09-16-2004, 02:32 PM
It looks interesting.
It's basically like Battle.net integrated into Diablo, though, from the sound of it. It's not really massively multiplayer, you're basically playing a small-group game with some sort of graphical matchmaker. So rather than log onto battle.net and get 5 people to join your room so you can launch the game, you log into an "outpost" and form a "party" and then "start the quest". Sounds like new terms for an old system, like battle.net with a ribbon tied on.
It worries me that it's free, actually. I want to know who is hosting these games? In battle.net, one of the players is the host, so the server can crash or lag based on that player-host. One of the big advantages to MMOG's (and why we pay $12/month) is because the game company hosts all games, so you have a much more stable professional server with all kinds of fat bandwidth to play on.
I'm also not real clear on what the actual guild war componet is going to be.
I'd like to know more.
It's basically like Battle.net integrated into Diablo, though, from the sound of it. It's not really massively multiplayer, you're basically playing a small-group game with some sort of graphical matchmaker. So rather than log onto battle.net and get 5 people to join your room so you can launch the game, you log into an "outpost" and form a "party" and then "start the quest". Sounds like new terms for an old system, like battle.net with a ribbon tied on.
It worries me that it's free, actually. I want to know who is hosting these games? In battle.net, one of the players is the host, so the server can crash or lag based on that player-host. One of the big advantages to MMOG's (and why we pay $12/month) is because the game company hosts all games, so you have a much more stable professional server with all kinds of fat bandwidth to play on.
I'm also not real clear on what the actual guild war componet is going to be.
I'd like to know more.