Any of the devs have previous MMORPG experience?
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All_Mixed_Up,
Posted on: 2007-02-02 16:28 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I don't believe so, but I'm no expert
Played? Sure. Me personally: Dark Age, EQ, Anarchy.
I know that Positron played Ultima, EQ, Galaxies.
Lighthouse worked for Sony, whom removed his soul and sent him over to us, which is why he is the way he is.
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Lighthouse worked for Sony, whom removed his soul and sent him over to us, which is why he is the way he is.
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No, hours upon hours of playing EverQuest and PlanetSide did that (not to mention all those other games that I shouldn't mention, cause well these are the CoH forums). But then, I don't design the game, so you are safe!
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Lighthouse worked for Sony, whom removed his soul and sent him over to us, which is why he is the way he is.
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Oh no you didn't! SNAP!
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Lighthouse worked for Sony, whom removed his soul and sent him over to us, which is why he is the way he is.
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No, hours upon hours of playing EverQuest and PlanetSide did that. But then, I don't design the game, so you are safe!
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Oh, SNAP!
That's the correct ussage of that term/phrase, right?
=O.o=
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Lighthouse worked for Sony, whom removed his soul and sent him over to us, which is why he is the way he is.
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No, hours upon hours of playing EverQuest and PlanetSide did that. But then, I don't design the game, so you are safe!
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That doesn't remove a soul. That builds character!! 
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I have played:
Gemstone III, Dragon Realms, Meridian 59, Ultima Online, Everquest, Anarchy Online, Asheron's Call, Dark Age of Camelot, Star Wars Galaxies, AC 2, EQ 2, World of Warcraft, Eve, and Vanguard... I am probably leaving a few out as well.
I include GS3 and DR even though they are text-based, simply because I feel they set the foundations for what players come to expect from a massively multiplayer game.
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Oh you were asking about player experience as opposed to developer experience. I still didn't know the answer but obviously yes. Don't you feel lucky? 3 rednames already.
Thats pretty cool. I wonder if I ever played with any of you guys in Everquest or Ultima Online. It feels like such a small world 
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I have played:
Gemstone III
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Wow. That brings back some memories. I had forgotten that game even existed :P
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Anyone know if any of the developers or community managers played MMORPGs before City of Heroes/Villains? Like maybe some of them played Everquest or Ultima Online back in the day.
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I started with MUDs like Island of Kesmai, Legends and Gemstone II.
Ultima Online
EverQuest (up through LDoN; primarily a R()gue)
Anarchy Online (Up through Shadowlands) [I *love* a lot of things from this game -- the Enforcer is perhaps my favorite 'Tank' class from any MMO!]
Asherons Call I and II
DAoC (Backstab with a two handed sword? You betcha!)
Star Wars Galaxies
World of Warcraft
Guild Wars
Dabbled in, but did not play much of:
Toontown
FF XI
Shadowbane
Auto Assault
Vanguard (Beta; I might still pick this up if I can find time to really devote to it.)
There are probably one or two others I can't recall off the top of my head.
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Thats pretty cool. I wonder if I ever played with any of you guys in Everquest or Ultima Online. It feels like such a small world
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There was a PK on Lake Superior named Ultimus than I ganked a few times. I think I even broke into his castle and looted it at one point...That was during the days when Cookie Monster was the top of the Bounty list, before he let one of his friends kill him ,turn in his head for a couple hundred grand and then split the bounty with him. Man, that made me mad!
Sheesh, the devs sure are lurking tonight.
Quick! Someone see if they can trick them into revealing more I9 and Inventions info!
Not suprised to see a bunch of former DAoC players in the staff I am also a former DAoC guy (lvl 50 reaver, Nimue), and I see quite a few RvR elements in the zone-based PvP and the base raiding. RvR w/ my guild was good times
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Sheesh, the devs sure are lurking tonight.
Quick! Someone see if they can trick them into revealing more I9 and Inventions info!
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Soon (TM)
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Sheesh, the devs sure are lurking tonight.
Quick! Someone see if they can trick them into revealing more I9 and Inventions info!
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O.o
To the test server!
If they have time to post, they have time! They don't have time when they're busy with... stuff.
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Sheesh, the devs sure are lurking tonight.
Quick! Someone see if they can trick them into revealing more I9 and Inventions info!
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Soon (TM)
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But... that's not soon enough! 
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Sheesh, the devs sure are lurking tonight.
Quick! Someone see if they can trick them into revealing more I9 and Inventions info!
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Soon (TM)
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/e curseyou
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Lighthouse worked for Sony, whom removed his soul and sent him over to us, which is why he is the way he is.
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No, hours upon hours of playing EverQuest and PlanetSide did that (not to mention all those other games that I shouldn't mention, cause well these are the CoH forums). But then, I don't design the game, so you are safe!
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Yeah, working at Sony wasn't really all that bad.
Oh man...let me see...
I've played:
- Meridian59
- Ultima Online
- Asheron's Call
- EverQuest
- Dark Age of Camelot
- Star Wars Galaxies
- City of Heroes / Villains (!)
- EverQuest 2
- Earth and Beyond
- Anarchy Online
- Guild Wars
- Disney's Toontown Online
- World of Warcraft
So I've played a few, both beta and live.
WW
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Dabbled in, but did not play much of:
Toontown
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lolz
Wow, WW and Castle sure have played a few MMOs. O_O
And isn't today so neat! =^^= I think that's 4 of the devs so far that have posted, in this thread alone! Then there are all teh other threads! Nice.
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Don't be dissin' on Toontown. I found it to be kind of fun when I tried it out.
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Anyone know if any of the developers or community managers played MMORPGs before City of Heroes/Villains? Like maybe some of them played Everquest or Ultima Online back in the day.