So if a person was going to read a single novel or series from the EU, what would it be and why? I'm a big fan of the movies, but never got into the EU. Somebody help me out please.

We have different experiences I think. Because IME, class design influences playstyle far more than environment or situation. Not only that, but the classes are usually designed earlier in the process and the environment and situations are then tailored to the class abilities. I'll agree the 3 classes has become some…

For the record, I wasn't referring to you in the quoted comment. I wouldn't call what you're doing "defending" it so much as you're trying to explain the reasoning behind it. Which I understand even If I totally totally agree with it. That being said, I've never advocated ELIMINATING (rethinking?) the 3 classes that…

Games are games. They target different audiences and tastes. People who play them are gamers. Almost all games are tabloid equivalents (shallow and sad when compared to other more mature mediums) if you want to use such a metaphor. Gamer elitists looking down on casual gamers are like wiffle ball elitists looking down…

"I would agree with you for a typical MMO/RPG. But this game is almost exclusively in first person."

You can definitely have both, so no argument over "I'd rather have one over the other" needs to be made. Certainly, having some interesting classes that haven't been done in every game ever doesn't amount to "unguided ornamentation" so let's just dispense with that false choice right away. Same with story and world.…

I thought it was a really fun game. A stand out in the admittedly crowded genre. But the pay to win aspects left me cold after a while too. Which is why I quit. But, to be fair, my coworker played for nearly a year, was top 10 on his server and never paid a dime. If you do it right, you can play the shit out of it…

Evony is actually a very good game. Quite a bit of fun. I played it for about a month. My co worker played for close to a year and was one of the top players on his server. It was starting to impact his life in a negative way. Basically, you have to complete all these tasks and they have completion times so you want…

It's unique. Fine. It allows for cool stuff. Agreed. Both were true of the Wii remote. Here's the thing. I hate to be the one to do this to you but.....Designers don't give a darn. And "mandatory" is meaningless for anything but xbox1 exclusives. This should be obvious. Any game that is multiplatform won't be dealing…

I honestly don't understand it at all. I mean, I get why they made it. It was purely a response to the popularity of the Wii. Nothing more. Nothing less. But, the Wii is done. Why on earth would the design an entirely new console around a knee jerk response to a a gimmick? It makes no sense. Nintendo didn't properly…

Anyway, the point is that nobody is making a game for it worth caring about. And I don't see any coming. Gimmicky features? Sure. Unique games that can't exist on other systems? Not so much. Mandatory or not.

You must be joking. It's a terrible gimmick. When you turn your head, you're looking away from your screen. You have to turn your head but keep your eyes on your screen,. It's headache inducing. The lean is ok, but the look around is beyond broken. Anyway, I'm not talking about gimmicky features to justify the kinect.…

I'm quite certain that BF4 is available on PS4.

They can count on everyone using it right now because it's mandatory right? That should mean they're making some really great unique exclusives that require Kinect to work right? So, where exactly are all these games being developed exclusively for it? Because I've not heard a peep about them. If you think you're…

Lots of games are able to get out of the core 3 box. I'm honestly wondering if you're trolling or actually serious. This feels like a hoax.

Except that many games have actually gotten it right by giving us more interesting and unique options in class based games. Otherwise, yeah, I agree.

"you just uselessly blabbering on just see your own words on the screen. "

I don't even begin to know.

Or even a combination. I do get why they use classes as a design tool. I just don't get why they only give the bog standard 3. Or, rather, I didn't get it until someone explained that they want to sell the rest via DLC. At which point I cut myself out of sheer depression at the state of the industry.

That you use the term "Magic User" makes me respect you even more. :)