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#81
Oct 5 2011 05:48pm
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For an MMO to succeed it needs a couple of things.

1) Money. Money. And even more money. EA has sponsored BioWare for this game and therefore money hasn't been a problem and never will be.
2) A well known universe we can relate to. Star Wars has this for obvious reasons. So did WoW. Rift is just one of many MMOs who lacked this.
3) A large fanbase BEFORE release. BioWare has this because of their countless of good games throughout the years, and Star Wars has it because... well... it's Star Wars. Once again, Rift didn't have that. WoW did have it. GW2 has it but not in the same size as the Warcraft and Star Wars universe.
4) End-game content. Rift has none worth talking about neither did any other MMO that has released since WoW. Hopefully sw:tor will have it. Only time will tell.
5) A nice flow/feeling in the game play. WoW has that. GW2 looks like it has that. Sw:tor looks like it has that. Rift probably had that as well but since it lacked on all previous points it wasn't enough to save it.


this list is trash.

A well known universe? The second most successful mmo out there, eve, didnt exactly have a well known universe. It didnt have a large fanbase before release, its not exactly a level based game so end game content doesnt really apply either, you get where im going here.
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#82
Oct 5 2011 06:41pm
Quote (Canoobian @ Oct 6 2011 12:48am)
this list is trash.

A well known universe? The second most successful mmo out there, eve, didnt exactly have a well known universe. It didnt have a large fanbase before release, its not exactly a level based game so end game content doesnt really apply either, you get where im going here.


Oh please. Eve? Are you fucking kidding me? How many subscribers do they have? 150k? 200k? 300k? It definitely doesn't have above 500k. So let me laugh a bit more. You call that successful?

Perhaps if it DID have the points that you just claimed it didn't have then they'd go beyond 1-2 million subscribers. And even those numbers aren't that fantastic anymore. There are so many players in the MMORPG genre now (thanks to WoW) that 1-2 million is considered pretty low compared to 5-6 years ago. Now tell me this list is trash again.


Oh and let me rephrase. A successful MMO doesn't need them, but if they have it it's a very big advantage to become successful.

This post was edited by eschutaz on Oct 5 2011 06:44pm
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#83
Oct 6 2011 05:13am
I want to play this game BAD!! To bad I'm poor and make minimum wage so I will only beable to play if I get accepted for beta . Wish me luck!
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#84
Oct 7 2011 04:47pm
Have you guys seen the new friday update? It's pretty cool :P they show a scene with some world pvp between a bounty hunter and jedi knight and I gotta say it looks awesome!

http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/choose-your-side-jedi-knight-vs-bounty-hunter
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Oct 9 2011 04:16am
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#86
Oct 9 2011 10:57am
Kinda don't like that its coming out less than a week before Christmas. I speant $150 on it (Bought the Collectors Edition) and I won't have time to play it till likely the New Year.
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#87
Oct 9 2011 11:29am
Quote (Caedus @ Oct 9 2011 11:57am)
Kinda don't like that its coming out less than a week before Christmas. I speant $150 on it (Bought the Collectors Edition) and I won't have time to play it till likely the New Year.


It's all about good marketing ;)
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Oct 9 2011 12:00pm
Quote (Caedus @ Oct 9 2011 05:57pm)
Kinda don't like that its coming out less than a week before Christmas. I speant $150 on it (Bought the Collectors Edition) and I won't have time to play it till likely the New Year.


Well let's hope there's a 5 day (plus/minus 3 days) of early access. So perhaps you can still play it before the official launch?
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#89
Oct 9 2011 03:23pm
Quote (eschutaz @ 7 Oct 2011 18:47)
Have you guys seen the new friday update? It's pretty cool :P they show a scene with some world pvp between a bounty hunter and jedi knight and I gotta say it looks awesome!

http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/choose-your-side-jedi-knight-vs-bounty-hunter


Quote (Canoobian @ 9 Oct 2011 06:16)
good video from msnbc on tor vs wow.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/44825113#44825113



I finally got a chance to watch these two videos. And I must say that I believe that BioWare is doing that "Something Magical".

Quote (eschutaz @ 9 Oct 2011 14:00)
Well let's hope there's a 5 day (plus/minus 3 days) of early access. So perhaps you can still play it before the official launch?



I'm hoping for much longer than that :evil:
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Oct 9 2011 05:29pm
Quote (eschutaz @ Oct 9 2011 02:00pm)
Well let's hope there's a 5 day (plus/minus 3 days) of early access. So perhaps you can still play it before the official launch?


Maybe. I probably will find time to play it just I'll be be busy with Christmas stuff.
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