Not in the way I applied it to EvE. In other games sure, there can be similarities but that depends on the devs involved. As I said in another post, mega-server is not a one size fits all solution. Star Citizen is just one way to implement it but not the only way.
I'm not lacking imagination, I'm trying to actually make you write down instead of saying "derp Minecraft + EVE". When I actually ask you or challenge you on an idea it's not because I can not fathom how or why something might exist or be made; I'm asking you so you can tell me how you think it's going to work in detail. THen we can move the conversation further. You just did so now we can move on. This is the internet, I'm not going to assume that when you say "Minecraft + EVE" just means you think you're going to be allowed to build houses in the open world like UO.
Well that's the point isn't it? The options EQN has in providing world building tools are endless and not restricted to Minecraft's.
I guess for me the idea was an obvious one. I get what you're saying.
I was just remarking that what you described was also similar to how Star Citizen is solving their own unique problem. I was just pointing out other interesting solutions to population issues. Your jimmies get rustled way to easily. But keep insulting me though, keep the thread interesting.
If I were a betting man they are doing mostly what UO and SWG did. Build anywhere within small restrictions. Buildings are made via tile pieces. You can make them shops or whatever that are run by NPCs.
Pretty much edited as you wrote this.. that's what I'm thinking too. I think it would be interesting to have land deeds for cities and open country areas. SO the city would obviously be unique on every street because you're neighbor will have a different design than you. Or the whole block could team up and make it uniform.
Which sounds pretty close to what Horizons did. From a crafting/town building perspective, the game was pretty awesome. Its really to bad the rest of the game was garbage.
Truth.
The things we are talking about make very little difference in regards to the actual world. We are more talking about non adventure stuff. I think they can co-exist and add to the world. This stuff is more of the tradeskill/trade aspect of the game. At least things that could possibly enhance the areas of a game. I'm still all for a lot of the stuff that made EQ fun back in the day!
Almost every EQ thread devolves into armchair circlejerks. I don't think half this shit will actually be in the game. This conversation is just wishful thinking for the most part until anything real comes out.
Well obviously restrictions would apply. All mmo's have a number of restrictions in place to keep the 1 percent from ruining it for the rest. That's just good business. The tools AND the restrictions are what is being discussed. Nobody said it would be exactly like Minecraft. Minecraft is just the only example of world building sandboxes to reference atm.
Probably not. Devs hate fun sometimes. But it would be great to have that in some form, somewhere in the game world.
Yup. I'll laugh pretty hard if his idea of a sandbox involves that incomprehensibly shitty dungeon-maker from EQ2, not to mention instanced housing design. That being said, he made a point of saying (multiple times, in fact) that EQN is a departure from all that.
Well, since conjecture's all we have, conjecture it shall be! Weallhope the game is good, and we'reallintrigued at the very least. As for perspective - ehhh, PlanetSide 2 was well-received, this is the third major reboot (and one would imagine, a third significant delay) of SOE's flagship IP; if they fuck it up as badly as they have with some of their more egregious offenses in the past, there's a distinct possibility heads will roll as a result. Which is to say, I don't really have any reason to trust Smedley, but I trust that he actually believes he's got something special on his hands here.Ortega_sl said:
Since the game's almost certainly going to be in the model of PlanetSide 2, you're wrong as a statement of fact. 'Box copies' mean nothing to companies who let their clients freely download their software.
If you were a game designer you'd want to make a game that you actually enjoyed and were proud of. If you were a shit-bag executive, you'd want box sales. Luckily you're neither.