Comments on: Define “New”

By: Grish

Grish — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:45:24 +0000

Fore sure. Some would argue that a lifetime is the longest-term there is. All knee-slapping aside, I think we can agree that this is short-sighted marketing schmaltz, which is equal parts ineffectual and disingenuous — not the best marketing angle for a subscription-based game.

By: Zubon

Zubon — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:54:05 +0000

“Long term” is fair for a game selling lifetime subscriptions.

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:30:53 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA>>……. ooooh man….

… “long term”…..

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

/me slaps knee.

By: Grish

Grish — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:46:51 +0000

Ya, you can’t really fault the devs for this stuff; it’s pure marketing cheese. It reminds me of those “12 Albums for a penny” deals that Columbia House used to put in the middle of the TV Guide. Only in this case, I’m not really sure what the logic behind it all is. Ultimately, this will convince very few “non-believers”, to buy into a xpac. And everyone who takes this message at face value is probably going to be wildly disappointed. I think these marketeers need to realize that they are encouraging long-term investors and not simply flipping a product.

By: Thallian

Thallian — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:52:10 +0000

lolololololol I’m sure the 80 models with 10 times that in color and flaming/slimy/silly texture variations is probably more accurate yes. There ARE going to be some new monsters though. They have a picture of one of them on the loading screen. :P And there’s a new 12 man raid with new boss monsters. Almost all the bosses in the Rift had new models, along with the fire giants and the Overseer and most of the normal monsters too except for trolls. They need to lower, not increase, the number of things you need to kill for those traits though, its out of control.

By: Openedge1

Openedge1 — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:11:43 +0000

Julian said: #1 MMORPG in North America*

No, As Steefel has said…they are #2 (and we know what our Momma’s told us #2 is right?)

By: Chris F

Chris F — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:16:12 +0000

“800 new monsters”

Wait, did they just hire 800 new people for their marketing department?

@Ravious – good to know the devs smooth it out on the boards, thing is a lot of us don’t read the boards so the entire company still looks really, really stupid =)

By: syncaine

syncaine — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:57:45 +0000

Perhaps the number of mobs you need to kill to finish a deed?

By: yunk

yunk — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:37:29 +0000

I thought maybe that’s the number of mob spawn points.

By: Julian

Julian — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:20:25 +0000

#1 MMORPG in North America*
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*Data compiled by the American Club Hopping Association