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legat0 · 12-14-2007, 06:04 PM

Hello, long time reader, and I believe first time poster (maybe once or twice before).

I am always reading the forums here because I like to see how the players react to new ideas and changes to the MMO genre. As a developer I am constantly tossing around ideas with my buddies and of course, like most developers at the current time, we are striving to come up with new ideas that could take the genre to the next level.

While I see a lot of posts here always coming down on what fails to hook players when a new game comes out, or just plain out fails as a feature, there is a bit of a lacking discussion about what you guys would like to see, and some of your ideas for change.

Well, in light of this I would like to hear what you guys have on your mind, any new systems (diplomacy from Vanguard for instance, good idea, mediocre execution, imho), advancement types (something that strays from experience? a class-less system based on ability selection by acquiring points? whatever you have planned out). I know as an avid MMO player myself I constantly find myself thinking "if I had made this game, I would have done that more like this...", so I assume that's something we have in common.

If anyone would like to be heard, you have an eager ear from within the development community here listening. Any other forum I have made any posts like this I always get a few messages from people saying that they don't want to publicly post their ideas so sending them in a PM is more than acceptable and even encouraged for the sake of intellectual property.

I look forward to seeing what you all have to say and to the conversations that we might have about the current state of the genre.

Thanks for your time!

12-14-2007, 06:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
legat0 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 12 -7 Internets	[Game Dev] What do you want? Hello, long time reader, and I believe first time poster (maybe once or twice before). I am always reading the forums here because I like to see how the players react to new ideas and changes to the MMO genre. As a developer I am constantly tossing around ideas with my buddies and of course, like most developers at the current time, we are striving to come up with new ideas that could take the genre to the next level. While I see a lot of posts here always coming down on what fails to hook players when a new game comes out, or just plain out fails as a feature, there is a bit of a lacking discussion about what you guys would like to see, and some of your ideas for change. Well, in light of this I would like to hear what you guys have on your mind, any new systems (diplomacy from Vanguard for instance, good idea, mediocre execution, imho), advancement types (something that strays from experience? a class-less system based on ability selection by acquiring points? whatever you have planned out). I know as an avid MMO player myself I constantly find myself thinking "if I had made this game, I would have done that more like this...", so I assume that's something we have in common. If anyone would like to be heard, you have an eager ear from within the development community here listening. Any other forum I have made any posts like this I always get a few messages from people saying that they don't want to publicly post their ideas so sending them in a PM is more than acceptable and even encouraged for the sake of intellectual property. I look forward to seeing what you all have to say and to the conversations that we might have about the current state of the genre. Thanks for your time!