That stings
I'll take a number 2 supersized with a coke.
If you don't believe they can 'fix' some of these issues in their design, that's one thing. But saying it's going to be like anything is a bit misleading. I'm following the project closely and I wouldn't feel comfortable saying it 'seems' like it's going to be one way or the other. Not enough info?
Why people give credit to Hartsman for Rift is beyond my comprehension. Talk about a mediocre piece of junk of a game ( RIFT ) that could have been so much more. If your goals are shoot for the WoW experience with little to no innovation and give them maybe 1/4 the experience of WoW, hats off to Hartsman !!! woohoo thats one hell of a success right there.
Hold up... are we really arguing that VR is a AAA studio? Aren't they developing Pantheon part-time out of a garage for no salary?
lol!
No they won't accept it. If this game actually launches they will have their paradise. If it fails, then it will be used as a counter aruegment in future threads. I'm willing to donate the $45.00 to see if the experiment work. This whole project is a fantastic social experiment that's well worth the observational value.
I give him credit for more of turning a complete waste of a game, EQ2, into a better experience ten fold due to his work on the EoF expansion. But that's just me.
More than $100 I agree. Mainly because of what it is now. But $165 plus for a pet, tunic, and horse for the second copy of the game is a little much. I would agree with that cost if alpha and a free month were included though. But just for the couple of cosmetic items I would be willing to go up to $115-$125. With so many couples who play MMORPGs, it could make that higher tier much more appealing to the masses. Which would net VR double the money for minimal work (since those cosmetic items are already being made for everyone else). My only other choice is to make a second account and back at $45 (KS experience tells me those spots will open heh) which gets me the same stuff for $90. Granted no horse, but 1 month free and alpha access.
That's the thing tho.. nobody is really arguing it.. Tad just made a counter.. He's not a raider. He's was just putting some balance into the assumption Kreugen is making.. Which isn't fair b/c there is no real info to go off.
I don't see your point? Sigil was backed by MS. Currently Brad company is backed by $125 donations from fanboys.
I'll agree with you if it's a self published title. I don't see that happening.
I'm sure his number one goal was to take a game from shit to profitable in a single year. That's really, really hard to do, and he was very successful at that. There is a reason why Trion asked him back after he quit. You don't have to like the game, and there is plenty of shit to say about the game (there was a lot wrong with how the game became developed), but from a business point of view, he wins and you look like an idiot.
No, I'm not under that illusion. Do I think he has the 5-10mil this is gonna take? Naw.
Vanguard was full of compromises that ended up not necessary due to the population, but were a good start. You had 'open' dungeons, that had multiple versions. You had overland, contested raid content that was on lockout timers so if your guild killed it, they couldn't for a week, giving other people the chance to compete for it. So, there was always competition, just not to the point you could really, severely, absolutely cock block another guild if you were assholes. There was no reason to be an asshole, and yeah the population was better than most because it was so small, but you'd literally have guilds letting other guilds 'try' a raid target before they engaged the same target that was farm status for them. I think a lot of it was a smaller population, but also the cooperative competition sort of feeling. You didn't absolutely HATE the other guilds like you did in early EQ, who when they got to a target before you pretty much ruined your entire day, and sometimes your entire week. Or where you'd have a schedule, and some guild would say fuck it and go rogue and completely ruin and piss off everyone on the schedule.