I don't like the idea of crafting armor/weapons.  I think Crafting should be exclusively for augmenting/enhancing your armor and weapons.  Leave the good loot for dungeons and quests.  That's my opinion on the matter.

Never say never.  But I'm glad you are enjoying yourself :)

stupid and biased

looking good

Originally posted by angus858

Those hands ... they're HUGE.  Otherwise the dwarves look great.  But the HANDS!

 Big hands are for wielding big weapons =P  Perhaps they will add monks as a class,  you only need hand to hand combat with those massive things.

You can't honestly expect this game (or any mmo) to pull the numbers WoW has.  A MMO needs less then 100k subs to stay afloat (rough estimate).  This is looking to be a really good game and all we can hope for is the best.  I'm hoping it will at least reach the 1 million mark with subs.

Huge open worlds do make the game feel immersive but it can also be tedious if you have to physically trek throught it everytime (especially if you've seen the area a hundred times).   It also sucks to rely on other people as a means of transportation (mage teleport,  druid spirit of the wolf [EverQuest]).

Don't get me wrong,  I love exploring new areas.  But once I've seen it, I've seen it..know what I mean?

Hype means absolutely nothing,  I say do your own research.

Originally posted by firefly2003

The frist Dragon Age was nothing but one long cinematic trailer.

 yep the "game" is just too slow paced and boring.

1.  Diablo 3

2.  Guild Wars 2  (looks better than the first one)

3.  Fable 3 (the first two Fable were 'meh' but this one looks better)

4.  Darkspore

5.  Torchlight 2  (only because it's probably out before Diablo 3)

I was already looking forward to Diablo 3 before this news,  now I'm really looking forward to it.  I especially like how you can salvage useless items you pick up to use for crafting materials & to save bag space.  And you can use those materials to not only make things but level up your artisan.

I think the lack of a meaniful and immersive story is what lacked most in Torchlight,  not lack of multiplayer.  Interesting that it releases in 2011,  supposedly so does Diablo 3.

time sink

Originally posted by Ihmotepp

 

But you create the problem of splitting up your players.

IN the normal game with say 3K on a server, I'm going to run into you in town, and in a dungeon, if we play at the same times, and are close to the same levels.

But what if you're in instance 27, and I"m in instance 19? And the next time we play, I'm in instance 11, and you're in instance 23?

It would go from feeling like a world where you begin to know the inhabitants, to a lobby game, where you never see the same people twice.

 That's why I mentioned:  people that are on your friend's list (or guild) will always show up in the same instance automatically.

Prime example is EVE Online but of course it's huge open space.  But if you consider how smaller/older games have to constantly merge servers to maintain a healthy population.  Wouldn't it makes more sense to have just one server for the entire player base from the very benginning?  Now I know your first concern is LAG,  but if it is done like City of Heroes it would be no problem.  When a certain "zone" reaches too many players a duplicated zone is created to host more players.   And everyone on your friend/guild list will always show up in the same zone.

Tell me what you think.  Should new MMOs use one server?

All mmo game play is repetitive.  What makes it fun is having interesting friends to play with and trying various group combinations.  For example, in EQ1 I had a group that was nothing but mages.  It was risky but everthing died insanely fast.  Also, PvP is always unpredictable and fun.

Originally posted by Bastioni

Originally posted by zethcarn

 A typical Farmville player would not want to play a MMO that involves massive amounts of time invested.

They spend years making chickens.

At 5-10 minutes per day.

MMO gamers are not the same target audience as Farmville players.  A typical Farmville player would not want to play a MMO that involves massive amounts of time invested (on a daily basis).  So I don't see how this information could be very relevant.

I think that most likely at least half those people aren't really stupid as you describe but are LAZY.  Too lazy to research their class,  too lazy to research boss fights,  generally want to be carried,  and/or are too bored to try hard all the time but they are still addicted to the game.  And you could attribute such laziness to the overall grind that MMOs present.  Just a theory.

Originally posted by huntard

Its a great change, i HATED the mana system for a class like the hunter. it was just plain stupid. I cant wait for Cata!

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