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Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Hurray!

I'm tied to an NDA but I'm excited to see you guys talking about this.

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Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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The real question is will a race exist that will satisfy people's need to play as PANDAS?

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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You know I think it could be fun. The finesse aspects and the three alliances for PVP really have me interested.

I'm amazed the article leaked a full month early, that's insanity.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Reedsharks!

http://www.joystiq.com/screenshots/...-concept-art#/2
http://pcmedia.ign.com/media/previe...e/ReedShark.jpg

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Arzy posted:

The business major in me wonders if there's room for ANOtHER fantasy MMO.

Aren't people burned out on elves and orcs and dragons yet?

I'm personally crossing my fingers and toes for either a WoW Clone Western MMO or a 3D Sandbox zombie apocalypse survival MMO. I was holding my breath for a sandbox Free For All PVP AC Darktide clone but then I hit my 30's.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Turbine does, they bought it back.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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quote:

Want to play a caster in heavy plate, wielding a two hander with all the chaotic glee you would imagine a battlemage to have? Go for it.

As Matt Firor stated, "giving everyone access to everything brings balance," and the potential for customization, due to the many options through all the weapons, each weapon tree, the three armor types — light, medium and heavy, naturally — and their respective ability paths, is very intriguing. In fact, once you hit level 50, you can continue earning XP and unlock every branch of every weapon and armor type in the game.

Even if the game play style and class system aren't true to cannon, I have to say that battlemage sounds cool as gently caress.

Unfortunately I don't think Firor played Asheron's Call because giving people access to everything only creates balance because ultimately everyone will have to utilize the exact same template to stay competitive.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Xavier434 posted:

The fact that it doesn't even have action combat like TERA, GW2, or even several crappier asian MMOs have these days bothers me a lot. A lot of newer MMOs and those projected to come out somewhat soon are moving in that direction yet ESO isn't? I don't understand why.

From what I've read ESO's combat is pretty drastically different from WoW.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Utnayan posted:

I would share your excitement here if they were taking the entirety of the worlds and combining them into a skill based system with tons of sandbox play, exploration, RvR in non contained static areas, etc. When I think of an MMORPG for The Elder Scrolls, I imagine something much deeper and fulfilling than a Theme Park MMORPG. The end result is everything we are used to exploring in the TES universe is scaled down to the most assanine of minimalization.

I don't think anyone has enough information to make the claims you're making in this thread.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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That's exactly it. There's no information yet. Calling something a Theme Park MMO with a universe that's been scaled down to the most "assanine of minimalization" [sic] when there's no information is just dumb.

I've seen more of this game than most people and even I don't have that much information.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Utnayan posted:

The lead director said they want to make a WoW Clone. What more proof would you need?

Can you provide that verbatim quote?

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Ok. But where did he say they were making a WoW clone?

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Megazver posted:

Do you want "We're making a WoW clone" as a direct quote? Shockingly enough, you're not going to get one.

Well if someone is arguing that the lead developer said 'they are making a WoW clone' then yes I would like to see that exact quote, otherwise the person arguing is making poo poo up to bring down a game he's never even seen.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Megazver posted:

Or he's, you know, capable of basic reasoning and paraphrasing.

You can't really paraphrase something when its claimed to be an actual quote.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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The guild stuff will help but the most important field is the system information input.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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I did UX for the Beta Sign-up form and I'm just happy that my Goon bros aren't making GBS threads all over some of the choices that I made.

Also I just checked my wires and I did not misspell City of Heroes and I'm also sad that they didn't include Asheron's Call or In Por Yelm like I'd hoped.

Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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ANAmal.net posted:

haha, seriously? That rules, sort of worked together on that.

I did UI/UX for a lot of the community site, the beta sign-up and some other unnamed stuff but I haven't been too involved from my end for awhile now. Glad there's other Goons working on it though.

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Ussr
Sep 17, 2004

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Flumbooze posted:

Why is it false? Please give me one gimmick (or mechanic, depending on how much you like it) that actually improved the game in a good way.

And what good base are you talking about? Yes, they had a working MMO but so many things were broken and/or didn't turn out the way they were supposed to.

Are you saying GW2 is a completely broken game and that pertains to ESO in some way? I think since you brought up GW2 and since you're in the minority opinion, you should probably be the person providing specifics to back up your argument.

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