Everyone at PAX was saying how much fun it was and how they couldnt wait to play more. Personally I think they were all saying this to convince themselves that they actually enjoyed it because the game I spent 20 mins playing was Skyrim only bad and with extra clunkiness while fighting with a grand total of 3 other humans for respawns.
i whole heartedly agree with this statement. it's the only logical explanation as to why anyone could possibly like the star wars prequels.
I agree, small scale events is the way to go in my opinion. I'm tired of huge battles, I've done them in so many games and I've never really felt like there's a war going... my experiences were always laggy, frustrating and "meh"...
Dig your own mines in the way you want them, minecraft-style, and let them get infested by mobs. The more non-linear, the higher the chance of a named boss. Win.
Oooh Goody. Dailies. For... Gold and Experience! Which plays no impact on the world.
Thank God. I would hate to have to fight for the resources. Now it makes this no different from any other game in existance with a crafting system.
Sweet. Marketed Hyped Rep Grinds. Thanks Paul Sage. Regardless of if I am PvEing or RVRing, I can now be assured I will be able to increase my faction with both, regardless. Nowthat'saccessibility.
Definition in game: "Thanks Utnayan! You have successfully defeated 30 Dark Anchors!"
"Come on guys! Let's go into this cave and kill these brigands. Or worse... SKELETONS! Watch out for the other team randomly bored off their ass as well trying to see what is at the end of this cave. Oh hey look, a randonmly generated treasure chest with 5 resource flowers of eden. 100 more of these and I can make a cake which will give me 60+ HP for 5 minutes." (Seriously)
Nothing screams impact on a static world and a feeling of a true war than being able to hop from instance to instance earning RvR bucks to buy your new sword +1 or sword +1 skill. Nothing but charging you to want to play with your friends when the entire matching system fucks up and your guild is spread across 5 instances.
And more!
The first part sounds more like rifts from... Rift. The second part actually sounds interesting if they do it right (they won't).
This. God forbid someone actually makes an MMO that makes you want to continue to sub for long periods of time based on the immersion and attractiveness of the game world and characters. Surely our loyalty can only be earned by exploiting our psychology with dailies, faction grinds etc.
Sadly this just reinforces a lot of the fears I think many of us already had. Rather than building a game around a story, they are creating a story around their game. And sadly, their game is just recycled bits and pieces.
That may not be a big issue, if it's a piece of cake to bake a pretty cake, even if the way is hazy. You just have to do the cooking by the book: you know you cant be lazy.
