Neurotic

@Haldurson

I think that's most of it right there, yeah. I wonder how it would be if we took the Bioware/SWTOR approach, and put in all the dialogue and conversation scenes, moral choices and so on. I've been playing CoH and Champs for years, and SWTOR fro just a couple of weeks. Although the actual action in SWTOR is bog-standard, the dialogue scenes really make it fun. If we had that, even without the voice acting, it would be a huge improvement over just tuning in a radio or reading a speech bubble.

Vanguard is one of - if not *the* - best fantasy MMORPGs I've ever played. This is the news my wallet has been waiting for!

SOE Live. I like it. Pretty, pretty, pretty good.

I've been with EQ2 the most consistently over the years (that was a Day One purchase), although I was seeing her older sister for a good three years prior to that. EQ2 and I did have an ever so slightly bumpy patch while I was seeing WoW on the side, which relationship lasted about four and a half solid years. But DDO has also seen a lot of love from me; first for a two year stretch (again from Day One of Stormreach boxed retail). And DDO's short, sexy cousin LoTRO also got my loving for a few years (from Day One retail).

EQ2 is my old lady though. When it comes down to it, she just knows better than any other how to please me. Yup.

Any time you put the words 'free' and 'kids' together, you've got a WIN in my book. And as others have stated above, the occasional limitations imposed on progress in any game by an FTP structure, are great little incentives for the kids to do something god irl to earn their progress in-game. I love the whole concept. Plus, it keeps them interested and curious.

Wow, brilliant! I was in kind of a hurry that day, next time I shall beam down and take my time. Thanks for the directions! :)

How do you get to the Golden Gate bridge like that? I've been down to eh Academy once, but I don't recall seeing a path to the bridge. That looks awesome!

As a long-term EQ and EQ2er, I'm so used to getting all-in-one ex-packs that I find it quite a shock when I don't.

Yep, I bit. Got a Trooper Commando to 13, and a Smuggler to 4. Here are the notes I made as I went along:
Thoughts on SWTOR so far:
- Lo res textures!
- Very conventional (tab targeting, zone layout with quest ‘hubs’, NPCs standing around in odd locations just waiting for you to come by...)
- Sets its own pace with all the dialogue stuff
- Looting pop-up too fast
- Does Star Wars schtick very well...
- ...Despite lots of cheesy Star Wars cliché too (avoid Jedi)
- More cliché – Smugglers’ ‘kid’ this and ‘kid’ that.
- Troopers’ white pants look very Buck Rogers
- Well-polished
- Crafting is fun
- Companions are fun
- Your own ship!
- No long hair for female models – maybe in the barber shop in the next patch?
- Good UI, will be better when it’s movable and resizable.
- Fun despite itself.

If I ever get the money together, I will buy it. It'll be fun for scratching my occasional Star Wars itch.

@Synthetic

What about the Digimon mmog, that's part of the same family right? I don't know about Pokemon much myself.