EQ Never
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I don't blame WoW for all the half ass clones that have copied it in the most unimaginative way. I blame shitty developers trying to cash in on another game's success without knowing why it was successful.
Oh, well, that wasn't my point. I meant it more in the "You can't cross the same river twice" style of thing.
Kuro
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I crossed that river plenty of times between EverQuest, Anarchy Online, WoW and Dark Age of Camelot. Each of them held subs from me for years and provided me a lot of entertainment.
I don't think newer MMOs suck because I've already "played my first MMO." I think they suck because they suck
Of course, 90% of remaining subbed to these games is the people you're running with anyway, since the core mechanics tend to be pretty bleh by themselves even in the good games (For instance, I loved EQ1, but it was a terrible *game*. Great experience, and I don't regret any of it, but terrible *game* mechanics).
I don't think newer MMOs suck because I've already "played my first MMO." I think they suck because they suck
Of course, 90% of remaining subbed to these games is the people you're running with anyway, since the core mechanics tend to be pretty bleh by themselves even in the good games (For instance, I loved EQ1, but it was a terrible *game*. Great experience, and I don't regret any of it, but terrible *game* mechanics).
shabushabu
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Of course it's going to be casual friendly because it's free to play. That doesn't mean it can't have any depth to it.
Convo
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I don't think it's going to be anywhere close to the level of casual WoW was.. is what I am saying. Prepare to group!
Convo
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not wise...
But to be fair saying EQN will not be as casual friendly as say WoW. Isn't saying much. I just expect much more reliance on other people in EQN/less easy to solo at high levels.
Been playing GW2 again recently and it's really hard to give a shit about finding/making loot along the way when it's all given a random name/stats and upgraded every couple levels. Hope EQ maintains having specific items dropped by specific mobs. I don't care if half a million people all have a Wyrmslayer.
So true. EQ1 now has "Defiant" gear that is basically the basic trash gear. I remember buying my first set of banded mail on my warrior, all it had was shitty ac. Then i was so fucking excited to buy my first set of full bronze armor! more ac and i couldnt carry shit b/c it was so fucking heavy, i could not have been happier. Other than that gear had legit names that when you mentioned them in chat, people knew what the fuck you were talking about. ugh.
Edit: It would also be cool if items did not have this green,blue,purple quality identifier. Let people figure out for themselves if gear is good or not.
Fuck that. I did the langseax quest as a human warrior just to be able to kill a damned wisp to get the lightstone....ARGHGHHH!!!!!!!