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• • would you trust ncsoft enough to buy aion given they ve closed down tabula rasa so soon ?

  • Originally posted by googajoob7
    

    the problem for ncsoft now is why trust them to invest in buying and subscribing to something like aion . they ve proven twice its not worth the time and effort of leveling characters in one of thier mmos . i ve only tried tabula rasa now because i got it cheap and am playing out the first month . i would nt say its the best mmo but neither is it the worst . what i cant understand is why give your company such a bad name by shutting down something this quickly .( vanguards still going even if its not that popular at least that shows soe has some respect for its user base ) .

    my personal view is they should have tried a different payment model , used in game advertising or added it as part of a package with one of their other mmos . or even sold it on to another company to continue it  . shutting it down is the worst thing they could have done .

    
     

    I doubt that it is the worst thing that they could have done.  :)

    As to whether or not someone can trust NCSoft?  Well I would sooner trust them over a company that would sit there and convince players to continue paying subscription fees while they kept turning the game inside out and upside down.  Although it's been a few years since I last played, LineageII seems to continue going on strong and I haven't heard anything about them shutting down the servers for Guild Wars (though they might come GW2) nor COH/COX.  Aion looks to be more traditional with a couple of new features and as to whether or not that game lasts 6 mos or years upon years, is entirely up to the subscribers.

    Obviously they could have pulled the same bs that some other companies have done;  Bundling it and making a package monthly sub for all their games etc etc, open up NCSoft controlled item malls etc, but why?  That would cause far more harm to their reputation than the admittance of a failure and pulling the plug.  Rather than taking resources from games that are still profitable they are cutting their losses and prepping for the next thing.  To me, it seems they are far more honest than other companies out there so yes, I trust them more now than I ever would have had they gone the _ _ _ route (you fill in the three letters yourself ) :D

  • Posted: 12/01/08 6:08 PM
    Tabula Rasa
• • if WAR carries on like this... it'll be over within a few months

  • Originally posted by Firebrawn
    

    So i've gathered a bit of a reputation on these boards as a bit of a WAR fan boy. So for me to write this is actually pretty significant.

     

    The way things are going... WAR is pretty much going to fail... hard. It had good population to start with... but imo, it was released far too early and people have simply buggered off to other MMORPGs that are more balanced/polished.

     

    However, bugs/imbalance/unppolishness aside... the MAIN problems i see here with WAR that NEED to be FIXED SOON are:

     

    1. Population - there are too many servers and they need to be merged

    2. Social aspects - we need item linking NOW and we need duelling NOW, as well as more emotes

    3. More responsive combat - enough said.

    4. Some kind of renovation of the keep/battle field objective system. Frankly, PVEing undefended keeps and BOs all day isn't my idea of fun... and i happen to be on the most populated EU server. Even IF there isn't some kind of increased incentive for defending, at least make the PVE part more interesting (e.g. introduce a more complex mini game for Rams, instead of just a 'click on the line' game.......)

    5. General bugs... especially the obvious, simple ones e.g. the dismounting bug. I mean COMMON! HOW HARD IS IT TO FIX?

    6. Make it easier to lock zones, and dont have Serpent's passage on the front all the time - or introduce a SINGLE QUEST for ALL the scenarios.

     

    So yeah, coming from a former WAR fanboy, here are my thoughts. These issues really need to be addressed, otherwise this will  be an empty game within a very short period of time. I mean, the biggest, bestest guild on destruction side on our server all just left for another game recently... they were Server Police of Eltharion.

    
     

    Fail? Nope, although I may not be a subscriber for much longer.  I suspect that it will sit in a state of mediocrity for some time.  Though, what else is there to expect really?  Nothing stellar can really ever come about as long as games stick to the middle ground. 

  • Posted: 11/28/08 10:51 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)
• • Warhammer Online : Age of Reckoning: Open RvR Update

  • While I am a fan of WAR I must say that things have taken a definite turn for the worse since launch.  The huge ORVR battles that were the norm throughout beta are a rarity in live.  What ORVR there is quickly turns into a very boring and unappealing game of keep tag.  The game was closer to balance a month before release and some of the decisions at mythic to turn the game into a loot grind akin to wow have really turned me off and im really not sure that I am going to be able to justify my paying to play this for too much longer. 

  • Posted: 11/25/08 7:36 PM
    General Discussion
• • The Bible Online - when will it happen?

  • Originally posted by Inzra
    

    Since we have all these mmo's that are based on good and evil setup, why not use the ultimate good/evil source of our time?

    I think the Bible would be an excellent lore for an historical/real-time mmo

    With the true epic battle of God and Satan, along with stories of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah,

    Moses, king David, Samson, Solomon, John the Baptist and ofc Jesus

     

    Gods army, the angels, Jesus and his diciples and all his followers  would ofc be the good side,

    while the evil side could be represented by the Lucifer's army, the Romans, Sodom and Gomorrah, Pharisees and Sadducees, the scribes

    Pontius Pilate could be somewhat indifferent.

     

    Well I think it could work anyway, at least the story would be epic.

    
     

    Well, this would cause all sorts of issues :P

    For one the schism between Christians, Jews and Muslims.  All three are based off the Old Testament.  Then you have the issues within each of those faiths.  On the Christian side you have the Catholics, Protestants, Eastern Orthodox and all of the other different sects.  On the Jewish side there are a couple of different sects that I know of and the same with the Muslim side.  Do not think anything like this could ever come about on a mainstream basis.  Sure, there could be a "Left Behind" mmo or something on a small scale hosted by an individual church.  But, if you tried to go mainstream good grief.  Just imagine the lawsuits if you went with a Christian slant.  People of the Jewish faith would have a field day filing suits that hte game was anti-semetic etc.

  • Posted: 11/24/08 8:33 PM
    General Discussion
• • For those who have left: What disappointed you the most?

  • Personally, I haven't left yet but am closer and closer as the days creep on by.  The RVR game is a huge disappointment compared to how it was in beta.  No one hardly wants to do orvr everyone wants to sit in scenario queues all day long.  Another reason is that tanks can not tank outside of pve.  With the increase to rdps and no change to defense and itemization, tanks now die exponentially faster in rvr combat.  Finally bugs that have been known about for months, specifically in regards to tanks (as I play a chosen heh) are being pushed further and further back as rdps get all the love tells me that either a) I need to reroll to a rdps class or b) stop paying and divert my energy elsewhere until mythic gets its head out of its backside.

  • Posted: 11/17/08 2:13 PM
    WAR (Warhammer Online)