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• • Divergence: Divergence Gets Listed

  • Originally posted by Zorvan
    

    Originally posted by Shakkles
    

    A dozen or so big-name industry moguls flew from across the US and some across the world for no other purpose than to stand in front of a room full of broke guys and girls in their 20s and say, "Please get out there and develop because you're the only hope for mmorpgs in the future." They call it IMGDC.

    I think a lot of people are forgetting that SGL is the definition of Indie, which is a handful of young no-name guys trying to make something out of literally nothing and any progress so far towards that goal, ANY, should merit a modicum of respect or at least encouragement, don't you think?

    That's just my opinion.

     

     

    When it's done by any less-than-honest means? No.

    Being an "Indie developer" does not qualify you for instant respect or kudos.

    FYI: Mourning and DnL were both "Indie" games.

    Mourning I remember hearing about but have no idea what went on to kill it so I can't talk.

    DNL... yeah I remember DNL.

    In truth the only thing that I see them as "guilty" of would be saying how they had this big great game and it's 14km by 14km and so on and so forth.

    From what I can recall the game was just bug city but if you think DnL made one red cent off of the money people paid to play it you're dreaming. I doubt they ever made back what it cost to develop.

    But then again certain death awaits anyone stupid enough to try and make a fantasy game right now. indie or major developer alike. Yes even WAR will fall prey you mark my words to the girth of WOW.

    But I digress.

    I can definately see your point about "less than honest" approaches. The problem is that who knows if that's the case. The media manager at sgl hasn't worked there since, oh, since he was fired over the ordeal over a year and a half ago and the guy at mmorpg.com who recieved them isn't with mmorpg.com anymore either.

    /shrug

    I'm sure if the game ever gets to the point where there are a few thousand people playing and complaining on the forums every day about this being overpowered or that crashing to desktop like with any mmo that these will be much bigger problems than any screenshot mishap.

    At least those are the problems that I look forward to hearing about.

  • Posted: 4/18/08 3:59 AM
    General Discussion
• • Divergence: Divergence Gets Listed

  • A dozen or so big-name industry moguls flew from across the US and some across the world for no other purpose than to stand in front of a room full of broke guys and girls in their 20s and say, "Please get out there and develop because you're the only hope for mmorpgs in the future." They call it IMGDC.

    I think a lot of people are forgetting that SGL is the definition of Indie, which is a handful of young no-name guys trying to make something out of literally nothing and any progress so far towards that goal, ANY, should merit a modicum of respect or at least encouragement, don't you think?

    That's just my opinion.

     

     

  • Posted: 4/18/08 2:59 AM
    General Discussion
• • After doing alot more research

  • Here's hoping WAR is anywhere near as polished as wow because i'm still subscribed to that @#$% game for the 9th time and hating every minute of it >.<

    If you get an extra WAR beta key toss it my way and I'll make it worth your while lol.

     

     

  • Posted: 4/15/08 2:44 PM
    Age of Conan
• • After doing alot more research

  • Originally posted by Leucent
    

    Ya thats the class i m leaning towards. Now the wife i have to convince her to play , she s dead set on playing nothing till WAR comes out :) I ll just pick her up a copy too without telling her. Thats how i got her into MMO s in the first place :)

    Yeah I had both of those problems as well actually.

    1. Convincing a significant other to play an MMO I want to.
    2. Having a significant other who plays MMOs in the first place.

    Bewaaaaaaaaare!

    Seriously though I was really bummed out to find that when I finally got into beta it required a 4GB FREAKIN' PATCH that took more than the 3 hours they opened the stinking server for to download. So unfortunately I can't give you an inside scoop on how well conquerors really do tank :/

    Like it matters in reality anyways. There isn't anything else coming out for half a year so I'm pretty much committed to buying it anyways.

     

  • Posted: 4/15/08 2:37 PM
    Age of Conan
• • After doing alot more research

  • Originally posted by Leucent
    

    I have to say i m impressed. I m a huge WAR fan and will be playing it no matter what at it s release....but i m getting more impressed with this game as time goes by. I am truly bored to tears with the games out there atm and look forward to the 20 th. I need a new MMO fix and this will do a good job to fill that void. Now to decide on a class, i m usually a tank type but like dps :)

    Then you should check out "conqueror". From what I can tell it's a dual wielding class that can tank.

  • Posted: 4/15/08 2:15 PM
    Age of Conan