Honestly i don't believe that he will get to the point of having something playable. I watched too many projects like this fail and some succeed. Those who suc

Honestly i don't believe that he will get to the point of having something playable. I watched too many projects like this fail and some succeed. Those who succeeded all did NOT focus on their technology when talking about their project and seemed to focus more on getting it to a point where you could actually play something. Of course you'd think that for a mmo a good technology base is key, but it isn't because if you're honest: Your mmo won't attract a that large crowd in such a speed that you won't have time to merge to something better and spend the money you've earned from your customers of the first hour on improving scalabililty. Find something fun, get it done and then make it work would be my advice to any aspring independent gamedeveloper.