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• • You can never go back ........in MMORPGs

  • I am not sure where that little gnome came from, it has been a while.  I never played CoH so I could not tell you my opinion on that one.  I have always read that there was no group strategy and it was even easier than WoW. Is it true there is no tank and healer? Anyhow, I think I was also turned off by the whole super hero thing. I like fantasy based games myself.

  • Posted: 3/25/08 5:50 AM
    Developers Corner
• • We Dont Want Official Forums - EAMythic Wimped Out on the Casual Customer..

  • To me it shows Mythic has a backbone and makes me want to play even more. I say woot for Mythic! I am sick of devs kissing the whiny minorities' butts.

  • Posted: 3/24/08 6:55 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • You can never go back ........in MMORPGs

  • Just as the title points out is the fact once a MMORPG is created and then expanded untill it is trash .. which they all end up doing, you can never return. I love going through old single player games again after several years that I enjoyed and enjoying them once again. I would resub to Everquest again if it still existed as it did originally but it doesn't. The game it has become is trash in it's current form.

    I think developers should keep a copy of the original game after most of the bugs have been discovered and patched stored away safely for the future. Years later after the game has been destroyed with the expansions, they could rerelease a "classic" experience. I didn't like WoW as much as I did EQ but the original game has already been destroyed as well with it's expansion. It wasn't so great before, now it is complete garbage. These stupid companies always mess with the original game mechanics and vision that brought in all the subs because they listen to the loud minority on message boards in turn ruining what made the game a hit.

    You can never go back ... until some devs get smart and save that copy away for the future. I would even say a few servers should always stay up remaining unexpanded upon for folks like me that believe the game will never be better then when it was original created. I would still be on EQ.

  • Posted: 3/24/08 6:50 PM
    Developers Corner
• • MMORPG the slowest moving genre in gaming ever!!!

  • I think something may be wrong with the players that play this genre today if anything according to the OP's post. If you only want your online massive world to last one year then yes MMORPGs are not coming out fast enough for you. These games should be worlds though like EQ that people enjoy for many years. They should take a long time to adventure to the end and have a lot of depth.

    I think games in this genre keep getting more shallow and easier every time one comes out. They only feel like games now rather than living breathing worlds. I guess that is what some people want is just some more shallow garbage that you finish in a month and then on to the next. I feel that is the problem. We are going to end up with the garbage games that console games have become, less thinking .. more flashy fast graphics with big booms.

  • Posted: 3/24/08 6:37 PM
    General Discussion
• • Worst flaw in any MMO: Lack of OPTIONS

  • I like your idea and it hits on the problem  I think we have with MMORPGs today. Buy creating solo, casual, group, pvp etc you are basically creating different games. I think it would be hard to do with one game because basically you would have to design the game many times. It wouldn't be as simple as small adjustments.

    You did hit on some very good points with what is wrong with MMORPGs today though. MMORPGs today are trying to be the game for everyone instead of targetting a certain audience. I think we need games that are focused on the type of servers you mentioned in your post. Hopefully this will happen soon with how popular this genre has become. We need games that are focused on grouping, solo, casual, pvp, pve .. . BUT NOT ALL AT ONCE! This only gives particular type of gamers a mediocre experience. Give me the PvE group oriented player the game I desire.

  • Posted: 3/24/08 6:27 PM
    Developers Corner