Massively discusses crafting in MMOs..including Pathfinder Online

[Hardin Steele]

Hi all!

Just saw the bi-weekly article pop on Massively called "Some Assembly Required" covering sandbox MMOs. This time they discuss games where crafting is a critical element of the gameplay, versus just a dull mechanic.

Check it out here...

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/03/01/some-assembly-required-bringing-the -craft-back-to-crafting/

(Can't get the hyperlink to work....but check it out...nice to see. The article mostly covers the upcoming "The Repopulation" but also links to Pathfinder Online.)

[Nihimon]

Fixed link

[Bluddwolf]

The one thing the article fails to mention or at least it did not focus on was the need for a crafting system to have critical outcomes and even unique results.

Here is where PFO should take a page from Star Wars Galaxies. In SWG, a crafter could become skilled enough to consistently produce items with a variety of unique attributes.

I'm hoping that crafting in PFO will allow master crafters to discover or even develop unique combinations of item + attribute + appearance. GW could even limit the recipes to a certain number for the server.

[Being]

Massively has some sort of script running that Norton doesn't like. Likely one of the ads.

[Hardin Steele]

Being wrote:

Massively has some sort of script running that Norton doesn't like. Likely one of the ads.

Yes, it does have a script running often. My Norton popped up repeatedly and made the site unusable, so I disable Norton for now.

[Being]

Hm. Opposite of my thinking.

[Kobold Catgirl]

No, he's right. Norton stinks. ;P

[Alexander_Damocles]

Kaspersky or bust...