After reading all this I just wonder ... does there exist any MMO-type like game that allows one to install his/her own server for some selected friends ?
Or is NWN just this ?
I would actually LOVE to play World of Warcraft as a single-player game, lol.
Imagine 60,000 hardcore griefers together in an MMO game that has open PvP with full loot. That means they are completely free to kill your character, any time they want, and will take all of your equipment. Griefers are gonna grief the shit out of anyone and everyone, and they WILL find ways to abuse the system, even a great system. There will be nobody to be friends with in Darkfall, they are all Player Killing griefers. The vast majority of peope on DFO forums have the term "griefer" and "PKer" written in their sigs: they brag about griefing people.
Currently I am having a blast playing Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for the first time. OMG that game is so fun. And I'm playing a few other games. Today I have ordered Civilizations 4 with all expansions; Knights of Nine and Shivering Isles for my copy of Elder Scrolls Oblivion (which I havent even played yet since I was playin MMOs for so long); and I got Warhammer Dawn Of War Platinum edition (which has all three Dawn of War games in it).
I made this connection during my one and only Everquest session in 2002. I couldn't for the life of me understand why anyone thought I would pay monthly to hang with people I would avoid in real life. I've never been tempted to even look at a MMORPG since, not a single one.Once again, I am finished with MMOs...
This time however its the people themselves in the games that are very rude, disrespectful to each other, and generally annoying, more than fundamental flaws in the gameplay.