Total Fan Girl

Oh my gosh! I was thinking the exact same thing wh...

2012-05-30T10:15:42.521-04:00

Oh my gosh! I was thinking the exact same thing when I read about this on Monday! They said the cop shot him once, but he didn't stop. He just growled and kept on munching on the other guy. Makes me wonder if the shot that finally stopped him was a head shot...

That Cowboy Guy

I hate you, world :(

2012-05-22T02:51:34.460-04:00

I hate you, world :(

Yeah, not getting to play the premium level 50 con...

2012-05-19T13:50:41.386-04:00

Yeah, not getting to play the premium level 50 content after getting my first character ever in a MMORPG ever to level cap and not crap to do except certain times maybe Friday and Saturday. Oh darn, guess I'll just go and play with my other 7 characters :D

DDO is still a solid, viable game, and what is clu...

2012-05-19T13:47:00.037-04:00

DDO is still a solid, viable game, and what is clumsy about it? I don't play it anymore but it is a work of art in motion :D

And why did Jones (the cat) survive the 2nd movie?...

2012-05-19T06:33:29.016-04:00

And why did Jones (the cat) survive the 2nd movie? He stayed at home!

@badvillemojo - Better than that... She had two!...

2012-05-15T14:52:57.188-04:00

@badvillemojo - Better than that... She had *two*!! (plus a seemingly endless supply of grenades but I digress).

Equipping permanent pants now.

2012-05-15T13:33:37.153-04:00

Equipping permanent pants now.

Funny you mention curosity. Except for Ripley, th...

2012-05-15T13:17:25.969-04:00

Funny you mention curosity. Except for Ripley, the only survivor was the cat.

Sigourney Weaver did learn by the second movie &qu...

2012-05-15T12:55:11.247-04:00

Sigourney Weaver did learn by the second movie "Aliens" to carry a big gun!

I think Rick and Jaz pegged it-- MMOs have a natur...

2012-05-09T19:37:17.754-04:00

I think Rick and Jaz pegged it-- MMOs have a natural fluctuation in members. They need slow buildup past the initial burst of interest, and membership changes with the seasons (either because of school, work, or good weather).

As for time constraints...I play Runescape. It's considered the red-headed stepchild of the MMO world, but I can play for as little as 15 minutes if I need to. I've had friends eagerly try to sell me on WoW, but I'm just not interested. Plus, I'm a Linux user. Support is always a mixed bag under Wine (yep, I just checked SWTOR at the WineHQ db just now).

Lost 25%, eh? Yeah, when that leaves a million and...

2012-05-08T14:37:11.749-04:00

Lost 25%, eh? Yeah, when that leaves a million and a half, it doesn't mean SWTOR is doomed. It probably just means they need to jazz some things up.

The biggest mistake Bioware made with the game ear...

2012-05-08T13:07:48.926-04:00

The biggest mistake Bioware made with the game early on was having too many people spread across too many servers. It made the game feel empty. When millions of people were logging in, rather than increasing capacity on the servers, they just opened new ones. Now that the population's on the decline, people are having trouble finding groups to do flashpoints and such, myself included. I have yet to do a hardmode flashpoint other than Black Talon for this very reason.

This brings me to point #2: no group finder. THis game desperately needs a group finder which is coming in patch 1.3, and it can't come soon enough. Without a group finder, people that play DPS roles such as myself with guilds that are dead just sit around spamming in the fleet when they can be out doing something while being queued for a group.

So these two things are the game's biggest problems. As Nicole said, the game was awesome for me up until 50, and then I just went, "ok....so now what?".

As far as the time problem goes, people will play the games that appeal to them for whatever reason. I still play WoW, I play EQ2 once in a blue moon, and I've been playing SWTOR, Tera, and GW2 beta, not to mention Diablo III. What's going to win people over is what's fun, where their friends are, and what makes the game appealing on several levels.

This is a bad time to make an MMO. Too many A-list titles out there.

Something else to think about, is the time of year...

2012-05-08T12:48:24.044-04:00

Something else to think about, is the time of year. MMOs always lose in the summer and gain back in the winter.
I'm not the huge Star Wars fan and I don't really care for games with guns, I'm a swords and sorcery guy, but I LOVE this game. I think it'll survive.
I never expected it to have WoW numbers, but it's doing very very well. I think I'll be playing it and WoW for a long time to come.

I was a fairly hardcore WoW player for a number of...

2012-05-08T12:03:21.617-04:00

I was a fairly hardcore WoW player for a number of years, then I got out of it for time reasons. Family was growing, no time for MMOs.

That said when SWTOR came along, being a total SW nerd (even played the tabletop for 4 years straight) I had to get in. I don't play it as much due to those same time issues, maybe 4 times a week, probably logging a total of 5 hours, but I still greatly enjoy it. I love the more developed story lines, and I see myself having many years of exploring all the plot lines and builds. So for a casual gamer like me, it doesn't get much better than SWTOR.

It's probably a common trend for any new MMO, ...

2012-05-08T11:34:52.157-04:00

It's probably a common trend for any new MMO, or any game for that matter. Big surge of interest but only a certain percentage of those are going to persevere. It's probably exactly what EA expected and after this dip they will probably slowly increase their subscriber base over the years as they add more content. Me? I still play DDO. It's clumsy movement but I like it and all my friends play it.

"First, protocol droids should all be shot...

2012-05-04T16:01:11.865-04:00
"First, protocol droids should all be shot on sight."

Although I have yet to get a d20 Star Wars RPG going, I already have a house rule that generally forbids players from playing droids. What you've described further cements my conviction that players will abuse droids if they can and therefore they must remain strictly NPCs (if gamemasters even use them much at all to begin with).

No see, this is 1000 years before then. Obviously ...

2012-05-01T21:56:24.398-04:00
No see, this is 1000 years before then. Obviously they had gotten tired of shooting at each other and at some point made peace. Then the Death Star comes along and BOOM!
Lesson: Peace is only okay if you can stop the Death Star from blowing your planet up! ;)

"No! Alderaan is peaceful! We have no weapons...

2012-05-01T11:11:43.657-04:00
"No! Alderaan is peaceful! We have no weapons, you can't possibly... " - I call BS!

6) If you need to consult a road map to find out w...

2012-04-28T02:51:58.298-04:00
6) If you need to consult a road map to find out where to take a left or your other left. Stop the car! Or at least have your co-driver (you have been following the rules haven't you?) read the map for you.

Schweet!

2012-04-13T16:50:19.249-04:00
Schweet!

I stand corrected on the mc chris credit. I was go...

2012-04-05T06:57:01.545-04:00
I stand corrected on the mc chris credit. I was going on what I was reading and he was getting credited by multiple sources. I knew it was a different voice, but it's not uncommon to have sings covered by different artists in video games. (and his name is spelled with so many variations of caps and lower case that I honestly had no idea).

I was born before the 90's so my liking the game has nothing to do with being a young upstart ;) In fact. I'd guess my age is part of eht I'm able to just relax and enjoy it rather than blow a fuse over it all.

Sorry to tell you TFG but that song was ripped off...

2012-04-05T03:18:51.081-04:00
Sorry to tell you TFG but that song was ripped off from mc chris (and he writes his name all lower case BTW). The credits for this horrible game tell us that the screechy voice was one Renee Wagner, and that it was produced and arranged by Kevin Afflack (the lyrics are different enough so they don't have to pay chris).
I won't go on a rant that a lot of Fan Boys(and Girls) born before the 90's think this game is an abomination. I know how hard it is to design something that appeals to all ages, these guys at Terminal Reality obviously skewed this to the young and casual fans. If you are having fun with it, good for you. I'm just here to make sure people don't think that was mc chris. Really guys, he has a MUCH better voice and lyrics in his version.

Everybody knows Lobot is the original DJ! All you...

2012-04-03T16:06:30.513-04:00
Everybody knows Lobot is the original DJ!

All you party people in the clouds...

Who knew that Han was so light on his feet. And L...

2012-04-03T16:01:12.219-04:00
Who knew that Han was so light on his feet. And Lando ... rocking the cape! Awesomeness!

I totally agree with you. It's really unfair ...

2012-03-29T13:20:21.636-04:00
I totally agree with you. It's really unfair how they only have boys in the Nerf advertisements. I'm a girl, and I like Nerf, so this idea that Nerf has that girls can't play really makes me mad.

Total Fan Girl

Oh my gosh! I was thinking the exact same thing wh...

I hate you, world :(

Yeah, not getting to play the premium level 50 con...

DDO is still a solid, viable game, and what is clu...

And why did Jones (the cat) survive the 2nd movie?...

@badvillemojo - Better than that... She had *two*!...

Equipping permanent pants now.

Funny you mention curosity. Except for Ripley, th...

Sigourney Weaver did learn by the second movie &qu...

I think Rick and Jaz pegged it-- MMOs have a natur...

Lost 25%, eh? Yeah, when that leaves a million and...

The biggest mistake Bioware made with the game ear...

Something else to think about, is the time of year...

I was a fairly hardcore WoW player for a number of...

It's probably a common trend for any new MMO, ...

"First, protocol droids should all be shot...

No see, this is 1000 years before then. Obviously ...

"No! Alderaan is peaceful! We have no weapons...

6) If you need to consult a road map to find out w...

Schweet!

I stand corrected on the mc chris credit. I was go...

Sorry to tell you TFG but that song was ripped off...

Everybody knows Lobot is the original DJ! All you...

Who knew that Han was so light on his feet. And L...

I totally agree with you. It's really unfair ...

@badvillemojo - Better than that... She had two!...