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Aradune_sl said:
It's not a slippery slope with us. I hate a lot of instancing, I don't care for games that have a lot of instancing. I've rarely seen it done right, but when it is done right (sparingly) it can be a really cool way to tell a story. I'm talking 90/10 here, or maybe even 95/5.
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Brad, look at LDoN (Lost Dungeons of Norrath) as a template on how to do instancing right. If you sprinkle in linear story telling like that throughout the game world, I think you can get away with it. I'm hardcore anti-instancing and I'm even fine with that approach.

Aradune_sl said:
More realistic, but we're not going to go nuts like with Vanguard and try to have the latest, greatest DX12+ uber-shaders, lighting, etc. because we want an average game machine to be able to play just fine at launch.
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I'm glad you're going with more realistic. I thought even VG look to "plastic".

I think a good approach to take is, "if it were real, how would it look?". That means female armor that's actually armor (and not boob armor), also no shoulder pads that are so huge the character couldn't keep his own balance (WoW), no plastic looking shaders, etc. Stuff like that.
 
Whidon

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Zaven_sl said:
It's really sad, but i am pretty certain that it's just a couple of trolls playing with the 10k pledge. I wish kickstarter would ban them
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Err someone just said it was Suigen right? apparently he is taking it back and forth to get Brads attention or something it seems.

Edit: seems like a dull trolling project.

Rerolled nerds : "oh the 10k pledge is back"

Rerolled Nerds: "oh it's gone"
 
Vandyn

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bigdogchris_sl said:
Brad, look at LDoN (Lost Dungeons of Norrath) as a template on how to do instancing right. If you sprinkle in linear story telling like that throughout the game world, I think you can get away with it. I'm hardcore anti-instancing and I'm even fine with that approach.

I'm glad you're going with more realistic. I thought even VG look to "plastic".

I think a good approach to take is, "if it were real, how would it look?". That means female armor that's actually armor (and not boob armor), also no shoulder pads that are so huge the character couldn't keep his own balance (WoW), no plastic looking shaders, etc. Stuff like that.
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Maybe I'm in the minority, but I wasn't the biggest fan of LDoN. It didn't feel like it fit in that kind of game. Maybe that's the same issue you run into here, but I do think instancing works depending on the circumstance. What about if the dungeon itself is open except the raid boss?
 
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Ok, so i read that lore and its in the same universe as Everquest? Just different planet? So, that means there could potentially be some Everquest Gods in this game? Would be sick to see Rallos Zek invade lol.
 
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KCXIV_sl said:
Ok, so i read that lore and its in the same universe as Everquest? Just different planet? So, that means there could potentially be some Everquest Gods in this game? Would be sick to see Rallos Zek invade lol.
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I don't think they can use anything EQ related as it's owned by Sony.
 
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bigdogchris_sl said:
I think a good approach to take is, "if it were real, how would it look?".That means female armor that's actually armor (and not boob armor), also no shoulder pads that are so huge the character couldn't keep his own balance (WoW), no plastic looking shaders, etc. Stuff like that.
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I can only wish. My main frustration with most high fantasy art is boob armor. It's just shameful.
 
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Zoeii_sl said:
Thank you for saying this cause this is something that really bothers me in MMOs.
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Personally I like it when it's like Aion and you have low-mid level plate armor that covers every inch in a semi-realistic armor sort of way... Then as you get progressively higher level the amor just gets skimpier and skimpier except with dumb things hanging off and jutting out all over from random places that would get caught on like anything if you actually tried to move in it lol. As a tank of course. Casters in Aion are like covered in 10X as much clothing from what I remember lol.
 
Zefah

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I'm not seeing the Norrath tie ins. Link?

Maybe that is the blessing that Brad got from Smed. To be able to create a game loosely associated with Norrath.
 
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Zefah_sl said:
I can only wish. My main frustration with most high fantasy art is boob armor. It's just shameful.
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I wouldn't mind it at all if they'd do it both ways. Like in AO you had Atrox running around in speedos in addition to the women in skimpy bikinis lol. On top of that they should allow you to customize your look a little. Like wearing some sort of leather undergarments to fill in the gaps so your bikini armor looks more like normal armor.

Since boobs are on the table. If there is a boob slider can the minimum boob amount be less than DDs and not deform the character? I play male and female characters depending on which one I think looks cooler and sometimes I don't want to have FFF boobs (sometimes).

Honestly though I don't care all that much about either of these things.
 
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I'm all for options on the armor. As in completely realistic looking armor and weapons is going be dull , drab , and ugly as shit. Because realistic armor was all of the three. So let there be a mix of that and the better looking "unrealistic" stuff too.

While I'm anti-shoulder pads a'la WoW , I've got no issue with have fantastical looking Conan/Vallejo looking bikini chain mail either. Give a mix of toned down and the cooler looking stuff. It doesn't have to be Tera level , but nothing wrong with Kitiara skin tight dragon scale armor. An evil female mage should be allowed to look like Takhisis too.

And I realize the Lifetime Channel crowd's about to jump my shit , so be it.
 
Convo

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Lore and a screenshot on an early dungeon build.. Suppose to be a PC gamer article dropped on classes too but it hasn't popped up yet,
 
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KCXIV_sl said:
The Athenaeum - EverQuest 2 Lore

Pantheon twitter posted this link. I dont know if this is just some fan posting it, but like i said. Pantheon twitter page posted the link

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The Athenaeum received a visitor from Terminus today and learned of its Pantheon.The Athenaeum - EverQuest 2 Lore
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jilena_sl said:
I wouldn't mind it at all if they'd do it both ways. Like in AO you had Atrox running around in speedos in addition to the women in skimpy bikinis lol. On top of that they should allow you to customize your look a little. Like wearing some sort of leather undergarments to fill in the gaps so your bikini armor looks more like normal armor.

Since boobs are on the table. If there is a boob slider can the minimum boob amount be less than DDs and not deform the character? I play male and female characters depending on which one I think looks cooler and sometimes I don't want to have FFF boobs (sometimes).

Honestly though I don't care all that much about either of these things.
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I don't mind boob and bikini options. It's just that thick armor with visible boobs is a stupid-ass concept.
 
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I just want to make a fat and ugly troll, hoping we can have these options as well as the beauty option.
 
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