You might want to try re-activating your account. You are still living in 2004 as far as systems go for EQ2.
The game is practically all solo now. There are no shards or group xp debt. Debt from a death is usually paid back within 3 or 4 kills.
What are you people talking about, they are PUBLISHING the game, not making it. The developer still remains the developer, SOE just probably has a bigger publishing network to get games on the shelves than a smaller company does.
I'm of the opinion that this system launch will be underwhelming. I've worked in the game industry for just over 12 years now, and have seen quite a few new systems enter the pipeline, but none so much as the Xbox 360 have had me feel so apathetic about making a purchase.
$600.00 bundles just aren't in the normal realm of Joe Schmo purchasability. I was pretty shocked when the PSP had some ridiculous must buy bundles in order to even get the hardware, but the new Xbox has really gone over the edge with it's multi package price points. The retailer bundles including games are even further over the edge into the realm of being plain stupid.
The lack of any real killer app games is another reason I can't really get behind the system. Sure, some of the games look lovely, but the same old football game we've looked at the past few years, and a port of a PC game are hardly what I would call revolutionary.
I find it exciting that this kind of social interaction is going on between players in an MMO. I feel for the players that got hit by this "scam" but it is really amazing that they would go through this kind of effort to pull something like this off.
Why does it matter where the money is spent? SOE is a corporation, not a game developing charity org. They have to make a profit after production costs, maintaining servers, paying employees, ect.. If they are scumbags, then who is the benevolent game developer out there so I can go play their games? America's Army is one of the only "free" ones out there, and that's paid with our tax dollars.
The "One more reason to avoid Sony" comments throw me off a bit.
I don't see how the real advertising in game versus the fake advertising in game on billboards is any worse. It has about the same impact and print on your brain when you glance at it while killing gangmember05 and AgentSmith09.
If anything it would help with the idea that the game takes place in a modern american city somewhere.
If you are trying to take a moral stance on advertising in your entertainment, you would have to avoid every tv show and movie you have ever watched because they are riddled with product placements if you actually look for them.
The subscription argument doesn't really hold that well either. "I pay a subscription, so I shouldn't have to see advertisements". Paying for cable television isn't any different.
Holes in my argument? Yup, but I'm only really playing devil's advocate here, as I could care less one way or the other. I play games to have fun, and I don't think seeing a coke ad on the wall in the Matrix is going to ruin my good time.
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You might want to try re-activating your account. You are still living in 2004 as far as systems go for EQ2. The game is practically all solo now. There are no shards or group xp debt. Debt from a death is usually paid back within 3 or 4 kills.
Group exp debt and corpse runs have been out of EQ2 for well over a year now.
Man, did you nail it on the head.
Oh, I could have sworn that was Sony Music not Sony Online.
What are you people talking about, they are PUBLISHING the game, not making it. The developer still remains the developer, SOE just probably has a bigger publishing network to get games on the shelves than a smaller company does.
10: Make your friends wait outside of your house for hours before you let them in to play.
They mention a mentoring system in the article that does not exist in World of Warcraft. They were thinking of EverQuestII.
$600.00 bundles just aren't in the normal realm of Joe Schmo purchasability. I was pretty shocked when the PSP had some ridiculous must buy bundles in order to even get the hardware, but the new Xbox has really gone over the edge with it's multi package price points. The retailer bundles including games are even further over the edge into the realm of being plain stupid.
The lack of any real killer app games is another reason I can't really get behind the system. Sure, some of the games look lovely, but the same old football game we've looked at the past few years, and a port of a PC game are hardly what I would call revolutionary.
I find it exciting that this kind of social interaction is going on between players in an MMO. I feel for the players that got hit by this "scam" but it is really amazing that they would go through this kind of effort to pull something like this off.
Why does it matter where the money is spent? SOE is a corporation, not a game developing charity org. They have to make a profit after production costs, maintaining servers, paying employees, ect.. If they are scumbags, then who is the benevolent game developer out there so I can go play their games? America's Army is one of the only "free" ones out there, and that's paid with our tax dollars.
The "One more reason to avoid Sony" comments throw me off a bit. I don't see how the real advertising in game versus the fake advertising in game on billboards is any worse. It has about the same impact and print on your brain when you glance at it while killing gangmember05 and AgentSmith09. If anything it would help with the idea that the game takes place in a modern american city somewhere. If you are trying to take a moral stance on advertising in your entertainment, you would have to avoid every tv show and movie you have ever watched because they are riddled with product placements if you actually look for them. The subscription argument doesn't really hold that well either. "I pay a subscription, so I shouldn't have to see advertisements". Paying for cable television isn't any different. Holes in my argument? Yup, but I'm only really playing devil's advocate here, as I could care less one way or the other. I play games to have fun, and I don't think seeing a coke ad on the wall in the Matrix is going to ruin my good time.