General Discussion

I enjoyed the first book.  Unfortunately for me, I found that each of the successive books seemed to suffer from sequel syndrome.   Still this series is one of the best-selling so there's a pretty good chance that this game is the devs to mess up. 

Does anyone remember the FPS?  I tried the shooter that came out a while back.  Balance issues did not matter as much in a FPS, and the story was surprisingly well done. 

A MMO though?  I agree almost everyone will want to channel.  Or be a heron mark blade wielder.  Or both.  I find the Jedi and SWG analogy fitting.  NGE and Jedi ruined the game.  Well Sony certainly helped. 

For WoT I could see a great deal of hype, a lot of ppl who would try the game.  But stay?   Hopefully the devs put together a top-notch product. 

Its about time. Been hoping for a WoT mmo for some time. Now I know some people might be afraid that its a new company who has a lot of people that arent experienced in the field, but taking a look at a lot of recent mmo's does having experience or being a well known company lead to a great mmo? no it doesnt. Perhaps a new face can make something that we can enjoy...

Oh wonderful, another Perpetual with a different name to ruin one of the better fantasy series out there.

When will these idiots out there understand there is more to making MMO than just great lore.  

The fruitcakes in this industry truely amaze me sometimes at their complete lack of understanding of the genre.  They are going to magically raise investment capital and a development team that will do justice to this series?  More like bilking another group of investors who fantacize they can have the next Wow on their hands.

Hmm, could work well or just be a mess. I would prefer a "Game of throne" game instead myself however.

Anyone know which time it will be in? I hope they don't do as LOTRO and let the players be NPCs to the main chars, better have it during the trolloc war or so then.

I'm curious though, since book 12 will be a definitive ending for the WoT series, how will the developers expand on the universe? The problem with this MMO is that with the passing of Robert Jordan the lore is pretty much a closed and set in stone. I assume then that the developers will be able to create whatever storyline they wish which does not sound like a good idea to me.
 

Originally posted by xxkari

I'm curious though, since book 12 will be a definitive ending for the WoT series, how will the developers expand on the universe? I assume then that the developers will be able to create whatever storyline they wish which does not sound like a good idea to me.

According to the the replacement author's blog there will be more than one book.  The last time I read it, he was well over 200.000 words and climbing.  He noted that he was already working on the idea it would be more than one book.

Originally posted by brostyn

That's awesome. I hope it doesn't wind up like LOTRO.

I LOVE the LOTRO game - Graphics are awesome, gameplay is great and I like the PvP - can't wait for Mines of Moria to be released!

I would love to see PvP in a WoT time where you could play Dark creatures and/or Aes Sedai, etc. However, if it ends up like that P.O.S. game that was released several years ago, it would be a sad thing for this phenomenal book series.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Originally posted by xxkari

I'm curious though, since book 12 will be a definitive ending for the WoT series, how will the developers expand on the universe? I assume then that the developers will be able to create whatever storyline they wish which does not sound like a good idea to me.

 

According to the the replacement author's blog there will be more than one book.  The last time I read it, he was well over 200.000 words and climbing.  He noted that he was already working on the idea it would be more than one book.

Interesting, but even if there is another book to encompass all of Jordan's material, it still means that after this book has been published all further material will not be the ideas that Jordan envisioned
Which is why I'm wondering how the developers will deal with this issue.
I read that Jordan had intentions of following up on Tuon and Mat after the ending of A Memory of Light, other than that though I'm pretty sure it was stated that the issue of Rand and Tarmon' Gaidon and all other loose ends will be settled in the last book. So my question is what direction will this game be heading towards?

I loved Jordan's story... however... the man had a problem, almost ever character introduced in one book had to be followed like a main character in the next... along with everyone else. He couldn't have wrapped it up in one more book, and I only hope his replacement can bring it all together successfully.

As for an ongoing game, there are plenty of things going on in the world that don't involve Rand and friends... I see no difficulties in keeping it fresh and fun, yet remaining connected to the world of the novels.

Does anyone actually know of any studies showing that having an established lore like this or LOTRO actually helps sell the product? 

Personally I tried to read the series twice and gave up on the fourth or fith book. At the end of the day its just a bunch of teens riding around the country side. Mind you, that probably bodes well for an MMO.