Oh, no. They are down to 10.3 million. Any day they will shut their doors...

What's curious to me is the fact that no other games seem to be getting these subs. 1) Its mostly Asian people finding new games, so we have no clue what they are playing now. 2) Mmorpgs are terrible.

I've played two MMOs with underwater combat: EQ and DAoC. It sucked in both of them.

Yea, bards and chanters are not dps.

If I decide to play I'm going to try the necro, ranger and bard.

I think you mean new developers, because new gamers don't develop these fly-by-night shams. The majority certainly don't support them.

I don't play anymore(well over 16 months), so my experience may be outdated.

As a hunter I had a hard time soloing warlocks.

As a rogue I had a hard time soloing a hunter. If it wasn't a newb hunter I probably was going to lose.

I'm still on the fence about this. It was a good time back in 2000-2004, but the genre has progressed and so have my expectations. I'm not looking forward to the boring raids, forced grouping, and everything else that lead to EQs downfall. Then again, EQ classic plus Kunark is still one of my favorite all time experiences.

i'm curious if the buffs/nerfs given to a few spells will remain. Also, some of you may remember that spells were handed out every 4 levels. Healing spells were given to druids/shamans much later than they are now. I wonder if that will change, as well.

I ilked DAoC crafting system. Sure, it was boring, but it ran the economy. Who cares about a fun craftinh system, if the crafted items are pointless.

As one of the few posters I respect, I eagerly await your verdict.

I feel like the author of this thread is very pessimistic. I guess he is just part of the percieved problem.

From wiki; A hobby is an activity or interest that is undertaken for pleasure or relaxation, typically done during one's leisure time.

Whatever the OP thinks is the definition of hobby is he is wrong. A hobby is something we do for fun. MMOs are hobbies. And? Learn what a hobby is, imo.

I've played for the past year. Took two breaks of 2-3 months each time. DDO at end game, imo, is terrible. To be fair, a lot of games at end game are not to my liking. Its slow paced, the individual matters little, little to no variety of tactics, and its repetitive.

One thing DDO has going for it is its True Reincarnation. You can start your toon over, and it lets you keep your gear. Some of the older gear can be used at a pretty low level. Any newer stuff, though, is basically 18-20 required.

If it wasn't for that I would have quit long ago. I'm not one who is for this mindless raiding. The gear is not worth staring at your screen being bored out of your mind. Its a game, and I want to play it.

Beta testers aren't there to give opinions on gameplay. No company has ever listened to "This won't work, because its not fun." They listen to "This won't work, because its bugged." Too many people think its opinion time, and then are upset that no one heeded the advice. Once a game is in beta the gameplay is set. They are just hammering out working code and server stability. There is no way they can go back to add or change core features. They have to follow a budget.

If you feel otherwise you're simply naive.

All games require some type of strategy. Some are more straightforward and linear than others.

Originally posted by skeaser

Originally posted by brostyn

You play a role as another person in a virtual world. Sound like roleplaying to me.

By your overly-broad definition, all video games are RPGs.

We play most video games for months or years?

You play a role as another person in a virtual world. Sound like roleplaying to me.

OP has joined the site 5 days ago, and has done nothing except hype up this game.

Color me very skeptical.

EQ

There are enough people in this thread agreeing with the OP that it must be a serious issue. I appreciate threads like this informing those of us who aren't blinded by desire.

Same exact thing happen to me. Except, I hadn't logged in for 9 months.

I get an email that said my password was changed. At first, I didn't care, but then I felt violated and wanted to correct this atrocity.

The part that makes me think its partly Blizzard's fault is nothing else was compromised. Not my bank account, not my credit card, nothing, even, though, I use those nonstop on my computer. So, some hacker sees all these credit card numbers, and my bank password, but goes after WoW? Which, I remind you I hadn't played in 9 months. Doesn't add up friends.

Neither. Both sound like more of the same old boring junk. Fun for 5 minutes, then gets old quick.