Fires of Heaven Guild Message Board - View Single Post - Let's make a list of universal features every MMO should have

WarderX · 09-11-2006, 05:22 PM

After taking a tour of free trials this weekend, I am surprised to see features missing from many of these new MMOs that are very annoying to play without. Some are old things that have been around since EQ or even MUDs that are just stupid to leave out now, some are new things we didn't realize we couldn't live without until they were perfected.

Take note, game developers

-UI customization (based upon XML or Lua or equivalent)
-Ability tooltips that aren't vague, give us exact values and/or percents
-Visual indicators of what we have targeted
-Base run speeds that are not terribly slow
-Macro making ability
-Abilities should have a hotkeyable button and optional slash command
-Atleast one of the playable races needs to have male characters that are manly and don't look gender confused (i'm looking at you, japan)
-player to player private messaging (tells)
-ninjas

There, now next time you go off and start to develop a MMO, start with making sure you have everything on this list, and THEN start to add whatever other gimicky features you want. Those of us that are used to these features will find it hard to play without them, i'd immagine.

09-11-2006, 05:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
WarderX Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,593 +2 Internets	Let's make a list of universal features every MMO should have After taking a tour of free trials this weekend, I am surprised to see features missing from many of these new MMOs that are very annoying to play without. Some are old things that have been around since EQ or even MUDs that are just stupid to leave out now, some are new things we didn't realize we couldn't live without until they were perfected. Take note, game developers -UI customization (based upon XML or Lua or equivalent) -Ability tooltips that aren't vague, give us exact values and/or percents -Visual indicators of what we have targeted -Base run speeds that are not terribly slow -Macro making ability -Abilities should have a hotkeyable button and optional slash command -Atleast one of the playable races needs to have male characters that are manly and don't look gender confused (i'm looking at you, japan) -player to player private messaging (tells) -ninjas There, now next time you go off and start to develop a MMO, start with making sure you have everything on this list, and THEN start to add whatever other gimicky features you want. Those of us that are used to these features will find it hard to play without them, i'd immagine.