If EQ3 Hypothetically were in development, what would you suggest?

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by Lizard1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You guys are idiots

maybe its not darkpaw, maybe it is, but i can guarantee you that some developer somewhere, is gonna see this thread.

Originally Posted by Lizard1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You guys are idiots

Now, since you went there you earned this:

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[Topgunben]

Originally Posted by Lizard1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

in chimes another idiot to post what he thinks, probably a democrat at that

No one likes you.

[Danth]

Originally Posted by Lizard1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

yea we had that with vanguard we called it chunking, sorry you missed it, gorgeous game that needed more $ and development

Vanguard is about the only failed MMOG that I kind of feel bad about. There was a very good game in there but it never had a fair chance. I have never in more than 25 years of online gaming seen a game where every last system was similarly broken and malfunctioning. Nothing worked right and eventually it got old zoning and finding myself 200 feet in the air (just to drop to my doom) or having heals that would randomly stop working or chain-aggro of entire dungeons for no apparent reason or a billion memory leaks and so on. No problem, specifically, was by itself a game killer like sb.exe was, but absolutely everything in Vanguard was glitchy and it was the gaming equivalent of death by a thousand cuts.

As for an EQ3: The studio which owns it (by whatever name) has not produced anything I've wanted to purchase in more than fifteen years. They haven't even come close, haven't even displayed any ability to create anything I find interesting. It seems unlikely they're about to start now. Simply slapping the EQ brand on some random game is not going to draw my interest.

Danth

[Nuggie]

If you listen to no one else in this thread, listen to ravager.

[imperiouskitten]

Originally Posted by Lizard1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

all of thestra was gorgeous

the desert was kind of a shithole

kojan was pretty cool

the level 20 epic quest in the dungeon was amazing

the first red weapons in pantheon were amazing as well

it was brand new, it needed money and better management

great taste, this was my favorite content in the game as well. especially the last boss whom you could bug and kill infinite number of times.

The peeps on my server who found the quest wouldn't tell anyone specifics, but they told us "it's in kojan" and me and my bros went and found it. lot of late nights whispering sweet nothings in duos and trios in ventrilo with my school friends.

Also a male-female meth head couple in their 40s tried to pick me up to come live with them (16yo twink), and so did a cultlike guild which started a 2006 "gamer house". Amazing game gr8 community, but all of those people have probably been eaten alive by life by now or moved on.

MY ADVICE to an EQ3 dev would be to do it in fully posable mixed VR/pancake (stripper / exotic dancer sidegame), make japs code the engine so it's beautiful and runs good like ffxiv, institute EQ style player interaction (ksing & trains), no playnice policy, use player policing a la the guide system to get super nerds who will work brutal hours gratis to ban hackers. Implement more "survival" style features the way early levels in EQ feel, where food is hard to come by and inventory management is annoying. Make it a bit of a trekking and surviving sidegame early on, where getting hit with a blizzard might fuck you up if you're traveling light without your coat. Slowly erode those bits of the game through enchantments etc., so that the world goes from being very hostile and trekking is super difficult, to being much safer because of your pegasus cloak that nullifies the basketball sized enchanted hail damage in the dragon ice wastes. Could have a whole weather tracking website for nerds at work. I would also recommend charging substantially more per account, something like $85/month or $45 with proof of SSDI, since the target players are whales of autism and you want to minimize boxing and filter kids out.