VKhaun

Are we just farming post count or is there some reason my comment was unreasonable?

Nonsense. EVE and DAoC are some of the longest running out there. EVE is doing fantastic, and DAoC is an even better example because it did HORRIBLE. I played DAoC from very early on and have gone back to it several times. They have always had cheating problems, balance issues, every expansion made the game WORSE, and it was still popular and active in PvP zones past eight years, with players begging for more PvP.

An MMORPG is an RPG game, played with others. Most RPG games don't have an 'end game', they just show you 'GAME OVER' and that's it. You're done. Obviously players aren't happy with that and they want an 'end game', but that doesn't work for a classic MMORPG because classic MMORPGS don't have true game play to begin with. They are enjoyable because you're playing a role in a team, building a character, and/or going through a story which is all just pushing through content, and you can't make content faster than players play it (See Architect Entertainment... the dev's know what I'm talking about and they have a good bid to get around it with AE...).

To satisfy players we have learned over time that a next gen MMORPG game must be one of two things to not flop:

1) Engaging to play. Some degree of active blocking, strategizing, aiming, etc. You also have other genres that can lean in like Planetside 2 (MMOFPS) to get both engaging gameplay and MMO building/progressing by adding gameplay from the other genre already proven as engaging... a PvP shooter format...

2) PvP. As demonstrated by EVE and DAoC, if your RPG end game is PvP you don't need to generate as much content. Players will clash over and over again in PvP, and it's only a matter of balance. Individual (1v1) balance is usually the focus of players but from a development standpoint it is much better and much easier to balance from a team perspective (which EvE and DAoC both do.). This lets you have a definable 'GAME OVER' just like a regular RPG, and still have something to go do with your completed character to show it off, compare it with others, or just keep your story going. The Secret World looks to be going this way.

The holy grail would have both (Guildwars 2 is the only example I know of)

BAMF right here...

This.

Batman has MUCH better trailers, too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8

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All of this can be done with existing ability types, using the MM archetype. Instead of an AT buff when pets are near, you just give the pets themselves in a new MM primary, a buff aura.

There is no point making a new AT that needs all new power sets, when you could make more power sets for an existing AT (The MM) and get the same gameplay while retaining a support set, and giving more primary sets to an AT that is already low on sets.

lol...

And +1 /signed for more lower body options.
Loin cloth, long dress, long robe...

No. You don't want to go that way.

She will counter with uneven pricing where a small number of points can mean both that, a person no longer has to buy a block of points to get one costume piece, and that a person no longer has to buy a block of points when they are only a few points away from what they want. In these cases, your small quantity of points goes UP in financial effect.

You want to go with implications of free samples.

The world says the complete opposite of what you did...

Impartial third party here.
Aggelakis is right, and it's not an opinion situation.


Giving away something that must otherwise be bought, clearly has a financial effect when people no longer need to buy it.

Your next move should should probably be 'free samples' logic to balance.

Contradiction. The argument to your first sentence, is your second sentence.


True. I cannot know their intent today unless they explicit state it. My feedback, is that I like the obvious original intent, and I'd rather not see their vet reward system end with something that's not a vet reward.

My first though is that I would rather T9 sets just stayed T9, but in fairness and in acceptance of what has already been changed, I must acknowledge that the game is a bit old already, and that's a lot of tokens to go through for a new player. I'm not sure T9 really has it's place anymore. I feel super packs would be an acceptable compromise for the reasons above. Available, but still exclusive to a degree. Not a statement or demand, just opinion and feedback.