February 2005
- DESIGN: Player pyramid Mike Rozak
- DESIGN: Player pyramid Sporky McBeard
- DESIGN: Player pyramid Mike Rozak
- DESIGN: Player pyramid Hulbert, Leland
- DESIGN: Player pyramid Mike Rozak
- DESIGN: Player pyramid Jim Purbrick
- DESIGN: Player pyramid Mike Rozak
- On grouping, thoughts Jeff Freeman
- On grouping, thoughts Douglas Goodall
- On grouping, thoughts John Buehler
- On grouping, thoughts Freeman, Jeff
- On grouping, thoughts John Buehler
- On grouping, thoughts Douglas Goodall
- On grouping, thoughts Jason Downs
- On grouping, thoughts Mike Oxford
- On grouping, thoughts Mike "Szii" Oxford
- On grouping, thoughts Peter Harkins
- On grouping, thoughts Freeman, Jeff
- On grouping, thoughts cruise
- On grouping, thoughts John Buehler
- On grouping, thoughts Alex Arnon
- Musings on ad-hoc social connectivity as a realtime meta-game J C Lawrence
- More ad-hoc grouping thoughts John Buehler
- [Design] Randomness without Replacement David Kennerly
- More randomness in games Alex Chacha
- More randomness in games David Kennerly
- Focus vs. Scope Mike Rozak
PJ wrote:
> On the world side - the 'stickiness' factor unfortunately hovers
> around a D. While players are screaming for new high-end content -
> and I'm sure there will be some, that's only a temporary patch to
> the problem. There is simply no way any company, no matter how
> good, can keep ahead of the consumption of content curve in a
> MMO. That again is looking solely to the 'game' for
> retention. Games end - games can be 'won' - MMOs cannot, which is
> why it's not uncommon to find MMO players playing the same game
> for years. Nearly every 'game' mechanic has a world component.
I just posted my inexperienced opinion on Terranova, but I'll post
it here too:
The more game-like a VW becomes, the more game-like its sales curve
will be... When they use up all the content, I expect players will
leave and move on to the next big game, such as GuildWars, MEO, D&D
Online, or EQII (if it's made more like WoW).
Mike Rozak
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- DGN: Mudflation as antibody of a "stain development" Mike Rozak
- DGN: Mudflation as antibody of a "stain development" Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt
- Attractive Grouping (Was: Focus vs. Scope) Hulbert, Leland
- Attractive Grouping (Was: Focus vs. Scope) olag@ifi.uio.no
- Attractive Grouping (Was: Focus vs. Scope) Hulbert, Leland
- Attractive Grouping (Was: Focus vs. Scope) Adam Spivey
- Attractive Grouping (Was: Focus vs. Scope) Paul McInnes
- Attractive Grouping (Was: Focus vs. Scope) Exar Kun
- Attractive Grouping (Was: Focus vs. Scope) Tasci
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- Middleware pricing Dana V. Baldwin
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