John TynesJohn Tynes thinks the key to a good gaming session is having a good group. Join The Contrarian as he looks at different tools that could bring some quality to grouping in MMOGs.
Issue 34: Casual Friday - The Contrarian: Growing Out of the Stone Age
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Original Comment by: Stephen
http://www.ncsoft.com/
Great article.
So how much of that will turn up in Pirates of the Burning Sea, huh John?
http://www.ncsoft.com/
Great article.
So how much of that will turn up in Pirates of the Burning Sea, huh John?
Original Comment by: mkh
http://www.hiddencity.net
Hah! I was thinking the same thing, Stephen.
I would love to see some of these ideas implemented in CoH or CoV, myself.
http://www.hiddencity.net
Hah! I was thinking the same thing, Stephen.
I would love to see some of these ideas implemented in CoH or CoV, myself.
Original Comment by: Rob
http://www.citystate.co.uk
"Drop one on a famous loot drop spawn and visitors can check the current status of the queue to fight the bad guy"
Or you could, you know, fix the archaic design of the game. I guess that was beyond the scope of this particular article though.
http://www.citystate.co.uk
"Drop one on a famous loot drop spawn and visitors can check the current status of the queue to fight the bad guy"
Or you could, you know, fix the archaic design of the game. I guess that was beyond the scope of this particular article though.
Original Comment by: FerrousBuller
http://ferrousbuller.1up.com
Nifty article, but your suggestions have more to do with making onling roleplaying richer for gamers who are already committed (e.g., in a guild), rather than making it easier to find good gamers in the first place. That's the initial hurdle every online gamer faces; and it's a steep enough one to discourage a lot of gamers (like me). And unfortunately, I haven't seen any clever suggestions for how to overcome it.
Of course, if I had a truly brilliant idea for how to assemble groups of like-minded people online - in games or anywhere else - I'd be trying to make a fortune off of it...
http://ferrousbuller.1up.com
Nifty article, but your suggestions have more to do with making onling roleplaying richer for gamers who are already committed (e.g., in a guild), rather than making it easier to find good gamers in the first place. That's the initial hurdle every online gamer faces; and it's a steep enough one to discourage a lot of gamers (like me). And unfortunately, I haven't seen any clever suggestions for how to overcome it.
Of course, if I had a truly brilliant idea for how to assemble groups of like-minded people online - in games or anywhere else - I'd be trying to make a fortune off of it...