Blizzard has a new MMO in the works - based on new IP
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inz




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 05:51    Post subject: Blizzard has a new MMO in the works - based on new IP
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58605
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he unannounced MMO in development by World of Warcraft creative studio Blizzard will not be based on one of its established franchises, a representative reiterated today.

"We've already stated it'll be a brand new franchise, which means the lore, art, and game play are being developed entirely from scratch," said Blizzard community manager Zarhym on the World of Warcraft forums, in a post noticed by Worldofwar.net.

Zerhym referred to the new MMO as a "shell of a game thus far." Blizzard has previously said that the title is being developed using the World of Warcraft engine for testing purposes.

"It's an overwhelming process, but a process through which we excel," added Zerhym. "Our track record supports this."


This should be interesting... I very much doubt I'll play their MMO's again, but interesting nonetheless. Maybe they'll even go for the console audience this time around, and leave room in the PC market for WoW 2?
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 07:38    Post subject:
Well I guess we can rule out an mmo based on starcraft then.


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 08:03    Post subject:
OMFG! Diablo 3, StarCraft II and now this Smile
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AKofC




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 08:16    Post subject:
Is it going to be free and powered by microtransactions?

Because I don't see how they can compete with their own product.


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 08:20    Post subject:
Blizzard ? A free game ? NOT!
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 08:31    Post subject:
awesome really looking forward to this! an entirely new blizzard franchise

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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 08:50    Post subject:
I.am.speechless.


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Npk




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 09:22    Post subject:
I cant imagine anything else than this MMO is going to be a new Kiddie Wonderland.

The casual approach that Blizzard took on WoW totally ruined it.
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 09:35    Post subject:
Npk wrote:
I cant imagine anything else than this MMO is going to be a new Kiddie Wonderland.

The casual approach that Blizzard took on WoW totally ruined it.


I am sure the other 12 million people currently playing it agree with you. Sigh..


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 09:53    Post subject:
SirSmokesAlot wrote:

I am sure the other 12 million people currently playing it agree with you. Sigh..


I am pretty sure that some of the more 'hardcore' raiders will agree with me, that Blizzard ruined raiding when they introduced their 'Everyone one should be able to have the same gear'-policy.

And I know more and more people, whom are only playing WoW because they dont know what else to play - And I think many people have it this way.
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 10:30    Post subject:
i enjoyed WOW for what it was (the lore, the quests, etc). Once you hit end level tho (and end content) it becomes tedious ... raiding months for some piece of equipment ... nah thx... naxx, malygos , sartha are fun a couple times, but at one point it just feels like work

i have great faith in blizzard to make somethin great with this one tho. Keep in mind tho, that is in the very early stage of development (still using wow engine etc for testing), so we wont see anything of it until 2011/2012 at least. by thn , it wouldnt compete with wow anymore anyway.

And WoW 2 ? who ever said there will/would be a WoW2 ? cause i sure dont see that happening. The Warcraft lore has pretty much been told now with the story arc from wc3, tft and wow,tbc and wotlk. I mean, what else is there to tell ? and "remake" the game with a new engine ... that isnt blizzards way of doing things.
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 10:31    Post subject:
there's much more lore than that has been explored in any of the expansions fyi


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 10:43    Post subject:
mmo ? Not even remotely interested...


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inz




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 10:48    Post subject:
Sin317 wrote:

And WoW 2 ? who ever said there will/would be a WoW2 ? cause i sure dont see that happening. The Warcraft lore has pretty much been told now with the story arc from wc3, tft and wow,tbc and wotlk. I mean, what else is there to tell ? and "remake" the game with a new engine ... that isnt blizzards way of doing things.


As if they're just going to bury the most successful MMO ever... There's loads of lorelol still unused like Dazz said, and nothing's going to stop them from inventing more as long as they need to.
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Sin317
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 10:55    Post subject:
i just hope its going to be in a sci-fi setting and not "fantasy". tired of elves and orcs ^^
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inz




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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 11:02    Post subject:
Dystopic cyberpunk scifi instead of the n'th generic space marine bullshit scifi, preferably. Razz
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 12:23    Post subject:
Yeah fuck fantasy, gimme some hardcore s.f. pls =)


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 12:30    Post subject:
inz wrote:
Dystopic cyberpunk scifi instead of the n'th generic space marine bullshit scifi, preferably. Razz


If it's dystopic cyberpunk, I'm in. No questions asked. My absolutely favourite genre ever, closely followed by post apocalyptic.

Sick of elves and wizards now. Tired setting that needs to be REtired Razz
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 12:39    Post subject:
I just hope it won't become same "bunny jumping, clicking action bars" all over again as WoW. I think Jedi Knight or TES combat style in MMO would be much better and entertaining.
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 13:26    Post subject:
tolanri wrote:
I think Jedi Knight [...] combat style in MMO would be much better and entertaining.

This. If they would mix some Devil May Cry/God of War type combo action in there I would be all over MMOs. You know, a bit more timing/skill required.
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 13:28    Post subject:
only problem with that , is that "real-time" is ping related and we all know how that works out in (overgrowded) mmo's ^^
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 14:01    Post subject:
If it's more auto attack, click skill to use, type stuff, I am out. i am tired of that formula. Doesn't matter how they dress that up. In the end, all the games with that combat feel the same.
Meh.
Ping or no ping, I want something truly different for a change.


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 16:12    Post subject:
Big_Gun wrote:
If it's more auto attack, click skill to use, type stuff, I am out. i am tired of that formula. Doesn't matter how they dress that up. In the end, all the games with that combat feel the same.
Meh.
Ping or no ping, I want something truly different for a change.
since when was wow ever like that?


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 16:17    Post subject:
Blizzard will make their own WoW killer hopefully. I need my next fix, and soon.


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 16:19    Post subject:
Big_Gun wrote:
If it's more auto attack, click skill to use, type stuff, I am out. i am tired of that formula. Doesn't matter how they dress that up. In the end, all the games with that combat feel the same.
Meh.
Ping or no ping, I want something truly different for a change.


Depends on your class, lots of coefficients and formulas that I loved using to make sure my dps on whatever toon I used was up to par. I loved WoW, but its not the same anymore, that's why I don't play.


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 16:20    Post subject:
Dazz99 wrote:
Big_Gun wrote:
If it's more auto attack, click skill to use, type stuff, I am out. i am tired of that formula. Doesn't matter how they dress that up. In the end, all the games with that combat feel the same.
Meh.
Ping or no ping, I want something truly different for a change.
since when was wow ever like that?


Since forever?

See enemy. Click on enemy. Watch auto combat take place. Losing? Press hotkey for potion. Need more damage? Press hotkey for skill X. Won? Click enemy to loot.
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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 16:22    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:
Dazz99 wrote:
Big_Gun wrote:
If it's more auto attack, click skill to use, type stuff, I am out. i am tired of that formula. Doesn't matter how they dress that up. In the end, all the games with that combat feel the same.
Meh.
Ping or no ping, I want something truly different for a change.
since when was wow ever like that?


Since forever?

See enemy. Click on enemy. Watch auto combat take place. Losing? Press hotkey for potion. Need more damage? Press hotkey for skill X. Won? Click enemy to loot.


Meh, if you play an MMO to not grind, search for treasures and fight using skills and auto attack, then you are expecting way too much


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 16:35    Post subject:
And here we go, here we go!


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PostPosted: Wed, 13th May 2009 16:41    Post subject:
AKofC wrote:
And here we go, here we go!

is that wade? Laughing

people forgot to add steamcore to the new mmo! Cyberpunk dystopic steamcore!

Steamcore? Why steamcore!



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