Proposal: Hire/Transfer a Flash Developer for zOMG!

[Edenuzki]

Kalon Ordona II

zOMG! is a high priority for a lot of people, as evidenced by its lead in popularity in this forum.

What I think the involved Gaia staff fails to realize is that zOMG! doesn't have to bring in revenue on its own to be worthwhile for the site in monetary terms. zOMG! is a user net more than a cash dump.

Think about it. Nobody wants to pay for things. With zOMG! you don't have to.
AND it's fun.
AND it has great gameplay and music and charm.
AND it has No Download!
And the BEST part is that you have an MMORPG--a field where one of the greatest desires is customization--and you've put the insanely high degree of customization found in Gaia's avatars into the mix.
What you get is a free-to-play, no-download, fast-loading, quality, enjoyable game that users will CARE about, because so much more of THEM is in it.

Realize how rare that is!
Comprehend its value, not just to Gaia but to the internet at large.

zOMG! doesn't have to make the money. zOMG! brings in the users, then the users see more of Gaia, update their avatar ('cause, among other things, they want to look awesome in zOMG!), buy more Gaia Cash items, bring in more money to fund Gaia.

So you see you don't have to make zOMG! one of these pay-for-premium MMO's that make most users want to quit. zOMG! makes Gaia itself more attractive, and that in turn increases zOMG's value.

But for zOMG! to do this, it needs to be free of bugs at minimum.

In addition to customization, zOMG! has to its advantage Gaia's entire user base, a whole community already present, not relying on just the game for its sustenance. That is PRECISELY what can allow zOMG! to remain free and fun and ever expanding, because it can bring in revenue in other ways.

I'm not making this up. Look at this very forum, the most popular threads. What do Gaians want?
1. More Avatars
2. More zOMG!

Please do what it takes to focus on zOMG! to the point where a higher percentage of Gaians--and more internet users at large--want to play it.

It is one of the best free-to-play, browser MMORPG's in existence.
And a large part of it is its integration with the rest of Gaia.
If more people knew that, there would certainly be a boom in activity not just in zOMG! but for all Gaia.

At the very least, zOMG!'s bugs should be fixed and the game should be entered into MMO listing sites like MMO hunter or MMO hut or whatever they're called. There are a few good ones, many with sections for Browser MMO's.

Gaia should avoid Facebook, in my opinion. It destroys the very thing Gaia has going for it: the interaction between members as represented by their Gaia avatars. All this focus on Facebook is nothing but convenience and an advertisement for Facebook. It's all well and good to tack on a few fun little games that bring in money for Gaia, but it should never take away the focus from Gaia's truer elements, to which group zOMG! significantly belongs, as an original creation and a great game in its own right.

Gaia should stop focusing on Facebook and start focusing again on Gaia.

I agree.
You've stolen my thoughts. >.> XD

[Gemenice]

Kalon Ordona II

It is one of the best free-to-play, browser MMORPG's in existence.
And a large part of it is its integration with the rest of Gaia.
If more people knew that, there would certainly be a boom in activity not just in zOMG! but for all Gaia.

At the very least, zOMG!'s bugs should be fixed and the game should be entered into MMO listing sites like MMO hunter or MMO hut or whatever they're called. There are a few good ones, many with sections for Browser MMO's.

I agree that it's one of the best browser games - there is the interaction that misses in others, but you surely know that it IS listed on MMOs lists. I tend to search for new MMOs fairly often and found zOMG listed on many - though the sites' reviews were awesome, users sometimes didn't like the experience.

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Exactly! See? That's just what I'm talking about--things like Elsword that are super fun, but you don't care about it as much because you can't be as YOU as you want to be. Almost the first thing everybody wants to know whenever any MMORPG comes out is, "How good is the Character Creation."

Well, Gaia's is probably better than any MMORPG in existence.

Now, this is something I disagree with - First I need to mention that I LOVE zOMG! I'm here each day, playing, but you can't tell me that in zOMG! there is any character creation. Especially since it's MMORPG. The fact that you can take on fancy clothes doesn't have much with character itself and that's what zOMG! misses. That's why there are better MMORPGs, sure ones that you have to download - but there is no way zOMG! can measure up to DC Universe Online or hell, even R.O.S.E Online. I'm not even starting about SWTOR or classics like WOW. Hell, or even LOL.


I didn't think so at first, but then I realized that equality is the worst fault of zOMG! It misses the classes - and certain thing they bring with them. Take DCUO for example. You have six 'powers' to choose from. Two of which are used for healing, two for tanking and two for controlling - and yet, you can use all of them on damage - but the difference is great in it. There is difference between 'magic' users and 'plant' users (healing classes) which makes magic weaker but you don't have to use 'rage' for your healing, etc. You get to learn new skills, which another person in the same class - 'magic' doesn't have to learn and can concentrate on something else.

Not to mention that in most MMORPGs where you can actually make your character - as in decide your traits, you get special bonuses.

The avatar idea is nice in Gaia, but it doesn't cut it. Cause I don't care whether I have Devil Tail on me or ... The Blue Octopus on my head, since it doesn't give me any bonus. Nothing you wear can give you anything, and that's not the style of RPG you use.

And unless you look 'good' in zOMG! it's hard to find a crew, even if you're freaking prodigy. That's why zOMG! will never be as popular as any other game - even if we don't take PvPs in account.

I love zOMG!, I really do, and as I said, I play it each and every day - but you can't say it's probably better that any MMORPG in existence . Cause that's not true - zOMG! is flawed, and as far as the great story goes - it's not enough to be the best.

[Kalon Ordona II]

Gemenice

I didn't say zOMG is the best MMORPG in existence. I said I think it's character creation is the best. =) In hindsight, that sentence wasn't completely clear, since I neglected to use parallel possessives. Sorry for the confusion. =D

I do still think the characters you can be in Gaia have the most options of any MMORPG out there.
Think of every avatar on Gaia. In what other game do you have that range of possible appearances?

And as for character-ness, you can create whatever backstory you want.

AND you can be as many characters as you have outfits and imagination for.

True there are no classes, but there are different ring setups. You can set yourself up to be a healer-focused player, a status-effect type, multi attack, tank, balanced, buffs, or you can try to get ring sets as well. So I do think it has a class element.

It's good to hear that zOMG! is on lists and has good reviews. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places.


I haven't experienced a lack of crew offers. Though, to be fair, I tend to have at least moderately good items equipped. :/
It's not hard to look good on Gaia if you have some imagination and do a little searching. There's even a starter ninja outfit. If someone looks sub-par, I guess people get the idea they play that way too? Makes sense, I suppose.

I think it's a good thing that avatar items don't have effects in zOMG! Because that would limit the very range of customization. People would all be wearing the same things, just to have the status effects. That'd work against one of the core things that make zOMG! great! =D

[Collected Pixel Dust]

So um.. did they reject or accept this proposal?

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Any news about this yet?

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Kalon Ordona II

Gemenice

you can create whatever backstory you want.

AND you can be as many characters as you have outfits and imagination for.

True there are no classes, but there are different ring setups. You can set yourself up to be a healer-focused player, a status-effect type, multi attack, tank, balanced, buffs, or you can try to get ring sets as well. So I do think it has a class element.


It's not hard to look good on Gaia if you have some imagination and do a little searching.