I play WoW on a PvP server because of the danger, the challenge. Gankers and griefers are part of the excitement. Their existence fosters teaming-up and camaraderie between guildmates.

Although being a graphics whore, what ultimately hooks me is the fun - so yes. It's not that bad that I wouldn't stick around if the game was extremely fun.

If 3 million people have tried the game, and its current subscriber base is only ~300 thousand, am I correct to assume that EVE only attracts 10% of gamers?

I don't agree with CoX in the list: not a remake, but making another update with more variety to the missions. That would breath new life into our beloved super hero mmog.

I think it's a great idea for SWG - the original idea in CoX seems to have sucked everyone to its missions but in a negative way, but I don't think that's gonna happen in SWG. I'm eager to see what will come out of it.

Yeah, it saddened me to know of its demise. It didn't get me hooked up but it was fun to play at times. I guess it lacked challenge - it was too much point-and-click. But great artwork and humor.

Perhaps if they had gone with an item-shop since the beginning... Those on-screen ads really annoyed me.

Earlier this year I revisited the game and found nobody in PI - everbody was at the AE's. So, when you all say the game's empty, did you look for people at the AE's? In Freedom or Virtue?? The community was big and tight, they wouldn't vanish so quickly, thus they must be somewhere in-game.

Dana, I'm dying to know - how does the amount of time you played compares to the same amount in CO?? Better, worse, or the same??

Now, do I get a couple of days free to try all this new color??

This thread is laughable! Some piece of text full of "if"s and "maybe"s and you're sure it's F2P??? Even worse, you use the word "announces"?? How old are you, OP, 12? 8?

Originally posted by skydragonren

Let's see a while back, I put 2 different characters into a rather large guild in wow. played with them several months, never letting anyone know I controlled both characters I had put in.

 

Worked my way up the ranks, and eventually gained the trust of the GM to have access to all guild bank tabs.

I robbed the bank while noone was on a xferred off the server with character 1.

Waited quietly for 5 days for blizzard to replace all the items that had been stolen. Then I took character 2 and did it again.

It was mean, but the gold was great!

Thanks for the fish.

Now THAT was clever!

Thanks! I'll think about it :)

I have the opportunity of buying a cheap and sealed box of the LotRO here in Germany, but I'd like to have the opportunity to play in NA servers - could you please tell me there are copies specific for Europe and NA, or if it's only a matter of choosing the server of the region you want to play in? Thanks.

Saw all the video and still can't believe I16 is being hyped only on the basis of "colours". IF I could select the ray of a given power coming out of my hands, or eyes, or mouth, or gun, now that would be something.

They might as well have used their time doing something else, like new mission maps and objectives.

Interesting post. WoW caught me because it was my 2nd mmog, after CoX, being very different, and medieval - I'm a D&D player at heart (though I'm a sci-fi fan since a kid). I remember the starting area of the elves, with that beautiful and magic bloom effect all over, the misterious soundtrack - and the addicting sense of accomplishment.

Two months later I was out. And I had played my 1st mmog, CoX, for 6 months straight. I don't know what happened to WoW, it got boring around lvl 20, had already tried all races and classes and none made me stick to it anymore.

About a year later, after having tried many other mmogs (and SWG for 6 motnhs straight), my friends invited me back to try the BC - the new races caught me. They were beautiful and magical - perhaps like I first played the game, but the game play was so awesome (they really did a great work with those new starting areas for Dreanei and Blood elves. After getting back t the real world (old WoW maps) it started to get boring again...

Then I discovered the PvP servers - and my life in WoW changed. I simply forgot all my other toons (lowbies, around lvl 30), and remained on a PvP server for good. Played some 6 months and was forced to stop playing due to my carreer in another country, but I've been thinking about my Draenei Palladin every week since 10 months!

Now, about Aion, after reading lots about it, and having played a bit at Gamescom, I can't see what's not to like about it: it has beautiful graphics, nice interface, seems like an improved WoW, awesome char creator, and PvP oriented end game. I can't wait for the free trial - even though it's polished from its launch in North Korea, I believe every mmog needs some 6 months to really adjust itself.

Originally posted by Bob_Blawblaw

Not at ALL impressed by that footage. The ships look cool, the combat looked cool, the locales looked cool.... but Star Trek is NOT mainly about combat, and that's ALL this footage showed. Where's the exploration? Where's the diplomacy? It looked like there was no interaction at all between the characters other than them fighting each other.

I'll hold my final judgements of course for when more info is available, but so far... it looks like Cryptic don't know Star Trek to me.

And are you really that surprised, with the trend in the movies since a good time, especially the last one, that the Trek is long forgotten? It's all about Wars now...

What a great article!

After seeing the SWTOR private demo on Gamescom, I'd say it's gonna be heavily instanced in order to tell the story they want, ate least for the first levels.

Please go and try the game. It's a great game, easy to pick up and play. I usually play solo, which is easy in WoW. If you buy the Burning Crusdade, the new races are beautiful and their starting areas are awesome. If you start using add-ons, your life becomes much easier, but you may find the game too easy then. You could either turn off the add-ons or come to play in a PvP server! The community anywhere in the game will be awful, one of the worst I've seen, but if you play your game, you'll end up meeting nice and kind people, willing to help and team up for memorable adventures!

After reading a little about the game on websites like this one, reading forum posts and playing for 5 min at Gamescom, I'm in! Polished, beautiful, good interface, easy to pick up - it's already a success! But I might still wait some 6 months after official release for a 14 day trial and/or price reduction.

This next Issue has definitely grabbed my attention: mission difficulty control. I and my best friend created a hero duo that can overcome any mission on the game that does not rely on firepower - all the content simply got boring, we could win everything too easily! Now we might have to break a sweat for harder missions :)

And the SuperSK will be one of the best ideas implemented in CoX ever - it may well encourage more players to take on the role of leader and form more teams.

Still, I'd like to reinforce that I still see the game as being über repetitive - a little more variety over "get into instace, kill all and/or click the shiny" would be more than appreciated.