What would EU2 be like?

rare should be rare, not normal..... then it aint...well rare. but this is the cost of PE before EU and you can't get rid of it.

why not make it so people can control and plant trees .. takes 6 months for a tree to grow... .if someone cuts them down the pay a price to the planter. or maybe on planters land only the planter can cut it and therefore have a business.

OMG OMG OMG. This is one of the reasons I left crafting. it went from a slot machine you at least had to setup and pull to a slot machine that you can phone in your pulls.... geeeeez Afterworld is great at this and one of the reason I love it. purely hard crafting... I actually made a video of myself in AW crafting.

just move it along 25 mins or so if u want to see crafting. all games should be this good at it.

I agree 100% mobs need to have to be more interesting then they are now. anything to make them different...

 

Voxel environment with creation centre to design your own stuff, enough said

:)

 

Yep totally agree Tass :)

Fact is Entropia is so old hat and generally tiring in terms of dynamic & immersive gameplay.
The RCE concept was never really developed to any degree of potential, nor will it be now in EU.

I have started playing more with the potential of voxel based environments.
They seem to be the direction the game industry is starting to head, player created and sold content.

Even those games which are not of a voxel nature are starting to go towards player built based settings.
Example > Northern Shadow > http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=264849384
Still under development and to be released as early access soon (Skyrim like game)

Voxel based games I have been playing as of late:

Planet Explorers >
http://store.steampowered.com/app/237870/
Pretty neat game, still under Alpha development with a long way to go, however playable with a lot of content available already.
Happy snaps, base (colony) building, though you can build anything you can think of :)
(My image wall for PE)
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/...westfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall
Some peoples stuff (Recent thread of ISOs, An awesome demo of what you can do) >
http://steamcommunity.com/app/237870/discussions/0/522730700985043183
Recent base (Colony) builds >
http://steamcommunity.com/app/237870/discussions/0/522730701295081698

Landmark Beta >
I have been playing around with Landmark Beta too, having been in the Alpha prior.
Long way to go there too, though it will include a ton of stuff, mobs, hunting, quests as it is part of Everquest Next so it will share the lore and gameplay features of EQ Next also :)

Some happy snaps. (My image wall on Landmark so far, the last few days)
http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/...westfirst&browsefilter=myfiles&view=imagewall

Beasts of Prey >
There are others which are pretty damn good also, I will be exploring "Beasts of Prey" over the coming week.
Link > http://store.steampowered.com/app/299860/

So I agree, lots to do with EU2 to make it something worth looking at, RCE is not going to cut it :)
What the bigger game dev companies (SOE aside) are not doing, the smaller ones are meeting market demand!

 

I should mention Star Forge too, though development is somewhat slow, lower budget and smaller team.
Also a voxel environment. I am watching this project progress atm, though it needs a lot more work.

Steam > http://store.steampowered.com/app/227680

Earlier trailer / overview, earlier revision of game.

 

RUST deserves a mention also, though off to a rough start in developing the alpha, the devs are starting to get their shit together and becoming more focused with a vision starting to form for the games future direction.

Link > http://store.steampowered.com/app/252490/

Yes, it is a survival game, you start out with nothing and have to develop everything :D
A true challenge, well it will be once all the kinks are ironed out :)

Anyway some of the above mentioned gameplay & user created content style mechanics would be what I believe EU2 will need to revive its long term survival in the game industry (Next 10 yrs)

 

better animations are needed system wide... where'd sitting go?
PVP should look like Street Fighter games or similar 2d combat games, not this bland crap that it looks like now... Sometimes I think the move to 3d game engines made some games much more visually boring since animators are 2d artists, not sculptors...

There's a ton of emotes in game, and they are using motionbuilder to put animations together since some screenprint from devs showed it somewhere, so they have the tech there, just need better animation artists... and better combat controls that are more than simply 'use tool'






















Nice writeup on Street Fighter's history at http://www.ign.com/articles/2009/02/16/ign-presents-the-history-of-street-fighter

Prince of persia inspiration would also be cool... puzzle rooms and action packed animation following a story is much more visually stimulating than "go kill another 5000 mob of x type"

 

I agree that a well thought out combat system adds a lot to a game.
It is a whole dimension in its own right!

One of the few games that got a 3D animated combat system right (And many other aspects of the game right too) is Kingdom of Amalur :)

The combat system in KoA is amazing and requires a level of skill to use properly.
A bit like a 2D street Fighter style system on steroids lol

BTW, I recommend this game and its two DLCs very highly, one of the best single player games I have played and takes a few months (200+ hrs) of casual gameplay to complete.

Enjoy!

 

Here is one for you Mesh :)
Sorry couldn't help myself lol. Fast forward to time 10:50+

Anyway another game that does it right with Melee combat and Mindforce style abilities is Witcher 3 ;)

Small combat demo in the swamp, no spoilers :)

There is a lot more on witcher 3, but they would be spoilers to show.

 

Ok so here is the Witcher 3 gameplay spoiler :)

 

Looks very cool as an FPS indeed. Thanks for sharing.

 

Destiny looks cool, but is far aways from EU.

 

I think Tass was referring to it on a concept level in that you can design instances like ark have done with Arkas instances whereby you do small team missions like the one shown in the video (A bit like a robot beacon mission) but these can be more diverse and have specific stories that follow on ... multiple instances that unlock and get harder as you progress through each part of the story successfully.

You can take it another step further in that one set of instances can be PvE content against story based mobs, eg.Robots or Mutants or even a combination of both working together to attack human colony research labs or miltary sites for specific reasons (progressive storyline goal)

And then the other PvP where you pick a faction to support each with a goal also, your team contributes to a leaderboard score and the top members of that faction's leaderboard get awarded tokens after a certain number of days style campaign, maybe even a buff that lasts a week as part of that end reward.

The above are just short samples, there are many other ideas that can be done. A number of the games I play have such systems and a bit of blending of those systems could be made into something quite neat that would add a huge dimension to Entropia tactical gameplay requiring thought and planning before you commence the mission instance PvE or PvP.

Faction corporations based co-operation between teams making up the faction and of course naturally, the storyline to go with giving a level of emmersion and goal to achieve with associated rewards for both team scoring for that single instance and then overall for the faction leaderboard after a certain campaign period.

Hope that gives a bit more depth as to what Tass may be talking about?
This is what it inspires in me as ideas/concepts that could work in Entropia ... A future blend of Destiny come other game's systems style lol ;)

 

How would one pick a faction ?

Well to aid the developers (fx: passes marshmellows around to devs around a campfire ... no damn it, they are not your replacement brain matter) ...

You could have the PvP setup something along the lines of 1.MarCorp vs. 2.Isis corporation factions.

Storyline along the lines of:

A. Marcorp is working on a new <insert technological device name here> device that will add power and range to the Kallous range of Carbines ...

Then you go through the instances getting the components required to get the device together.

Part of the storyline could also be that a renouned scientist (required for both factions) is needed to make some part of the overall device and to get him/her (Having been made aware that s/he is going to be kidnapped [rescues are boring] has locked themselves in a miltary installation out at <insert area name here>) ... both teams would need to overcome the other to get to the scientist that your going to kidnap first.

You know add a little spice and meaning to the overall story to make it intersting, not just a collect all components and then someone magically puts it together at the end boring outcome, we want immersion and involvement ;)

B. Isis is working on a new .... to add power and firing rate to Pistols (Notice 2 major stats mentioned in red)

Storyline like above, but slightly different for the entertainment value of the participant in giving them a different dialogue to experience.

Instance rewards as you progress get better and are based primarily around that corporation's weapon type. ie. Marcorp instance completion = Standard (L) carbine reward, better carbines (L) as you unlock higher instances and maybe a buff for rifle blp & laser as part of the instance reward that lasts 24hrs.

Isis would be handgun rewards like above, similar deal with instance completion buff.

The overall leaderboard campaign reward could be a modified version of a higher end version of whichever factions weapon type you were going for, ie. Mod Carbine (L) with low TT but decays very slowly, lasting a long time ... and ofc the Isis Modified Handgun (L) same deal, low TT lasts a long time;

The campaign's top 10 leaderboard members reward for the winning faction (Highest overall points) would get these mod weapons x 10 ...

Only one faction would win so only 10 weapons go out, either Marcorp's or Isis's :)
And ofc the campaign buff that would last a week.

Just some food for thought. fx: Yes devs, your supposed to eat those marshmellows.

 

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