as El Gimpo, err I mean Bill.)

Faction: Dragon, natch.

Dragon Cabal formed: Enter the Wyvern

Hit me up for an invite!

I see how it is Bill, just blow off my involvement with the Dragon guild... 

<-- Grr

I'll be going Dragon. I'll be in the MMORPG Dragon guild, what ever it'll be called and whatever server it's on. I'll be hunting Bill's gimp Templar arse every chance I get. ;)

Originally posted by Lobotomist

Originally posted by RJCox

Originally posted by drakes821

To hit on the game length topic I'd like to point out that it took me 19 hours and 7 minutes to beat the game on normal. I explored every map and all dungeons but still played pretty fast and kept moving.

I also only died about 6 or so times. I'd say for the average person who doesn't just rush through the game it will take them 15-20 hours on normal solo.

This is about on par with my own experience, as mentioned above. I can imagine people blazing through it in 10-12 hours on normal if they're just trying to get through it and don't care about the story or side/bonus dungeons/encounters...

And still waiting for the OP go back and discuss being forced to play on Normal to unlock additional content, etc... ;)

http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/post/5004932#5004932

By the way...i know its just workaround. But you can just join friend on higher difficulty and it becomes unlocked for you :S

 

Hmm... I think you missunderstood me. I don't mind playing a good game multiple times. I completely played through Borderlands (including all DLC on each one, except the arena crap) 8+ times. That's all fine and dandy. I also don't mind the harder modes being unlocked by playing through once. And I definitely feel there should be enough levels in the leveling system to take you through multiple playthroughs.

My problem with D3 is once you get to Nightmare, it becomes pretty blatantly obvious that it should be considered "Normal". What they call normal is actually stripped down, content reduced easy mode. All the way through Normal I may have died 3-4 times total, and every single one of those I can chalk up to my own inattention or such. Distracted watching TV, went AFK to get a drink thinking the area was clear, etc. There was no challenge at all, and on top of that, they stripped out content. There are no drops above rare. The pages you need to continue leveling up the crafters (and actually craft items) are stripped out, etc.

Don't restrict my access to content to 'force' me to play through the game multiple times. Just make a fun game and I'll do it all on my own.

Also, from my experience, people on your friends list who haven't unlocked a difficulty setting themselves can't be invited. I've tried. Every person on my BNet friends list ingame who hasn't unlocked Nightmare is greyed out, preventing me from inviting them to my game.

Originally posted by drakes821

To hit on the game length topic I'd like to point out that it took me 19 hours and 7 minutes to beat the game on normal. I explored every map and all dungeons but still played pretty fast and kept moving.

I also only died about 6 or so times. I'd say for the average person who doesn't just rush through the game it will take them 15-20 hours on normal solo.

This is about on par with my own experience, as mentioned above. I can imagine people blazing through it in 10-12 hours on normal if they're just trying to get through it and don't care about the story or side/bonus dungeons/encounters...

And still waiting for the OP go back and discuss being forced to play on Normal to unlock additional content, etc... ;)

Originally posted by Lobotomist

Game lenght:

This is how long it took me to finish Act 1 with my barbarian.

Playing solo ,exploring maps , doing sidequests and talking with NPCs

9 hours , 20 minutes - at lvl 16

 

Just Act 1? That's impressive. It took me longer to finish my first playthrough than anyone else in my Friend's list cause I went everywhere I could find and did everything I could find to do. My first playthrough ran about 19 hours and I was level 32 or 33 when I finished the game on Normal.

Which for the record, would be my only REAL complaint with D3. Being forced to play through the game on easymode to unlock how the game was obviously meant to be played from the start: minimum of Nightmare.

Grr.Arrgh - 40+ Zerker - Weaponsmithing (Plus others down the road.)

Kunou - 24+ Priest - Undecided

Fleia - Noob Archer - Undecided

1. Earth & Beyond.

2. Auto Assault.

3. Motor City Online.

4. Tabula Rasa

5. Chronicles of Spellborn.

Originally posted by miguksaram
So is this guild for TERA still happening?  I followed the above link and noticed no one aside from Bill Murphy had applied (on that page) for TERA while there was an overwhelming number of people who applied for the GW2 guild.  I'm very interested in playing with the rest of the MMORPG.com community in TERA if its still happening.

Yes, very much still happening. Guild is up and running, feel free to join. It's simple, once you're in game just click on the Social menu/button, select "Guilds on Server" and put "mm" in the search box and hit enter. We'll be first in the list with a handy "Apply to guild" button next to the name. 

Myself and a couple others go through and accept all the applicants a couple times a day.

I think most people just haven't bothered with the website guild page, but there's plenty of folks in the ingame guild.

Originally posted by dschle

Personally to me, if you have to wait till lvl 20, 1/3 of the leveling, before the game gets good, it's a major red flag in my personal eyes. 

It may be 1/3 of the possible levels, but it really doesn't take much time to get there... I downloaded the beta Sat afternoon. I was level 23 after about 8 hours of solo playing, as a Priest.

There are things I'm still iffy about with the game. I'm digging it currently, more than I have with an MMO in quite a while, but it will be interesting to see how it holds my attention... I don't know how the higher levels are, but the lower/mid ones are definitely far less grindy than I feared they would be, cause you know, stereotypes and all...

EDIT: And don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to argue or flame your point, just saying that was one of the big fears I went into the game with after reading people's opinions about it online. I just assumed that if the game didn't get fun until 20 like a lot of people claimed, and with the Korean influence of the game it MUST be grindy as hell, it would be weeks before I was having fun or whatever. Ended up being pleasantly surprised in that regard.

I'm in! Good to see this, especially considering how many times we've attempted to do it over the years in various games. :)

We also have Steam Groups for MMORPG.com's network sites RTSGuru.com and FPSGuru.com:

RTSG: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/RTSGuru

FPSG: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FPSGuru

Feel free to join to find people who are interested in those genres for when you're not getting your MMO fix. :)

Originally posted by Mitara

So... what were your questions and answers?

The questions/answers actually ran a week or so ago in a three part series.

Yeah, sorry, this isn't a review or preview. I'm not in the beta, I have no idea what issues beta participants may or may not be suffering. All I know, and all I based this piece on, was what I saw, played, and was told at E3.

Originally posted by bumfman

I too was a fan of wing commander. Are they still able to get this game running in the U.S. this year?

It's in open beta in the US right now. Go to the link listed in the article and check it out. blackprophecy.gamigo.com I think it was. :)

Originally posted by Loktofeit

For Sunsword: What were some of the lessons learned as designer/producer for Ultima Online that you applied to Gods and Heroes?

Added to the list.

Feel free to submit as many as you'd like! :)