Very long and pointless rant much? I'll make this short...
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And you are aware that WoW is merely a bit of Everquest, a bit of SWG etc right? I love it how WoWers think WoW is original and inventive. It's like the only MMO they've ever played.Redmoonxl2
I don't recall WoW relying on pointless spawn times, convoluted crafting systems and endless timesinks as well as having SOE managing the game. SOE is a huge factor considering how many MMOs they screwed up.
And does the community get pissy when you call a hobbit a halfling? :lol: Wow, know your LOTR lore. Some species do call them halflings.FrozenLiquid
You're missing the point. The community's dedication to Tolkien lore borderlines on insanely pathetic. Then again, reading what you wrote, I'm not too surprised.
Oh, and I don't know about you, but the community are very welcoming to those who don't know about LOTRO lore. They correct them in the nicest way possible.FrozenLiquid
You must have been playing a completely different game I've played. Besides, who cares about lore in the long run? It's not like Tolkien would seriously give a crap, especially considering he's dead.
LOTRO's community consists of MMO vets. The dentists, the taxi drivers, your bus driver is stuck on WoW. That's why you'll hear on every MMO apart from WoW the catch phrase "WoW sucks". Because it does.FrozenLiquid
So WoW sucks because the everyman is playing WoW? Not following. I'm sure that the "MMO Vets" so overly concerned over fictional fantasy worlds that they spend hours thinking how cool it would be to meet Legolas are any better, eh?
As I stated, the game plays like WoW with a LOTRO skin.
Only in Second Life and WoW do you get:"Lulz ill pay u to take ur clothes off and dance elf ;)"
Cybering is also predominantly found in WoW. When the Prancing Pony became sl**sville, everyone pointed to one thing: "Must be WoWers".FrozenLiquid
That makes no sense. So cybering in LOTRO is connected to another MMO...how?
By the way, cybering in MMOs existed since Ultima Online. So I guess cybering is all UO's fault, eh? Damn UOers...
This is basically what happened: SWG was doing great. Then Sony f***d it up big time with NGE (don't know what that means, do you? Look it up on Wikipedia). 90% of users asked for their money back, and quit SWG. Before Sony could do something, WoW came out. Those MMO vets moved to WoW. WoW was their mainstay if they did not like the alternative EQ2 (and some Evercrackers moved to WoW too since they didn't like EQ2). WoW had really no new competition for ages. That's until LOTRO came out. The thing that WoW lacked is depth. It was fun to play, but it lacked depth. You just played the game. You didn't RP in any sense. It was merely a MMOG, not MMORPG. You will hear MMO vets saying it's the AOL of MMOs.FrozenLiquid
SWG was doing well? Hardly. That game had so many issues that most people were turned off initially. The hardcore stayed until the entire "Oh, Um Gee, lets make SWG a MMO FPS!" phase.
The game had it's popularity but was it seriously a major success? Not even close.
Anyways, I don't see how the failure of SWG somehow makes WoW any worse. Seems like you are heavily bias towards a game that you obviously don't like because another game is currently your "thing". Don't worry, I'm sure the boogyman (Blizzard) won't kill your buzz.
WoW lacking depth... :roll:
I'll be sure to go to you for any unbias opinions in the near future. :lol:
Measly example: You will never see anyone busking in WoW for money. It happens a bit in LOTRO, but it was nowhere near SWG. You had people RPing as dancers yet smuggling weapons "under the table", you had pure musicians making a living out of entertaining people. If you were a Jedi (they were extremely rare), you had Darth Vader breathing down your back. No one wanted to be the coolest person ever. They just wanted to be part of the universe.FrozenLiquid
Different strokes for different folks? Some people aren't satisfied with being "part of the universe"/
So now everyone's moving over to LOTRO, since it has the best of both worlds: the heart and soul SWG had and the ease of use WoW has. Still, some say to this day SWG had the best crafting system ever.FrozenLiquid
Heart and soul of SWG? Seriously? I personally don't find it exciting to be random hobbit number 236.
As for crafting, I was never a fan of the entire crafting scene. As said, different strokes for different folks.
Also, remember back in the day a Blizzard dev said Everquest 2 was better than WoW at launch. WoW only started pulling ahead when more content was included.FrozenLiquid
Eh? WoW was ahead of EQ2 since the first day of release. In fact, I believe that WoW holds the record of largest subscription base of any MMO in opening day (over 500,000 on the first day)
Oh, and the funniest thing you said was implying LOTRO ripped off WoW. Take a look at fantasy nowdays mate, and just realize how many damn universes have shamelessly ripped of Tolkien's universe.FrozenLiquid
Has nothing to do with my point. LOTRO plays nearly the same as WoW, just about the same gameplay interface and everything. The only difference is the art style (Which is bland imo) and community, who are anal about LOTR lore, which I seriously don't care for.
In any case, whatever Raph Koster is cooking up in the future, you'll be sure to find that the next biggest MMO out. Don't know who Raph Koster is? Look him up ;).FrozenLiquid
"Hey, look at me! I feel superior by naming a name most people don't recognize!11!"
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Personally, I never liked SWG or UO so no, I'm not excited about any future game from him.
EDIT: I'm loving my main, who tries to be a chivalrous soldier but has the most unorthodox method. And his wife (my alt to stop those pesty 6th graders from hitting on me) is a farmer and cook, but thieves behind his back. It's little things like this that make the worlds that much more believable.FrozenLiquid
I'm excited for you.
Actually, not really.
With that said, I never said that LOTRO was a bad game. I just stated it's insanely too familiar to the model WoW set forth.
Oh and if you really want to feel important about the MMOs you've played, I have played everything from UO to *gasp* LOTRO. Trust me, you're less important than you think you are in regards to this subject.
Because i have time restraints on myself, I can't post every single one of your arguments, but all of them lead to this:
You haven't played every MMO since UO. If you were that much of a MMO vet you wouldn't be talking like this.
Secondly, any person who's played all MMOs knows about Raph Koster. Only WoW casuals don't know anything about one of the most successful single developers in the industry.
Third, you called LOTRO art direction bland. Sorry it doesn't cater to 6th graders. Bulky armour and metal bikinis FTL. And it's generally agreed upon that the art direction is much better than WoW -- this is according to MMO vets. that is, of course, everyone but yourself.
Face it, you're not fooling anyone, and you know it.
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