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• • The truth to why this was made

  • Hopefully, he'll be remembered for the original Ultima series. Ultima Online was great and is still a lot of fun. Koster or Garriot? OK, maybe Koster and that's fine.  But it was RG's world, so no problem there either.  But I, for one, certainly did NOT expect TR to be like it turned out.  Like Romero...Doom or Daikatana?
     

    And I know Emmitt is more recent, but if you go back to my age, you just close your eyes and pretend you never even considered Namath in a Rams uniform.  It just never happened.

  • Posted: 8/29/08 10:51 PM
    Tabula Rasa
• • STOP SAYING War is ONLY FOR PVP players and not for PVE lovers!

  • Not for PvE players?  Are we talking about Warhammer Online?  I'm a confirmed PvE player who tried WAR this Preview Weekend and I had a blast.  Public Quests add a nice little touch to PvE, in fact.  But, I also got into the PvP (RvR) part and that was fun too.  With both types of player being able to contribute to the overall effort, it could be that WAR can actually integrate both styles of play.  The thing I like is that the RvR has a PURPOSE in WAR.  In fact, the endgame IS RvR, much like it was in DAoC but much more developed.  The Battlegrounds (Scenarios) actually MEAN something in game terms.  This differentiates them entirely from WoW's BGs which are just fun PvP contests that don't really affect the world at large.

    No, WAR is not just for PvP lovers.  WAR let's both styles coexist and have fun.  And the PvP in WAR starts VERY early too, so you can actually LEARN how to PvP before you get to the top lvls and have to compete with uber-geared vets.

    Now, I won't tell anybody to stop expressing their views, but the PvE in WAR is on a par with genre standards, and even adds a few nice evolutionary touches.

  • Posted: 8/27/08 1:33 AM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Why would anybody leave WoW for WAR?

  • For something new.  And WAR PvE isn't bad at all.  The Public Quests, for example, are a LOT of fun, and contribute to the overall control of the zones, if not as much as the Scenarios and open RvR.  This should be a very good game.  You COULD go through WAR without RvR, much as you can WoW.  You'll just be missing a lot of the fun.

    WAR will appeal to many.  I got into WoW late and, while I'm enjoying it, I only have one lvl 70 toon, and that restricts me.  It's a healer (Resto Shaman, Alliance), so I get plenty of work.  But for those 5-man heroics, when the more experienced (i.e., better-geared) lvl 70 healer decides to put it together, that leaves me on the sidelines.  It will be nice to at least start even in WAR.

    So I think people will leave WoW for a few reasons:

    1.  It's new

    2.  Meaningful RvR

    3.  Starting even with the playerbase

    4.  And you've gotta love Drunken Dwarves with Grenades!

  • Posted: 8/25/08 5:03 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Swg Alternative's

  • Back on topic.  I've bounced around a lot as well.  Since SWG I've tried:

    Horizons -- Closest thing to pre-CU SWG I've found (minus any PvP whatsoever, which is fine by me).  However, also the closest thing to SWG in terms of horror show corporations.  When the whole account system blew up, that ended it for me.  Fantasy though.

    Anarchy Online -- This one is actually a great game.  The graphics might be dated, but the ability to differentiate the look of your characters is great.  Purportedly sci-fi, but you need to spend a LOT of time in Shadowlands, which is WAY to necromancer-ish for my tastes in a sci-fi game.  The Alien Expansion at least brought back the sci-fi stuf.  Problems were twofold:  after lvl 100, the game got too tough for me.  And crafting doesn't begin to really become viable until after lvl 100.  And in what other game can you play a viable character class called the Bureaucrat?  LOL  (CC, charms and some XP buffs that every group wants along!)

    LotRO -- Probably the most graphically beautiful game to date.  And...a yawner.  With prohibitive money sinks that make grinding through the early levels REALLY tough.  And no early mounts for a LOT of repetitive running back and forth across zones.  Turbine, ya coulda made us proud.

    Tabula Rasa -- Yikes!  Richard Garriot?  What went wrong here?  OK, it's kinda fun if you like zergs and button mashing, but no thanks.

    Shards of Dalaya -- I found this free emu-of-an-early-SOE-fantasy-version-I that's been almost completely reworked and is a LOT of fun.  It's like a new game with the early-SOE-fantasy-version-I graphics.  A great job.  And the guy who did it has a commercial title in the works.  Could be good.  No player housing, though.  I recommend this to folks who don't want to give SOE any money but liked the early-SOE-fantasy-version-I.

    Age of Conan -- Oh my.  This from the same company as AO?  OK, to be fair, AO for the first year or more was unplayable, and became a really fine game.  But AoC?  I don't think so.

    WoW -- Believe it or not, I find myself enjoying this very much.  I play on an RP server and found a great guild, both of which keep the raving 13-yr-olds to a minimum.  Lotta 40+ players on my server.  Very polished and a lot of fun in standard MMO style.  No, nobody's gonna forget pre-CU SWG for WoW.  And comparing the NGE-SWG to WoW is ludicrous.  They're nothing alike.  WoW IS fun, and is at the top of the heap for many reasons.

    Now, I just finished the Warhammer preview weekend.  Yes.  I'm going to subscribe to this one.  It does NOT purport to be anything "revolutionary".  It sets out to take what made DAoC a classic, and make it better.  It uses standard (WoW-like, if you must) mechanics, adds in a few evolutionary touches and some well-documented/developed story-world elements and comes out with a VERY nice game.  I'm definitely looking forward to this one.

  • Posted: 8/25/08 4:50 PM
    Star Wars Galaxies
• • SOE's claim to have learned from past mistakes: things to watch

  • What?  Card game rewards for things in SWG?  WTF?  Oh, man, what HAS happened to my once-favorite game of all time?  Will the indignities never cease?

    Yikes!

     

  • Posted: 8/25/08 3:59 PM
    Star Wars Galaxies