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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y98otfH9X8

http://time.com/3034749/firefly-online/

Thought that they were playing with me when I heard about it. Looks like fun, though. Hope to see more about it.

The website couldn't handle the traffic and is crushed right now.

Might be just a little overloaded, maybe?

I'm excited about FFO.

I'm worried that the site went down after the announcement - it doesn't speak well to their tech savvy. I mean, you had to know that as soon as it was announced, the website was going to get a flood of traffic. Duh.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no.

Yet another MMO doomed for failure.

Oh, and it looks like arse.

Site is back up.

Looks .... ok.

I'm not even going to look at this one. Firefly is about the only fictional world other than 40k that I could lay claim to as a "fandom", and I don't want to be disappointed (judging by this thread that would be the most likely outcome).

2000 called, they want their graphics back!

Well. If it looks bad, and plays well, I'd be interested for sure.

 thedarkavenger wrote:
Well. If it looks bad, and plays well, I'd be interested for sure.

If the traveling is much like how Spore implemented space travel dashed with EVE, I'd be interested in it.

I'm not even sure why they'd bother with space travel rather than an over map.

A five year old (or longer) development based on twelve year old TV series. What could go wrong?

Why the hell are they using Papyrus?

The problem with a Firefly MMO is that the reason Firefly was such a cult hit was characterization, not the world it was built in.

Now, my coat is as brown as any other, but modern MMOs just don't fit the Firefly universe; Most Modern MMOs are about the story, and not the character.

If they let me Smuggle, Trade, Build, Swindle, and actually ACT like an outlaw TO OTHER PLAYERS instead of just "We need you to do a quest to take Item Z from NPC A to NPC B, here is a scripted encounter to make it a quest, here's your reward, go talk to another quest giver".

The problem with MMOs is that while Jobs/Classes have been outstandingly good, Role Playing has taken a nosedive.

If this is more Shadowbane and less WoW, I'll be excited for it, but if not, meh.

Isn't the best case scenario for this game being star trek online with less shooting and explosions?

I'm not filled with confidence either.... Despite the gang returning for it.

 Slarg232 wrote:
The problem with a Firefly MMO is that the reason Firefly was such a cult hit was characterization, not the world it was built in.

Now, my coat is as brown as any other, but modern MMOs just don't fit the Firefly universe; Most Modern MMOs are about the story, and not the character.

If they let me Smuggle, Trade, Build, Swindle, and actually ACT like an outlaw TO OTHER PLAYERS instead of just "We need you to do a quest to take Item Z from NPC A to NPC B, here is a scripted encounter to make it a quest, here's your reward, go talk to another quest giver".

The problem with MMOs is that while Jobs/Classes have been outstandingly good, Role Playing has taken a nosedive.

If this is more Shadowbane and less WoW, I'll be excited for it, but if not, meh.

So... EVE?

 Fafnir wrote:

 Slarg232 wrote:
The problem with a Firefly MMO is that the reason Firefly was such a cult hit was characterization, not the world it was built in.

Now, my coat is as brown as any other, but modern MMOs just don't fit the Firefly universe; Most Modern MMOs are about the story, and not the character.

If they let me Smuggle, Trade, Build, Swindle, and actually ACT like an outlaw TO OTHER PLAYERS instead of just "We need you to do a quest to take Item Z from NPC A to NPC B, here is a scripted encounter to make it a quest, here's your reward, go talk to another quest giver".

The problem with MMOs is that while Jobs/Classes have been outstandingly good, Role Playing has taken a nosedive.

If this is more Shadowbane and less WoW, I'll be excited for it, but if not, meh.

So... EVE?

More Gamey, less Spreadsheety.

The game should allow me to pickpocket other people, but should also allow them to shoot me dead if they discover it.

I wanna play as Nishka, not as a Captain :/

actually wow this might really happen, check the interview with the developing company

http://fireflyshindig.com/2014/12/19/firefly-exclusive-interview-with-sparkplug-games/

cant wait man lol

The graphics look really bad. Other than that, I wait for the release but who really need another MMO? Why not a single player game, where the story can focus on the characters?

Looks like it could be a cool game, but yeah.. those graphics are real bad. Well not bad, just old. Or is this just meant to only ever be on iPhones?