All Posts by theanimedude

1) Yes, WoW has gotten worse. My friends and I were killing a mini-boss last night in Shadowmoon, and during the event, which lasta only around 5-10 minutes, I got 4 gold spamming tells. Every day I get atleast one in-game gold mail.

2) The only real way to stop it, is to hope the general public stop buying. But because they won't stop buying, they won't stop spamming. Sadly.

Until recently, when you went to the Blizzcon Website you were greeted by their press release, and a little note saying "When more information is available, we will share it"

Now, if you so graciously click my link, there is a picture of a timeline, of Blizzard's main release games since 1994, and the one that makes the big headline is Starcraft -- 1998.

Yes, I have been following all the SC: Online rumors around the net, but this makes me think.

People have been saying that they will be announcing the project at the upcoming event on May 19th, but my question is, why put it on the Blizzcon website then? Or moreso, why the Blizzcon Website specifically?

Possibly playable content, or huge content releases at Blizzcon (screenshots, movies, gameplay)? Or will they wait it out, and not make any official announces till that date?

[Discuss]

EDIT: Blizzard seems to keep messing with the site, and I think it might not be up for long, so I screenshotted it, just incase. It's Found Here

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Originally posted by sepher

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Originally posted by fariic1

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Originally posted by Amathe

There is no free trial, which is telling. You will see people post here and suggest you try it and see if you like it. That means buy it. You would think a game that touts its improvement over launch would want to have a free trial to show off its supposed better state.
That said, there are buddy keys you may be able to get from someone who bought it. There is a sticky thread about that in this forum.

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The game has been out 4 months? How many games offered a free trial after 4 months, or even released with one.
WoW didn't
CoH didn't
Lineage 2 didn't
Don't believe EQ2 had one.
Did AO, or DAoC?
Archlord didn't did it?
RFO didn't have one.
DDO didn't have one as far as I know.
You would think that by this time, with so many new people getting into MMO's that the next games coming down the pipe will take a clue from LoTRO and offer a trial at release. Who knows; well see, but not having a trial has nothing to do with how VG is. It is also unfair to expect one game company to do something that almost no other game company does.
Why should Sigil be expected to live by a higher standard then other companies in regard to offering a free trial this early in it's life?

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Free trials this close to release are unusual for games of this caliber...but it's worth noting World of Warcraft and Lord of the Rings had some pretty highly advertised and lengthy "true" open betas preceding their games. The Stress Test and Open Beta for World of Warcraft, and the World Tour for Lord of the Rings. The same goes for City of Heroes and Lineage 2. Any and everyone could sign up; Vanguard limited itself to pre-orders and paid Fileplanet accounts.

Anyway, point is...if you figure hundreds of thousands of people flow into these Open Betas, Lord of the Rings and World of Warcraft at least, a real open beta is significant towards offsetting the need of having a free trial early on in a game's life. Vanguard doesn't have the benefit of holding off on a free trial as long as those titles did; especially considering other factors such as widespread bad word of mouth and the "newness" waning with each subsequent release of other new MMOs.

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As a note: The only reason Blizzard's OB lasted so long was because Blizzard's stress test went horribly and they needed to majorly tweak network info.

I will agree though, the VG open beta was bull**** in every way. I play VG now, but I didn't start playing until last month because of their stupid beta decisions. For me, I finally got the nerve to pick it up, and haven't regretted it since.

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Originally posted by Rattrap
I guess you are not reading other posts , so i break it to you ... SOE just fired everyone working at Sigil

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Already read this. It was a smart move. Frankly, anyone can say 'we want a game to be just like this' but after you take peoples money, and deliver half of what you promised, I would do the same.

The game, is great, and has some really great ideas behind it, that are half-implemented.

What I was stating is exactly that: SOE is taking over Vanguard, and will do to it what should have been done before release. The game needs to be completed, and Sigil is just dinking around behind the scenes lately.

The #1 thing that needs to be fixed is performance, and Sigil stated that they were going to do nothing about tweaking the performance. EQ2s biggest issue was the same, and that was the first thing SOE did to EQ2 after release.

So yes, it's great they fired them. Sure, it's a shame people lost their jobs, but then again, if I were to be selling games at my job, and only doing half the transaction, I would like someone to fire me as well.

You were told to do this, you said you would, and you didn't. Get out of my sight.

My attitude towards the firing anyways.

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Originally posted by Rattrap
THEANIMEDUDE

You know what i wrote about Vanguard. But it was up to second week of its release. I never wrote another post about Vanguard
Because I felt that the game does deserve a chance - At least for the sake of its players and the people that invested so much to enjoy it.

I just wanted to dedicate this post to all the people that hyped Dark&Light , Vanguard and the likes to death - even when they knew the game is a failure - just so they wouldnt feel alone in their bad judgement. They were the villains in my eyes

And as for slantering Vanguard , i am not doing it ... there is no need

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Here's the problem with your evaluation, and everyone elses, which is why I constantly make a point to bring people who make posts like yours back down to earth.

Does anyone remember EQ2s launch? Anyone remember the record low numbers they had? How badly implemented the systems were?

As much as people like to bash SOE, the fact is that they know how to take a crap game and fix it somewhat (now now SWG players, we know your problems... and i'm sorry).

I can not say for a fact that SOE taking over Vanguard will be the best thing for it, but it has the potential to bring it to a new level. I think that with the current crafting, and diplomacy systems in place, SOE could make them have more impact on the game, I mean, the systems are there, they just need to be more important to the games progress. We're not asking SOE to come up with the concept, we're asking them to expand on an already there concept.

As for the adventuring system, it needs a little more group based content (say the 5 level instances like WoW) to pull in the more 'mainstream' crowd, to fill the servers a bit.

I think the systems in VG are very good, and a good step in the right direction for mainstream titles anyways. They made Crafting an important, and less 'gather 100 items and watch it craft for you' type of game, the diplomacy is nice for those of us who like strategy and it makes for a good passtime while you're bored.

I just think you're overlooking the good parts of VG. SOE taking it over would give it the 'steadfast' (Read: Ballbreaking) development it needs to attract the public eye.

So rather than start 100,000 bash posts, why doesn't someone make some posts pointing out the good things, and how they would like to see them expanded, and tell people why there are people who play this game.

I currently sub WoW, EQ2, and VG. If I didn't have station pass, I probably wouldn't have picked up VG, but it's not the worst MMORPG out there, as you all make it out to be. I just ask that you maybe give a balanced view of the game, instead of saying 'it sucks cause I say so, and I like to bash Brad, and I like to make myself feel better by putting down a game that some people on these boards may like to play, so i'll put them down by calling them derogatory names as well'.

Rattrap, as a senior member, I expect more from you.

To join the flamefest on Vanguard, is low, and sad.

The fact that you are resorting such tactics to get attention is is less than admirable.

I will say that Vanguard has it's flaws, yes, and it has been pointed out many times, thank you.

The fact is that with any game, people need to read, and make their own judgement.

Simply flaming and seeking attention in such ways is rather low.

I hope you find your game some day though.

I would have to say VG.

Even though you may be sick of them, they're offering a vast array of options right now, and ever expanding. You can build a house, boats, etc right now. A lot of people JUST play the social aspect, and not even the Adventure aspect of it.

I would say give it a go.

For a personal suggestion, I would suggest looking around at posts, and find a populated server, and join up. Adventure a bit, find your class/race favorites, and go adventuring a bit to get the feel of it.

One of the best features of VG is that race matters. There's not just a slight change from one to the other, there's HUGE changes.

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Originally posted by locdog420692

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Originally posted by britzban
Hey guys, I'm looking for a free game with mounts. Don't mention Silkroad Online. I have already played the piss out of that game a year ago. Don't post p2p games..anytime anyone posts recommendations for games and state they are looking for a f2p game half the posts are p2p .lol.

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That last sentence is so true. haha

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Could that be because people who ask for f2p are looking for good games, but don't realize that they have to p2p in order to get that?

I HAVE THE SOLUTION, EVERYONE READ MY POST!!!!!

If you hate the gold farming/selling, play the niche game that no one plays, so no one farms, because there's no profit... oh crap, but then everyone will start selling in the game... oh god... we're screwed... this all seems kind of redundant, doesn't it? JUST LIKE THESE TOPICS!!!

To get the full Everquest II pack you need to do two things:

1) go to your local games store and buy the "Echoes of Faydwer" pack. It has EQ2 and all expansions.

2) There are little 'content packs' that you can get on the side as well, and while I'm not a big fan of them, if you want them it's pretty easy. The best way to get them is to sign up for a 'station all access pass'. This is basically SOEs way of saying "Instead of paying $15/month for one game, pay $29/month for every game we have". All you have to do is own the package, and then you can play all the games they have, which I like. With this they add content packs, special upgrades, and tons of random stuff that's nice.

Also, to answer your question on 'why do they make so many expansions for MMOs?'... apparently the millions per month aren't enough, so they need more from us ;)

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Originally posted by Liliane

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Originally posted by theanimedude
I do not mean to be rude by this... but:
1) if you don't use flash by now, you're out of the loop. 5 years ago everything wasn't flash, but these days 75% of any decent content is flash based, get with it.
2) Flash has more functionality, with less server-load than any web-based protocols to date. Things like JS and CGI caused way too much server load, and ended up having issues on large scale usages. Seriously, before you bash something, live a day in our shoes. We use flash because it's more time efficient, better server usage, and everyone has it. We call that a 'standard' not an inconvenience.

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And You missed hole point, it doesn't matter if it's old or new technique or what You can do with it. It's SECURITY issue. Good web desiner is able to detect if there is flash and if not, then show just html-page or offer link to pass the flash. It's ignorant thinking that all people would use flash or want to use.

Yes, flash is very handy and easy to make, but it's still security issue,because it's active function in client side.

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There's security issues in ActiveX and it took windows, what, 4 years to not even FIX them, just allow you to tell it yes or no if you want to use it?

Security issues are not really an issue, because the only sites that utilize such bugs, are ones that you should be smart enough to not be using in the first place. i.e. if you have flash, go to sites you trust, and sites you don't, they have a little setting that doesn't LET people download stuff to you. They already fixed that, the same way windows did. SO it's your own fault if things happen to you through flash, just like windows stand with ActiveX.

To say that flash shouldn't be used because of a security issue is like saying that JavaScript, or any other funciton shouldn't because of the same issue. If you spend your life worrying about what could go wrong, you'll sit in the same spot forever.

EDIT: Also, there's many plugins that are made to stop such things from even displaying, until you verify their sources. So frankly, to whine about such a thing is like saying 'I want a new coffee, no there's nothing wrong with mine, I just want it from that pot'.

Enough arguing though. I don't want to taint such an interesting design and integration as Funcom seems to be trying to accomplish. Good luck everyone, and hope to see you on the boards.

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Originally posted by Liliane
http://www.darkdaysarecoming.com/
Badly design web-page, because without flash installed, You can't pass beon the first intro page. When does web designers learn, not all people will install plugins, because security reasons.

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I do not mean to be rude by this... but:

1) if you don't use flash by now, you're out of the loop. 5 years ago everything wasn't flash, but these days 75% of any decent content is flash based, get with it.

2) Flash has more functionality, with less server-load than any web-based protocols to date. Things like JS and CGI caused way too much server load, and ended up having issues on large scale usages. Seriously, before you bash something, live a day in our shoes. We use flash because it's more time efficient, better server usage, and everyone has it. We call that a 'standard' not an inconvenience.

As for the game, I can't wait. I love the puzzles, I was a big Myst fan, and the website gives me that kind of Myst feel, with a more 'real-time action' style. It's just amazing.

All I can say is that by the site layout and dedication, the heart that seems to be put into it, I can't wait to see what comes. If this is a single player like speculated, have at it, make it a great adventure, but if this is an MMO (possibly The World Online like some think) then I hope they keep a 'thought process' type game. I think that's what most MMOs are lacking, the need to think. If we could have an adventure online with some real thought puzzles mixed into it, it could really help hold some attention.

GO FUNCOM!

More Pennt Arcade Information feeding the flame. It seems the internet is up in arms about Blizzard's new announcement... dun dun dun.

Good luck everyone, and see you in SC Universe!

since "different than wow" is a big spectrum, try explaining what you don't like about wow, and what you want different.

"different than wow" could mean "I don't want to kill things" or "I don't want fantasy" or "I don't want MMO" or "I don't want levels" or any number of things...

so try specifying. Don't tell me you want food, tell me what food you enjoy.

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Originally posted by shae
It's so simple, it's not even funny...
Hard work, dedication to the community and a willingness to communicate properly. Work on bugs, destroy the performance issues, create reasonable content to keep people comming and make a public plea for a community rally.
As it stands right now, Brad. and Co. are creating and adversarial environment with their very own community. Amongst the big mistakes they've done so far, this is by the biggest. When a game is released is such a pore state one thing, and thing only, will help you carry through the bad times. The players.
If you're fighting them as well as the game, you're fighting a war on both sides and it's one you absolutely cannot and will not EVER win. Get the community on your side, bring them back into the fold, catter to them, build the game you know you can build, make them buy into the "vision" (woot for famous vision) and maybe, just MAYBE, within a year you'll start to regain some semblance of an MMO that can prosper both technically and financially for it's investors.
But really, for that to happen, Brad is going to have to get off that might high horse of his and I just don't see that happening.

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I'm going to have to agree with this 100%.

Here we have a bunch of VG players who are expressing their distaste for the game.

Now, if you honestly liked the developers and their vision, and trusted them to do what was right, you wouldn't feel the need to cry out for other people's sakes (I hope that's why you're flaming the game people)

If they treated their players like people, we would be supporting them, no matter what. We would hope that they could turn it around, make it all better, and make us happy.

Instead, we're sitting here, giving the game a worse repuation to other people who want to play it. This is what they should be afraid of. This is what brings the game down.

Essentially, we are now stopping their flow of new players because they refuse to fix what needs to be done. So, even though they are trying to fix things, we are stopping new players from seeing the things, therefore putting the game in a worse position.

Personally, Vanguard is my "No one is on WoW or EQ2, so I'll play Vanguard" game. If they did some work, got some new players in, and maybe had the guild system in place (wackos) then it might make my first play game.

Ok, time to bring more information to the rumor table.

1) Blizzard Europe reps reported earlier in the year that Blizzard is working on another MMO project, not related to Warcraft (Read: Warcraft, not WoW) which means they really only have 2 IPs to work with (no one wants a viking MMO blizz)

2) Blizzard announced a few years back that there would be another StarCraft fix for their IP before the decade anniversary of starcraft, meaning in the next few years (Note: This was re-itterated after the SC: Ghost fiasco)

3) The hirings in the past while have all been MMO related, and they HAVE specified certain criteria that would lead to an MMO (such as hinting at possible sci-fi related portfolio for art positions)

4) Why not? The sci-fi MMO department has all but gone stale in the past few years. So again, why not?

Because of my last posts action... which I will not comment on because of similar action...

All I have to say to you is this: Look. There are news posts, pages of people reporting OBs, and the like. So look.

And as an obligitory sign of good faith, and not flaming, I guess I am required to say 'good luck'

Agreed on many fronts. The tweak guide that is sticked here works well for most WoW systems. My advice to anyone who can, overclock your FSB a bit, and it will help a lot.

First impressions may have broken the game though, I think we would have a lot more players if it would have just been all fixed on release. Open Betas are there for a reason.

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Originally posted by r3dbull
Tabula Rasa, a great game that mix FPS action and RPG style, a must going open beta today. You must register and hope to recieve the confirmation email from them.
www.playtr.com/index.html
in the site click on "BETA" on the right

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1) It's called a Closed Beta, not an Open Beta. Open Beta means that anyone can join and play, Closed is a limited and specific group of testers.

2) There is no FPS in Tabula Rasa, it is all an RPG, just in a sci-fi setting. Guns != FPS.

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Originally posted by Produde

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Originally posted by CaesarsGhost
none... keep in mind they're InDevelopment for a reason... instead of released. ;-)

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Reading comprehension....
If all "Games in Development" games were RELEASED TODAY which would you play?

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I don't know how many MMOs you have played, but 'released' does not mean 'finished' in this genre of gaming.

But if I had to pick, I would have to say Tabula Rasa.