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Friday, Oct 9
What's that monthly fee really buying you?
On the other hand, Tobold’s re-review of WoW is a good example of what five years of $15 a month might get you. Read his review, and now remove everything about WoW that was already in place in 2004; what’s left/changed? Do the same exercise for EVE Online. Now adjust for the fact that EVE just re...
Tuesday, Oct 6
Niche and Mass Market: One big happy MMO genre
At one point, when niche titles like Auto Assault, Shadowbane, and Pirates of the Burning Sea were being closed down or in jeopardy, it seemed like the ONLY viable option in the MMO genre was to go clone or stay home (ba-zing!). For a while the only successful niche title was EVE Online, being...
Monday, Sep 21
Impact PvP: Are you part of the niche?
But the real key to whether impact PvP works or not stems from this: but people will quit games where losing PvP really hurts I play for money in poker, I play to win in beer-league softball, and I enjoy impact PvP in my MMO. Are you part of that niche?
Thursday, Jun 11
Opinion: Why your MMO is dying, and EVE is still growing
EVE Online has a mile-long list of unique features that set it apart from all other MMOs, including being the only MMO with a constant and ever-increasing player base. WoW grew faster and bigger than any MMO before or after (in terms of profits anyway, other games hold the honored records fo...
Wednesday, Nov 19
MMO natural selection, and what it means to your game.
In the most recent SUWT podcast (always good stuff btw), the crew got off on a tangent when talking about the cultural differences between players of EVE Online and WoW. EVE players embrace scams, trickery, underhandedness, and generally resent any changes that would ‘dumb down’ EVE. In W...
Monday, Oct 20
2008 sure looks a lot like 2004 in MMO land.
My recent angst towards Blizzard has little to do with WoW itself, as it’s a great MMO, and far more to do with the fact that WoW is no better (and some could easily argue worst) than it was in 2004. In 2004 WoW turned MMO gaming on its head and made everything else on the market look ancient by comp...
Tuesday, Sep 2
Taking a no doubt short break from EVE.
I’ve long been a fan of EVE Online, and constantly cite it as an example on how to fix whatever current issue is brought up in MMO gaming, so it’s somewhat surprising that I’ve decided not to renew my two accounts, which run out in November.
Thursday, Jul 10
The carebear and the ganker, best friends forever.
In somewhat of a continuation from yesterday's post, and with the idea sparked after reading MBP's post here, today's topic aims to examine why so many PvE ‘carebears' play PvP-focused MMOs, using EVE Online as the example. Not since Ultima Online has a mass market MMO had as harsh a death p...
Monday, May 5
Too WoW-like, a positive or negative?
As anyone who reads this blog knows, I'm very excited for Warhammer Online, especially the PvP aspects. Am I worried that it will be too WoW-like to be fun? Not really. My one concern is that Mythic balances PvP on PvE and not PvP, but given Mythic's track record and experience from DAoC, I doub...
Thursday, Apr 17
Understanding failure, the PoTBS story.
What’s most surprising to me about the news is people’s general take on the game, stating that it’s most similar to EVE Online, and that perhaps it could see an EVE-like growth rate in the future. The major problem with that growth prediction is that PoTBS is basically EVE-lite, attempting...
Tuesday, Jan 29
Goons, EVE, and Freedom!
The biggest ‘news’ out of the whole thing seems to be the intent of the Goons in EVE Online to not only destroy your ship, but to make you quit the game itself. Many people are viewing this as exactly the reason no sane developer would let such PvP exist; who wants to lose accounts and money, righ...
Friday, Dec 7
When less is more, a lesson learned.
The upcoming release of Pirates of the Burning Seas has highlighted some interesting discussion points about MMOs and the importance of certain features. As is often the case, it is not until we see both sides that we realize how important certain aspects are, and how we perhaps over-valu...
