Mark Kearns reviews FF14 vs current MMO development mentality

[HelSpites]

He's right, the mog station system is trash and it makes buying the game a lot harder than it needs to be.

That said, let's not pretend that Mark Kearn is someone that knows what he's doing when it comes to mmos. This is the guy who's responsible for tanking firefall due to his indecisiveness (firefall's core systems were changed so many times during the beta, it was kind of absurd) and frivolous spending (look up the firefall bus and "stage 5", a glorified youtube channel that they bought movie quality filming equipment for, that ultimately went nowhere). Not only did he tank red5, he also tried to get a blockchain based mmo up and running a while ago, an idea that he quietly abandoned so that he could use what little good will he's got left to milk people dry developing em-8er, a game that will, in all likelihood, go down the same way as firefall, assuming it ever actually gets off the ground. The dude's a joke.

edit: Man twitter's format is terrible, I didn't realize the mog station comment was actually the end of a big chain. I maintain everything I said earlier, the dude still sucks as a dev, but everything he said there certainly sounds about right.

[ReynTime]

All I read in the tweets linked is either common knowledge to anyone who keeps up with game industry news or just obvious.

And I'm not trying to defend WoW. I couldn't care less about the game. But the first link in his thread probably dramatized a lot on Blizzard's internal affairs.

[Puremallace]

All I read in the tweets linked is either common knowledge to anyone who keeps up with game industry news or just obvious.

And I'm not trying to defend WoW. I couldn't care less about the game. But the first link in his thread probably dramatized a lot on Blizzard's internal affairs.

So he was there in that transition period between Blizzard and Activision/Blizzard so he does have some insight on how the industry seems to work. You kind of see it with New World where they tried to add a cash shop with straight up pay to win before the MMO even released to the pure uproar of even people who support it.

I think it is just an interesting set of tweets that is common knowledge to anyone who has lived through it actually happening.

[SturmChurro]

It's nice that everyone is getting in on this fad right now.

[Gameovers]

I dont. I think he was good because of Blizzard -- not because of him. Everything outside of Blizz he has done either tanks or is sold out to China (Em8ers)

Case and point: Yuji Naka. Unless you think Balan Wonderworld isnt akin to torture.

OMG.... are you an OG fan of our lord and savior Sonic The Hedgehog and follow true lord Tail channel? - I joke - But I loled you mentioned Yuji. It's rare someone mentions him.

[Y2K21]

OMG.... are you an OG fan of our lord and savior Sonic The Hedgehog and follow true lord Tail channel? - I joke - But I loled you mentioned Yuji. It's rare someone mentions him.

I saw a video of Balan Wonderworld and can never forget him now.

[Y2K21]

All I read in the tweets linked is either common knowledge to anyone who keeps up with game industry news or just obvious.

And I'm not trying to defend WoW. I couldn't care less about the game. But the first link in his thread probably dramatized a lot on Blizzard's internal affairs.

Its /vg/ -- so its about as real as the people leaking Goku for Smash

[Catwho]

On the one hand, I have to input my friggin one time password three times if I want to buy anything on the mogstation.

On the other hand, I am absolutely not afraid of my account ever getting hacked, on account of the website asking for the OTP twice just to log in. Back in XI, there were people with OTPs that got hacked when their launcher got a virus from Vanadiel Maps, and the thieves used the input OTP to log into PlayOnline and change the password. That's.... definitely not an issue with XIV's horrible website design.

[Rinhi]

Its /vg/ -- so its about as real as the people leaking Goku for Smash

just because it's 4chan doesn't mean it must be wrong, though
the gta general had a rockstar dev leaking things for quite a while before the company was restructured, for example
plus, leaking things is easier when you're anonymous vs, say, pseudo-anon on resetera or reddit where it's possible you'll get flak when people figure out who you are or just downvote you to oblivion

[Tachion]

People might be to young to know him but that guy is the reason wow, diablo and some other titles got successful.

He was also the head of one of the greatest mismanaging and financial disasters in gaming with Firefall.