Originally Posted by tad10

I have issues with VG but repetitive architecture isn't one of them: Stronghold, Tsang, CIS, Pantheon, Vault of the Hidden, Karrus Hakrel, Caverns of Reflection and etc. are hardly similiar. In fact that comment is about 180 degrees remeoved from reality -- the one thing that VG does have is a lot of really interesting looking dungeons.

Now I will agree that the problem with the dungeons are (a) itemization (the where is the EQ1 loot issue), (b) too many easy bosses (the where are the interesting boss problem) -- the actual problem isn't that nameds are rare but that they are pretty fucking common and only a few (e.g. Hruk) drop anything resembling interesting loot and of course (c) the lack of storyline lore (the where the fuck is my Kojan Emperer raid, precursor to CIS, Xenn, etc. problem).

I pretty much agree with Nairbog and its one of the reasons why Thestra should have been shelved prior to launch.

In any event.

Here's an open offer to Smed, Cylus, Tec & the rest of the Sigil crew. You want to fix Vanguard? Just invite Kcxiv, Nairbog, myself and a few others current and former players who post here and on SV and we'll be happy to tell you. Of course it wouldn't be anything that hasn't already been said on this board by the aforementioned folks and others-- but maybe you'll feel better about the advice if you pay us for it :-)

Originally Posted by tad10

The Unreal engine sucks for an MMO. And yes it would help the gameplay to switch. And yes they could switch to a new engine. And yes it'd be a bitch and three/halfs. And No they're not going to fix classes let alone put in a new engine. So no fucking point in continuing this discussion.

Edit: And I'm a former UNIX sys admin whose used to support fairly complex system programming so I have some fucking clue about what I'm talking about and what they could do. You just build a fucking tool for the art, quest and mob imports. Automation it's whats for dinner. The middleware should provide its own tools for recreating your classes and etc. This leaves recoding Boss encounters and etc. It's still a bitch and a half but it isn't like the fucking moon program that you seem to be making it into.

Originally Posted by Angry Amadeus

But advanced AI is always part of development (supposedly), so therefore it's nothing /new/. It will constantly be evolving.

However, with my motion-sensing idea, you wouldn't flick your fucking wand around like an imbecile, but rather you would gently caress it and maneuver it in necessary patterns to cast a spell - imagine having a complex tracing requirement for wand maneuverability which required you to hit 10, or 15 points with different motions in order to fire off a spell. Circling your wand around and touching those key points in the necessary order would require true dexterity, not just regular visits to lolitampegs.com.

Originally Posted by Tancred

I don't buy it. If you're going to put out a highly anticipated demo for a multi-million dollar title you better pick something that is interesting and representative of the final product. To do anything else is almost criminally retarded.

Originally Posted by Frax

World War Z is being developed into a movie at some point (if IMDB is to be believed): World War Z (2008)

Originally Posted by Senen

We completed Xennumette tonight, great zone most fun my static grps had yet. Most of the loot up to the All Father was great some nice heroics etc in here. The end fight was nothing less then total chaos with the respawn managing the adds and the All Father along with getting used to the Mech Suits took us around 25 mins. The puzzle/problem solving for each seperate boss area for the keying and suit upgrading was pretty nice. A few issues with the zone first we got a yellow from the All Father that was it. I know the end reward is a heroic but aside from that once you go back to kill him a yellow would totaly be out of place for a such a long difficult fight. Only other issues I can see is multiple groups doing this zone due to the respawn timers of the events it could get realy nasty. Also it seems once you Destroy Xennumette the zone doesnt reset like you might expect with the count down timer. The lower area where you enter with the key is still blazing and your unable to start the event again because of the portal placemen't to evac out which is total chaos since the npcs are also raceing out of the instance. Over all one of the best zones in game defently one that will be remembered.

Originally Posted by tad10

So far, so good. The new Xenn quest line is pretty kicking. The last quest of the initial key quest was a little ho-hum -- but that's because Drill is something of a pussy. The start of the dungeon quests are interesting -- sadly had to stop. Using the power suit is a little tricky right now (haven't figure it out).