New posting rules on the state of the game?

[Trexller]

Frakkin' Toaster

[MageBlue]

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

1. time requirement --- no one really dug into that yet.


2. monetization. wanting to box is a form of monetization. You can pay (to run) for x number of chars, why can't you?

3. meta-gaming this is what we call "quality of gamers here I guess. The fact is, people do online shiite a hundred diff ways. Part of meta-gaming *is* that not everyone is on the same page in pugs, in zones, in guilds everything.

Let me suggest this defintion.

Meta-gaming = all the game play diff so-called non-classic "intentions" of the designers. Meta gaming includes everything from crafting macros to any given class's tricks that are always mentioned on eq boards, again, from swarming to ae grps to, naturally botting in and of itself.

I love your avatar - that actor soo funny

Did you ever see the Pink Panther returns

[shovelquest]

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Kill Clouseau.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

https://youtu.be/gRSjWtNoz50?t=306

For those too busy to watch the build-up.

[Wakanda]

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

my vague post can be taken both ways now that i reread it

that's the problem I'm complaining about. people that take a 'theme park' MMO, turn it into an esport, like some Broodwar GOMTv spectacle. The meta escalates. People literally run TAS scripts to control their characters to get a advantage on FTE. It boils down to millisecond latency because both guilds do it.

I'm in the minority, I totally get that. I enjoy competitive video games. I played Tribes, participated in America's Army clan wars, woke up at 4am to watch Idra's Broodwar failures in Korea, and even played Eve Online in 16-hour stints during the great wars. Yet, in the 'dungeons and dragons' simulator category, I seek something more casual. I want to avoid min/maxers and rule lawyers.

TBF I was drunk AF and winding down for the night, I don't even know what I was ranting about in hindsight.

I do notice a lot of people frequently say that there's no market for an MMO as hardcore as EQ in 2025, and in my experience this is the opposite of reality. Like I know so many kids whose entire lives revolve around video games. Like right now in my current online friend group you have a bunch of 40+ year olds like me playing Retail WoW, and then all of the 20 something year olds are all playing Classic WoW and dumping way more hours into the game than I ever did 20+ years ago.

I think there's definitely a market for hardcore MMOs, there's just a short supply.