Ok lets delve into the realm of a controversial MMO ideas..

Grand Theft Auto Online - the controversial game sold big time.

Religon War Online - The final straw has been broken between the factions of the world. Christians, Jews, Muslims, Pagans, Hindus, etc. Throw em all in there! Make it a sci fi fantasy genre. The major religons follow their prophets (who may be beings from advanced civilizations who desire world dominance in the guise of religon) and set all the faiths upon each other. Mix up some military strategy, faith based powers, evolutionary traits like telepathy and psionics, ancient wiccan lores and who knows what else?

Take some heat and pump out a mmorpg like that and no doubt the rewards will come with it!

OMG the GMs are slaves!

Simultronics has sweat shops of GMs...

Just kiddin. Its simply amazing that there are such committed devs out there that will work on a game for free. Hopefully your passions will translate into a fantastic gaming experience.

My worst experience was with Lineage 2.

Next : RyL, Knight Online, AC2, Horizons, Shadowbane, and of course, SWG

Gameloading is right on target.  A developer must have a vision and stick to it.  Is there a successful game that pleases everybody? Of course not.

There may be a few adjustments that some developers take to expand their gaming base, but try to be all things for all people and you end up with no core or principle.

Obviously if the developers completely ignore the majority or players needs for major gameplay issues, the game will die. The trick is to determine if indeed most of your gaming base is unhappy and not react to a few whiners.

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Nicely done. Is there a video out there that focuses on a single character with the UI up and all the various in combat events that can occur during group combat?

I have seen some screenshots, but I would enjoy to see how that flows in real time.

Lol I eat crow as i see the second video.  Thanks again Brad

Will other races be able to speak to each other in game? Will orcs get to chat with dark elves and chaos? If not, will guild chat be the only means of communication?

I assume enemies will have no communication whatsoever, including in guild chat. So you can't have a guild with both sides as members.

Will there be a guild storage place or bank?

Looking for a guild myself !

Now I wonder will NDA apply to that post?

How will guild chat work? Will any race be able to speak to each other? Or are there language skills that need to be learned?

Excellent PR strategy! Why spend the time and effort in making your own forums when so many websites out there have forums to interact already.  Assign a few staff members to big websites and answer questions. Rest of development team can focus on getting WAR about before Vanguard!

Purty please get this game out!

This is a welcome change in PvP games. No more of those lvl 50 idiots who think they are so wonderful killing in a lowbie zone without repurcussions. No we can see you and deal with you face to face (or face to my rear as I run like a girl! LOL), but at least we can see you!

From what i have been reading Vanguard is going to be intense and demanding. Solo content and combat is there but doesn't appear to break any ground. I think because they are not emphasizing it. Where VG wants to shine is group combat. This is where all the "choices" in combat pop up. All the various mini events and message pop up as dynamic battle conditions change.

So VG is not bot friendly. So it will make you think and play. Hence is "Tedium is fun" sort of mind set.

Its been awhile since th HJ devs popped in to MMORPG.com. Anyone know the State of the Game?

I thought that was humorous too.

Curiously they didnt mention Stargate Worlds in development.  Go figure

Anyone watch Stargate Atlantis on the SciFi channel?

Thought it was interesting to see a military scientist discussing WoW interests with one of the main characters (Dr. Weir).

"I am level 75 Mage, what level are you?"

LOL

So, the question often comes up from devs. What features of MMORPGS attract women? There may not be any unique feature. I was just curious.

I know its not the scantily clad female avatars that make you buy that box..