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So I Downloaded this game yet again to check it out after months went by since I last checked out the game, and to me the game still sucks not even worth the money that was put into the game for development of this game I could have done better and instructed my developers to do better. Seriously EA/Bioware needs to let go some employee and get some people in there who can actually make people want to pay in a F2P Game.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
1. When I logged into the game the first thing I did was check the cash shop, and I see gamble items in there already I would honestly rather just pay for my items than purchase gamble packs or have that option to do such.
2. Lack of Customization still since Beta. I logged into the game I checked under the Equipment Tab I believe it was key (C) I was not able to find any Cosmetic Options for my starwars avatar other than hide helm, and show darkside, or customize a lightsabers color?
Hey man I want PINK Clone Armor, and the ability to customize form LEVEL 1.
3. No Recustomization options at least that I was able to find in the UI, now there maybe a NPC that does this in game I don't know but I was not able to find a FREE Recustomize appearance option in game, as a paying subscriber If I decided to pay the monthly FEE I should have the ability to this for FREE.
Come on this is 2012, not 1991, and not 2000 when these options did not exist in a lot of games.
If I had to compare StarWars to other MMO's I have played that offer customization I can.
1. Runes OF Magic.
2. Tera
3. EVE Online
4. Guild Wars 2
5. Lineage 2
6. Aion
These are all games where I can freely wear or edit cosmetics on my avatar even at level 1 if I so please to do such. I know that StarWars fits a complete different theme and game, but not having the ability to edit the colors of my armor, wear it as cosmetic similar to Runes OF Magic which by the way is my favorite cosmetic system in that game its just pathetic it makes me absolutely sick that I can't freely customize and enjoy the game my way.
Bioware is just even more pathetic on these features.
1. I want to know how much faster my XP gain is I don't want to hear my XP gain is faster I want to know how much more % I get if I pay your monthly fee and play oyur game.
2. Limit of GUI QuickBars for FREE players couldn't be more serious this is a CLIENT feature all players should have them FREE.
3. Whats the point of WarZone limits for FREE Players?
Their Restrictions are just too steep, and lack of content seriously I thought about trying this game again, I looked it over its not worthit. The only reason I would even play the game is the story line but its not worth doing or my time if I am not going to continue playing.
I really like StarWars & StarTrek but these MMO's in my eyes are just failures they need better developers who know what they are doing give a customer what they want for their money and reel in the fish, otherwise people like me are not going to stay around for long or pay.
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I am currently playing it for the first time "for real" after trying that old free trial up to lvl 15. Now I've got a 60 day sub and I don't have much complaints.
I have to be honest, some parts of the game really feel outdated. The combat, the linearity, animations... especially after coming from playing GW2.
But I also have to be honest, I am having fun. I like the stories and the quest dialogues. I know they don't really mean all that much, but they at least give some context to the stuff you're grinding all over.
I also like SW very much and this is quite a welcome distraction atm.
I imagine that after finishing my storyline (Sith warrior) I might go and try a bounty hunter or a Jedi but that's about it.
This game doesn't offer much in terms of longevity, but so far I'm having fun.
I think that while it does have many flaws, it does get a bit too much hate.
Anyways, to each their own.
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Joined: 1/12/06
Originally posted by Renoaku
1. I agree. Gamble items aren't good.
2. Yes, there is a customization option. It's not a 'dye' option, but a unify colours options so there's at least visual continuity in your gear. You colour lightsabers by finding/making/buying colour crystals - this has been in the game since early beta.
3. I think you're thinking the same thing as the previous. There's many 'costume' gear pieces that have enhancement slots. You can earn/buy 'top end' pvp/pve gear, remove it's stats captured in its enhancements and put it into 'costume' gear if you'd like.
I've barely played the game and found all this stuff already - you need to look a little harder before you start bashing.
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Joined: 6/14/06
I'm back and having fun with this game again. I'm sure this is going to be one of those games where I'll play it for a few months then take a few off and then try it again.
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Joined: 4/25/12
you are correctg in your assessment that there are limitations and many of those limitations are correct.
However I have a counter statment
Wow has no way to dye pink armor( or any other color for that matter). I mean come on, it is 2012 and the most successful MMO of all time cannot change armor colors, so epic fail
Fallen Earth only has limited ability to dy things
In keeping with a star wars theme I'd rather that ANY pink clone troopers be banned. There is a limited cosmetic option in SWTOR to unify colors so that the trooper clown suit no longer happens. I do think however that it needs to be unlocked or is only available to subs, not sure atm.
The steepness of the f2p
1. would it be more enjoyable it I said you are 1% better than f2p in gaining exp? did that all of a sudden change the level of fun in the game? there are game that require stamina, and if your stamina is empty you simply loose out on the extra exp that is awarded. in those games you ahve to purchase potions from their cash shops in order to "level normally".
2. UI bars seems a bit cheep. however for what they are offering you really do not need anymore. I'm not trying to justify, just saying that it is a minor complaint as bars are easily opened by not even purchasing bars. A 1 time purchase and boom you have more than enough bars. That purchase doesn't even have to be for the bars.
3.the point of limited warzone and space missions is to, in part, stop gold grinders in a f2p game. besides if you read the f2p model it is there to give you the story, not to grind and be leet.
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You dont have an appearance tab, but you can customize you armor at the point that at endgame is hard to find 2 people looking the same. And the dye system is coming btw. And maybe you didnt notice it yet, but you cant unlock pretty much everything with ingame money, all you need to do is check the GTN or auction house in the ¨cartel market Items¨ tab, and is done. Skillbar unlock, Warzones unlock, OPS unlock etc, but i guess is more easy to come to mmorpg.com and qq about why SWTOR sux and will die soon, we have been hearing the same for months and the game so far is alive and still, earning new players and subs everyday.
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Originally posted by hikaru77
Pretty much nails it. He didn't like it the first two times he played it so why in the world would he like it a third time? And all this over PINK ARMOUR? Seriously? You want pink armour in the Star Wars universe? No thanks. Keep that outlandish stuff out please.
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"Life is a joke, stand around and you'll miss the punchline."
"I could have done better" stopped reading after that line.
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Joined: 5/20/06
Do people really stop liking things for this silly list of reasons? I think they are legitimate wants for a couple, but this post really looks absurd with the extreme adjectives and reactions used when compared against these very minor things. Pink Armour? Really?
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Joined: 1/18/08
Better customization issues to complain about are:
Preferred users can have up to 4 quickbars. That's plenty enough. It only takes $5 in the cash shop to upgrade from free to preferred. If you need more quickbars and don't think the game is worth $5, then play something else.
The warzone and space combat limits definitely annoy me and are major reasons that I'm unlikely to play the game much as a F2P player especially in combination with the reduced XP for non-subscribers. These limits basically force you to level primarily from quests....
The biggest problem I found trying to pick up the game again in the past week is that having gone through the planets more than once already, I just find them to be too boring to repeat. Once I got my new Sith Warrior to Dromund Kaas, I couldn't stand to login anymore because I knew how tedious the game would become from there.
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Originally posted by meddyck
I kind of agree on what you wrote. It certainly is much more objective than the OP. I find the warzone limits are ridiculous forcing people into a specific play style which I do not understand the logic behind it. I agree that the quickbars is a minor thing, especially for preferred from Launch where they should have easily racked up into points to use those to get another quickbar if necessary without spending a dollar.
As far as the planets, im almost totally in agreement. I'm not sure if I would play more than one class on the same side through the planets again, but maybe I would try a Sith because the story is enough of a variation where the duplicate planets would still feel different. Not sure, as I still only have one toon at 47 because I've been playing GW2 and I'm still waiting to see how Bioware fixes if ever the static feel of the world/NPCs/events ets and the lack of social gatherings in the right places. Still hopeful though :-)
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I have a list of things that wig me out. It's a detailed list.
Lots of things scare me, perhaps because there are lots of scary things out there.
Number 10: John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High."
It's not the song, but the concept of the song as it pertains to the movie "Final Destination." That's the movie where a group of kids cheat death because of the main character's dream of precognition. The premise of the movie is that you can't cheat Death, and Death will maintain the delicate balance between life and itself by offing one character at a time until it gets everybody in the movie. Death announces its arrival with the playing of Rocky Mountain High.
Like today.
I'm stopped at a traffic light when I hear the faint strains of the song coming from the car in the next lane, "Rocky Mountain High … Colorado …"
I flashback to the movie, and wonder if I didn't cheat Death recently; and I'm about to be killed by a disabled Soviet satellite plummeting to earth or falling space debris.
It could happen.
Number 9: Cats (the animal or the musical).
Cats regard humans with a look of disdain that says, "Were it not for opposable thumbs you'd be eating off the floor and we would rule the earth."
Cats are the epitome of indifference.
As for the musical, nobody should have to sit through two hours of that.
Number 8: Anything born with more than four legs.
I think this one is self-explanatory.
Number 7: Celine Dion.
Nothing human wails like that. Her too-big-insectoid-eyed visage is a front for something heinously alien, something from the Ninth Galactic Swarm for sure.
Number 6: Swimming in the ocean.
One word: Jaws.
Number 5: Mimes.
Pasty pale and always getting locked in these imaginary glass boxes from which they can never escape. Instead of just feeling around for the opening they should maybe find an imaginary baseball bat and take a few whacks. Plus they never speak. Ever.
Maybe Celine Dion could be a mime.
Number 4: Beanie Babies.
Hundreds of Beanie Babies, all lined up on shelves in what my mom calls "The Teddy Bear Room," silently begging, "We're toys, please play with us."
They stare at me in the dark with their sad, black-button eyes because my brother took "The Whicker Room" because he's afraid of Beanie Babies, too.
Number 3: Parrots.
I've never seen birds this blue. Or birds that talk.
The blue I can handle. It's the talking part that's unnerving.
"Pretty bird," or, "Here kitty." Imagine being Tarzan, alone in the jungle, scared out of your mind because there's no way you can pull off Tarzan, and from the high treetops comes this disembodied voice, "Here kitty."
If Stanley heard, "Here kitty," in the jungle like I heard it at the beach this past weekend, Livingstone would never have been found.
Number 2: A Jack in the Box.
A dismembered clown head impaled on a spring jumping unexpectedly out of a box to "Pop Goes the Weasel," I had nightmares about these things until I turned seven and went to the circus for the first time.
And met …
Number 1: Real clowns.
Bozo … Pennywise … in my eyes there's no difference.
The leering ear-to-ear smile, the bulbous red nose, wild orange hair, oversized feet, manic laughter, and the inability to take three steps without tripping over himself.
To paraphrase FDR, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself … and clowns."
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The logical follow-up to that possibility, which was broached on Friday during a Q&A session with Tate at KeyArena in Seattle, is what would happen if Tate (13-4 MMA, 0-1 UFC) is able to pull off the upset.
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I am the grand-daughter, of the late Waitman J. Bailey, Jr. and my mother, Sharon Kaye Bailey is his step-daughter. I just want the WHOLE WORLD to know how much I despise this man. I know it speaks in the bible in Leviticus 19:17 You shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin and in 19:18 You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people. However, this is something I cannot agree to do. I hope for nothing more than Jay Bailey to be burning in hell right now for all the wrongs he did in his life. Especially the adultery sin he committed when my grandmother, Eva Margaret Bailey, was fighting for her life in the hospital in Webster Springs, W.V. and he was seeing the preachers wife at the time, Wilma Jean McCauley. As she was staying at the neighbors next to my grandparents and she would sneak out during the middle of the night in her night gown to go over to my grandparents house to see my grandfather. I know this to be the truth because the people she was staying with later told my mother about it. Unfortunately, my grandmother did not survive and passed away in the hospital. Just as my grandmother predicted while she was alive that would happen, well it sure did. As soon as Wilma Jean McCauley was able to get her divorce final with Roger McCauley, whom was my grandparents, good friend and pastor, she then married my grandfather. This all happened shortly after my grandmother passed away. Looking back now, I can see how my grandfathers health all went down hill from the time he married Wilma Jean. He was constantly sick and having medical issues. He did everything for Wilma Jean, and gave her anything she wanted. While my grandmother always had to work and pay for anything she ever wanted in life. He treated Wilma Jean's kids, Roger Lee McCauley, Jr and David Lee McCauley, like they were his very own and their children included. They were only married for just under 9 years. At the time of my grandfathers death, there was only $150,750.31 in the bank accounts and $83,751.10 was originally found a savings account that belonged to my grandmother, Eva Margaret Bailey. This should have passed onto my mother, but it didn't. Wilma Jean walked away with everything. Including the homeplace, the bank accounts, the furnishings, the automobiles, the rents and royalties from a coal lease. The bitch had the nerve to be upset that she was not married to my grandfather long enough to claim his social security benefits. WHAT A BITCH!!! After my grandfather passed away, she sold the homeplace and moved to Mentor, Ohio. Where she then paid $74,000.00 cash for a house for one of her sons, Roger Lee McCauley, Jr. I sure hope he is enjoying the home bought with my grandparents money!!! As for Wilma Jean, well she has remarried once that I know of since my grandfather passed away and that husband has since passed away and she did the same exact thing to his children. She made sure that they were left out of the will and that she walked away with everything. Want to know the sad thing about that situation? I tried to warn his children what would happen while their father was still living. As I told them what happened to my mother when Wilma Jean married my grandfather. However, I don't think they believed me, as they did not take any precautions as to see that did not happen to them and funny thing is, just as I predicted and advised them what would happen, well it did. I have come to know Wilma Jean as the BLACK WIDOW!! If I had the money, I would dig up his grave and open the casket and even though he is all bones, I would knock the living shit out of him and then drop his body off some cliff somewhere. Wilma Jean Bailey should have done the right thing and gave my mother what was rightfully hers, that belonged to her mother and gave my mother the 1/3rd of the cash money in the bank accounts, as the Last Will and Testament of my grandfather stated. Instead she made sure that the accounts with titled with right of survivorship, which means all the money would pass to her upon his death and leave my mother with NOTHING!! Just as it states in the Bible, that money is the root of all evil, well I can honestly say that is the truth!! I know that Wilma Jean will also have to account to God when that day comes!! She could have done the right thing and she did not and for that she will have to answer to God. Also if I had the money I would dig up my grandmother that is buried beside him and bury her somewhere far away from this monster. For while alive my grandfather actually bought and paid for a plot for Wilma Jean to be buried next to him when she dies. What a joke that is. For I got news for him, she has moved on with her life and took all his money with her and has no plans on being buried next to him. I hope that my grandfather rots in hell for eternity and I hope when Wilma Jean's times come that she too will rot in hell with him for all eternity. For because of them, my mother that once was a warmhearted, compassionate, sympathetic, generous, good natured, happy and joyful and positive person, is everything but that now thanks to Waitman J. Bailey, Jr. & Wilma Jean Bailey. My mother says that she has moved on since all of that and it doesn't bother her what happened, but both me and my brother can see the big difference it has made in her life and the way she use to be to how she is now. For that I will NEVER-EVER forgive either one of them for what they did to my mother. ROT IN HELL WAITMAN J. BAILEY, JR. AND YOU TOO, WILMA JEAN BAILEY, WHEN YOUR TIME COMES!!! DAMN YOU BOTH TO HELL!!! ...more about Waitman Bailey Jr
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Originally posted by Nanfoodle
Do like many true fans have done and go to a fansite forum and post there, hardly any hate and when a hate post crops up the fans quickly shoot the person down and he is promptly banned and made fun of.
Sadly mmorpg.com will never change as they allow the same people to spew vile hatred over and over and over and over and over because they have the fortitude to post hate and negative comments in such a way to skirt the bans here. Instead of saying the game sucks, they will say it is contrary to some mythical gamestyle or some such crap that basically says the game sucks in the Top Hat and Monocle way.
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Originally posted by ZedTheRock
Spot on.
This site has renderd itself useless as a place to discuss mmorpg games. Partly because most of the games on this list are no longer mmorpgs, but more so the people on these forums.
Its like this site is inhabited by people who hate mmorpg games more than anything.
People dont post honest "reviews" or even really discuss the game, its all about positioning and posturing some preconcieved opinion about the game, that opinion must be spammed and defended to the death.
You come to this site to read about what non factor systems and issues are gamebreaking and to see people post financial statements as proof they are right about a game being bad..
Nothing but political crap..and thats exactly what it is. Decide when you see the game listed based on a bit of information if you will hate the game or love it..then find every reason possible to validate this instant judgement.
Also, it seems the more developers listen to this audience, the less unique and origional games we get. I hope that developers eventually just ignore the forums and feedback and return to making games based on a vision (not damage control) i dont care how politically incorrect doing so is...we had better games back before they started listening.
But yeah...need to change the website to mmohate.com and give mmorpg.com to someone who will make use of the address.
Originally posted by ZedTheRock
Excellent post Zed. Hope you stick around. We need more people around here with the ability to see through the sleight of hand to what is really going on.
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Theres only one solution:
alright everbodys is free to deceide wether to like the develolpment of the game or not .
But what i ve read so far specialy from our multipresent (topicwise) Sandboxmaniacs
its somekinda of groundhog day on argument basis .
Like the same thing said on xy games forums a thousend times .
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Hopefully the single player Elder Scrolls Franchise will continue on whether or not this succeeds.
Originally posted by Brannik
Of course it will. This is why Zenimax Online was created by Zenimax Media, the parent company of Bethesda. Two studios working on 2 different games
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You turning something in to something what is not. Skyrim....Sandbox?? lol we play for sure different games, how for heaven you can call ES a sandbox??. They did exactly what is only possible to do with this game.
Originally posted by Iselin
I would rather visit a website that allows MMO fans to freely discuss what we're passionate about, regardless of intent, than a website that shuts down anything other than praise. I, for one, am a proud member of the 'cesspool of the MMO community' as its been called and glad that MMORPG.com will never change.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
Originally posted by Stizzled
A fair notion by Zed to be honest, but it's difficult to see at what it is targetted at.
There is no sleight of hand involved with the hating and flaming which goes on here, and having complained to the moderators myself on this, I have only seen (I beleive) a single short term ban for person(s) involved. It is of course not directly available information - one may infer at best. However - an apology was forthcoming from the mods on a directly related issue. So to some extent, from my limited experience, they do seem to understand the issue.
But moderation is a really tricky issue which can turn into censorship in a single barely noticed step. All too often a strong rebuttal of an argument, or a strongly stated position is either mistaken for hatred or relabelled as hatred to cynically serve the counter argument. The worst cynics throw in direct personal insults - attacking the person rather than the argument they are making.
I would argue it is at this point that moderation has to step in.
Having a 'debate' as per the accepted definitions of this type of interraction does NOT require that the validity of another persons point of view is acknowledged. It is an all too common assumption that in not doing so, one is insulting those with a contrary opinion, and this tends to solicit direct personal insults from the worst of them. This in turn encourages tit for tat, of which many, inlcuding myself on one occassion, have been culpable.
The world over, debates occur where the validity of an opposing argument is attacked without the owner of the argument taking umbrage - they are after all trying to do the same to the other argument... casting doubts on the ability of the owner of an arguments ability to either understand the opposing position or indeed the ramifications of their own is all part and parcel of it. There are however rules involved on how far you can go.
One may not, in a University, Parliament, or other face to face debating forum call into question the honesty or personal integrity of other persons involved, but one may call inquestion the validity, the accuracy and the relevance of the argument of that person as much as you want.
What the sites referred to have done is to turn the rigour of debate on it's head by reacting to the innability of some people to separate criticism of their position from insults against themselves by jumping on the safe side of the fence.
The inherent limitations of the internet may make this necessary, I am not sure as to the validity of this, but I accept the possibility. In some ways it unfortunately seems an innevitable development.
It is in my opinion, a great shame - insofar as it means difficult subjects and polarised positions will be increasingly shied away from by the more politically correct, seeking to treat everyone as something other than robust adults, capable of taking cricism on the chin without reacting to it as personal.
It is, I would argue, more likley from a mediocrity of debate, that mediocre games will flow more readily.
The internet has anonymous discourse with few, if any consequences. That is not exactly news.
You don't even have to go that far: many people have remarkably different social behaviour when they get behind the wheel of an automobile. Road rage is also not news.
Some sites have more moderation than others. Also not news.
There are some who defend "free speech" above all else. Presumably even they have limits when it comes to racism, homophobia and other types of hate-mongering. At least, I hope so.
Temporary absences from a site are not an indication of bans. There are real life events... even beta weekends. This is also obvious.
Perhaps a better measure of behaving in a way contrary to the rules of a particular site is how often a poster's posts are moderated with edits or deletions? Just a thought...
Although, of course, there are some more skilled at provoking and trolling and some more ready to whine to moderators than others. Some call that being good at internet. I just call it asshattery.
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Stupidity can't be taught
Originally posted by ZedTheRock
Yes, yes when you see a point of view you disagree with disregard it and move onto a place where everyone shares your opinion.
What I like most about your post is you're completely oblivious to the fact you're contradicting yourself.... and people agree with you. Wow.
Originally posted by Caliburn101
Your post extends well beyond the scope of this website. When you consider discussion on this site there can be no debate while neither party can accept the validity of the other's position, it only boils down into pointless argument. The point of debate is to change the opposition's mind, that cannot happen if they do not see any validity in their opponent's view.
Take for instance this thread, the OP claims that TES games have always been sandbox games, and that to turn this MMO into a themepark is wrong. I would argue that TES games have never been sandbox games and operate much like any themepark MMO (if they were to drop classes and level restricted zones). Now, if we step back and look at the issue objectively, we can see that both sides have a valid argument. It's simply up to one side to prove to the other that thier position is correct, which should be possible since both sides recognize the validity of each other's claims.
However, were I to just ignore any validity in the OP's claim and state that my position is the only correct one and that the OP is completely wrong then no debate can happen. He will never change my mind as I know for a fact that I am right. No debate can occur, only a back and forth argument.
Until people on this site can step back and look at issues objectively there will never be any actual debate on these forums. But, this will never happen because, in all honesty, most people who visit this website are not looking for any sort of meaningfull debate. The so called 'haters' and 'fanboys' both come here looking for a fight, though neither side would admit to it. Both sides, while under the guise of wanting to clean up this website, simply seek to use the moderaters to silence their opposition. I believe that most of the mods here realize this and do a great job considering.
So yes, Zed does indeed have a valid point. And, as he has said, there are other places on the internet that moderate one side's voice, leaving only the other. If that is what people are truely looking for then they should go there. However, the fact that they are here suggests that that's not what they're looking for. MMORPG.com silences no one's voice, and I'm happy for it, as are those who claim not to be. If they were unhappy they wouldn't be here, happily arguing with each other.
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
Originally posted by Stizzled
I feel that you missed the point here.
I am talking about contrary arguments - not ones with some shared middle ground. Those should, and do get acknowledged. I did not state that validity which does exist should be ignored - in fact, I beleive exactly the opposite.
It is the deliberate ignoring of validity where it exists from the pojnt of view of the oppossing poster which is one problem - and one which commonly leads to (or perhaps flows from...) a desire to be insulting to the other person rather than tackling their argument.
If people DID tackle the argument - it would be far more likely whatever common ground was there would be acknowledged.
This is and has always been my perspective, and one I feel you have not quite understood based on what you have written.
However, as you have tackled the argument and not the individual, kept to a reasoned approach and sought to justify what you have stated, I now have the opportunity to forward OUR debate with some hope of positive resolution.
I wish more people would take the same tack...
Lastly though, I do feel I need to state that debate IS back and forth argument, I would defy anyone to manage to avoid this process in any discussed difference of opinion, however small.
Originally posted by Caliburn101
I don't believe there exists any truely contrary arguments where one side's position has absolutely no validity. There is always some validity to any arguement whether the opposition can see it or not. In any case, my original intent was not to discuss what true debate is or what allows it to occur, but to point out the differences between a debate and a fight. On that I believe we're in agreement, for the most part. Tackling the issues is having a meaningful debate, while attacking an individual is just looking to pick a fight.
It's my belief that most of the posters who visit these game specific forums here on MMORPG.com are just looking for a fight. They don't come here with any intentions of debating an issue, they just wish to spew hate at each other. Those labeled 'Haters' come to pick a fight and the 'Fanboys' come looking to engage in one. Those of us who actually do wish to discuss a given issue are usually pushed aside, or left unable to explain the merits of our positions to those who refuse to acknowledge them.
If MMORPG.com was to clean up all the hate that comes from both sides then these game specific forums wouldn't exist. These forums are built on a bedrock of hate, and one either likes it or they don't. Those who don't should absolutely seek out another avenue of discussion, but they should just go and not stick around constantly trying to change how this site is run.
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Joined: 5/23/06
Originally posted by tixylix
This game is so far from be a WoW clone. Its taken DAoC PvP, Warhammer and Rifts Public quest system, SWToR VO story, EQ open world dungeons and for crafting something between SWG / DAoC / SWToR crafting. Where player gear matters a lot and dropped gear is made even better by crafters. WoW hub questing mixed with GW2 open world questing. So ya... just like WoW lol
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Joined: 11/21/11
More like gw2 pvp to be honest. They will probably have some equivelent to daoc renown ranks though. The whole being able to guest in campaigns and transfer campaigns business suggests we are in for gw2 style lobsidedness
The events sound more like gw2 than war / rift too.
I think the quests will work more like tsw than like swtor or wow. Personally I think this is ok, better than hub based, but I would prefer them to work like tes.
The crafting sounds like a mix between daoc and tes (which is a good thing, crafting should be important)
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Joined: 4/26/05
Originally posted by Nanfoodle
It's sad that your entire defence just makes it sound like a generic copycat MMO.
"classification of games into MMOs is not by rational reasoning" - nariusseldon
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Joined: 11/21/11
I don't think you can call it a wow clone though.
Rift is a wow clone, swtor is a wow clone, wildstar sounds like a wow clone, then you have numerous f2p games like perfect world.
But people take this wow clone stuff too far. I've seen people claiming the likes of gw2, war and tsw are wow clones when they plainly aren't.


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