I can't speak for the effectiveness of developer implemented award-based mentoring programs. However I do know that the responsibility of mentoring has traditionally fallen to the guilds in the MMO community. And generally the reward for mentoring…
Okay, so I think I figured it out. It really does sound like the issues with bad pugs deep down is a learning-curve issue. I know this might sound crazy because MMOs have actually gotten easier over the last ten years, and not harder. So how are …
So this is a quick replay. I have been reading everybody's feedback, and I came to the conclusion that the decline in fun of pug groups is at least 1 of 3 different things, we 3 different solutions:
1.) Bad pugs is a mechanics problem:
Obviously…
So I was reading a lot of the posts, and I think you guy's ideas are definitely closer to the mark of dealing with the pugs than my ideas. I'm perfectly fine with that, because my main goal was to get people acknowledging that pugs are still a prob…
Well of course, the goal is not to get rid of pick up groups. Pugs are supposed to be a major selling point in MMOs. But with all of the new features, I feel that pugging has gotten even worse now compared to 10 years ago. That's why I think we …
Someone give Christopher Coke a medal for, most hilarious article.
You captured the very essence of a hardcore player's mindset to a T.
My hats off to you friend.
I'm disappointed that nobody has mentioned Tera Online yet. Easily the #1 casual friendly MMO on the market. Free to play, action combat, about as much content as DCUO, solo dungeons, PvP with free itemized gear. There's no contest that Tera is #…
Yeah while watching that transmission, the tank encountered a bug that if the boss jumped away while he was in stealth, he had to run the gauntlet of fire in stealth (20% reduction speed). I don't see the bugs as a problem as the game is still mont…
I couldn't even finish reading this article because I didn't have a barf bag near me. How could you have gotten everything about free to play incorrect?
1.) Developers don't work for free on F2P games. Free to play games make MORE money, not les…
When I read the title, the first thing I thought was that "This has got to be the biggest post ever." First of all SWTOR had a ton of voice acting and that game is a failure. Secondly FFXIV has almost no voice acting, and as it got game of the yea…
I'm not in the beta, so I don't know if I am bound by NDA. But I have been watching some illegal streams on twitch, and my first impressions is that the Forbes guy is 100% correct about this game turning into another SWTOR. I successfully dodge SW…
[quote]Avarix writes:
“We’re not watching the competition too closely at all, really.” Why? “Because business model does have an impact, but in general good games do well. And we know what we have is good and worth that value. But more importantly…
So, I'm going to bring some information to this flame thread in hopes of making this a bit more constructive.
I was privileged to get into one of the earlier FFXIV beta tests. And the game was clearly awful. 6 classes, one starter zone, leveling …
The first thing I want to say was that before playing Tera, I was very vocal about the implementation of the trinity. In PvE it made it very difficult to group with your friends, if they weren't a very specific class specialization for the dungeon.…
My list represent games that people get the most value out of with respect to genre. The genre's basically cover the entire MMO community so there's at least one game everybody loves on this list, and that's how a Game of the year list should look …
I think listening to players talk about Rift going F2P really opened up a window into the minds of people that hate the F2P model. Now granted, there are a lot of games (almost all) that are F2P but are simply garbage like Neverwinter, but there ar…
Originally posted by PsyMike3d
R.I.P. Tera,Swtor,Neverwinter and all other F2Ps... at last!!!
That's how I feel. The sheer volume of Rift's content will easily put B2P and F2P games to shame. If you're looking for an MMO that can keep you busy fo…
I agree with the OP.
Neverwinter is a low budget IP cash grab MMO, just like Star Trek Online is.
Cryptic's model of game design is to make an MMO as cheaply as possible, milk the playerbase as much as they can, and then move on to their next cash…
I commend you making your post about the expensive cash shop prices in this game OP.
People need to know the truth that this game, even buying one item from the cash shop will set you back a lot of money. You can theoretically play the game for fre…