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Originally Posted by HippoNipple
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Hopefully the world will be big enough so this doesn't occur. Games that have a linear path, where levels 22-26 fight in this zone, have to accommodate by having shards. Shards are a cheap way to cram more people onto one server and making the world as small as possible while still allowing people to level up characters from 1-cap.
There aren't many games I can think of that match the leveling areas available for players in Everquest.
I understand what everyone here wants and I know there are people at Sony that know what Everquest fans want but actually implementing it all and still making money is tough.
no cash shops = less money made
no shards = more development of world and/or more servers per player base = more cost, less money made
hardcore features like penalty for death, pvp item loot, exp loss = smaller player base = less money
no instances = same as no shards
As a business owner you have to do some give and take in all these categories. The guys in the trenches making the game know what makes a good game.
The ones that make the big money if the game is successful and make the final decisions won't cut too far into profits. I can't blame, money is awesome. They aren't going to play the game.
Everyone knows that the majority of the mmo player base is attracted to easy games with instances, etc. The only thing we can hope is that there are so many mmos out there competing with each other that being different and catering to a certain crowd convinces a company they will make more money by being a niche game. So far all the niche games are created by underfunded companies that can't pull it off. A big company hasn't made the leap of faith yet.
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Are you really trying to defend basically everything that makes modern games suck?
If those features you listed were good at all, the 90 MMOs that have copy-catted WoW with those features wouldn't have all been gigantic failures.
and I don't think people who are interested in big business should be anywhere near a fucking video game, that's why games are all so shit now. Businessmen who don't know a damn thing about vidja trying to make a game that appeals just enough to get the initial purchase. All of them are shallow, linear, have no community, and ultimately fail within months of release.
I can understand wanting to make money by making video games, but I think no matter what your trade is you should do a good job at it and try your best to make a good product. Not just try to cut every corner possible, and create the most hype and box-appeal to trick people into purchasing your garbage game. There's no defending that.
My prediction is the game's gonna be garbage, if it's even decent at release I'm sure they'll find a way to patch away anything decent and turn it to shit in true SoE fashion.