All Posts by Playa10

Here is a link to some better pics of AoC, enjoy.

www.tothegame.com/sshotfeat.asp

I didnt think the keeps were going to be that big, alot of strategy is going to be needed to take one of those down.

Thanks Avery, that definelty cleared some things up I wasnt to sure on.

Avery,

      From what you know, would you say there is still some level of strategy using the skills? Lets say you see a caster about to cast something and you are in the middle of a combo, would you hit the skill to cancel the cast or would you finish the combo to get the most damage? For casters, is spell weaving still in game?

From what I read it kind of sounds like you use a skill  than follow up with directional attacks, is this correct? Also, is spell weaving still in the game?

Originally posted by Sharajat

I personally enjoy raiding.  So... works for me. 

BTW, I'd raid with no epics, and most raiders I talk to agree. Its about the working together, and seeing the content, and enjoying yourself with a bunch of cool people. 

Yes, little baubles to say you've beaten the Temple of Relentless Doom are fun, but overall, I would be perhaps happier if the raiding rewards were just neat mounts, pets, novelty items, etc.  That would almost make it more fun, IMHO. 

The items are just there so you can work out a progression, and so each week the attempts become a little easier.  Its a decent system, even if I wish there was a way to quick-equip guildies.  If you can really get raid-quality gear from crafting, you actually may be able to quick-equip guildies, and bypass the need to regrind old instances.

 

BTW, to all the haters -  raiding is the only form of content unique to MMOs.  Partying has been done in non MMOs (Guild Wars and Diablo, notably, but also games like Halo), PvP is done all the time in non-MMOs, single player RPGs have the solo content, but only MMOs have raids.  So basically, if you don't like raids, maybe its not US who are playing the wrong sort of game, neh? 

One of the smartest post I seen in this thread and it needed to be reposted.

Thanks for the info, it probably would have took FC a couple of weeks to get all of that to us.

I like that new look, looks like everything is giving us a sign that its going to release in March.

I thought I would post the exact quote just in case some people didnt believe you,

"Yesterday in our Cheetah 2 build we were able to fly over this valley with 800+ NPCs loaded, every NPC in the zone loaded, and I never dropped below about 25 frames per second. Without loading all those NPCs, I was going over 64/84 frames per second. Now, the Cheetah build we brought to show, a lot of people have been asking "Can I run the game on my computer?" and "What's it going to look like on DX9?". We've made sure we focused on what we brought here as far as Cheetah 2, is all DX9/Windows XP. We're talking about 1920 by 1200, and getting upwards of 30 to 60 frames per second – very solid Windows XP graphics. Massive, massive increase in performance, and we're really proud to be able to show that to people. We want people to know we're not going for a repeat of our Anarchy Online launch."

This was from Conan designer Jason Stone.

People are looking to much into the "mature" rating for AoC, the only people who care about the ratings are the strict parents who probally wont let there kids play. Sure there will be kids who play the game but to state that the "mature" rating will attract more kids is ludicrous.  Gameplay will keep this game alive, not boobs and blood. The kids that buy it for that reason (even though I think there wont be many) wont be around for long anyways.

I will be trying both, they both have features that seem interesting if implemented correctly. AoC has seige combat and WAR has RvR. I would suggest trying both before passing judgement on either.

Athelan is there a way we can update our dxg file (or check it) without signing up for a new account for beta? I cant remeber If I updated it or not after I got my new comp.

But all the recent and upcoming MMORPG's see it differently. Most are sticking to the basic classes with two variations to them.

The more customization you have in a PvP dominated game, the more effort the developers have to put into balancing each kind of class. One of the most important things players are stressing in PvP games is balance between classes, so as a developer, it is in there best intrest to keep customization low so that they can better acheive balance between the classes.

Im not trying to advocate less customization in games because I for one believe that everyone should have there own unique character that seperates them from everyone else, but If I had to choose between customizatoin and balance, balance would win. We would have less griefers and better gameplay.

I beilive that WAR will cater to both kinds of players that like instanced PvP battles and open field battles.  I personally like both, I just hope instanced PvP doesnt dominate to much so that there is no open PvP battles.

Hopefully they will stick to the schuedle and send the next wave of beta invites no later than tomorrow night. Maybe they can get everything fixed by today and be ready for invites tomorrow. Lets just Hope.

Do you still know if they are going to send out more beta invites either today or tomorrow?

From Okemos, which is right next to lansing. #174

I would go for Protection Providers, than we could put the PP on our uniforms in some cool way with our colors.

I would join. Count me in if your going to do it.