| drspinaltap |
i was excited at the idea that paizo, working closely with a partner company, was going to change the world of gaming and give us what we wanted. that is, the pathfinder rule set, in its entirety made into a computer game and a world we can be a part of where what we do and dont do actually means something. i was considering offering a good chunk of change to be a part of this great endeavor.
unfortunately, it seems the direction you have chosen is to become another wow clone. another game that takes some parts of pathfinder and mixes them with typical mmo conventions. just an example, you have stated that you are only going to loosely follow the class structure. why you would deviate from this is madness.
i am guessing people at paizo are concerned that if they created everything to the T the same as the ruleset nobody would by their hardcopy resources. this might be true, but it is the future. the future of the rpg is on the computer. not on a piece of paper. either blaze the trail or be left in the dust.
i will give you props for making it a sandbox world. that has been needed in the market for a long time. but its not enough. you have a perfect system already created for you in what paizo has made. just simply use those rules. do not conform to the status quo for mmos.
do not do what neverwinter has just done. IT IS TERRIBLE.
perhaps its too late, but pursue the simple task of strictly adhering to the pathfinder ruleset and turn it into the greatest rpg pc game ever made.