All Posts by uncus

Originally posted by micona

Yup been a while i realise turbine is not ganna do much with ddo , i play Lotr now and this is their baby now with a new expansion out in a few days .

so all their energy is in Lotr now where population is really healthy and game is somewhat fun nothing earthbreaking but still fun plus i got a 10$/month deal so i 'll stay here for now .

look at DDO not even 1 expansion only updates , so their team is probaly really small jut to keep this game alive .

 

Funny thing - your situation is 180 opposite mine - I have 2 lifetime LOTRO accounts and never play [my wife likes it but won't try DDO]; I have 2 DDO accounts, pay $10/month and I like DDO better.  I either solo or play with my 4 year old nephew [which is usually harder than soloing] - for me, the hirelings will probably be a good thing.  I've only used one on Risia - took him back to Korthos to do hard/elite with 2nd level rogue - hireling wouldn't even open doors, so was not much help [I wanted him to open the doors so I could get in a backstab or 2].  Anyway, I play casually - maybe 4-8 hours every 2-3 weeks, no characters over 7th level and many 3rd - I think hirelings could keep me subbed.

This is a marketing ploy, no doubt, but with good intentions.

Cleffy:  While I agree that many/most people don't improve their skills once in a job, many employers would rather hire raw talent that has yet to fully develop than go with talent that may have topped out.  Companies would rather train you than have to get you to "unlearn" bad habits.

Wizardry:  They had to take someone who knew something about programming & art.  Taking someone with zero knowledge as an intern would make no sense at all.

Originally posted by Ozmodan

Suggestion, instead of letting your kid play this game, why not do something educational for him and get him some lego sets to play with.   

MMO's are just not for kids period.  Any parents that let their kids play such should be severly censured.

Oz time to join the real world!

While I agree with getting the kids Legos to play with, I'll definitely let my nephews play this game, too!  Some MMO's ARE for kids, and even some of the ones that "aren't" [who's to say?], can be played by the kids WITH SUPERVISION.  My 4 1/2 yr old nephew loves to visit and play DDO with me.  We play outside [a rarity these days for kids it seems] when we can and play a dungeon or two after dinner.  What makes you think I should be censured for that?  Too much violence?  Didn't you ever play Marines or anything as a kid?  We stormed many a jap held sandhill as kids, using sticks and rocks or bb guns and water balloons.  I have yet to kill anyone in real life [tempted a few times...]  MMO's are just another form of play for kids - keep an eye on them and they'll be just fine...

Edit:  Why hasn't MMORPG started coverage of this yet?  It seems to be less vaporware than some games with coverage...

The CeB chat client has a link to a "fixer" [delete the cfg before running the fixer!]

Here's the link:  http://forums.ryzom.com/showthread.php?t=32262

Thanks for the CeB tip :)

Looks like I can login now!

I assume that you mean that you can download the client and start over, I cannot currently login to the characters that I played for 1 1/2 years [and don't wish to restart - especially if my character names would be frozen.  A quirk, I know, but anyone who knows me, knows ME!]

Unfortunately, it appears that if you were unsubscribed at the collapse, then your account is NOT reactivated.  This is based upon personal experience and comments from the Ryzom support forum [http://forums.ryzom.com/showpost.php?p=442119&postcount=28].  So, if you were paying when they went under, you're good, but if you were unsubscribed, you are not.  Hopefully they'll change this soon! 

On Topic:  I'm cautiously interested in The Agency - even though it seems to be more of an FPS than an MMO, it sounds like it could be fun.  I really hope they have enough missions with things for support classes to do, that don't get too repetitive. [ ie there are always 3 sec cameras to disable plus 2 alarms on this level mission, none on the next or same just add one on the next...]

A neat scenario could be:  Mission 1 - prevent assassination of X for 30 minutes [time taken to get from hotel to UN or whatever] Success - raid HQ of group who tried to assassinate X;  Fail - X is not dead, but a healer has to keep X alive while rest of group fights of another attack, then whole groups sneaks out of UN to airport/ospital/...

Off Topic:  I'd love to see a Universal RPG MMO!  My version would be to have multiple worlds [genres - fantasy, modern, modern with magic, high tech, old West,...] all connected by Terminator-type portals [you go through, your gear doesn't].  It would have to be skill stat based, not class based, and if it uses any twitch/FPS actions, they would be modified by the character's skill.  Maybe aiming could have hot keys + overhead display which allow you to target Arms/Legs/Torso/Head and display your hit % for each area; a "spray and pray" option that randomly assigns hits would be available, too.  Add in vehicles/mounts/space ships and you've got it all.  The art alone should only take 10 years or so...

The bubbly feeling is from Developers actually testing their game for the unprogramable - FUN.  By the time a game makes it to beta, it's too late - it has to be released, fun or not.  Nice to see a company that is taking a fun first [or second at least] approach.

Excellent addition to the site! 

4th Edition may be D&D, but it sure as hell isn't AD&D!  Wizards may have well just re-released the old Elf is a class/dwarf is a class original D&D.  Simple is fine for starting a game or playing with novices or children, but the complexity of AD&D is what made it fun - and it still required MORE rules because intelligent players came up with things not even close to covered by the rules.  DMing was a fulltime job! Miniatures and hex terrain made things better [as the online program may  in some respects - IFF it allows the DM to use whatever rules he wishes], as did programs like DMGenie, but characters had depth.

3rd Edition was dumbed down, 4th Edition is fully lobotomised!  No more D&D for me, thanks.