First of all, let me apologize for stating the following, which may upset some people, but they're based on my opinions, which I believe I'm entitled to, as much as you are to yours.
So, Catching up on several discussion threads here:
1) AAA MMORPGs? All I can say is "One Person's Treasure is Another Person's Trash" Spare me another over-hyped Elf, Troll, Demon-laden fantasy world. It may be mean of me, but I've gotten a bit of enjoyment out of reading all the spin-meisters at MMORPG.com and other sites trying to
sell the next "latest and greatest of all" MMOs to what seems to be a bunch of drooling, mindless followers, who give a game they haven't even played yet almost perfect scores on the website's game lists. Of course a month after the latest MMO has been released, most of the players who just couldn't wait for the "Ultimate Experience" have run off to the next MMO 'event'. Ah, the public can be so fickle.
2) Voice acting in MMOs. Personally, I consider it to be a nice option for those who read at the pace of a snail, or have other reading disabilities. As long as it's included as a bypassable option, I can live with VOs. My main problem with Voice Overs is that I can read the text quite a bit quicker than it is normally spoken, and I usually know where it's going to end up anyhow, so I consider VOs to be a waste of my time. YMMV.
3) Quite a few people seem worried about the transfer of account data (which may or may not still exist) between NCSoft and the prospective new IP Owners, for the purposes of Awards, Badges, etc. Tabbing to another window, thru the City Info Tracker site I've got a pretty comprehensive list of my characters' badges, etc, with ownership validated via communication with the game when it was still active. Is there any way that info could be used by the prospective IP Managers to reinstate earned items to our re-created characters? I'm really surprised I haven't seen any mention of that option here, since people keep asking about Sentinel data transfers (which aren't accepted for various reasons.)
Next Year in Paragon City!
Sugoi