Mob Graphics Are Under-Budgeted

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Lahdeedah3 said:
What [MMO] would you guys consider to be the most developed?

Narfi Hungry Willem said:
Entropia Universe
@Narfi: EU actually puts in very little salary into animations and 3D-modeling in comparison to the effort that they spent on tweaking the in-game economy and loot tables. Just look at their latest graphics-updates over the past few months. Then compare them to bankrupt MMOs like Project D, Celetania, and Ballerium (which all ran out of funding and then shutdown).

Entropia's sound effects are old. They spend minimal budget on 3D-models, and only recently fixed the pistol shooting animation, and you can still float around in the air after leaving water (I think because people like it? But then why did they also fix the sliding around while sitting while leaving the jump-out-of-water bugged)? Irregardless of the animation glitches, the most noticeable issue is that the mob models are obsolete, and I haven't even bothered unmuting the music to check whether it suits my definitions of quality (since I am very selective about my music).

The one thing that they spent a lot of money on in the graphics-department is vehicles. Vehicle animations are actually of excellent-quality. But everything else is getting outdated faster than it can be replaced. The new space mobs? Look at Ascendancy and tell me... Ok I am going off-topic with this post, so I'll post this on the Caly-forums:

My point is, notice how the 1995 graphics look better than Entropia's upcoming 'Space' update..?
THEY SHOULDN'T:


ship-bali4.jpg


ship-dubt4.jpg


ship-mebe2.jpg


ship-hans2.jpg


ship-hans4.jpg


ship-frut2.jpg


Ok, so you think that Mind Ark has better graphics than a 1995 videogame?
Ok that's probably true...


spacemob1.jpg


spacemob2.jpg


spacemob3.jpg


spacemob4.jpg


But - tell me - how much better are these new models that are made with a Graphics Engine that is
Fourteen Years Newer?



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More funding for mob design means less loot, so I say they're very well over-budgeted as is.
 

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I personally would not care that much when mobs only were coloured boxes, instead of Argos, Drones, Estos, Tiarak.... i would hunt yellow boxes, orange boxes, red boxes....

Anyway in general for the atmosphere of EU ofc it would be a killer.

So i think we have a nice way in the middle even with a few pearls in it - when you hunt them for months they will be boring anyway, no matter how stunning they were once.
 

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