well i expect the people in ffxi are probably a little biased.. but i know i
also am turned off to WoW for a couple reasons in order of how bad i think
they are...

1 - realtime day/night... if they have any quests that can only be done at
night or during the day, this will be a major pain in the arse.
2 - more exp for people who play less often. a good idea conceptually so
that everyone's relatively equal but will not fly well i don't think with
diehards, and those are the ones who will make or break the game.
3 - exclusive ingame pet with the collector's edition. it DEEPLY offends me
that people can buy, with real money, a different in-game experience. this
to me is likened to me being able to buy the ability to cheat. i quit
playing Magic (the card game, not computer game) for this very reason... i
could go spend 50 bucks on a special card that would kick everyone's ass,
but then the game isn't fun any more, i just bought my way to victory. so
if the ingame pet gives you ANY advantages then this is just a cheap
exploitation of people on blizzard's part.
4 - vivendi universal. any company that supports the DMCA is not one i want
to be giving my money to. (did i hear about that on this list?)



>From: Xavier <Xavier--rocketmail.com>
>Reply-To: alternatereality-From-barrick75-hotmail.com--alternaterealityarchive.com
>>Subject: Re: Player ages and Country
>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 11:45:16 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I'm actually playing in the World Of Warcraft closed
>Beta test.. and I have to say.. it's pretty dang
>awesome!
>I've played a lot of MMORPG's.. (except FFXI) And I
>think the unfinished WOW beta is better than all of
>them!
>Great crafting skills, great graphics, great PVP,
>great economy.
>
>--- Kyle West <barrick75--hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > i might've asked this already a long long time
> > ago...... ;-) were you ever
> > on Lower Lights BBS?
> >
> > I grew up in SLC also... altho thanksfully I managed
> > to get out about 7
> > years ago :-) now I live in Denver.
> >
> > and to contribute in a not-so-age/country way.. has
> > anyone played Fable on
> > the xbox? I took a brief look at it and they keep
> > touting that you have
> > morality (again, about 20 years after AR...) it
> > looks really interesting
> > except i think it's kind of dumb how they spell out
> > for you whether what you
> > are doing is good or bad. Not quite worth buying an
> > xbox for still.
> >
> > And I am still loving Final Fantasy XI ;-) talk
> > about eating away at my
> > free time. I really don't think I'd stayed up til
> > 5am playing games without
> > realizing it *since* AR, except for a 3 week
> > unemployed stint with
> > starcraft.
> >
> > And for those of you holding off for World of
> > Warcraft.. anyone heard much
> > about it yet? I have talked to a couple
> > beta-testers who also play FFXI and
> > they say it's complete and utter crap. It sounds
> > like it is designed more
> > for the casual gamer than the insane addicts which
> > are most MMORPG players.
> >
> >
> > >From: "Dan Burget" <byock_--hotmail.com>
> > >Reply-To:
> >
>alternatereality-From-barrick75-hotmail.com--alternaterealityarchive.com
> > >> > >Subject: Re: Player ages and Country
> > >Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 15:52:37 +0000
> > >
> > >I thought I was young when I played AR, but you
> > have me beat! I am 31 live
> > >in Salt Lake City, and have played AR since
> > 1987(?). Atari games were hard
> > >to come by then, so I got both the city and dungeon
> > from a copy. I later
> > >purchased both from a mail order. :) Played the
> > City a little on the Atari
> > >800, but the Dungeon had my interest far more.
> > Passed the it, mapped every
> > >square inch. took me 2 years, but I still have the
> > map.
> > >
> > >As to the platforms, the City on the Amiga was the
> > most impressive with
> > >sound and graphics. The PC version was not worth
> > loading IMO. The city was
> > >hard on the Atari 800, as no jobs, no guilds, we
> > died fairly quickly. The
> > >dungeon was best on the Atari. I load it every once
> > in a while, just for
> > >fun, and to listen to the music.
> > >
> > >Did anyone ever manage to join a guild on the City?
> > I heard all sorts of
> > >rumors you had to go at certain times, but never
> > managed to join one.
> > >
> > >Dan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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