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• • Jeff Freeman, former Lead Gameplay Designer on Star Wars Galaxies, has tragically taken his own life.

  • I don't mean to be insenstivite, but the guy deserved every bit of backlash for being partly responsible for  the biggest screw up in MMORPG history. 
    
    While its sad and tragic what happened, clearly something else is going on with this person's stability and health.  I don't think its fair to suddenly 'forget' what his part in the SWG NGE was because of this event.  We, as players need to remember these NGE scale type incidents, and need to hold companies responsible and to a higher level of standard.  That is the only way we will get quality games in the future instead of the trash we are getting now.  In my mind, the best way to honor poeple like this is to hold companies responsible for their mistakes, remember things like NGE, and pressure the MMORPG industry to move foward with a higher level of passion, dedication, creativity, excellence and execution to produce quality games, and to not allow it to move backward.

  • Posted: 10/01/08 11:54 PM
    General Discussion
• • The Single Greatest Problem with MMORPG's in a Picture.

  • So this has nothing to do with the idiots in the MMORPG industry making crappy games and bad decisions? Right...

    If you need examples there's a whole lot of em over at SOE.  There's also the problem of inbreeding in the MMORPG industry.  The guys that worked on a crappy game are the same guys working on MMORPGS in development now. 
    
    I'd say the biggest problem with MMORPG's aren't the players at all, its the lack of execution, bad management, and bad decisions that are destroying this industry.

  • Posted: 9/30/08 10:52 PM
    General Discussion
• • Vanguard: Saga of Heroes should be without monthly fee.

  • Originally posted by Wolfkrone
    

    it's not worth the $15 USD you pay for it, definitely. When compared to better MMORPG's that are on the market.

    
     

    Especially when you consider how small the developmen team is that is currently "supporting" the game.  Especially when you consider how few and far between updates to the game are made, and how little content each update brings when much more needs to be done to improve the caliber of the player's experience. 
    Especially when you consider how unfinished this game still is, over a year and a half after it launched.

    About 15 dollars a month is standard for most US based MMORPGs.  VG is a substandard game in its current state.  Therefore a lower subscription fee I feel is highly warranted in this case.

  • Posted: 9/28/08 2:11 AM
    Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
• • WoW vs VG vs WAR

  • Only got time to play one of them.  I'm also looking at who is going to be the strongest a year from now.  I'm making a list of some of the more unique features of each game to compare what is best for me.  Any comments on the subject in general of WoW vs VG vs WAR would be appreciated.

    WoW
    
    Based on the Warcraft Universe
    Casual play friendly
    Average Crafting
    PvP is average
    No Housing
    Roleplay Servers
    High population
    Interesting Boss battles
    
    VG

    Diplomacy - Needs work
    Deep Crafting
    Boats
    PvP is weak
    Persistant Housing
    No Roleplay Server
    Low population
    Weak Boss battles
    Bad Character Animations
    Ugly Character models
    Very few zoning
    Bad Performance
    Many bugs
    
    WAR
    
    Public Quests
    Tome of Knowledge
    RvR
    Based on the Warhammer Universe
    Casual play friendly
    PvP is average
    No Housing
    Roleplay servers
    Average to High population
    Weak Crafting
    
    What I like
    
    Housing or ownership of Inns/shops
    Casual - playtime is once or twice a week
    Roleplay
    Immersion
    Deep Crafting
    Interesting/fun Non combat activites
    Smooth Animations
    Pretty Character models
    Variety of unique clothing/armor models
    Interesting Combat
    High level of Character Customization - appearance and abilities
    Bug free
    Good Performance
    PVP - if it has meaning and substance behind it that can affect the gameworld.  Mindless random battles are not for me. 
    Interesting Quests
    
    So I'm sure some of you can see the dilemma I'm in right now.

  • Posted: 9/28/08 2:04 AM
    General Discussion
• • War Reaches 500k Subs in first week.

  • The real question isn't how many players they have a launch.  Its how many they retain after the first month.

  • Posted: 9/27/08 5:33 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)