SOE: The great announcement

Discussion in 'Off Topic Discussion' started by ARCHIVED-Krid, Sep 5, 2012.

  1. Double station cash for the weekend.
  2. Browser-based EQ !
  3. SOE players are some of the most dedicated, emotionally invested players in any virtual world. For the first time, you have the opportunity to create parts of our world by designing new in-game items.
    Player Studioâ„¢ is a new program that invites (initially US-based) players to download sample geometry, learn how virtual items are constructed, and try designing items. You can try your hand at writing a creative name, item description and rationale for how it fits into the ongoing narrative storyline.

    http://www.soe.com/player-studio/
  4. You beat me to it because posting from android phone blows. But yes, that's it.
  5. So basically they're embracing crowd-sourcing as a marketing tool.
    Sadly, reads of just a way to save dev resources while making more money off of the cash shop.
    That's a pity, because it's actually a pretty interesting concept, and something that they've been moving towards for quite a while now with player dungeons in EQ2, then the armor system that just got put into EQ1.
    Taken to its ultimate application, this has the potential to allow something that provided massive benefit to the table top RPG scene but has always been lacking in the MMORPG realm: allowing players to directly influence the world, both from content addition and from (theoretically) storyline manipulation. Essentially it could potentially allow players to function as mini-GMs within a game world, if it branches out past just items.
  6. As a modeller and an artist myself, that is pretty [...] awesome.
    If they release that for VG, I will be making a ton of stuff!
  7. I think this is a pretty nifty idea. I wonder if this will end up with VG as well.
    Apparently there's going to be another big announcement tomorrow. Curious what'll happen.

    EQ2 is getting a nifty new expansion in November too. Perhaps VG will bring in enough people to warrant an actual expansion. I'd be willing to buy it.
  8. My only problem with this is the thousands of hammers the reddit kids are going to make called "@$$ Pummeler"....will be very annoyed with the idiotic names the items will, most likely, have.
    But I'm in a "glass half empty" mood today, maybe I'm wrong...
  9. That's what moderators are for.
  10. glynne wrote:
    John Smedley‏@j_smedley
    Users will NOT be making stats on items. The ones we will select we will balance properly. Although we will listen to the creators.
    But then again...they also said VG won't be "pay to win"....
  11. Jakkal@Telon wrote:
    Your first item should be a tail for Rakis.

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