All Posts by bamwalla

1.  Cows.

Yeah, "ganking the gankers" is one of my favorite activities.  It just seems they will have to be of a different race in a specific area.  Can't wait for this game...

I voted Templar, but Glad and Chanter seem really cool as well.  Those templars look so helpless in PvP (so far), poor little fellas.  That and I'm not totally excited about the ranger and his seemingly ability to jump/cast, jump/shoot....otherwise it would be ranger all the way.... that's my 3 cents.

Guild Wars, yeah.  Relatively low grind, good story arc, decent graphics, healers are very important, gear only matters so much... pretty much what you are looking for.  Would be expensive to jump into at this point (one negative to expansions rather than monthly)  Was a great game when I played it years ago...

Dark Age o Camelot is older but it has some decent healing class type stuff going on, graphics aren't the best.  Lineage 2 has powerful healers...but you said no grind so pbbtt on that.  AC2 had fun healers...oh wait...

Luck!

Pretty sure Guild Wars 2 = Guild Wars 2.

Not THE next great game, but it will be A great game to play.  It really doesn't offer to much in the way of ground breaking game play (neither did WoW really--it was a game that millions were already playing in non-MMO form) Although flying is cool, it isn't enough to be the next great game.  The skills and classes are nothing new and the idea behind the game is really nothing new.  They even said that themselves when they referred to creating a game that players will fit into relatively easily.   I have no doubt this game will be lots of fun and provide some great PvP experiences.  Wonderful graphics, smooth game play .. yes.  It's the only game I am looking forward to, but I don't see it as being one of the best of all time.   Maybe they will prove me wrong, but not from what I have seen.

Living in the land of delayed release dates.... Maybe if I stop checking then when a game gets released I will be surprised. 

Thanks... Thanks for making it a heck of a lot harder for me to pick a class! :)

Switch to hot coffee and porn?  i dunno... Um.... There are some decent single player games out there now that don't require much time (in one sitting) at all.  There is a decent world outside to explore and adventure in, you could give that a shot...

I don't think that we expect to much from an MMO, when we become apathetic and take what ever is given to us then it is at that point that companies take advantage of the consumer.  The consumer should never settle for "whatever".  We should always demand more and better.  We should only give our money to that which we really feel is worth while.  Rewarding those that have worked for us and punishing those that release crap just for the hopes of snagging a lot of "pre-order" dollars.

Of course playing with your friends is fun, that's what friends are for.  If you hated hanging out with them then they probably wouldn't be your friends.

I voted Gladiator but I have always been one to play the classes less played.  So, I will see...  when some good game info finally releases itself.

For me it's definitely  Yes until proven otherwise.

I must say this is the only game I am truly looking forward to.

Well, this and Guild Wars 2... but this isn't that forum.

Well,  most games these days spoon feed you all the information that you might need.  Heck you don't even have to look for NPCs anymore -- there is a giant flashing symbol over their heads if they need to tell you something.  I will use AC as an example, because I was there in the beginning.  When that game started out you had no idea what you were doing.  This of course led to many mistakes on character development and rerolling to fix what you thought might be broken.  Heck, they didn't even tell you how to cast War magic.  You had to figure out the spell-comps on your own and test fire them until you got it right.  Asherons Call has since turned to the spoon fed style of play and it is far-far easier than it once was.  It also has 8 Years of development under its belt.  I still play it from time to time.  It isn't nearly as intelligent in design anymore, but still entertaining.

Absolutely graphics are better, technology is better, not the game itself.   Look at a computer from 10 years ago, back when a 1mb video card was nice.  Or before that when 8 bit video cards were the size of a shoe box top.  So the turd games keep getting prettier, woot -- now we have pretty turds.

There is a LOT of money in gaming these days, billions of dollars.  Slapping together a game and selling it for a profit is more the objective than building something that will stand for 10 or more years.

That's my 2 cents (before taxes)