This game lacks epeen

Am I the only one getting 2004 de ja vu from the EQ/WOW release forums being damn near the same things?

... omg WoW wont last, there are only two raid instances and they are bugged to hell.... EQ has well established loot tables... my gear on WoW looks like garbage, everything looks the same... if they dont <insert thing that EQ does here> this game is going to tank... PvP is so imbalanced, too much CC/gear imbalance/class imbalance...

edit: Point I'm trying to make is, SWTOR has some rough edges but the launch was solid.

There are these three things that I find most valuable:

Story driven - I actually really enjoy the storylines (at least the first time through) they have great writers and voice acting. I actually felt like I was actually working toward something.

Companions - your never alone, if you gear them they are effective, they have their own stories.

I'm sure they will do their best to cater to both casual and hardcore players. My hopes is that they will expand the character stories in addition to adding other content.

Good thing the vast majority of people don't need their "epeen" to be large...makes you wonder about real life motivation. A game is supposed to be fun and challenging to a certain degree. So called "hardcore" players are typically the ones that are yelling and screaming on vent servers during raids and who run guilds like some sort of militant state/orginization. I don't want those people driving the direction of this game...ever..... That is what happened to WoW.

You speaking orchish or somethin?

You are not. I've played end game in both of those MMO's. The thing we have to understand is that the most vocal people always represent less that 10% of the actual server population. No one else says anything because they don't have the issues. The crying baby always gets fussed over more than the content one.

Yep, that's it.

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Keep in mind that some people that post here do not necessarily speak English as a first language. Pointing out the faults of others cause cause others to see you in a negative light.

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Originally Posted by Uruare
It's just fricken bad, is what it is. It's bad, wrong, stupid and, at this stage in MMO history, practically genuflecting at the feet of sheer stupidity to recreate the environment of what might possibly be the single most vitriolic and socially toxic MMO community on the face of planet earth.


The next thing you know people will start making fun about bad English or grammar....oh wait.....

epeen is for teenage boys and not all of us fall in that category.

I bet you 90% of people don't even understand what it refers to......

Pretty sure if there was an award for long-winded forum posters, you would surely take the cake.

As to the substance of your post, I actually like the idea of providing vanity as the primary end-game incentive, but I'm not so sure that this is what the game needs to be sustainable and profitable. I guess I can't really think of any games that have really tried this. Chances are though, people would complain that something that looks so cool should provide MORE than it's inferior looking counterpart, especially if it's much harder to get. I just don't think it would be the best decision from a money making standpoint, which is ultimately what it's all about for EA.