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Where EQ2 stumbles 61 28 (12/7/2004 3:49:06 AM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Where? The reward structure for soloing. First a quick comparison. EQ1 number of kills solo to get through level 43: ~60 EQ2 number of kills solo to get through level 25: ~400 EQ1 was mostly against blue con... Ben

WoW: characters now at max level. 119 111 (12/4/2004 10:35:08 PM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Easiest mmorpg ever? http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?FN=wow-general&T=180683&P=1 Word of caution: actually reading anything beyond the first post in that thread will reinforce any feeling you ha... Ben

EQ2 and WoW: more positive now than before 15 27 (11/13/2004 9:46:21 PM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Maybe I was too hard on both of them throughout their betas. First WoW: now that they have a reasonable penalty for dying one of my more major concerns got addressed. The 25% durability penalty for using the s... Ben

(highly opinionated) EQ and WoW both flawed 46 36 (11/11/2004 6:15:16 PM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg I get accused of posting too many negative posts sometimes. Well avert your eyes, this is another. Both EQ2 and WoW have critical flaws. They're very different flaws but they're both very damaging in their own... Ben

Biggest fumbled opportunity in PC gaming 331 401 (10/24/2004 8:34:23 PM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Theres a ton of PC games who saw an opportunity, seized it, and ran it in for a touchdown. Games like Civilization, Doom, Baldur's Gate, Starflight, Diablo, Half-life, Warcraft... they saw something and they ma... Ben

EQ2: The Smedster Responds 16 32 (10/19/2004 11:23:28 PM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg You know the drill. This is from http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=general&message.id=216327&view=by_date_ascending&page=1&no_redir=true or http://makeashorterlink.com/?X3DB21199 if... Ben

Vanguard: more highlights 51 26 (10/19/2004 11:11:04 PM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Good to see this game starting to get some attention. But again, its many many months off, perhaps as much as a year. These are taken from the preview at http://vanguard.ogaming.com/data/1884~General.php which... Ben

GUComics 1 42 (10/19/2004 9:38:21 PM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Most of you are probably familiar with it, but here's the link for reference: http://www.gucomics.com/ I bring this up because recently Woody got his booty flamed quite crisply on the WoW beta boards for havin... Ben

Wish: the forgotten mmorpg 0 24 (10/17/2004 11:55:47 PM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg All the excitement over WoW and EQ2 got this mmorpg's beta pushed back until the new year, but its still on its way. Since it appears people are completely unaware of its existance, here's its unofficial FAQ, f... Ben

WoW: Death penalty 17 28 (10/14/2004 10:50:45 PM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg Everyone in WoW beta is bored and antagonistic today since the servers are down for a long period. So there's some peachy threads to read on the boards. However this was an interesting one. http://worldofwarcr... Ben

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The game industry has run out of ideas 106 68 (10/18/2004 8:25:07 AM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action What's worse, it's not only run out of ideas, it has even less diversity now days. The Sim Earth discussion has just made me realize that many games of the past wouldn't get any time now days. Players ha... magnulus (1816)

How is UT2004 for single player 13 31 (10/24/2004 2:24:12 AM) comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Not being a big fan of online play, does UT2004 offer much for the single player? Is it worth picking up? ... Cold_War_Relic (15)