'soloing is like soloing in the original EQ' (that's pretty much a direct quote BTW). Honestly that's the firs thing that lets me know this game is for a different audience than me (and the majority of people playing MMO's now)
Corpse recovery will be a pain in the ass just like it was in the original eq (hope you keep a second set of great equipment in your bank because you'll need it to get back to your corpse)
Harvesting will be group focused.
and other things that scream 'THis is EQ with a prettier package'. things that chased away a large number of players (like myself) because it was too much of a pain in the ass and too big of a time comitment.
they can say they are "making a 3rd generation game" but their FAQ tells a different story.
Yep Vanguard will take everything bad about eq (forced grouping, long tedious progression, huge time commitment) increase it 10 fold (harvesting and crafting will require a group?!?!) and slap some nice graphics on it.
This is why 'from the original creators of EQ' is a bad thing; they just repeat the same mistakes.
yep eq got ruined when they took out the scope of the world with the PoK. I remember the fun of running from Halas to FP and peoples reaction to someone having a polar bear head for a helm. After PoK anyone could go anywhere, which took the fun out of it.
EQ2 brings back that feeling of travel, i hope they don't ruin it again.
i know a lot of people who tried to move from EQ to EQ2 and went back to eq after 3 months because they didn't like the feeling of 'Starting over'.
They were too used to being level 60/70 whatever the cap is in eq and running around with top of the line stuff and didn't like having to hunt 'yard trash' and trying to figure out what was where once again.
>MST3K : Cancelled because the show couldn't bring in more ratings, or because it was too expensive
People caught on to how much they were making on MST3K and raised the price for useing their old movies. Not to mention the cast was getting burned out.
>It's not the best thing that Miyazaki has ever done (I liked Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and Nausicaa better) but it is still a wonderful movie.
that's been the opinion of most knowledgeable people I know who have seen it, it's entertaining but falls short of his other work. I haven't seen it myself but likely will once it comes here (or makes it on DvD).
I just wish people would pay attention to the reviewers knowledge base before bragging about how well reviewed a movie it, i bet lots of these reviewers haven't even seen it.
the rapturous critical acclaim is among critics who don't know jack about Miyazaki and don't have the frame of reference to tell his good works from his bad works. Most critics are going to say it's amazing because they don't want to be seen as 'Dunb' or 'Out of it'
>What is more surprising to me is that Vader didn't remember C-3P0.
Re watch ESB and take note of Vader preventing Fett from blasting Chewie in the carbonate chamber as he attacks storm troopers. It seems like a odd thing for Vader to do un till you realize that C-3P0 is strapped on Chewies back and likely in the line of fire. THus Vader prevents his old droid from being destroyed.
As for the droids not remembering skywalker. C-3P0 has his mind wiped (it's ordered at the end of ep 3) and R2 is smart enough to keep his mouth shut and to stay the hell away from Vader.
>Further, the above order preserves all the major surprises and plot twists.
Only if you watch the original version of ESB. THe version on DVD assumes you already know the twist and has the emperor tell Vader this fact early in the film.
Why would that include HL2? It was officially announced a little over a year before it was released (sure they missed their release date but it's nothing like DN4)
i looked at some umd movies today to take on a long flight tomorrow... they are all 30+ bucks each. I refuse to pay 30 bucks for a movie that is available on DVD for much less and with more special features, esp since can rip that movie and watch it on the psp.
Studios really need to bring down the price of umd movies if they want it to take off
Too bad the book sucks donkeys and makes me fear the movie. Lots of scenes in the middle make me think "it would take a good actor to deliver the lines and a good director to salvage anything from this"... We all know we aren't getting either.
BTW I got the book on a business trip; it passed the time and didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. Plus the book skips a lot of the movie (while delving into 20 pages monologs about each jedi's fricking light saber style)
i really wish i had a penny for every i'm quitting thread after some change to a game. I'd be a fricking millionare by now.
I wonder if more people are 'quitting' WoW over the honor things than people who are 'quitting' eq2 over the exchange server thing, If more wow people are quitting we might see a boost in eq2:D
at least from my POV i'd hope that this would cause SoE to crack down harder on farmers/sellers on non exchange servers, since they would be cutting into their money from station exchange. Also that people who want to buy this crap would mostly move to the exchange servers, killing the market on non exchange servers.
>in which case you'll have to find another server...sorry.
i'd assume that even if this really catches on they will allways have at least a few servers that are not like this (likely the RP servers). As long as they contenue to allow free server moves when this is turned on for a server then i don't have a problem (if they don't allow free moves or have no servers that are not like this then i'll just switch games)
i would look forward to it too if Mo didn't have an amazing track record of promising and hyping new concepts and ideas but completely and utterly failing on delivering on them.
Fable, Blank and White, Flying fricking carpet etc show that Molyneux can talk a lot of cool ideas but none of them are developable.
a la City of heroes. Side kicking (aka the ability to change one's level to play with friends that are at a lower or higher level) is one of the better invasions in City of heroes and I'm glad to see it is working it's way into other games (plus it will give eq2 players who power leveled to 50 the chance to go back and see what all they missed)
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>Bear in mind, though, that many of these shows only get popular after being fansubbed.
Yeah in the 90 that was true, it's not true anymore. Most shows are licensed (or at least optioned) before they first air... many of the popular shows for fansubbers (like stand alone complex, full metal alchemist etc) are going to be hits without fansubbing.
As for Naruto that crap isn't worth the time it takes to download, I can understand why no one would want to pay for DVD's:). I'm sure it will find a home on TV and they will release season long box sets.
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looking at their FAQ i see
'soloing is like soloing in the original EQ' (that's pretty much a direct quote BTW). Honestly that's the firs thing that lets me know this game is for a different audience than me (and the majority of people playing MMO's now)
Corpse recovery will be a pain in the ass just like it was in the original eq (hope you keep a second set of great equipment in your bank because you'll need it to get back to your corpse)
Harvesting will be group focused.
and other things that scream 'THis is EQ with a prettier package'. things that chased away a large number of players (like myself) because it was too much of a pain in the ass and too big of a time comitment.
they can say they are "making a 3rd generation game" but their FAQ tells a different story.
Yep Vanguard will take everything bad about eq (forced grouping, long tedious progression, huge time commitment) increase it 10 fold (harvesting and crafting will require a group?!?!) and slap some nice graphics on it.
This is why 'from the original creators of EQ' is a bad thing; they just repeat the same mistakes.
yep eq got ruined when they took out the scope of the world with the PoK. I remember the fun of running from Halas to FP and peoples reaction to someone having a polar bear head for a helm. After PoK anyone could go anywhere, which took the fun out of it.
EQ2 brings back that feeling of travel, i hope they don't ruin it again.
i know a lot of people who tried to move from EQ to EQ2 and went back to eq after 3 months because they didn't like the feeling of 'Starting over'.
They were too used to being level 60/70 whatever the cap is in eq and running around with top of the line stuff and didn't like having to hunt 'yard trash' and trying to figure out what was where once again.
>MST3K : Cancelled because the show couldn't bring in more ratings, or because it was too expensive
People caught on to how much they were making on MST3K and raised the price for useing their old movies. Not to mention the cast was getting burned out.
>It's not the best thing that Miyazaki has ever done (I liked Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and Nausicaa better) but it is still a wonderful movie.
that's been the opinion of most knowledgeable people I know who have seen it, it's entertaining but falls short of his other work. I haven't seen it myself but likely will once it comes here (or makes it on DvD).
I just wish people would pay attention to the reviewers knowledge base before bragging about how well reviewed a movie it, i bet lots of these reviewers haven't even seen it.
the rapturous critical acclaim is among critics who don't know jack about Miyazaki and don't have the frame of reference to tell his good works from his bad works. Most critics are going to say it's amazing because they don't want to be seen as 'Dunb' or 'Out of it'
c le?AID=/20050609/REVIEWS/50601002/1023) this is an inferior movie when compared to his other works.
Among people with a clue (for example Roger Ebert who is very knowledgeable about the director and very animation friendly http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti
p.s I feel Miyazaki is horribly overrated some of his stuff is ok but most of his work leaves me completely cold.
>What is more surprising to me is that Vader didn't remember C-3P0.
Re watch ESB and take note of Vader preventing Fett from blasting Chewie in the carbonate chamber as he attacks storm troopers. It seems like a odd thing for Vader to do un till you realize that C-3P0 is strapped on Chewies back and likely in the line of fire. THus Vader prevents his old droid from being destroyed.
As for the droids not remembering skywalker. C-3P0 has his mind wiped (it's ordered at the end of ep 3) and R2 is smart enough to keep his mouth shut and to stay the hell away from Vader.
>Further, the above order preserves all the major surprises and plot twists.
Only if you watch the original version of ESB. THe version on DVD assumes you already know the twist and has the emperor tell Vader this fact early in the film.
>Innovative things like views and UDF's ("user defined function" not "user function definde)?
i figured the poster was dripping in irony.
Why would that include HL2? It was officially announced a little over a year before it was released (sure they missed their release date but it's nothing like DN4)
Now team fort 2 is a different story...
fable didn't disapoint me.... because I remembered how much pre hype BS he spread about every other game he's been involved in
i looked at some umd movies today to take on a long flight tomorrow... they are all 30+ bucks each. I refuse to pay 30 bucks for a movie that is available on DVD for much less and with more special features, esp since can rip that movie and watch it on the psp.
Studios really need to bring down the price of umd movies if they want it to take off
Too bad the book sucks donkeys and makes me fear the movie. Lots of scenes in the middle make me think "it would take a good actor to deliver the lines and a good director to salvage anything from this"... We all know we aren't getting either.
BTW I got the book on a business trip; it passed the time and didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. Plus the book skips a lot of the movie (while delving into 20 pages monologs about each jedi's fricking light saber style)
i really wish i had a penny for every i'm quitting thread after some change to a game. I'd be a fricking millionare by now.
:D
I wonder if more people are 'quitting' WoW over the honor things than people who are 'quitting' eq2 over the exchange server thing, If more wow people are quitting we might see a boost in eq2
don't most new gen games like this (WoW, EQ2 Etc) have more than 100 quests in their noob zones?
:D
getting excited by 100 new quests seems to be as silly as getting excited by 10 new mob types... oh wait
at least from my POV i'd hope that this would cause SoE to crack down harder on farmers/sellers on non exchange servers, since they would be cutting into their money from station exchange. Also that people who want to buy this crap would mostly move to the exchange servers, killing the market on non exchange servers.
At least that's the hopeful POV
>in which case you'll have to find another server...sorry.
i'd assume that even if this really catches on they will allways have at least a few servers that are not like this (likely the RP servers). As long as they contenue to allow free server moves when this is turned on for a server then i don't have a problem (if they don't allow free moves or have no servers that are not like this then i'll just switch games)
are they going to fix the nasty texture and graphics pop in? i hadn't seen scenes get drawn during gameplay like that since the c64.
>Actually it was the fantastic story and gameplay that made FF7 the most loved RPG of all time, not the visuals.
No it wasn't. It was the visuals and the fact that it was one of the first CRPGs to get big.
Your first time iss always the best.
> I very much look forward to the result. "
i would look forward to it too if Mo didn't have an amazing track record of promising and hyping new concepts and ideas but completely and utterly failing on delivering on them.
Fable, Blank and White, Flying fricking carpet etc show that Molyneux can talk a lot of cool ideas but none of them are developable.
yes and WoW has been perfect in takeing other companies ideas...
a la City of heroes. Side kicking (aka the ability to change one's level to play with friends that are at a lower or higher level) is one of the better invasions in City of heroes and I'm glad to see it is working it's way into other games (plus it will give eq2 players who power leveled to 50 the chance to go back and see what all they missed)
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>Bear in mind, though, that many of these shows only get popular after being fansubbed.
:). I'm sure it will find a home on TV and they will release season long box sets.
Yeah in the 90 that was true, it's not true anymore. Most shows are licensed (or at least optioned) before they first air... many of the popular shows for fansubbers (like stand alone complex, full metal alchemist etc) are going to be hits without fansubbing.
As for Naruto that crap isn't worth the time it takes to download, I can understand why no one would want to pay for DVD's