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@Syesta Yeah he REALLY screwed that up. PC version comes out first. although I worry about it being on the Vita. Sounds worse than a being cross platform with a console.

@Marz A drawback to their zero tolerance policy when it came to instances. All or nothing when it comes to instancing is a mistake imo. I'm for open zones as much as possible but when designers have to start coming up with complicated or possibly undesirable solutions to avoid using instances it is a problem.

@Machineman This has always been my favorite parts as well. Disciple, bloodmage, so unique. Even the old stand bys like ranger and necromancer were done very well. I play ranger-types in MMO's and have yet to see a game match what VG did for them imo. You can essentially decide to be a melee or ranged ranger and both are perfectly viable in DPS roles yet play differently. Dread Knights so specialized in 2 handed weapons they actually tank better with a two handed weapon opposed to sword and board. And in PvE their approach to balance was great: turn every class up to 11. Every class did their job so well you never needed a specific class of healer, DPS or tank.

@Space Cobra Well its live in comparison to everything else they do which is all virtual.

@Spron Unreasonable to compare this to newly released games. WoW was released around the same time and their graphics prowess is WELL below EQ2.

The real problem is that one of the original engine developers hobbled this game before it released. Falsely assuming graphics cards would advance very little while single core processors would grow. Obviously this is not the case.

@(Unverified) which one is that? I log on a medium population one at peak times and find plenty of people. then again I realize trying to play with others at anything other than the level cap is futile.

@Beergut Yeah those better be A LOT of place holder animations or this game is not going to do well.

@(Unverified) I agree. I imagine though there will be variations on this though if people prefer. From the sounds of it this was the most 'shocking' of all the intros and they are trying to create buzz, so that is no doubt why they chose this variation.

@Gaugamela but not nearly as successful.

"concludes that PvP players enjoy PvP" you'd be surprised how many developers DON'T realize this as well as 'PvE players enjoy PvE'