Quick permadeath idea.

[Typhon]

I'm in the process of moving out of my house, and I found all my old Mech Warrior II boxes (Mech II + expansions).  I loved that game, and I've been wondering why no one has created a Mech Warrior MMO.  I'd play that in a minute.

Give Chromehounds on 360 a whirl and let me know.

Once I buy a new house I'm planning on getting a console (don't want to buy more stuff to move again) - haven't played a fighting game in a long time and am itching to again.  Once I do that, I'll give Chromehounds a try, thanks for the heads up

[ajax34i]

I agree that the game would have to be fun to play, and not just a grind to level up.  It would have to be fun to play over and over in the newbie area, for example, which is a very difficult thing to accomplish.

I think that it would also have to have permanency in everything that's related to social interaction.  I'd want to be able to locate and communicate with my friends regardless of how many characters they permanently kill per day.  I'd want to be able to have my current character easily reach and group with my friend's current character.  (EVE does this, oddly enough:  my avatar, which is my current ship, is permanently killed if it's destroyed, and I have to start over with a new avatar/ship every time).

And there would have to be permanency related to some of my accomplishments in game, so that even if my characters die, I can feel that I've progressed in some way.

[Roac]

I agree that the game would have to be fun to play, and not just a grind to level up.  It would have to be fun to play over and over in the newbie area, for example, which is a very difficult thing to accomplish.

Either have leveling be fairly flat, or remove it outright.  The latter is unappealing for me because character development is nice, but typically what games do which have permadeath is grant some sort of advancement, but make it have little effect on balance.  Even highly advanced players, for example, could be killed by two or three new characters geared toward combat.  Advancement in this case is more geared to allow you to do more things, not do better things.  They also tend to heavily de-emphasize combat since the point is to *not* enter combat.