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I just saw this on the Vanguard's site:

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What do you think of this comparison? Brad MacQuaid is one of the leading people of the original Everquest, for those who are unfamiliar with the name.

Edward/Rak Hagga

Brad is talented. I think that says it all really, I think whatever game he puts his heart in will come out good for the majority of people who play it.

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Concord of Agriculturalists Initiative


Founder of Lucasism

The people who made EQ are talented? I happen to be of the "EQ developers making other MMPs always ruin them" school of thought. SWG is the perfect example.

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:: Orbital :: Section Three ::

Official Avian Mascot - Sock Puppet
Board of Directors - Ex-Chairman

Well, Orbital .. EQ was a pretty revolutionary product. It had and still has a huge following. There will always be problems with games, but, EQ did lots of things right. I played EQ for about a year .. had some issues with stuff .. and there are problems such as mob camping .. and, mop camping .. and, did I say .. mob camping. But, basically, EQ was and is a great game.

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Nasiobo Aprillis
Star Wars: The Old Republic | Jedi Consular (Nasiobo)
Slicing, Scavenging and Cybertech

Was it? I thought its makers referred to it as "a DIKU mud with a graphical frontend".

And Jaero, it was not the EQ makers that ruined SWG, it was the UO dev.

Edward/Rak Hagga

I think SWG had many small flaws that will be fixed if we give them enough time. But I am getting to the point where they can fix it without my money.

Now that Holocron has been "promoted" the game has a better chance. For gamers like me, slowly making our way through content is what we like to do.... and when a game has no content we like to treasure hunt, making the acquisition of good loot a game of its self. I am not talking about EQ camping... Coming form a Diablo II background, I liked figuring out what Mobs have the potential, no matter how remote, to drop a great item... they I spend days hunting for the one that will drop the item.

In other words if the content sucks or is limited, I can still enjoy myself collecting loot.

Holocrons whole crusade for bad loot really hurt the game, couple that with no content and guys like me have nothing to do in the game other than chat with my friends in Avian.

I wasn't a big fan of EQ myself so I'm not gonna defend it to the death, but anyone who makes a game that gets the nickname "Evercrack" has to have talent.

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Romsuiag (Brad)
Former and Third President of Avian

Don't feed the trolls........

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WoW - Dalaran - Manni 85 Mage, Ironmant 83 Warrior, Mantison 80 Hunter
SWG - Chilastra Retired Mantison, Commando / TKA Master aka Trogdor !!!!

That reminds me, is the fix for the treasure maps, so they are nor ALL fakes live already?

Edward/Rak Hagga

Brad made a game, which was a huge success... the biggest success in MMO history to date..


That's all i was talking about =-p

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Concord of Agriculturalists Initiative


Founder of Lucasism

My brother used to be a really hardcore Diablo 2 player. After he explored every part of the game, and played every class, and beat the game thousands of times, he started going on teasure hunts searching for items, for hot cool loot drops, or to even get the best items in the game. You're totally right Cyrus, these days the only thing I've been doing is basicalyl chatting with my friends in Avian. Even though theres still ALOT of content in Galaxies that will keep me busy, I find myself getting bored alot from time to time. I've recently started Tailor, and the Carbine profession because I got bored. I suppose I could do every single profession in the game....but SWG is getting boring for me...I think I either need the space expansion or a different game. Perhaps if Star Wars Galaxies had some really GREAT loot dropping system, it would be alot more fun. With all the dungeons, hunting, visiting planets, and professions I still have left, I'm sure everything will all keep me busy at least until the space expansion comes out....though I wish creatures would start dropping cool loot. In World of Warcraft going on "Treasure Hunts' will probably, and most likely be ALOT of fun. From what I read it seems like it will be as fun as Diablo 2 was. When I get bored with WoW, I can start doing loot searching like my brother and I did with Diablo 2; searching for loot kept us happy for years. I remember seeing a screenshot from WoW of a treasure ship underwater; that sounds pretty cool. I can't wait to swim under an ocean or whatever, and discovered some buried treasure! hehe