tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post9127154934752913228..comments2023-07-29T09:45:13.642+01:00Comments on Bootae's Bloody Blog: It's all just Everquest with extra sprinklesBootaehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12857676039536372689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-5909660616975801432011-11-11T09:54:11.795+00:002011-11-11T09:54:11.795+00:00To be fair, when it comes to gear grind in DAoC no...To be fair, when it comes to gear grind in DAoC nowadays it is pretty much non-existant, as long as you have some friends to help you a bit.<br /><br />For example, a few weeks ago i leveled a healer and got her to level 50 and fully templated in one week.<br /><br />The big problem with DAoC though is the massive hill you have to climb when it comes to Realm Ranks, it is extremely unforgiving to go out in the Frontiers as a RR1-2 and stumble upon RR11-12s all over the place.<br /><br />But i have to say that even if the game is 10 years old the RvR is still better than WAR ever has been.Biggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-47728950787376836532011-11-05T11:21:36.423+00:002011-11-05T11:21:36.423+00:00I did mean to mention actually that WAR, DAoC and ...I did mean to mention actually that WAR, DAoC and EVE have tried to do something different and genuinely have different goals for playing, but they're the only big players that have. And unfortunately despite you and I having a great time with it, most people have seen WAR as a slow drawn out and painful crash and burn, which will not have publishers leaping to invest in true RvR games anytime soon. Otherwise DAoC2 would have been announced instead of being cancelled... So whilst DAoCs and WARs RvR was a step in the right direction, it's a road to nowhere as almost everyone has given up on it.<br /><br />Plus both DAoC and WAR have now stepped much too far into the gear/upgrade grind simply because that's apparently what MMORPGs have to be. You hit max level in either game these days and you've got ages of having a shit time just grinding gear to be able to compete. There's no justifiable reason for this other than this is what other games do..<br /><br />EVE, yeah totally an exception to all the rules and I rate it hugely, but it's a niche game and in reality has very little influence on the direction of the genre as a whole. That could change of course, if Dust 514 lives up to it's promises, in which case everything changes :)<br /><br />Planetside 2 has huge potential. However these are just a tiny handful of exceptions in a genre dominated by bazillions of games doing the same thing. And more and more of them coming.Bootaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12857676039536372689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-2092699922880303152011-11-05T02:10:00.803+00:002011-11-05T02:10:00.803+00:00Oops, I meant MMORPG.
Planetside was better, and E...Oops, I meant MMORPG.<br />Planetside was better, and EVE is truly gargantuan.Viidiashttp://www.viidias.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-42813619938660423742011-11-05T02:09:05.862+00:002011-11-05T02:09:05.862+00:00Disagree hugely.
WAR pissed on all the big name MM...Disagree hugely.<br />WAR pissed on all the big name MMOs for PVP.<br />RVR was a fantastic step in the right direction.<br /><br />Being able to be a nordic, barbarian chaos bastard and slap other players around in fast, action-based combat in small skirmish and huge fights alike, is one of my favourite gaming experiences to date.Viidiashttp://www.viidias.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7279669963757550971.post-3306371923327932312011-11-03T19:58:17.636+00:002011-11-03T19:58:17.636+00:00And Everquest is just DIKU with graphics.
I talk...And Everquest is just DIKU with graphics. <br /><br />I talked about this at length a few months ago in a blog post of my own:<br /><br />The squandered potential of MMOs <br /><br />http://www.frogdice.com/muckbeast/game_design/the-squandered-potential-of-mmos.html<br /><br />It seems to me that half the evolution tree of online RPGs was prematurely killed by the failure of Star Wars Galaxies and a subsequent fear in the industry to make true virtual world games after that.<br /><br />That's why all we are seeing now is DIKU clones (or WoW clones if you prefer) and very little innovation at all.<br /><br />The MMORPG genre is overdue for a big time revolution. Someone is going to revitalize the other side of the tree and make an awesome game.Michael Hartmanhttp://www.coinncarry.comnoreply@blogger.com