Originally posted by nariusseldon

Originally posted by jpnole
I forsee a day not far off when AI becomes so advanced there will not be any need for a PVP server. What do you think?

 

Nah, it is not about how good that is.

Do you know that AI are routinely DUMBED DOWN in games today? For example, Blizz did away with the aggro table in the FC encounter in TOC. That fight was more like a PvP fight cause the NPCs will go after weaker players, instead of just the tank. I think they changed it because it was too hard.

I dunno, last time I did it on my lock the rogue chased me around the entire match; I hadn't even attacked him. Honestly it reminded me a lot of real PvP :(.

Every Bioware game to date: Awesome.

Star Fox: Awesome.

Combined: Awesome x2.

I rest my case.

Two words: Alterac Valley.

Your assertion that horde is favored over alliance has been undone.

Originally posted by arunasme

We dont recruit russians, then again we dont recruit no one unless someone of good english skills introduces him self to us ingame .

Quoted for irony.

Personally I think it failed because of the stupid " queue for an instanced battle from anywhere" mechanic. At the very least RvR lakes should have been the primary means of PvP leveling, with battle queues taking a backseat for off-peak when lake battles weren't happening. 

Just make an Animal Crossing MMO and be done with it. Should draw out all the furries that'll be hopping onto WoW Cata to get some hot yiffin' w/ the worgen.

Originally posted by just2duh

Originally posted by J0K3R_3D

Im still waiting for my happy ending with Morrigan. :( Now that DA2 is a completely different story in a different timeline ... it better come in a DLC or expansion!

  Haha, I know what you mean.

 She had one of the more interesting endings, and it really led you to believe it wasn't going to end there. Even an endgame dialog choice is something like "Q:so what are you going to do now?" "A:I'm going to go find Morrigan" /roll credits.

 I want to know what happened to my darkspawn love child damnit! xD That would be one DLC pack i'd actually consider buying now.

She gave me crabs so I sold her out to her mother. End of story. Hurray.

Well, the online numbers may fall, but I doubt anyone will be completely quitting their MMO.

Originally posted by Kaelano1

little known fact. a hyjal map has always been in the files on your machine.

we used to enter it by climbing over mountains, but later could only view it with 3rd party software. emerald dream is there, too.

I'm sure there are still youtube videos of it.

More like widely known >_>

Originally posted by Meltdown

lol... I've been playing League of Legends over the past week and its been tons of fun. Although I find it hard to believe anyone who had never played DoTA before would consider LoL to be newbish or overly easy. I go to check out HoN's website and the heroes have no abilities up, all videos are empty, the link to the replays brings you to a completely blank page... maybe the game is better, but League of Legends' website is much better. ahahaha what a joke

Definitely! Obviously the true mark of a great game is its website. 

/sarcasm off

Seriously though, I think the website looks pretty good: http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/

It does sadden me that they're offering a stat reset for $20...almost half the cost of the game XD.

Originally posted by Blackdef

BEST GAME EVER!!!

If by "best" you mean "second to HoN", then yes, it is best.

Great article; I'll have to check it out now. On a side note, I believe the term you're looking for is "tongue-in-cheek", not "tongue and cheek". Common mistake :)

It's too bad the patch really screwed things over. Durability loss from fighting mobs has increased to the point of items falling apart in a very short amount of time. Couple the durability loss with depletable nodes that house very little ore, and the price of enjoying yourself has gone up to asian grinding levels. I enjoyed the game - I defended it where I could and tried my best to love it; however, this patch shows me that they don't even test the things before they release them.

There's a slew of other things I could talk about that got screwed up with the patch, but really, I'm too disappointed to bother with it. I'm taking a hiatus until at least October to see how the game turns out; I really do hope that it gets better. The thrill of full loot PvP really made it a lot of fun...so much so that I don't know if I'll ever be able to play a PvP game again without it. Now that I got that off my chest, I'm going to go watch paint dry...or something.

There was an account where an in-game GM teleported an exploiting player into the guardless town. This may be what all the fuss is about.

Originally posted by HerculesSAS

Originally posted by funkmastaD

Originally posted by HerculesSAS

Originally posted by Thorii

Can't wait for this patch, will fix so many things! Was almost wondering where they'd gone before this poped up. It's good to know how hard they're working.

I recall them saying previous patches would fix a lot of stuff, and it didn't. So why not be a little patient and see what actually happens, rather than take it at face value given their past history isn't exactly stellar.

I trust this knee-jerk negativity.

Sorry, I just look at the history of their patches, the promises they have made, and the results.

 

It doesn't take a rocket scientist. But if you want to believe it's going to all get fixed with THIS miracle patch.... so be it.

Notice it's usually the people speaking out against the game that claim miracle patches. Those of us actually playing and enjoying the game don't expect a miracle patch. It would seem he just wants to set up an "I told you so! lol miracle patch!" if anything in the preliminary patch notes doesn't make it in.

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Originally posted by negentropy

Originally posted by Burnthebed

Originally posted by negentropy

Originally posted by xx19kilosold

Originally posted by negentropy

Originally posted by Warmaker

Originally posted by Lateris

I think so. The LOTRO community is very dedicated. 

 There's some that were very dedicated to LOTRO, Lateris.  I was once very dedicated to the game, but not anymore ever since the big F2P announcement.  Sure I'm not alone, but whatever.  Done with it, uninstalled, moved onto another MMORPG.  But I like checking back in to see the drama unfold further with LOTRO.

Look up the definition of dedicated.

If all it takes is the addition of a F2P OPTION to the game to send you packing, you weren't that dedicated in the first place. Bye. We won't miss you.

You are EXACTLY the "sheep" with credit cards that Turbine is counting on.

There tends to be some people that are huge Tolkien fans that play Lotro that cant seem to be able to understand that you can love his work, but still despise Turbine.

I love how some of you still think that this is just another option of payment to play. This my friends is going to be a huge shift in design philosophy for Turbine. You really think that nothings going to change? Well its starting to show its ugly head in DDO, paid respecs even for VIP subscribers after they are making chnges to classes in the next update? It will be a very subtle change over time but the game will forever change to become centered around what the next "blue light" special thats up for sale at the LoTRO store. Some of you are naive. I dont mean to be rude, but its the truth. I just dont understand how you can not see the value of a subscription is going to be diminished greatly.  Things might be somehwhat similar at launch of f2p, but the first time they charge everyone for what would of been  a free contetn update under the old model,  regardless of VIP or lifer its going to be funny listening to the roar from the crowd. All the fluff that used to be included IN the game, will be for sale regardless of whether you are a subscriber or not.

 

Lotro was a great game that was run into the ground by Turbine. AC was the only game they can claim long term success with. AC2 failed, DDO f2p. Lotro(what could of been their cash cow if it where not run by monkeys) F2P.

 

"Sheep" come in many forms...you know, like people who blindly pay $15 a month to play a game...

 Uh, dude, I don't know if you realize it but you're posting on MMORPG.com....90% of these games come with a monthly fee.

If you don't like paying the fee then I think you may have the wrong genre/website.

And before you get on your high horse I do realize there are F2P games and all of that but the majority of these games are P2P model.

I don't mind the idea of Lotro going f2p, but I need to see how the cash shop works.

Uh, dude....research much?

There are 435 games on this site. 139 are subscription based and 316 F2P/Item Mall. The difference is 22, which are probably B2P and other business models that show in both lists. You would know this if you had taken the time to pull 2 custom lists off the site, paste them into a spreadsheet, and count.

Let's "fix" your number, shall we?

"Uh, dude, I don't know if you realize it but you're posting on MMORPG.com....31% of these games come with a monthly fee."

But then I guess its just easier for you to make up a number and try to pass it off as fact, huh?

Pwnt

I'll probably join up once thievery is in. Been waiting for a game to do it right since UO.

I have to agree that their billing system is a joke. The game has gotten a lot better, but the billing system is just as bad as the day the game launched. I will say that you need new friends if they don't believe you.

Originally posted by negentropy

Originally posted by n00bit

Originally posted by negentropy

Originally posted by deviliscious

LMAO! gotta love the RUNESCAPE ADVERTISERS these days. Now if you venture around these forums, you will undoubtedly see that runescape is not very popular with REAL GAMERS. Browse through the developers corner, and you will see that most consider it a " poor business model" but  do give them credit for their use of miniclip to gain new children to play. Jagex themselves has called their game a " junior mmo" .  Yes, that is right, a Junior mmo for children and heavily advertised their child safety features at E3.

Real Gamers. ROTFL. Now THAT'S funny...

 

Anyone who uses "ROTFL" is not a real gamer...

It's "ROFL" or nothin' bro.

I guess that would be true with this crowd. The additional 'T' might make their heads explode and that would just make a mess in their new, shiny protective helmets.

Bah, the whole "ROTFL" came about because of some stupid Comcast commercial trying to appeal to the internet generation; if you're going to try and use acronyms popular with a certain group, at least make sure that you get them right.

Originally posted by negentropy

Originally posted by deviliscious

LMAO! gotta love the RUNESCAPE ADVERTISERS these days. Now if you venture around these forums, you will undoubtedly see that runescape is not very popular with REAL GAMERS. Browse through the developers corner, and you will see that most consider it a " poor business model" but  do give them credit for their use of miniclip to gain new children to play. Jagex themselves has called their game a " junior mmo" .  Yes, that is right, a Junior mmo for children and heavily advertised their child safety features at E3.

Real Gamers. ROTFL. Now THAT'S funny...

Anyone who uses "ROTFL" is not a real gamer...

It's "ROFL" or nothin' bro.