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Drawde1

11-02-2001 03:20 PM

I'm probably completely wrong, but I seem to remember hearing that it can.
I know that Everquest, Asheron's Call and Anarchy Online can't be played offline other than a very limited training mode.
The reason I'm interested is that I really like the free-form style of MMORPGs but can't afford to pay the huge phonebills and subscription fees that result!
Morrowind is a very impressive-looking freeform single-player RPG but has been delayed until Spring (it'll probably end up being Summer) 2002..

Neb	11-02-2001 03:22 PM

It is an MMORPG, Massive MULTIPLAYER ONLINE RolePlaying Game, online and multiplayer only, which is why it sucks.

JR Jansen

11-02-2001 03:24 PM

Agreed. Online multiplayer and RPG are words that don't go well with eachother.

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Neb	11-02-2001 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JR Jansen:
Agreed. Online multiplayer and RPG are words that don't go well with eachother.

Actually, it's cool enough, as long as you don't bring in the "Pay-to-play" idea.

JR Jansen

11-02-2001 03:33 PM

Cool, yes, untill someone starts to do things that aren't really cool anymore. Such as firing a fireball while the front liners are allready pretty beat up. Seriously how stupid can you get. Online RPG's sound good and most people who play them are good folks but it only takes a few 'bad apples' to spoil the entire experience.

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JR

Damned i lost cousin Jan's techno gloves

http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/bald...works_038L.jpg

Forest runner and first gnomish demiranger-protector with slightly rougueish tendencies and a natural dislike for Aerie

Neb	11-02-2001 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by JR Jansen:
Cool, yes, untill someone starts to do things that aren't really cool anymore. Such as firing a fireball while the front liners are allready pretty beat up. Seriously how stupid can you get. Online RPG's sound good and most people who play them are good folks but it only takes a few 'bad apples' to spoil the entire experience.

True, but then the "good guys" will have to band together to destroy the "bad apples" or teach them other ways, encouraging roleplaying.

JR Jansen

11-02-2001 04:30 PM

The only problem is that there will always be these 'bad apples'. People are always gonna come in and treat it as a 'shooter' and wont care about roleplaying.

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JR

Damned i lost cousin Jan's techno gloves

http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/bald...works_038L.jpg

Forest runner and first gnomish demiranger-protector with slightly rougueish tendencies and a natural dislike for Aerie

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