Why do all recent MMORPGs look exactly the same? Why do all current MMORPGs keep copying WoW? Aion, GW2, Starwars Old Republic, Tera online...
What is GW2 doing in that list?
In it's current version, SWTOR has only one major thing going for it, that keeps people going forward: the Story. It does that exceptionally good. Everything else is pretty much lackluster.
Space Combat? It's a goddamn Rail Shooter, not combat. It's "click here to hit thingy that flies on your screen".
Regular Combat? It feels old and repetitive, the only thing they did is making sure you break your fingers by having to press the "auto-attack-replacement-button" about 5000 times a day instead of the RMB a few times.
Flashpoints? Story is nice in some, most are just loot pinatas that have way too much trash with way too high hp. It's not a challenge like Rift had them in a lot of Dungeons, even on 50, it's just ... meh.
Operations? Nightmare mode 4/5 after not even a week by Irae AoD. Granted, we are talking about a Pro guild there, but if they can beat the content in greens, that means Nightmare isn't a Nightmare, righto? I had some fun in the Operation, but it's still not hard in any way.
Advanced Classes: Just a clever way to make sure they don't have to make more classes (because it would cost them a shitton of money), but sadly, the classes are mostly not very different. Not even from a Republic - Empire point of view. They nearly all play the same and use some kind of Energy-Like mechanic that has a little twist. But not enough to fake anything for people who look below the shiny.
UI - Oh god what is this abomination?
PvP - Level 10 to 50 in the same BGs, you can guess what a pain in the ass this becomes.
Mounts - Only fugly mounts, have yet to find a single bike (probably instance drops) that don't look like utter shit.
Talent Trees - Blergh. So much wrong with a lot of them.
Questing: Except for the story of the quests, it's the regular stuff. You also have to quest through a linear line of planet if you don't skip content by doing a couple of dungeon runs, meaning when you twink a new char, the only thing it has going for itself, is the class storyline (which are excellent).
So, no, this is not the holy grail and they have A LOT of work to do. Most people who have played since the 13th are pretty much in unison about the problems the game has and how much Bioware needs to change it. Or let's be more precise. How much Bioware MYTHIC needs to change it. Because they are the ones who have done to most work outside of Storyline on this and they are the ones that screwed up before.
So, ye, I will play SWTOR, because the Star Wars Setting and the Story can keep me in the game for a few months, But as soon as GW2 is out, the game can kiss my ass goodbye. They could've made it so much more, but they didn't. I will give them the benefit of the doubt to patch it up to a better standard, but I will not stick around after GW2 has come out.
Hello Folks. We got a Tribes key here. Every key generates 2 new keys. So, I'd like you to take the key, use it, post at least 1(!) of the newly generated keys for someone else to use and continue a chain, so that we can all enjoy the game, if we want to. The other key you can give to a friend and he/she can give you a key back and to it goes on and on. At least for now this seems to work without fail =)
Key: A2C8B-D578D-245A4-A31B8-730C2
1. Go to https://account.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/ 2. Press "Download Hi-Command"
3. Install the Client, Enter your Beta Key
4. Wait for Installation to finish
5. Select the Menu Option "Beta Keys for Friends" in the Launcher
6. Post Key here so we can all be happy Pandas.
Also, please remember to tell everyone by posting, if you take the current key. Thank you.
Agree with the rest. I saw some of the Reviews and wanted to punch people in face for giving a 4/5 for some of the Terrain. -4/5 would be more like it for a lot of those. Just because the majority is bad, doesn't mean less bad is better in any respect.
Besides, rating systems are flawed in their very nature to begin with and it's probably better to give a First Impression like TotalBiscuit does.
America hasn't been around for a long time. I guess you guys just go through stuff other countries did a couple of hundred years ago. Doesn't mean it's right or makes sense. What America probably needs at this point, going by all the bullshit that is going on these last few years, is someone to clean house in the country. And someone at the top who can get shit done without being another puppet of some lobby or another.
So, just in case you think about a revolution in the near future, lemme introduce you to the favorite way our neighbors the french got rid of their leaders, that may help you when your government is screwing you all over.
Everyone, meet the Guillotine.
Jokes aside, this is just the latest in a long chain of stupid ideas governments had around the globe. They see what power the internet actually is and they fear that power more than anything else. So they try to regulate it, impose laws on it and it all fails due to the nature of the web. It only works for places like China where they just drag you out of your home in the middle of night if you try to go past their little green wall.
All-in-all: I'm so damn happy I'm not living in that badshit-crazy country you people are stuck in. No matter how good the industry there is for my field of work.
So, I figured I'd try to re-create something in the direction of this picture in the SC2 Engine:
My first attempt goes into this direction, shitty lighting included:
The little light blob on the bottom is the normal scaled Tychus unit.
My next attempt will go more in the direction of "you can not run around the whole place with the TSOF engine to shoot things and look at it in first person view." Just to see what works better. Will post when I've got some free time later, currently baking stuff for Christmas. Delicious. Baking is the mapping of cake.
@F0xtail: Go
Well, the Battleship is made out of Legos. I literally made a well-mannered, fancy, Tophat wearing Lego Battleship into this picture and people do not know until I tell 'em. I'm a genius.
Basically we are going to build a city underground in a giant cavern. The old concept is based on having a central spire, which holds the entire cave area stable. From that spire, rope-bridges go to different ledges where the markets and shops are located. Living quarters and barracks are actually located in the spire.
In this idea we go and make a photoshop picture that's cut together of multiple stuff from google and just use that abomination of art for the contest. Everyone who participates has to try and match the art as close as possible.
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No, no it will not. As others said, it's too much like EQ for that. The only thing it might bring us, is better story telling in MMORPGs.
What is GW2 doing in that list?
In it's current version, SWTOR has only one major thing going for it, that keeps people going forward: the Story. It does that exceptionally good. Everything else is pretty much lackluster.
So, no, this is not the holy grail and they have A LOT of work to do. Most people who have played since the 13th are pretty much in unison about the problems the game has and how much Bioware needs to change it. Or let's be more precise. How much Bioware MYTHIC needs to change it. Because they are the ones who have done to most work outside of Storyline on this and they are the ones that screwed up before.
So, ye, I will play SWTOR, because the Star Wars Setting and the Story can keep me in the game for a few months, But as soon as GW2 is out, the game can kiss my ass goodbye. They could've made it so much more, but they didn't. I will give them the benefit of the doubt to patch it up to a better standard, but I will not stick around after GW2 has come out.
That is all.
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Hello Folks. We got a Tribes key here. Every key generates 2 new keys. So, I'd like you to take the key, use it, post at least 1(!) of the newly generated keys for someone else to use and continue a chain, so that we can all enjoy the game, if we want to. The other key you can give to a friend and he/she can give you a key back and to it goes on and on. At least for now this seems to work without fail =)
Key: A2C8B-D578D-245A4-A31B8-730C2
1. Go to https://account.hirezstudios.com/tribesascend/
2. Press "Download Hi-Command"
3. Install the Client, Enter your Beta Key
4. Wait for Installation to finish
5. Select the Menu Option "Beta Keys for Friends" in the Launcher
6. Post Key here so we can all be happy Pandas.
Also, please remember to tell everyone by posting, if you take the current key. Thank you.
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Agree with the rest. I saw some of the Reviews and wanted to punch people in face for giving a 4/5 for some of the Terrain. -4/5 would be more like it for a lot of those. Just because the majority is bad, doesn't mean less bad is better in any respect.
Besides, rating systems are flawed in their very nature to begin with and it's probably better to give a First Impression like TotalBiscuit does.
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Terrain is now a condition. Tell the Medics!
Your best shot would be to use Regions to reach your goal, I guess.
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My hat is way better! :p
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It's totally Zerg Spores!
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Get that hole fixed up already, I'm being buried here!
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America hasn't been around for a long time. I guess you guys just go through stuff other countries did a couple of hundred years ago. Doesn't mean it's right or makes sense. What America probably needs at this point, going by all the bullshit that is going on these last few years, is someone to clean house in the country. And someone at the top who can get shit done without being another puppet of some lobby or another.
So, just in case you think about a revolution in the near future, lemme introduce you to the favorite way our neighbors the french got rid of their leaders, that may help you when your government is screwing you all over.
Everyone, meet the Guillotine.
Jokes aside, this is just the latest in a long chain of stupid ideas governments had around the globe. They see what power the internet actually is and they fear that power more than anything else. So they try to regulate it, impose laws on it and it all fails due to the nature of the web. It only works for places like China where they just drag you out of your home in the middle of night if you try to go past their little green wall.
All-in-all: I'm so damn happy I'm not living in that badshit-crazy country you people are stuck in. No matter how good the industry there is for my field of work.
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So, I figured I'd try to re-create something in the direction of this picture in the SC2 Engine:
My first attempt goes into this direction, shitty lighting included:
The little light blob on the bottom is the normal scaled Tychus unit.
My next attempt will go more in the direction of "you can not run around the whole place with the TSOF engine to shoot things and look at it in first person view." Just to see what works better. Will post when I've got some free time later, currently baking stuff for Christmas. Delicious. Baking is the mapping of cake.
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@F0xtail: Go Well, the Battleship is made out of Legos. I literally made a well-mannered, fancy, Tophat wearing Lego Battleship into this picture and people do not know until I tell 'em. I'm a genius.
So, go ahead! :D
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Spire/Underground City
Artwork:
Basically we are going to build a city underground in a giant cavern. The old concept is based on having a central spire, which holds the entire cave area stable. From that spire, rope-bridges go to different ledges where the markets and shops are located. Living quarters and barracks are actually located in the spire.
Gusta?
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Match-The-Photoshop-Snippyart
Artwork:
In this idea we go and make a photoshop picture that's cut together of multiple stuff from google and just use that abomination of art for the contest. Everyone who participates has to try and match the art as close as possible.
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So, I made some Zerg Terrain a while back and never got around to make a proper video. So, here you go!
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The skills to make use of everything you have. Because good Terrain comes from people with the knowledge to make it.
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@ZealNaga: Go There are quite a few projects based on Unreal Engine 3 in the MMO Market. They just suck gameplay wise. See DCUO for example.
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SWTOR broke the Streaming Software. Sorry, folks!