Same. Very smart move on their part.Changed my pledge from $45 to $250... Glad to see they are listening to suggestions![]()
Brad is Damned if you do, damned of you don't. You guys hung him (myself included) when he was that super stoked dude fist pumping vanguard. You guys (me included) told him to stop all the BS hype machine and just make a game. Now do you really want him to go all bat shit crazy on the hype machine. I say yes!A post that reads like a journal entry detailing how he's grown as a person, and "He's good enough, he's smart enough, and dog gone it people like him!" is not going to get me to fork over money for the Eden of MMO's. Those stretch goals are the shittiest things ever; that KS is a disaster. I'm at least buoyed by the fact when I saw this today it seems like several more people have come to the conclusion of what a shit start this is.
He wants money? He wants long term backers? He wants an excited forum, playerbase, subscription base? I need more than just a "dear diary" editorial for him to get it.
I'm at leastsomewhatimpressed that he is taking time to respond to all the comments about player's current fears, and things to do to make shit better, but I'm still holding off.
Because it justifies spending more on the game increasing the likelihood we will get to play it at all.Why are we excited about lifetime subs? We will be lucky to get 3 months out of this game and 6 months before it goes free to play.
Quaid are we going to be alpha testers/players/bitching in EQL and Pantheon ?Same. Very smart move on their part.
Sounds great Brad, but are those really screenshots of how the game will look?
No. We felt we needed to include screenshots of what we're working on so that you know we're serious about this. What you see now is all placeholder art, no engine filters, not even a single art pass. The models we're using now are placeholder as we work on the core mechanics of the game. We'll be surprised if you recognize the game in those screenshots after we're a bit further along in development.
Nothing is justified, you are all going full retarded. We do this every time! Thank you for spending your money so I might get to finally play a good MMO but come guys it is insanity at this point to think this one will finally be the one.Because it justifies spending more on the game increasing the likelihood we will get to play it at all.
Wut.like a more actiony twitch-based combat system.]
When he was helming Everquest, there were a lot of cries for quality of life improvements, for abolishing outdated mechanics and inconveniences. 'It takes too long to travel', 'it's too hard to do this or that.' And McQuaid would always reject these requests, citing that they didn't match his vision. And people were right, Everquest had tons of tedious elements and frustrating things that didn't seem necessary.
But then SOE took over creative control, if I remember? (I might not, I was very young and it was a long time ago!). And they made a lot of the improvements people asked for. They made travel just about instant, they sped up or removed all the tedious parts. And it ruined the game for me. I thought I wanted those things, but when I got them, it ruined the immersion. It made the big, open world feel small and pointless and empty. Before it had been annoying or sometimes even dangerous traveling to remote dungeons far away from towns, now it is trivial and instant.
Yeah I know, I don't know where he got that stuff from. I talked to someone else.Wut.
I partially agree with you , but here's the deal , and sad truth for me.Nothing is justified, you are all going full retarded. We do this every time! Thank you for spending your money so I might get to finally play a good MMO but come guys it is insanity at this point to think this one will finally be the one.
We don't contribute to kickstarters every time. Get a hold of yourself man. Nobody thinks this is the one, but maybe it will be playable for more than 3 months. Also I enjoyed the hell out of and vg so yeah, Brad gets 250, despite his lack of management skillsNothing is justified, you are all going full retarded. We do this every time! Thank you for spending your money so I might get to finally play a good MMO but come guys it is insanity at this point to think this one will finally be the one.
I'm hoping he doesn't think his one update , while a good one , is done and now they can go back into 24 hour blackout. They have a month to push it , virtually shake hands and kiss babies and basically beg for money. This wait for outcry then respond a day later isn't the way to do the KS.We don't contribute to kickstarters every time. Get a hold if yourself man. Nobody thinks this is the one, but maybe it will be playable for more than 3 months. Also I enjoyed the hell out if eq and vg so yeah, Brad gets 250, despite his lack of management skills![]()