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May 30, 2003 10:53 AM

Blizzard's latest Insider issue has been posted online offering, among other things, a World of Warcraft related mailbag which is more a brief FAQ. Questions are about playable races, new features being added after launch, and Europeans participating in the beta of the game. Thanks The Unofficial World of Warcraft Site.

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Arjun Thakur

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May 30, 2003 11:17 AM

It's really too bad MMORPGS can't get away from using turn based combat. That has to be my number 1 turnoff. Even watching the WOW movies and seeing the "swing, pause, hit animation, swing, miss, swing, pause enemy falls over" just makes my gamer-heart sink =(
- SilverSnake
  
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  May 30, 2003 11:41 AM
  
  Neocron uses realtime combat... Dunno if you wanna classify Planetside as a MMORPG, but if you do, that one does as well.
  - Arjun Thakur
    
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    May 30, 2003 12:42 PM
    
    read my planetside review for how I feel
- junkstyle
  
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  May 30, 2003 11:44 AM
  
  even quake1 is turned based.
  - Arjun Thakur
    
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    May 30, 2003 12:42 PM
    
    lay off the crack pipe
- johnny skidmarks
  
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  May 30, 2003 1:34 PM
  
  Turn based combat is used so that there is at least some resemblence to a role playing game. Additionally, not timer based attacks would give those with the lowest pings an advantage.
  
  MMOs are all about catering to the largest possible audience.
  - Arjun Thakur
    
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    May 30, 2003 1:46 PM
    
    you can role play without turn based
  - Chod
    
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    May 30, 2003 6:37 PM
    
    See the game jumpgate. MM space game that relies on skill and realtime fighting in space. A person with the standard scout ship can kill an unskilled person in the heaviest class ship which is damn good.
- Dermot81
  
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  May 30, 2003 4:08 PM
  
  Um...by that definition, every game is turn based
- Ziggurat
  
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  May 30, 2003 5:32 PM
  
  ITS NOT TURN BASED
  
  What? every player should be able to swing their sword 10 times per second?