All Posts by shoziku

Leveling as we use it in games is not represented by the dictionary as we use it as an action of gaining higher level.  The term levelling is used in conjunction with the definition pertaining to keeping somethign level, in balance, etc...  so using it with 2 L's is wrong when pertaining to a gamer gaining levels.

It has never been proper American English to use a consonant when adding an "ing" to words.  Americans have simplified the language into a more efficient form by just requiring "ing" at the end of the word to be modified.

But no matter the spelling, the end result is this article has failed due to a blunder in communication. 

"Actually SWG had an ability that allowed the town militia to make people in their town attackable if they didn't leave within a certain period of time. Unfortunately do to an unfortunate incident involving kicking out a csr from a town and then ganking him, the ability was revoked. Not sure if that was the sole reason the ability was removed, but I remember it made quite a stink at the time. Made for a good screenshot too "

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I totally remember that. Classic flashback points for you.

<p>Originally posted by eric_w66</p><p>I find no joy in ganking someone 5 or 6 on 1. That's not fun for me, and I shudder to think of what kind of person it is who does find it enjoyable (Did they boil puppies alive when they were younger? Put firecrackers into frogs?)

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</p><p></p><p></p><p><br>When I played MUD's back in the early 90's they were seperated into PK or non-PK muds. (player killing, not the care-bear term PvP we have nowadays).</p><p><br>People who played and enjoyed PK muds were generally the mentally disturbed or had difficulty in normal social situations. I asked one guy his reasons for playing PK muds. I remember to this day what he said... "there's no greater joy than watching someone work every day to accumulate their equipment and levels, and then taking it all away from them by killing them, and then laughing"</p><p>I just can't be that cold-blooded. And even though much of the face of PKing has changed to be more care-bear (no looting, no xp loss, no eq deterioration), I still do not have a taste for defeating another player.</p>

While I think PvP is popular, it is still not as popular as plain ole PvE. While WoW PvP lost its flavor to me I tried to figure out why. My conclusion is that I don't like competing against humans... in RL as well as games. I love a great discussion with humans though because there are opinions that can't be wrong, therefore no winner or loser, just an exchange of ideas. Opinions in games can only be expressed in a textual form but not a game mechanic, unless you're talking about the expression involved with costuming like CoH/V.

Anarchy Online definitely had a super PvP system that involved a changing world as territories changed sides and Notum posession was the holy grail. But like DaoC it went the way of the dodo because by today's standards they are both graphically inept.

SWG had a great system of player killing that allowed leveling up while hunting players (bounty hunter) and would still be sweet if it wasn't for the "big change" it underwent to accomodate kids and their need for "make me a Jedi or I won't play" attitude.

I disagree with many parts of the article itself, mostly because it seemed the only experience with MMO's was based on WoW. The female avatars in WoW are hardly even female as it is. They all have these Olive Oyl rubber band arms that can only be sexy to other cartoon characters. Males who enjoy playing sexy female avatars will not choose WoW as their game.

Also, the article made it seem like females have an edge when it comes to freebies. This may have been the case many years ago but nowadays females really don't get a whole lot of special favors any more due to the enlightenment in the past 5 years that any girl can be a dude. This article is at least 5-10 years old in its accuracy.

And another inaccuracy... There IS an MMO where you gain experience for dancing. A quite popular and successful one too. I'm sure most of our readers caught that too. I'm not gonna say which one because to the tens of thousands of players who played it, it's pretty obvious.

I've played with some very close friends for over a year and the whole time they were convinced I was a female. And not because I'm feminine, but because my character was. She wasn't flirty or trashy, just bubbly, fun and happy. I broke a lot of hearts of men that truly thought I was female. They never even thought to ask me, and if they did, I would have told them the truth, but the subject never even came up. I've played 3 long term games now and in all 3 it took over a year for my friends to even care what my sex was. they just assumed I was female.

First to address the guy thats leaving...DLTDHYAOTWO.

There is a downside to having more zones to play in and that is the population is more spread out, making it a bit harder to broadcast LFT. The villain zones are more level specific and easier to find players your level due to them being concentrated more in one zone. Also, many of the hero zones are really not played that much and seem abandoned and could use a facelift much like Faultline got. (kudo's to that one)

The video was done well and I was excited to watch it. I tend to play more on the hero side but I do enjoy jumping the fence at times to be a villain too.

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Originally posted by Cpt.Stubbing

I like other MMOs but they all seem to be fantasy based and I too am hungry for a SUCCESSFUL sci-fi MMORPG. Pkease God please let this one be good.

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Oooh, that is so true. I am so tired of seeing trolls, orcs, elves, faeries, magic missiles, paladins, wizards... PTOOIE!

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Originally posted by Stradden

Hi Guys,

I wanted to step in here now and clear some things up. For those of you asking for gameplay information,  I can see where you're coming from. I' m as curious as anyone about how the game will be constructed, whether or not it will be a sandbox, is it level or skill based? The fact of the matter is that Perpetual, as a company, isn't talking about that aspect of their game yet. The fact of the matter is that there's a lot that changes in the development of an MMORPG between pre-production (where they are now) and launch. Announcing what features are going to be in the game, before they are locked down (or close to it) is not only a pain in the butt for companies (who then have to go out and say "We changed our minds") but also a pain in the butt for fans of the game like you and I who are looking forward to it. I know that's something that always aggrivates me.

I figured though, since I was there and saw what I saw, that I'd pass on any information I had. I know I was starved for it, and I figured others were as well.

Cheers
Jon

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Thank you for explaining this to the masses. I think some folks are under the impression that you were a reporter at a State of the Union Address where the speaker MUST answer questions posed to them. Perpetual was not under an inquisition, but rather was offering what they DO have to show us. I'm glad time wasn't wasted asking gameplay questions that we know there is no answer to yet. At this early stage it's better to listen to what they have done already than to push for things yet to come under development or ready to be released to the public.

One of the more soothing things I read in there was about the music and their decision to keep the familiarity of the original themes so it feels more Star Trekky. In my opinion that is a VERY important aspect that creates incredible immersion.

When SWG came out I was really confused by the music that was "new" to me because they didn't have any music associated with A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. The only music they had was from the first trilogy... which was not that familiar to me at the time. But they were also trying to promote that series quite a bit... but in doing so they sacrificed some vital immersion. It would have had that Star Wars feel from the start if they included the original Star Wars theme in their game.

So if I hear the original Star Trek music (from the original series) in the game, I'm gonna get that tingle of warm familiarity right off the bat.