All Posts by Torak

Vanguard killers?

Dude, AoC dispite its problems and WAR destroyed Vanguard. Over a year ago SOE put out that VG had something like 50k active users...Both AoC and WAR are in the hundreds of thousands.

Sony has no "big boy" games, they wrecked them all. What they have left are a bunch of half realized and half finished, empty server games.

Originally posted by peaceandlove

Originally posted by Torak

Thats a terrible story

I have no issue with owning a weapon BUT

* They need to be strickly regulated. Cars are strickly regulated
* People who own weapons need to be trained. You need to go to drivers school. It just boggles my mind that people can just buy a weapon and not have a clue how to use it. Without proper training any weapon is more dangerous to the user then anyone else.
* Civilians have no business owning assault weapons. This should not even be a debate.
* Ex-cons have no business having a weapon, PERIOD.

I'm going to bet that AK-47 was an illegally obtained weapon in any event.
 

I was a weapons expert with many small arms and some heavy weapons in the military. They are not toys, they are not "home defense" (especially an AK-47) they are not a "deterrent", to be a deterrent the other party needs to know you have it...all they do is kill people.

 

You sound like Henry Waxman. You know nothing about assault weapons, just jumping on the bandwagon.

The liberal version of the AK-47 that is sold in the States is a semi-automatic rifle. It's pretty powerful, but inaccurate. Assult weapons have a bayonet lug, high cap magazines, flash suppressor, pistol grip. Oh and they look scary <sniffles>.

Remy 700. Bolt action rifle. Not semi-automatic. Take off the wooden stock put a <gasp> scary black synthetic stock, a bipod. It's the exact sniper rifle the U.S. military uses. Can be bought at Wal-Mart. Let me say that again, Wal-Mart rifle used by military snipers.

Something I noticed in the gun shop these past couple of weeks. AK-47s are all sold out here. Who's buying them? Black women (they watch too many movies too, AK sucks). Think it's for them? Nope probably for someone that isn't allowed to buy one.

Ok, so ban legal sales. Still think criminals are going to magically not have guns? lol

I wish you lived next to me. I can put a NRA sign on my house and you can put a GreenPeace sign on your house and let's see who gets robbed first.

Oh and btw, the 2nd Amendment isn't up for debate. We have a right to own guns.

LoL,
 

Whatever dude.

I've used more weapons then you will ever actually see. I've been in more firefights then you have more then likely.

Not even gonna argue your half wit post.

Thats a terrible story

I have no issue with owning a weapon BUT

* They need to be strickly regulated. Cars are strickly regulated
* People who own weapons need to be trained. You need to go to drivers school. It just boggles my mind that people can just buy a weapon and not have a clue how to use it. Without proper training any weapon is more dangerous to the user then anyone else.
* Civilians have no business owning assault weapons. This should not even be a debate.
* Ex-cons have no business having a weapon, PERIOD.

I'm going to bet that AK-47 was an illegally obtained weapon in any event.
 

I was a weapons expert with many small arms and some heavy weapons in the military. They are not toys, they are not "home defense" (especially an AK-47) they are not a "deterrent", to be a deterrent the other party needs to know you have it...all they do is kill people.

Originally posted by Jefferson81

Originally posted by Torak

Originally posted by Jefferson81

 

When it gets cold you grow a beard.

I does it every autumn and shaves it off in April.

 

Yeah and....

Many Pirates have beards too, whats your point?

Ninja do not have beards...anyone have any screen shots or pics of a Ninja with a beard?

Therefore

Ninja  =  Lunberjack Commandoes in the Summer

LumberJack Commandoes > then Ninja in cold weather.

 

 

 

Must I have one?

Ah ha!

So you admit that Lumberjack Commandos are greater then Ninja in the Winter!

Using my incredible powers of deduction I have also come up with this...

Pirates > then both Lumberjack Commando and Ninja because..........wait for it..........they don't need to shave!

I f**king rock!

Originally posted by Jefferson81

 

When it gets cold you grow a beard.

I does it every autumn and shaves it off in April.

Yeah and....

Many Pirates have beards too, whats your point?

Ninja do not have beards...anyone have any screen shots or pics of a Ninja with a beard?

Therefore

Ninja  =  Lunberjack Commandoes in the Summer

LumberJack Commandoes > then Ninja in cold weather.

Originally posted by BaronJuJu

Bah, I see your Lumberjack Commando and raise you a Spetznaz

LMAO,

Dunno, the Lumberjack Commandos have "the look"

Almost like they wanna say "are you seriously gonna try to f**k with us?" They look like frickin Grizzy Adams with Bazookas and tanks.

Originally posted by isurus

It's funny you say that about common items because I think they are one of the best ideas NCsoft has implemented in a long time.

Common items basically give players an alternative to the adena grind for adequate PVE equipment, which takes away the biggest reason that new players so quickly turn to ebay. Common items won't get you anywhere in PVP but will at least help prevent 'financially challenged' players from outgrowing their equipment (ie. lv70 in c-grade and incapable of killing anything but dark blues).

 

Not to get picky but ebay has not allowed virtual items (character accounts, gold or items) to be sold in over 2 years. They will take action if you do it.

Everquest 2 has a lot of full voice overs...but the quality.....good lord it sounds like people talking in funny voices half the time and well...the quest are same old, same old. (kill 10 rats, collect 10 flowers...)

Originally posted by galad2003

Since you just tried WoW I would say stick with that.  It is the best game out there right now, which is a sad statement regarding the genre.  Most people are not playing it because we are sick of it and want something new and better.

WAR is good for RVR/PVP but overall the game is lacking and sounds like it will go the way of most pvp games where it will do ok until the next latest and greatest comes out and then it will only keep a couple hundred thousand hardcore  fans. 

Another good game to consider is Lord of the Rings for the pve aspect.

WoW is not the "best game out there right now" between the two (WoW and WAR) WoW is probably the better choice.

It all depends on the taste of the player and the OP didn't tell us anything about his preferences only to choose what game to play, for him.

Play EVE OP, forget that cartoon junk.

From one CoX player to another you will probably find both WoW and WAR simplistic and base with a very low quality community.

Originally posted by Gkarn

Do you think that the MMO industry has past their Golden Age?

I could be just burnt out on MMOs.
 

It depends on how you define the "golden age".

I recall the early MMOs being rather grindy...to the point of masochism. EQ was merciless, AC was brutal, UO was mind numbing....

Yes these games were pioneers and they where "great" in their day but really, standing in corners waiting hours for respawns and running through the same field for days killing the same 5 or 6 wolves just to gain a level...not to appealing anymore.

Todays MMO's are a lot different from the first ones. IMHO, they are no better or worse. The basic formula is still in there, mindlessly do the same thing over and over for numbers. Its just fluffed up a lot more and much faster. The primary difference is that because of the speed these days, restrictive "endgames" are all the rage.

MMO's should be about "open worlds" like the pioneer games of the first generation. Where they need to evolve is in that the focus needs to be taken off of the math of "levels, loot and classes" and more focus on the open ended, non-linear adventure.

Sure the math aspect is important, you need mechanics but today it acts as content.

I'm not sure I'm tracking this...you quit a game AFTER you are playing it because you read unfavorible reviews? How does your enjoyment of the game factor into that? I guess if you are on the fence with it anyway, that would make sense BUT what if you like and enjoy the game? Would you let a review change that? You did say "no matter how happy you are with it"...

So if you find a game that is "all that" to YOU, the review of some knothead is going sour that?

Weird.

Anyway, generally speaking I read the reviews BEFORE I purchase a game, then if one is availible, I do a trial (or demo in the case of a non-MMORPG) If I am happy with all of that, I purchase the game. All you MMO hype followers who pre-order...you deserve everything you get.

Needless to say its been over a year since I actually purchased a new MMORPG. Trials and betas are your friend.

Reviews are OK to get a general impression but keep in mind, they are just one persons opinion. AoC did pretty well in reviews...obviously that wasn't all that accurate.

Reviews are to help you make an informed buying decission not to sway your opinion of it after you purchase it. There is no point in reading a review if you already own something, you already know if it was good or bad. You are just looking for validation at that point.

Originally posted by baff

Originally posted by Torak

Oooops,

Let me tell you about "oops"

Let me tell you about these animals over there. I'll tell you about the animal who put a little girl on the side of the road and as we passed yelled "help my daughter, help my daughter" and when our medic dismounted and got close, detonated her killing them both.

Let em tell you about my good friend who while leading his tank platoon across a bridge were blocked by a bunch of kids. When they stopped insurgents fired RPGs at the structure of the bridge raining shrapnel down on everyone severly wounding my friend and the loader and killing most of the kids.

Let me tell you about my 4 friends killed when an IED manufactured in Iran ripped their vehicle to pieces.

Or maybe about my friend who basically had the right side of his body blown off when their truck hit a mine.

Unfortunately I have a lot more.

Shit f*cks

World peace. please you little ignorant punks. These people don't want world peace, they want to kill. That's all they want, that's all they know. They gladly use kids as bait just to kill one of us. They use the kids as spotters and just about anything else. Yeah you don't hear much about that little tid bit. I guess the enemy being an animal doesn't make good news. The networks like to portray victims for everything.

Don't think for a second that they wouldn't happily plant this fight in your backyard if they could. Don't think for a second it still can't happen.

You people better wake the f*ck up and realize whether you like it or not there is a war happening and you are on the hit list. Pray these savages never ever get their hands on a nuke ( a very, very real concern trust me) because it will end up destroying one of our cities American OR European, they give a F*ck who's whichever is easier.

 

 

And we gladly use their kids as human shields, carry sweets and chocolates to attract them to us. Set up fire positions in schools send military units into civilian populated areas.

Ask yourself this, how many of those kids would still be alive if your tank platoon never left the U.S.?

 

Would they really invade the U.S. given the opportunity? Have they ever tried this?

I don't think we should rule it out, but the enemies we are currently fighting have never made any attempt to do so or showed any sign of ever building up to it. Should they ever do so, you would soon see your own children adopting the same roles. People don't sacrifice their children lightly. They do not endanger them if they can avoid it. I'm sure our enemies would all prefer to have no war at home and instead have their armies rampaging through our homelands while their families were all tucked up safe in bed 4,000 miles away too.

We didn't give them that choice. The ability to make that decision for themselves has been removed from them by us.

And I agree, we should do whatever it takes to prevent them nuking our cities. I can do savage. The news portrays our enemies as victims.  It's not a difficult portrayal to make. That is what they are. Our victims. May it always be so and not the other way round.

I'm proud to come from a nation with the balls to make victims out of our enemies, but I'm still human enough to feel regret, remorse and guilt. This is the price of the good life in my country I hold so dear.

You clearly do not understand. We can continue in PM. My friends and soldiers sacrifice are not for display to be mocked and disrespected.

Originally posted by CactusmanX

Yeah, ninjas do not have much personality, they are more like tools to some clan or government, silent emotionless.

But pirates, they have tons of personality and style, I mean ninjas do not get cannons or ships or booty or whenches or scurvy and pirates get to say Yarhaaar! and drink rum.

Murderous ninjas may be but they don't have pazzaz.

LMAO,

Excellent post!

Originally posted by Cabe2323

Originally posted by keltic1701

Originally posted by Torak

Originally posted by Cabe2323

I honestly don't recognize America anymore.  It sure isn't the land of opportunity anymore.  It seems like many people want their government hand out and don't care about acting responsibly anymore.

People have become sue crazy. 

People blame everyone but themselves for their childrens problems. 

People blame everyone else for their financial problems. 

Oh well I guess America had a nice run.  We were such a great country where anyone from the lowest humblest beginings could make it big and now if Obama gets elected we will move closer and closer to become just another Socialistic country like the European Union.  (How Socialism can be a good idea, when Europe had to join together because they couldn't make it as seperate countries running socialist systems, I will never understand). 

 

What exactly are you "giving up" at?

What have you done to make our country a better place that you throwing in the towel?

Do you really think this is the worst era our country has experienced? Please, read your history. Your lifestyle is fat compared to the generations before.

The problem with America today is the people have forgotten how give, build, work and strive for excellence with their neighbors & families not at their expense. We have become a self centered, materialistic, lazy people who expect everything but want to pay and sacrific nothing.

You wanna cry about how terrible it is in our country go live in Pakastan or the Sudan for a week. Go on, give it a go. Then come back and moan about how you give up...if you survive.

You "give up" ...you gotta do something first in order to give up.

 

 

 

Best post ever on this board!! Well done!

Well I have been protecting this country for the last 6 years.  But that probably doesn't mean much. 

That part in red is exactly what I am complaining about. 

Good, then you have every right to complain about these people then :) We pay the price for their party.

Over 20 years for me in both military and civil service. 

Ignore the direction at you and let others read it, lord knows it applies to many here.

Thanks for your service and sacrifice, it means everything. Without it we are lost.

Originally posted by Cabe2323

I honestly don't recognize America anymore.  It sure isn't the land of opportunity anymore.  It seems like many people want their government hand out and don't care about acting responsibly anymore.

People have become sue crazy. 

People blame everyone but themselves for their childrens problems. 

People blame everyone else for their financial problems. 

Oh well I guess America had a nice run.  We were such a great country where anyone from the lowest humblest beginings could make it big and now if Obama gets elected we will move closer and closer to become just another Socialistic country like the European Union.  (How Socialism can be a good idea, when Europe had to join together because they couldn't make it as seperate countries running socialist systems, I will never understand). 

What exactly are you "giving up" at?

What have you done to make our country a better place that you throwing in the towel?

Do you really think this is the worst era our country has experienced? Please, read your history. Your lifestyle is fat compared to the generations before.

The problem with America today is the people have forgotten how give, build, work and strive for excellence with their neighbors & families not at their expense. We have become a self centered, materialistic, lazy people who expect everything but want to pay and sacrific nothing.

You wanna cry about how terrible it is in our country go live in Pakastan or the Sudan for a week. Go on, give it a go. Then come back and moan about how you give up...if you survive.

You "give up" ...you gotta do something first in order to give up.

Originally posted by binary_0011

Aion might be like Lineage 2. Are you guys ready for the grind?

Not even Lineage 2 is like Lineage 2 anymore.

Did you miss the last patch? The grind is easier then WoW now. It took me half an hour to an hour to go from 46 to 47. Before the patch that would have taken DAYS.

Yeah they lost me with that going back to WWII theme.

Personally, although I liked CoD4 a lot, I didn't think it was all that.

I still prefer Battlefield 2 with the "Project Reality" mod or games like ArmA and Steelbeast Pro. I like the more realistic / simulator type stuff.

Designing modern theme games is tough for devs though, seeing as games are sold / played worldwide it's difficult to portray sides without crossing into touchy territory. If you want something really good thats modern you will need to get into Mods.

For once IMHO there is a lot of interesting looking stuff on the way. Interesting to me mainly because its not a list of fantasy reskins.

APB (hopefully we at least get beta next year)

Fallen Earth

Earthrise

Champions

Star Trek (again maybe at least beta)

On the downside, I have that "gut" about "The Old Republic" and "Stargate". I don't have a warm fuzzy about these two titles. Dunno why but....the gut hasn't been wrong yet.

Darkfall...seriously?  Wooden hovertanks.....not.

Oooops,

Let me tell you about "oops"

Let me tell you about these animals over there. I'll tell you about the animal who put a little girl on the side of the road and as we passed yelled "help my daughter, help my daughter" and when our medic dismounted and got close, detonated her killing them both.

Let em tell you about my good friend who while leading his tank platoon across a bridge were blocked by a bunch of kids. When they stopped insurgents fired RPGs at the structure of the bridge raining shrapnel down on everyone severly wounding my friend and the loader and killing most of the kids.

Let me tell you about my 4 friends killed when an IED manufactured in Iran ripped their vehicle to pieces.

Or maybe about my friend who basically had the right side of his body blown off when their truck hit a mine.

Unfortunately I have a lot more.

Shit f*cks

World peace. please you little ignorant punks. These people don't want world peace, they want to kill. That's all they want, that's all they know. They gladly us