Mark Jacobs Appears!

[Maeve]

And he is developing a new MMO. It is called.... drum roll please....

Camelot Unchained. And it looks to have 3 realms.

City State Entertainment

[Zeli]

Teasers 1 and 2

[trapsinger]

Read an interview with him today. There are three sides, Camelot, Vikings, and Celts. And we know we love that but...

RvR only! no PvE game at all.
All player equipment from crafting.
Buildings in RvR are player housing, build it, and get it blown up!
No free to play, subscription only.

I'll try to keep an open mind, but it sounds to me like in comparison to the features of some other current and upcoming games that this will be lacking. He said in the interview that trying to cater to PvE players and PvP players split your focus and ruined your game, but it seems to me more like he wanted an excuse to only build half a game. I mean why bother to use those three factions if there is no PvE game to explore the lore? Also he says he's going to try and build a AAA quality game with a crew of only 13 people, and he still needs 10 million dollars to get it done... I'll believe it when I see it.

[Deleted]

Hmm no PVE. While I am not a PVE fan the way they did it in DAOC was great in my opinion. But it is too early to form any opinions.  But good news anyhow.

[Zeli]

LIKE : RvR only! no PvE game at all.
LIKE : All player equipment from crafting.
LIKE : Buildings in RvR are player housing, build it, and get it blown up!
MISTAKE : No free to play, subscription only.

I HAVE DOUBTS : he's going to try and build a AAA quality game with a crew of only 13 people, and he still needs 10 million dollars to get it done

I think I'd like the idea that rvr was the world. I would like it if pve was mixed into that world a la Darkness Falls (the dungeon in DAoC, not the game). Mix it in to the game and have areas worth fighting for. I love the idea of player housing being out in RvR. I love that all equipment would come from crafting. More risk, community is more important... more sandbox. I think it should also be one server (see EVE Online) and then this could be a nice niche game.

But for some reason, I don't see all of this happening. Lots of ideas get stated early on and things change. Hell, lots of games never even come out of development. For now, I'll get on with my gaming life, but I'll be hoping.

[Aberrant]

I doubt this game ever gets released.

That being said, a monthly sub for a PvP only game seems dumb.

[Slurm]

[activelitle]

Feb 5, 2013 15:11:03 GMT -5 Maeve said:

And he is developing a new MMO. It is called.... drum roll please....

Camelot Unchained. And it looks to have 3 realms.

City State Entertainment

Looking nice

[Maric]

I'm in early Alpha. The game is going to be good.

[Rer]

I'll keep it on the back burner, I still miss WAR's glory days (of the few there were).

[Barose]

This is exactly the type of thing I'm looking for. Meaningfull Pvp.

[GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth)]

This the same guy that was a dick in the WAR early closed beta forums?

[Maric]

Nah man. Mark Jacobs it totally cool. Rob Denton, his ex Mythic partner, who is now heading up DAoC with Broadsword, is a dick.