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Comment on Star Trek Online going FTP by Anderson

Anderson — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 15:24:08 +0000

And here’s the thing: so will you. If you’re a big enough Star Trek and MMO fan that you’ve been inwlolfog this game from way back when, I already know that you will settle for this approach, because I can completely empathize. You sure won’t like it, but it’ll work. Really? I sure don’t know about that. There’s a whole lot of assuming going on there.I also think that assuming profitability just because a game launches is a pretty big mistake. I know that’s not exactly what you’re saying, but when you keep saying things like We HAVE to make a shitty MMO to get it out the door! , you’re coming awfully close. What use is getting the game out the door if it’s confused, schizophrenic and intrinsically mediocre (or worse)?If you can’t think of something that both a) makes sense and b) fits within your budget, you need to take a big step back and do some more thinking. There are more options than Diku and Impossible when making design decisions about MMOs. As far as pleasing both gamers and Star Trek fans, I think you go about things all wrong when you try to target gamers first. By targeting gamers, what you really mean is giving them something they’ve had before and seemed to like . Designing the game loop first, and such. That’s how you’ve ended up with some many crappy Star Trek games in the past. Why not just make a Star Trek Tetris game? Because it’s not Star Trek. It doesn’t make any sense. It’ll be a novelty to Trek fans and nothing else. A serious portion of Gamers are going to be turned off by Star Trek being in the title, anyway. Not to mention that they can go play any other (bigger budget) MMO for the same (or better) gameplay. So no, I think listening to the fans is incredibly important. There’s just a difference between fans who don’t know anything about MMOs and those who do. And apologies to Eric if you’re already getting jumped on over this. I haven’t really followed the STO thing, and I can rarely be bothered to read 20 drama-filled replies to a blog post. Hell, I didn’t read the original Star Trek Online post on this blog when I actually meant to. So I admit that I might be behind a bit here, and I CERTAINLY don’t want to seem like I’m rubbing anything anywhere or attacking anyone whatsoever.In other words, I really like this blog and don’t kick me out please.

Comment on Greatest RPG game of all Time? I would probably have to say Neverwinter Nights by Pentarian

Pentarian — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:38:18 +0000

Gosh I forgot about Kotor. I started it and got busy and never picked it back up… I have the second one in the shrink wrap as well. I will have to give Vampire the Masquerade a try also. Thanks for the info.

Comment on Greatest RPG game of all Time? I would probably have to say Neverwinter Nights by Guybrarian

Guybrarian — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 20:18:36 +0000

Knights of the Old Republic, definitely. Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines is a fair one too. A weird one that is a bit of a balance between strategy game and RPG is Jagged Alliance 2. It’s also one of the games with the best modding communities ever.

Comment on Skyrim… Whats your favorite Race and Skillset? by Tommie Absher

Tommie Absher — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:31:07 +0000

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Comment on SWTOR: Leveling with the Girlfriend by Andreas

Andreas — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:45:37 +0000

My wife and I just made 50, I was a Jedi Guardian and my wife was a smugglerette :) It worked fine all the way up til I got a healer companion, and then our characters worked even better together.

Comment on SWTOR: Leveling with the Girlfriend by Pentarian

Pentarian — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:08:02 +0000

Sorry to hear that. I’m lucky to say that we also play Minecraft together. SWTOR has been a change for us and the story so far is great! Maybe you guys can get some weekend time in!

Comment on SWTOR: Leveling with the Girlfriend by Tony

Tony — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 03:01:15 +0000

My fiancee and I started a Jedi combo, her as a consular and myself as a knight. Unfortunately what started off as excitement to finally have a game to play together has fallen to the wayside while she goes back to school. So our Jedi are stuck in limbo waiting for the day we start them up again, lol.

Comment on When I take a break from other games there is always Minecraft by Pentarian

Pentarian — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:02:42 +0000

Yes… and sheep need to regrow their wool… Needs fixed!!

Comment on When I take a break from other games there is always Minecraft by minecraftplayer

minecraftplayer — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:00:18 +0000

I have a barn with livestock inside and a fence around the barn. They keep getting out….. WTH!?!?

Comment on Minecraft …. Are they going to fix the multiplayer issues? by letsplayvids

letsplayvids — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:12:35 +0000

As posted on Reddit:
Use the minecraft_server.jar.
This setting up a server tutorial will tell you how to launch the jar:
http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Setting_up_a_server
Fixed it.