Interview TES MMORPG? It's possible, says Pete Hines

[Admiral Rimjob POOBUM]

How can we all be head of the wizard's guild at the same time, though?

Everyone is equal, comrade.

...but some are more equal than others.

Those are the ones who paid £10 extra for the Mage's Guild Leadership mod.

 

[denizsi]

Pay an extra 10$ and instantly gain 10 level ups!

 

[taxacaria]

Holy shit, do you know what this means? Summer & co will rule Tamriel Online and ban players on her whim.

But not me - I'm not going to play it.
That is the risk you have to take when buying TES online.
IP banned means game over. Bethesda thanks you for your money.

Oh - and here are the fresh ideas :
In MMO there are even more chances to sell some crappy mini expansions (like swords or armor or keys). If you don't pay you have to play with your standard wooden club and get stones only to launch range attacks. Enjoy the new 'pay for equipment' system.

 

[Jim Kata]

How can we all be head of the wizard's guild at the same time, though?

Everyone is equal, comrade.

...but some are more equal than others.

Those are the ones who paid £10 extra for the Mage's Guild Leadership mod.

The solution to every quest just happens to require your mother's credit card number, kids!

 

[Jim Kata]

So here it comes, "TES: Tamriel Online". If you die in PVP, you'll simply respawn somewhere else, probably 10 steps further, at no loss. Teleportation will also be available as a public service in the gameworld, as they just have to provide "teh depth of singleplayer online". You'll be able to reset your character completely when you're bored with your current build. ADHD kids couldn't afford to start from scratch. You'll probably have to pay a relatively small amount and then redistribute points here and there. Upgraded supah compass, it points to everything; friends, foes, monsters, loot etc.

Holy shit, do you know what this means? Summer & co will rule Tamriel Online and ban players on her whim.

Pete Hines: That was actually a really long debate in our office. We went back and forth and round and round.

Gay porn. I knew it.

no one will get banned if they are paying....

 

[Journeyman]

Also people should remember MMOs took allot of ideas from TES as they became more popular this decade. Player housing, randomness etc.
But crafting was taken from Arcanum.

Also Vanguard seems pretty good as far as real dialog choices and puzzle solving choices but also I dont want TES to become MMO only

What are you, an Idiot? You think MMOs took houses and 'randomness' from TES? And then you go on to say that Arcanum was the first game to have crafting?

For fuck's sake.

Um no but people who play MMOs are.
Actually they could be good sometimes but it's very rare of course. The first NWN and Vanguard for example and also EVE. It seems if they emphasize the teamwork aspect they are only able to make it work.
Maybe they are trying to avoid people telling others cheats in game if the quests are too complicated so they emphasize repetativeness to get points. They maybe could add in random puzzles to solve that though but then again it might get watered down.

 

[JarlFrank]

So here it comes, "TES: Tamriel Online". If you die in PVP, you'll simply respawn somewhere else, probably 10 steps further, at no loss. Teleportation will also be available as a public service in the gameworld, as they just have to provide "teh depth of singleplayer online". You'll be able to reset your character completely when you're bored with your current build. ADHD kids couldn't afford to start from scratch. You'll probably have to pay a relatively small amount and then redistribute points here and there. Upgraded supah compass, it points to everything; friends, foes, monsters, loot etc.

Holy shit, do you know what this means? Summer & co will rule Tamriel Online and ban players on her whim.

Pete Hines: That was actually a really long debate in our office. We went back and forth and round and round.

Gay porn. I knew it.

no one will get banned if they are paying....

Only if they mention the Codex in the ingame chat.