Last edited by Marathon; 06-06-2011 at 01:20 PM.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
-Desiderata
Last edited by Lysander Salavone; 06-06-2011 at 01:22 PM.
well ill totally agree with you there but i thought Trion did a superb job. Honestly, they've been the best company ive seen to date in most regards. Ive never seen a company this responsive to its customer base and so willing to address and correct problems as they have come up. People should value them more.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
-Desiderata
To be 100% dead honest, I think the bar has been set so low after catastrophic flop after catastrophic flop that people are looking for ANY MMO that actually runs, has PvP, doesn't totally suck, and isn't WoW.
In that respect... Rift wins the prize. It actually runs. It has PvP. It doesn't totally suck. It isn't WoW...
... and it's the first MMO since WoW that's had all of that.
Last edited by Lysander Salavone; 06-06-2011 at 01:30 PM.
Can you imagine the car company... Hey we just released our brand new car. We have most of the basics in place such as seat belts and air bags; but the power stearing and air conditioning will have to wait for a few more years. You can't expect for us to compete with companies that have been making cars for decades now can you? Just not fair. Buy our cars as they are and in a few years we will let you trade them in for cars that have stereos in 2014.
Fact is Rift competes straight up today with what WoW is offering. Rift does actually have somewhat of an advantage in getting all the 6 year WoW veterans that have 5 level 85's and are looking for something different.
I think at first glance and for the first 30-60 days Rift does very very well head to head. Longterm Rift hurts a bit with only two starting areas and lack luster race. The soul system is great and flexible... but it also means you can level to 50 as a mage DPS and then magically change to a healer with a simple soul switch. This is fun and has a lot of upside... but there is a downside in that people don't need to roll a new character in a new race in which they get to experience an entire new starting area with it's own quest lines to level 12-15. Then after that you can easily find multiple areas to level in that are completely different even if you are in the same faction.
Rift is a good game. We are here because we like playing it. We make our HONEST comments because some of us have played both extensively. There is a ton of things to like about Rift. But it is silly to give Trion a pass for being late to market. They have a bit of wiggle room as people level to compete with WoW's content. But after 6 months to a year it is no longer going to work to say 'Rift is new so give them 6 years to catch up to wow.. " Because Blizzard certainly will be releasing new content and also has a new MMO in the works as well.
As an initial entry into the genre its a very good one. Based on that im willing to give them my sub to see what else they come up with. I will say this though, anyone that thinks SW or GW2 are going to be breaking any significant new ground are fooling themselves. When genre changing innovation comes its going to be from somewhere no one expected. That's the way it happens.
You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here.
-Desiderata
So.. All of you expect ANY MMO to release 6 years of game content upon initial reelase to be able to compete with WoW? Using cars as an example is lame.., do cars have updates during the year? These types of threads make me laugh. And btw, there has been car companies that released cars with 'lower' ratings at first, got bad reviews, make crappy cars but stuck it out and now can 'compete' with the big boys. Again, there is no way to compare the two games. No MMO is gonna release 6 years of content at start as it would take them 6 years or maybe more to develop which during that time WoW would have had another 6 years of game content added to it... If you dont like the game, then **** and go play WoW.. plenty of bridges to go troll under there.
I don't have much issue with comparing this game to WoW (or any other). My problem is the people out there who seem to want to just do everything the way it's done in WoW. If I wanted a game with every one of WoW's features, I'll just start my subscription back up.
Btw.....does anyone else think Rift plays more like a better version of warhammer online than it does WoW?
It's one of my least favorite things about RIFT. In WoW, there were a lot fewer comparsions to other games, that was much better. RIFT should be more like that.
You can play WoW in any MMO. You don't have to play WoW in RIFT. Oh, and no, RIFT is not a WoW clone. Not having fun any more? Learn to play, noob! I don't speak for Riftui, but I moderate stuff there. Just came back? Welcome back! Here's what's changed. (Updated for 2.5!)
GW2 is, without a doubt, breaking MASSIVE new ground. For starters, there's not a single static quest in the game... and every class can tank, heal or DPS. Right there, I mean... JESUS... that's kinda like the absolute opposite of quest-driven, class-driven MMOs.
... now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's going to work, but saying GW2 isn't TRYING to break new ground is about the most ignorant thing you can say.
Last edited by Lysander Salavone; 06-06-2011 at 01:44 PM.
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