All Posts by korvass

One thing that I don't understand:

Why is porn always the bad-guy? Why are people so hung up on cyber-sex anyway? I mean, if two guys hook up on the internet and have a bunch of emote sex while they jack off, whilst convincing themselves the other is a girl, who really gives a fuck? As long as they're not hurting anyone, what does it truly matter?

There's some truly bizarre and ignorant comments in this thread, from the 'furries are sick', to 'people who cyber online have no life' - yeh, and the mass-murder of fantasy creatures online means you do have a life?

What ever happened to just being happy for people doing their own thing?

If Billy over there likes to slaughter orcs all week long, cool! I'm glad you're having a good time. Johnny over there is roleplaying a well-hung shemale.. all power to him, I say. It's 2008, people, not the 12th century. Time to get over your hang-ups and just let people enjoy what makes them happy. As long as nobody is getting hurt.

People are still forgetting what a Beta test is for. It's not a free pass to play the game early, it's not even a free trial. You're supposed to try and help them make a better game by logging in and breaking stuff before they release. Where's your sense of MMO civic duty?

If you don't want to become a Fileplanet member and pay a share of the bandwidth and whatever, then don't. You're not missing out on anything. Sure, people who do get into Beta might have a better handle on the game that does release, but really, is it that important?

At the end of the day, Funcom is doing what they think is best for their company and and software. Getting into Beta isn't a bloody contest or anything. It's your chance to help the entire community of AoC by helping Funcom make a better game. If you don't get in, then no big deal you know? Better luck next time.

I've been subscribed to AoC's various websites for the last couple of years, and haven't received a beat key. Such is life, I'll just wait for release.

As much as I enjoy posts from people like Avery for the information and clarity, I have to side with Lobotomist on this one. RP-PvP for the most part won't work. Sure enough, RPers seek out like-minded folk and they will do alright, but for general Joe-RP'er, it's not gonna work.

RP, to an extent, is the simulation of an alternative life/world. The immersion in a world foreign and yet similar to the one we live in. In real life we don't walk around attacking people without reason. We don't know the person probably, don't know their strengths. Are they armed? Isn't it better to live peacefully and coexist with others? Some people do go around randomly attacking others, but society generally deems these people as needing incarceration or mental therapy.

This is why RP-PvP doesn't really work on a server-wide scale. In an MMO we can all see the relative strength of another player and make assumptions. I would go so far as to say that most PvP is simply one person attacking another simply because they can. Roleplay barely comes in to it.

How is one Cimmerian attacking another Cimmerian in the wilds roleplaying, and not simply one player attacking another because they can? Roleplay should be about immersion (to me at least), and random back-stabs in the wilderness are not immersive. Not even in the Conan world. Conan didn't just walk about aimlessly PK'ing noobs for the shits and giggles. There was always an aim to his conflict. And besides battlegrounds, bar brawls and RvR, the majority of PvP is aimless.

Jeez.. is it just me or were the press folks there a bit slow off the mark? You've got sound issues from someone's mobile phone going off half the time, and Gaute was continually asking for questions and input, and not a damn peep from the press until the last 3 minutes of the video.. Isn't the press supposed to ask questions and report that to us fans? Not being much of a pvper, I would have liked to have learned more about 'crafting cities' that were mentioned...

Originally posted by jiveturkey12

I myself am going to put on some really Epic Metal,

 

Some "Creeping Death" by Metallica

 

Some "Emerald Sword" by Raphsody

 

and dare I say it....

 

Trivium

 

What will you all be listening to?

 

-Jive

 

BTW listen to the break after the solo in Creeping Death and you can tottaly imagine a siege battle, with legions of pople marching to kill.

Haven't you listened to the song files on the Conan site?! Crom, I'll be listening to the in-game music, why the hell would I listen to anything else?!

Originally posted by WolfHaart

But I think that since they want all races to be as Unique as possible, they will try find enuic mounts aswell. And becouse Elven Horses already have been used, I bet they will use Cold Ones.

Empire Horses and Elven horses arnt the same. And Dark Elves riding on horses use High Elf horses they have captured.

Yup, and cold ones are just cooler anyway :)

Originally posted by Mathos Obraik

 

 

LOTR AND WOW, have released more in one patch then the last 6 months of swg and thats each company not both combined..........

new area's instances, rep, class items,  all new armors  for new pvp content .

That is because, in general, SWG is still trying to fix 4 years worth of constant changes... some might refer to it as 4 years worth of beta, but I'll try not to be that cynical; it's hard though, being a diehard Smuggler.

Originally posted by s0ull

assuming they stick to the lore they should, no horse mounts in the tabletop game.

Yes indeedy there are... Dark Riders, 18pts per model, mounted on Dark Steeds. ;)

Originally posted by WSIMike

 

Originally posted by Explodingme

 

Originally posted by Katashi-kun

Probably 3 yrs at the earliest before an exp. for Mordor will arrive!

 

One does not simply expand into Mordor!

 

You need ninjas!

And wizards!

Dark elf heavy cavalry and other nobles usually ride about on Cold Ones, but there is also a scout cavalry that ride horses. Mean horsies.

I agree with Alienovrlord, niche markets don't survive too well in this modern market. Look what happened to Fury, a PvP-only game. They officially closed down after what, one month? Personally I'm a roleplayer, but can you imagine what would happen if they made a RP-centric game where you had to make all the content yourself? Yeh, that's right, it would close down after one month as well.

However, I think it's a pity that niche games don't have much of a chance. There should be games to cater to all tastes. hardcore PvP folks, hardcore RP, casual, whatever you like.

Not to start rumours, but I also got a similar warning about the xpantivirus thing whilst viewing this site this afternoon. MMORPG.com has in the past, like many other websites, been the victim of viral attacks.

But yes, this might all be completely circumstantial.

And to answer your question:

In all honesty, the quest system isn't really that much different from WoW, nothing ground-breaking about the types of quests you do (though there are a few that I would call evolutionary).

Nothing against WoW, but overall I much more prefer the story that gets told in LOTRO's quests. As for an example, if you make a hobbit, you end up doing a lot of hobbity-style quests in the Shire. And many of them seem mundane, and even childish to bigger folks; like helping to keep the postal service run on time, or delivering pies, or chasing off goblin and wolf attacks. Sure, those don't seem too impressive, but the way in which they are told perfectly fits the matters that are important to the shire. The little village needs and such.

If you like immersion like I do, I'll leave you with this: if you ever get the opportunity to do the level 20-ish instance called, "Retaking Weatherop", do it! You will kak your pants!

I run a 512 gfx card, and 1.5gb of RAM, and I play the game on high settings with the high-res textures on. My game looks simply breathtaking, and I only get the tiniest bits of stutter as objects load in areas. For example, it might take 5-10 seconds for objects in Bree to fully load and start moving, but apart from that I don't have enough stutter to interfere with my gameplay. I do have a few sliders turned down here and there, like the viewing distance for 3D trees, or the distance at which flora generates, but to me, the detail of trees and flowers at 500m range isn't so important. :)

Best thing to do in my opinion is to get it running on high-res textures, crank it up and then see what you have to turn down to get the game running smooth enough for your tastes.

Isn't there a rescaling slider in UI options menu?

You know, in some ways a 'crafting village' idea makes a lot of sense to me. Mining and gathering is usually done in groups at quarries and such. I've never really been that keen on falling over random bits of stone that stick out of the ground in most MMOs. One example is the quarry in the starting areas of Ironforge, in WoW. There's these dwarves mining at a quarry, but if you go there, all the copper and tin is in little rocky blobs, sometimes inside the quarry, but mostly outside of it. Surely I should be hacking away at the walls of the quarry like the rest of the dwarf miners...

Naturally, I do understand why they use the node system, but the AOC version makes a teeny bit more sense to my immersion sensibilities. We'll see I guess, when I get to play it.

I've been playing LOTRO for a few months now, and almost every day I come across an 'ooooh' moment, where I learn something new, or see something new that only increases my excitement. Honestly, I love the game.