I don't believe that the removal of the roles in GW2 is what did it. I believe it was lack of content that was smart enough or tough enough to challenge the new independence of the classes versus creating content that required the trinity. In other words I think making each character responsible for his/her actions is great but if you don't have the content that encourages smart team work then it just falls flat.
This is correct but because delusion is the drug of choice on this board there will be pleanty to tell you otherwise.
Dark Souls called and said you are a pussy casual who couldn't hack it. So did 2 million plus who bought the game.
and dark souls is infinitely harder than eq at any stage. So I'm still fully confused.
I think you have a different version of "succeed" than Blizzard/Sony. They think of succeed as "be the most profitable MMO to date". Are you saying Eve has ever achieved that? Every design decision is driven by one simple tenet , which choice maximizes the amount of cash the game will generate.
As much as I adore Eve and CCP the game was released 10 years ago and has about 500,000 subscribers as of last Feb. What sort of success do you think Eve would have it were released this Fall?
Well then read Creslin's statement about no game as hardcore as EQ having an audience. Since your statement is that Dark Souls is even more hardcore then you just proved yourself and Creslin wrong. Thanks for playing.
EvE's sub base grew for most of their lifetime. SoE would love to have those numbers. Any mmo except WoW would, especially since they are still sub based.
it seriously reminds me of Free Realms. No levels and you can do anything and rank up in it. I wouldn't be surprised if that was their inspiration. Also, it's dumb
As they said in the panels - this is a social issue. If your guild forces you to change, then perhaps your guild is just a bunch of assholes and you should leave them. They've said if you want to be a pure Assassin - that should be a viable option. If that's not, it's a failure on their part.
What you don't seem to be understanding is that besides your original starting class, classes aren't just handed to you. You still have to go out into the world anddiscover and earn it. And after you earn it, you have to progress it, optimize it with gear, etc. There is basically no difference between that and "leveling and AAing a scoundrel from scratch".
Every mmo want's WoW's numbers but the vast majority settle for much less than EvE's and are still very profitable. Also EvE is a space game, do the same thing in a fantasy setting and do it well (very important.. see Dark Fall) then the possibility for even higher numbers exists.
Mark my words. No leveling and no defined classes this game will last a month. Every fansite is freaking hte fuck out go look at any other site hopefully they wake up.
