All Posts by liddokun

Actually this issue has been brough up already in congress and senate too in the U.S. This isn't a big issue yet but sooner or later it is gonna be. The big question here is "are virtual properties taxable?". This is certainly aimed at RMT (Real Money Trading) which is fast becoming a multi-million dollar a year industry. Also this issue isn't just aimed at mmorpgs, but the internet as a whole. Should the internet be taxed ? Of course there are a lot of issue that needs to be worked out due to the international nature of the internet. But the way I see it eventually everything in the internet will be subject to government tax as well but I won't see this becoming a major issue for the next 5 years.

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Originally posted by Znith
Ugh this game gives me really bad beta memories.   How many people play now?  Can't be more than 10.. ...

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http://ganked.com/home.htm

Another story of corporate backstabbing and betrayal in the MMO industry. But hey, to be fair there's two sides of this story and it's up to you on who to believe.

http://gankedlies.com/

Too bad a possibly good MMO game that went down the toilet due to internal company bickerings.

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Originally posted by Grimsom
.hack series is so fun to play. If you have played the first 4 hacks you would definetly say that GU hits the spot in enhancements and gameplay. Theres way more to do and instead of trying to do 3d skins they used the entire character design into 2d textures. The only thing i regret in this game is not being able to use datadrain at my will.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLabckoPC0g&eurl

Disclaimer: Do not try this at home. If you really tried this stunt with your Xbox 360 and it caught fire and exploded in front of your face scarring you for life and burn down your house then I am not liable for any injury/death and/or any loss of personal property and/or limbs. Furthermore I would consider you certifiably insane and you will need to be put on a straight jacket and sent to a psychiatric ward for the rest of your life. 

From what I heard about .hack/fragment it's not a true mmorpg. Basically Bandai's servers only acts as a player chat room / meeting room and the actual games are hosted on player's machine. And from what I read about it from other players, it wasn't too popular in japan. The service is free tho.

Preview of .hack//GU Volume 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABc_-n9rSu4

Preview of .hack//GU Volume 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QbKBCHd3I

In volume 3 Haseo gains a 4th form call Xth Form with his Adept Rogue class.

First form = Twin Blades (uses 2 swords or daggers)
2nd form = Edge Punisher (uses a large 2h sword blade) 
3rd form = Scythe Reaper (uses a scythe)
4th form = Bladegunner (uses 2 guns with blades on the front)

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Originally posted by TwilightEdge
Most ppl when talk about .hack mmo they think about features it has rather then actual .hack game imo.
The world is a complete sand-box game. You have big world, a lot of customization, you can do whatever you want, ffa pvp, fights where matters your skill etc. so yes.. i would like to see .hack mmo =]

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Originally posted by Motorhead

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Originally posted by Vinasty

And i Can spell creator i just type quicker than i think witch is a problem

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Priceless.  

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Yeah... I was having a heart and stopped tormenting this kid with his bad spelling. witch = which

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Originally posted by CleffyII
Rappelz really offers something good for the casual player.  Which is the ideal market you should be aiming for in a Free MMO.  Since you don't want your players on too long to hog your bandwidth.  Its rewarding for staying offline for prolonged periods of time.  Also it isn't too hard to mess up.  There were a few limiting factors I didn't like though.  Such as that Goth Race can't effectively use an Axe.

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Correction with the their form of income as being the cash shop, you would want your subscribers to be online actively playing and wasting their real life money on your cash shop items.

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Originally posted by CleffyII

Did they run out of good names?  gu seems kinda lazy like the guy thinking of the title had thier baby spit up and they got the name.

I agree, it wouldn't be that hot of a game.  Maybe if it was released before Phantasy Star it would be different.

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I tried it. I didn't particularly like it. The game offers nothing new to the table but then again I'm a jaded mmo player and very hard to please. In my opinion, Flyff would probably be a better game in my book. Then again the graphics for Rappelz uses Unreal engine and looks quite nice with all the shaders.

and PvP!!!! Actually the dungeon isn't instanced. It just uses a keyword to make an area since other players can also join the same area you are in if they input the same keyword. But I guess you are right, if they took out the storyline plot it would make a really boring game. I heard they are planning to port .hack//fragments to america in 2007.

/ignore is your friend. Seriously Blizzard needs to expand the ignore list from 30 people to 500 people. I tried petitioning Blizzard to expand the ignore list and I always get ignored.

Finished this game clocked at 28 hours. I really enjoyed this game but I felt it was kinda short (far too short for the expected 40 hours that the game developer predicted in an interview). Anyway, wouldn't it be cool if they made a real "The World R:2" mmorpg ?

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Originally posted by Hexagen

Last winter, when the majority of the media and public still remaind safely ignorant about the virtual assets market I was talking about it to a dean of a the business school at my university and he brought up a very interesting issue.

If it is possible to make money on rare items and chars there is a conflict of interest for coders and developers. How easy is it for a coder on the developer team to go into his little coding interface create a full blown high level avatar with excellent gear or, even simpler, just a certain amount of currency and then sell it on IGE or ebay?

Do you think we'll see any of that in the near future? Does anyone know if that's already going on?

AVATAR REALM

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I have been thinking... perhaps an interesting feature to implement in mmorpgs is "a virtual stock market". You could perhaps buy stocks in a certain npc establishment like an inn or npc shop. If the npc's service is being utilized a lot by other players it's stock would eventually appreciate and from time to time (perhaps once a RL month) the npc would pay dividends to its investor players. Just something I'm thinking while being bored at work :D So far haven't seen this feature implemented in any mmorpgs yet. What do you guys think ?

Well ... I started playing online RPGs back in 1992... back then they were called MUDs (Multi User Dungeons). They aren't exactly MASSIVELY Multiuser in the sense that at most only a hundred or so people play at the same time (back then bandwidth IS very EXPENSIVE) to be able to support a hundred user at once you need at least a T1 connection and those cost a small fortune back in 1992. But it IS a fun and exciting new world then and everything is in text and you gotta use your imagination to picture the strange new world you are in.

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Originally posted by Vinasty

Ok listen im looking seriously for a coder since you said you would gladly support anybody who isnt "in it for a joke" i may be 14 but does that make a difference to how i set out and develop my game im totaly commited to this project no matter how long and i just wanted to know if somebody who has done this ie "helped make a game" before if they wanted to earn quite alot of money by helping me create Vinasty

And i Can spell creator i just type quicker than i think witch is a problem

If u are Willing to help me and not just crush the whole concept then reply back saying "il help you

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And you failed again to mentioned what kind of "coder" you are looking for. What kind of game engine are you gonna use? Are you thinking of getting someone to develop a new engine from the ground up? And lastly do you have at least 3 million dollars since it pretty much cost that much to develop a commercially viable professional quality modern game these days. John Smedley mentioned that it cost them 3 million dollars to develop Everquest and that was back in 1996.  If you don't have that kind of money well you can always use Realmcrafter as a game engine. Only $65 bucks! Or you can go for the Unreal 2.0 engine which only cost US$350,000 (according to my sources) per license per game. If you are going for cutting edge technology there's the Unreal 3.x engine for tomorrow's games.

Website:

http://www.unrealtechnology.com/html/homefold/home.shtml (Home of the Unreal engine)

http://www.realmcrafter.com/ (Home of Realm Crafter)

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=123112&id=7635018 (Home of Autodesk Maya)

There now let it not be said I don't help out aspiring game developers.

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Originally posted by Gameloading

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Originally posted by Briansho
Wasn't there an AD&D one on AOL a long time ago that was popular?

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Sorta. the very first MMORPG was an AOL game called Never winter nights (don't confuse it with the NWN released a few years back on PC)

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