Mmorpg

[drifter5]

wow i cant post links?

well there is age of conan that is about to come out

but there is a new mmorpg out there called Champions Online. Check it out...

[Quazie]

why did you want to post a link anyway???

[BabeSlayer]

probably to age of conan

[Rhym3z]

Whats the player-limit per server on these games?
Some people think APB is an MMORPG, but with only a 100 player limit per server, it isnt at all.

[Quazie]

when is apb coming out????

there was info on that before 360 came out remember reading about it in oxm episode one

[Quazie]

it says 2008

[BabeSlayer]

i saw that on IGN the other day but didn't read about it, whats the basis of that game?

[Iotalv]

3 words. Age of Conan. Picture doing a long, wide roll of the joystick for a power swing of your sword or axe, quick jabs by pressing forward a bunch. Different button combinations and sequences cast spells and abilities. Time hitting the X button to parry. WoW is retarded because it is almost entirely gear dependent (& on your PC system) and only slightly skill based. Most MMOs are. Personally I don't have the time to invest in endless dungeon raids for one stupid item that only means I play way too much. I am hoping Age of Conan and Huxley will balance this a bit better, not giving those with no social lives a clear upper hand in combat.

2 MMOs coming out for 360 (sometime...) Both look excellent, and are based on some amazing literature.

[Iotalv]

Seriously, I'm reminded of a good old game called Meridian 59. THEE original MMO, before EQ and UO. That game was amazing. Smaller player communities of 50-150 players, politics, guild wars, sieging guild halls, message boards, alliances, gambling, chess, big on pvp... and best of all items and equipment were much better balanced. Only a few different types of weapons with varying strengths/weaknesses, qualities and magical abilities:

Mace
Short Sword
Hammer
Axe
Long Sword
Mystic Sword
Scimitar
Bow
Sword of the Hunter

Oblivion reminds of that game being a "first person rpg"... Some good and strange times long past...

I think one of the reasons I remember it so well was because of its smallness in nature. Being in a guild war with someone... You could have enemies for weeks. Personal encounters with people you'd remember... Zakarum. Nagash. MORTAL ENEMIES. KILL ON SIGHT, KoS. I was once ordered by my guild master to kill someone cold bloodedly and was not allowed to ask why. I did it. Loyalty. We were at war.

[klepp1214]

Originally Posted by Iotalv

3 words. Age of Conan. Picture doing a long, wide roll of the joystick for a power swing of your sword or axe, quick jabs by pressing forward a bunch. Different button combinations and sequences cast spells and abilities. Time hitting the X button to parry. WoW is retarded because it is almost entirely gear dependent (& on your PC system) and only slightly skill based. Most MMOs are. Personally I don't have the time to invest in endless dungeon raids for one stupid item that only means I play way too much. I am hoping Age of Conan and Huxley will balance this a bit better, not giving those with no social lives a clear upper hand in combat.

2 MMOs coming out for 360 (sometime...) Both look excellent, and are based on some amazing literature.

rpgs should be gear dependant lol. or should gear be for.. looks? and wow is very skill based, get a 2000+ arena team and tell me it didnt take skill =p
or go give a few coordinated attempts at Kaelthas and tell me about skill =p

yes i love wow, not as much as EQ though. blizzard bred a monster and drug a bunch of immature moronic children into a genre that was pretty damn "elite" for lack of a better word.

/advocate for 18+ requirement on mmos' that ought to atleast weed "some" of the down syndrom maniacs out.

/flamesuit on becuase the internet drama nazis will now post that im prejiduce against minors because I didnt state that some pre 18 year olds are in fact mature granted by the general chat channel in WoW for example, it is by far the minority =)