Blizzard is developing a new MMO, but it is a completely new franchise. I read about it on Ars' website.
I think Star Trek: Online has the potential to be pretty big/popular, especially with the success of the new film. Looks cool!
I've actually been dabbling at the thoughts of going back to FFXI, the Crossover Games folks have managed to get it working reliably well under Crossover, so no longer any need to reboot into windows (Or even have a windows partition) to run it. Basically all I was waiting for.
Now I just have to figure out if I have the time for that
Has the setting been leaked?
Great film, but will it be a great MMO? Is there planet exploration there? A primarily PVP game? I could see that, lots of conflict in space.
If you google Star Trek: Online, you can find their official website and view a trailer of the game.
The setting has not been leaked, no. At least nothing I have read. Should be interesting to say the least.
I would love to go back to FFXI but i quit about 2 years ago i had a 75 rdm/brd/sam. If i could get all my characters back i would jump on it in a heart beat.
1. It's more of a learning cliff...
2. It's not brutal, but it isn't forgiving like WoW. Besides, if you're a part of a corp they'll usually have some sort of policy worked out to replace whatever you lose in battles, though that's only in 0.0 space, not in Empire.
Has the setting been leaked?
Great film, but will it be a great MMO? Is there planet exploration there? A primarily PVP game? I could see that, lots of conflict in space.
Eve learning cliff ?!?! ohh you mean this
And here's what happens when you can't take a learning cliff...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns9oAGnK9CU
LOL, great pic with the little hanging stick figures and all!
I listened to about 3 min of that to get the gist. That a very good reason why playing PVP takes the right temperament and it helps if don't mind being ganked and/or stomped to pieces on a regular basis. I've also heard in Eve, when you get de-stroyed, you can be looted? But there is insurance to get your ship back? (wipes brow) I think I like hanging out with the Care Bears. It's more fun!
I started WoW on a PVP server. It really does interfer with PVE questing if you have any interest in that. Once in retail I switched to a "normal" i.e. "easy" servers.
There's only one server in EVE and it's a PVP one.
There are many ways to play the game. But PVP can destroy a lot of money. The good part is that often there are guilds that want pvpers and will supply you equipment to lose. Powerful ones have established “territory” where they mine moons and asteroids and “grind” on powerful mobs and have guild factories where they produce equipment...some of which they give you…and some they sell to you at a discounted price…and some they sell to outsiders at full price. With this comes the “defense” of the territory where they also need players for.
Does Eve have PVE servers? Or servers were PVP is somewhat controlled? I played Planetside for over 18 months which was a great PVP environment and I had a great time! The difference was that you don't have so much to lose when you die and there were no PVE quests to get in the way of fighting other players.
Does anyone think Aion is a contender? A hardcore Wow friend of mine just started it so I'll get a report soon.
Right now my impression is a mmo is a mmo, and Wow is at the top of the heap. If you jut burned out on one, I'm wondering what new and exciting adventure another can really offer? I'm not sure I'm done with WoW yet. I'm taking a short break, but I still acknowledge it's the best I've played out of about 7 MMOs.
Does anyone think Aion is a contender? A hardcore Wow friend of mine just started it so I'll get a report soon.
Right now my impression is a mmo is a mmo, and Wow is at the top of the heap. If you jut burned out on one, I'm wondering what new and exciting adventure another can really offer? I'm not sure I'm done with WoW yet. I'm taking a short break, but I still acknowledge it's the best I've played out of about 7 MMOs.
5 Reasons why Aion can take WoW- I'll believe it when I see it.